The Necromancer | Class Spotlight | Conquest of Azeroth | World of Warcraft

[@Mcdoubles]

So I'm doing it, all 21 classes. 60 is coming.

[@Viertis]

"60 is coming" I dont think McDoubles knows that those words mean any more.

[@TheEvilWarlock]

And so am I. 🌝

[@shorte9278]

Forgot the "soon(tm)"

[@KommisarFuklaw]

BIG 🦾

[@andrelanghanke5034]

Yoooo? When will it be ??

[@oppossumX]

Necrolyte was unit in wc1 and had the raise dead spell. This class is nice call back to a game that doesn't get much recognition these days. I played wc1 a lot as a kid and would read the lore in the game manual over and over.

[@bighat4742]

Can't wait for 60. It's been a long wait and there's still probably a long road to Beta. The entire CoA has been doing great work, just don't fret over making everything perfect or we'll all lose our collective minds in this project. XD

[@Catswaga]

Very nicely done. You being on the coa team is probably the best thing to happen to it.

[@Nobodyspecial402]

Glad to get more content from you. this series is going to be dope.

[@leavlas]

I like the idea of those types of videos. Im going to stay tuned for the others.

[@NixxiomOnYouTube]

Been leveling a Necromancer and I'm loving the work you've done on the Animation Necro especially. Although I have encountered a few bugs, it certainly hasn't taken away from the experience. Loving everything so far.

[@Makons420]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@vanbuinen7796]

Abomination needs a taunt, or generate more threat. This is because at the start of a pull, the other summons can pull threat right away and get killed .

[@vanbuinen7796]

Also Grave March should not give Threat, because if you send in the pets using this ability, the enemies go for the necromancer.

[@Dragonsin45]

Can't wait to see the primalist video, I've always wanted a geomancer class.

[@michaelpochon6690]

can't wait for CoA to come out. All these classes look so damn cool. Will hopefully get me back into playing wow, because Ascension isn't really fun for me right now.

[@kevinetheredge2826]

Well, gonna be like 10 years plus lol

[@DanielGalllego]

love the class, mechanically seems very analog to current warlock and i like that, a slow moving but hard cc and dps class with enfasis in spell comboes. like death working with dots is akin to aff, ryme (frost necro) is akin to destro with all thst hard casting and cc and area denial, and animation is demonology by the sheer amount of pets (guardians) you summon, i like that.

[@kyleganse4978]

Animation reminds me more of the witchdoctor playstyle D3/Demo lock for current wow fusion. Neat and creative.

[@Blobby90]

Dude this is great. Short form videos showing off the classes are right up my alley!

[@Mofock1986]

Mcdoubles bringning the content we cant access yet :( thank you bro

[@ZezanB]

Please PLEASE, let lich form be permanent form and not a short lasting buff. I desperately want that in classless WoW as a legendary enchant, and if thats the case here i am 1000% more hyped for this.

[@imperialspartan6405]

This is my favorite class to play cant wait for these to release so everyone can enjoy the power of the undead

[@Toylawyer]

I hope there is a mode or toggle to allow you control over each summon one by one so you can have “groups” each targeting a different mob or have them all spread out to each attack their own enemy 1v1

[@stevic781]

Think it was made so you can use a command skill for each type separately so two mages attack one mob and three warriors on another with a kill command like skill that can make them all switch to a specific target

[@Toylawyer]

@@stevic781 I love the command system, I find it cool that if you can plan well a animation necromancer can mass attack a large group all at the same time by having each targeting a different enemy and he attacks another themselves

[@kalvaithion]

I remember for Ascension they straight up said they could never do multiple pets cause it was never built to do it, and i even said they could use the guardian system, and was told can't be done, so how the tables turn... and the class looks awesome!

[@luckytran3647]

Looks interesting. I hope the ai for the pets are good.

[@tomchristoffer]

Will the Lich Form have any glyphs or customisation to it? I noticed the model used in the video looks pretty bare bones, no pun intended, compared to for example kel'thuzad with all of his robes and egyptian imagery and stuff, so having the option to look like your favorite liches from wc3 would be pretty cool.

[@Cyas100]

freakin love animation necro! its what demo lock should of been

[@Neox1986]

Looks dope! Cant wait for lvl 60 and Runeblade preview.

