It is still under development, and a lot of balancing is going to occur between now and release time. It is worth pointing out this is the first time the Necromancer is playable on the PTR. Playing during the beta finally has allowed us to explore all of the Necromancer’s abilities and passives, and see if the class’s playstyle really did provide the continuity with the original Diablo II class that the developers have been claiming.

But my thirst for more Necromancer was quenched when I recently received my invite to the Diablo 3 Necromancer closed beta. While this did a great job showcasing some of the class’s new abilities, this didn’t give a clear picture of the class playstyle in its entirety. At PAX, we only got to run a melee-focused Necromancer through a single Greater Rift. How does the reimagined Necromancer play, and how does it compare to the original Diablo II class?Īfter getting my hands dirty with the Necromancer last PAX East, I was admittedly thirsty for more new Diablo 3 content. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.By Matt Becker 6 years ago We take a look at Diablo 3’s upcoming new class, the Necromancer, now playable in the game’s closed beta. Subscribe to my free weekly content round-up newsletter, God Rolls. Now he’s a core class.įollow me on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. It was really weird to bring the Necro back in a standalone package in D3, but that was the result of an aborted expansion, I believe. Like before, I think this class will return.

No double hand crossbows I guess, though. Rogue, Assassin, Demon Hunter, they’re all branches of the same tree, even if the name keeps changing. We’ll see what they think about bringing it back. Again, it’s a wholly unique style of play and was a big hit in Diablo 3. While I firmly believe Paladin will return, I think it may be a toss-up between Monk and Amazon for the second class. This is just the Sorcerer/Sorceress called by a different name. While Diablo 3 did get a Necromancer and have the Witch Doctor, I think there’s too much overlap between the two pet-based classes in D4 to see the Witch Doctor make a return over some of these others.

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