Dark Souls 3 - The Best Starting Class! 

Time to spend 3 hours editing my face before it gets turned into beef jerky and covered by a helmet

everyone else: This has good stats im going to choose him me:this guy looks cool ima choose him

"Knight has the most poise out of any class" Yaaaaaaaaay....

1:05 "As you can see the Knight has the most poise" don't remind me ;-; rip havel

I use knight...what's to say?he looks cool.ive always been a big fan of knights with closed face helms.heck,I just like closed face helms,period.

Start with nothing, it makes everything you get awesome.

Top 5 best classes: 1) Deprived 2) Deprived 3) Deprived 4) Deprived 5) Call of duty sniper or whatever.

I really like the Pyromancer class because I feel like it's got a good balance of stats that allows you to become either a powerful spellcaster with good melee, a powerful melee fighter with good magic, or somewhere in the middle

there is no best....there is only......git gud

New to Dark souls & still started as deprived. just made sense to me for that rpg experience.

hmmmm *starts with thief*

Lol my first time playing a dark souls game I picked the deprived cause I couldn't decide on a class. I spent 3 hours fighting Iudex Gundyr.

2:08 The warrior starts with 16 FUKCIN STRENGTH

I thought Pyromancer was the best. The fireball is really useful early on.

lol he says poise like its useful xD

So this video has *NO* spoilers past the first boss, it only contains the first tutorial area and starting classes. Hope all of your Dark Souls 3 copies are arriving and everyone can finally play together! See you on the battlefield ;) There's also a link to a build optimiser in the description if you're interested in that.

Best class for parry gods/noobs destroying Gundyr: Assasin. Best class for overall usefulness/least limitations early on: Knight. Best class for respec: Deprived becuase you have the least restrictions level wise My favorite class? Warrior.

"Chime has a weapon art skill for healing that requires no miracles even be attuned" Dropping gems of intel for us.

The Knight class is what I've chosen since the first Dark Souls and the knight is what I will choose this time around. I strive to be a knight with an I breakable will!

For me, a starting class does matter. When I roleplay in dark souls, I create a backstory and everything for my guy

Sorcerer is really good for defeating Gundyr. Literally just soul arrow and run. I actually defeated him without getting hit and DS3 is my first Souls game.

what is that thing on his back? dont you know master Roshi was a cleric?

I cant play this game as i have no ps4 or a good PC,I tried downloaded and cant run it with my shitty laptop.So i download the firelink ost and cry every night until i fall sleep.FML

I actually found my Deprived to be one of my bests. If you can make it past Gundyr, then the fact that it starts at level one means that you'll be able to get more levels right away due to them being so cheap, and since all your stats start at 10, it puts you at a somewhat decent place to start building it into whatever you want!

My Dark Sould III experience so far is : Looking in 1 direction get 30-40 fps looking in the other and get 5-10 fps

I'm always the cleric, SCREW PATCHES

This is great to watch before it unlocks later today.

So glad to see a nice Video from you again :) Thanks and keep going the good work as far as your freetime allows it :P Greetings from Germany

thanks for the video!! I really like how you guys went against the first boss on every class and showed us the difference in an encounter instead of just talk about and have the chars wave or some boring shit. Thanks for the quality content! :D

This video has one of THE BEST intro I ever seen. Good job SunlightBlade! Also nicely done on all the research you've done

I've been playing Assassin

finally beat the first boss. Felt like my heart was gonna explode. Was on a sliver of health at the end

As a fairly unskilled newcomer to DarkSouls 3, I found that the Pyromancer was the best class for me, due to the fact that I start with a ranged magic attack, because I can pick off hard bosses from outside their attack range, and it's usually a one hit kill for most normal enemies. I find myself using it quite often when I want to get the drop on an enemy or pick off a boss from a semi safe distance.