[@rarristar]

I like the idea of a necromancer being more focused on the magic rather than the undead minions, but that limitation doesn't matter as much if the death knight doesn't exist. My personal concept for a wow necromancer was with a blood healing spec, plague caster, and death caster. With a lich form activated ability that empowers the player for some time.

[@JoshuaGraves113]

So basically the GW2 necromancer? lol

[@Lancars]

Counter argument. Paladins are just Priests in plate. Both use light magic.

[@teosninja]

really good work! looking forward to CoA open beta!

[@y2beginner494]

I enjoy animation necromancer but think it should have more life force for permanent pets to make him sort of 1 man army instead of powerful pets that disappear after a duration that way even if mobility is a problem you have more pets to dish out dmg

[@inferno8008]

when COA release? any time soon? cuz Im waiting for project Epoch as well..

[@talex668]

Any guides anywhere?? Have no idea what pets to use, there are so many lol.

[@SivohNagol]

Displeased this was the direction you guys went with. I miss my 12 life force as animation necro.

[@aiwait]

i know its gonna be a bit hard to find these days, but if the team is still looking for ways to enhance necromancer; take a look at City of Heroes/Villains Mastermind class. they are very similar to what necromancer has now except it was more akin to commanding your own party (1 dedicated healer minion, 3 dps minions and 1 tank minion)

[@genma200sj]

Current Necro at 50 feels like it's in a pretty good place atm. I'm excited to see what 60 is like.

[@dogar3096]

Damn are we about to get CoA and SoD p4 around the same time?

[@AdrenalinePvP]

Is Lich form viable at all in your experience/opinion for a Rime necro in PvP? Thanks

[@suitar1]

I've been loving animation Necro, the amount of variable rotations, builds, and pet combinations is so much fun. I'm constantly learning what pet combos I want for different scenarios.

[@johnestell3442]

That Xmog is fire af!!!

[@frost6270]

Bro, Every time I hear 60 in your videos. I always have the good old line from Game of Thrones in my head. It goes like this: Winter is coming. and you wait and wait and wait and it feels like he's not coming😅

[@warmasher]

retail def needs this... that would be amazing.. could you imagine a Necro/Dk arena grp haha

[@greenchilistudioz4537]

It would be cool to have tanking spec, where there minion takes all the hits and necromancer provide necrotic bubble and drain their hp their undead minion and have their own version of misdirect when they do damage and have threat goes towards the undead minion that takes the hits.

[@caffeinedelusions]

The vibe I get from this class is less WoW DK and more War2 DK (which is good, they were cool and we haven’t heard a lot about them since Teron Gorefiend in the Black Temple).

[@Hokuspokusaliokus]

Would you say I have a plethora of options with the necro

[@Yarsito]

I just pray to God you manage to fix the demon hunter's dash so it's smooth and doesn't bug out when jumping from heights.

[@Mcdoubles]

U mean Felsworn RIGHT?

[@Yarsito]

@@Mcdoubles Yeah, didn't realize you changed the name (although I see it's still called DH in many places)! Haven't played the beta in a while. Hope you guys figure out the mid-air dash issues if you haven't already, it's the only problem I've had with the class, but not being able to dash mid-air properly it's just *UGH* Edit: Logged on yesterday and yeah, Fel rush is still bad :/

[@scottbyers9258]

Got a bunch of dp saved on the COA realm waiting for a new class to transmog and level. Guess I found it lol.

[@juniorlindomar7777]

How did you move life force hud??

[@SquirrelGamez]

Looks awesome. Necro was my favorite in Diablo 2, and Necrolyte was my favorite unit in Warcraft

[@MrTussbon]

are they done with Conquest of Azeroth?

[@Reactiontime_1118]

so what is the actual release date.......I hear this has been in the works for a long time

[@sanhexx]

Everything mentioned and shown about the rime necromancer literally matches the description of the frost mage, it's amusing. Although a death knight and a necromancer are different, they are not and cannot be fundamentally different as you said, since they wield the same powers and have a lot in common (dark magic, diseases, summoning, resurrecting, transforming the undead, frost and etc.). Still why not? Classes can be thematically similar but mechanicaly and lore-wise different like the priest and paladin, so it's nothing new here even for Blizzard. And while I've always supported the idea of a separate necromancer class, I've never heard anyone explain in any reasonable way how a necromancer is so different from a death knight, besides being a ranged caster and having different mechanics of basically the same spells and some lore differences. Also the affliction warlock in many ways resemble the necromancer. The animation necromancer looks interesting. Expected to see a necromancer healer too.

