Diablo 4: All Classes [Pros, Cons & Skills]

Diablo 4 has been released, and with full access, players are able to test out Diablo 4 Classes. There are 5 classes ranging from Rogue, Barbarian, Druid, Sorceress, and Necromancer. Players might need assistance with figuring out the skills, mechanics, and gameplay for each class, as it can get quite daunting!

Diablo 4 Classes

I have compiled all the classes and their respective skills in the table below:

Rogue 

I’ve also listed the Stats and Skills you can anticipate when starting as a Rogue Class:

Kicking things off, is a fast striker that is extremely agile, and they can combine together the power of melee attacks as well as ranged attacks to decimate enemies.

Here’s an overview of the rogue class that I’ve condensed into a few key points:

• Rogues can lay down, due to which opponents can get poisoned, as well as get the slow debuff.
• Rogues can also become, due to which they can keep at a safe distance and strike down opponents.
• Rogues can also imbue any of their wielded weapons with three energies ranging from poison, cold, or shadow.

Advantages And Disadvantages 

Additionally, I have included some of the pros and cons of playing as a rogue, as nothing comes without strings:

Special Traits 

As far as the special traits of the Rogue Class are concerned, rogues can take into hand two one-handed weapons and a ranged weapon simultaneously. You can swap out the weapons as you please. 

Class Specialisation

Whenever you reach level 15 for rogue, you gain access to the class specialization for Rogues, which includes:

• Combo Points: With combo points, players can gain combo points whenever they use their basic skills, granting players extra effects. 
• Inner Sight: With Inner Sight, players can fill an inner sight gauge anytime they carry out attacks against marked opponents. 
• Preparation. 

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Skills 

As far as skills are concerned, there are a total of 6 skill trees that you can use, such as the basics, cores, weapon imbue skills, agility, subterfuge, and ultimate skills. 

I’ve organized tables below that contain all the skill trees and their respective descriptions:

Basic 

The basic skills are listed below. 

Basic Skills	Description
Blade Shift	It is a physical skill that allows a player to stab their opponent, shift, and then move through them for a few seconds.
Invigorating Strike	Physical skill with which players can melee attack an opponent, dealing damage as well as enhancing energy regeneration.
Puncture	Launch out blades to a short radius, causing damage and causing opponents to get slowed down for a few seconds.
Heartseeker	Launch an arrow targeting an opponent and enhancing your critical strike chance.
Forceful Arrow	Launch out a damaging arrow toward an opponent, dealing damage.

Core 

Moving on to the core skills; 

Core Skills	Description
Twisting Blade	Cause an opponent to get impaled using welded blades, dealing extra damage.
Flurry	Carry out stabs against opponents and deal damage.
Penetrating Shot	Launch out an arrow that slashes through all opponents in one line.
Rapid Fire	Continuously fires out arrows, causing opponents to take in damage.
Barrage	Launch out barrages of arrows that continue outwards, continuously dealing damage.

Agility 

The agility skills for the Rogue Class can be seen as follows. 

Agility Skills	Description
Shadow Step	Continue to move through enemies and stab opponents and gain enhanced movement speed.
Dash	Slash through opponents while dashing forward.
Caltrops	Launch out caltrops on the ground, causing enemies to become slowed and deal damage.

Subterfuge 

With that, we also have the Subterfuge skills shown below. 

Subterfuge Skills	Description
Dark Shroud	Gain shadows that protect you and get damage reduction.
Smoke Grenade	Launch out smoke toward opponents that causes them to get Dazed.
Poison Trap	Launch out a trap that poisons enemies.
Concealment	Become invisible and become stealthy for a bit.

Imbuement 

For Imbuement skills, 3 skills are listed below. 

Imbuement Skills	Description
Poison Imbuement	Imbue your wielded weapons with poison.
Shadow Imbuement	Imbue weapons with shadows.
Cold Imbuement	Imbue weapons such that your skills cause enemies to take in cold damage.

Ultimate 

Last but not least, the ultimate skills are as follows. 

