Diablo 4 Beta Necromancer Overview: Is This Class For You? (Gameplay, Skills, Traits)

[@friendc0mput3r45]

I just want to have 40 minions again like d2

[@Durrtyboy]

same i feel blizz always trys to build characters to be like really engaging but i honestly like to make my army do it all lol and just drop curses summons classes my fav in d2 cuz i can chill as much as i like

[@friendc0mput3r45]

@@Durrtyboy honestly now seeing how its only 4 or 5 minions ill probably start rogue now. It's just not the same....

[@Durrtyboy]

@FriendC0mput3r I'll probably just Stay on d2

[@NosebleedPolitics]

@@friendc0mput3r45 I saw at least one item in the beta that gave +2 skeleton warriors. I bet there's a few ways to get a larger army.

[@LowHangingFruitForest]

@@friendc0mput3r45I had 14 minions in the beta… and I’ll have many many more in the full game.

[@DorrianX]

will the minions be persistent or will they have say a duration timer? Im hoping its more D2 ish where I can run around with an army and not have to recast pets every 30 seconds or w/e..? Thanks a lot!~

[@phoenicia1313]

These videos on D$ classes are great. Well structured and great thumbnails too.

[@Vulkan_Gaming]

Thank you so much, that means a lot! Helps justify all the time and effort 💙

[@valkrys7472]

I love the necro. played that class in every game as my main.

[@dannyberry8725]

One thing on the upgrades to your minions, they are not sequential, like you get upgrade 1 then upgrade 2. You have to choose one or the other.

[@reveirg9]

No Poison Nova? Damn.

[@jackofblades6736]

Looks like it's bringing back d3 version and not a fan of it.

[@8bitchiptune420]

I am happy to see many WoW Death Knight alike abilities go into D4.

[@robdfar]

these attacks have been around since d2 way before the death knight was even in the game.

[@daethmer7834]

@@robdfarim pretty some of the dk abilities were already in Warcraft 2 with dks there so even older than necro

[@Devaraja67]

@@daethmer7834 Actually the Necro predates the DK since it was in Warcraft Orcs vs Humans, there were no DKs then

[@takumifujiwara9181]

Really appreciate your time and effort on these videos.

[@Redbeardflynn]

This is exactly what I needed before June comes around. Great video!

[@Vulkan_Gaming]

Thank you!

[@Matt33318]

At 7:31 , look at that bear falling backwards, epic! 😀

[@stackercoding2054]

hahahahahah no way

[@Skumtomten1]

Didn't see that, LOL.

[@nunyabeezwax6758]

I want my... I want my... Melee Mancer....

[@JayPee6445]

I've never played a Necromancer in any game before. I'm usually a melee type of guy, I steer away from casters. But the Barb and Rogue does not look to appealing to me. So I think for D4 i'm actually going to give Necro a try. Completely different then what i'm used to. The switch might be cool, experiencing something completely new.

[@igorleon7047]

Same here! 👋

[@dyee7062]

druids are melee. can be a wolf or a bear with elemental damage around you

[@isaachoose3095]

Not gonna lie after playing barbarian in the beta he has some really dope melee skills

[@randomkommentelo9015]

Same. Barbarian is kind of a disappointment for me, as i prefer something like a tank or paladin over berserker, or a heavy hitting guy. Necro seems to be safe while being ranged and having dmg, it's gonna be what i go for.

[@Hamish_Whitehaven]

Druid cann be a great Melee too

[@FervorGaming]

Finally the class i've been waiting for!

[@elveone]

I think I'm gonna go full emo - sacrifice all the minions and swing a scythe at enemies while being completely alone.

[@Pall_Bearmasher]

I wonder why Necro gets a unique mechanic and the rest of the characters get shafted. Druid has kinda something, but nothing like this

[@jesusflores7323]

the more details I hear, the less excited I get about D4. just much too similar to d3 with better graphics and open world elements from lost ark. I'll play the open beta but don't think I'm preordering this anymore

[@anarchy1109]

it's far more similar to diablo 2 R in every way..

[@DrDoktor60]

More loot for me!

[@Daventry85]

Hoping for D2 Necro this looks like D3 Necro with very few minions. They had potential to make a crazy 30+ minions Necro like the old days

[@ansalem12]

I'm hoping there are some passives and/or legendaries that up your minion count.

