Monday, August 29, 2011

AQW TIERS 2.0

TIER 0: Ninja, Necromancer, Evolved Shaman, Rogue, Chronomancer
TIER 1: DragonLord, Warrior, Mage, CardClasher
TIER 2: Shaman
TIER 3: StarLord, Paladin, Evolved Clawsuit
TIER 4: Healer, Defender, Ranger
TIER 5: Guardian, Berserker
TIER 6: Bard, DoomKnight
TIER 7: DragonSlayer
TIER 8: ClawSuit
SHIT TIER: No Class, Rustbucket, UndeadSlayer

Overall: AE released 3 new classes since my last tier list (Evolved Shaman, Necromancer, UndeadSlayer), and 2 of them are tier 0, one of them is shit tier. I've decided to make more tiers as well having a total of 10 tiers, to better clarify what class is "better"

I don't know where to place Chaos Shaper, I'm thinking possibly Tier 2, but I want your opinions. Please comment what tier you think the class belongs in.

Note: These tiers are mainly based around the new 1v1 PvP, considering nobody plays group PvP anymore. This is completely opinion-based from me and the AQW community.

These could go for PvE as well, but we all know Necromancer is the best soloing class, and Shaman is the best farming class.

Now for the class breakdown:

Ninja: Easy 1k+ crits, stun, mana regen, buff. How could this not be top tier?
Necromancer: Debuff, Heal, Buff. Amazing DPS output and survivability
Evolved Shaman: stunstunstunstunstun
Rogue: Dodge opponent attacks as your DoT kills them, then after 7-9 seconds, finish them.
Chronomancer: Very hard to find a competitive pvper in this class but it is amazing
DragonLord: Do I really need to say anything?
Warrior: Stun and overall good melee class (dps, endurance, dexterity)
Mage: Combo it up and slide all over the place.
CardClasher: High Crits, Debuff/Buff at the same time
Shaman: EE rarely hits, also consuming ~1/2 your mana no matter what. But when EE hits, EE turns into GG.
Starlord: Issues with mana
Paladin: New buffs came and more coming soon?
Evolved ClawSuit: easy spammable attack
Healer: Spammable Attack with buff, heal, and mana regen DPS is too low though
Defender: People complained about this old Guardian class for a reason.
Ranger: slide around with DoT and stacks, has issues against other sliding classes with higher dps though
Guardian: It got revamped, but it's still junk
Berserker: By the time you can get a good combo off, you'll already be dead
Bard: It came out as a support class for a reason. No 1v1 for you -The PvP Nazi, Seinfeld
DoomKnight: New buffs hit over 9000 but 1% chance makes this class still just spamming slow stacks
DragonSlayer: Even though they made it so your opponent is a dragon, it can't compete with other classes similar (Warrior)
ClawSuit: It's rare because AE didn't want you to barf on your keyboard
No Class: derp
Rustbucket: See DragonSlayer
UndeadSlayer: Where all the undead @?

Chaos Shaper: Good class but the fact that all your skills are a 50/50 makes it have a simple rotation and you'll fall asleep brainless

Overall: Classes just keep getting better. They removed Necro but with it's return it's still broken as fuck.