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"Spike Fiends are slightly larger and nastier and fire their quills as warning shots to deter opponents."

- Monster summary(src)

Spike Fiend

A Spike Fiend

Spike Fiends are a type of monster.

Lore[]

Spike Fiends are troublesome,[1] quadrupedal scavengers found in mountainous regions. Their armored backs are festooned with thick, dagger-like spines. Tough for their size, they arch their backs to fire these quills at prey or threatening predators. These quills, which they fire one at a time, can travel up to 50 feet. They can sense and track other creatures by their scent.[2] More developed variants have a more vicious rate of fire and tend to fire in volleys. In 1264, caravans traveling to the Rogue Pass reported several attacks by these aggressive monsters.[1]

In-game[]

Spike Fiends are found in Act I of Diablo II. They attack by clawing their enemies or by firing one of their many quills on their backs. Some species tend to group together and fire volleys of quills. Their habitat includes the wilderness and even near human built structures, including the cloister levels in the Rogue Monastery.

statistics[]

Spike Fiends (second variety) can be found in the Dark Wood.

They fire two quills and on Nightmare and Hell difficulties they have a 5/15% chance to deal Cold damage with them.

Spike Fiend
Spike Fiend
Property Normal Nightmare Hell
Type Animal Animal Animal
Act(s) found in 1 1 1
Monster Level 5 38 68
Experience 49 2057 19664
Health points 4–14 118–415 634–2958
Damage 1 1–5 9–24 23–58
Attack Rating 1 31 503 1795
Damage 2 0–2 9–16 23–39
Attack Rating 2 44 774 2762
Defense 25 441 1081
% to Block 6 6 6
Damage Resist 0 0 50
Magic Resist 0 0 0
Fire Resist 0 0 0
Cold Resist 0 0 50
Lightning Resist 0 0 0
Poison Resist 0 0 0
Drain Effectiveness 100 100 100
Immunities
Chill Effectiveness 50 40 33
Walk/Run Speed 3
Group/Minion Size 1-3

Note: Damage 1 and Attack Rating 1 are the stats for the monster's melee attack, while Damage 2 and Attack Rating 2 are for its ranged quill attack.

Variants[]

Super Uniques[]

Development[]

Beta montype.txt file makes reference to Ice Rat, which is the old name of Quill Rat (Confirmed by monster planning sheet of Act I which also names them "Ice Porcupine").

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Spike Fiend, Arreat Summit. Accessed on 2015-09-15
  2. To Hell and Back
Spike Fiend

VariantsQuill RatSpike FiendThorn BeastRazor SpineBush Barb (cut)

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