Elden Ring has 10 starting classes, and each offers its own unique pros and cons. But which one should you pick? In this guide, we break down every starting class in the new From Software title so you can choose the one that’s right for you.
The first and most important decision you’re going to make at the beginning of Elden Ring is choosing your starting class. Though you can certainly build your character into whatever you want them to be, the 10 starting classes provide you with upfront boosts to specific stats that benefit particular playstyles. In addition, you’ll start off with gear and potentially spells that match said playstyle.
In this video guide, we walk through each of Elden Ring’s starting classes and discuss the benefits of each in the early game. From the Hero class, which is a good melee-focused all-rounder, to the Confessor, a hybrid class that has a lot of points in strength, dexterity, and faith, meaning you can cast incantations without sacrificing melee capabilities. Or, if you truly love pain (and building your character from scratch), you could pick the Wretch, the Elden Ring equivalent of Dark Souls’ Deprived class.
We have a separate video to help you begin your journey in Elden Ring, with our beginner’s guide to the game, as well as more guide content, so make sure you subscribe to GameSpot on YouTube and check out the written versions on gamespot.com. In our Elden Ring review in progress, Tamoor Hussain awarded the game 10/10, calling it “a masterpiece of open-world design that places exploration and player agency at the heart of the experience.”
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Wretch all day I beat bloodborne and sekiro I’ll be ok
Prisoner's my go-to pick. Which I was not expecting when I first saw that mask in the reveal
Hero looks sick
Even FPS mode of PS5 verstion can't make 60 fps with PS5. Haha… FROM SOFTWARE must learn Optimization first. They are amateurs.
I play a lot of rogue games, this is my first soul's games. Which class do yall recommend for a newbie?
Wretch for Bonks 😆
Wretch….this is the way.
Wretch for first playthrough.
I'm a meat&potatoes type of guy, gonna go with Hero💪🏿
Best class for tank build?
Confessor or hero I think
Welp looks like I picked the wrong class…
Going to go with Prophet, support and assisting or killing is what I love and if I can be of use to any team or even just by myself with incantations and healing then I’ll be more than happy
Samurai cause weeb status not really though I love japans history outside of the weeb stuff cause it's fascinating just like Chinese and Korean history as well.
how come Vagabond is a Knight and the Hero looks like a Vagabond xD
I still don’t know what a quality build is
Melee it's my thing, but seems harder to play with the Hero class.
Thanks for the review & explanation.
Lucy, Lucy, Lucy… Wretch is the best one for min-max, has always been, was deprived thou. Gosh…
wretch!
prisoner gang rise up
Just played for a solid hour or 2 and this game BLOWS worst game i have ever played not even close. Cyberpunk was even better than this in the fun catagory.