The herald starts with the following equipment: The battle axe provides good physical damage, but the round shield isn't very notable (thankfully, you'll find better shields rather quickly). The warrior has the lowest ATT in the game, making it appealing for people who don't plan on using any magic. The warrior starts with the following equipment: It's strictly worse than the knight in just about every way, with the exception of making an DEX/INT hybrid with 10-12 STR.Īlthought sellsword twinblades look cool, they aren't functional in combat and roll over to enemies with shields (you'll suffer a mini stun every time you attack into a shield).

There's very little positives to the mercenary. The mercenary starts with the following equipment: The knight is the best class in the game for a few reasons: (1) the knight armor set is the best starting armor, (2) the knight shield has 100% physical block, (3) the knight has the lowest combined INT/FAI/LCK stats, (4) the long sword is one of the best starting weapons and scales well through out the entire game.Īlthough extremely unlikely, high starting VIT is the only potential drawback to the knight since most medium armors can be worn with light weapons and still stay around 50% equipment load.

The knight starts with the following equipment:

Even if you don't plan on using sorceries, you may want to 10 INT because he has a minor storyline with Yuria of Londore. Note: You need 10 INT to recruit Orbeck of Vinheim (the sorcerer vendor).

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