Bind Demon

You can bind

Fallen Shaman.

Once bound, they can

Revive both shamans or fallens.

You cannot use

Death Mark,

Engorge or other skills on those revived fallens or shamans. Similarly, you cannot target them with Unsummon.

If you leave the game, you lose the group of fallens, keeping only the "original" shaman.

Now you can have your own

Fallen party!

• Bosses and minibosses (such as
  The Countess) cannot be bound. Superuniques are valid targets.
• You can only have one demon bound by this skill at a time (you can still have additional demons from other skills if maximum is raised using
  Demonic Mastery).
• Successfully binding a new demon will replace the current one.
• Summon Goatman /
  Summon Tainted /
  Summon Defiler will not replace your bound demon.

The Smith from Act 1 is also a great target early on once you have access to the skill

Bind Demon is actually a nice way to have a closer look at the monsters' graphics. Usually they die so quickly, that you can hardly take a look at them.

The bound demon gains extra affixes based on your skill level when binding it:
Level 5: Extra Strong
Level 10: Extra Fast
Level 15: Spectral Hit
Level 20: Aura Enchanted

Respeccing your character will kill the bound demon, even if you have a

Dagger or book equipped with the '

Bind Demon' skill.

Having a sundering charm in your inventory will sunder your bound demons immunities as well.

Ever wanted to run your own day-care centre?

Well now you can!

Bind a

Vile Mother, and they will create up to 5 Vile Children before they start attacking enemies.

No having to fuss around looking for

Fallen to

Revive either.

Based on specific testing, the stats (or at least the affixes) of a bound demon are locked in at the time of binding and will not change with new games, even if you equip/unequip +skill gear or assign further hard skill points into related skills.

As such, while leveling, if you improve your related skill points, you may want to look at finding a new demon afterwards as your current one seemingly won't receive the additional benefits retroactively.

Similarly, there is an argument to be made for specific demon-bind gear, focusing on related +skills to make your bound demon as good as you can make it as you can unequip that gear afterwards without losing the benefits on your bound demon.