Diablo 3 Classes

Blizzard Entertainment has introduced four new Diablo 3 Classes with its latest installment in the Diablo series. Only the Barbarian class will make a reappearance from it’s previous titles. The four new classes that are being introduced are Demon Hunter, Wizard, Monk and Witch Doctor and they all look amazing!

Diablo 3 Classes – BarbarianBarbarian is the only class that is making a re-entry from the previous titles of the Diablo series. The new version, however, looks much deadlier than ever before. Barbarian is a melee class with weapons and attacks that are brutal. They are equally good at tanking as well as no other class can withstand the kind of damage Barbs can. They also have Shouts that bring about buff their allies and curse their enemies.Check out our in-depth Diablo 3 Classes – Monk

Monk is another melee class in Diablo 3. They have good Mantras and Combos that allow them to deal extremely high damage to targeted enemies. Additionally they have good mobility and speed skills as well that allow them to get in and out of battles very quickly. In brief Monks are agile melee class with very high damage output.

Diablo 3 Classes – WizardThe Diablo 3 Wizard class is no different than a typical wizard you find in every other MMORPG game. They

are very strong with offensive abilities which include area attacks and elemental attacks. This makes them a very useful class when dealing with mobs of monsters. Ability to use elemental skill is another very good feature of this class. They have weaker defense compared to other classes, however, they do have some very good escape skills which if used wisely can make you an almost impossible to kill opponent.

Diablo 3 Classes – Demon HunterThe Demon Hunter class in Diablo 3 is like a typical Hunter class you find in MMORPG games. Some skills, however, make them unique and much interesting to play with. They specialize in ranged weapons and traps. Demon Hunters also have a few status skills and escape skills that make them a very tough opponent to deal with.

Diablo 3 Classes – Witch DoctorWitch Doctor is another new class in Diablo 3 and if I am not mistaken, a new class overall as well. I haven’t seen or played anything alike in any other MMO or Role playing games. They summon pets to fight for them, have very good elemental spells (like wizard), and can annoy the hell out of opponents using status inflicting curses.

Diablo 3 Demon Hunter Leveling Guide

This Diablo 3 Demon Hunter leveling guide is dedicated to power leveling tips and tricks specific to Demon Hunter class in Diablo 3. Like a Hunter in any other MMO game Demon Hunter in D3 is a ranged nuke character with few extra twists – Discipline, a set of escape and acrobatic survival skills.This guide is next part in the Diablo 3 leveling guide series right after that first part that focused on general tips and tricks for power leveling any character in Diablo 3. I highly recommend that you check out that guide as well since it focuses on a lot of tactics that will bring about a significant difference in your leveling speed guide to get an idea of key features of this class. We will be straight away jumping into leveling guide and won’t be talking about game play features like for example what’s Hatred or what’s Discipline.

Diablo 3 Demon Hunter Leveling TipsBefore we get into actual leveling guide, I’ll quickly highlight few important tips and tricks. Glance through these real quick before you head to level specific guides.

Leveling tip # 1 – Watch your HatredYou might find yourself running out of Hatred very fast so keep an eye on this when you spam your Hatred spender skills. Use Hatred generators more often for single enemies, as well as mobs.Leveling tip # 2 – Wisely use DisciplineYour skills that require Discipline are ones that will save your ass in tough situations. However, they consume a lot of Discipline and it generates back very slowly. So make sure that you wisely use your skills and strictly keep them for near death escapes or to pick up health globes.Leveling tip # 3 – Use right skill for right monstersDon’t spam Hatred spenders on weaker monsters. Use these skills to take out tough monsters and rare mob packs. This is very important as Hatred is a big problem when you run into more than one tough monsters.Leveling tip # 4 – Attack speed ShrinesDemon Hunters go crazy fast when they get +25% attack speed shrines. They really speed up a lot of your skills and make a significant difference in your leveling speed. So make sure that you don’t miss out on these.

