Just listen to the whole Diablo 2 soundtrack and you're bound to find it. Not sure which track in particular this is, as I don't remember the names anymore.
+Andreas Fortunis pone prison (bone wall); poison nova; raise skeleton. I love it, all they need now is bone spear and curses But! why do the skeleton mages look like diablo 3 skeletons and not diablo 2, also why not just have revive?
Xul seems fricking awesome. I've always enjoyed playing the Heroes that are strong at laning like Zagara, Azmodan and Gazlowe. Xul seems a great fit. Videos about Xul... Coming as soon as possible. ^__^
My god the amount of D2 nostalgia is just too much in this video. From the music to the icon for his cursed strike that is the same as the Weaken curse from D2. It's so awesome, love it
no. and we don't need cain he will have to be squishier than the slug, and he should just be the only character in the game with a mic to be able to tell stories. Leroy would have to lead the team to death, if he doesn't he wouldn't be Leroy. Therefore both are not possible for this game, where you want to win.
This is the only hero I have wanted for the entirety of this game's existence. Diablo 2 Necro, reborn. My body is so ready. I had many goosebumps and feels when that track came on around the 3min mark. Thank you Blizz for making me a happy nerd.
They cast Michael McConnohie as Xul, but he was also the original voice of Kel'Thuzad, so now my brain keeps wanting to call this necromancer Kel'Thuzad!
Yesssssss. We needed the necromancer. That was by far the coolest DII character. we just needed him. Now just add mephisto and i'll be very happy. And the assasin too. The charge system could be a very fun trait to have.
As a Li-Ming player, this guy looks like a very nice counterpick. Summoned minions to frustrate her skill shots, root to keep her from teleporting away...yeah. Nice synergy with Lunara with the poison, too. That's in addition to the obvious AA counters. This might be the first spec I play heavily other than Sylvanas (although I still try to improve at Zagara on occasion).
i feel there there should be a game completely revolving around Xul, and i didn't know his name was that. The necromancer was my favorite class in diablo 2. If i understand this guy correctly.
That's cool that they got the original Necromancer voice actor (Michael McConnohie) for him in this game. It makes me wonder if they are going to have him do Kel'thuzad as well, though, considering the two characters have similar tones.
+ScorchHellfire tbh this verison of the necromancer sounds far more like Kel'thuzad as a necromancer then the original d2 necromancer hes based off. Since i remember the d2 necro having a lighter tone. a mix between what he did for kel'thuzad and what he did for Uther
Scythe looks hard to land. And his viability will depend on a lot of factors. Base health, base attack, skeletal mage health, etc:. But that poison nova looks disgustingly strong.
really curious what the cooldowns of his bone armour and heroics is going to be, but bone armour exploding to do 15% damage to enemy heroes health sounds really OP
Its amazing to see that Blizzard still hasn't forgotten about Diablo II's Necromancer :,) i remember being 12 years old back in 2006 and playing with my lvl 80 Necromancer, the good ol days...
can we pause for a second and notice how, at its core, Xul's Trait is essentially Sylvannas' Possesion heroic. as if that Heroic wasnt obsolete enough. also interested in seeing how Cursed Strike works as i feel it could be a bit too harsh to AA heroes: as in is it a duration or a number of attacks?
yeah, I remember solo Duriel and Izual thanks to spamming the bones armor and the skeleton mages, glad they put these abilities it will remind me lots of good memories =)
really wish they had the snare be some kind of skill shot. really eager to play this hero, but it kinda gets me when games make hard CC abilities like this that are auto target
+ZeusKnocksYouOut Well they made it have a delay for a reason + its only a snare unlike lets just say bright wing's polymorph which is targeted has no delay and is a hard CC. Also thematically it makes sense for it to be point and click because well that's how it worked in D2(it was a line in that but its still a point and click skill).
+nordic fatcheese Plus the 20 Talent for Skeletal Mages turns killed enemy heroes into Skeleton Mages for you that I assume aren't part of the six Warrior cap.
