"In the beginning, Rakanoth served Andariel, the Maiden of Anguish, with efficient brutality, for his touch may open up many painful wounds. He was also the warden of Izual during many long years that the angel suffered in Rakanoth's own Plains of Despair, but he has quit his realm unexpectedly in recent times."
Deckard Cain on Rakanoth^[1]

Rakanoth, the Lord of Despair, was a powerful demon and servant of Andariel.

Contents 1 Biography 2 In-game 2.1 Abilities 2.2 Statistics (per difficulty level) 3 Trivia 4 References 5 Videos

BiographyEdit

"You think yourself free from the chains of fate, Nephalem. But all will kneel before lord Diablo."
Rakanoth^[1]

Rakanoth served as a warden to the imprisoned angel Izual, whom he guarded in the Plains of Despair - his own domain in the Burning Hells.^[1] He also fought in the Great Conflict, battling Tyrael on at least one occasion.^[2]

When Diablo incorporated the essences of the six other Great Evils and became the all powerful Prime Evil, he emptied almost all of Hell's various realms in order to create the for a massive assault on the High Heavens. Rakanoth was among those he summoned and was assigned the task of guarding the archangel Auriel holding her captive in the Library of Fate. However, a group of nephalem rescued the angel and slew Rakanoth in combat, thus bringing hope back to all of angelkind in their darkest hour.^[1]

In-gameEdit

Rakanoth appears as a boss in Act IV of Diablo III. He must be defeated in order to free Auriel and complete the Light of Hope quest.^[1]

AbilitiesEdit

Similar to Izual, he is also a heavy melee unit except that he doesn;t move as much. However, this doesn;t make him any less dangerous since he is known to utilize AoE attacks, summon minor demons and even teleport anywhere on the battlefield (which has the frightening side effect of instantly killing the player, regardless of class/armor/level/strength/etc, should he backstab you with this technique). Without any decent armor or high attributes (especially in areas that concern life points), you will die by the hands of Despair in a matter of seconds.

• Cleave -
• Teleport -
• Blade Strike -
• Volley -
• Summon Minion -

Statistics (per difficulty level)Edit

Difficulty	Max. Health	Min. Damage	Damage Delta	Run Speed	Level
Normal	17,825	738	295	0.540	29
Nightmare	168,799	5,742	2,296	0.569	49
Hell	760,406	23,196	9,278	0.600	60
Inferno	4,281,295	283,717	113,486	0.629	63

TriviaEdit

This section contains facts and trivia relevant to this article.

• Rakanoth's design was originally used by the Blizzard North development team for Azmodan, but was changed at some unknown point in time by the current Diablo III development team.^{[citation needed]}

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Diablo III, Act IV
2. ↑ Diablo III Intro Cinematic

Great Evils
Prime Evil — Tathamet Prime Evils — Diablo • Mephisto • Baal Lesser Evils — Duriel • Andariel • Azmodan • Belial Other Evils — Lilith • Lucion • Kabraxis • Xazax • Astrogha • Assur • Gulag • Zagraal • Cydaea • Ghom • Izual • Rakanoth • Iskatu

VideosEdit