New Class Announced: The Wizard

By Sol_Invictus Oct 10, 2008
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BlizzCon is well under way, and the moment that every Diablo fan has been waiting for since the game was announced barely three months ago has finally arrived: the announcement of the new class.

Behold...

THE WIZARD

Thanks to Lipton for feeding me with the liveblogging info.

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The video can be viewed here.

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Posted Oct 10, 2008
*will be updating this thread with pictures and screenshots as it becomes available. (But I had to give credit to Lipton)*

The Wizard?

Holy shit! Who would have figured that?

Joining the previously revealed classes of the Barbarian and the new Witch Doctor, the Wizard is a powerful spellcaster said to manipulate the powers of the elements.

The Wizard is reminiscent of the Sorceress class from Diablo II, and comes equipped with Charged Bolt and Magic Missile spells.

Other spells known to the Sorceress, such as the Frost Nova, Tornado and Blizzard make a strong return in the newly minted Wizard.

Each of the three announced classes, the Wizard, Barbarian and Witch Doctor are playable in both male and female forms. In the demo, the male Wizard is unavailable.

The demo has the player making his or her way through the dense foliage of Tristram Woods into the Tristram Church Dungeon.

More information will be posted within this thread as it becomes available!

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Posted Oct 10, 2008
Why the idiotic "behold" I see everywhere?
Isn't there any one at the convention with a camera?

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Posted Oct 10, 2008
right...... no one with a camera...

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Posted Oct 10, 2008
the wizard? u would have that they could have thought a better name, but hey sweet!

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Posted Oct 10, 2008
Ha! In Your Face Dimebog! ^^

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Posted Oct 10, 2008
http://www.shacknews.com/screenshots.x?gallery=10866&game_id=5483#img127261

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Posted Oct 10, 2008
WIZARD PICS IN GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=546

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Posted Oct 10, 2008
Man they need to throw some clothes on those witch doctors. Looks like something you would see on the discovery channel.

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Posted Oct 10, 2008
Blizzard thought lets make some magic .... and TADAAAAAAA
**pouf!**
The WIZARD

enjoy

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Posted Oct 10, 2008
Here's a first screen of him I uploaded from Shacknews (Left the male and female version of the Wizard).. enjoy

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Posted Oct 10, 2008
Quote from "necronergal" »
WIZARD PICS IN GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=546

Check THIS!!!!

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Posted Oct 10, 2008
FROST NOVA PIC

http://www.diii.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1999&cat=546&size=big

LOOKS BAD ASS.

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Posted Oct 10, 2008
http://www.diii.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1998&cat=546&size=big

Wizard using Disintegrate...

looks like Kamehameha

Is it fire or other type of magic tho?

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Posted Oct 10, 2008
SKELETON king, seems like a spiritual NPC could be wrong tho. He seems etheral like the ghost in Tristram...
and the Wizard has an item in her hand same as in Tristram

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Posted Oct 10, 2008
Tell me we get to play the buitcher again? This pic looks just like the beginning of the butcher quest in D1:

shit takes way too long to load... here is the pic:

I like I like

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Posted Oct 10, 2008
Skeleton King looks awesome.

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Posted Oct 10, 2008
Dieing dude...talking bout the butcher...possible.
Skeleton King looks amazing in both shots, etheral and in throne room.
Can't wait to see some action, enough stills.
Arcane orb, is like arcane version of holy bolt

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Posted Oct 10, 2008
Quote from "milanv" »
anyone else kinda disappointed with the actual name of the class?

btw, the screens now look totally bad ass... CAN'T WAIT!!!!

check out the skeleton king or whatever

Fits fine actually. In my opinion anyway.

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Posted Oct 10, 2008
Well, we knew it was coming! You can basically count on:

1) A physical character [Barbarian]
2) A magic character [Wizard]
3) A ranged character [Hunter?]
4) A defense/protection character [Knight?|Monk?]

The Witch Doctor comes with summoning and cursing but brings it's own flavour. We were counting on a character like him anyways!

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Posted Oct 10, 2008
a lot more darker shots, the throne room door looks stunning

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