[@NeutralTea]

I love your videos! I started the necro and started the headhunter so fun!

[@flyyhighhh]

7:02 your basically playing a frost mage/ affliction warlock... while your water spirit minion has now become undead lol

[@YoShJiX]

60 is coming? Sorry I'll wait for the official announcement. didnt you say this like 2 months ago? still nothing but jokes have been said about it on discord.

[@YoShJiX]

I'm sorry for doubting at all. LETS GOOO 13TH OF JUNE!!!

[@georgigeorgiev2451]

Awesome video, probably the best representation so far on the class so far, i could imagine myself playing it, i truly cant wait for CoA to fully release, it has the potential to be great. Few things bothered me in this spotlight about the necromancer fantasy, one spell in the rime tree you said is giving him blink and the other one in Animation was giving him the ability to transform into montrosity. I have played alot of Warcraft 3 and WoW so i am sorta familiar with how necromancers work so is really giving Necromancer any sort of blink staying true to the necro fantasy and how is giving him ability to transform into monstrosity also true to the necro fantasy? I havent seen any Necromancers blink nor transform, also i havent seen Cripple or Unholy Frenzy which are both related to this class.

[@Anarook]

I played a lot of CoA, mostly because I found my love in Chronomancer, but after they utterly destroyed one of the most unique specs in displacement, turning it into a generic healer, I quit. I'm curious to see what's become of it since my leaving.

[@sinnshii3285]

How many necromancer vids you gonna make bro xD?

[@Guud1992]

60 been coming foor 2 years xD

[@whisperwinder6441]

release when? :D

[@jurigejmer4672]

Wjen is coa gonna relese?

[@soulreaper8883]

Lovin it. 60 is upon us. Can't wait

[@Reyra29]

I really wanna play Animation Necromancer, let my pet/guardians do all the damage and ill be happy !!!

[@miglehp4592]

feels cool

[@samadams2315]

When does this go live ? I might just have to download this

[@Mesmer1zed]

Will there be Class Tier Sets based on the Coa Classes or just the normal Tiersets ?

[@Beranin]

Please do these for all the classes. The tl;dr is super important for not only understanding the info, but not having it feel like too much

[@brendon1191]

Awesome I can't wait for more videos and for lvl 60.

[@ryanmcclelland7041]

awesome!!!

[@Ripcoilx]

Do you think blizz is gonna hit this server? They did hit their KZbin 😢.

[@redpandawithshotgun2396]

This look sick

[@Ziploc_Wonder]

This actually made me reinstall and update because I am so excited to try this... But do I have to pay extra to gain access to this server..?

[@skaynne54]

Sooo... do i have to understand that it is a tough class to play ? I love necromancy and anything that is summoning related always made me happy. But the way you show it feels like it is one of those classes that isn't even easy to start with, right off the bath. Since you've probably played all classes of CoA, could you help me to understand if it is easy to play or a hard one ? Take in consideration that i never played official WoWs(probably never will either), and that Ascension will probably be my first WoW game. But if one of my favourites types of fighting style, like summoner/necromancer is hard to play, right off the bath, i would feel kinda disappointed by that.

[@ibrahimelwaraky8471]

Keep up the good work ❤

[@cnkfe1836]

60 HYPE

[@Eylwain]

lets go baby

[@derkaman123123]

Why is ascension launching an OG classic + when COA exists :(

[@pepethefrog1763]

I dont get it, Im new to the game and the offical page only shows like 10 classes, necromency isnt amongst them, can someone pump some knowledge into my brain please?

[@vancea89]

affliction warlock, frost mage and demonology warlock from legion = necromancer

[@tpav1994]

No retail version of demo was ever like coa necro

[@vancea89]

@@tpav1994 are you sure about that ?

[@tpav1994]

@vancea89 yes, look up old guides. It always cycled out and buffed temporary demons, never had more than 1 permanent. The main difference being that if interrupted immediately (pvp) necro will still have many permanent pets out like a beast master hunter. Retail demo has basically never given you 3-6 permanent pets, only temporary imps and felhunters etc.

[@vancea89]

@@tpav1994 i don't have to look at guides as i played back then, and who cares if pets are permanent or not ? you have an army with you, it's the same shit different package

[@tpav1994]

@vancea89 I did too, but you seemed to have not played by equating non permanent pets to permanent pets with some rotational pets. Massive difference if you plan to pvp at all. Regardless, I played lock and DK during legion, and have access to necro. It doesn't feel the same at all. "All the buttons on my keyboard feel the same on all classes" is basically what you're saying lmao.

