Diablo 3 - Fortschrittsthread

Damage in Diablo III takes the following forms. Every form of damage can count for a critical hit (caused by various item or skill properties) and when a "crit" is landed, a bonus effect is added along with increased damage. Targets that die to critical hits usually explode in gory and thematically-appropriate fashion.

Physical Damage:

Critical hit: Deals double damage.

Arcane Damage: Purple in coloration.

Critical hit: Arcane crits "silence" targets. (Silenced targets can not cast some spells, such as a Skeletal Summoner or Goatman Shaman resurrecting fallen minions.)

Cold Damage: Blue in coloration.

Critical hit: Cold crits freeze targets for 2 seconds. (Duration affected by numerous other factors.)

Fire Damage: Red in coloration.

Critical hit: Fire crits set targets ablaze, adding DoT to the initial fire damage.

Lightning Damage: White in coloration.

Critical hit: Lightning crits stun targets for 2 seconds. (Duration affected by numerous other factors.)

Disease Damage: Green in coloration. (Formerly known as "Toxic.")

Critical hit: Disease crits deal an unknown bonus.
Resisted by Poison resistance.
Diseased units suffer a damage debuff; they take more damage and deal less.

Poison Damage: Green in coloration. (Also known as Acid.) (Poison and Disease are similar, but not the same.[1])

Critical hit: Poison crits deal an unknown bonus.
Resisted by Poison resistance.
Poisoned units suffer a health debuff; their regeneration and healing is lessened or reversed.

Holy Damage: White in coloration. (Found mostly on Monk skills.) Extra damage to Undead?

Critical hit: Unknown.
Resisted by: Unknown.