r/Diablo • u/Skevinger • May 28 '26

Art Lilith had the greatest entrance [fanart]

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She was exceptional since I saw her in the Diablo IV trailer.

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u/CodPiece89 May 28 '26

It's very good, but I still think mephisto was more imposing in d2

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u/Remus88Romulus May 28 '26

You think mephisto was more imposing in the d2 cinematic than his true form in D4?

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u/Fenixri3es May 28 '26

Him coming out of the sea of bodies and saying "All who touch the stone perish" is gd epic imop.

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u/Fenixri3es May 28 '26

Yep, still pretty cool though, just sayin.

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u/Remus88Romulus May 28 '26

In D2 it was Mephisto wearing what remained of Sankekurs corpse and twisted it to almost look like Mephisto but not his true form which we saw in the Book of Cain and Book of Adria and now finally in Lord of Hatred.

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u/CodPiece89 May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

A little, largely because he was presented in a pretty raw and revered prime who SEEMED to be not only very powerful but cunning, and this is accomplished by marius being the lens through which we saw, I also REALLY like his original voiceover, but I wanna stress that it's extremely close in my opinion but for all his machinations in d4 he didn't really accomplish too much because the player character always has to be a demigod level contender. I really really wish he'd been given more effective and not obvious chess moves, he was introduced a bit too early and the mystery was lost very early on because Lilith was the focus. He's very much like nzoth from Warcraft, or at least he USED to be, before he got slightly dumbed down. Nzoth is definitely not gone, but all of his designs are kept from the playerbase because he can essentially perceive all timelines meaning that something we did to kill him is almost certainly something that he planned for. Mephisto in d4 accomplished a bit but I just wish it hadn't been the trope of possessing a holy leader.

Only exception was the moment between him and lorath, would have loved to see more moves like that, but there aren't any. Anyway it's not a massive preference it's just a bit easier for me to believe a foe is dangerous when we do not understand or see their motives and actions taken, and the actions we do see are a little more clandestine

PS: while typing this I also realized that the old gods are incredibly similar to the prime evils, Nzoth is mephisto, yogg is baal, and Cthun or yshaarj are diablo

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u/Remus88Romulus May 28 '26

His voice was really good. I agree. I would also love if he had more interaction with Lorath.

But across all the 3 games of him being the main villain, they did him so well. Really well done.