Demon Hunter Leveling GuidesThis part focuses on level-by-level guides explaining what skills to pick at each level and what builds to use. Another section which focuses on equips and runes will also be up soon.Level 1-13Pick skills as they are unlocked when you level up. Start with Hungering Arrow for left click and Impale for right click. Use Impale only for tough enemies since it

drains a lot of Hatred.Once you hit level 4 switch left click to Bola Shot. Pick Rapid Fire at level 5 and switch this skill for your Right click slot and continue using it for tough enemies.At level 6 you unlock another slot, pick Caltrops for your skill slot 1. Replace it with Chakram at level 7.Engage mobs with Chakram, spam Bola Shot on weak enemies, take out tough ones with Rapid Fire if they come to close. Use this setup till level 11. Once you unlock Grenades at level 11 Demon Hunter becomes really fun to play. Bind Grenades to your left click as this will be your main spam skill now.At level 12 you unlock Shadow Power. Activate it whenever you encounter mobs and spam Grenades like there’s no tomorrow.

Demon Hunter Leveling Guide – 14+Since we don’t have access to these levels in beta I will update it later on when the game goes live or if more levels are released for beta. Make sure you subscribe to get updates delivered straight to your inbox.

Diablo 3 Monk Leveling Guide

This Diablo 3 Monk guide focuses on tips and tricks for power leveling to level 60 as soon as possible. In order to achieve optimum leveling speed, it’s very important to get a perfect balance of skill build and equipment. The game play is also extremely important and so is your ability to spend gold.Note that this guide focuses only on leveling techniques specific to Monk. I recommend that you check out my If you have had a chance to play the beta, you might rate Monk as one of the not-so-fun to play class. Some even consider Monk as weaker and slower compared to other four classes, especially Barbarian and Wizard. That’s not true, however. Monks are equally good and can be extremely fun to play and level up.

Challenges in leveling a MonkYou might notice that among all, Monk is the only class that is truly ‘support type’. You get four Mantras support skills such as heal, which other classes do not have. This makes solo leveling a bit difficult for Monks as your skills are limited compared to other classes. However, at higher levels the set of skills that Monks have become extremely important and that’s what is

going to make them one of the most wanted characters for higher difficulty boss and rare farming.As you Monk you will find yourself taking a lot of damage compared to other classes. One of the ways to avoid this is using area status skills or escape skills. They may have time out so make sure that you wait until the skills are ready before you engage into a battle.

Monk leveling tips and tricksMonk leveling tip # 1 – The CombosCombos are what make Monks really good at fighting mobs. If you pull out the right combination or sequence of skills then you can take out mobs very easily giving you a significant boost in leveling speed.Monk leveling tip # 2 – MantrasThere are four Mantras – Evasion, Healing, Retribution and Conviction. Mantras work best when you are playing in coop mode. They give your allies some nice buffs that help to kill enemies more faster and efficiently as a team and thus giving you a significant boost in leveling speed. They work just perfect against bosses and rare monster packs that take forever to die.Monk leveling tip # 3 – MobilityUse the Mobility skills to your advantage to escape your way out of mobs by hopping to single enemies standing away from crowd. Timing is crucial when using these skills as some of them have timeout and they’re mainly for survival.Monk leveling tip # 4 – SpeedAttack speed combined with Combos and Mobility makes Monks an all rounder. You can kill a whole bunch of monsters ridiculously fast without running out of

Spirit.

Skill builds for power leveling MonkLeveling 1-13Pick Fists of Thunder as your primary skill and Dashing Strike as your secondary skill. As you level up to 3 and get Deadly Reach switch to that as your secondary skill.At level 4 use Blinding Flash as you will unlock your skill slot number 1. At level 5 select Lashing Tail Kick as your primary skill. Your main strategy will be simple, keep spamming Lashing Tail Kick to generate Mantra. Engage mobs with Blinding Flash to avoid taking any damage. Time this properly and use it when they get close to you so that the enemies are still in your area of attack range.Buy sufficient red pots to speed up leveling as you may find yourself taking a lot of damage until you get Blinding Flash.At level 9 you will unlock skill slot number 2. Pick your first Mantra – The Mantra of Evasion as you will unlock that at the same level. Stick with this build until level 11.Higher level builds and tactics are coming soon.

Diablo 3 Gold Guide

In this Diablo 3 Gold guide, we will be discussing about best possible ways to make gold, a lot of gold. Thanks to the new auction house system by Blizzard, gold and item farming is going to be a very important aspect of the game.

