Class

Diablo II Notation Basic Class Skill Item Ally Quest Monster Area Tale Amazon Assassin Barbarian Druid Necro Paladin Sorceress

Diablo II began with five classes: the Amazon, Barbarian, Necromancer, Paladin and Sorceress. The Lord of Destruction expansion added two more: the Assassin and Druid. Each class has 3 unique skill trees with 10 skills each, as well as class-specific items and bonuses.

Level

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Experience

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Attributes

New characters are created with the attributes specified in the following table:

Level 1

Attribute	Amazon	Assassin	Barbarian	Druid	Necromancer	Paladin	Sorceress
Strength	20	20	30	15	15	25	10
Dexterity	25	20	20	20	25	20	25
Attack Rating	95	80	85	70	80	85	75
Defense 1	6	5	5	5	6	5	6
Vitality	20	20	25	25	15	25	10
Stamina	84	95	92	84	79	89	74
Life	50	50	55	55	45	55	40
Energy	15	25	10	20	25	15	35
Mana	15	25	10	20	25	15	35

¹ Base defense of all classes is Dexterity/4, rounded down to the nearest point. [1]

Per level-up

Attribute	Amazon	Assassin	Barbarian	Druid	Necromancer	Paladin	Sorceress
Stamina	+1	+1.25	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
Life 2	+2	+2	+2	+1.5	+1.5	+2	+1
Mana 2	+1.5	+1.5	+1	+2	+2	+1.5	+2

² Displayed life and mana are rounded down to the nearest point, but actual life and mana are rounded down to the nearest bit (1/256 point).

Each time they gain a level-up characters receive 5 attribute points, to be distributed between Strength, Dexterity, Vitality and Energy, as the player sees fit. An additional 5 points can be obtained once per difficulty level as a reward for completing the Lam Esen's Tome quest.

Per point

Attribute	Amazon	Assassin	Barbarian	Druid	Necromancer	Paladin	Sorceress
Stamina 3	+1	+1.25	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
Life 3	+3	+3	+4	+2	+2	+3	+2
Mana 4	+1.5	+1.75	+1	+2	+2	+1.5	+2

³ Per Vitality point spent or granted by items equipped (+Vitality, +all Attributes).
⁴ Per Energy point spent or granted by items equipped (+Energy, +all Attributes).

Each point spent in Dexterity or granted by items equipped (+Dexterity, +all Attributes) adds 5 Attack Rating for any class.

Chance to (be) hit

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Attack Rating

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Defense

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Chance to Block

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Block rate

The table below lists the minimum Faster Block Rate required by each class to reduce the number of frames in the blocking animation and thus increase its speed. Some breakpoints differ depending on the weapon equipped, the player's form or the skill used. Note that block rate breakpoints >140 (>155 for Paladin) are beyond reach in the unmodified game.

Class		Frames
		17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Amazon	1HS	0	4	6	11	15	23	29	40	56	80	120	200	480
	1HT													0	13	32	86	600
Assassin														0	13	32	86	600
Barbarian												0	9	20	42	86	280
Druid	Man							0	6	13	20	32	52	86	174	600
	Werewolf									0	7	15	27	48	86	200	4,680
	Werebear						0	5	10	16	27	40	65	109	223	1,320
Necromancer								0	6	13	20	32	52	86	174	600
Paladin	Holy Shield																0	86
	No HS													0	13	32	86	600
	Werebear HS												0	8	37	120
Sorceress										0	7	15	27	48	86	200	4,680

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1HS	One-handed swinging (all except daggers and javelins)
1HT	One-handed thrusting (daggers and javelins)

• When other classes transform into a Werewolf or Werebear, breakpoints are the same as those of a Druid in the same form. [4]
• Necromancer transforms into a Vampire when he equips the complete Trang-Oul's Avatar set. The Vampire has no blocking animation, so when blocking its hit recovery animation is used instead and thus Faster Hit Recovery, not FBR, reduces animation length. [5]

Cast rate

The table below lists the minimum Faster Cast Rate required by each class to reduce the number of frames in the casting animation and thus increase its speed. Some breakpoints differ depending on the player's form or the skill used.

Class		Frames
		23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7
Amazon						0	7	14	22	32	48	68	99	152
Assassin									0	8	16	27	42	65	102	174
Barbarian												0	9	20	37	63	105	200
Druid	Man						0	4	10	19	30	46	68	99	163
	Werewolf								0	6	14	26	40	60	95	157
	Werebear								0	7	15	26	40	63	99	163
Necromancer	Man									0	9	18	30	48	75	125
	Vampire	0	6	11	18	24	35	48	65	86	120	180
Paladin										0	9	18	30	48	75	125
Sorceress	(C)L					0	7	15	23	35	52	78	117	194
	Other											0	9	20	37	63	105	200

(C)L	(Chain) Lightning

• Necromancer transforms into a Vampire when he equips the complete Trang-Oul's Avatar set. Note that Vampire cast rate breakpoints > 110 are beyond reach in the unmodified game.

Hit recovery

The table below lists the minimum Faster Hit Recovery required by each class to reduce the number of frames in the hit recovery animation and thus increase its speed. Some breakpoints differ depending on the player's form or the weapon equipped. Note that hit recovery breakpoints > 594 are beyond reach in the unmodified game.

Class		Frames
		15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2
Amazon						0	6	13	20	32	52	86	174	600
Assassin								0	7	15	27	48	86	200	4,680
Barbarian								0	7	15	27	48	86	200	4,680
Druid	Man 1HS		0	3	7	13	19	29	42	63	99	174	456
	Man			0	5	10	16	26	39	56	86	152	377
	Werewolf									0	9	20	42	86	280
	Werebear			0	5	10	16	24	37	54	86	152	360
Necromancer	Man			0	5	10	16	26	39	56	86	152	377
	Vampire	0	2	6	10	16	24	34	48	72	117	208	638
Paladin	2HT, STF			0	3	7	13	20	32	48	75	129	280	4,680
	Other							0	7	15	27	48	86	200	4,680
Sorceress		0	5	9	14	20	30	42	60	86	142	280	1,480

1HS	One-handed swinging (all except daggers and javelins)
2HT	Two-handed thrusting (spears)
STF	Two-handed axes, hammers, polearms and staves

• When other classes transform into a Werewolf or Werebear, breakpoints are the same as those of a Druid in the same form.
• Necromancer transforms into a Vampire when he equips the complete Trang-Oul's Avatar set.

Resistances

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References

• Paladin Blocking as Werebear (Technical Discussion)
• Librarian, Stairway to Heaven - Status Tables for all Classes (FAQtoids)
• Nefarius, CharStats.txt (Phrozen Keep)
• RTB, Animations'n'stuff'n'stats (GamersOasis.net)
• TitanSeal, FAQ - Bewegungs- und Animationsgeschwindigkeiten Teil 1 (inDiablo.de)