How To Get The Most Out Of Your First Darksouls 3 Playthrough Part One: Picking Your Class

Darksouls 3

Have you been wanting to play Darksouls 3 for the first time? Well you're in luck! Here I'll give you some quick tricks and such to help you get the most out of your very first Darksouls 3 playthrough. Don't worry! this guide will have no spoilers at all!

Picking Your Class

Picking your very first class in Darksouls 3 could make the difference between hating and loving the game. Your class gives you all your starting gear, spells, weapons, and your base stats. So it's important to look over the different classes and pick the one which best fits with your preferred play style.

Darksouls 3 has a total of ten classes that you can pick from in the start of the game. Darksouls is not an mmo, so your class will not give you can class based skills or attacks. It will just give you a set of starting stats, armor, weapons and/or spells. All the armor, weapons and spells you get in every class can be found later throughout the world of Darksouls 3. I'll start going through the different classes Darksouls 3 has to offer!

The Knight

The Knight class is a basic all around character. He has good health, good armor and good stamina. The Knight class starts with the full Knight Set, the Broadsword and Knight Shield. Here are it's stats.

Vigor: 12
Attunement: 10
Endurance: 11
Vitality: 15
Strength: 13
Dexterity: 12
Intelligence: 9
Faith: 9
Luck: 9






The Mercenary 

The Mercenary is my favorite class, they have good Dexterity and have one of the best weapons in the game, the Sellsword twinblades. Though this class might not be the best for a beginner, its a bit hard to get used to. It starts with the full Sellsword Set, the Sellsword Twinblades and the Wooden Shield. Here's the Mercenary's stats!

Vigor: 11
Attunement: 12
Endurance: 11
Vitality: 10
Strength: 10
Dexterity: 16
Intelligence: 10
Faith: 8
Luck: 9



The Warrior

The Warrior is a class based on Strength and is good if you enjoy attacking your enemies with swords and axes the size of semi trucks! The Warrior class starts with the full Northern SetBattle Axe, and The Round Shield. And Here's the stats!

Vigor : 14
Attunement: 6
Endurance: 12
Vitality: 11
Strength: 16
Dexterity: 9
Intelligence: 8
Faith: 9
Luck: 11






The Herald

The Herald a sort of mix between the Knight and Cleric class. The Herald uses Faith and Strength and is good for anyone that wants to heal and deal some decent damage. The Herald uses the Herald SetTalismanSpear, and the Kite Shield. Here's the Herald's Stats

Vigor:12
Attunement: 10
Endurance: 9
Vitality: 12
Dexterity: 11
Intelligence: 8
Faith: 13 
Luck: 11





The Thief

The Thief has low strength, okay dexterity and high luck. He's somewhat hard to play as thanks to his starting weapon being a dagger and having low armor, though his dagger does do Bleed Damage which can be very helpful! He uses the Deserter SetBandit's KnifeShort Bow and the Iron Round Shield. Here's the stats!

Vigor: 10
Attunement: 11
Endurance: 10
Vitality: 9
Strength: 9
Dexterity: 13
Intelligence: 10
Faith: 8
Luck: 14



The Assassin

The Assassin is sort of like the Thief, except he used dexterity and intelligence, instead of dexterity and luck, He uses the Assassin Set,  EstocTarget Shield and the Spook Spell. His stats are...

Vigor 10
Attunement: 14
Endurance: 11
Vitality: 10
Strength: 10
Dexterity: 14
Intelligence: 11
Faith: 9
Luck: 10







The Sorcerer

The Sorcerer is the class to go with if you want to shoot magic beams at your enemies! The sorcerer is the best class you can be to be a spell caster.
He uses the Sorcerer SetMail BreakerLeather Shield and the spells Soul Arrow and Heavy Soul Arrow. Here are the stats

Vigor: 9
Attunement: 16
Endurance: 9
Vitality: 7
Strength: 7
Dexterity: 12
Intelligence: 16
Faith: 7 
Luck: 12





The Pyromancer

The Pyromancer is good mix between the Cleric and the Sorcerer, having good faith and Intelligence, since Pyromancies require both. He uses the full Pyromancer Set, the Pyromancy FlameHand Axe and the spell Fireball. His stats are...

Vigor: 11
Attunement: 12
Endurance: 10
Vitality: 8
Strength: 12
Dexterity: 9
Intelligence: 14
Faith: 14 
Luck: 7




The Cleric

The Cleric has okay strength and even better Faith, if you want to hurl bolts of lightning at your enemies and heal your wounds? This class is for you!
He uses the full Cleric SetCleric's Sacred ChimeThe Mace and the spells, Heal and Force. And here's his stats!

Vigor: 10
Attunement: 14
Endurance: 9
Vitality: 7
Strength: 12
Dexterity: 8
Intelligence: 7
Faith: 16
Luck: 13




The Deprived

Last and well... yeah least. The Deprived class has no armor, and it meant for only if you want a true challenge. He uses the Club and Plank Shield. Here's his stats

Vigor: 10
Attunement: 10
Endurance: 10
Vitality: 10
Strength: 10
Dexterity: 10
Intelligence: 10
Faith: 10
Luck: 10





And there's all the classes you can pick from in Darksouls 3, The next part of this guide will be coming soon and we'll cover where to invest your skill points and weapon arts. If you have any questions about anything in this guide or darksouls please let me know in the comments! 

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