Auction House is not the only reason why people would want to farm gold. It is equally important to have massive amounts of gold with you so that you can buy some of the best gears for your character.Since we are still in beta when I write this article, we do not have an exact guide for you with best possible ways to farm gold. However, we will share our thoughts on what could potentially become the best when it comes to farming gold.

Diablo 3 Gold Guide – Tips1. Inferno Mode2. Demon Hunter – Best Gold Farming Class?3. Barbarian

DIABLO 3 GOLD GUIDE – INFERNOGetting as fast as you can to the Inferno mode will be the best thing one can do. Keep your good items with you instead of selling them and make sure you have the best of gears in your arsenal to beat this mode.One of the reasons Inferno mode is the best ways to generate more gold, its because of the item drops you get here. No other modes will drop items found on Inferno level. Due to the fact that its the most difficult one, the rewards you get from this mode are equally epic and thus will fetch you handsome returns.

DIABLO 3 GOLD GUIDE – DEMON HUNTERI was looking at skills for various classes to figure out what class would be best when it comes to farming gold. The class, and skills, that stand apart from others is Demon Hunter’s Companion ability with alabaster rune stone ‘Ferret Companion’. This combination of

talent and runestone increases your chances of getting gold from monsters by 40%. Whether or not this percentage increase works on rare items and boss drops as well, is still unknown. If it does then definitely this could make Demon Hunter one of the best farmer classes.

DIABLO 3 GOLD GUIDE – BARBARIANBarbarian also has a few good skills that could potentially make it a good farmer. The two skills I found especially intriguing from Barbarian’s skill set are Threatening Shout and Battle Rage with obsidian rune stones.Threatening Shout with Terrify [obsidian rune stone] increases the chances of monsters dropping additional treasure by 22%.Battle Rage with Swords of Ploughshares [obsidian rune stone] increases the chances by 20%, but only for critical hits.

Diablo 3 Gold Guide – ConclusionUnlike Demon Hunter that just says gold, for Barbarian it clearly says additional treasure. However, it uses two skills and two rune slots which my drastically change the effectiveness of the build. Would it rather make sense to go for a build that slays more number monsters rather than one that kills lesser with additional chances of getting treasures? We do not know yet, but we will definitely do a lot of testing on this!This Diablo 3 Gold guide will grow over time. Currently we barely know the game to write a detailed one. Crafting system will also have a major role in earning

gold and items. Look forward to more updates in the Diablo 3 Gold guide section as the beta advances further towards the launch.

Diablo 3 Barbarian Guide

Meet the BarbarianDiablo 3 Barbarian is an extremely fun class to play if you are like melee characters. Barbarian is more like a tank class of Diablo 3. It can get very good defense and attack, both at the same time.It has its own set of offensive and defensive skills that help it withstand powerful attacks from other classes as well as deal heavy damages in very short time.

DIABLO 3 BARBARIAN GAMEPLAY GUIDEBarbarian in Diablo 3 is a melee class. I’ve described features in more dept in my game play guide. Click the link below to check out Barbarian features and gameplay.To summarize Barbarians are a melee class with high DPS, good offensive and defensive buffs with the best tanking abilities in game.

DIABLO 3 BARBARIAN RESOURCE SYSTEMBarbarian’s resource is Fury. Its initially empty if you do not perform any action. As you kill more enemies and use ‘Fury generator’ skills you generate more Fury that can be spent using Fury spender abilities in battle.

DIABLO 3 BARBARIAN SKILLS

I’ll update this section soon.

DIABLO 3 BARBARIAN STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

●Strengths: Powerful tanking abilities, moderate attack damage, good status spells

●Weaknesses: Not ranged, heavily dependent on gears, needs gears for elemental damage

DIABLO 3 BARBARIAN EQUIPMENTI’ll update this section soon.

Diablo 3 Barbarian GuidesThe second of Diablo 3 Barbarian guide will actually focus on different kinds of guides you will find on this site. I’ll be mainly talking about tips and tricks for different aspects of the game as well as best suitable builds for each one.

DIABLO 3 BARBARIAN LEVELING GUIDEBarbarians are very good when it comes to leveling up. One of the fastest classes among five currently available. However, the leveling won’t be fast enough if you don’t choose the right build. Check out my Barbarian PVM or leveling build to get an idea of essential skills required to make a perfect PVM Barbarian.

