Grotesque (Diablo III)

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Grotesque are unclassified, at this time. They might be undead, or animals. They seem to be doll-like entities made of human skin sewn together.

One of the more interesting monsters seen in the WWI 2008 movie, the grotesque are basically living pinatas. They are fat, white, humanoid monsters, who run up to a player who comes into range, take a single hit, bend over backwards, and rupture into a massive fountain of wriggling silver eels. They are also capable of dealing damage by producing spikes from their short, stubby arms and slamming forward.

There seem to be far more eels within a grotesque than their volume would permit, but such is the nature of magic.The eels, properly called Lamprey are wriggling creatures that must be killed lest they consume your character's toes, but they seem to die very quickly, and on the whole the Grotesque-Lamprey combo looks more inventive and amusing than dangerous.

In Blizzcast Episode 6, Anthony Rivero calls this monster the Corpulent (assuming it is this monster he is referring to - "the guy that blows himself up").

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• Grotesque bear a slight resemblance to the Warcraft III undead known as Abominations in the fact that both are large monsters made by connecting the body parts of various animals.

• Grotesque also bear a resemblance to the character Oogie Boogie from the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas, as both seem to be sewn together from various pieces of material, and both contain worm-like creatures on their insides, which issue forth upon their deaths.

• Grotesque are extremely similar to a monster type in Hellgate: London also knows as Grotesque. In Hellgate, Grotesque are shambling, twisted mounds of demonic flesh that, upon death, explode and release numerous zombies and Death Maggots. Given that Hellgate: London was created by former members of Blizzard North, which made Diablo II and started work on Diablo III, one might speculate on some connection between the very similar monster types seen in the two games.