Diablo Immortal: Playable Character Classes

Diablo Immortal offers players a chance to choose from a variety of well-known character classes like Barbarians, Sorcerers, and Demon Hunters. This page provides descriptions of each class as well as tips on how to play them effectively.

• Barbarians
• Sorcerers
• Crusaders
• Demon Hunters
• Monks
• Necromancers

Barbarians

Barbarians are fierce fighters who always prefer to engage in close combat. They possess a range of abilities, including deadly attacks, shouts, AoE abilities, and skills that allow them to close the distance between themselves and their enemies.

The Barbarian’s primary attribute is Strength, which increases the hero’s Combat Rating and damage. Vitality and Fortitude are additional attributes that require attention while developing a Barbarian in Diablo Immortal.

The Barbarian is an excellent character class for beginners and is highly recommended for both solo and group play in Diablo Immortal.

Strengths and weaknesses of the Barbarian in Diablo Immortal:

Strengths	Weaknesses
High damage output (single target and AoE attacks)	Long cooldowns for abilities
High mobility	Highly mobile enemies with long-range attacks can keep the Barbarian at bay
Crowd control
Stamina

Primary attacks:

1. Lacerate: every third hit heals the Barbarian for 15% of the damage done.
2. Frenzy: each hit increases attack speed for a few seconds – this effect can stack up to 5 times.

Abilities:

1. Furious Charge: The Sorcerer dashes forward, dealing damage and knocking back all enemies in their path.
2. Blizzard: The character summons a blizzard that deals damage and slows all enemies in its area of effect.
3. Chained Lightning: The Sorcerer unleashes a chain of lightning that damages and stuns all enemies it hits.
4. Disintegrate: The character fires a beam of energy that deals continuous damage to all enemies in its path.
5. Teleport: The Sorcerer instantly teleports to a target location, avoiding enemy attacks and obstacles.
6. Mirror Image: The character creates multiple illusions of themselves that distract enemies and deal damage.
7. Time Warp: The Sorcerer creates a field that slows down time for all enemies within it, reducing their movement and attack speed.
8. Ice Armor: The character encases themselves in ice, increasing their defense and dealing damage to enemies that attack them.
9. Energy Twister: The Sorcerer summons a twisting vortex of energy that damages all enemies in its path.
10. Archon: The character transforms into a powerful being that enhances their abilities and increases their damage dealt.

Sorcerers

Sorcerers have mastered magical techniques that allow them to fight enemies from a safe distance. In Diablo Immortal, they can use various schools of magic such as fire or ice. Their primary weapons are wands and staffs.

The main attribute of a Sorcerer is Intelligence, which increases their Combat Rating and damage dealt. It is also recommended to develop the Vitality and Fortitude attributes.

The strengths and weaknesses of the Sorcerer in Diablo Immortal:

Strengths	Weaknesses
High area-of-effect damage and solid single-target damage	Reliance on skills
Excellent crowd control skills	Low stamina
Great mobility with Teleport	No group support abilities

Primary attacks:

1. Magic Missile: The Sorcerer launches a magical missile that deals damage upon impact.
2. Electrocute: The character shoots beams of electricity that damage the first target hit and up to three additional enemies for reduced damage.

Abilities:

1. Black Hole: creates a black hole, pulling in nearby enemies and dealing damage to them within 3 seconds.
2. Disintegrate: fires a beam of energy in a chosen direction, dealing damage to enemies within the radius and increasing their vulnerability to damage.
3. Ice Crystal: summons a giant ice crystal that deals damage for a few seconds. When it shatters, it deals additional damage to nearby enemies.
4. Meteor: calls down a meteor that stuns enemies on impact and burns the ground, dealing additional damage.
5. Arcane Torrent: unleashes a barrage of arcane projectiles, damaging enemies near the impact location.
6. Lightning Nova: throws bolts of lightning in all directions, dealing damage to enemies.
7. Ice Armor: creates an ice barrier that absorbs damage and shatters, damaging nearby enemies when it wears out.
8. Scorch: fires a flaming orb that knocks back enemies and leaves a burning trail that inflicts damage.
9. Ray of Frost: fires a frost beam that continuously damages enemies along its path.
10. Slow Time: summons a bubble that slows enemy movement and projectile speed in the selected area.
11. Arcane Wind: releases a gust of wind that damages and knocks back enemies, with increased damage against burning enemies.
12. Teleport: instantly moves the character a certain distance forward.

Crusaders

Crusaders are armored warriors who fight evil, using both close combat and holy power. They can deflect enemy attacks with their shield and have high strength and stamina, but their damage output in a 1v1 fight is weak and their skills have long cooldowns. They excel at crowd control and buffs, with primary attacks including Punish and Sacred Fire.

Consider developing other attributes such as Vitality and Willpower to complement Strength, which increases the character’s Combat Rating and damage dealt.