DIABLO 3 BARBARIAN PVP GUIDEBarbarians are equally good in PVP as well. Again, right set of skills and runes will decide your fate in majority of PVP matches you fight. However, there are some tips and tricks that will come handy with no matter what

build you choose. I’ll be uploading a special PVP guide just for this. It’s currently under construction, keep watching this space for more.

DIABLO 3 BARBARIAN BUILDSI already have put up builds for Barbarian. I’m working on few others.Check out the list of Barbarian Builds available in my builds guide. You can get an idea of what kind of build would work best for you.

Diablo 3 Barbarian Guide ConclusionThat’s all in Diablo 3 Barbarian. Tell us what you think about our Diablo 3 Barbarian guide.

Diablo 3 Wizard Gameplay

Like most Wizards in other MMORPG games, Diablo 3 Wizard is a devastating spell caster with a notably low health points compared to other classes in the game. However, the Wizard in this game posses more interesting features and unique story line, making it one of the most noteworthy class to play. This Diablo 3 Wizard gameplay will talk more of these features that make this class interesting.Though seemingly looks like a reminiscent of Sorcerer from Diablo 2, the Wizard has lots of things to offer to its users. If you have played the Sorcerer in the previous installment of the game, then you will certainly love this class, as it’s certainly built with meticulous attention to details.

Diablo 3 Wizard Gameplay Features●Elemental Mastery: Wizards affirm authority throughout the natural elements of the Sanctuary. They can hurl lightning bolts, blast ice and crack flames and whirlwinds to their foes in the battlefield with relative ease. Also, they arevery versatility in controlling elemental powers, allows every Wizard to target foes’ weaknesses and get around their defenses easily, making every enemy vulnerable to the spell caster from a far.

●Area Attacks: AOE or Area of attack skills is an obvious part of Wizard’s abilities. With this type of skill, Wizards can destroy huge clusters of enemies Also, the battlefield can be the Wizard’s best friend, as it is mostly surrounded with forces to help this class cast some spells, such as blasts and cones that can annihilate mobs of enemies at once. Wizard can also cast rays force to punish enemies for standing close together and hit inactive enemies with huge chunks of rocks falling from the above.

●Protective Spells: Though Wizard is a little less agile and physically weaker compared to other classes in the game, Wizards can save themselves from tougher enemies through its defensive abilities. Wizards can hide and sneak out from their enemies by cloaking, deflect most of enemy attacks by wrapping their bodies with diamond armor, or make mirror images to confuse enemies in the battlefield. Escape skills such as these is what separates Diablo’s

Wizard from most spell casters, mages and magicians from most MMORPG games. With these protective abilities, Wizards can easily play by itself, as it can always spam weaker enemies with cheaper spells and save itself from trouble with these defensive skills.

●Infinite Energy: Infinite source of energy is one of the many things people love about this class. It’s a completely new characteristic that you can’t find in any magicians or spell casters from most MMORPGs. With the Wizard, there are tons of spells in its skill tree that can even help regenerate arcane power, or make specific skill cost less resource system. With the seemingly infinite flow of energy, it can be tough to contain this spell caster, as it most likely spam spells to control the battlefield.

Diablo 3 Wizard PVM GameplayThe Wizard is a pretty dominant force for Player vs Monster or player vs environment mode. Its cheap spells along with its fast Arcane Power regeneration makes it very effective in killing mobs of enemies in seconds with just few spell combinations.

Diablo 3 Wizard PVP GameplayWizard is a legitimate spell caster, even referred as a cannon glass, meaning it can cause massive damage, but it can take huge damage as well. Thus, you have to be smart in playing this class. Run around the arena and look for a good spot to cast your spells. This class can’t simply stand toe to toe against melee characters, especially those who inflict stun and enormous strike damage.

