Diablo 3 Champion

The result of data mining, a handful of sets of high level armor for every class in Diablo 3 have been revealed. The video starts with what I consider to be the best of the best, some of the Barbarian gear. Now, I’ve read a lot of complaints over comments and the like that people have a big issue with the fact that the armor is so bulky on almost every class. It’s like they’re all wearing plate armor or something. But on the Barbarian, that fits perfectly, and they look cool as hell with it. Not to mention the enormous weapons, like that sword. The skull helmet on the second suit of armor is something I really enjoy, and it seems like it could go with just about any suit of armor and match nicely. I noticed one of the Barbarian armors also makes them look like a Templar follower, so I’m wondering if that might have actually been a Templar set.

Once the Barbarian is up, we have some images of some high level female Demon Hunter armor. These look…interesting. Not quite what I expected from the Demon Hunter, after the impression I was given from the original Demon Hunter concept art. But they don’t look bad, and certainly aren’t too bulky, so I suppose that’s a plus. The colors do seem relatively plain compared to the others, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. I think plainer colors are what many fans would consider closer to the normal Diablo series.

Out of all the classes shown I’d have to say Monks look the most ridiculous and the furthest from what I’d expect Monk armor to look like. They’re wearing clownish plate gear, very colorful and very ridiculous. Since the class was originally portrayed as some sort of robe wearing Buddhist monk with a long staff, looking at it in bulky metal armor with a spiked face mask just totally threw me off. I’m hoping they switch it up and make it so that they look more like genuine traditional monks, because that was one of the main selling points for the class in my personal opinion. The way they are now they look more like a class that would be labeled something like “Mercenary”.

Most of the Wizard armors look as I expected they would. They’re no traditional wizards, but I don’t mind that. I like the way they look and I wouldn’t have a problem running around wearing that on my Wizard. Their helmets are crazy but I kind of like them, and I’m sure they’ll give the option to turn them off if you’re not a big fan. Almost every game I’ve played lately has that feature.

I’m a big fan of the Witch Doctor sets, especially their helmets. I noticed one of them had a Cthulu vibe to it. Very awesome. This is pretty much what I was expecting for a high level Witch Doctor set, and I’m looking forward to getting my hands on that Cthulu set should I roll a WD. It’s somehow fitting for the Witch Doctor.

Keep in mind that if you don’t like the way these initial high level sets look, the armor sets are likely to evolve as time goes on in the game and they’ll begin to cater to what players do and don’t like. Check out the evolutions from just tier 1 to 5 in World of Warcraft as they progressed through the game. Tier 5 blows Tier 1 out of the water, and really accurately expresses “Warlock”.