1. Shield Glare: this ability inflicts damage to all enemies in front of the character and temporarily blinds them.
2. Holy Banner: for a few seconds, it increases the chance of a critical hit by 100%, but decreases the damage from critical hits to 135%. When the Critical Hit chance exceeds 100%, it also boosts Critical Hit damage by up to 65%.
3. Consecration: an AoE ability that damages all nearby enemies within a few seconds.
4. Falling Sword: the hero thrusts the holy sword into the ground, inflicting damage to all nearby enemies for 5 seconds. The ability can be reactivated to descend to the ground next to the sword and cause additional AoE damage.
5. Draw and Quarter: the Crusader rides a celestial war horse for 5 seconds, which dispels all movement restricting effects, increases movement speed and slightly modifies the primary attack. Moreover, the sacred chains bind up to 6 nearby enemies, whom the hero drags behind while riding.
6. Condemn: activates an intense explosion that damages nearby enemies after a few seconds. The ability can be reactivated to trigger a premature detonation, but the blast will have a shorter range and will deal less damage.
7. Shield Charge: the hero dashes forward with the shield, pushing away all enemies along the path and dealing damage to them. Opponents that collide with obstacles in the area will be additionally stunned for a few seconds.
8. Conjuration of Light: a buff that shields your character and nearby allies, making you immune to damage for a few seconds.
9. Spinning Shield: the hero hurls a spinning shield that damages all enemies along the path. The shield then returns to the Crusader, dragging encountered enemies with it and inflicting them with additional damage.
10. Judgment: slows down all enemies in the area and damages them. The center of this skill’s area explodes after a while, inflicting bonus damage and stunning all targets within its range.
11. Sweep Attack: the Crusader swings a sweeping attack, damaging all enemies in front of the character. A longer charging time increases the range and damage of the attack. A fully charged Sweep Attack knocks back enemies.

Demon Hunters

In Diablo Immortal, Demon Hunters are skilled assassins who use various long-range weapons to safely attack their targets from a distance. However, they are not proficient in close combat and have therefore mastered the art of dodging.

The primary attribute of the Demon Hunter is Strength, which boosts the Combat Rating and damage dealt. It is also advisable to focus on attributes such as Fortitude and Vitality when developing the Demon Hunter.

Here are the strengths and weaknesses of the Demon Hunter in Diablo Immortal:

Strengths	Weaknesses
High damage output	Low stamina
Excellent mobility	Vulnerability to crowd control impairing effects
Traps, shooting turrets	No group buffs

Primary attacks:

1. Crossbow Shot: a basic attack that damages the enemy hit. The character moves slower while using this attack.
2. Explosive Arrow: the character fires projectiles that explode upon hitting the target and inflict damage in a small area.

Abilities:

1. Daring Swing: the Monk uses a rope to reach a nearby location, dealing damage while doing so. The Monk is immune to enemy attacks while using this ability.
2. Blinding Light: the character emits a blinding light that stuns enemies in a selected area.
3. Cyclone Strike: the Monk creates a whirlwind that pulls enemies towards them and deals damage.
4. Exploding Palm: the hero strikes an enemy, marking them for death. When the enemy dies, they explode, dealing damage to nearby enemies.
5. Inner Sanctuary: the skill creates an area that protects the Monk and allies from enemy attacks.
6. Seven-Sided Strike: the character rapidly strikes enemies in a selected area, dealing massive damage.
7. Mantra of Conviction: the Monk recites a mantra that increases the damage of allies’ attacks.
8. Epiphany: when activated, the character gains additional movement speed and can teleport short distances.
9. Dashing Strike: the Monk dashes forward, dealing damage to enemies in their path. This ability can be used multiple times in quick succession.
10. Way of the Hundred Fists: the character lands a flurry of punches on enemies in front of them, dealing damage and stunning them.
11. Blinding Speed: the hero dashes forward, leaving a trail of light that damages enemies and increases the character’s movement speed.
12. Mantra of Healing: the Monk recites a mantra that increases the health regeneration of allies.

Monks

Monks in Diablo Immortal are experts in martial arts, with the ability to quickly move around the battlefield and overwhelm their opponents with multiple attacks. They also have access to buff auras and elemental damage attacks.

The Monk’s main attribute is Strength, which increases their Combat Rating and damage output. It is also recommended to invest in Fortitude and Vitality to improve survivability.

The Monk’s strengths in Diablo Immortal include high mobility, short skill cooldowns, solid AoE damage, group reinforcement, and crowd control skills. Their weaknesses include lower vitality compared to the Barbarian and Crusader, and lower damage in a 1v1 fight.

Primary attacks for Monks include Fists of Thunder, which allows the character to teleport to a nearby enemy and land a series of quick blows, and Deadly Reach, which creates lines of piercing force that damage the main target and enemies behind them. Other abilities include Blinding Light, Cyclone Strike, and Exploding Palm.

