D&D 5e Fighter Subclass Tier List
3Soup, Sean, and Dan return to talk about the Fighter subclasses. Yes Sean's mic is scuffed at the beginning because I forgot to unmute him for stream.
Tier Meanings (approximately):
S - Top Tier or Arguably Broken. Excels in nearly every circumstance.
A - Great. Solid in all circumstances.
B - Average
C - Bad
D - Really Bad
F - Never take this subclass
Considerations:
Overall featureset at lvl 20
Leveling curve (most people do not get past level 5/6/7)
Fun-value of play
How interesting is the flavor and how well is it implemented (boring but good vs interesting but bad)
Signature ability?
Balance/Design
Assumptions:
"Average Game" = ~lvl 6, 4-5 players, large amount of time spent in combat
No multiclassing
"Average stats" = ~16-18 in primary stat, ~14 in secondary stat, no higher than 12 in other stats
0:00 Prechatter
7:03 Scout
22:54 Arcane Archer
1:04:38 Banneret
1:16:25 Battle Master
1:33:53 Brute
1:46:22 Cavalier
2:21:54 Champion
2:36:10 I realize Sean has been muted for two and a half hours
2:38:15 Echo Knight
3:07:05 Eldritch Knight
3:31:50 Gunslinger
3:55:31 Psi Warrior
4:16:06 Monster Hunter
4:27:44 Psychic Warrior
4:47:58 Renegade
5:07:48 Rune Knight
5:25:40 Samurai
5:32:18 Sharpshooter
5:38:00 Tier shuffling and closing thoughts
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