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What Class Will You Play In Diablo III?

Posted on Sunday, May 13 @ 12:18:32 Eastern by Jonathan_Leack

Diablo III is only two-days from release, and now the time has come to make the big decision: what class will you play?

There are going to be five classes available on Diablo III's launch, and they range wildly in gameplay style and technique. Each has its own resource system, armor sets, voice actor, and more. Below you will find the name of each class along with a brief excerpt of what the class is about.

Wizard

Wizards are renegade spellcasters who use their bodies as vessels for arcane energy, forsaking the more careful path favored by other magic users. They manipulate all manner of forces to disintegrate, burn, and freeze their foes, and they can control time and light to teleport, create powerful illusions, and deflect oncoming attacks.

You'll love this class if: you prefer to bring a spellbook of magic to a knife fight.

This class is similar to: Harry Potter.

Witch Doctor

Witch doctors are spiritual warriors who summon dead souls and crawling creatures to do their bidding. By surrounding themselves with conjured zombies and vermin, witch doctors are free to assault their enemies with exploding skulls, acrid poison clouds, and wasting curses.

You'll love this class if: you own voodoo dolls.

This class is similar to: Dhalsim (Street Fighter).

Demon Hunter

Demon hunters are relentless vigilantes who execute their infernal targets with an arsenal of ranged weapons. They crouch and take aim far from danger, relying on bows, deadly traps, and projectiles to swiftly bring an end to the creatures that haunt their world.

You'll love this class if: you hate demons and want to hunt them.

This class is similar to: Neo (The Matrix).

Barbarian

Barbarians are savage wanderers who never flinch from close-quarters combat. Mighty ground stomps, leaping attacks and dual-wielded slashes leave a barbarian’s enemies dead in their boots and send any survivors fleeing for cover.

You'll love this class if: you wish you were one of the 300 Spartans.

This class is similar to: The Hulk.

Monk

Monks are sacred warriors who channel divine power through sheer force of will. Healing waves, mantras of protection and attacks empowered with holy might are all within their purview.

You'll love this class if: you breakdance in your spare time.

This class is similar to: Raptor Jesus.

Keep in mind you can make several characters, but if you want to complete the campaign and level them all up it's going to take you a while. For that reason I'm going to be making one character and complete the entire game with it before even considering an alternate character. As far as which class that is going to be I'm torn between the Witch Doctor and Demon Hunter. I've been playing a melee class in World of Warcraft for the past few months and would like a change of pace.

So, what about you? Even if you aren't getting the game at launch, feel free to share which class you would play as in the comments below.

Related Games: Diablo III

Tags: Diablo 3, Blizzard

Comments

De-Ting
Joined: Nov 2006

Posted: May 13th, 2012 at 1:27 pm
Barbarian or Monk for me. I also got to try the Demon Hunter during the open beta, but it was a rather unsatisfying experience. Will have to try the others, but Barbarian and Monk were definitely fun.

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LinksOcarina
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: May 13th, 2012 at 1:34 pm
If I ever play the game, Witch Doctor seems the most appealing. But I like being castor classes.

Surprisingly, there is no real "rogue" class above. The Demon Hunter is the closest one to it it seems just due to using ranged weaponry, but it feels a bit beefier than most rogues are.

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tinymhg
Joined: Jun 2011

Posted: May 13th, 2012 at 1:37 pm
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang

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the_mighty_toast
Joined: Jul 2006

Posted: May 13th, 2012 at 4:31 pm
The Witch Doctor was great in open beta weekend. 3 big hell hounds attacking, throwing jars of spiders all over the place. Was my own mini war. Though the Wizard is, and always will be, a winning class in a game like this. Monk was a lot of fun also, but my two mains will be Witch Doctor first, then Wizard

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the_mighty_toast
Joined: Jul 2006

Posted: May 13th, 2012 at 4:32 pm
Well...didn't mean for this to be a reply to Tiny, but what the hell. Your comment was Win ^_^

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tinymhg
Joined: Jun 2011

Posted: May 13th, 2012 at 5:20 pm
Yours too ^_^

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friggest
Joined: Mar 2008

Posted: May 13th, 2012 at 7:16 pm
Yes, that was rather funny.

