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Heroes & Classes

This page keeps class names, base HP, weapon types, and DLC status in one guide-oriented reading flow. The point is not just to show all six heroes, but to answer what you need most right now: safer progression, faster farming, team sustain, or boss burst.

This local page keeps `Knight / Ranger / Sorcerer / Priest / Hunter / Slayer` on one decision chain and links the hero page directly into Builds, Runes, Stages, and Gear instead of isolating class notes on their own.

Decide first whether you need safety, farming speed, sustain, or boss burst

Hero pages are easy to turn into generic class summaries, but most players only need a few practical answers: should they add a front liner, a main carry, a healer, or a later high-pressure swap slot? Read by goal first, then move into actual builds.

Goal-first class reading
01

I am creating a character and want the safest opening choice

At character creation, only compare `Knight / Ranger / Sorcerer` first. The key here is to settle a baseline setup, not to mix future DLC heroes into the opening three-choice decision.

  • Knight is better for stabilizing the front line and overall forgiveness.
  • Ranger is better for early and midgame routine efficiency.
  • Sorcerer is better as a later AoE pivot than as your first stabilizer.
View starter recommendations
02

I want faster farming in the early and midgame

This is the point where comparing how Ranger and Sorcerer carry efficiency is more useful than spreading investment evenly across every damage slot.

  • Ranger fits routine clears and low-cost efficiency testing better.
  • Sorcerer is better for later map compression and AoE burst.
  • If runs still collapse often, you are probably not in a pure efficiency phase yet.
View farm-oriented heroes
03

I only plan to use the free roster

Free content does not mean limited choices. `Knight / Ranger / Sorcerer` are starter picks, while `Priest` is free DLC and can be deployed through `Hero Menu → Formation` after a restart.

  • Priest is listed as free DLC on Steam but is not part of the initial creation screen.
  • The free roster still covers progression, farming, and sustain well.
  • Understand the free setups first before deciding whether paid heroes are needed.
View free-team setups
04

I am considering paid heroes

Hunter and Slayer are closer to specialist tools than automatic shortcuts into endgame. First decide whether your goal is boss pressure or specialized efficiency.

  • Hunter leans more toward ranged specialization and elemental support.
  • Slayer leans more toward high-pressure maps and boss burst.
  • If your baseline setup is unstable, adding DLC heroes will not automatically smooth things out.
View DLC heroes

Read class choice as roster repair, not just personal preference

The official store feature list keeps highlighting party composition, pets, runes, Cube, and idle farming together for a reason: class choice matters most when it fixes the job your current account is missing. That is the logic this page now pushes harder.

Creation -> Formation -> Specialist Slots
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The opening roster question is smaller than the full roster question. Treat them as two different decisions.
Priest portrait
Priest becomes important when Formation opens and stability starts mattering more than raw curiosity.
Slayer hero art
Paid heroes feel strongest when they solve a specialist problem, not when they replace basic route judgment.
Roster Logic

Base heroes answer your first account question; later heroes answer the account gaps that remain

A good roster page should not flatten `Knight`, `Ranger`, `Sorcerer`, `Priest`, `Hunter`, and `Slayer` into six equal portraits. Their value changes based on whether you are still creating a character, stabilizing Formation, or testing boss-specific swaps.

  • The initial screen is only a three-way choice, so `Knight / Ranger / Sorcerer` must be read as an opening fork, not as the whole game.
  • `Priest` is the first major roster correction because it changes the account's stability curve once Formation matters.
  • `Hunter` and `Slayer` are best treated as specialist answers after the free baseline already works.
The strongest class page logic is: decide the missing job first, then decide whether the roster needs a safe front line, a farm carry, sustained support, or a later specialist slot.
01

Formation is the real roster breakpoint

Before Formation, players are mostly solving one-hero opening pressure. After Formation, hero value starts being measured by team jobs and recovery consistency instead.

Formation Team jobs Stability first
02

Safe push and farm speed should not share the same hero ranking

`Knight` matters earlier when pressure is the problem. `Ranger` and `Sorcerer` matter more when the account can already keep a route alive and wants better throughput.

Knight Ranger Sorcerer
03

Paid heroes should be judged against a specific gap

If the free baseline still collapses, `Hunter` or `Slayer` rarely fix the real cause. They pay off most when you already know whether the missing piece is burst, precision, or swap pressure.

Paid DLC Gap-fixing Boss pressure

Filter heroes by role and account need

This is not just six portraits in a row. Each card combines the class name, base HP, main and off-hand weapon types, access method, and next-step links so players can answer whether that hero fits the current goal immediately.

Role + HP + Main / Off-hand + Access
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Give players one practical role ladder first

Most users are not here to memorize a roster chart. They want to know who they should pick right now. This section gives four practical class-reading paths based on real goals.

Base / Farm / Support / DLC

The hero page matters because it connects directly into team building

A hero's value is never only about raw strength. It depends on what job that hero performs inside the team. This section points toward the setup entries players would actually keep revisiting in a real guide.

Free / Safe / Farm / Boss