The mother of all hack ‘n slay games, without monsters?

Ha, don’t even think about that.
Masses of small, big, dark, ugly, demonic, magical, brutal and bloodthirsty creatures will try to defeat the new heroes of Diablo 3, and all of them will be challenging and dangerous.

There is not much known about the hellish forces yet, but in the gameplay trailer we got a good first impression about the future abilities and characteristics of some opponents in Diablo 3.

We tried to analyse the gameplay trailer, and below you can find a list of seen monsters, their abilities and behaviour.

There will be lots of changes for sure, so this list will be updated as soon we can get more informations.

Normal monsters:

Undead:

Skeleton:
Melee troops, without any special abilities.

Skeletal Summoner:
From the name of this monster type, we can be sure, that it will summon skeletons.

Skeletal Shieldman:
With their abilty to block melee and ranged attacks, they try to protect ranged troops behind them.

Skeleton Archer:
Very easy to defeat in melee, they try to damage players from behind Skeletal Shieldmen.

Zombie:
Very slow melee troops with moderate damage capabilities.

Ghoul:
Only seen in large groups, quite weak these ghouls have the ability to climb up walls.

Wretched Dead:
Zombielike undead creature.

Walking Corpse:
Also slow attackspeed, these undead creatures continue to attack, even if they are cut in half (also known as Crawling Torso).

Crawling Torso:
Not yet dead “Walking Corpses” these undead keep attacking, while crawling over the floor.

Wraith:
Ghostlike creatures, spawned by Ghostly Orbs, they attack immediatly every player around them.

Grotesque:
Moderate damage and much more health than for example the Skeletons troops. After defeating them these monsters burst into eellike creatures called “Lampreys”.

Humanoids:

Moon Clan Warrior:
Known from Diablo 1, these goat like creatures attack with two-handed axes, but seem to be easily defeated.

Moon Clan Shaman:
Attacks with his staff, and has the ability to freeze its opponents, leaving them helpless for a short amount of time.

Dark Vessel:
Seem to be harmless, they don’t attack, but if they are not killed fast enough, they mutate to demonic obsessed Activated Vessels.

Dark Summoner:
Not much health, but the Dark Summoners can summon Dark Demons. Casts fireballs on his opponents.

Demons:

Dark Berserker:
Very slow attacking melee troops. Vast damage capabilities, but if a player can avoid this blows, the macelike weapons of the Dark Berserker get stuck in the floor, leaving them quite helpless to player attacks.

Activated Vessel:
If Dark Vessels aren’t defeated fast enough, demons take over these vessels and attack.

Dark Demon:
Doglike demons, summoned by Dark Summoners, with good damage capabilities and low health.

Beasts:

Lamprey:
Eellike creatures which appears after the defeat of Grotesques in groups of about eight. One unit consists of one bigger lamprey and two smaller ones. Very low health.

Beast:
Big, hairy monsters, which attack with their horns and has the ability to charge.

Scavenger:
Attacks in large groups, looks like giant rats, these monsters can dig themselves in the floor very fast, to appear on a different location.

Plant Creatures:

Wood Wraith:
Big and clumsey tree creatures, which attack with their branches.

Special Opponents:

Thousand Pounder:
A quite tough guy, summoned by some dark ritualists, this bossmonster attack with two huge maces, dealing a good amount of damage, with only slow attack speed.
After reducing its hitpoints to about 50%, Thousand Pounder gets into Rage and attacks and moves much faster.

Siegebreaker Assault Beast:
A giant beast, seems to be clumsey and slow, but attacks very fast with its bladed arms, can charge opponents, and has a stomp attack which deals huge damage.

Blizzard mentioned seven Helllords, all of these lords can be possible opponents in Diablo 3.
The question if Diablo himself will return was answered with:”The title of the game, will not ensure, that Diablo will be again in the game.”
This answer was given laughing, so there is still hope, to challenge again the Lord of Terror.