Diablo 3 Class Guide

Diablo 3 beta is due to begin before the end of September 2011. The beta will contain a very small part of Diablo 3, not even the first act in full, however it will contain all five classes.



*Barbarian

Barbarian is a melee-oriented class with great physical powers, and uses fury instead of mana as a resource pool. See a full listing of the Barbarian's skills.

The Barbarian was the first playable class revealed for Diablo III and was announced in June 2008 at Blizzard's World Wide Invitational in Paris, where they also officially announced the development of Diablo III.

*Monk

Monk is a melee fighter, with an emphasis on speed, combos, aura bonuses, and tactics, rather than the brute force of the Barbarian. Many of the Monk's skills have an Eastern martial arts influence, while his appearance is a mixture of European medieval monks with saffron robes and fashions drawing from the Eastern, Shao Lin style influence.

The Monk was the fourth playable class revealed for Diablo III and was announced in October 2009 at Blizzcon.

Though the Monk shares a name and some properties with the Monk from Diablo I's expansion pack Hellfire, Blizzard has disowned that expansion pack and claims no connection between the characters.

*Witch Doctor

Witch Doctor, abbreviated WD, is a pure spellcaster, dealing with elemental magic, nature magic, necromancy and alchemy. The class has taken some inspiration from the Necromancer of Diablo II, in its ability to summon pets of various types, as well as cast some mind control spells.

The Witch Doctor is a much more active, spell-attacking class than the Necromancer was, though. A Witch Doctor can not succeed just summoning pets and sitting back; he must venture in much closer to the fray, constantly using attack spells to supplement the damage dealt by various short-lived pets.

*Wizard

Wizard is a pure spellcaster, harnessing arcane and elemental magic to do his/her bidding via a devastating array of offensive spells. The Wizard is quite similar to the Sorcerer and Sorceress of previous Diablo games, in design and concept.

*Demon Hunter

Demon Hunter is the ranged attacking class. They specialize in bows and crossbows, which they supplement with numerous ranged attacks, traps of various types, and even a few melee range skills.

The Demon Hunter was the fifth and final playable class revealed for Diablo III and was announced in October 2010 at Blizzcon.

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