[@tcasex]

I miss the OG bone wall too....could cover a whole screen and immobilize everyone.

[@buzzdx]

well d4 is more d3 than most people see because they are blinded by the d2-coat of paint blizz applied.

[@Youtube_Globetrotter]

And how fun was that on a boss who killed em all in 1 second?

[@Fractured676]

@@buzzdx Ya, I'm not that impressed either. Especially with the price point + MTX's involved at launch.

[@MyPj25]

… “iron golem” lol

[@MGC-XIII]

EA Beta will be Rogue for me. Open Beta will be Necro I was on the fence with Barb, but now that the arsenal system has been better explained it doesn't sound like you constantly have to micro manage it and the fact you get 2 extra stat sticks is awesome, however how will they balance that with set items?

[@Norrieification]

There's no set items in D4 at launch (it's in one of the dev updates, sorry I'm not sure which one).

[@grim3897]

Personally, I'm worried about the corpse/minion mechanic, if you like the minion master trope and love to spec into powerful minions who will do all the heavy lifting, as soon as a big boss stomps them, because they always do, and without a steady supply of corpses, taking down said boss is going to be a nightmare

[@Matrium0]

Well if you choose a build that makes you heavily dependent on minions killing bosses COULD be a potential downside of that build. But there are upsides too, like how it's probably a very safe class, with all your allies blocking attacks. Too early to tell, but I kind of hope it ends up like that! No single build should be the safest AND be the most efficient at killing bosses imo.

[@Mech_Tzeentcha]

5:40 Decompose will also periodically spawn corpses

[@ryanarcher6231]

Somebody didn't watch the entire video before commenting

[@grim3897]

@@ryanarcher6231 I did, but if you have played a dedicated minion master in DIablo 2, you can see that the production rate of the skill is useless to max out all the potential power of the build. It could be feasible if the maxed out minion is the golem and and the skeletons are kept as funny moving things dying with a slight gaze

[@ryanarcher6231]

@@grim3897 Yes, This is a common issue with games that allow you to have campaigns as part of your skill tree. They never scale accordingly. Usually a fun class at first but do to scaling issues struggle with late game content as the minions can no longer take hits.

[@Neonmirrorblack]

Already have my level 25 build mapped out. Only summons I'm going to use are the mages. Rest will be Decompose, Blight, Corpse Explosion (shadow version), Decrepify and Army of the Dead. Also, there is information out there about the Shadow Mages. They deal shadow damage and their two options are 1) every sixth attack they deal an additional attack or 2) they have a 10% chance to stun for 2.13s (what a random amount of time), but it cannot happen on the same enemy more than once every five seconds. Their sacrifice buff is you gain 15 maximum essence (not worth it at all). Another thing is that your summoning skills all take up one slot out of six each, so if you want all three types, that's three of six skill slots. So unless you can just sacrifice your minions and then swap their summoning skills off of your bar and replace them with something else without losing the buffs, none of them are worth it in the slightest. Iron Maiden deals 10% damage at rank 1 (not sure if it's your damage or enemy damage) any time an enemy tries to deal damage. Doesn't say if it's melee specific or ANY damage though.

[@Mech_Tzeentcha]

Your minion skills are in the Book of the Dead (this includes sacrifice) and they dont block your normal 1234 skill slots

[@Neonmirrorblack]

@@Mech_Tzeentcha Then why are they clearly being show on the skill bar? Both the Golem and Skeletal Warrior/Mage icons are on the bar, and they even show what looks like the Golem health (or cooldown) bar on the skill bar over the icon too. Do you really believe that you would open up the book of the dead mid-fight every single time you want to summon something? That would be clunky as hell, and also rather impossible to play on Hardcore with. What is being shown in the book are minion options, not a way to actually summon them. It looks exactly like the way D3 did it.

[@blinkspacestudio8892]

I adore this class it reminds me of Overlord. I have not played 4 yet but am having an absolute blast with 3 still.

[@evildaddyz]

nerco now hybrid ? melee and magic ?? good lord where is the pure summoner

[@jamesbaxter9975]

God this already looks like D3 Necro (which was trash) can't wait to play more D2R when this comes out. They also could not be bothered with actual corpses nah just big piles of meat. LAZY.

