Recently,Diablo 4announced the beloved Necromancer would be rounding out the game’s five starting classes at launch. Along with the announcement, a short video was shared showcasing some weapons and armor Necromancers might collect in their journeys across Sanctuary and beyond inDiablo 4.
Blizzard recently showed off a bunch of new information aboutDiablo 4at the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase. In addition to gameplay footage and a 2023 release window, it revealed the Necromancer class and several videos showcasing its equipment and skills.
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Like all the footage shown, the Necromancer weapons and armor showcase is in-development content–but one could not tell from looking at it. Already, the detailed models of the Necromancer’s grim, bone-studded armor and weapons are enough to make any Goth proud. The breadth of the character customization available to the Necromancer in both character and equipment is impressive. From armored death priests to gore-covered cultists to skull-faced knights straight out ofThe Witcher 4, theDiablo 4art team is clearly delivering on the true Necromancer fantasy.
The Necromancer class was originally introduced inDiablo 2. While it wasn’t originally inDiablo 3, fan outcry over the reintroduction of the popular class saw it added in a later update alongside the Crusader. Both classes are inDiablo Immortal, but it seems the Necromancer alone made the cut forDiablo 4at launch, though aCrusader or Paladin could be added in laterDiablo 4expansion content or DLC.
Fans are understandably excited to play the Necromancer inDiablo 4for themselves, and seeing the gear only heightened their excitement. TheDiablo 4Necromancer seems to truly capture the emaciated, androgynous, and corpse-like features of the originalDiablo 2Necromancer in a way its other incarnations didn’t. Fans love how creepy and grim the armor sets look, andcelebrateDiablo 4diving into the dark fantasythat makes the franchise so compelling.
However, some fans are not so easily impressed. After thecontroversies surrounding the predatory business model ofDiablo Immortal, and the revelation thatDiablo 4will contain microtransactions, many fans are concerned the coolest armor appearances will be locked behind the cash shop. ThoughDiablo 4has promised fans its cash shop would be purely for cosmetics, and not progression like inDiablo Immortal, its players will have to wait and see how egregious its cash shop is once Blizzard shares more information about it, or once beta testing begins.
Diablo 4will launch in 2023 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
