The Necromancer is, as the name implies, a manipulator of the dead, and his/her powers are based on this concept. It's mostly worth it for those who are really big fans of the Diablo II's Necromancer, or for those who have already explored the other characters and are looking for something new in Diablo III. Although the Necromancer is an interesting character, with several styles of play, asking for that much seems excessive. Is all this worth €15/£13? We don't think so. The Necromancer can be played in any game mode, just like all the other characters, but the pack does not include any new content for the campaign or the extra modes. In addition to the character, the pack introduces a non-combat pet, a pair of cosmetic wings, a Necromancer-themed banner shape, sigil, a Necromancer portrait frame, a pennant, two additional character slots, and two additional stash tabs on the PC. Rise of the Necromancer adds the Necromancer as a playable class, available in both male and female versions. We won't, however, rate the pack, since we think it's not really fair to rate a single character.

Below we will explain what this content drop actually contains, and share a little guide for newbies in the art of raising and controlling the dead. Although Blizzard has introduced several new features with the most recent update, and Diablo III is still a fantastic action-RPG even by today's standards, the price of the pack itself is a bit too expensive. The Rise of the Necromancer pack is available on PC (although it requires Reaper of Souls), PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, for €15/£13, which leaves out the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions.

More than five years after the launch of Diablo III, the Necromancer has been introduced to the game, but is it too little, too late? Kinda of. The Witch Doctor would be the natural substitute according to Blizzard, but it wasn't enough for the thousands who called the Necromancer their favourite character in Diablo II. His absence from the base game and the Reaper of Souls expansion was seen as a tremendous let down by many fans. Well, that's exactly what the Necromancer let us do in this new character pack for Diablo III. 'Necromancy is more generally used as a term to describe the pretence of manipulation of death and the dead, often facilitated through the use of ritual magic,' explains the wiki page linked to the term.

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