To be fair he was mostly deadly because of the help he got from the biggest killer spell for online games: load in lag, he would attack and kill you before your connection allowed you to react.
@@dejannickolaeff1226 offline he was easypeasy, if you were multiplaying online or online on battlenet he was deadly cause of delay or load in lag from internet.
Let him chase you into a room with bars and trap him in it.. and as long as your visible in front of the bars.. you can take free shots at him. No dmg taken
Personally i think Mephisto is the biggest of the primevils. baal and diablo are a little thick headed and rely on brute force and aggression. Mephisto knows how to play mind games and soo good is he at it that he can turn his brothers against eachother with such ease. Probably the most underrated of the 3 and im glad we get more of him in diablo 4.
He is the older brother and certainly the most conniving but I think you're underselling Diablo by calling him thick headed. He also has time and again proven to be a schemer and has actually achieved a lot more than Mephisto. He is the only one who achieved the status of THE prime evil and that was done via a lot of planning and scheming over a long period of time. Hardly the actions of a thick head. For me, Baal is the strongest in terms of raw power, as his title of Lord of destruction indicates and being the only one capable of resisting and destroying his soulstone initially. Mephisto is the most intelligent and manipulative which for a demon can directly translate into power. And Diablo is the best of both worlds, a mix of the two with both power and intelligence, probably the most well rounded of the three, which is why he ends up doing the most of the 3.
While Mephisto for sure knew how to manipulate. Diablo played long game for waay to long to be considered thick headed... He even created opportunity to corrupt strongest angels, he played 4D chess with heavens and pretty much won.
Duriel in lore: eleventh most powerful demon. Duriel when you first meet him in D2: WHAT IS TAHT OH GOD Y Y DIDI I COME HERE ITS AGONYY AAAAAAA HES KILLING ME IN THE LOADING SCREENNN
I completely forgot Astaroth was in the game, considering I killed him once in the campaign over a year ago, he had such a cool cinematic and model, they should bring him back as an echo
i genuinely think it was a huge mistake to completely disconnect d4's endgame from the story. I'm a big fan of astaroth (also his name is strangely fun to say) and am sad how they threw him aside.
I don't know if he is cannon, but Kabraxis from The Black Road book would probably be fairly high on this list. If I remember correctly there is a line in the book about how the prime evils themselves where concerned about him.
To get more feats from the demons, Lohar said that a Lesser evil is powerful enough to ravish a Continent, and the Ice Leviathan in Diablo Immortal is stated to be powerful enough to sink islands, could get some scaling off that.
Honestly I've always thought that stupid it can destroy islands or ravage a continent yet your character is able to just put a sword through its head and kill it
The daughter he created contained some of his own demonic essence that her body had always adjusted to without anyone's knowledge, save Adria given she was the mother. Diablo was imprisoned in the black soulstone with the other prime and lesser evils...the seven heads of Thatamet were reunited and having Leah become the vessel of the black soulstone allowed what bond she had with her father, the Lord of Terror to make him the dominant personality for the new body he would create. The Prime Evil body he gained from Leah as his vessel isn't quite Tathemet himself, but its the closest Diablo could ever become seeing as he'd literally need the entirety of hell itself to ever come close to the cosmic being's original power. Even so, it was a nice concept.
Not really. It's the closest thing to that but not quite. The 7 evils (3 prime and 4 lesser) came about from the 7 heads of the dragon but that's not his entire essence, as the rest of his body was what birthed hell and all the other demons. You'd have to combine the power of all hell and it's demons to reflect tathamets original power.
Sorry but lore wise your list is incredibly wrong. Tathamet is a god, not a demon. Just like Anu was not an angel. The first 3 spots in list are prime evils sure, but the lesser evils are right under them. There are no canonically stronger demons than Diablo, Mephisto, Baal, Azmondan, Duriel, Andariel and Belial. #8 is actually Kabraxis who was so powerful not even the primes could control him. #9 are the Ancient Ones. Primordial demon giants you can see being tortured in Diablo 3 hell locations and their remains are in the giants location in Nahantu in D4. The wanted to get a little rebelious so Azmondan punished them by twisting them into small fallen ones or used them as demon batteries. # 10 are siege beasts found in D3 act 3. Nearly uncontrollable and considered one of the greatest prizes in hells. Only after them you have the various "children" like Lilith or Lucion on spot #11. On #12 are the liutenants like Astroga and butcher is #13. This is power wise by canon lore.
You are right - but based on their depictions and impact on Sanctuary in the games, they follow a different order. Andariel and Duriel are both pawns of Lilith in D4 and frankly, Duriel may as well rank at the same level as the Butcher given his portrayal in the games
@@loatheburger The thing with Andariel and Duriel being seen as weak is because they had no soulstones of their own which would bind them to the mortal plane. The soulstones, when corrupted, actually work as anchor for their power (the trap gaslighting everyone they are bad for them was set by Izual), so their couldnt really bring the true form or power in Sanctuary, they are just small echoes. Another thing is, while primes and Belial and Azmodan had their own plans and agenda, Andariel and especially Duriel simply dont give a fuck, they just want to enjoy torment (mental for Andariel and physical for Duriel) and are willing to serve and be summoned for shits and giggles
@@loatheburger furthermore, in the Book of Adria she describes the experience with binding the essence of the 7 for the black soulstone, some were not fighting back, some were (especially Mephisto was furious), but there is a mention that Duriel found it hilarious and was not fighting back at all, because in his mind, it was just a way to spread more pain. Baal was on similar note, while not exactly thrilled with not being in control, he was looking forward the destruction it would bring
Gonna disagree on Lilith being #11. I believe she deserves to be higher on the list, given what she's done and what she's accomplished. But that's just me.