1. Exploding Palm: This attack deals damage to enemies and causes them to bleed for a short period. If bleeding enemies die, they will explode and damage surrounding enemies.
2. Wave of Light: You can use a focused wave of light to crush enemies in a particular area and deal damage to them.
3. Flying Kick: The Monk can deliver a kick to damage and knock back enemies.
4. Flying Dragon: You can pull nearby enemies towards you, soar into the sky, and deal AoE damage upon landing back.
5. Mystic Strike: The Monk lunges forward and leaves a ghost behind, which will return to you after a while, dragging all enemies along its path and dealing damage to them.
6. Seven-Sided Strike: The character can quickly jump between opponents and deliver seven strikes. Additional hits on the same target deal 50% damage.
7. Shield of Zen: You can protect yourself or an ally with a shield that absorbs a certain amount of damage for a few seconds. The shield also prevents all effects that limit your control over the character. By protecting an ally, you can also protect yourself.
8. Cyclone Strike: The hero creates a vortex that attracts nearby targets and damages them. Longer charging time increases the range and damage of the skill.
9. Wave Strike: You can release a wave of energy that deals damage. Longer charging time increases the range and damage of the skill. When fully charged, Wave Strike knocks back enemies.
10. Imprisoned Fist: The ability deals damage and immobilizes hit targets for a short time.
11. Inner Sanctuary: You can place a runic circle of protection for a few seconds, which reduces all damage taken by you and your allies in the circle by 50%.
12. Mystic Allies: You can summon two spiritual allies to fight by your side for 10 seconds. Spiritual allies have the same amount of health as your character.

Necromancers

In Diablo Immortal, Necromancers are the masters of life and death. With Rathma’s support, they can use dark powers to resurrect skeletons or cast curses on their enemies. Necromancers, like Sorcerers, prefer to fight from a distance.

The main attribute of the Necromancer in Diablo Immortal is Intelligence, which increases the character’s Combat Rating and damage dealt. It is also recommended to develop Fortitude and Vitality.

Necromancer is a great character class for beginners because they can handle every situation on their own.

Strengths and weaknesses of the Necromancer in Diablo Immortal:

Strengths	Weaknesses
Great in solo play	Low mobility
High single target and AoE damage	High vulnerability without pets
Pets serve as tanks and protect the main character

Primary attacks:

1. Soulfire: The hero throws a spirit orb that explodes after hitting an enemy, dealing low area damage.
2. Bone Spear: You can fire a piercing bone spear to deal damage and pierce up to 2 additional enemies. Damage decreases with each additional enemy.

Abilities:

The Necromancer has a variety of abilities that can be used to defeat enemies. The Grim Scythe attack damages all enemies in front of the Necromancer and leaves behind corpses. Command Skeletons orders skeleton champions to charge to a specific location and increases their attack speed. The Corpse Explosion ability causes damage to nearby enemies by exploding all corpses in the area. Bone Spikes summons bone spikes that stun and damage enemies. Wraith Form transforms the Necromancer into a wraith for 2 seconds, increasing movement speed and providing immunity but preventing attacks. Skeleton Mage summons an immobile skeleton mage that throws projectiles to damage enemies. Bone Wall blocks movement and projectiles for a few seconds. Corpse Lance summons projectiles from a nearby corpse that pierce targets and nearby enemies. Bone Armor creates a shield to absorb damage for 12 seconds. Dark Curse curses enemies, dealing damage and reducing their field of view. Bone Spirits unleashes spirits that damage enemies. Command Golem summons a Bone Golem to damage and stun nearby enemies and can be ordered to focus on specific enemies for 6 seconds.

FAQ

What are the character classes in Diablo Immortal?

Diablo Immortal will feature six playable character classes, each with their own unique playstyle and abilities. These classes include the Barbarian, Crusader, Demon Hunter, Monk, Necromancer, and Wizard. The Barbarian is a melee-focused class that excels in close combat and can withstand heavy damage. The Crusader is a tank class that specializes in defense and crowd control. The Demon Hunter is a ranged class that utilizes traps and explosives to take down enemies from a distance. The Monk is a versatile class that combines melee combat with healing abilities. The Necromancer is a summoning class that can raise undead minions to fight alongside them. The Wizard is a spellcasting class that can unleash devastating elemental attacks.

Will there be additional character classes added in the future?

It is possible that additional character classes could be added in the future, but there has been no official announcement regarding this. The developers have stated that they are focused on releasing the game with the initial six classes and ensuring that they are balanced and enjoyable to play. However, if the game proves to be successful and there is demand for more classes, it is possible that they could be added through future updates or expansions.

Can players customize their character classes in Diablo Immortal?

Yes, players will be able to customize their character classes in Diablo Immortal through various gear and skill choices. As players progress through the game, they will acquire new equipment and abilities that allow them to tailor their playstyle to their preferences. Additionally, players will be able to choose from multiple talent trees, which offer different passive bonuses and playstyles. This allows for a high degree of customization and flexibility in how players approach the game.