Diablo III weapon damage 101

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Physical Damage:

• * Critical hit: Deals double damage.

Arcane Damage: Purple in coloration.

• * Critical hit: Arcane crits "silence" targets. (Silenced targets can not cast some spells, such as a Skeletal Summoner or Goatman Shaman resurrecting fallen minions.)

Cold Damage: Blue in coloration.

• * Critical hit: Cold crits freeze targets for 2 seconds. (Duration affected by numerous other factors.)

Fire Damage: Red in coloration.

• * Critical hit: Fire crits set targets ablaze, adding DoT to the initial fire damage.

Lightning Damage: White in coloration.

• * Critical hit: Lightning crits stun targets for 2 seconds. (Duration affected by numerous other factors.)

Disease Damage: Green in coloration. (Formerly known as "Toxic.")

• * Critical hit: Disease crits deal an unknown bonus.
  * Resisted by Poison resistance.
  o Diseased units suffer a damage debuff; they take more damage and deal less.

Poison Damage: Green in coloration. (Also known as Acid.) (Poison and Disease are similar, but not the same.)

• * Critical hit: Poison crits deal an unknown bonus.
  * Resisted by Poison resistance.
  o Poisoned units suffer a health debuff; their regeneration and healing is lessened or reversed.

Holy Damage: White in coloration. (Found mostly on Monk skills.) Extra damage to Undead?

• * Critical hit: Unknown.
  * Resisted by: Unknown.

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