I kinda think Mephisto is the most powerful because his ability to make and execute large scale strategic plans and manipulate any life form to me makes him more dangerous and powerful even if he isn’t winning a 1v1 against some of the other evils
Its either him or diablo for sure. Diablo is more crafty though and instilling terror over hatred is more powerful for manipulation. Plus big d is a beast fighter.
Hey @LoatheBurger, tnx for great video. Just at some places audio sounded a bit odd. Don't know if it is something at my end or you did something different in editing. But all and all, I like and enjoy your content and would like to see you reach more subs.
Good video. Figured the demon na-krul would be in there doh since he has "similare strengths" as diablo, and diablo had to lock him away since na-krul wanted to rule the burning hells alone.
Tathamet should make a return and be the final boss for Diablo 5 lol. The Nephalem from Diablo 3 would have to make a return to help take Tathamet down.
Allthough that's not possible. Since half of the human existence is evil essence, you'd have to kinda purify them to resurrect Tathamet. That would in return send your other half to Je...back to the high heavens, unable to confront Tathamet in a common form. We would have to literally play as an angel entity. Does not sound too bad tho
I remember the first time seeing my buddy enter Andariel's chamber on his necromancer, and then spending the next 10 minutes running in circles at 1 hp with both of us yelling "F**k, F**k, F**k!!." Those were the days.
In my opinion the top 3 should be 3rd Mephisto, 2nd Diablo and 1st Tathamet obviously because it's the origin of the burning hells ,Baal is powerful but way less cunning than his brothers he simply bruteforced his way throught mount Arreat to reach the worldstone ,if Nihlathak didn't give him the ancient relic out of fear he would never had access to the worldstone chamber ,instead his brothers manipulated their same jailers and turned them in pawns to use at their whim making them more evil and dangerous .
I think when he put all 7 in the black soul stone he was hoping someone would rebirth tathomet. i can honestly see this as endgame someone bringing it back putting the 7 in there and then succeeding. As for Anu i have no idea how he would play a part but obviously the player has plot armor so we can kill tath-y with a 3 group party lol
@@loatheburger Yes, there are a lot more. Skarn was the old-end game. There is also a story quest where you go back in time and fight along with a very young Deckard Cain, and an exploration of King Leoric's family mansion where you can see how the life relationships of Aidan, Leoric, and the Queen to Albrecht were, to name a few. Also, you get to save Tyrael, who was trapped with Baal in another dimension after the destruction of the world stone in D2. Answering the long unanswered question as to why Tyrael retained his identity after his supposed death because he never really died in the first place.. :) To add, you get to encounter Diablo himself in one of the quest and believe me when I say Diablo in Diablo Immortal is terrifying AF. 🤣
@@loatheburgerYou can be very strong even without spending a penny in the game in terms of PVE. So you will not have a hard time exploring the quest for lore deep dives. 😁
I was hoping to see Kabraxis on here from the black road book or dark road I’m not sure which it is, he wouldn’t be on the top of the list but I feel it’s worth a mention, he basically had a similar story to Belial from Diablo 3 but it was a really good book. Kabraxis was definitely an intelligent demon
It is implied by Tyrael in D3 that after merging with the rest of the demons from the black sole stone, Diablo kind of got the power Tathamet had. So, technically, we have already faced a being equal in power to Tathamet
Spoiler to the list.... So I thought this was Mephisto straight up slander for a moment because he was ranked fourth and I was like "The hell you say he's one of the 3 prime evils! How could you possibly put 3 ahead of him" But I had completely forgotten the lore about the one who you ranked as number 1. I was like "Oh my bad you got it." Now to be clear I think Mephisto should be ranked higher than Baal personally but I completely understand if you disagree with that. Additionally I think you have vastly overestimated the power of Azmodan and Belial.. All imma say is in terms of actual power Andariel is beating their candy asses. Andariel is the strongest of the four lesser evils.
Maybe you can explain, but i don't fully understand the way you made some of the rankings. You gave an "honorable mention" at #10, so why is he not at #11, #12 or #13? The honorable mention would make sense for someone weaker than #13, aka The Butcher.
It's so funny how the most intelligent-looking prime evil, Baal, is by far the dumbest out of the three. He'd still be rotting in his soulstone if his brothers didn't help him get out, hahaha. Superb video by the way, great job!
Aren’t Diablo, Baal and Mephisto greater evils not prime evils, only prime evil was Diablo in D3 when the soul stone containing the other two was merged with Diablo.
It'll never happen because it wasn't part of the story and bad blood from sierra and blizzard, but I'd love to see Na-Krul make an appearance. I actually like him as a demon and how he was a challenge to Diablo's mantle in hell.
