4E Class Survivor - Round 14 (We now have the final 5)

[Glyfair]

The ranger barely didn't make the cut to the top 5. So, here we announced the top 5 in 4E class survivor.

Barbarian
Fighter
Rogue
Sorcerer
Wizard

We have 2 arcane, 2 martial and 1 primal (who is almost martial). We also have 3 strikers, 1 controller and 1 defender (I guess it really is mostly about dishing out damage).

Who will drop this round?

Vote for the class that you want to vote off the list. Please don't bias your vote by looking at the running results, or the discussion, before you vote.

 

[Wik]

Barbarian needs to go. It's a good class, sure, and some of those hugely damaging striker powers are pretty cool... but every time I've seen one in play, it becomes a liability to keep alive. They really are glass tigers.

 

[Nai_Calus]

Go away, fighter.

 

[Hunter In Darkness]

Barbarians are a type of people not a class...DIE

 

[FireLance]

Barbarians are a type of people not a class...DIE

What type of people call themselves barbarians? Who would you consider to be barbarians, anyway?

 

[Wepwawet]

Barbarians are a type of people not a class...DIE

That's racism! You know, greeks created that word because for them non-greek languages sounded like "barbarbarbar".

Anyway, it is a type of people as much as Rogue!
And it can't be confused with make-up!
And frankly, MUCH more interesting.

Voted rogue, BTW

 

[UngainlyTitan]

Choces are getting harder since I like most of the remaining classes since last round. So I voted off the sorcerer, nothing personal but I prefer the wizard in the arcane category, I find the barbarian interesting and would be quite happy to play a rogue or fighter.

 

[Mentat55]

Sorcerer, definitely sorcerer. I like the warlock and I like its flavor and mechanics, but the damage output is sometimes subpar. Then sorcerer comes in with its better damage as an arcane striker, but with like 50% less flavor. Sour grapes, I know, but thems the breaks.

It is going to be hard decision when it comes down to fighter vs. rogue vs. wizard.

 

[Hunter In Darkness]

That's racism! You know, greeks created that word because for them non-greek languages sounded like "barbarbarbar".

Anyway, it is a type of people as much as Rogue!
And it can't be confused with make-up!
And frankly, MUCH more interesting.

Voted rogue, BTW

Ah but we get such fun as

DM: You see 4 barbarian children
Player: How can they be a class there kids?
DM: no just barbarians, not the class
Player: well why not just say kids?
DM: well they are from the barbaric tribes
Player: But there not barbarians , there kids!
Player 2: Looks the kids are rageing run run!


The barbarian class is based off berserkers not the barbaric peoples.

 

[lud]

The Fallen

One more name added to the list...

Closest decision: Artificer vs Warlord : 2 votes (round 1)
Most decisive: Avenger vs Ranger : 33 votes (round 12)
The survivor: (Tie) Avenger, Swordmage, Warlock, Warlock : Two rounds as the runner up
Run with most votes : tie 4 and 5, 266 votes

The last of their role:

                   Last                  First
Roles            Standing     Round      To Go    Round
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Controller        Wizard        ?       Invoker     8
Defender          Fighter       ?        Warden     7
Leader            Cleric        5      Artificer    1
Striker             ?           ?       Warlock     6

Round   Victim     Origin  Role   Hit / Total (%)   Runner up (vote, lead) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1     Artificer  EPG    Leader   31 / 180 (17.22%) [COLOR=Plum]Warlord [/COLOR](29, +2)
  2     Warlord    PHB1   Leader   49 / 211 (23.22%) [COLOR=Plum]Shaman [/COLOR](45, +4)
  3     Shaman     PHB2   Leader   58 / 199 (29.15%) Warlock (31, +27)
  4     Bard       PHB2   Leader   45 / 266 (16.92%) Warden (39, +6)
  5     Cleric     PHB1   Leader   54 / 266 (20.30%) [COLOR=Purple][COLOR=Plum]Warlock[/COLOR] [/COLOR](51, +3)
  6     Warlock    PHB1   Striker  45 / 220 (20.45%) [COLOR=Plum]Warden[/COLOR] (36, +9)
  7     Warden     PHB2   Defender 50 / 233 (21.46%) [COLOR=Plum]Invoker [/COLOR](40, +10)
  8     Invoker    PHB2   Control  58 / 234 (24.79%) Swordmage (34, +24)
  9     Paladin    PHB    Defender 63 / 248 (25.40%) [COLOR=Plum]Swordmage [/COLOR](52, +9)
  10    Swordmage  FRPG   Defender 50 / 207 (24.15%) Avenger (45, +5)
  11    Druid      PHB2   Control  68 / 216 (31.48%) [COLOR=Plum]Avenger [/COLOR](50, +18)
  12    Avenger    PHB2   Striker  83 / 202 (41.09%) Ranger (50, +33)
  13    Ranger     PHB    Striker  82 / 256 (32.03%) Barbarian (78, +4)

  14    Barbarian  PHB2   Striker
   15    Sorcerer   PHB2   Striker
  16    Wizard     PHB    Controller
  17    Rogue      PHB    Striker
  18    Fighter    PHB    Defender

For those using magic to see the final outcome of this challenge, here are the 3 safest classes of each of the rounds until the end

Round    1st Place     2nd Place     3rd Place    Total Vote
  10    Fighter (3)    Rogue (5)     Wizard (10)      207
  11    Fighter (8)    Rogue (9)    Sorcerer (13)     216
  12    Fighter (10)   Rogue (10)   Sorcerer (18)     202
  13     Rogue (14)   Fighter (16)   Wizard (30)      256
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  16
  17

The number of votes is noted next to each of them.