+nordic fatcheese 4 baseline, 2 with talent levle 16 talent, 2 more with another talent(summoned on cast of bone prison), + 4 skeletal mages + mage when heroes die. it's possible to get a large army, not easy talents to also have them explode on death
***** I did not find whatever website your referring to, but explain to me how they have these statistics when no one even knows the amount of active players in hots. There is simply no way this is true, as I could probably name 20 multiplayer games easily more popular than hots I prefer to use google trends which gives a good idea of popularity. Hots is a pretty small game compared to all the others there are.
I was really hoping Xul would be ranged and based more on the curses portion of the D2 necromancer. Also, that raise skeleton passive should be the UH dk mastery in WoW...
+paleface171 I still have my hard drive with my Assassin, Amazon and a host of old saves from games like Morrowind.. I just can't play D2 anymore, it feels so much slower..
You know, I don't know how I ever missed it, but I just realized that Xul is voiced by Michael McConnohie, the same guy who voices Kel'Thuzad and the Lich King.
+GreatWolfGrimnar lol ya, they seem to use him a lot. He's good and I personally like his voice, but i do worry about over saturation. It's particularly puzzling considering it's been reported Kel Thuzad is in the works long term, so we're going to have two skeleton lovers with similar voices haha
Blizzard please please please put in king Varian Wrynn. You already put in Thrall, so this should happen for sure. He is such an awesome NPC is WoW, with such great lore. This needs to be done.
im not going to lie, the more heros this game has the better it gets so please keep adding heros fast for a little bit. I was kinda meh at this game a first but since it has nice variety its getting a lot better.
Xul looks fkn awesome. However it is kind of strange they went with a melee setup for him. The D2 necromancer I remember is in his classic black/white bone armor, casting spells like bone spear/bone spirit with his wand from ranged with a legion of skeletons around him. Either way i cant wait to try him.
Dibbin There wasn't a necromancer in Diablo 2 that didn't spec Blood Golem first chance they got. But now that they brought him in, I'm hoping they add Druid!
Nimeron fühn Who cares? It was the necromancer's most popular summon in the whole game, and instead they make him summon skeletons. There was a reason you could summon 50 skeletons in Diablo 2 - They died like canon fodder!
+Nyrufa Pfff Necro is all about bone spirit, bone wall and iron maiden. I'm a pvper though. The only character that can touch me 1v1 is bowazon. Blood golem is probably better at mindlessly grinding out mobs tho zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Imagine Gazlowe's Grav - O - Bomb with the Necromancer's Poison Aoe, add in Diablo's Fiery Breath and you got yourselfves a nice Fried Spicy Hero Sandwhich
Yes! I've been waiting for when they would touch upon the older characters, the ones WITHOUT 3D models. The Necromancer looks cool! Cant wait to play him.
Just got him today, he's so OP rofl. It's not impossible to kill him though, he has no good mobility and that can be a weakness to take advantage of. Very fun character to play.
I don't even play Heroes of the Storm but when that music hit and the necro's voice was the same as in D2 I had shivers down my spine.
Alex B The Nostalgia was real
what song is this? I've been searching for ages
Just listen to the whole Diablo 2 soundtrack and you're bound to find it. Not sure which track in particular this is, as I don't remember the names anymore.
It's on the wilderness on act 01
The Spotlight series are getting better with each episode. Good job guys.
That Diablo 2 music sends shivers of nostalgia down my spine.
+Andreas Fortunis Amen. Such a good music.
+Andreas Fortunis The video is carried by it hard.
+Andreas Fortunis It's amazing what feelings a masterpiece can evoke.
Man its been so long and I still remember it.
+Andreas Fortunis pone prison (bone wall); poison nova; raise skeleton.
I love it, all they need now is bone spear and curses
But! why do the skeleton mages look like diablo 3 skeletons and not diablo 2, also why not just have revive?
Appreciate the nostalgic music and original voice actor. Great stuff.
That Diablo 2 1st act theme.
Xul seems fricking awesome. I've always enjoyed playing the Heroes that are strong at laning like Zagara, Azmodan and Gazlowe. Xul seems a great fit. Videos about Xul... Coming as soon as possible. ^__^
hooray for Lowko!
+LowkoTV Love your stuff Lowko
+LowkoTV xul skeletal warrior plus sylvana's possession, they will be pushing hard, like a betrayal
+LowkoTV What about Murky?