One thing that I've always wondered since finishing D4, is Lilith dead dead, or can she come back, coz other demons on that list, weaker than her, seem to be able to ressurect ad-neasuem
@@loatheburger thanks for the reply, that might also explain the reactions our protagonist was having in the recent dlc, makes me wonder if Lilith is using their body for ressurection maybe
Headcannon but, since the wanderer is suffering from a case of lilith blood she might very well be reborn out of the wanderer. In the nahantu dlc the wanderer is suffering from "fiery blood" for lack of a better word. Maybe some summon lilith ritual type deal in the next dlc.
Without Kabraxis this list is meaningless. He's the only demon that Prime Evil fears because he's the only demon who doesn't take any power from 7 evils and make his own.
Path of exile 2 in one month. 100 bosses on release, and knowing them it's probably 150. A actual endgame with multiple different types of things to do.
They completely wasted the holy heck out of Duriels character potential in D4 in forever going to be salty about it. Just wasted all that potential. Should have let an actual fan write the story.
This isnt a list of demons ranked by their overall power, but rather who caused more harm to sanctuary. In terms of power the prime evils are top 3 and lessar evils rank 4-7 and the other notable demons ranking lower.
It was Mephisto taking over the churce and that body that allowed Diablo to be placed in the Kings son... Lazarus was send to Khanduras by Mephistos orders and freed Diablo. So how can Diablo be the first one to free himself?
I can't remember which book it was from, but there was a demon named Kabraxas who claimed to be more powerful than all of the other demon lords. (Edit: mentioned in the other comments) Debatable, for sure. I can't remember exactly what his power was, but I think it was along the lines of granting wishes. Reminds me of Clavicus Vile from Skyrim.... I kinda wish the baroness Greed had made the bottom of this list. While she was super easy if you had the right build in D3 or watched for her attack tells, she still wiped the floor with me several times when I jumped too far in difficulty and didn't avoid her ground slams. Could consider a list of villains who weren't demons: Griswold as a zombie in D2, Nithlatak, the Cow King, Corpsefire (allegedly had some back story), Radament, and that's just D2. I couldn't really invest much into D3, but it really does make things tragic that the whole family in Tristram suffered bad endings: Albrecht to turn into Diablo, Aiden to slay him and then turn into Diablo for D2, the king himself losing it and being turned into the Skeleton King, and the wife whom the king had killed at the request of Lazarus for being a "traitor".
You forgot archbishop lazarus who has almost unreached arcane knowledge and devastating magic He also "Summoned" diablo and doomed tristram, corrupted king leoric so basicly the beginning And the warlord of blood (bartuc) the strongest and leader of the steel lords the elite Guards of the burning hells. Its lorewise here not ingame difficult
@loatheburger Lazarus is a Demon in a human body you can See this in the cutscene His Red eyes + the voice. He also got resurrected by Diablo after defeating him the 1st time. So Hes undead/Demon Bartuc also is a Demon the Armor Made him. It was the Same process Like the Wanderer in d2. The Hellfire forged Armor corrupted him to "the Dark Side" And converted his Soul Into a demons Soul He also Serves Diablo And Guards the armories of hell. You can read that in the d1 lore Tomes And the town npcs dialogues And the book "legacy of blood"
Lucien should be found to have been banished to the outer darkness and he returns with the great old ones. Cthulhu vs everybody for Diablo 5 and the classes are actually the three prime evils and the council of angels.
That would be wild - at the very least, having an unholy-affinity class would be great. They say that nephalem are aligned with both light and dark, we deserve a dark class! Necromancers aren't considered one
Everyone knows the true ultimate evil was the random elite you always found in D2 that was immune to physical and magical damage and like immune to 2 elements lol.
Interesting take! Id say its diablo, mephisto, baal then lilith. They are all prime level and the others dont come close. Duriel was also tasked with more important roles vs andy just being a nuisance. Finally i dont take d3 and diablo immoral as cannon since those wete joke games and just made purely for profits and not the og fans of 1&2's hayday.
Baal is the most powerful demon in creation. Second only to Tethamat itself. He isn't stupid, but in raw power, nothing can touch him. Tal Rasha knew this and knew he'd lose but had thy best chance. Diablo lost to a pious mortal. Baal had to fight Tal Rasha for eternity.
Can't agree on Andariel being stronger than Duriel. 1) Duriel was much stronger than Andariel in Diablo 2, just from a damage standpoint. Also, he is physically stronger by a wide margin in Diablo 4, Andy is only any challange at all because she disappears and you have to do the lame little avoidance dance while killing totems. 2) Duriel was left to kill the player by the lords of hell in Tal Rashas tomb. If he was weaker than Andariel, why would they leave him, makes no sense. Like they know you beat Andy, why leave a weaker demon to do the job? Who cares if she causes more chaos, that isn't what your own list is about. It's who is more POWERFUL, like who is harder for a champion to beat, or if there was a power struggle who would beat who in a fight. Duriel would drop Andy in a 1on1 fight in some cave or dungeon, based on everything we have seen. Simple as that. Also, some book some nerd wrote years later means nothing to me, personally. The creators of the game meant Duriel to be stronger, it's really that simple. I have not read all the books or every bit of lore, I admit that. But in 2000, the people who made the game said: "Duriel is stronger" That is what matters to me.
