Favorite D2 classes ranked

I thought why not post a sequel to my other thread: D3 classes from least favorite to most favorite
Here are mine, from least favorite to most favorite:

  • Assassin (I don’t really like it)
  • Druid (it’s nice and all but it kinda feels like a rip off of other classes)
  • Amazon (unlike Assassin/Monk, it’s far more fun than DH to me)
  • Paladin (it’s really nice)
  • Necromancer (it’s good)
  • Barbarian (it’s really good)
  • Sorceress (it’s awesome)

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/blizzard/c/diablo-ii-general-discussion

If you must:

Druid was the best (I loved Fissure), Amazon was the worst. Everyone else was about the same.

Are you going to ask about D1 next? Or Hellfire? :fire: :fire: :fire: :fire: :fire:

Who wants to guess which class I played?

I also played Amazon when I found a Windforce, when it was SUPER rare, but when I came back later to the game, Amazons were just awful.

Diablo 2 + LoD best to worst:

Necromancer
Sorceress
Barbarian
Druid
Paladin
Amazon
Assassin

Diablo 1 + Hellfire (+ unlocked classes code*) best to worst:

Sorcerer
Monk
Warrior
Barbarian*
Rogue
Bard*

Paladin the Barb.

Was never a fan of ranged classes back then so never tried Sorc or Amazon. Necro was just not my style back then so had no interest. Tried the Assassin and Druid when LoD hit and was not a fan either.

Alot has to do with the game taking so long to get through for me and the lack of time I had , plus I loathe Act 1.

D3 in the other hand was faster, played a lot smoother, and I had a tone more time to invest so I’ve tried and played every class. Still not a big fan of the Wizard or Necro. Bug bully melee characters are my go to.

Favorite

  1. Sorceress (what’s not to like?)
  2. Amazon (1.09 multishot, but otherwise Javazon)
  3. Necro (could clear Hell without items. When skill lvls actually mattered)

BRING BACK THE SKILL TREE

  1. Paladin (
  2. Druid <---- Played those classes on/off.
  3. Assasin (

  1. Barbarian (worst character EVER. So boring!)
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My rank:

  1. Paladin
  2. Necromancer
  3. Sorceress
  4. Barbarian
  5. Druid
  6. Amazon
  7. Assassin

This is really, really tough.
If they had a balance patch to bring classes in line, it would be almost impossible.
But if you factor in power, not just playstyle and flavor, the rankings get all skewed to who can clear best, so you have to like remove power from mattering or else it would be the tier 1 meta builds.

Power?
Hammerdin w/o a doubt, then Light Sorc, Blizz sorc, Windy Druid, Trapsin, rest are after these builds. All are unplayable for me personally bc meta.

Favs would be things like:
Barb (Throw, axes and spears, Howl)
Necros (Poison Dagger, Iron Golem, Curses)
Zon (Java, then Bow)
Sorc (Lightning)
Druid (Fire, Bear summon)
Paladins? No thanks. Charge animation is so cool, aura’s are cool, but the whole Hdin thing really ruined the class for me. Zeal’s ok, i prefer Frenzy Barb tho for melee, WW looks awesome, just too simple.

From least to favorite PvE-wise:
Assassin: with my favorite build being a trapsin.
Barbarian: with my favorite build being a frenzy barb.
Amazon: with my favorite build being a javazon.
Necromancer: with my favorite build being a bonemancer with summons.
Paladin: with my favorite build being both a smiter and zealer
Sorceress: with my favorite build being an ES Lightning Sorc
Druid: with my favorite build being a wolf druid with Armageddon on the side.

Least to Favorite Pvp-wise:
Assassin: with my favorite build being a ghost assassin.
Amazon: with my favorite build being a bowazon.
Druid: with my favorite build being a Rabies Wolf druid.
Necromancer: with my favorite build being a pure bonemancer.
Barbarian: with my favorite build being a ww barbarian.
Paladin: with my favorite build being a v/t smiter.
Sorceress: with my favorite build being an ES Lightning Sorc.

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Would likely change from day to day, when thinking about it, but today it is

  1. Sorceress
  2. Necromancer

add some spaces here

  1. Amazon
  2. Assassin
  3. Paladin
  4. Barbarian
  5. Druid

I again make a Tier List instead of a Ranking

S Tier

Sorceress
Without a question S Tier. She has all the cool spells and spell effects (Frozen Orb, Firewall, Hydra, Meteor, Thunderstorm) and some of the coolest builds (especially Hybrid Builds of two elements).

