During today’s Diablo 30th Anniversary Spotlight event, Blizzard announced the series’ newest class is the Warlock, and it’s coming to Diablo II: Resurrected, Diablo Immortal, and Diablo IV — each game featuring a unique interpretation of the demon-wielding archetype. While the Diablo team is holding back details of the Warlock’s class identity in Diablo IV’s Lord of Hatred expansion and Diablo Immortal, it is bringing the new character to Diablo II: Resurrected today via the new Reign of the Warlock DLC. 

Diablo II’s rendition of the Warlock can summon three demons: the Tainted, the Defiler, and the Goatman. The class can also bind (read: tame) themself to almost any demon in the game, benefiting from its unique abilities. Additionally, the Warlock may choose to devour the bound demon, granting themself temporary buffs based on the consumed demon. 

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“From the very get-go, it feels like such a natural extension of Diablo to have a character like the Warlock,” associate game director Zaven Haroutunian tells me. “From a narrative perspective, Necromancers [...] are all about maintaining a balance. They’re almost neutral in tone and in how they think. [...] Warlocks, however, are more ostentatious [...] they’re very loud with all the things they do.”

“Mechanically, they’re actually very different from Necromancers, which are all about building up an army,” Haroutunian continues. “The Warlock doesn’t do that. [...] All the stuff he’s bringing in is disposable. He doesn’t actually care about them. They are just his tools, right?”

When asked how the disparate teams are differentiating the class’s abilities across three games (while still maintaining a unified theme), Haroutunian tells me that each team did whatever it needed to to make the Warlock fit their game. The associate game director likens the process to the creation of Diablo IV’s recent Paladin class and how his team distinguished it from Diablo II’s standard.

Diablo II: Reign of the Warlock is available now on Battle.net, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch.

During today’s Diablo 30th Anniversary Spotlight event, Blizzard announced the series’ newest class is the Warlock, and it’s coming to Diablo II: Resurrected, Diablo Immortal, and Diablo IV — each game featuring a unique interpretation of the demon-wielding archetype. While the Diablo team is holding back details of the Warlock’s class identity in Diablo IV’s Lord of Hatred expansion and Diablo Immortal, it is bringing the new character to Diablo II: Resurrected today via the new Reign of the Warlock DLC. 

Diablo II’s rendition of the Warlock can summon three demons: the Tainted, the Defiler, and the Goatman. The class can also bind (read: tame) themself to almost any demon in the game, benefiting from its unique abilities. Additionally, the Warlock may choose to devour the bound demon, granting themself temporary buffs based on the consumed demon. 

Watch the Diablo 30th Anniversary Spotlight:

“From the very get-go, it feels like such a natural extension of Diablo to have a character like the Warlock,” associate game director Zaven Haroutunian tells me. “From a narrative perspective, Necromancers [...] are all about maintaining a balance. They’re almost neutral in tone and in how they think. [...] Warlocks, however, are more ostentatious [...] they’re very loud with all the things they do.”

“Mechanically, they’re actually very different from Necromancers, which are all about building up an army,” Haroutunian continues. “The Warlock doesn’t do that. [...] All the stuff he’s bringing in is disposable. He doesn’t actually care about them. They are just his tools, right?”

When asked how the disparate teams are differentiating the class’s abilities across three games (while still maintaining a unified theme), Haroutunian tells me that each team did whatever it needed to to make the Warlock fit their game. The associate game director likens the process to the creation of Diablo IV’s recent Paladin class and how his team distinguished it from Diablo II’s standard.

Diablo II: Reign of the Warlock is available now on Battle.net, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch.

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Blizzard Entertainment has revealed that the Warlock class is coming to Diablo IV as part of the upcoming Lord of Hatred expansion, as well as the mobile-centric Diablo Immortal this June. Plus, you can play using this new Warlock class starting today in Diablo II: Resurrected as part of a new Reign of the Warlock DLC. 

To announce the news, Blizzard released a Warlock class cinematic that is loosely about a more generic Warlock – one that could exist in any of the three aforementioned Diablo games. The Warlock will join the already available Paladin in Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred when that expansion launches on April 28. 

The Lord of Hatred expansion costs $49.99, and preordering gets you instant access to the Paladin and day one access to the Warlock in April; on the Diablo II side of things, you can purchase the Reign of the Warlock DLC individually for $24.99 on Battle.net, or as part of the Diablo II: Resurrected Infernal Edition bundle for $39.99 on both Battle.net and Steam. 

Check out the Warlock class cinematic trailer for yourself below: 

Blizzard describes the Warlock as a "master of dark magic, forbidden rites, and knowledge the world refuses to understand. Hardened by betrayal and driven by survival, they stand ready for whatever may come their way." 

For more, read Game Informer's Diablo IV review, and then read our Diablo II: Resurrected review after that. You can also read Game Informer's Diablo Immortal review here. 

Are you excited to play as a Warlock in any of these games? Let us know in the comments below!

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