My starting class will actually be chosen in a very unique way. I will be picking the option that will get me into the coolest top 10 videos on this channel, and im thinking thats the thief... XP

I don't even play the game yet I'm still watching

It's a shame poise makes zero difference in this game, no matter what your poise is pretty much every enemy can stunlock you =/ feels like a major oversight to me, not to mention the armor you wear makes nearly zero difference too given the highest base armor stat is 150 and then absorb % is taken into account, but every single armor in the game gives the exact same armor base stat, you can wear rags and have the same base stat as haval's >.< Absorb does make a bit of a difference but after 20% it's pointless tbh as it's just diminishing returns! I love this game but I really dislike how they've done the armor values :P

Since I'm not a filthy casual, only deprived for me. Don't even need to watch this video great vid though

This is one of the most helpful yet non-technical guides I've seen so far on the game. This new-ish player thanks you 😇

I’ve never played a dark souls game I just saw it on sale and bought it I’m still on the tutorial >:(

Ive always been a spear and polearm fan so i automatically chose Herald (outfit looks sick too). Fighting bosses was alright and surviving after waves of mobs was good as well because of Heal Aid. The only thing i wasnt prepared for was Kite Shield Hollows make my spear bounce off, regular Spear has poor range, the game punishes poking behind a shield because of severe stamina depletion as well as big chip damage. You can however block, let the shield get hit AND THEN shield poke. This lets you cancel a little bit of animation frames without getting the chunk of shave damage. SunlightBlade is correct about this class being strong and not overpowered. If you're new then i also recommend this class. Not only does it make you survive as a noob but also teach you new game mechanics like i've mentioned above.

i will say, pyromancer for life here, 1 point in dex, and im able to wield an astora straight sword, put it raw, and just upgrade it normally, and you will have to put alot of points in str to surpass an equally upgraded weapon for at least the first third of the game. you start with the fireball, meaning you can just throw a (small) area grenade that will deal alot of damage to alot of enemies. you get the axe, a good weapon to start with, and it had the warcry skill. you can grab and use a silver kite shield without any stat investment, so you can have a great shield, expecially if you go for sorceries, since you will be able to powerup your staff. pyromancer's only ault is its starting armor, and endurance, but put a few points in there, enough to wear a good armor, and you are pretty much set to go whatever way you want.

In DS2 if you use the Soul Vessel you can only reset the points you put in your character. So, in this case, the assassin with 14 luck points would stay with 14 points. Unless the Soul Vessel works differently in DS3, choosing the assassin for the luck points to later on reset them wouldn't work.

Deprived is the best one for the long run, you get the most customization with your class since you start at Soul Level 1 Knight is the most consistent and helps out starters Cleric assists people who want to play defensively with its extra heal and shield stability Warrior is similar to knight but the axe’s moveset takes a tiny bit more skill to know the timing Herald is the best class for 1 on 1’s since the spear can be used behind the shield Thief is good if you can fish out some backstabs, parries are a bit too risky for its overall setup, the bow also helps to do some chip damage Sorcerer is the best ranged, I’d say avoid this class unless you want a sorcery only build and keep in mind, you will have to spam the 2 spells you have for the most part of the early game up until the 3rd area of the game where you meet Orbeck(sorcery merchant) Pyromancer is decent overall, it doesn’t specialize too much in anything but the pyromancy helps out to take out a few enemies or to damage bosses from a distance

What is this? A video for Casuls?

Did you forget that deprived has the higest stats while still being level 1 also the part of being the weakest starting class makes it the strongest instead since the added risk increases your concentration and you start being untouchable and parrying everything

I'm totally new to Dark Souls, so was a bit daunted by all the different classes at first. Great video, detailing all the different classes, glad I chose the Knight now!

I went with deprived and beat Gundyr on my first go when I was expecting to get walloped a dozen times. Turns you have a lot of mobility when you're in your undies.

Wow, here I though Deprieved will be the go to class since is already starts at level 1 and all it's stats are 10. Thanks for making the video Sunlight and also putting that calculator link too.

"Whatever you do, just don't pick the thief" oh boi here i go creating a new character again

Started as mercenary and have no regrets.

Luck is an insane stat because it makes you proc more status per hit on enemies. It also increases the damage of the status effect from what I understand.

I’ve just brought this after playing Elden ring I can’t wait to play this this had been really helpful so thankyou 😊😊😊

Tip: Mark enemies before using ranged/magic so it takes less/no time to shoot/cast

Something else to note about the thief-he starts with the iron round shield, the best small shield in the game-100 percent physical damage absorption, stability on par with a lot of medium shields, and short parry start-up frames.

I can attest to "never start thief" **unless you know what you're doing. I started thief on a blind playthrough. I saw "oh look soul level 5, this is like starting pyromancer in Dark Souls". God I was horribly wrong.

sorcerers spells absolutely destroyed the first boss when i tried it, probably the easiest class actually to beat him with

Deprived for the most versatility for respecing. Definitely a ton of fun to switch around from dex, sorceries to str to faith, sorceries.

There is no best... just... PRAISE THE SUN!

