Xul

Xul, the Cryptic Necromancer, is a melee Bruiser Hero from the Diablo universe. From the recesses of the eastern jungles comes a man cloaked in mystery. As a member of the secretive Priests of Rathma, or the Necromancers, Xul fights to preserve the delicate balance between order and chaos. Using powerful death magic, Xul will sap the strength of his enemies, block their escape, and direct his spectral scythe with lethal accuracy. Those who fall before the Necromancer find no peace even in death, rising again as skeletal servants bound to do their master’s bidding.

Xul is a Summoner who can push multiple lanes with ease.

Background
The, as his name implies, is an unseemly form of sorcerer whose spells deal with the raising of the dead and the summoning and control of various creatures for his purposes. Though his goals are often aligned with those of the forces of Light, some do not think that these ends can justify his foul means. Long hours of study in dank mausoleums have made his skin pale and corpselike, his figure skeletal. Most people shun him for his peculiar looks and ways, but none doubt the power of the necromancer, for it is the stuff of nightmares.

was the necromancer in the group of Heroes who battled Diablo and his brethren during the events of Diablo II. He survived the journey, and later trained an apprentice named Mehtan.

Abilities

 * See Data page for a table of scaled values at key levels.

Trivia

 * Xul represents the necromancer class from Diablo II (June 2000).
 * Xul is voiced by Michael McConnohie.
 * Xul is the first necromancer hero in the game.
 * Xul is the first Diablo II hero in the game.
 * During development, there were attempts to make Xul's skeletons follow him. However, the biggest problem was clutter. At the time they developed Xul the game already had Zagara, Nazeebo and Azmodan along with other heroes. They were getting into a trend of putting a lot of summons on the screen at the same time. They tried to keep the fantasy of the Necromancer as much as we could while keeping clarity for the player base. One ability that hit the cutting room floor was that we wanted to get a more active corpse explosion which consisted of using the skeletons as leaping at a target then detonating.
 * Xul had an easter egg line when he was on the home screen where he would say "Hmm, Battle.net is a lot shinier than it used to be".
 * Xul's "I've got your ear" voice line is a reference to players dropping their ears as a loot item when killed in Diablo 2