[@SonOfTheDawn515]

D2 was their best. D3 was too cartoony and wow-like. Wasn't dark and gripping like D2.

[@masterdoan]

im sry but , its always skeletons or golems, can they not come up with something else. i mean how much clichee you want it to be. why not a swamr of undead bats, or something else as golems the most boring and skeletons. tbh , was to expect but i mean as developer , are yu not even bored of it to do it always again adn again, why not something new and exciting?! give me a undead snake coming out of the ground. give me a undead god. i can summon, a demon or what ever, but why always golems and skeletons i dont get it, i mean yea sure skeletons is the most obv ones with necro but come on,i always find it sad they have all creativity and freedom and they do nothing. its like here is your necro here is your skeleton, have fun. thx for money.

[@Angst_Skvadron]

Where tf is the blood and gore when corpse Explosion?

[@FreerDHabit]

I take this class is bottom on dps meters since summons

[@hoodedy]

im gonna be a blood mage, so yes it is for me

[@holyflame2]

Just give me my army back like in D2 and not just a little cute squad like in D3.

[@jerlstif]

i just wanna know how big an army or skeletons you can have. i want to lag a fucking server out!

[@kristiangardner9124]

Does any1 know where I go to reasign my summon ability?

[@Dethfield]

The iron golem looks amazing!

[@Vulkan_Gaming]

Yeah! I'm enjoying what they have on paper there. Can't wait to see it in action!

[@foxxmaster9340]

Are there no ultimate skills for the necromancer like the other classes?

[@PyroMortis77]

Hell yeah, I know this info isn’t final but everything sounds good so far. I did hear than Necro should be a theory crafter class which pines interesting. I hope you can increase the number of max minions some how. Thx for the info!

[@HalcyonEX]

What does that mean? That Necro is theory crafter class?

[@RJMacReady1]

Im sure theyll all be theory crafter classes, no?

[@HalcyonEX]

@@RJMacReady1 yeah but what does that mean?

[@PyroMortis77]

@@HalcyonEX Idk what it truly means, all I know is that one of the head designers used that phrase as a turn to describe the necroes build design. like you mess around and test which abilities synergies the best way. though that would get annoying with the gold cost of resetting skills. I enjoyed playing necro in the beta and hope there's more instore for necro and druid, and hope u guys did as well.

[@TrexxWind]

My fav. fantasy class in every game out there!!

[@OpenmindedAires]

Necro is my favorite class cant wait

[@littlejimmy7402]

I've played a lot of D2, a lot, alot. D4 so far I've played some Sorc, really good. I played some Barb too, I'd like to play some more. I'm excited right now, may change within weeks. But right now, I'm itching to play.

[@ShadowZone1996]

Question to those who may know as I've never played the series, are there for example only male necromancers or can I choose to be a female necromancer?

[@CryptoBlackZz]

As far as i know you'll be able to choose

[@Hamish_Whitehaven]

you can choose with every class

[@mcsun2628]

Barbs and necro that’s it for me for now

[@oneounceslugAPEX]

Great narration and info! Thank you

[@abcbizarre]

Really want to play the necro karen

[@seamagician7042]

Already sounds like its doing a much better job than eso. Ive never played diablo but someone who was bashing eso after years if playing it said it looked very good soo thought id check out my main eso class in it

[@IgaTenzen]

Nah , necro not for me , played rogue in diablo 1 , amazon in diablo 2 , and mage in D3 ! Kinda liked the mage , so prob will go for a mage/rogue

[@HalcyonEX]

I hope they are serious about necros doing solo gameplay I want an honest to God Death Knight like in WoW I love that class idea and where they came from and necromancers are already priests just dark priests like a dark cleric and a dark paladin is a death knight at least in my.mind would love to dominate as a death knight without any minions

[@derekrank4572]

is it safe too assume the skeleton skirmishers or dps mages would be the best option and the golem..im thinking killing stuff the fastest would be the way to go with the necromancers pet armyz/

[@НикитаОлейников-к4е]

More animations fore golems and sceletons, they must have spells and real new unic mechanics, sceletons mage very bad in diablo 4

[@universalglitch]

7:12 I heard you mention in the video you didn't know if skeleton mages were a thing. Here's your answer, in the video.

[@nyanko2077]

I will play Diablo 4 only because the necromancer is in honestly.