1 hour and 55 minutes till release. WOOP WOOP!!!

The bandit's knife isn't only good for criticals. It offers a devastating flurry of blows plus bleed damage. Also, quickstepping is just as easy as rolling

And I can't even get passed the first boss

No matter which starting class you choose, you will become a Knight, no helping it. You'll lose the sorcery staff and move over to a straight sword (on the 1st walkthrough at the very least)

I love how well made this is! Love all the little edits you made when highlighting things in the menu! :D

in my first character was an Herald and when i arrive with Rosaria I turn into a Mage, now when im gonna play dark souls 3 in pc I wanna make a cleric

I'll be starting my first playthrough as a Herald. The only reason is because I like the armor set a lot. :P

Nice vid! I actually wanted to go off the vid again as I was more looking for a comparison of all character classes rather than only the top three but then I realized you actually did that! 😅 I appreciate the effort!

Been using knight, just got past abbyss watchers and I'm still using my starting weapon, shield and half the starting armour. Knights are kinda privileged lol

My body is so ready for this game...

I'm new to dark souls. You've been a big help

started with Thief played the game cosplaying as Greirat

Just played my 1st souls game this year - Bloodborne. Now I can't wait to get my hands on DS3 and maybe demon souls. But BB made me fall in love with souls games

I usually always pick the knight class, because it is so cool and because of a greater physical strength. My focus on each game because of this, is focusing on physical strength and then allowing for upgrading my attunement and faith as a secondary assistance variable.

I literally cried when I saw this in my sub box

One hand the thief's knife. It doesn't really do any more damage two-handed, and you can absolutely ravage enemies with the speed of the one-handed attacks. I started a new thief and I'm in love with the dagger. While bosses have been a bit more difficult, taking out common enemies is a piece of common fruit.

Thief ;_; It took me an hour to win against that first boss (yeah, I suck, I know)

I was really disappointed by the dual scimitars. They're slower and do less damage dual-wielded than they do 1-handed.

Been playing as the Deprived. The way I've built him probably isn't the best but it's been really working for me. So yay

I thought the deprived was always the most efficient starting class for min/maxing because it starts at level 1 so you have complete control over where your stats go so no stats are wasted. I guess not?

Pyromancer is pretty good. It’s probably just a little overwhelming with stats. But it murders bosses!

who is watching this as your game is downloading on Steam? xD

lol, knight has the most poise. If only.

This is hugeeee Thank you this helps massively while I’m in quarantine

I should do deprived. Seems smart

Vote Herald for early Fashion Souls.

The clerics back thing is so they don't grow any darkness within them outward.

Assassin is best class because it is easy peasy, ESTOC OP

cleric for me. Sun Bros! :)

Damn I just find out about your vid after starting NG+ and wound up looking every other of your vids lol. Currently at level ~180 Good channel, interesting content plus really exciting material and presentation. Like how you enjoy playing your games. Cannot wait to see others! Good job mate, keep it up!

Thief only class that has cool jump...well I know who I'm being

wrong. it's Pyro all the way.

Switching to knight from cleric was the best decision I ever made god bless u

I played for 2 hours and already died 9 times)

I am going full Battle Mage.

I started as a thief. It was hard, but even though the dagger did little damage, the bleeds were a massive help especially to anything that had no armor. Died many MANY times relying on my rolls and quickstep to save me. Eventually, when certain enemies were too tanky, relentless, and resistant to my bleeds and poisons, along with bullshit like rolls failing to work, I had to give up the build to progress. Gave it up entirely at the silver knights on the staircase in Anor Londo. The tricky thing I unfortunately never did was that you need to level luck if you wanna seriously keep using that dagger like I did, but you also need dexterity for the bow. Quickstep seems to be better than rolling for middle weights, but I couldn't use it to cancel my attack recovery as fast as rolling. Also you cannot follow up a quickstep with a rolling attack.

Herald's Shield is the Drangleic Shield. I love this game reusing armour to make them all feel interlinked.

*tries ds3 can't kill the first boss*

I'll be getting it soon! I can't wait to dive in! Thanks for the video!

Dark Souls 3 release is tomorrow in Europe ;_;

Deprived gang where you at??

The thief is the hardest to use. I personally don’t feel the same , I did an entire play through with just the starting knife and the amount of bleed that thing can put out is nuts, although I’m an experienced player so maybe that’s why I found it so easy. But personally I feel the bleed makes it much better in taking out bigger enemies.