Of course we do accept that the possibilities that exist with other classes, some are capable of achieving larger damage or healing numbers for example, but considered as a whole these are by far the best for us. Whether it’s the party healing, damage dealing Highlander or the pinnacle of elemental damage Zodiac, all of these can be considered the very best at what they do. Each class here is capable of doing fantastic things, often over and above those achievable by the non-elites. Our Elite tier then is just that: Those classes that are, for our money at least, by far the best available in Etrian Odyssey Nexus. Regardless, we’re going to try to reason with you and attempt to get you to see things our way, otherwise known as the right way. There’s likely to be plenty of tier positions and options that you might not agree with, after all there are countless class combinations and party options, each of which will chime with different player sensibilities. Anyway, let’s get on with breaking down each individual tier shall we?īefore we get into our top tier it’s probably worth noting that that this is a very personal tier list. Sure they can perform well and a few of them have fantastic utility, but we found them lacking in all round performance compared to the rest. ‘OK’ tier is where things truly start to slow down, containing as it does classes that we felt didn’t quite fit with the whole Nexus thing. The ‘Great’ tier isn’t exactly a huge distance back in our minds and all of the classes contained there will do very well in most party builds, they just don’t quite reach the heights of the elite.

These classes have the highest ceiling in terms of damage, protection, healing and ailments, often all combined and rolled into one amazing class. We have categorised our top tier as ‘Elite’, and in our opinion this is composed of the absolute best of the best. With such a huge choice on offer, surely the done thing would be to organise them into some kind of satisfying ranking list of sorts? Perhaps in the form of tiers…?Īnyone familiar with our Top 5 Classes in Etrian Odyssey Nexus is unlikely to be surprised by our top tier choices, though the final two that make the cut may seem a little unusual. In place of their personalities, your group of silent protagonists will take on one of numerous class choices, 19 in the case of ‘Nexus, and embody their various archetypes. The key difference between these and the Etrian Odyssey system, at least outside of the Untold series, is that the classes chosen here are your characters. In fact, we’d go so far as to say that they all come with a system something like this, whether their ‘points’ or ‘talents’ system highlights it as such or not. Characters, Roles, Classes or even Jobs – RPG games often come with one or a combination of these systems.

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