Bartuc is considered a nephalem/human. Him and his brother Horazon will be on the most powerful nephalem list where we'll talk about the mage clan wars
@@loatheburger Norrec was a man, but the Warlord armor was possessed by Bartuc and took him over, right? He wasn't born a demon but he kinda became one?
The way you say Andariel is so funny. It's AN-dariel, not An-DAriEL. At 4:44, you said correctly, how it should be said, different than how you said it for example at 4:36.
Belial is not stronger then Azmodan? I mean Belial start the fight agains primes evils and have that giant form I know Azmodan have a better army but i think in a 1 V 1 Belial beat him
Yes and No. The evils represent the 7 heads of Tathamet. Tathamet himself though was a God of cosmic proportions whose body formed the burning hells themselves. Diablo as the prime evil was a mini Tathamet at best
For me the most annoying character that isn't a boss and even matched up against bosses is the butcher I've died more times to him than any other character in the game history is just random appearance and just killing you over and over again so tedious
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Duriel might be the weakest evil in the lore but in D2 he was unstoppable
100% - biggest jump scare and wall in Diablo 2
To be fair he was mostly deadly because of the help he got from the biggest killer spell for online games: load in lag, he would attack and kill you before your connection allowed you to react.
@@hanli5416 No. The Duriel fight is exactly the same in Single Player which doesn't require internet connection 😂
Was only from frost aura. Makes mercs equally op to monsters lol.
@@dejannickolaeff1226 offline he was easypeasy, if you were multiplaying online or online on battlenet he was deadly cause of delay or load in lag from internet.
Still traumatised by my first encounter in D1 with Mister "Fresh Meat" butcher. Now THAT was total panic mode !
Same..
Same here hahaha
Let him chase you into a room with bars and trap him in it.. and as long as your visible in front of the bars.. you can take free shots at him. No dmg taken
for me it was Leoric. that "the warmth of life has entered my tomb" and then a giant skeleton wielding a huge ass sword bumrushes you.
Personally i think Mephisto is the biggest of the primevils. baal and diablo are a little thick headed and rely on brute force and aggression. Mephisto knows how to play mind games and soo good is he at it that he can turn his brothers against eachother with such ease. Probably the most underrated of the 3 and im glad we get more of him in diablo 4.
He reminds me of Tzeentch from warhammer universe
He is the older brother and certainly the most conniving but I think you're underselling Diablo by calling him thick headed. He also has time and again proven to be a schemer and has actually achieved a lot more than Mephisto. He is the only one who achieved the status of THE prime evil and that was done via a lot of planning and scheming over a long period of time. Hardly the actions of a thick head.
For me, Baal is the strongest in terms of raw power, as his title of Lord of destruction indicates and being the only one capable of resisting and destroying his soulstone initially. Mephisto is the most intelligent and manipulative which for a demon can directly translate into power. And Diablo is the best of both worlds, a mix of the two with both power and intelligence, probably the most well rounded of the three, which is why he ends up doing the most of the 3.
While Mephisto for sure knew how to manipulate. Diablo played long game for waay to long to be considered thick headed... He even created opportunity to corrupt strongest angels, he played 4D chess with heavens and pretty much won.
Nah, the scheming Diablo had to pull off to become the Prime Evil kinda disproves that claim that he relies on brute force
Duriel in lore: eleventh most powerful demon.
Duriel when you first meet him in D2: WHAT IS TAHT OH GOD Y Y DIDI I COME HERE ITS AGONYY AAAAAAA HES KILLING ME IN THE LOADING SCREENNN
you all non sorc players are so funny hahaha duriel is the easiest to kill once you have teleport >:D
@@ManxTK Frozen orb who ? Teleport the real most busted skill haha
@@murceg0electrico for real. Teleport alone is what makes enigma the best item in game for 90% of the builds.
I completely forgot Astaroth was in the game, considering I killed him once in the campaign over a year ago, he had such a cool cinematic and model, they should bring him back as an echo
Completely agree - he is such a cool character! I have his mount in WoW
i genuinely think it was a huge mistake to completely disconnect d4's endgame from the story. I'm a big fan of astaroth (also his name is strangely fun to say) and am sad how they threw him aside.
Agreed. For all the endgame bosses we got, he should be included again.
The most powerful being Activision, for destroying what could've been an amazing franchise
too true...
*Blizzard
@@RealCodreX blizzard was the GOAT before it merged with activision. Its like transplanting cancerous tumors
I don't know if he is cannon, but Kabraxis from The Black Road book would probably be fairly high on this list. If I remember correctly there is a line in the book about how the prime evils themselves where concerned about him.
@@Thomse85 Yes I wasn’t sure about if he was canon or not. Agreed that if he was, he’d probably be right below the primes
Didnt Kabraxis fight Jacob Staalek? Been a long time since i read this story
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agreed man!
I don't really understand these honorable mentions. For example, wouldn't the honorable mentions for #9 just go to #10 and #11?
