Are there differences in the frequency certain champion/rare affixes occur?
As Ben says, there are three types of affixes. These are broken up as follows:
- Strong CC (limit of one):
- Knockback
- Nightmarish
- Vortex
- Defensive (limit of one):
- Avenger (Champion pack only)
- Extra Health
- Health Link (Champion pack only)
- Horde (Boss only)
- Illusionist
- Missile Dampening (Boss only)
- Invulnerable Minions (Boss only)
- Shielding
- Vampiric
- Aggressive (no limit):
- Arcane Enchanted
- Descrator
- Electrified
- Fast
- Fire Chains (Champion pack only)
- Frozen
- Jailer
- Molten
- Mortar
- Plagued
- Reflects Damage
- Teleporter
- Waller
So any affixes from the Aggressive category has a much higher chance of being seen, i.e. Mortar and Plagued, while an affix like Missile Dampening will only appear for Boss packs (not Champion packs) and only has a one in seven chance if they have a Defensive ability. This results in a much lower chance of being seen.
Note that while CC and defensive categories have a limit of one from each of them, that doesn't mean that a group must have one of each of them. I believe they can roll with only one of two, or even neither of the two, i.e. solely aggressive affixes.