Ultimate Skills	Description
Shadow Clone	Casts out a shadow clone that copies the actions of the Rogue for a bit and deals its damage, too.
Death Trap	Launch out a trap that deals damage.
Rain Of Arrows	Launches out arrows that rain down and deal damage.

Necromancer 

Moving on to the Necromancer class, here is the list of Stats and Skills you can expect when starting this Class:

The next class is Necromancers, who are essentially custodians of life and death. They are a spell-casting class that combines death aims to decimate opponents. They make use of essence as well as Corpses. 

Below, I’ve summarized the Necromancer class into a few key points for your reference:

• Necromancers can use their undead armies, such as skeletal mages, golems, and skeletal warriors, to bring out the worst in you and defeat enemies. 
• Bone magic is used to destroy the opponent absolutely. 
• Darkness and Blood magic further make Necromancer all the stronger. 

Class Specialisation 

Regarding class specialization, Necromancers use the Book Of The Dead, which allows you to customize to summonses like Skeletal Warriors, Golems, and Skeletal mages. Some use cases that I found useful are:

• For example, skeletal warriors can be skirmishers, defenders, and reapers. 
• Mages can shift between shadow, bone, and cold. 
• With golems, players can choose between iron, bone, and blood. Bone taunts enemies, blood sucks out life from opponents, and Iron stuns opponents.

Advantages And Disadvantages 

As far as the pros and cons of the Necromancer are concerned, here’s what you can expect: 

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Skills 

When it comes to skills, there is a lot of confusion about the different skills that are available. For your ease, I have tabulated all the skills and their respective description to choose from:  

Skills	Description
Decompose	Tear out opponents in pieces, making them take damage per second.
Reap	Cast out a swiping motion with your scythe and deal damage while your damage reduction gets enhanced.
Hemorrhage	Cause an opponent’s blood to burst, dealing damage as well as forming a blood orb.
Bone Splinters	Cast out 3 bone splinters, dealing damage.
Blight	Cast out concentrated blight that ends up making opponents take in the damage and also deals DoT.
Sever	A part of the player casts forward and uses the scythe to launch attacks for a percentage of damage.
Blood Surge	Players can draw blood from opponents, making them intake damage and casting out blood nova, which deals damage.
Blood Lance	Cast out a blood lance that stays in the opponent for a bit and deals damage.
Bone Spear	Bring forth a bone spear from the ground, which slashes through enemies.
Corpse Explosion	A corpse will get detonated, causing opponents nearby to take in damage, too.
Blood Mist	Disperses out into a mist of blood, which ends up gaining the player immunity for a bit. However, players have their movement speed decreased.
Bone Prison	Players get essence every time an opponent hits the bone prison.
Iron Maiden	Players end up cursing the area, and opponents take damage anytime they end up launching an attack.
Decrepify	Opponents that are hit with Decreify remain stunned for a bit.
Corpse Tendrils	The veins of a corpse end up breaking out, which causes opponents to be pulled in and stunned for a bit and deals damage to them.
Bone Spirit	Use up all the essentials that you have in order to conjure a spirit of bone that seeks out opponents.
Army Of The Dead	Summon the dead, and they continue to explode around opponents, causing them to intake damage.
Blood Wave	Summon forth a tidal wave that’s bloody and causes enemies to be decimated.
Bone Storm	A tornado of bones ends up surrounding the players as well as their golem, causing damage to opponents that are close by.

Sorceress 

Transitioning to the Sorceress class, here’s a rundown of the Stats and Skills you’ll encounter when beginning this Class:

Let’s take a look at the Sorceress class, which is a class that is essentially able to use torrents of flames and other elements. The Sorceress class is able to take on the role of being a spellcaster with which they can use elemental magic to murder opponents. 

Here’s a quick rundown of what this class is capable of:

• The sorcerer can use Frost to cause enemies to become chilled and slow them down. 
• They can also use pyromancy in order to unleash fire damage, while shock can be used to carry out lightning damage. 

