Diablo 5 Shows Off Its Brand New Plague Knight Class

The Plague Knight and more new Diablo 5 classes are on the way in the 2029 sequel, Blizzard confirmed during a BlizzCon panel.

The short version

• And more new Diablo classes are on the way in the 2029 sequel Shortly after its reveal at the BlizzCon 2026's Opening Ceremony , a panel dedicated to revealing more about the newly-announced Diablo 5 was held.
• We not only learned more about the game's narrative and focus on procedural generation there, but also learned that it will introduce at least one new class at launch.
• The Plague Knight was the new Diablo class confirmed during the panel.

What happened

Game director Joe Shely described the Plague Knight as "walking death," a heavily-armored knight character who both spreads diseases on the battlefield and consumes that disease to buff itself. While we've yet to see any gameplay from Diablo 5 , that already doesn't sound quite like any class we've seen in the franchise before.

Why it matters

Blizzard also confirmed that the Monk and Demon Hunter classes will be in Diablo 5 on day one, and that the game would have more classes at launch than other Diablo titles have had.

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