Vedalken - Precise, Dispassionate, and Best of All, Amphibious. Origin or Homeland: Currently the Astral Plane and other locations, but the origin of the race is unknown.Ģ. Gith - The Fearless Warriors Who Fight Mind Flayers and Ride Dragons. The class is completely reliant on its Sneak Attack feature for dealing damage, a conditional ability that means missing a single attack results in dealing no damage for an entire round. Its first problem is a one-note combat ability. Moving on to the first decent class on this list, we have the rogue. The class itself is fairly straightforward and so is the reason for its inclusion here: barbarians don’t hold up as a single class across all 20 levels of play.ġ0. Continuing the run of martial characters, we have the barbarian. It has so much front-loaded on its early levels* that, much like the barbarian, they feel fantastic.ĩ. The first full caster we see on this list, and, sadly, I doubt it is a surprise to many. A monoclassed fighter is a dependable source of damage that is also good at protecting itself.Ĩ. Often considered the default class of D&D 5E, I was happy that the fighter made it to the middle of this list. With a reduced spell list compared to the wizard and a major bottleneck created by how few spells it learns, the original sorcerer had little to recommend it outside of its brief power spikes from Twin Spelling buffs like Polymorph.ħ. If I had made this list before Xanathar’s Guide to Everything was printed, the sorcerer would have ranked much lower. With access to heavy armor and spells like Spirit Guardians, clerics deal great area damage and are difficult to hurt.Ħ. Speaking of taking advantage of the cleric spell list, the cleric sneaks into my top five. Large hit dice, heavy armor, and the best saves available, thanks to Aura of Protection, paladins are equipped for any type of danger.ĥ. The strongest martial class in the game, paladins are the best mix of offense and defense 5E has to offer.

This class can fit almost any role you want it to play.Ĥ. From the laughingstock of early editions to one of the best classes in the game, bard has come a long way. The gulf in power between Circle of the Moon and the other subclasses is one of the widest I’ve ever seen.ģ. More than any other class, the druid earns its high spot thanks to a single subclass: Circle of the Moon. Despite the powerful abilities brought by every other class, from the bard’s flexibility to the druid’s infinity mammoth, no character class tops the raw power of the wizard.Ģ. The more D&D changes, the more it stays the same. D&D 5E Classes Ranked From Worst To Best – Mythcreantsĩ hours ago 1.

All playable races in d&d 5e