Character Advice?

[LAURELINAD]

Hello everyone,

I have; Monk, EV, Summoner, .... ? what should be my next character? squire with harpoons or huntress with traps? or something else? (i have a barb for slaying bosses, and a clown to run lab)

Thanks

[Milkman]

A good huntress for traps is always good, helps out for those harder missions

[LAURELINAD]

I used to put huntress traps on akatiti jungle was really good to kill ogres attacking my minions.

Thanks, probably i'll go with huntress.

I am glad you guys keep the dungeon defenders forum active, thanks a lot!

[kg4q]

i'll say a squire is good but for now indeed a huntress or a hunter is more important for traps

[LAURELINAD]

Thank you sir! i'll go on with huntress.

Who can be the best ranged dps for me? (will slaying bosses, killing mobs, upgrading towers etc. i'll use that char after my tower build done, barbarian is kinda slow for those all)

[q3.railgun]

Personal rating for second question :
Grounded Bosses - Monk (dps pet), Barb (cat + monk boost if possible)
Non-Stationary Bosses - Ranger/Huntress, Jester
Mobs (I'll assume Ogres here) - Monk (dps pet), Barb (cat + monk boost if possible)
Mobs (trash mobs) - Any class that's properly geared
Tower upgrade - Jester (Genie + Lupin Bow or equivalent)

If I had to pick an all rounder to use throughout the build/combat phase I'd go with Jester. High HP base, can use any weapon type, can swap between 2 weapons, upgrade/repair speed is fast, Wheel rolling is great for a hit to hp on all enemies/hp repair on everything yours (including yourself) on the field/killing off a % of enemies. There are better options in each slot, but the fact that you can do all these as one char is quite valuable.

[LAURELINAD]

Thank you very much!

[Miraglyth]

Agreed. For the latter half of the game's content which will take 95% of your time, the golden four you need everywhere are Summoner, EV, Jester and Monk. If you have three, your next character should be the fourth.

Beyond that Huntress (gas traps) is practically essential for some maps, and only after that Squire (harpoon) is handy for a couple.

Some bosses need DPS; the ones that don't can be taken out by a Jester with a gun easily enough. For the ones that do the general recommendations are a Barbarian or sticking a mega chicken on the Monk (who has by far the best pet strength multiplier), though if you do that you might want to make a second Monk so one can focus on tower stats and the other can pump hero damage to make the chicken stronger.