Diablo 4 is Missing One Class Archetype

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The Xbox and Bethesda Games showcase leveraged the full power of Xbox’s growth to its advantage, showcasing a ton of Xbox Games Studio titles, a handful of Bethesda titles, and even showcased some Activision Blizzard titles—as Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition is underway. No one really expected Overwatch 2 or Diablo 4 to be there, but they were in a big way.

As confirmed at the showcase,Overwatch 2 is releasing as a free-to-play title later this fall, and Diablo 4 is releasing sometime next year. Each game also showed off a new character, with that being the new Necromancer class forDiablo 4. With all five launch classes for Diablo 4 confirmed, however, there is a notable archetype missing.

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Diablo 4’s Barbarian class is pretty obvious, filling a straight-up melee DPS role, while the Druid is a hybrid class with a couple of roles: magic, melee, and pets. The Sorceress is the straight-up magic and ranged DPS of the bunch, while the Rogue class can be broken down into a sneaky melee/ranged role. The Necromancer’s exact role hasn’t been confirmed, but it seems like a magic/pets class that is a little more specialized than the Druid but not as concentrated as the Sorceress.

This puts a huge hole in the Diablo 4 class lineup, namely that of a holy sword-and-board tank style character. This slot is usually filled by a Paladin or Crusader in Diablo games, and many were expecting it to be the last class for Diablo 4. The current lineup skews heavily toward magic-oriented classes, which will be interesting in terms of gameplay, but those who prefer the beefier builds really only have the DPS barbarian to go with.

It should be noted that most games feature this character archetype, but not