Advantages And Disadvantages 

Like every other class, the Sorceress also has its own pros and cons that I have listed below: 

Enchantment System 

Moving on, let’s take a look at the enchantment system, with which you are able to take the skills and place them into two locations, both an enchantment slot and a skill slot. 

Personally, these uses of the Enchantment System proved beneficial in my playthrough and could benefit your run as well:

• You are able to gain passive effects from these enchantments, and you need to have skill points to use them. 
• You can’t really use ultimate skills for these slots. 
• Any skill that has been upgraded will end up being the cause of the passive being impacted, too. 
• The enchantment slot effects impact Basic, Core, Defensive, Conjuration, and mastery skills. 

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Skills 

Regarding skills, a Sorceress encompasses basic, core, defensive, conjuration, mastery, and ultimate skills, which I’ve compiled in a table below for your convenience:

Basic 

For basic skills, players can use Frost bolt, fire bolt, arc lash as well as spark. 

Basic Skills	Description
Frost Bolt	Cast out a bolt of frost, which deals damage and chills enemies.
Arc Lash	With arc lash, players can cast out arcing lightning that deals damage and stuns enemies.
Spark	Cast out a bolt of lightning that shoots opponents 4 times.
Fire Bolt	Summon forth a flaming bolt that deals damage and burns enemies for 8 seconds.

Core 

As for the core skills, they range from the frozen orb, Fireball, Ice Shards, Incinerate, Charged Bolts, as well as Chain Lightning. 

Core Skills	Description
Frozen Orb	Cast out an orb that ends up chilling opponents and casts out shards, and at the end, the frozen orb will explode.
Fireball	Cast out a fireball that deals damage to opponents close by.
Ice Shards	Cast out 5 shards that deal 25% enhanced damage to enemies that are frozen.
Incinerate	Cast out a fire beam, burn enemies, and deal fire damage.
Chain Lightning	Summon forth lightning that deals damage as well as chains close by opponents 6 times.
Charged Bolts	Cast down 5 bolts of lightning that move along the ground and damage opponents.

Defensive 

With defensive skills, they range from the flame shield, Ice Armor, Teleport as well as Frost Nova. 

Defensive Skills	Description
Flame Shield	Using Flame Shield, players can set themselves on fire for a bit and then cause damage and become immune to it for a bit.
Ice Armor	An ice barrier forms around the players, which takes a bit of base life from players and then deals damage.
Frost Nova	Cast out a torrent of frost, which freezes opponents for a bit.
Teleport	Transform into lightning, which causes players to be unstoppable and go towards the target location, through which they can deal damage.

Conjuration 

With the Conjuration skills, there are three skills Ice Blade, Lightning Spear, as well as Hydra. 

Conjuration Skills	Description
Ice Blade	Summon forth ice blades that continue to slash enemies and might make opponents vulnerable for a bit.
Hydra	Cast out a 3-headed hydra with which it is able to spit out fire at enemies.
Lightning Spear	Summon out lightning that targets opponents and deals damage.

Mastery 

With the mastery skills, including the following from blizzard, Ball Lightning, Meteor, and Firewall. 

Mastery Skills	Description
Blizzard	A blizzard can be cast out that inflicts damage unto enemies and also chills opponents.
Meteor	Launch out a meteor that strikes down the target location and burns the ground.
Ball Lightning	Cast out a ball of lightning that continues to move forward and zaps opponents in the way.
Firewall	Launch out a wall of flames that continue to burn opponents.

Ultimate 

Lastly, the ultimate skills include unstable currents, deep freeze, and inferno. 

Ultimate Skills	Description
Unstable Currents	Players can feel lightning within them for a bit.
Deep Freeze	Cast yourself in ice and become immune for a bit, and also chills out opponents.
Inferno	Continue to summon forth a serpent that burns enemies and causes them to intake damage.

Druid 

Progressing to the Druid class, here’s the breakdown of Stats and Skills you’ll have at the start of this Class:

The next set of classes that I would like to cover is the Druid, which is essentially a shapeshifter class and is able to switch forms between a werewolf and a bear. Alongside that, it is also able to use the power of nature to cause death unto enemies. 

