Rogue Legacy 2 Best Class

With 15 classes in Rogue Legacy 2, there are plenty of options available. However, not everything is created equal because some classes feel much more prepared for the journey. In Rogue Legacy 2, no matter your play style, there is a class for you. Here are the top 5 best…and worst classes:

Top 5 Classes

Chef

Not only does finding health in the world heal you but it also replenishes your talent which is the ability to cook some stew and heal yourself. This alone puts the chef in the top 5 due to the rarity of healing items but the attack also does burn damage and hits projectiles back at enemies. When things sometimes can feel like a bullet-hell in Rogue Legacy 2, being able to return some of those items to sender is great.

Ranger

The ranger feels overpowered at times when you are dealing with enemies that can’t leave the ground because then you can safely, and at range, send as many arrows as you need. You could also make your canopy of thorns and rein terror from just about anywhere on the screen. The ranger is one of the easiest classes to critical hit with because once you get the timing of the bow, it becomes muscle memory. The only reason this call isn’t overpowered is because it does take time to pull back the arrow which can get hectic when everything is coming your way.

Astromancer

Based on the classes in my top tier list, I like to do damage from long range if possible and get out and let status effects do their job. With the Astromancer, you have to get in close to make a black hole but after that it also creates a barrier between you and the enemy that only projectiles can get through, so you do have to be somewhat aware. The ability to turn into comet form is not only good for evading but its great for challenging platform areas.

Gunslinger

Range is the name of the game. Its actually Rogue Legacy 2, but the gunslinger is similar to the ranger with a pistol for ranged attacks that can shoot through soft walls. Shooting in the air causes your character to remain in place which can be strategized well and the bottom third of the magazine does critical damage which stacks up nicely. The gunslinger talent is dynamite, which deals a lot of damage and shoots four ways, the only downside is that they can only drop it and not throw it. If you could throw dynamite, Rogue Legacy 2 would only require one class.

Barbarian

The barbarian is very tanky with high health and higher damage class. Unless you are jump attacking, all ground hits are critical which can delete most enemies in one smash. Ground attacks are also the way you recharge your mana. Its a very simple yet effective tactic, smash everything on the ground and you’ll be fine. Its a tiny bit slow but that just means Barbarian is top tier and not broken. The jump attack spins and if you find the ability to fl, you can just become a constant flying, food processor that never needs to touch the ground making for easy fights and easier platforming.

Worst 5 Classes

Dragon Lancer

Weak weapon and weak talent is enough to get this one near the bottom of the list. Obviously the weapon is a lance that you can charge and fly with. It gets you into more trouble than it does good and the talent is a bastion that destroys mid sized projectiles but RL2 isn’t a defensive game.

Duelist

This is basically a fencer that can roll. Even though you are fully immune while rolling the level design doesn’t seem to fit this ability to make enough use of it. As for your fencing sword, the range feels laughable and you don’t have any direction like some of the other classes. You always wear a feather in your hat, which will always get you to the bottom of any list.

Valkyrie

The Valkyrie uses a pole blade type weapon that can attack in up and down as well as left and right which is great but the deflect is less than ideal as you are constantly dodging fireballs and arrows to take the time to counter an attack. Add this to just average health and you’ll be near the bottom.

Boxer

If it wasnt for the Dragon Lancer, I would easily say that the Boxer is arguably the worst class is RL2. This is another class that requires close engagements. The one benefit of the boxer getting in close is their passive ability to avoid bump damage as a Boxer would be able to bob and weave. The rapid punches stack up your KO special but most of the time it feels underwhelming. Sure you can sometimes juggle enemies with an uppercut attack but with the slow cool down of the special plus over lacklustre everything, the boxer should stay down for the count.

Assassin

As you would expect the assassin needs to get up close and personal to do damage with their short blades. Three strikes can inflict a lot of damage quickly with the third strike being a critical hit but the range is very short and doesn’t do proc any status effects. Their talent is to disappear into the shadows, which can be decent but the cooldown on the skill is too slow and requires you to do damage to activate it again. Worst of all you can’t attack while cloaked or it will end. Add all this up with lower health and you have a less than desirable class.

Class

This list is just what suited my play style and as you can tell from the best classes, I like to keep my friends close and my enemies even closer…I mean really far away. The great thing about Rogue Legacy 2 is that with 15 different classes you should be able to find classes to suit your style and have a very different list than this one. The flexibility and balance of Rogue Legacy 2 means that even with the five worst classes according to this list, with the right RNG roll, you could be overpowered and dominate.