Best class, favourite class Options

[Baronius]

No this is not a poll, rather a discussion topic.

What is the class you think to be the most powerful in BG2 (and ToB), and what is YOUR favourite class?

As for me, I'm sure that the Sorcerer is the most powerful class in the game. It's also a favourite class of me, I think not only because it is strong but also because the Sorcerer's energy comes from his/her veins... anyway I also like the Conjurer a lot.

[balduran]

The answer to this question really depends on a lot of things like playing style and your personal view of what a good character should be. But since I've been through the game about 15 times, I guess I can at least say which classes I find it easiest to beat the game with, considering their advantages and disadvantages. You can even call it a SWOT analysis.

So, who's strongest:

1) level 9 kensai dualed to a thief - this guy can single the game and at the same time excel in a party. Hits everyting, can hide and backstab, etc.

2) Sorcerer - extremely powerful both working alone or in a party

3) Fighter/druid combinations - both multi and dual. Some people I've spoken with consider cleric/rangers to be a better class, but at the beginning of the game c/r are significantly weaker, because they're bad at hitting the target and still lack usefull spells.


My favourites are:

1) Kensai/Mage - provides verious challenges from the beginning to the end of the game. You start with a good fighter, then you crawl around until you get good spells and regain THAC0. Then you become better with your spells, but never improve your fighting, which means you have to adapt your style throughout the game. I love it, love it, love it.

2) Sorcerer

3) Swaschbuckler

4) Kensai\thief

5) Totemic druid - I like druids in particular, but don't want them to shift into animals. That's why I made the burning man (although he is a fighter, not a druid).