Here’s an overview of the Druid class that I would like to share:

• Druids can turn into a werewolf, with which they can be agile and move fast, while the werebear can allow them to become extremely powerful. 

Advantages And Disadvantages 

As far as pros and cons are concerned, based on what I experienced, Druids have more pros than cons;

Class Mechanics 

Moving on, let’s look at the class mechanics that Druids offer. You can form different bonds with spirit animals, and whenever you reach level 15, you can interact with 4 spirit animals.

Here are some of the advantages of bonding with the spirit animal that I found insightful: 

• The spirit animals allow Druids to gain boons, which unlock bonuses for you. 
• When all four animals are unlocked, you can either bond with a fifth animal or you can choose to gain two bonuses from one spirit animal of their choosing and another bonus from all four animals. 

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Skills 

The next thing I would like to discuss is the skills such as basic, spirit, defensive, wrath, companion, and ultimate skills;

Basic 

The basic skills include Earthspike, Storm Strike, Wind Shear, Maul as well as Shred. 

Basic Skills	Description
Earth spike	Players can sunder the ground, with which they can impale the first enemy for a bit of damage, and anytime an opponent has been hit with Earthspike, the chances to deal a crushing blow get enhanced by 10%.
Storm Strike	Cover your weapon with electricity, which deals damage that ends up splitting between your opponents.
Shred	Players can transform into a werewolf and shred enemies, dealing damage.
Wind Shear	Take on a blade of wind that inflicts damage and increases your overall movement speed by 5% for a bit.
Maul	Transform into a werebear and maul any opponent, which also allows you to fortify yourself.

Spirit 

With the spirit skills, players can choose from Pulverize, Tornado, and Landslide. 

Spirit Skills	Description
Pulverize	Transform into a werebear and slam down, inflicting damage on opponents.
Tornado	Summon forth a vortex that continues to move out and inflicts damage every second.
Landslide	Players are able to crush opponents in between 3 pillars and gain a 10% chance to inflict a crushing blow.

Defensive 

As far as defensive skills are concerned, you can choose from Cyclone Armor, Trample, Debilitating Roar, Ravenous Bite, and Earthen Bulwark. 

Defensive Skills	Description
Cyclone Armor	Winds continue to protect the player, which then grants a 15% damage negation from ranged damage.
Trample	Continue to advance forward as a werebear, which deals damage and stuns enemies for a bit.
Debilitating Roar	Players can transform into a werebear and be absolutely devastating and decrease the overall attack speed of opponents.
Ravenous Bite	Players can tear apart opponents while being a werewolf, which inflicts damage and also heals you.
Earthen Bulwark	Players get surrounded by rocks for about 3 seconds, which makes them unstoppable, and players can absorb damage for a bit.

Wrath 

Players gain access to two skills, Boulder and Hurricane, using wrath skills. 

Wrath Skills	Description
Boulder	Cast out a boulder that causes enemies to be knocked back and also crushes them.
Hurricane	With hurricanes, players can cast a hurricane around them, which causes enemies to undergo damage.

Companion 

There are 3 companion skills ranging from Ravens, Wolves, and Vine Creepers. 

Companion	Description
Wolves	A passive that allows players to summon forth 2 wolf companions that bite opponents for a bit of damage. The active skills allow for the wolves to target an opponent and gain players a 50% chance to crit.
Vine Creeper	With the active skill, vines continue to choke opponents and cause them to be poisoned for a while, also stunning them for a bit.
Ravens	The active skill allows the target area to be surrounded by ravens, which causes them to intake damage as well as be vulnerable for a bit.

Ultimate 

Lastly, the ultimate skills include Grizzly Rage, Petrify, and Cataclysm. 

Ultimate Skills	Description
Cataclysm	A storm that follows players and continues to knock back opponents, as well as lightning that continues to deal damage to opponents.
Grizzly Rage	Players transform into a werebear for a bit, through which they regenerate spirit a bit faster.
Petrify	Players cause all nearby opponents to be petrified and cause them to be stunned.

