Okay, I was going through the worldstone keep, and saw a monster shrine. I figured it might make an interesting screenshot, so I lured a frenzied ice spawn of to it and set it off. This was NM, so he got 2 mods. He ended up with fanat, and fire enchanted. At that point I forgot about the screenshot, and just ran away. I think he blew up on my merc.
After that experience I decided I would like to know:
1. Is the damage from exploding demons entirely elemental(so I had nothing to fear), or is there a physical component?
2. Does anyone know the actual damage output of these guys? I have heard some speculate that it's tied to their HP, but if this is true they would most likely autokill in big games, so it seems false.
3. It seems like either their explosion is blockable, or that it can miss. Sometimes they do no damage at all to some of my guys. Is it blockable, or do they just miss(based on their AR I guess)? Assuming that this is an 'attack' they can get critical hits too right?
4. They never drop treasure? The leader one I saw didn't drop anything after it blew up. Is it possible to kill them in such a way that they drop items?
5. Do you get experience for killing them(as if you killed them yourself)? I could be wrong, but I'm nearly certain I lvled from the death of one. (maybe only if you damage them enough to kill them, not if THEY choose to explode)
6. If I have missed a discusion about them somewhere, can someone point me there?
Thanks.
EDIT: by "no damage at all to some of my guys" I mean my characters, not my minions or merc. I know minions and mercs are immune to them.
After that experience I decided I would like to know:
1. Is the damage from exploding demons entirely elemental(so I had nothing to fear), or is there a physical component?
2. Does anyone know the actual damage output of these guys? I have heard some speculate that it's tied to their HP, but if this is true they would most likely autokill in big games, so it seems false.
3. It seems like either their explosion is blockable, or that it can miss. Sometimes they do no damage at all to some of my guys. Is it blockable, or do they just miss(based on their AR I guess)? Assuming that this is an 'attack' they can get critical hits too right?
4. They never drop treasure? The leader one I saw didn't drop anything after it blew up. Is it possible to kill them in such a way that they drop items?
5. Do you get experience for killing them(as if you killed them yourself)? I could be wrong, but I'm nearly certain I lvled from the death of one. (maybe only if you damage them enough to kill them, not if THEY choose to explode)
6. If I have missed a discusion about them somewhere, can someone point me there?
Thanks.
EDIT: by "no damage at all to some of my guys" I mean my characters, not my minions or merc. I know minions and mercs are immune to them.