Rune Slayer Subclass Tier List – Best Subclasses

With our Rune Slayer Subclass Tier List, you’ll know which are worth unlocking and why, as well as the required base class.

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Rune Slayer Subclass Tier List

All subclasses, ranked!

S Tier

• Beast Tamer
  • Archer subclass
  • You can tame beasts when you unlock this subclass, which makes it much easier to collect certain pets and mounts
    • Some creatures require you to be a Beast Tamer, whilst others don’t
  • Your movement speed when riding a mount increases, which makes travelling much easier
  • When you have a pet fighting alongside you, they can also replenish some of your HP
• Cleric
  • Priest subclass
  • A stronger healer class that can revive fallen allies
  • This subclass has additional healing effects that strengthen the amount of replenishment
  • Simultaneously heal yourself whilst you heal your allies
• Berserker
  • Warrior subclass
  • Inflict enemies with Lifesteal
  • Buff your Physical DMG
  • Build up Rage to increase your movement speed, replenish your HP, and increase your overall power

A Tier

• Sorcerer
  • Magician subclass
  • Collect Arcane Charges and max them out so you can summon explosions and replenish your HP
    • At max Arcane, you have an ultra powerful spell that deals high DMG
• Sword Mastery
  • Warrior subclass
  • You can chain all nearby enemies together, which increases in capacity with Flux stacks
  • You can teleport to the location of the enemy, providing you with high agility on the battlefield
• Warlock
  • Magician subclass
  • Summon Imps and Fiends to fight alongside you in battle
    • These summons can also soak some of the DMG that is dealt to you
  • You get to steal Souls once you defeat an enemy, which allows you to summon your familiars

B Tier

• Sharpshooter
  • Archer subclass
  • This subclass has decent abilities, but it’s mainly a mixture of quick ballistic shots and charged shots that can pierce through enemies, so it’s a little lacklustre compared to the others
• Ashura
  • Striker subclass
  • Relies on knocking your enemy into the air before you can unleash the strongest move, which is fine, but a little tedious
  • Build up Wrath to boost your power
• Knight
  • Warrior subclass
  • Use your shield to block oncoming attacks
  • Comes with a DMG reduction ability and the chance to soak the DMG taken by allies
  • Manually increase Threat during battle
• Assassin
  • Thief subclass
  • Hide in the shadows by literally turning invisible before jumping out to surprise the enemy
  • Inflict enemies with the Blind debuff

C Tier

• Monk
  • Striker subclass
  • You get a new stance!
  • Mostly relies on Spirit Bursts, which allows you to teleport behind the enemy once you perform a Spirit Burst Finisher

D Tier

• Ninja
  • Thief subclass
  • Apart from the instant dash, this subclass is quite boring
  • You can knock the enemy into the air, dealing a small amount of DMG

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