Character Class Changes in Diablo II Resurrected Patch 2.4 and Beyond

Diablo II Posted 2021/12/20 at 11:58 AM by CinereousStyx

Adam FletcherMrLlamaSCGeneral Philosophy on Balance Changes

Expand build diversity

Retain class fantasy and specialty

Reduce skill casting delays

Make quality of life changes to tool tips

Review underused skills

General Philosophy - Reaction and ThoughtsAmazon

Improve melee skills

Improve passive and magic skills

Support underperforming bow and crossbow skills

Amazon Changes - Reaction and ThoughtsAssassin

Buff martial arts

Revisit shadow disciplines

Improve underused trap skills

Assassin Changes - Reaction and ThoughtsBarbarian

Diversify combat skills

Improve leap skills

Enhance throwing skills

Barbarian Changes - Reaction and ThoughtsDruid

Buff fire skills

Make arctic blast less clunky

Improve shapeshifting

Make less useful summons more viable

Druid Changes - Reaction and ThoughtsNecromancer

Improve underused summons

Improve bone skills for high level

Weaken skill improvement

Necromancer Changes - Reaction and ThoughtsPaladin

Improve underused combat skills

Scale offensive aura skills better for higher difficulty

Paladin Changes - Reaction and ThoughtsSorceress

Diversify cold armor skills

Improve certain lightning and fire skills

Sorceress Changes - Reaction and Thoughts

Comment by psychokrusherCouch coop for consoles when.Comment by DiogoFilipe90After so long without balance changes, it's going to be nice to shake things up in terms of what's best or even viable. I look forward to seeing what's to come, and feel like they're taking the right approach to things.Comment by greeneggsee, I like this

D2:LoD is still there for the no changes crowd

meanwhile D2R is being allowed to grow into it's own game and actually improve on things that definitely were flaws of the original.Comment by ArktaneI sincerely hope they rebalance Poison Damage, as it’s pretty underwhelming in almost all cases.Comment by SchattensangI sincerely hope they rebalance Poison Damage, as it’s pretty underwhelming in almost all cases.Comment by ZeroEdgeirCouch coop for consoles when.Comment by hotaru251see, I like this

D2:LoD is still there for the no changes crowd

meanwhile D2R is being allowed to grow into it's own game and actually improve on things that definitely were flaws of the original.