[@cheese4g]

Gonna be honest, I'm tempted to go with either this class or Druid. I'm a big fan of summoning beefy pets to distract my enemies while I hurl death at them, but on the other hand, Druid just looks cool.

[@bobhammons6355]

...I heard a rumor that there is a StarGate Wraith armor set that can be found in the EA....

[@DeathRoll]

at least there isnt a pay wall for necro this time still pissed at Blizzard.

[@OakenTome]

As someone who was hesitant on dropping money on D3 going into it solo + years late, paywalled Necro is what made me go "eh, no thanks".

[@erdemsekerpare]

essence is more of a diablo 3 monk/necro resource, when you keep killing u get essences of died enemies = more regen. so if you stand still it wont get a regen like mana.

[@InvestorYOU]

my favorite class wanted to play it this weekend

[@Sneaky_Jawa]

I need my spooky boys on my team so 100% go necro.

[@t-string9524]

Summon skelly and golem don’t take up a spell slot do they?

[@glenngrabow7816]

I Will Play this class boner 4the win

[@Zealousziongaming]

I love necromancer. Why is it that they don't have a skeletal archer? I love they bring back the iron, blood, and so on in diablo 2.

[@JuiceT_Gaming]

Necro main for sure since crusader won't be at launch! Thanks for the early info on necro

[@L11ghtman]

I hope Necro gets some cool swords and not just scythes lol

[@ddanger420]

praying i can make a death knight character pls

[@mz1929]

What's typical the best class hands down? And don't say it varies. There is always a META. Is it tanks?

[@srenjensen2625]

It varies

[@Mr.Handymaan]

Wow, first time in a looong time I acually can belive that I can enjoy a necroclass. One of the few games Necro acually was a good necroclass was in Age of Conan! Awesome video man, keep up the good work! :)

[@alexxleexxlee1869]

will there be any damage number on attack ?

[@Actio83]

Are the summons permanent?

[@wurzelbert84wucher5]

I think this will be the first Diablo game I will not buy. It looks edgy and ugly and I will not support games with excessive shops anymore.

[@Prayse9]

if this stays like it is ill be playing necro first and barb after that.. nice summary of what to expect thanks vulkan

[@luvr381]

Will it be pay to win?

[@pakuchannel7413]

this is my class that is for sure :)

[@Seraium]

Necro is going to my main class for sure.

[@zer00rdie]

No fire golem? :(

[@daishi15]

Necromancer & Druid ! :)

[@badger297]

Never played a Diablo game before. My buddy was addicted to D2 when we were teenagers, but I never got into it. Sup hype for this one

[@SpartanWarrior76]

The Druid has the least amount of info regarding its skills etc.

[@Vulkan_Gaming]

I felt the Necro did in terms of published content, but honestly, both of them are super lacking compared to the other three

[@SpartanWarrior76]

@@Vulkan_Gaming true 👍

[@AshenclawRealm]

That's my class, Blight looks really cool

[@Vulkan_Gaming]

Blight build incoming??

[@MrJustkav]

stop waste ur life go outside and enjoy ur life

[@juanc.lucena4062]

I really hope the minions have more to them instead of being unbeatable op allies like in D3. I actually like stuff like how Path Of Exile handles minions like actually needing corpses in order to summon Zombies and how minions have health, etc... Making you have to play strategically instead of just face tanking everything and becoming rather boring playstyle like D3 was for me. So far D4 Necro animations are looking great and the effects of skills are looking very solid for me I just hope there's alot to do with the minions and the rest of the Necromancer kit.

[@hp5310]

D2 you have to use bodies. It was annoying AF. You think you want this but you really don't.

[@imasavage95]

​@@hp5310yeah

[@Gored1]

I think it'll be closer to D2 where you will lose your summons endlessly and easily against bosses.

[@outlawz38]

Poe hasn't done a good job with minions in over a year.

[@simonclarke8098]

D2 did minions far better. I have no faith they follow D2 considering they seem to have disdane for it.

[@shinaikouka]

Really enjoyed playing the Necromancer in Diablo III, so I'm looking forward to it in IV as well. Although, I also have an awkward experience with it from Diablo II where my Necro's build was so bad that I couldn't kill Diablo, and I ended up giving up. 😥 (This was way back when the game first came out and not the Resurrected version.)

