How do you defend yourself from Detonators?

I have a level 46 Barbarian on Act 5. Obviously I am a melee heavy tool bag. I keep dying from detonators and I haven't made it past the highlands. I need help. I have a rogue mercenary as well. I am about to start a new character all together because I feel like this game is beneficial with ranged characters. Please give me advise on what to do. As I wait, I'll start a new character I guess. Oh and I don't play online, I play offline as I have a data cap where I live right now.

Don't kill detonators. That's the only way as they will instantly kill you once they die.

Don't kill them.

edit: guess I was too slow

Cap fire res and avoid them all together. They have a chance to cast fireball on death that moves slow but deals high damage. If you're using the axe tree, wolf stance and t-slam are very helpful. Just stun the screen and run like hell. Put up a portal every so often and use blink from

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to teleport over obstacles, rather than run around them.

I used to die a lot when pouncezon was my build, those little fuckers...

well, they always seem to die in 1 hit with anything, when i play, i use some aoe ability like that axebarb cold skill with missilies, i use it on a mob which is close to the detonator and then run away a bit

if there are no other mobs nearby i just run past them. they're slow af and not dangerous at all while alive

I'll try and slow down then and avoid them at all cost. I just don't know what they look like until after I die. I know the name though for sure. I use swords, and use to skill that sends a, for a lack of better term, Nova of Swords out when I attack and I think that's what is killing them before I know it.

Detonators are an elite version of the pests from act 2. They are small and can be difficult to see in act 5.

- from the bestiary

Always cut the blue wire, not the red.

On top of avoiding them if feasible, max out your fire resist, and raise the max limit with Perfect Bloodstones if feasible. I've not had much issue when doing that.