During the fight against Andariel (Lair Boss), she disappeared after reaching a damage threshold — which is expected — but she never returned to the fight. The screen effects of her phase transition (area-wide attacks) kept occurring, but she was no longer visible or targetable. The boss became unkillable, and my character was trapped in the arena.
All exits were disabled — I could not teleport, leave the dungeon, or open the map. This led to a potential death trap in Hardcore mode. Thankfully, I managed to survive by using Ice Ultimate and forcefully logging out during the 8-second countdown.
Impact:
- Game-breaking bug, especially critical in Hardcore mode.
- Traps the player with no option to exit or recover.
- Could lead to permanent character death.
Record of my 5min suffering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NErIIp2SfjE