You can deploy a maximum of six skills at once by going to your character menu and assigning them to your controller buttons.

Xbox 360 and Xbox One: Hold down the Left Trigger (LT) to activate Target Lock.Īs your hero gains levels, new skills will become available for use in battle.PlayStation®3 and PlayStation®4: Hold down L2 to activate Target Lock.

This makes it easier to focus your efforts on a specific monster in order to empty its health bar quicker. On Consoles, you can use the Target Lock function to hold still and focus on a specific monster - an arrow will appear over the target you’ve locked onto. Below you will find details on activating Target Lock, assigning skills, and evading. For example, you can spotlight yourself to show where you’d like to lead your comrades to, or that you're in need of aid, by pressing the right stick. (If you see the upper half of its torso crawling towards you, clawed hands still reaching for your throat, it’s not dead.)Īdditional combat mechanics designed to enhance gameplay on consoles are available to you in Diablo III. When you reduce the bar from its filled state (red) to empty (black), the monster dies. While you’re attacking a monster, you’ll see a red bar with its name at the top of your screen: this is the monster’s health, a visual depiction of how much damage it can take before exploding violently or collapsing in a crimson puddle at your feet. You can check the average damage you’ll do in the Inventory pane accessible with the “I” key (PC) or through the character menu on Consoles (Xbox 360 and Xbox One: BACK PlayStation®3 and PlayStation®4: SELECT). If you hit the monster, you’ll do damage to it based on the weapons you have equipped. To attack, move your mouse over the monster and click on it (PC) or press the attack button when the monster is in range (Console). Attack a monster, and by default, your hero will swing or shoot at it, depending on whether you have a melee or ranged weapon equipped.

Diablo 3 gameplay controls