There are no mechanical reasons to choose it for your character.
But it is still good enough to complete the game with, and can be chosen for narrative and flavor reasons.į - this is a very bad subclass, clearly inferior to other options. It is probably not perfect for its main job and quite bad at other things too. This subclass is either focused on one narrow role, and is very limited outside of it, or it is a jack of all trades, able to do some damage, some tanking, some exploration, but probably not too good in any of this.Ĭ - this is a slightly underpowered subclass. It does its main job extremely well, although it may be limited in other roles.ī - this is a fair level of power. Ideally, no subclasses should have this rating.Ī - this is a strong subclass with very few downsides. There is really no mechanical reason to play other subclasses of this class. S - this option is clearly superior to other available subclasses in many ways. In my comparison, I will focus on subclasses’ combat capabilities, but I will also consider their utility outside of combat. Ideally, I don’t want to see any subclasses that are too powerful compared to other options, nor too underpowered - because both cases limit your choices, forcing you to play or not to play certain characters if you want to fulfill that power fantasy. That is why in this tier-list I am not comparing subclasses against some objective measure of power, but look for options that stand out. So ideally you’d want all your characters to feel heroic and overpowered.
Solasta is a single-player game, you’re not competing against other players, so your enjoyment mostly comes from the feelings of success and fulfilling the power fantasy - dealing a lot of damage in combat, passing critical skill checks, saving a character with a well-timed Healing Word etc. Of course, if you don’t care about mechanical power - a totally fair way to approach an RPG game - you will probably not find this tier list relevant.īefore we begin, let’s establish what I mean by balance.
That is why I’ve decided to look at all the classes and subclasses currently available in the game and see how they fare against each other. That is why the notion of class balance is much more important for the enjoyment of the game in Solasta than it is in tabletop 5e or even in a more narrative-focused game like Baldur’s Gate 3. Solasta emphasizes one aspect of 5e DnD - combat.