* In Diablo II the {{iw|Amazon Amazon}} was the archer character, though it was possible to use a bow with some success with a few other character builds. Bow-devoted Amazons were commonly called "bowazons" and they specialized entirely in archery, though hybrid 'zons were also popular, mixing some spear or javelin skills in with the archery.
* Diablo III's archer character is the [[Demon Hunter]], the fifth and final class, which was revealed at [[BlizzCon 2010]]. There was little suspense about the reveal, since fans were almost universal in their expectation of an archer, though the specifics of the DH class vary varied enough from convention to pack some surprises.
** ===Demon Hunter as Ranger=== As revealed during BlizzCon 2010 panels, the Demon Hunter's original design was more of a typical ranger class, with a two-handed bow and a flowing forest, camouflaging cloak. The developers described the design process during BlizzCon 2010:<ref>[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/interviews/8291-BlizzCon-2010-The-Art-and-Design-of-Diablo-III.2 Christian Lichtner @ Blizzcon 2010] -camouflaged robesThe Escapist November 7, 2010</ref> <blue>Christian Lichtner: For the Demon Hunter, for example, we had a desert ranger at some point and it was awesome, it was really cool. It was an interesting take on the ranger, we didn't have that before. Like all our other classes, we tried to give it a little bit of a twist. One of the things with that was when we were doing the desert ranger, we found that stuff was getting a little bit clunky, we had a little too much cloth on him. And while it looks really cool, it also starts looking bulkier. More details And whenever we start seeing a class that looks really bulky, we start thinking short sword, or daggers, or fist weapons - stuff you can be seen melee with. We wanted to strive to stay away from that. There have been other ideas that we had that were really, really cool that I think we're going to save. </blue> ====Design Evolution==== The design of the Archer / Demon Hunter was detailed in a series of slides during the [[Demon_Hunter#Ranger_Design_EvolutionGameplay_Panel_Blizzcon_2010|Demon Hunter articleBlizzcon 2010 Gameplay Panel]], compilation images of which can be seen below.<gallery>File:Dh-evolution1.jpgFile:Dh-evolution2.jpgFile:Dh-evolution3.jpg</gallery>
==Archery NPCs==