Yeah, but he'll be facing serious competition from other specialists like az and sylvanas in the laning department.
My god the amount of D2 nostalgia is just too much in this video. From the music to the icon for his cursed strike that is the same as the Weaken curse from D2. It's so awesome, love it
We need LEROOOOOOOOOOYYYYYY JEEEEEEEENKIIIIIIINS!!
+Bruno Souza no
TheGoreforce
;(
+Bruno Souza
Yes
no. and we don't need cain he will have to be squishier than the slug, and he should just be the only character in the game with a mic to be able to tell stories. Leroy would have to lead the team to death, if he doesn't he wouldn't be Leroy. Therefore both are not possible for this game, where you want to win.
+Bruno Souza No, we don't.
Memes don't deserve to be heroes.
Man.... the music is just so nostalgic.
This class and this music is the ultimate Diablo 2 nostalgia for me!
Cursed strikes seems to give Xul a big incentive to hop in teamfights rather than just split push. Love that they designed a versatile specialist.
This music is love, this music is life. Gave me freakin' goose bumps !!
Man the D2 music is so good.
The Diablo 2 music... The nostalgia makes me wanna cry so bad.
You guys really know how to make these Spotlights entertaining. League could learn a thing or two. Or three.
thx blizz 4 making every new hero more op, its rly fun to play vs Xul.....
I'm proud of you, son!
+Kel' Thuzad when are you coming to the Nexus? Your minions wish to serve you!
+Kel' Thuzad where is your league of legends voice buddy xerath to chime in
+thewatcherinthecloud Soon... soon..
+thewatcherinthecloud I think soon.
Minions,Sevants of the cold dark
obey the call
FROM KEL´THUZAD
Never heard of him, but he seems real cool. Love that Poison Nova
+Robert Faith it was a diablo 2 skill that poison nova popular it was.
Valeera we need her as a wow stealther
+Sefran Maiev Shadowsong
HardCR0W
fck youre right
Or Mathias Shaw
+Dr Boom dude, you have all my votes for VC.
+HardCR0W Why not both!
i miss the hero trailers, those were really cool
Me too :(
+PokerKing HD How?
3:30 Rehgar's Ragdoll physics... that had to hurt
dude has a CRAZY toolkit. cant wait to see him on the battlefield!
This is the only hero I have wanted for the entirety of this game's existence. Diablo 2 Necro, reborn. My body is so ready. I had many goosebumps and feels when that track came on around the 3min mark. Thank you Blizz for making me a happy nerd.
They cast Michael McConnohie as Xul, but he was also the original voice of Kel'Thuzad, so now my brain keeps wanting to call this necromancer Kel'Thuzad!
That soundtrack though.
I just got him today because he was on sale and he is really fun, I like the tankyness he gets from his 1
Yesssssss. We needed the necromancer. That was by far the coolest DII character. we just needed him.
Now just add mephisto and i'll be very happy. And the assasin too. The charge system could be a very fun trait to have.
+Sinclairelim Yes, my #1 want is the D2 Assassin dual claw Martial Arts!
As a Li-Ming player, this guy looks like a very nice counterpick. Summoned minions to frustrate her skill shots, root to keep her from teleporting away...yeah. Nice synergy with Lunara with the poison, too. That's in addition to the obvious AA counters.
This might be the first spec I play heavily other than Sylvanas (although I still try to improve at Zagara on occasion).
Mephisto!
+Fullas Games Dehaka!
+Zeratul the Dark Prelate your mother¡¡¡
Juan Fernández I mean I know this was meant to be an insult but if Zeratul's mother would be in HotS that would be just cool.
Belial!
+Fullas Games Baal as an assasin with teleport
Necromancer FINALLY gets remembered, finally, something good to start 2016 off with, thank you blizzard, best birthday gift ever.
That music.......
If their goal was to use it to destroy the inhibitions and make them desperate to purchase the hero, they have certainly succeeded.
This is my perfect hero. Thanks Blizz!
i feel there there should be a game completely revolving around Xul, and i didn't know his name was that. The necromancer was my favorite class in diablo 2. If i understand this guy correctly.
