"We tried to make him split down the middle as much as possible. What's more, Chambers also emphasized that the Crusader, as opposed to the standard Diablo 3 Barbarian, for example, doesn't favor close or ranged combat, as he's more of an in-between class in terms of abilities and powers. For example, it’s a lot of fun to use Falling Sword to get into the middle of a mass of monsters, and then drop a bunch of Blessed Hammers." "As we walked down the path of adding skills to his kit, we realized that even though we were being very true to the original skills when we brought them forward, they worked in new and interesting ways when combined with his other skills. We knew there were some gameplay styles we wanted to bring forward, such as using Blessed Hammer or Fist of the Heavens, and some that we didn’t, such as auras," he said. "We took a lot of the Paladin's gameplay into consideration when developing the Crusader class.
The new character has been modeled after the Paladin from Diablo 2, according to Blizzard, as some abilities and gameplay styles were recreated, albeit with some changes.īlizzard's Senior Game Designer Andrew Chambers answered questions from fans in a new article on and focused on the relationship between the Paladin and the Crusader. With the upcoming Reaper of Souls expansion, which launches next week, Blizzard is set to introduce a sixth playable class, in the form of the Crusader. Blizzard has offered a few more details about the all-new Crusader Class that's coming to Diablo 3 via the upcoming Reaper of Souls expansion, saying that it has borrowed a few elements from Diablo 2's Paladin.ĭiablo 3 featured five pretty different character classes designed to bring fresh abilities and play styles to the universe of Blizzard's dungeon crawling franchise.
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