Difficulty in Nightmare, Hell and Inferno modes in Diablo 3

Blizzard just released a video preview of what the difficulty is going to be like at higher levels. Last

year we learned about the difficulty levels in Diablo 3, including the new mode Inferno where all the monsters are above level 60. Now finally we have a video preview to get a sneak peek of what’s the end-game going to be like in the latest installment of Diablo series.So far we’ve only gotten a chance to play the beta in normal mode which didn’t seem challenging at all. But from the video and the way developers describe these difficulty levels it seems that the game is going to be absolutely worth the wait.To sum it up what’s known so far – there are four modes or difficulty levels in Diablo 3: Normal, Nightmare, Hell and Inferno. The game starts getting bad ass from the Nightmare level. Hell and Inferno are expected to be extremely challenging.It’s clear from the video that soloing is probably only going to work in Normal and may be Nightmare mode. For Hell and Inferno, we’re definitely going to need parties of more than two.Hell and Inferno are just not going to be basic game play but a lot more than that. High level equips and defensive gears, gold, magic find, enchants are also going to make a big difference. Other than that perfecting a build and figuring out the right balance between gold, power and magic find skills is going to be another challenge.Just playing in groups won’t get you through Hell and Inferno. You will be needing solid coordination and strategies to take out those tough bosses in these modes. Just rushing into a boss like you do in Normal is not going to be the case all the way. Forget bosses, you’ll get your ass kicked even at those surprise

random encounters.It looks like there’s a lot more in store for us than what we expect. If only we could get to play a bit of Inferno as a part of beta.Did this look challenging enough to you? What do you think? Tell us about your thoughts about the might Hell and Inferno modes.

Diablo 3 Monk Gameplay

This article focuses on Diablo 3 Monk Gameplay. Monk is another melee class with some serious combos that deal tons of damage. Their resource is Spirit.Let’s look at some game play features of Monks and see what makes Monks special. It will also give you a hint on what your end game will be like if you choose Monk to be your main class. Further down, you will also find Player vs Monster (PVM) and Player vs Player (PVP) videos.

Diablo 3 Monk Gameplay Features● Mantras: These are like buffs. Monks in Diablo

3 have abilities that can heal or strengthen the Monk himself as well as allies. When used at right time, these can prove extremely helpful.

● Combos: One of the key features of Monks gameplay in Diablo 3. They have really powerful combos that can dish out extremely heavy duty damage on opponents if used in correct succession. Some even inflict status damage on opponents.

● Spirtual Power: Skills that help you generate

Spirit and some that help you spend. This feature is also common for all the classes in Diablo 3.

● Mobility and speed: Very good at mobility as well. It will be very hard to anticipate next moves of a good Monk player in PVP.

Diablo 3 Monk Gameplay – PVMHere is a very good Diablo 3 Monk PVM gameplay video with commentary. You can get an idea of their skills as well as features. The commentary is good enough to explain these in sufficient detail.

Diablo 3 Witch Doctor Gameplay

Here’s another article in gameplay series that focuses on Diablo 3 Witch Doctor gameplay. Witch doctor, just like others, is again a fun class to play with a gameplay that is distinct in its own ways. Witch Doctors summon souls and creatures that fight for them on their behalf. They have some seriously annoying status inflicting skills that make them a very tough opponent to deal with. They are equally good in leveling up as well.

Diablo 3 Witch Doctor Gameplay FeaturesHere are Diablo 3 Witch Doctor gameplay features summarized and explained.

●Pets: Mongrels, zombies, bats, spiders and loads more. Witch Doctors summon several different types of pets to assist them in battle and fight for them. They fight for you until dead and can be spawned over and over again.

●Elemental Attacks: They have very good elemental attacks – similar to that you find in Wizards. Elemental damage is extremely

important when used at right times on right opponents as they give a huge damage boost.

●Curses: They have tons of curses and ill effect status skills that give you a huge advantage and crowd control abilities. In PVP especially these skills make Witch Doctors a must have in any team.

●Battlefield Control: Again, extremely good AOE skills and crowd control skills. These make them extremely good at leveling up and PVM as well.

Diablo 3 Witch Doctor Gameplay PVMThis Witch Doctor gameplay video has always been my favorite one to share with my readers. Check out this amazing killing streak by Witch Doctor in beta gameplay. This can demonstrate how fast and effective they are when it comes to Crowd Control and leveling up. Pay attention to skills, Mana consumption and Health as well to get an idea of usage of these attributes in a real tough battle.

