which class do you recommend getting first?

[E|E]

not talking about the basic 4 classes. Just came back to DD2 and is surprised by the amount of new classes available.

Since a lot of them are out for quite a while now, any veterans can recommend which new class is the best or favorite?

[The_Technomancer]

Abyss lord's archer still seem to be core of the majority of builds while EV maintains the highest DPS. I haven't heard enough about the lavamancer as of right now, but gun witch (good DPS but not the highest) can be a good character just to swap to during the combat phase to give your towers that extra boost to DPS.

[RedKirby]

Either Abyssal lord or EV2 depending on the rest of your characters. If you have very diverse and well geared set of builders, you can forgo the AL. Archers are replaceable by cannons, traps, earthshatters, flamethrowers depending on map/situation, but it's just that the later are more specialized where as archers are good against everything and simply better in most cases.

EV2 is unmatched in several ways. She has the highest hero dps. Proton beams provide the best cc. Buff beams allow you to double buff defenses, which is obscenely strong.

Lavamancer looks strong, maybe even op if you get gimmicky. Saw someone solo bastile master with nothing but duplicate lavamancers, which is a little nuts.

But for you, I think the safe choice is to develop some good core builders to tackle NM4, so my vote is for AL followed by EV2.

[Asphe]

Originally posted by Kyle Katarn:

not talking about the basic 4 classes. Just came back to DD2 and is surprised by the amount of new classes available.

Since a lot of them are out for quite a while now, any veterans can recommend which new class is the best or favorite?

A lot has changed. Summoner / AL is probably the 1st you should get. It doesn't bring anything new per se, it just does what the other four heroes do but better. So if you just want to jump right in, Summoner is your guy.

EV2 has her beams. Not necessary but they give you a 'Slow' that is far better than the Monk's "slow" aura while the reflect beams protect your walls from ranged attacks [and kill those attackers too]. She's also hands down the best DPS... from a fixed position [she has to squat down to take a sh...ot. SHOT]. If you get the right passives, she's a monster. If she actually had some kind of 'wall' and some anti-air tower, she'd be everything.

Gunwitch... decent DPS, very good crowd control and best DPS buff [which isn't a Dracolich]. Her 'Book' ability even works on bosses [It works like Dracolich and yes... they DO stack]. She can solo the Molten Citadel boss quite easily [1/3 health per boulder].

Now Lavaboy... is something you get when you're sick and tired of the "usual" stuff. It has good walls [which also debuff / slow], slow [and debuff] traps and probably the highest DPS tower [pity it shoots at everything instead of concentrating on one target]. But he can also move around the fastest [while being invulnerable] and can both tank and dps at the same time. He's also the only hero that I can solo Bastille Master Incursion with. Every other hero needs other heroes to help out. He can do it all, by himself. If you know what you're doing... if you have great gear. If you want just one Hero class occupying all your hero deck slots, this is the one to get. Yeah, he'll get nerfed soon.

[Captain Alejo]

Originally posted by The_Technomancer:

Abyss lord's archer still seem to be core of the majority of builds while EV maintains the highest DPS. I haven't heard enough about the lavamancer as of right now, but gun witch (good DPS but not the highest) can be a good character just to swap to during the combat phase to give your towers that extra boost to DPS.

Funny enough, I haven't touched my AL for builds in a long time. Majority of builds I've been running lately are EV/Huntress focused. Archers are great, but by no means are the as dominant as they used to be nor as critical.

[K-ToF]

Originally posted by Captain Alejo:

Originally posted by The_Technomancer:

Abyss lord's archer still seem to be core of the majority of builds while EV maintains the highest DPS. I haven't heard enough about the lavamancer as of right now, but gun witch (good DPS but not the highest) can be a good character just to swap to during the combat phase to give your towers that extra boost to DPS.

Funny enough, I haven't touched my AL for builds in a long time. Majority of builds I've been running lately are EV/Huntress focused. Archers are great, but by no means are the as dominant as they used to be nor as critical.

Pretty much.

If you run PDTs it gets rid of all smaller mobs, and weakens the medium ones. only bosses get past them and you can deal with them with EV2.