That's cool that they got the original Necromancer voice actor (Michael McConnohie) for him in this game. It makes me wonder if they are going to have him do Kel'thuzad as well, though, considering the two characters have similar tones.
+ScorchHellfire tbh this verison of the necromancer sounds far more like Kel'thuzad as a necromancer then the original d2 necromancer hes based off. Since i remember the d2 necro having a lighter tone. a mix between what he did for kel'thuzad and what he did for Uther
Scythe looks hard to land. And his viability will depend on a lot of factors. Base health, base attack, skeletal mage health, etc:. But that poison nova looks disgustingly strong.
this is gonna be my new go-to hero. i really hope he is as fun as he looks
That Diablo 2 Music gives me chills
We have been waiting so long for the return of the Necromancer!
I'm still waiting for Kel’Thuzad.
He's in now, though.
The scythe is new. I remember the rest with cursed dagger being a variation to his many curses
The music selection has forced me to play Diablo 2 after this. I'm not complaining mind you, just mentioning. Thank you.
+Hido Kanashima That Act 1 music really takes you back, doesn't it?
CyberDragon10K Yep. To this day I remain an avid Diablo fan, even with Blizzard's drastic changes to everything they do becoming more WoW-ish.
@@ekki6820 i love diablo too. i wouldnt change this game for any other.especially diablo III
He just looks amazingly fun
As some one who played The necromancer in Diablo 2 this makes me very happy
Love that voice actor of the Necro. Also RIP Lost Vikings = (
+Rebel00852 lel, they were good while it lasted
really curious what the cooldowns of his bone armour and heroics is going to be, but bone armour exploding to do 15% damage to enemy heroes health sounds really OP
The character that will make me play HoTS. Can't forget that Necro.. the memories. (but no golems here, bone wall) and poison nova!! Ohhh mang.
+Shantanu Zubayer Yes I want Blood Golem Muaaaaaaaaa!
There is no Peter, only Xul.
The music choice, his awesome voice.
As a D2 fan. I'm satisfied, and ready! ♥
Excellent, a fun looking hero with roots, attack speed reduction against AA's and really nice waveclear, etc. Day 1 for sure.
The only Blizzard announcement that's actually gotten me excited since Diablo II.
Anyone remember the ARENA MODE that they showed during blizcon? i dont believe i was the only one that completely forgot about it.
What's that ? A legend ? Like the season 1 ? Kappa
+Max anime It's scheduled for the end of the year.....so yeh, we haven't forgot. We just await it patiently.
+Wellshem This is not a place for your twitch memes, Mr. Cancer.
Lovecraft Hello, Mr. Toxic. Are you okay with all these ban for flame ?
+Max anime anyone remember d3 arena?
Its amazing to see that Blizzard still hasn't forgotten about Diablo II's Necromancer :,) i remember being 12 years old back in 2006 and playing with my lvl 80 Necromancer, the good ol days...
I was hoping more summon actives but this is still really cool!
Those skeletal mages were dealing INSANE amount of damage!!
Necromancer on steroids? TAKE MY MONEY!
+KendricSwissh I want a video on him ASAP
That BGM brings back so much memories...
Most hyped I've been for a hero yet.
been praying for Alarak and Fenix for months now gives starcraft fans hope
I would like to see Prophet Velen in the game since there are no Draenei and there aren't very many supports.
Xul looks amazing all around. I like the design, the construction and the kit he has to work with.
I'm still hoping and waiting for hogger as a hero. samwise Didier himself said he'd love to see hogger in HoTs.
can we pause for a second and notice how, at its core, Xul's Trait is essentially Sylvannas' Possesion heroic. as if that Heroic wasnt obsolete enough. also interested in seeing how Cursed Strike works as i feel it could be a bit too harsh to AA heroes: as in is it a duration or a number of attacks?
Azmodan v 2.0
+Phoenix i will still play Azmodunk
vulpes Horstus same^
+Phoenix Let's be fair. Nazeebo and Azmodan fused to make this guy.