I felt the same way but I think we need to view this as more of a tier list with a top spot on each tier
I think it is Mephisto > Diablo > Baal
Our character from d3strong af killed defeated prime diablo with the others combined
Absolutely agree.
@@ashoush85 in fact, Mephisto manipulates his brother much better than the other 1s together.
Diablo is the strongest, his Brothers affraid of him, also game is called diablo😂
@@Ehrle6969if he was he would lead the triun not Mephisto .
To get more feats from the demons, Lohar said that a Lesser evil is powerful enough to ravish a Continent, and the Ice Leviathan in Diablo Immortal is stated to be powerful enough to sink islands, could get some scaling off that.
Honestly I've always thought that stupid it can destroy islands or ravage a continent yet your character is able to just put a sword through its head and kill it
@ you be surprise how powerful characters can be when you go up against beings of incredible power.
I read somewhere that Diablo as the Prime evil that absorbed the Black soulstone is the reincarnation of Tathamet
The daughter he created contained some of his own demonic essence that her body had always adjusted to without anyone's knowledge, save Adria given she was the mother. Diablo was imprisoned in the black soulstone with the other prime and lesser evils...the seven heads of Thatamet were reunited and having Leah become the vessel of the black soulstone allowed what bond she had with her father, the Lord of Terror to make him the dominant personality for the new body he would create. The Prime Evil body he gained from Leah as his vessel isn't quite Tathemet himself, but its the closest Diablo could ever become seeing as he'd literally need the entirety of hell itself to ever come close to the cosmic being's original power. Even so, it was a nice concept.
Not really. It's the closest thing to that but not quite. The 7 evils (3 prime and 4 lesser) came about from the 7 heads of the dragon but that's not his entire essence, as the rest of his body was what birthed hell and all the other demons. You'd have to combine the power of all hell and it's demons to reflect tathamets original power.
Sorry but lore wise your list is incredibly wrong. Tathamet is a god, not a demon. Just like Anu was not an angel. The first 3 spots in list are prime evils sure, but the lesser evils are right under them. There are no canonically stronger demons than Diablo, Mephisto, Baal, Azmondan, Duriel, Andariel and Belial. #8 is actually Kabraxis who was so powerful not even the primes could control him. #9 are the Ancient Ones. Primordial demon giants you can see being tortured in Diablo 3 hell locations and their remains are in the giants location in Nahantu in D4. The wanted to get a little rebelious so Azmondan punished them by twisting them into small fallen ones or used them as demon batteries. # 10 are siege beasts found in D3 act 3. Nearly uncontrollable and considered one of the greatest prizes in hells. Only after them you have the various "children" like Lilith or Lucion on spot #11. On #12 are the liutenants like Astroga and butcher is #13. This is power wise by canon lore.
You are right - but based on their depictions and impact on Sanctuary in the games, they follow a different order. Andariel and Duriel are both pawns of Lilith in D4 and frankly, Duriel may as well rank at the same level as the Butcher given his portrayal in the games
@@loatheburger The thing with Andariel and Duriel being seen as weak is because they had no soulstones of their own which would bind them to the mortal plane. The soulstones, when corrupted, actually work as anchor for their power (the trap gaslighting everyone they are bad for them was set by Izual), so their couldnt really bring the true form or power in Sanctuary, they are just small echoes. Another thing is, while primes and Belial and Azmodan had their own plans and agenda, Andariel and especially Duriel simply dont give a fuck, they just want to enjoy torment (mental for Andariel and physical for Duriel) and are willing to serve and be summoned for shits and giggles
@@loatheburger furthermore, in the Book of Adria she describes the experience with binding the essence of the 7 for the black soulstone, some were not fighting back, some were (especially Mephisto was furious), but there is a mention that Duriel found it hilarious and was not fighting back at all, because in his mind, it was just a way to spread more pain. Baal was on similar note, while not exactly thrilled with not being in control, he was looking forward the destruction it would bring
I agree…
Gonna disagree on Lilith being #11. I believe she deserves to be higher on the list, given what she's done and what she's accomplished. But that's just me.
The most powerful demon, in my opinion, is a Quill Volley Spiritborn. Even Diablo shivers at the thought of this demon.
Mephisto is my favorite!
I kinda think Mephisto is the most powerful because his ability to make and execute large scale strategic plans and manipulate any life form to me makes him more dangerous and powerful even if he isn’t winning a 1v1 against some of the other evils
Its either him or diablo for sure. Diablo is more crafty though and instilling terror over hatred is more powerful for manipulation. Plus big d is a beast fighter.
Hey @LoatheBurger, tnx for great video. Just at some places audio sounded a bit odd. Don't know if it is something at my end or you did something different in editing. But all and all, I like and enjoy your content and would like to see you reach more subs.
Hey Niko - my dog was pushing around his chew toy while i was filming so I tried to do some noise reduction to dampen it
Good video. Figured the demon na-krul would be in there doh since he has "similare strengths" as diablo, and diablo had to lock him away since na-krul wanted to rule the burning hells alone.
Tathamet should make a return and be the final boss for Diablo 5 lol. The Nephalem from Diablo 3 would have to make a return to help take Tathamet down.
