Which character do people consider to be the weakest?

[Azyle]

I'd like to use that if I have it unlocked. I beat the first two levels with archer.. seems pretty good - little squishier? Then I tried the first level with Cleric and that seemed OP as hell. What do people consider the weaker character?

[Thanatos]

Depends what you consider weaker. Shieldmaiden is probably the weakest class as her attack range is so small, but she kills single target bosses faster than a lot of other classes.

[NeverADullDoor]

If we take the third level as a metric (being the hardest level), Cleric and Exterminator probably under preform compared to the other classes - Cleric because his damage splitting attack suffers against massive waves of high HP enemies, and Exterminator because his low damage/high speed attack isn't very good against bosses, especially as its FX clutter up the screen and make reading final boss attacks difficult.

That being said, properly equipped and leveled, they can still clear the level with minimal drama, it's just that all the other characters feel more efficient at it (i.e., you can AFK sooner).

Also, Shieldmaiden is a strong contender for second most powerful character IMO, after Archer. I think SM is the only character I've played that I've finished 100% of the runs I've attempted with her. Hell, I don't know if I've ever even had a revive spent on her. Late game Archer, though, just deletes 50-60% of waves before they even get on screen.

[Aigle1705]

shieldmaid can actually build so much block and defense that nothing can hurt her.
also shieldmaid has 2 weapons mace n shieldbash.

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exterminator is stupid op with its 6.2 atk speed even tho he sucks at critz.
cleric is also studip op with its 1.000 base atk.

archer? mediocre n quite boring to play. still pretty op once you unlock ice and fire ring.
swordsman? mediocre n quite boring to play. still pretty op once you unlock ice and fire ring.

warlock is pretty hard to play, he really needs fitting equipment, like summon power gloves or additional minions like rat ring, skelly ring, fog cape, ... or abilities that count as summons like stars or orbs.
also his max hp sacrify mechanic is realy hard to adress, you're running around with less than 200 max hp, basicly one hit to anything n everything.

sorceress ... she's ... erm, drunk
aim sucks n' she's pretty positioning heavy
( in case you're trying the "charged up" archivemnt you basicly need everything: chainlighting, lightning bolt and kugelblitz in order to produce enough stacks fast enough. )

so to me worse is shared between sorc n warlock.

[mic01851165]

Maiden is considered to be weakest in my standard.
Just because it can kill boss slightly faster doesn't mean ♥♥♥♥ to me since a lot of other classes melt bosses in 5 secs anyway.

The only advantage maiden has is against the end boss which have way more hp, but it'd probably only save you like 30 secs max anyway.

[Alluboy]

I'm kinda leaning towards shield maiden. I actually had trouble getting her to lvl 100 on the last map, even though I had done most of the quests. I had no issues with other characters.

Part of the reason is probably her low range on the main weapon.

[Nemerlight]

For me its cleric by far. Maybe i just messed up skills but man did i struggle to get stuff killed with her.

[Pervy]

Originally posted by Nemerlight:

For me its cleric by far. Maybe i just messed up skills but man did i struggle to get stuff killed with her.

Funny cleric is the one i does best with, while Shield Maiden is my worst xD

[Weczer]

I find it hard to choose the weakest class - all of them work very good.
Maybe warlock? But the next patch may change that with added crit.

[tathen]

The trick with cleric is to hit as few enemy's with your attack as the damage is spread between everything hit, take Proficient Stance Close Range & don't take Collateral Damage/Vanguard until u have a solid ability that's doing all the work.

[Pervy]

Originally posted by tathen:

The trick with cleric is to hit as few enemy's with your attack as the damage is spread between everything hit, take Proficient Stance Close Range & don't take Collateral Damage/Vanguard until u have a solid ability that's doing all the work.

You can run collateral Damage just fine, as long as you know how to aim/not aim.

[󠁳]

Shieldmaiden hands down, her main weapon range is way too small to clear waves fast enough vs other classes.

[mic01851165]

Btw did another quick status effect multihit cleric run.
It literally kill final boss of stage 3 in 15 secs lolz.
Faster than shieldmaiden, so shieldmaiden rly has no adavantage at all XD

[mic01851165]

Originally posted by tathen:

The trick with cleric is to hit as few enemy's with your attack as the damage is spread between everything hit, take Proficient Stance Close Range & don't take Collateral Damage/Vanguard until u have a solid ability that's doing all the work.

Or just go status effect build.
I max out cleric hitbox all the time and can still kill most bosses in <4 secs.
Status effect on cleric is just op. (4.78 hits aoe)

[mic01851165]

Originally posted by Weczer:

I find it hard to choose the weakest class - all of them work very good.
Maybe warlock? But the next patch may change that with added crit.

You must be picking the wrong traits/ not using potion to think warlock is weak.
Always go for -max hp% with max damage and max projectile option.
Ignore summon and only pick main weapon related trait.
Warlock is already the highest main weapon damage in the whole game even w.o the crit. Now with crit, ho boy..

[Dream]

Prolly sorceress since she's the only character with a deadzone.

Exterminator is def the strongest though, once you get the thunder ring you melt everything (I actually managed to kill the ghost guards on the third zone with him).