Confuse

Required level 18Classic

What it does

curses a monster to force it to attack random targets.

How Confuse works, in depthThe Necromancer's curse that sets monsters on each other. 10 seconds at level 1 and 48 at level 20 in Normal, halved in Nightmare and quartered in Hell, over a radius that grows from 4 yards to 16.67; who it can and cannot confuse and what it cannot overwrite.

Items that give Confuse

4 items

Chargescast from the item until the charges run out

of ConfusionSuffix	Confuse charges (level and number set by item level)	48

Chance to castfires on its own when you hit, are hit, kill …

DeliriumRuneword	11% Chance to cast level 18 Confuse on striking	51
DreamRuneword	10% Chance to cast level 15 Confuse when struck	65
The Fetid SprinklerUnique · Holy Water Sprinkler	10% Chance to cast level 1 Confuse on striking	38

Per level

before synergies, masteries and +skills from items

Level	Radius	Mana cost
1	4	13
2	4.67	13
3	5.33	13
4	6	13
5	6.67	13
6	7.33	13
7	8	13
8	8.67	13
9	9.33	13
10	10	13
11	10.67	13
12	11.33	13
13	12	13
14	12.67	13
15	13.33	13
16	14	13
17	14.67	13
18	15.33	13
19	16	13
20	16.67	13
21	17.33	13
22	18	13
23	18.67	13
24	19.33	13
25	20	13
26	20.67	13
27	21.33	13
28	22	13
29	22.67	13
30	23.33	13

Also raised by

items that add levels without naming it

Requires

Dim VisionLevel 6

Leads to

AttractLevel 24

Source: skills.txt row “Confuse” and skilldesc.txt of build 3.3.93847. Mana = (mana + lvlmana × (level − 1)) × 2^manashift ÷ 256; damage brackets at levels 2–8, 9–16, 17–22, 23–28, 29+ scaled by HitShift. · Report incorrect data

Unless stated otherwise, everything here is Diablo II: Resurrected build 3.3.93847, Reign of the Warlock.