enjoyable class for beginner?

[Mydis]

Hi,

i just bought the game and want to give it a try. What dual-class(es) would yo suggest for a complete newbie? I do not own any of the DLC (want to wait if I like the game, before buying them), Otherwise i probably would start with Oathkeeper ;-)
I prefer sturdy heroes over glasscanons. Concerning Melee or ranged I have no favorite. Pets are very welcome, too. The idea is to get a good, smoth start and enjoy playing the game as much as possible ;-). Maybe later i can respec (if possible) if/when i reach harder levels/challenges.

thanks in advance for your suggestions :-)

[MedeaFleecestealer]

You could play a Warder (Shaman/Soldier) for melee or ranged, maybe go Elementalist (Demolitionist/Shaman) for ranged. For pets you'd be looking at a Conjurer (Shaman/Occultist).

[Halcyform]

If you want sturdy, then probably 2hd melee warder (Soldier/Shaman). Stick to passive abilities which will pump up default damage, health pool and health regen. Walk through everything.

Fun ranged would be Purifier (Inquisitor/demolitionist). Once again, stick to all passives except for heal and thermite mine.

Pets could be either Conjurer (Shaman/Occultist) or Ritualist (Shaman/Necromancer). Both work well.

If you aren't sure, you could pretty much go Shaman + anything.

[MedeaFleecestealer]

Originally posted by Halcyform:

If you want sturdy, then probably 2hd melee warder (Soldier/Shaman). Stick to passive abilities which will pump up default damage, health pool and health regen. Walk through everything.

Fun ranged would be Purifier (Inquisitor/demolitionist). Once again, stick to all passives except for heal and thermite mine.

Pets could be either Conjurer (Shaman/Occultist) or Ritualist (Shaman/Necromancer). Both work well.

If you aren't sure, you could pretty much go Shaman + anything.

Only has the base game so Purifier and Ritualist aren't possible for them.

[Bludbonez]

Originally posted by MedeaFleecestealer:

Originally posted by Halcyform:

If you want sturdy, then probably 2hd melee warder (Soldier/Shaman). Stick to passive abilities which will pump up default damage, health pool and health regen. Walk through everything.

Fun ranged would be Purifier (Inquisitor/demolitionist). Once again, stick to all passives except for heal and thermite mine.

Pets could be either Conjurer (Shaman/Occultist) or Ritualist (Shaman/Necromancer). Both work well.

If you aren't sure, you could pretty much go Shaman + anything.

Only has the base game so Purifier and Ritualist aren't possible for them.

Pox dropping Occultist/Soldier is very fun if it is the base game. I had very strong crucible results with that combo.

[Drinjanin]

Go with good old Commando. (Demolitionist + Soldier)

[Oswald]

Originally posted by Drinjanin:

Go with good old Commando. (Demolitionist + Soldier)

+1 I second this, you can't go wrong with this

[Blake]

Originally posted by Pyromancer Oswald:

Originally posted by Drinjanin:

Go with good old Commando. (Demolitionist + Soldier)

+1 I second this, you can't go wrong with this :BL3Thumbsup:

Get the DLC and I'll raise you Demo/Oathkeeper...fire in the hole

[Emilio]

I recently started playing the game and started with Shaman and thought it was a very enjoyable class so anything with that class I can recommend as a newbie too.

[Lirio Fantasma]

I recommended you the Shaman Mastery. Get stuck with it until you unlock all it's skills (basic perk, not necessarily the particular skill tree). It will take you the first chapter of the main quest. This way you will have a versatile character with:
- A basic attack skill that improves melee damage (one ot two handed).
- A hard area attack that can be used with two handed weapons, melee or ranged.
- A weak but strategically useful magic projectile if you use vitality damage.
- A semipermanent resistant pet.
- A temporal venomous pet.
- A semi permanent aura buff.
- Some totems to control circumstances.
I think you will learn a lot about the melee and magic warrior mechanics with this character, and you will have some ranged potential to explore. Once you know how it goes, you have more mental material to choose your second mastery.

If you preffer something more ranged oriented, you could use the Demolitionist, and harden the character with the soldier mastery; you will not have mobile pets, but the character will be some sort of fire warrior with nice melee and ranged potential. The con is that the oathkeeper is a fire (or venom) one hand warrior, and it could be redundant in your character colection once you get hooked.

The soldier mastery is very reliable for melee, but too effective; that makes it somehow boring, and better as improvement of another class. At least for me. The same for the magic ranged arcanist: once you unlock the Albretch ray, it's possible you won't need any other skill. BUT... maybe the battlemage (soldier+arcanist) will provide you some interesting experience too, because of some arcanist skills that support melee actions and can be used in melee range, like the ice and fire novas; no pets, but with so much power...

Enjoy the game. It's one of my favorites for that reason: it has a lot of viable builds, nearly all possible, at least on normal/veteran mode.

[Blake]

Originally posted by Lirio Fantasma:

The con is that the oathkeeper is a fire (or venom) one hand warrior, and it could be redundant in your character colection once you get hooked.

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[rubish 1]

i just did the gun guy and the magic class, everything just died to the aether beam

[ETKess]

If you're getting a feel for the game for the first time, then Soldier is a solid start if you want to go melee (go sword and board) or Occultist for caster with their powerful Decrepify skill that'll slow enemies down while debuffing them.

[DirtyMick]

I'd suggest warder as well. Just a damn solid class with lots of build possibilities.

[crzyfsh123]

Soldier and that one big 2H skill. Just keep pumping it.

[Ghom]

Conjurer (Occultist+Shaman) is the best class for a fresh start. Build for vitality damage which happens to come with a TON of lifesteal which will carry you hard all the way to level 100. After which there's a quest you can do that will give you access to a set called "dark ones". The dark ones set is target farmable meaning the set drops from specific mobs that spawn in specific locations making it VERY easy to acquire. Once you've farmed out the set and a few legendary gear slots you'll be set to do anything in the end game. If you look at the forgotten gods builds compendium on the crate official forums there's a build for that set and a leveling guide for conjurer. Welcome to the best ARPG on the market and I hope you have a great time.