Rakanishu
Property	Normal	Nightmare	Hell
Type	Demon	Demon	Demon
Act(s) found in	1	1	1
Monster Level	8	40	71
Experience	210	8,920	91,925
Health points	16-36	417-921	2,122-4,648
Damage 1	3-6	14-29	36-72
Attack Rating 1	60	729	2,588
Damage 2	-	16-33	40-81
Attack Rating 2	-	688	2,444
Defense	25	378	946
% to Block	16	16	16
Damage Resist	0	0	15
Magic Resist	0	5	0
Fire Resist	0	0	110
Cold Resist	0	0	40
Lightning Resist	75	75	75
Poison Resist	0	0	0
Drain Effectiveness	100	85	75
Immunities	-	-	Fire
Chill Effectiveness	50	40	33

Rakanishu is a Super Unique Carver found in the Stony Field next to the Cairn Stones that activate the portal to Tristram during the Search for Cain quest.

Bonuses:

• Extra Fast
• Lightning Enchanted

When attacking Rakanishu, melee heroes should be cautious of his Lightning Enchanted status, which causes Charged Bolts to emanate from him when struck. Rapid attacks on Rakanishu will result in an equally rapid release of charged bolts, which are especially deadly on higher difficulty levels. Rakanishu is the first of the Lightning Enchanted bosses in Diablo II, but enemies with this status appear often enough to make lightning resistance necesary.

In Normal difficulty, the Lightning damage done is 3-6. This increased to 21-33 in Nightmare and 53-81 in Hell. In addition, his Attack 1 has Cold Damage in Nightmare and Hell. In Nightmare there is a 10% chance of adding 4-6 cold damage with a chill of six seconds and in Hell there is a 20% chance of adding 12-16 Cold damage with an eight second chill.

He will appear with eight Minions in Normal, nine Minions in Nightmare and ten Minions in Hell.

TriviaEdit

This section contains facts and trivia relevant to this article

• Fallen and Carvers are sometimes heard saying "Rakanishu".
• In the game Borderlands there is a giant Rakk (a creature not unlike a pteradactyl) called Rakkinishu, it will always drop the shield Cracked Sash, named after the common belt.