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1. DPS is nothing in this fight, you will need around 35k but you should prioritize survivability over damage.
2. You will need atleast 12% run speed, I bought some cheap legendary Hammer Jammers which gave me additional 6% movement speed. If you consantly outrun Diablo he can't hit you. This is especially important since you are not going for diamond skin and the debuff usually kills you if theres no well around.
3. You can avoid the teleport completly (as said earlier here in this thread) by not standing near an edge. You can perfectly kite Diablo with the floating rocks between your character and him but you absolutely have to avoid standing near an edge, this was, atleast for me, the key for winning the fight pretty easily, since Diablo teleporting brings a major randomness to the encounter.
4. Instead of using Diamond skill you should use Wave of Force because it reflects his big fireball. If you do step 3. correctly he will never hit you, but P2 can be really messy sometimes so it might help you.
5. I did almost no damage by myself in P2, let the Hydra do everything and kite him around the upper hole of the map. It's very hard to kite Diablo around the hole on the southside of the map and avoid his teleportation because the passage with edges is very narrow.
6. My weapon is really really slow and therefore AO was the only option for me because the damage is so high. I guess the majority of people goes one hand and high IAS and therefore prefers Magic Missile (Seeker) over AO. But as said earlier the Hydra will be the major damage factor, you absolutely have to avoid taking risks.

The fight is all about playing it safe and not taking risks in order to kill him faster, you can do that with better gear.
Hope it helped!

1. Kite along the golden circle, along the outer edges. Maintain about 1 inch from the edge of the ring on the outside and he won't teleport. This removes one of the boss mechanics.

2. If he charges you because you fail to maintain 1 screens worth away (80 in game yards diagonally), you can still outrun his melee attack as long as you were moving away from him (12% movement speed). This means diamond skin is not necessary during this fight. Also removes another boss mechanic.

3. You can dps him with hydra on all quadrants of phase 1 and 3. Just note that hydra range is based on vicinity of the enemy to you, not the hydra until it starts attacking. Then you may move out of range anytime. This means during the top areas where you hydra to the south, your hydra will rarely be in range since you cant see much below your character. Most of your dps will occur when rotating from south to north. I rotate counter clockwise from the start. Also makes his fireball attacks counterable. (use wave of force if you cannot dodge in time).

4. You can use arcane orbs, tap source to put significant dps on diablo anytime during the rotation after dropping hydra. This helps you also time the hydra distance so that you deal damage during the rotation.

5. You can dps him do 50% before he will stun you. If you take too long he will simply start phase 2 at wherever your dps is, which will probably be at 60-70% especially if you are still learning the fight.

6. Teleport wormhole is very useful for phase 2 to put distance between the clones and you. Clones can oneshot you with pretty much any attack, but the arcane orb/hydra clone is most dangerous. Simply start teleporting as soon as diablo disappears to summon a clone and you should be able to kite them.

7. Kiting the clone is important so you do not die immediately. However, you need to kill the clone within 1 minute or less otherwise diablo enters the fight again. This means while you kite, use arcane orb tap source to dps the clone down. This should take about 10-20 seconds max as the clones are quite weak to hydra and orbs will take chunks off their hp.

8. You should keep wave of force handy just in case shadow diablo pops in on you during phase 2 after a clone kill. It is also handy to stop him from teleporting as it is harder to maintain a 1 inch distance from all walls and craters. Also due to the terrain, he can easily land a fireball shot as you are moving laterally in a straight line. Wave of force timed correctly will deflect the shot for some epic moments.

9. Throw in some arcane orbs to make phase 2 go faster as you get the practice down.

10. Phase 3 will be same as phase 1 like people have said. Lightning breath only occurs when you do not maintain a 80 yard distance (in game measurements) and has a max distance so you only need to outrun it. This is easy if you use the same strategies mentioned above. Simply dps him down with hydra and arcane orb kiting. Dont forget to switch into magic find gear for loots.

In the end this fight is only about avoiding his attacks and slowly dpsing him down.

Stats (you can have a lot less stats and still do the above)

40k dps
2.02 attackspeed
33k hp
12% movement speed

Skills that really help:

Wave of Force - Deflect his large nuke fireball. Stuns Diablo incase he teleports on you if you make a mistake.
Hydra Venom - Deal damage over time
Teleport Wormhole - Helps during phase 2 and or if you make a mistake

I would also suggest:

Sparkflint - more dps
Force weapon - more dps
Arcane Orb - more dps and kills clones fast

Skills you don't want or need

Blizzard - Low damage for this fight, also doesn't really prevent diablo from charging you if you get too close to him.
Mirror Images - Doesn't do anything significant