Frost DK spec plays nothing like a Lich though. Nothing about the Lich is represented there. DK doesn't even have their iconic spells. All they have is Death and Decay, and it's a an AoE Tanking ability like Consecration. Death and Decay in the RTS games were a powerful AoE that would even damage the caster if they stood in it, completely opposite to how DK's use it.
Does a DK use rituals and cast spells? Nope. It fights with Dual Wielding in melee, or dropping AoE's where they stand while they tank. I mean even the Frost Mage has more to do with a Lich than a DK does. That's why it even got a Skeletal Form in Covenants.
I mean look a Kel'thuzad's gameplay as a Lich in Warcraft 3 or Heroes of the Storm. None of this is covered by Death Knight. DK's cover Arthas, not Kel'thuzad.
So you're saying a pattern doesn't have to be followed? That patterns aren't mandatory?Okay, and...
Ranged can also be PotM, Dark Ranger, Shadow Hunter, Tinker and Alchemist.
I don't think tanking is mandatory, but a consequence. When Death Knight was added all of its specs were tanking, but none were dedicated.
Then I rest my case. WC3 units can be used as new Classes too, as well as Spellcasters and Ranged.
Necromancer is fine where it is if none of these patterns are mandatory.
Sure, but why is that necessary as a class? As someone who is arguing what classes deserve to be made, everything you're listing here is just a regurgitation of gameplay found in different classes mixed into one. There's nothing new there. And frankly, a 'Night Warrior' doesn't even have any gameplay to call its own.They made her into a melee glaive fighter. the Lunar beams were never there and so does the launching into the air.
And Lunar Beams exist in Balance Druid, have you never seen Moonfire before?
Launching in the air exists with Demon Hunter in various forms, including the Hunt. But if you're specifically talking about Tyrande's specific method? Well it's so OP that a player wouldn't get that anyways, just like Sylvanas' Banshee abilities instant-killing people or Anduin's ability to mass-res allies in combat. Tyrande can do that because she was pushing her Night Warrior powers to the point where she would have died if Elune didn't back off.
I don't see how this deserves to be a class at all.
Alonsus Faol was an ArchBishop, and not playable at all. He was not a WC1 Cleric, so you're wrong. There were no hero or named Clerics in WC1.WC1 Cleric, i believe.