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Fieperskaivu
Joined: May 2011

Posted: May 13th, 2012 at 2:21 pm
Demon Hunter, got a 4 man set up to go from 3am - ??. Planning on at least doing Normal in one sitting and see how long that takes.

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Noritama
Joined: Feb 2012

Posted: May 13th, 2012 at 3:26 pm
I'm really tossed between Demon Hunter and Barb. I'll probably do both.

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OdiousLupous
Joined: Jul 2011

Posted: May 13th, 2012 at 4:05 pm
Only got to play the witch doctor in the beta with so many connection issues, **** it Ill play them all.

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Greywolfe1982
Joined: Jan 2008

Posted: May 13th, 2012 at 4:18 pm
Wizard first, followed by a Barb. Blow **** up all day erry day.

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OdiousLupous
Joined: Jul 2011

Posted: May 13th, 2012 at 4:43 pm
What is created, must be destroyed.

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thedarkstar
Joined: Feb 2011

Posted: May 13th, 2012 at 5:29 pm
If I do decide to get the game, i will be playing the Barbarian. Cause I likes to smash stuff.

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Kiristo
Joined: Oct 2008

Posted: May 13th, 2012 at 6:41 pm
Like any game I like to be right in the thick of it smashing faces, so Barbarian.

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shandog137
Joined: Mar 2007

Posted: May 13th, 2012 at 6:42 pm
Witch doctor as it is closest to the necromancer...i do miss my skeleton army and golems

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Ranim
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: May 13th, 2012 at 6:43 pm
My first class is going to be a Hardcore character. I've been thinking about my experiences with the classes in the closed and open beta, and I got the impression that the Demon Hunter has a distinct advantage in the later difficulties where escaping trouble is important. I think that the other classes have their advantages, but if I get ganged up on, i'll need an escape route, and a bunch of the Demon Hunter skills allow for that. The other classes have great skills too, but the Demon Hunter is quick about it.

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friggest
Joined: Mar 2008

Posted: May 13th, 2012 at 7:15 pm
You will die oh OH so many times. Hardcore first? I cant wait for you to die.

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Ranim
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: May 13th, 2012 at 9:35 pm
I die in my pants every day, whats your point?

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MarkyBee
Joined: Mar 2007

Posted: May 14th, 2012 at 5:48 am
I usually hate melee classes in games like this because they were so boring to play... but the barbarian really suprised me and I might be playing a lot as Barbarian! The Demon Hunter was super boring to play. Witch Doctor can summon so much stuff that you don't really use many combat skills yourself, and the Wizard's got some pretty weak initial spells so in the open beta I didn't get on too well with him... the Monk is also amazing, has his own version of E.Honda's hundred-hand slap to build up his version of mana and a bunch of cool spells.

Did anyone else on the open beta think it strange that some of the classes like the monk ignore their equipped melee weapon because all their main attacks dont use it?

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Guernica
Joined: Mar 2009

Posted: May 14th, 2012 at 6:53 am
I'll be playing Monk mostly but I'll have a wizard as well.

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Squiggy
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: May 14th, 2012 at 10:11 am
When they opened the beta for the weekend, I played all five classes through to the end (of that little segment they allowed us to play), and I gotta say ALL five classes were fun and satisfying to play. That said, my main will probably be a Barbarian. I find that class to be juuuust a bit more satisfying, though this MAY involve some slight bias, as the Barbarian was also my favorite class in Diablo II.

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elmoreoocyte
Joined: Apr 2012

Posted: May 14th, 2012 at 12:41 pm
Played a necro in D2. Really wanted to try the Witch Doctor in open beta and liked it. I also tried the Monk and Demon Hunter. I've never really been big on melee or pure casters so I didn't even bother with the Barb or Sorc. I'm going to play a Witch Doctor and have a Monk alt.

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OdiousLupous
Joined: Jul 2011

Posted: May 15th, 2012 at 12:55 am
Good thing they fixed the login errors from beta for launch day... oh wait yeah they didnt.

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