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Dungeons & Dragons Online: builds, classes and role comparison

Find Dungeons & Dragons Online builds with exact selections, core classes and build-defining choices and role comparison. Choose a configuration for your activity.

Dungeons & Dragons Online rewards planning because class levels, feats, skills and enhancement choices are connected. A first character is easier to understand when it has one main combat approach. Decide what you want to use in a dungeon before distributing points across several unrelated possibilities, and check the requirements of later choices before accepting the next level.

These are the fifteen core classes. Archetypes are alternate versions of a class and access can depend on the account; the featured configuration uses the original Paladin, not Sacred Fist. Race, ability scores, level-by-level Feats and enhancement prerequisites all matter.

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Core classes and build-defining choices

Alchemist

Alchemy caster

Spell preparation and reaction-based alchemy.

Artificer

Weapons and devices

Runearms, spells and weapon enhancement choices.

Barbarian

Melee damage

Rage and physical offence with armour constraints.

Bard

Music and support

Songs, spells and melee specialisation choices.

Cleric

Divine magic

Healing, domains and divine spell choices.

Druid

Nature and forms

Spellcasting or animal form development.

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Paladin build-route comparison

A comparison of functions and trade-offs, without a numerical performance ranking.

Strength THF Paladin

Heroic area melee

Uses base Strength and the two-handed feat line shown here.

Strengths
No universal tree conversion required
Considerations
Requires enough base Strength for Feats

Charisma-based Paladin

Alternative stat conversion

Needs its own source of Charisma-to-attack/damage and a compatible feat plan.

Strengths
Can align offensive and class-support statistics
Considerations
Unlocks and point costs cannot be assumed free

Sacred Fist

Paladin archetype

Changes the original class toolkit and equipment assumptions.

Strengths
A different martial route
Considerations
This original Paladin list is not automatically transferable

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