[@SharkWithFreakinLaserBeam]

Necro was one of the hardest to play solo with, especially without the best gear or for noobs. I think it was the coolest in D2 though.

[@shinaikouka]

@@SharkWithFreakinLaserBeam That makes me feel a bit better then. 😅

[@bosco1603]

@@SharkWithFreakinLaserBeam necro is the easiest class to play solo and the easiest to clear hell naked on. thorns aura is your friend.

[@SharkWithFreakinLaserBeam]

@@bosco1603 yeah, unless you're a new player

[@kiopah]

In Lord of Destruction my assassin build was so bad it took at least an hour to kill Baal. I somehow found a corner where he wouldn't come at me, then slowly threw traps as my mana would come back.

[@danemyburgh]

1000% going Necromancer. Loved Necro in D2. Best class by a mile!

[@vantilsley8633]

It was trash in 3 though which worries me

[@jamesbaxter9975]

Definitely was trash in D3

[@Damingo54]

I still can’t believe they chose necro over Paladin and so many other classes…

[@Aodan]

I'm excited, the class for me

[@1Xane]

I still wish they would a brought the witch doctor back

[@jimgardner6473]

I was hoping it was more like the WoW version than the d3 version I really like dotting things up fear em and watch em die.

[@tomr164]

From all I've seen so far, I'm worried that the movements of the necro are too snappy, swift, fighter style like. The necro is a caster, summoner, master of the undead; the way the character is running, moving, and wielding weapons, feels like it's a rogue/experienced melee fighter.

[@sambatgaming1787]

Very good graphics ❤

[@zeppelin1851]

Is it possible to just have skeletal mages out?

[@jasongrundy1717]

Mindless grinding. Feels like I've played this game dozens of times already.

[@BGriffith85]

Really kinda disappointing to see the exact same classes w pretty much the same skills as D3.. 😔

[@meierlinksd4996]

Yes. On the one hand, I suppose for those players that started with just D3, perhaps it is continuity for its own sake. Say, like rehashing "Call of the Ancients" for the Barbarian. But even that skill makes no sense. They turned one of the hardest boss fights in D2:LOD into a skill? Why? Because he or she was a possible descendant of one of three guardians, perhaps? Then, I look at some of the skills across the classes, and I see some repetition. Bone Spear or Blood Spear? Similar effect and purpose (a dart that passes through all enemies in a straight line). Or all the shields. The Sorcerer cold one reminds me of Titan Quest's version (encasing yourself in stone to not attack or be attacked by anything). Or that several classes have some variant, at least in looks alone, of Cyclone Armor. Heck, if you want to go back to the beginning, you could argue that the Necro's Blood Wave is a bit similar in idea to the D1 spell Flame Wave. Just ... a little disappointing.

[@DeeJayDeeRek]

Same. But I imagine they will release more classes in the future

[@theunfazed7109]

I enjoyed the beta... but I must say that I am disappointed in the Necro in D4. It's skills and everything looks almost copy and pasted right from the lackluster D3 necro with very little variations.. I was hoping for a complete redesign.

[@LindyKnight]

Was it OP

[@theunfazed7109]

@@LindyKnight Necro wasn't available. I'm judging from all the video they've shown

[@Abololo33]

Haha crap copy paste. Blizz is desperate. Dont buy this game.

[@Mattyv7]

@@Abololo33I’ll buy 2 copies

[@Mattyv7]

@@Abololo33both deluxe. Game has overwhelmingly positive reviews so idk what your problem is.

[@starofeden9277]

Accelerated Seasonal Battle Pass Unlock (includes a Premium Seasonal Battle Pass Unlock plus 20 Tier Skips and cosmetic)" from the get go ..it is p2w

[@crosbiejt]

Battlepass that unlocks cosmetics is P2W… are you running a transmog contest with a cash prize reward? 🤡

[@mikeazdaar4842]

I really enjoy a 9 minute video of people/youtubers slowing chit down and making it not worth anything. Bottom right corner NOT FINAL!

[@ZivineYT]

Don’t watch it then? The game is in development, it does not mean the whole game is going to change.

[@mikeazdaar4842]

@@ZivineYT no shit? really?

[@SmoKKz0r]

Man im so sad WD did make it on D4 i really really liked that class…

[@Vulkan_Gaming]

Big WD fan myself. Im hoping we see it back in an expansion