Allthough that's not possible. Since half of the human existence is evil essence, you'd have to kinda purify them to resurrect Tathamet. That would in return send your other half to Je...back to the high heavens, unable to confront Tathamet in a common form.
We would have to literally play as an angel entity. Does not sound too bad tho
Well I mean she kinda did since Diablo at the end of D3 was the Prime Evil
I remember the first time seeing my buddy enter Andariel's chamber on his necromancer, and then spending the next 10 minutes running in circles at 1 hp with both of us yelling "F**k, F**k, F**k!!." Those were the days.
In my opinion the top 3 should be 3rd Mephisto, 2nd Diablo and 1st Tathamet obviously because it's the origin of the burning hells ,Baal is powerful but way less cunning than his brothers he simply bruteforced his way throught mount Arreat to reach the worldstone ,if Nihlathak didn't give him the ancient relic out of fear he would never had access to the worldstone chamber ,instead his brothers manipulated their same jailers and turned them in pawns to use at their whim making them more evil and dangerous .
Awesome topic!
Thanks!
The most powerful demon is stronger than all the demon listed combined, his name is Bobby the demon king.
I challange bobby the demon king the priests of rathma will know retributon 😊
I think when he put all 7 in the black soul stone he was hoping someone would rebirth tathomet. i can honestly see this as endgame someone bringing it back putting the 7 in there and then succeeding. As for Anu i have no idea how he would play a part but obviously the player has plot armor so we can kill tath-y with a 3 group party lol
Fun Fact: The canonical Sorceries and Demon Hunter of Diablo 3 are NPC's in Diablo Immortal story quest. :)
@@bongbongGAMING7878 oh I didnt know that! Is there more story quests after Skarn? I stopped there
@@loatheburger Yes, there are a lot more. Skarn was the old-end game. There is also a story quest where you go back in time and fight along with a very young Deckard Cain, and an exploration of King Leoric's family mansion where you can see how the life relationships of Aidan, Leoric, and the Queen to Albrecht were, to name a few.
Also, you get to save Tyrael, who was trapped with Baal in another dimension after the destruction of the world stone in D2. Answering the long unanswered question as to why Tyrael retained his identity after his supposed death because he never really died in the first place.. :)
To add, you get to encounter Diablo himself in one of the quest and believe me when I say Diablo in Diablo Immortal is terrifying AF. 🤣
@@bongbongGAMING7878that’s crazy! I need to go back to it and explore
@@loatheburgerYou can be very strong even without spending a penny in the game in terms of PVE. So you will not have a hard time exploring the quest for lore deep dives. 😁
Another great video! Keep up the good work sir!
Thank you!
I was hoping to see Kabraxis on here from the black road book or dark road I’m not sure which it is, he wouldn’t be on the top of the list but I feel it’s worth a mention, he basically had a similar story to Belial from Diablo 3 but it was a really good book. Kabraxis was definitely an intelligent demon
It is implied by Tyrael in D3 that after merging with the rest of the demons from the black sole stone, Diablo kind of got the power Tathamet had. So, technically, we have already faced a being equal in power to Tathamet
Lilith was introduced as an uber in D2
Good call
azmodan knew diablo was in lia. i you watch the cutscene again you can see he is talking to diablo
I was hoping to see Cydaea, she was really cool in D3 I thought.
I feel like this is incredible Andariel underestimation.
Spoiler to the list....
So I thought this was Mephisto straight up slander for a moment because he was ranked fourth and I was like "The hell you say he's one of the 3 prime evils! How could you possibly put 3 ahead of him" But I had completely forgotten the lore about the one who you ranked as number 1. I was like "Oh my bad you got it." Now to be clear I think Mephisto should be ranked higher than Baal personally but I completely understand if you disagree with that.
Additionally I think you have vastly overestimated the power of Azmodan and Belial.. All imma say is in terms of actual power Andariel is beating their candy asses. Andariel is the strongest of the four lesser evils.
i will always blame Marius for unleashing Baal.
Hoping to fight Tathamet in D5?
He's hell itself. We've technically been fighting him the entire series.
16:10 Baal tries to corrupt the World*stone, not Soulstone, if I'm not missing smth.
Maybe you can explain, but i don't fully understand the way you made some of the rankings. You gave an "honorable mention" at #10, so why is he not at #11, #12 or #13? The honorable mention would make sense for someone weaker than #13, aka The Butcher.
Neat video. Accuracy seems on point too
Hephaestus is straight from Greek Mythology
I feel like the Siegebreaker Assault Beast should have been on this list, that thing can take down cities, it's definitely more powerful than Butcher.
It's so funny how the most intelligent-looking prime evil, Baal, is by far the dumbest out of the three. He'd still be rotting in his soulstone if his brothers didn't help him get out, hahaha.
Superb video by the way, great job!
I think Bobby the Greedy Kotick should be n1.
LOL looks like I'll have to make an updated video in the future
Aren’t Diablo, Baal and Mephisto greater evils not prime evils, only prime evil was Diablo in D3 when the soul stone containing the other two was merged with Diablo.
I thought this same thing...
No they have always been prime evils. Diablo in that form was "The" prime evil
@@samhobbs9116 ah thanks for the clarification.
