D&D 5E Rank your favorite D&D classes

[DEFCON 1]

1. Paladin
2. Monk
3. Wizard
4. Druid
5. Warlock
6. Bard
7. Fighter
8. Warlord
9. Cleric
10. Rogue
11. Artificer
12. Ranger
13. Barbarian
14. Swordmage
15. Sorcerer
16. Psion

 

[TwoSix]

These are for the class identity as a whole, not dependent on purely the official 5e version. Extremely good or extremely bad implementations of the class for various editions does impact my rankings, though.

1. Swordmage
2. Artificer
3. Druid
4. Warlock
5. Warlord
6. Psion
7. Rogue
8. Sorcerer
9. Paladin
10. Cleric
11. Bard
12. Monk
13. Barbarian
14. Ranger
15. Wizard
16. Fighter

 

[Gorck]

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

 

[TwoSix]

Classes that have gotten both first and last place votes so far (only looking at lists that included the bulk of the options; missing options are viewed as null, not last):

Swordmage (3 first, 1 last)
Druid (1 first, 1 last)
Artificer (1 first, 5(!) last)
Sorcerer (2 first, 2 last)
Fighter (1 first, 1 last)
Wizard (1 first, 3 last)

 

[Yaarel]

Psion
Bard
Wizard
Swordmage

Paladin
Druid
Warlord
Warlock
Barbarian

Cleric
Monk

Artificer
Ranger
Rogue
Sorcerer
Fighter

 

[Tonguez]

Psion
Bard
Wizard
Swordmage

Paladin
Druid
Warlord
Warlock
Barbarian

Cleric
Monk

Artificer
Ranger
Rogue
Sorcerer
Fighter

Really? You’d put Psion at the top?
I’m not disputing your rankings, just curious about some of the placements

 

[ichabod]

Rogue
Monk
Warlock
Fighter
Wizard
Ranger
Sorcerer
Barbarian
Druid
Cleric
Paladin
Bard

 

[ichabod]

According to my script for combining rankings, the current top 10 are:

Rogue (259)
Fighter (253)
Cleric (252)
Paladin (245)
Warlock (241)
Druid (230)
Wizard (223)
Sorcerer (220)
Barbarian (203)
Ranger (196)

Votes get 18 points for 1st place, 17 for 2nd, and so on.

 

[Yaarel]

Really? You’d put Psion at the top?
I’m not disputing your rankings, just curious about some of the placements

Fullcaster, thematic and versatile innate magic, physically competent: I love the Psion!

I have the 3e Psion in mind, but for 5e, I would make the class via a short-rest spell point Warlock chassis.

 

[TwoSix]

Fullcaster, thematic and versatile innate magic, physically competent: I love the Psion!

I have the 3e Psion in mind, but for 5e, I would make the class via a short-rest spell point Warlock chassis.

It's a tough choice for me between the Kibblestasty psion and Laserllama psion, but I think I prefer the Laserllama one. The Outsider subclass might be the single subclass I want to try most in all of 3pp 5e.

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