Warlocks have taken the throne as Diablo 2's best class 26 years later, and Blizzard seems to be OK with letting them have their fun for now

Warlocks have taken the throne as Diablo 2’s best class 26 years later, and Blizzard seems to be OK with letting them have their fun for now | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these World of Warcraft WoW’s classes were pruned for Midnight because many were ‘built in a world’ where its devs assumed they’d be using addons RPG The best parts of my favorite World of Warcraft classes are being turned into new heroes for Fellowship’s pre-season 2 update this week RPG Thanks to Diablo 2, Blizzard might’ve found a way to fix Diablo 4’s loot fatigue in its next expansion Baldur’s Gate The best Baldur’s Gate 3 builds for Patch 8 and beyond RPG Diablo 2 gets its first expansion in 25 years, featuring a new class, and finally, decent inventory management World of Warcraft Blizzard isn’t going to let World of Warcraft players suffer from outdated character customization for long, but it’s going to take some time to fix Action Blizzard says it’s open to even more Diablo 2 expansions and reworks unless people get really mad at it about this one: ‘We’re going to have to see what the players say’ MMO The best MMOs on PC Third Person Shooter Nobody is doing live service better than Helldivers 2 because Arrowhead makes expansions, not just updates RPG Diablo 2: Resurrected is now on Steam and is verified for Steam Deck RPG Diablo 2 player discovers the key to immortality on the new warlock class is to use a pet demon as a shield RPG Diablo 4’s second new class is a summoner who commands demons to fight demons RPG Diablo 4 is having its best season yet, not just because of paladins, but because Blizzard has finally cracked how to make loot endlessly exciting World of Warcraft World of Warcraft: Midnight’s new roadmap includes prop hunt, mega-dungeon sized delves, and a new experimental game mode from the folks who brought you Remix and Plunderstorm FPS Destiny 2 director doesn’t want it to ‘be a dead live game’, as the ailing shooter stares down the barrel of fan outrage: ‘We want to keep building Destiny’ PopularNEW: PC Gamer Clips!Arc RaidersBest PC gearFalloutGame Quizzes Games RPG Diablo 2: Resurrected Warlocks have taken the throne as Diablo 2’s best class 26 years later, and Blizzard seems to be OK with letting them have their fun for now News By Tyler Colp published 20 February 2026 The older classes aren’t as far behind as you might think, though. 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter Endgame Tierlist Updates! How Broken is the Warlock? Diablo 2 Resurrected D2R – YouTube Watch On Nobody could’ve guessed that Diablo 2: Resurrected would get a surprise expansion drop with a new class in the year 2026, but here we are. That also means the 26-year-old game will have to deal with a major shake-up to its meta, with the warlocks taking over as not only the new flavor of the month, but the new, most powerful flavor of the month.The Diablo 2 remaster has had seasonal meta changes before, but none of them have been as big as this one. Warlocks—and some of the new endgame challenges added in the expansion—have given players a ton of new toys to play with in a game whose best practices have been more-or-less set for decades. Early reports from Diablo YouTubers, like Macrobioboi, say the new demon-summoner class is easily one of the best.One build in particular sits above all the rest when it comes to crushing the hardest enemies in the game: the Echoing Strike warlock. This build doesn’t even rely on commanding your pet demons around; it’s purely based on the raw power of the Echoing Strike skill, which basically lets you shoot your weapons at enemies like a shotgun. Related articles Diablo 2 player discovers the key to immortality on the new warlock class is to use a pet demon as a shield Diablo 2 gets its first expansion in 25 years, featuring a new class, and finally, decent inventory management Diablo 4’s second new class is a summoner who commands demons to fight demons There are pet demons involved for supplemental buffs to your damage, but the build is largely about flinging ghostly purple weapons at anything that enters your screen. And because Diablo 2 has monsters who are immune to certain types of elemental damage, Echoing Strike’s basic physical damage lets you largely ignore that problem, u