Malthael

Malthael, the Aspect of Death, is a melee Bruiser Hero from the Diablo franchise.

Once the Aspect of Wisdom, Malthael abandoned Heaven after the Worldstone's destruction. In secret, he had resolved to end the Eternal Conflict by becoming a Reaper of Souls and eliminating everything affected by demonic corruption, including humanity.

Background
was the Archangel and Aspect of Wisdom, one of the five Angel Aspects, and was born from one of the virtues of the great titan at the beginning of time. However, his connection to the largest artifact, the Worldstone, depleted when he discovered it was stolen. Out of all the five members of the Angiris Council, he abstained from voting for the fate of the planet of Sanctuary. Malthael soon left the High Heavens after Tyrael reduced the Worldstone to pieces in one blast and after being corrupted by the Lord of Destruction and last of the Prime Evils. Twenty years afterward, he later betrayed the Angiris Council and Heavenly Host, and then became the Archangel Angel and Aspect of Death.

Gameplay
Malthael is a Bruiser who marks his enemies, shredding away high Health enemies.

Strength

 * Sustained Damage
 * Percent-Based Damage
 * Punishes Melee
 * Self-Sustain

Weaknesses

 * Crowd Control
 * Burst Damage
 * Poke Damage

Abilities

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

Trivia

 * Malthael made his book debut in The Sin War: The Veiled Prophet (September 2007).
 * His game debut was six and a half years later, in Diablo III: Reaper of Souls (March 2014).
 * Malthael is voiced by Paul Nakauchi.
 * Malthael's dance is The Roxbury Guys' head bob to the song What Is Love by Haddaway.
 * Blizzard considered giving Malthael the trait that was ultimately given to Leoric.
 * Malthael is the third angel hero in the game, the first two being Tyrael and Auriel. He was followed by Imperius.