[STEAM] Diablo II’s new Warlock is a great excuse to revisit a classic game

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Diablo II is one of those storied classic PC games that's pretty much always fun to come back to—so much so that some players

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over more than two decades. Across all those years, though, the game itself

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, becoming something of a familiar, comfortable blanket of hellfire for longtime players.

That makes

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in Diablo II Resurrected’s new "Reign of the Warlock" DLC a pretty big deal. And after playing through a few Acts with the Warlock over the recent holiday weekend, I found the new option to be a great excuse to come back to a game that's overdue for a shot in the arm.

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How your Warlock build goes depends heavily on which of the three main upgrade branches you choose to go down. Of these, I found the Eldritch branch had been the most interesting and fun to explore. That's in large part because of a new skill that lets you levitate a powerful two-handed weapon in front of you while still holding a strong shield in your hands. It seems like a small change, but my relief was palpable in this playthrough as I was able to avoid these kinds of tough choices between defense and offense as I juggled my inventory.

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