[@tord4000]

Ranger Spotlight the last :(

[@CoffeeShopOfHorrors77]

I wish that animation nerocs had a AOE. When doing MS it gets a bit rough tab targeting just to tag stuff so you can get exp when giests go crazy

[@vanhelsingx69x]

damn that transmog is sickkk

[@AldentePrime]

Animation Necromancer is like Pain who did the summoning jutsu xD

[@idryal123]

ty

[@darksamus105]

Death Knight =/= Necromancer. Death Knights in lore are scary, for sure. But like... in gameplay? This Necromancer is much more interesting than DK ever was to me. This is what we should have gotten instead.

[@greenchilistudioz4537]

One is caster and other is warrior, just different and neither is better.

[@ez6791]

This was really cool but it seems weird starting at level 1. They should be a type of class ascendancy like the vanilla devs originally planned for adding all hero classes. So you first would level up the 9 base classes and then can do a quest line to switch into a hero class based on your class and race. They were planning for nightelf warriors able to become demon hunters at lvl 40. Blademasters from orc warrior, necromancer access maybe to mages and warlocks of all races, maybe even priests. Look into it. Edit: it is unique though im curious how this goes

[@Nokiya]

so.... Shadow priest, frost mage and demo warlock if CoA turns to be nothing but a light reskin it then that's a shame

[@libraryofpangea7018]

So affliction lock/shadow priest, frost mage but with black mascara and a reskined demonology lock.

[@wecuyler]

is this the paid server?

[@folonrng]

necro should have the ability to be a lich permanently

[@Sogehx]

10 more years for CoA and 20 more for wotlk patch

[@Nathanomaly]

I have always wanted something like this in an MMORPG, a class that is akin to the Summoner Necromancer from Diablo 2.

[@keestimmer3759]

looking good

[@justinmorgan8122]

Yo bro, please, please have them add guardian to gnomes. I’ve played gnome warrior throughout all xpacs of wow and I just feel like it sucks a lot to not be able to have a gnome gigachad big dick guardian or barb

[@marvinschmucker8360]

I still find it Strange and bad gamedesign that you still one shot normal mobs on every Level, why we even have a level phase, when there is no difficulty… I mean it would be nice if we can say yes! I got the pack of 5-8 Killed and not doing massive aoe pulls without any braincell :)

[@alialotbi4217]

This is so cool

[@DanielCole-t8v]

sounds like moist critical

[@Braptist]

Ascension WoW is a blessing, way better than retail

[@greenchilistudioz4537]

No it ain't lmao

[@user-wq8cp3bi9k]

damn this is much better than blizzard do it

[@Epicdps]

How is blizzard not shutting this down lol

[@greenchilistudioz4537]

Cause the project is free and they get money from donation points system, if they go beyond that and they be dead in water.

[@Nortrin]

Not a fan of transforming as a Animation Necromancer. You are supposed to control undead, not to be one of them.

[@DoneRandomLee]

I think the necromancer is a really well made class. It is multi pet class which helps make it feel different from frost mage or warlocks, the 3 choices of specs makes a lot of sense and I Ike there is different difficulty levels. Yeah animate which is the most of the basic class fantasy is very advanced but it should be. You are commanding a army with figuring out the right summons for the right situations, trying to figure out the best permants for you and keeping a eye out for the pets. Because one thing I loved of dota is someone's pet was scouting and they find someone walked by and they are punished because the player noticed and took advantage of their pet. I can imagine that playing apart in this that while it can be hectic you noticing "hey there is someone near this zombie. Explode" can lead to amazing moments. And again rime and plagues fit the warcraft specialty of necromancers and liches so a perfect option. Honestly this is a class that doesn't need a 4th spec because I don't know of anything that would really make sense unless there is some splitting gameplay of animate that is so different then there is a druid feral situation but I doubt that. The class does the fantasy well, it Is unique compared to the other classes, and is a experience that people can fall in love with

[@hectelionstormrage6098]

They are OP in pvp rn. By the way, plz stop Mana storm, it makes the world irrelevant 😢 We need to be able to take LESS abilities too = more différences between players. Amazing server, à lot of 1:24 fun

[@happysideburns5514]

1st one here... its been a while man

[@cypherpunk6417]

Sooo.... 60 when?