Barbarian 

Turning to the Barbarian class, I have provided an overview of the Stats and Skills you can expect upon starting this Class:

Last but not least, the final of the classes is the Barbarian, which is essentially one of the strongest classes, with immense damage output, aggression, and defense. 

• Players are able to go into a berserk state, which allows them to gain enhanced damage and movement speed, and they can also allow them to cause enemies to bleed. 

Advantages And Disadvantages 

When it comes to pros and cons, I bear witness to the following while playing as a barbarian in Diablo 4:

Class Mechanic 

With that out of the way, the main class mechanic of a Barbarian is known as the Arsenal System, with which players are able to use four different weapons, ranging from a two-handed bludgeoning weapon, a main hand, off-hand weapon as well as a two-handed slashing weapon. 

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Skills 

Lastly, in line with other classes, I’ve compiled a detailed overview of barbarian skills as follows:

Basic 

The basic skills include Bash, Frenzy, Lunging Strike, and Flay. 

Basic Skills	Description
Bash	Players are able to bash their opponents using their weapon, and after 4 bashes, the next bash ends up stunning enemies for a bit.
Flay	Players can flay the opponent and cause them to bleed for a bit.
Lunging Strike	Lunge forward and strike down the opponent.
Frenzy	Cast out blow after blow, dealing damage, and if Frenzy attacks end up hitting opponents, then the attack speed is enhanced.

Core 

The core skills range from Whirlwind, Upheaval, Double Swing, hammer of the Ancients, and Rend. 

Core Skills	Description
Rend	Players can cleave opponents, causing damage and allowing them to bleed.
Double Swing	Players can use their weapons in a sweeping motion in opposite areas.
Hammer Of The Ancients	Cast down your hammer, causing opponents to take in damage in a concentrated radius.
Upheaval	Tear into the ground using your weapon and throw forward debris.
Whirlwind	Continuously attacks nearby opponents.

Defensive 

With defensive skills, you can use Rallying Cry, Undying Rage, Ground Stomp, and Challenging Shout. 

Defensive Skills	Description
Rallying Cry	Shout out a rallying cry, which enhances your movement speed as well as resource generation by a bit.
Undying Rage	–
Ground Stomp	Players can smash down onto the ground, dealing damage as well as causing enemies to be stunned.
Challenging Shout	Players can cause nearby opponents to be taunted and can also gain a bit of damage reduction.

Brawling 

In addition to defensive skills, with brawling skills, you can choose from kick, charge, leap, and a war cry. 

Brawling Skills	Description
Kick	A deadly kick can be launched out that causes knockback and causes them to take bonus damage.
Leap	Forward and continue to slam down, causing knockback.
Charge	Players become unstoppable for a bit and can charge forward, causing them to swing against you and causes them to be knocked back.
War Cry	Cry out a war cry, which enhances the damage dealt.

Weapon Mastery 

Weapon mastery ranges from Steel Grasp, Death Blow, and Rupture. 

Weapon Mastery	Description
Steel Grasp	Cast out a trio of chains that continue to damage and pull in opponents.
Death Blow	Cast out a killing strike, and if it succeeds, the cooldown is reset.
Rupture	Skewer opponents nearby, which causes them to be ripped out as well as damages them.

Ultimate 

The ultimate skills range from Wrath Of The Berserker, Iron Maelstrom, as well as Call of the Ancients. 

Ultimate Skills	Description
Wrath Of The Berserker	Players become unstoppable as well as berserk for a bit.
Iron Maelstrom	Cast it three times to attach chains to your weapons and cast out attacks.
Call Of The Ancients	Cast down 3 ancients to help you in battle.

There you have it. All 5 Diablo 4 Classes, including their overviews, skills, and class mechanics, and with that, I will wrap up my guide! Before you leave the page, you must read Diablo 4: How To Get Wolf Pet and All Game Editions guides.