Deskrawl Starting Class: Choose the Route You Want

The official description presents heroes with different playstyles and asks you to combine their gear, minions and abilities. That is a better basis for your first choice than a tier label taken from someone else’s late-game character. Choose the kind of setup you want to learn, then judge the early character with the equipment it actually has.

The early Warrior discussion is a good example. Jnc reported that their Thorns setup took off with Thornheart Cuirass, while another player explicitly questioned how it would perform without the large Thorns item bonus. That is a reason to notice equipment conditions, not a guarantee that every fresh Warrior has the same experience.

Hunter offers a different reported approach to the same problem: Silverrend kept broad Basic Attack, Strong Attack and All Damage bonuses while experimenting, then developed a Poison route. For Monk, Qkeyz singled out an ageing weapon as a repeated source of progression trouble. Those examples point toward checking your build’s weak part before deciding the class was a mistake.

A later six-piece set is a goal, not the kit your new character starts with. Official updates give Cold Sorcerer, Poison Hunter and Hundred Hands Monk meaningful changes, but they do not compare the time each needs to get established. The same patch history is also a reason not to treat launch-week class opinions as current rankings.

Pick the route that interests you, then build around the attacks and items you already have. When progress stalls, look for the immediate cause: an outdated weapon, repeated Mana gaps or deaths before recovery can help. Fixing that problem is a more useful first move than restarting purely because another player called their class effortless.

This is a playstyle decision, not a character-creation walkthrough. Current character-slot limits, class-change rules and any cost of changing your decision remain unconfirmed. Do not assume that choosing another route means you can freely convert the same character into another class.