D&D 5e Class Tier Rankings Retrospective Review

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  @lejandario7779 · 4 years ago

  As a monk main, I've never been so offended by something I totally agree with.

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• ST

  @Stray_GM · 4 years ago

  Congrats to Monty for his PhD! The Dungeon Dude becomes the Dungeon Doctor.

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• TH

  @TheZandaz · 4 years ago

  With the Monk, I also think of a lot of the 'awesome moments' don't come from being effective, but from the 'coolness' of their abilities.  Like you could have an awesome moment where a monk runs across water, up a wall and punches a guy 4 times dealing 35, damage. But then the fighter shoots twice with their bow and sharpshooter for 40 damage, and still has their movement and bonus action left. What's an awesome moment for the monk is often just what another class can achieve effortlessly.

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• MO

  @monsteralta · 4 years ago

  &quot;Barbarian is the best class for detect and destroy traps in dungeons&quot;<br>Said the barbarian in my campaign, single handly stepped on 12 beartraps and triggered 7 poison dart and still make it alive

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• JO

  @johncarney1263 · 4 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;ll throw my argument for best two-person campaign: Paladin/Druid. It&apos;s unkillable, still get healing, and they do not overlap almost at all with scores/abilities/skills

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• TH

  @thecognitiverambler8911 · 4 years ago

  I think the argument for maybe a &quot;C&quot; in exploration that Fighters and Barbarians can enjoy is the fact that it&apos;s actually pretty common to need a &quot;strong man&quot;. &nbsp;Push a boulder, move a statue, smash a something-or-other. &nbsp;Often a spell can solve the problem, but being absurdly strong doesn&apos;t cost a spell-slot, and most classes are dumping their Str scores.

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• JO

  @JohnPyrich · 4 years ago

  On the Monk, my friend had the best comment when his son was thinking about a Monk. He said that the Monk is like a keyboard player in a classic band structure. They add to what’s there, but they can’t replace any of the other core roles.

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• MA

  @MattyPGood · 4 years ago

  The problem with the Monk is that they gave a lot of cool Monk abilities to the Rogue and then gave the Monk worse versions of the abilities

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• WI

  @willydstyle · 4 years ago

  One of the things that contributes to a Paladin being a good negotiator is that in <b>many</b> campaign worlds they occupy a space of authority in the society they are in, which gives them better fictional positioning for negotiating even if they don&apos;t have a lot of abilities that support the role.

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• AC

  @actuallyroger · 4 years ago

  Fun fact: Gf just informed me that Every time these guys introduces themselves I apparently verbally (and subconsciously) ask “And who are you?” Just in time to hear “We are the Dungeon Dudes” <br><br>Well done Kelly and Monty. You have wormed your way into my subconscious brain. 😅

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• PO

  @PorterPickUp · 4 years ago

  Barbarian and Fighter are perfect examples of the gulf of a divide between martials and spell casters in 5E.

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• DU

  @dugget8990 · 4 years ago

  With the incredible jumping distance, increase move speed and advantage in dex saves as well as being able to ignore being surprised barbarians are actually quite good at exploration and dungeon delving, triggering traps and revealing enemies

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