The 3 prime evils , and 4 lesser evils are the most powerful including Lilith and Lucian which amounts to the top 9
It'll never happen because it wasn't part of the story and bad blood from sierra and blizzard, but I'd love to see Na-Krul make an appearance. I actually like him as a demon and how he was a challenge to Diablo's mantle in hell.
Ah! The good old days when we have the Prime Evils in Diablo and Diablo II and some others...
Now, everyone is "Lord of something..."
One thing that I've always wondered since finishing D4, is Lilith dead dead, or can she come back, coz other demons on that list, weaker than her, seem to be able to ressurect ad-neasuem
100% - she wasnt banished or trapped in a soulstone. Her dying in Hell if anything will speed up her return
@@loatheburger thanks for the reply, that might also explain the reactions our protagonist was having in the recent dlc, makes me wonder if Lilith is using their body for ressurection maybe
Headcannon but, since the wanderer is suffering from a case of lilith blood she might very well be reborn out of the wanderer. In the nahantu dlc the wanderer is suffering from "fiery blood" for lack of a better word. Maybe some summon lilith ritual type deal in the next dlc.
Lucion and Rathma are both in project Diablo 2. Best version of any Diablo game
Without Kabraxis this list is meaningless. He's the only demon that Prime Evil fears because he's the only demon who doesn't take any power from 7 evils and make his own.
Kabraxis - like Yaerius - aren't considered canon from The Black Road, hence why he isnt mentioned
@@loatheburgeris it different then honorable 9?
Ive never heard andariel pronounced wrong before, she's been pronounced in the games lol
Path of exile 2 in one month. 100 bosses on release, and knowing them it's probably 150. A actual endgame with multiple different types of things to do.
I am pumped for POE 2. Ill be making videos on POE when im done with Diablo lore
@@loatheburger nice.
They completely wasted the holy heck out of Duriels character potential in D4 in forever going to be salty about it. Just wasted all that potential. Should have let an actual fan write the story.
No wonder duriel is the lord of pain, cause he was always such a pain to kill
I always hated the Duriel fight... the frost slow was super annoying
Tathamet Id say is closer to a god, rather than a demon. Semantics.
This isnt a list of demons ranked by their overall power, but rather who caused more harm to sanctuary. In terms of power the prime evils are top 3 and lessar evils rank 4-7 and the other notable demons ranking lower.
It was Mephisto taking over the churce and that body that allowed Diablo to be placed in the Kings son...
Lazarus was send to Khanduras by Mephistos orders and freed Diablo.
So how can Diablo be the first one to free himself?
I can't remember which book it was from, but there was a demon named Kabraxas who claimed to be more powerful than all of the other demon lords. (Edit: mentioned in the other comments) Debatable, for sure. I can't remember exactly what his power was, but I think it was along the lines of granting wishes. Reminds me of Clavicus Vile from Skyrim.... I kinda wish the baroness Greed had made the bottom of this list. While she was super easy if you had the right build in D3 or watched for her attack tells, she still wiped the floor with me several times when I jumped too far in difficulty and didn't avoid her ground slams. Could consider a list of villains who weren't demons: Griswold as a zombie in D2, Nithlatak, the Cow King, Corpsefire (allegedly had some back story), Radament, and that's just D2. I couldn't really invest much into D3, but it really does make things tragic that the whole family in Tristram suffered bad endings: Albrecht to turn into Diablo, Aiden to slay him and then turn into Diablo for D2, the king himself losing it and being turned into the Skeleton King, and the wife whom the king had killed at the request of Lazarus for being a "traitor".
You forgot archbishop lazarus who has almost unreached arcane knowledge and devastating magic
He also "Summoned" diablo and doomed tristram, corrupted king leoric so basicly the beginning
And the warlord of blood (bartuc) the strongest and leader of the steel lords the elite Guards of the burning hells.
Its lorewise here not ingame difficult
Lazarus and Bartuc are human/nephalem. They arent demons. This video is focusing on Demons only
@loatheburger Lazarus is a Demon in a human body you can See this in the cutscene His Red eyes + the voice. He also got resurrected by Diablo after defeating him the 1st time. So Hes undead/Demon
Bartuc also is a Demon the Armor Made him. It was the Same process Like the Wanderer in d2. The Hellfire forged Armor corrupted him to "the Dark Side" And converted his Soul Into a demons Soul He also Serves Diablo And Guards the armories of hell. You can read that in the d1 lore Tomes And the town npcs dialogues And the book "legacy of blood"
Donan is actually the hero from Diablo 3.
Lucien should be found to have been banished to the outer darkness and he returns with the great old ones. Cthulhu vs everybody for Diablo 5 and the classes are actually the three prime evils and the council of angels.
That would be wild - at the very least, having an unholy-affinity class would be great. They say that nephalem are aligned with both light and dark, we deserve a dark class! Necromancers aren't considered one
Everyone knows the true ultimate evil was the random elite you always found in D2 that was immune to physical and magical damage and like immune to 2 elements lol.
i think Mephisto should rank higher than Baal personally
Is Izual an angel still? i mean we killed him in D2, then again we kill him in D3, demons are the only o es coming back to life after some time aight?