Amazon
Or to be more specific: Lightning Fury Amazon. That skill is just the apex of awesomeness. Multishot and etc, are nice, but sadly kinda underpowered. I would have loved to use them more if they were more efficient.

But still, even that these skill had the potential to be great and that LF is so awesome, I put Amazon in S Tier.

A Tier

Paladin
I really only like the FanaZealer, but that one is awesome. I also loved the animation for Fist of the Heavens, but that skill was useless due to the ICD. Also both in D2 Classic and Median XL, the Paladin was the first class I every played, so it will also have a special place for me.

B Tier

Assassin
The highest I ever leveled a single character. iirc she was either 94 or 96, can’t rememebr exactly. And she was a Phoenix Striker Assassin, not some Trapsin. I just loved the fantasy of Phoenix Strike.

C Tier

Druid
I didn’t play that much Druid. I played a lot of Druid in Median XL, but not in D2. Hurricane, Armageddon and Twisters were cool and I played with these builds a bit, but Shapeshifting never really was my thing.

Necromancer
The spell effects of Bone Spear, Bone Spirit and Bone Armor were awesome imo and that is why this is not ranking lower. I never really was a summoner fanatic, probably because that build took a while to summon all the stuff and was not that powerful iirc.
Corpse Explosion is effectwise great in D3 but not in D2 and in D2 it was not really efficient to combine summoning with the spells iirc, or at least I couldn’t make it work that well.

Barbarian
Whirlwind was great (although only useful in D2 Classic iirc), but the rest of the Barbarians effects where not really interesting for me (Frenzy and Double Swing where somewhat interesting in regards to animations) and since visuals are kinda important for me, I can not rank this higher.

Tough question because sometimes fun wasn’t very effective.

Druid is definitely one of my favorites, so many build varieties but fire druid never very good for hell.
Barbarian. Frenzy barb was so fast. WW fun too.
Sorceress I liked but sometimes I think just because of how effective it was.
Necromancer. Loved corpse explosion but always tried to make a successful poison dagger build and always failed.
Amazon, Assassin, Paladin to wrap it up. I played those the least but its not that I didnt like them… I think all classes were good.

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Before the expansion:

Barbarian (No surprise there)
Paladin (I had a really good sacrifice build before the skills were changed)
Amazon (The versatility was nice)
Necromancer (I’m not into casters, but this one was fun)
Sorceress (Ironically the best character I had, melee fire Sorc low 70s)

With the Expansion:

Barbarian (Still no surprise there)
Paladin (I had a really good sacrifice build before the skills were changed)
Druid (Werebear was so much fun)
Amazon (The versatility was nice)
Assassin (I one shotted Diablo using a Maul and Tiger Strike)
Necromancer (I’m not into casters, but this one was fun)
Sorceress (Ironically, still, the best character I had, melee fire Sorc low 70s)

Least favorite -
1)paladin (cause I have to hotkey zeal/attacks to left click)

Next tier:
barbarian
amazon
druid
necro

Favorites:
assassin - dragon tail, dtalon, dflight - all the kick variants I find pretty fun. Also the crowd control and speed are quite good.
sorceress

From least favorite to favorite.

Druid - Kinda clunky
Assassin - Traps were kinda boring
Paladin (hammers were boring) zeal was fun i guess
Barbarian - Spin to win
Sorceress - Always my 1st hero on ladder reset easy to farm with
Necro - Poison skills and raising dead is awesome

From favourite to least favourite:

  • Amazon (still play them - LF javazon, Strafer and Fendazon as a variant)
  • Sorceress (Nova/Orb sorc in 1.09 was da bomb)
  • Necromancer (what’s not to like?)
  • Barbarian (Frenzy, nuff said)
  • Druid (enjoyed wolf summons)
  • Assassin (played very little)
  • Paladin (barely played at all)
Barbarian (WW FTW)
Sorceress (Frozen Orbs so much fun)
Amazon (Bow or Java still a great class)
Druid (Shape shifting)
Assassin (Who doesn't wanna be a Ninja)
Paladin (Great for new players)
Necromancer (You summon stuff so fun)