*****
THey used the potara earings
+Phoenix I would say Nazebro 2.0.. poisen, wall...
yeah, I remember solo Duriel and Izual thanks to spamming the bones armor and the skeleton mages, glad they put these abilities it will remind me lots of good memories =)
Not sure how they plan to balance this one. He seems like an honest game changer. Still, I can't wait to play him. Day 1 for me.
This Diablo soundtrack is still so many years later one of the best game soundtracks.
really wish they had the snare be some kind of skill shot. really eager to play this hero, but it kinda gets me when games make hard CC abilities like this that are auto target
+ZeusKnocksYouOut Well they made it have a delay for a reason + its only a snare unlike lets just say bright wing's polymorph which is targeted has no delay and is a hard CC.
Also thematically it makes sense for it to be point and click because well that's how it worked in D2(it was a line in that but its still a point and click skill).
It kind of seems like he's a mixture of Arthas, Sylvannis, and Kharazim...
...
AND HE IS AWESOME!!!
Is there a limit to the amount of skeletons? I know he said "multiple", but multiple could mean anywhere from three to infinite.
+nordic fatcheese 4 baseline, 6 with a talent
Seth Frank Aw. There goes my legions of the dead plan.
+nordic fatcheese Plus the 20 Talent for Skeletal Mages turns killed enemy heroes into Skeleton Mages for you that I assume aren't part of the six Warrior cap.
+nordic fatcheese 4 baseline, 2 with talent levle 16 talent, 2 more with another talent(summoned on cast of bone prison), + 4 skeletal mages + mage when heroes die. it's possible to get a large army, not easy talents to also have them explode on death
I wonder if D3 Necromancer is ever going to make it to the Nexus. That would be interesting, since their abilities differ vastly.
will the character trailers come back anytime soon? I always loved them. the last one was Cho'gall's :(
+ZetsubouZolo Probably not cost effective for them to do full trailers like that. Heroes is a pretty small game unfortunately.
+Skite "heroes is a pretty small game"
how do you figure that?
***** I did not find whatever website your referring to, but explain to me how they have these statistics when no one even knows the amount of active players in hots. There is simply no way this is true, as I could probably name 20 multiplayer games easily more popular than hots I prefer to use google trends which gives a good idea of popularity. Hots is a pretty small game compared to all the others there are.
I was really hoping Xul would be ranged and based more on the curses portion of the D2 necromancer. Also, that raise skeleton passive should be the UH dk mastery in WoW...
Now Blizzard you have the model, some idea for the skills all you gotta do now is add him to DIABLO 3 OMG PLEASE
+Briggz I know I want my Necromancer back.
+paleface171 I still have my hard drive with my Assassin, Amazon and a host of old saves from games like Morrowind.. I just can't play D2 anymore, it feels so much slower..
You know, I don't know how I ever missed it, but I just realized that Xul is voiced by Michael McConnohie, the same guy who voices Kel'Thuzad and the Lich King.
+GreatWolfGrimnar lol ya, they seem to use him a lot. He's good and I personally like his voice, but i do worry about over saturation. It's particularly puzzling considering it's been reported Kel Thuzad is in the works long term, so we're going to have two skeleton lovers with similar voices haha
Cool. An assassin-like lane pusher who looks like Kain from Blood Omen.
+NightEye Omg when I heard the voice I immediately thought about Legacy of Kain :D
So excited though! cant wait to see who is next
SUMMON ALL THE SKELETONS!
+Kris Fernalld spooky scary skeletons send shivers down your spine :P
***** :D
+rjgamemaster2011 #2spooky4me
+Kris Fernalld I bet Leoric is jealous.
Dayz 3O6 Undoubtedly.
And that Xul "Serpent King" skin.. finally we see a Priest of Rathma in his original outfit, and we can play it!!
Finally, a new hero that's NOT an assassin. Props to Lunara, Greymane and Li-Ming.
+Priscilla Maxwell And Cho'Gall before them is technically an Assassin as well.
+Mister Mixup Only Gall is an Assassin. Cho is a Warrior
Who cares? He's still going to be played as an assassin.
Yeah, Cho'Gall fills both those roles. So technically also an Assassin.
+Mister Mixup rofl. Cho isn't an assassin. He's a heavy specialist. Are you guys rank 30?