Interesting take! Id say its diablo, mephisto, baal then lilith. They are all prime level and the others dont come close. Duriel was also tasked with more important roles vs andy just being a nuisance.
Finally i dont take d3 and diablo immoral as cannon since those wete joke games and just made purely for profits and not the og fans of 1&2's hayday.
Ok here is my head canon Mephisto= tzinch Diablo= Korn Allfather = Baal but we dont patry hard enough to get our diablo equilantof Slanesh
Baal is the most powerful demon in creation. Second only to Tethamat itself.
He isn't stupid, but in raw power, nothing can touch him. Tal Rasha knew this and knew he'd lose but had thy best chance.
Diablo lost to a pious mortal. Baal had to fight Tal Rasha for eternity.
Shank the overseer should have been on this list imo lol
What about Na-Krul?
Hell yes
What about Lord of death ?
Can't agree on Andariel being stronger than Duriel. 1) Duriel was much stronger than Andariel in Diablo 2, just from a damage standpoint. Also, he is physically stronger by a wide margin in Diablo 4, Andy is only any challange at all because she disappears and you have to do the lame little avoidance dance while killing totems. 2) Duriel was left to kill the player by the lords of hell in Tal Rashas tomb. If he was weaker than Andariel, why would they leave him, makes no sense. Like they know you beat Andy, why leave a weaker demon to do the job? Who cares if she causes more chaos, that isn't what your own list is about. It's who is more POWERFUL, like who is harder for a champion to beat, or if there was a power struggle who would beat who in a fight. Duriel would drop Andy in a 1on1 fight in some cave or dungeon, based on everything we have seen. Simple as that.
Also, some book some nerd wrote years later means nothing to me, personally. The creators of the game meant Duriel to be stronger, it's really that simple. I have not read all the books or every bit of lore, I admit that. But in 2000, the people who made the game said: "Duriel is stronger" That is what matters to me.
counts Leoric as Demon ?
PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT KABRAXIS I BEG
WHERE IS BARTUC? The literal Warlord of Blood? Hello? The armor was demonic that corrupted Norrec and that counts as a demon.
Bartuc is considered a nephalem/human. Him and his brother Horazon will be on the most powerful nephalem list where we'll talk about the mage clan wars
@@loatheburger Norrec was a man, but the Warlord armor was possessed by Bartuc and took him over, right? He wasn't born a demon but he kinda became one?
Madawc, Korlick, Talic > ALL 🙃
Why nobody ever talks about Nemesis?!
is that the boss that spawns on consoles for diablo 3? I dont believe he's in the lore
@loatheburger yup, that one. Thats sad, It used to scare the hell out of me. Thanks for your reply 🎩
Omg he scared the hell outta me when I played D3 on PS3 😂
The way you say Andariel is so funny. It's AN-dariel, not An-DAriEL. At 4:44, you said correctly, how it should be said, different than how you said it for example at 4:36.
Lilith should be higher on the list, imo.
Please do a top most powerful from the light side
You bet!
@@loatheburgerI think it’s our main character from D3 didn’t we eliminate Diablo when he had others combined into him our character is pretty strong
Belial is not stronger then Azmodan?
I mean Belial start the fight agains primes evils and have that giant form
I know Azmodan have a better army but i think in a 1 V 1 Belial beat him
How exactly do demons procreate? Why does Mephisto have 2 children?
Tathamet would be a good fight... says my Spiritborn
Duriel is bugged 😔
Treehead Woodfist is the most powerful demon in diablo
I for one will not stand for this blatant Rakanishu slander.
low key, why was astaroth a harder fight than lilith, I want to see an uber astaroth fight!
Same! Such a cool boss and character design
Didnt Diablo became Tatameth Reborn on Diablo 3..as stated by Tyreal.
Yes and No. The evils represent the 7 heads of Tathamet. Tathamet himself though was a God of cosmic proportions whose body formed the burning hells themselves. Diablo as the prime evil was a mini Tathamet at best
I thought Mephisto is actually the strongest because he is the oldest?
Diablo is the most powerful 🔥
If number 1 is not Bobby Kotick I am disliking the shit out of this video
where is kabraxis?
black road isn't canon. Yaerius never brought the tenets of zakarum down either and probably doesnt exist
For me the most annoying character that isn't a boss and even matched up against bosses is the butcher I've died more times to him than any other character in the game history is just random appearance and just killing you over and over again so tedious
Mephisto #1 IMO
Mentioning diablo immortal without criticism is some next level normie content, thumb down
Diablo Immortal's lore is top notch, p2w or not. You dont have to spend a dime to experience it
Where is malthael?
He isnt a demon
@loatheburger okay my bad, I just watched another video about angels
Great content but do you chop up your speech into each individual word? seems like theres no flow in the way you talk
Lillith was in diablo 2. She was one of the 3 mini ubers bosses and the hardest by a fair margin.
Good call
@@loatheburger appreciate the content subbing now :)
how bout cow king? 🤔🐄
Honorable mention ;
The venom snakes from D2 in Nihlathaks temple. Before they were nerfed :)
Lost a few hardcore to those damn snakes 🐍