D&D 5E What is your least favorite class in 5E?

[Ogre Mage]

What is your least favorite class in 5E?

I realize this poll topic has the potential to start a massive flame war, but I was genuinely curious about how people feel. Especially as people's opinions on this topic have lurked around several other threads -- sometimes in amusing fashion.

Feel free to explain why a certain class is your least favorite in the thread. But please, no comments like "only a wannabe Voldemort could like that class" or "only a feeblemind victim could like that class."

Please don't take it personally if you feel your favorite class is being attacked. Someone may hate a class, but that does not make it a bad class. It just is a bad fit for them.

 

[Maxperson]

I voted Bard, but Monk is a close second.

 

[Iry]

Monk. It's the single most rigid class in the game when it comes to which attributes you need, which makes it irritatingly limited in the character concepts you can create with it.

 

[Arilyn]

Monk because it's disappointing. I just don't feel it's a class that accomplishes what it sets out to do.

Cleric because the flavour is often lacklustre. Not always, but too many of the cleric subclasses are dull.

 

[guachi]

I picked Sorcerer. Though it's close with Warlock. I'd never play either.

 

[Scribe]

Easy, snap pick Artificer.

The Gun version?

 

[Ace]

Ranger is my vote. The design isn't to my liking as I think it should have "no magic" options and frankly the subclasses aren't thrilling

I can see why people don't like bard but with sword, valor and lore colleges its easy to make something that is not a stereotypical lute plonker.

 

[Ashrym]

I voted cleric.

I can have fun with any class, but I have had too many DM's forcing too much because deity.

One of the reasons I like bards do much is they make a suitable alternative support class without that baggage.

 

[ECMO3]

What is your least favorite class in 5E?

I realize this poll topic has the potential to start a massive flame war, but I was genuinely curious about how people feel. Especially as people's opinions on this topic have lurked around several other threads -- sometimes in amusing fashion.

Feel free to explain why a certain class is your least favorite in the thread. But please, no comments like "only a wannabe Voldemort could like that class" or "only a feeblemind victim could like that class."

Please don't take it personally if you feel your favorite class is being attacked. Someone may hate a class, but that does not make it a bad class. It just is a bad fit for them.

I went with Bard (which is apparently the most popular choice), but I could have went Cleric or Paladin.

The reason for Bards is I don't like their spell list and as full casters that is a huge part of the class. Paladin and Cleric are just bland, they are very narrow classes in terms of role playing and there is not much breadth to them. You have a certain fundamentals that are more strongly tied to the class. Don't get me wrong you can build in breadth, as you can with any class in 5E, but it is easier to do with other classes and other classes seem to have more diversity built into the chassis and subclasses.

Best to worst classes IMO:

1. Rogue
2. Wizard
3. Ranger
4. Fighter
5. Monk
6. Sorcerer
7. Warlock
8. Artificer
9. Druid
10. Paladin
11. Cleric
12. Bard

 

[Campbell]

From a design perspective Monks are definitely it. You have to spend resources just to keep up with Fighters and Rogues, are completely short rest dependent, and often have to spend valuable resources on ribbon abilities. It's a class I really like conceptually, but I would rather play a single class Ranger than a 5e Monk. At least Rangers have some decent subclasses.