Blizzard please please please put in king Varian Wrynn. You already put in Thrall, so this should happen for sure. He is such an awesome NPC is WoW, with such great lore. This needs to be done.
im not going to lie, the more heros this game has the better it gets so please keep adding heros fast for a little bit. I was kinda meh at this game a first but since it has nice variety its getting a lot better.
well now it feels just right for me to play heroes more often
He looks like Kratos from God of War and Geralt from The Witcher
I was thinking the same thing
But his design is way older than those two
Lautaro Cruz his face looks similar and the white hair reminds me of Geralt
Witcher was written by Andrzej Sapkowski in 1993.
Diablo II was created in 2001
Sorry for my english. It isn't perfect
+UnusedAccount I was playing witcher 3 when the trailer dropped and he i was so confused hah
Xul look's amazing, I'm gonna get him. Also, I like his dance, it was sweet!
Love the music. Diablo 2 Act 1. Awesome!
+MasterMojo85 So many feels... :')
+MasterMojo85 from when bliz made decent OST
+MasterMojo85 Soooooooo good, haven't heard that music for so long tho... I need to install it again ASAP!
@@Magpie1701 d3 might not be great but the soundtrack is good after all 80% of D3 soundtrack it's D2 songs
Xul looks fkn awesome.
However it is kind of strange they went with a melee setup for him. The D2 necromancer I remember is in his classic black/white bone armor, casting spells like bone spear/bone spirit with his wand from ranged with a legion of skeletons around him.
Either way i cant wait to try him.
No Blood Golem...
Proof that Blizzard has truly forgotten what Diablo fans want.
+Nyrufa I miss teleporting into packs of dudes with my skeleton army. I miss Enigma too for that matter. And runewords. Shoutouts to Tal Thul Ort Amn
Dibbin There wasn't a necromancer in Diablo 2 that didn't spec Blood Golem first chance they got. But now that they brought him in, I'm hoping they add Druid!
+Nyrufa wouldn't blood golem be similar to witch doctors gargantuan?
Nimeron fühn Who cares? It was the necromancer's most popular summon in the whole game, and instead they make him summon skeletons. There was a reason you could summon 50 skeletons in Diablo 2 - They died like canon fodder!
+Nyrufa Pfff Necro is all about bone spirit, bone wall and iron maiden. I'm a pvper though. The only character that can touch me 1v1 is bowazon. Blood golem is probably better at mindlessly grinding out mobs tho zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Imagine Gazlowe's Grav - O - Bomb with the Necromancer's Poison Aoe, add in Diablo's Fiery Breath and you got yourselfves a nice Fried Spicy Hero Sandwhich
Imperius.
YES
How would Imperius differ from Tyrael?
tyrael is justice, imperius is god
a god with a near ego problem Tyreal for head of Angeris Council
tyrael>imperius
Loving that master skin. First one I have seen in a while that i want to get.
Wish they could put necro back in diablo 3. Imagine how fun would be the Golem build.
+Veng Ven It would be better than WD... All hail the Necromancer...
+Veng Ven Wouldn't be surprised if Xul is hinting the return of Necro's in the next D3 Xpac
they have. but only for ps4. its like an extra
so his passive is sylvanas second heroic the all time, that is some massive pushing abilitie 😱
We need Broxxigar he's perfect for it.
Pretty amazing! The music brought back some feels of old.
Still waiting on my Tracer though!
that Wilderness music
+Xerocoo It's not wilderness music! Its from Blizzard North's Diablo 2 since 2000, hence the necromancer Xul.
Yes! I've been waiting for when they would touch upon the older characters, the ones WITHOUT 3D models. The Necromancer looks cool! Cant wait to play him.
Get back to me when the retro graphics skin is out.
Just got him today, he's so OP rofl. It's not impossible to kill him though, he has no good mobility and that can be a weakness to take advantage of. Very fun character to play.
0:48 that music when you leave the rouge encampment
+Shockingbeard Best act of the game IMO, best game ever !
+Shockingbeard "All who oppose me...beware."
nostalgia... God, how I loved playing Necromancer in D2
About time we get more D2 characters, OH AND NECRO XD
I remember play D2 when I was a little kid, He really does have that feel!