Diablo 3 Beginners Guide

New to Diablo 3? No problem, our Diablo 3 Beginners Guide will help you get a basic understanding of Diablo 3. We have divided into several sections, and we will be soon posting a detailed guide on each section.For newbies, just the overview should be sufficient to better understand each of these features. If you feel like this could be written even better or something new could be added in here, feel free to write us via contact form and we will update the guide with your contact details in credits section.

Diablo 3 Beginners Guide Table of Contents1. Classes2. Health & Resource System3. Runestones4. Followers5. Crafting & Artisans6. Auction House7. PVP8. Difficulty levels and achievements

Diablo 3 Beginners Classes GuideThere are five classes in Diablo 3: Barbarian, Monk, Wizard, Demon Hunter and Witch Doctor. Four of them are new, except Barbarian which is a returning class from Diablo 2 with completely revamped skill set.Visit each of the class guides to learn more about builds, leveling and skills.

Diablo 3 Beginners Health and Resource Guide

Life Orb: The Red orb is the life orb. You die when it goes empty. Carry health potions to replenish when low. Certain skills help you life steal and some cause you to loose life.

Unlike other games where every skill uses a common resource called ‘Mana’, in Diablo 3 each class has its own resource system.Barbarians use Fury, Demon Hunters use Hatred and Discipline, Monks use Spirit, Witch Doctors use Mana and Wizard uses Arcane Power. Certain abilities consume resources while others help regenerate. The time it takes to regenerate also varies depending upon class. Your resource pools determine how efficiently and quickly you can use your skills.

Diablo 3 Beginners Rune Stones Guide

Rune stones in Diablo 3 is a new feature introduced with Diablo 3. Thus beginners might especially need help with this area.Each skill comes with five skills that you can socket onto it in order to further improve or customize the effects of the skill. Thus the overall skill system is designed to allow players to come up with numerous builds and customization for their characters.Careful selection of runes is extremely crucial to build a proper character for each setting, for example PVP or PVM. Check out the builds for each to understand which Runestone would work best and in what cases.

Diablo 3 Beginners Guide – Followers

Followers is another new feature introduced with Diablo 3. Followers are champions that will fight along side you on your battles and quests. In short they are there to help you and make your life easier.Followers can be customized in terms of what skills they have, passive benefits they give and how they fight. Each follower has 12 skills out of which you can pick 4 at any given time.They have two weapon slots, rings, amulets and unique item for each class. As they level up, their skills and appearance improves over time as well.

Diablo 3 Beginners Guide – Crafting & Artisans Crafting System is yet another new feature in Diablo 3. We will be soon putting up an entire Beginners Guide dedicated to this section of the game. There are three types of Artisans in Diablo 3:Blacksmith: Can craft weapons, armors or add socket to them.Mystic: Creates scrolls, spell runes, magic charms, weapons and enchants them.Jeweler: Can create gems, amulets and rings. They can also un-socket gems, or combine them to give better effects.You find them as you do more quests. Check out more

details in the detailed Diablo 3 Crafting Guide.

Diablo 3 Beginners Guide – Auction House Auction House, a yet another new feature introduced with Diablo 3. It allows you to put up unwanted items on sale for real word money or in-game gold. This is aimed to make the entire process of trading in-game items and gold even safer and legal. Players can now directly trade their items for real world money.Read our detailed Diablo 3 Auction House guide to learn more about how you can be an expert at this.

Diablo 3 Beginners Guide – PVPPVP in Diablo 3 is very much organized, you have different levels and additionally match making to place you in the perfect battle that suits your level. We will update this section even further as we have more details available. Check out our in-depth Diablo 3 PVP guide to get hands on some of the best PVP builds for each class.

Diablo 3 Beginners Guide – Difficulty levels & AchievementsNightmare and Hell Difficulty modes are difficulty levels beyond normal that comes with equally rewarding benefits. The drops in these modes give you access to a whole new sets of items that are not found in other difficulty modes.Inferno is the most difficult mode which is unlocked once you beat the game in Hell mode. The rewards and loot offered in this mode will be rare and epic. We will have detailed guides to help you out on Inferno mode. Stay tuned for updates.This Diablo 3 Beginners guide is still under construction

and will change over time. If you have something to add or edit, please write to us using the contact form option.