Well I didn’t expect to see someone put warlock in first place, especially with the mediocre mention 
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I don’t think someone will put warlock in the 1st neither.
Mediocre, but no problem farming SR75-76. And no one uses Spark of Reality.
That may be a part of reason I enjoy the class 
Also patch 1.1.9.0 won’t ruin warlock, hopefully.
There’s no retal warlock (yet) so I think we’re safe 
Warlocks have AAR, so nerfs are guaranteed 
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Can you drop a gt of that?
No it surely is not. Anger. Misery. [I suffered no mastery].
I’m holding out hope for this final patch. Zantai has made us Paladin lovers suffer enough. (Okay, I shouldn’t say that because he might take it as a challenge.) IT ISN’T OH GREAT ONE! I assure you! F%$k! I’m doomed.
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My top 10 is based on playtime (which includes leveling in MC as well as endgame activities like farming) and the fun I had during that playtime. I don’t follow any meta, so I don’t care what’s the strongest or weakest class. The list is dominated by Occultists since it’s my favorite mastery. The 10th rank is pretty much interchangeable with the honorable mentions, I struggled to put a class in this spot so in the end I just took one of my current favorites.
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| 1 | Warlock | I got more Warlock builds than anything else, so naturally it’s #1. I know some skills are better used with other mastery combos but like I said, I don’t care for any meta |
| 2 | Conjurer | I spent a lot of time with this class, especially with my Double Familiar build (not a fan of pets in general but I love ravens). |
| 3 | Spellbinder | I used to play this class a lot after AoM came out (mostly AAR and CT). Not that much recently but it still deserves a spot in the top 3 |
| 4 | Sorceress | I haven’t spent that much time with this class compared to some others, but I’m having a lot of fun with it. Meteors! |
| 5 | Witch Hunter | My favorite DW melee class |
| 6 | Warder | I only got one Warder but it was my main farmer for a long while. Also my first build that ever beat SR76 (back when double Kaisan was a thing) |
| 7 | Pyromancer | I got only one Pyro but it was my main farmer for a long while. Also my 2nd oldest build (the oldest is a Trickster from Early Access, still not yet leveled to 100) |
| 8 | Ritualist | I wasn’t a fan of Drain Essence at first but after taking it into endgame, I really like it. My Acid Spray build is fun as well |
| 9 | Shieldbreaker | again, Meteors! I really like death from above 
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| 10 | Cabalist | Soullance, nuff said
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Honorable mentions: Elementalist, Oppressor, Sentinel, Spellbreaker, Trickster, Tactician. Haven’t played the other classes that much (or at all) or didn’t find them as fun as the others. But that will probably change after 1.1.9 drops, I’m gonna revisit a lot of classes that I tried only briefly or ignored altogether.
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uses dual blades with caster off-hand 
If this is so fast then maybe someone would like to test a similar silly Trickster with 6 double rare greens 
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/vNQ1wmEN
Maxed out Blade Spirits and Storm Totems + Chain Lightning. Although not sure if it survives Crucible.
Oh and @Valinov has a great 2H CL / BS / TSS Spellbreaker with only 2 Greens
Definitely worthy of adding to GrimSheet.
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/aZqxoWpV
Sorry for OT.
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it’s fast because of the amount of damage added to omen. just look at those numbers.
thanks for spellbreaker, will add this glass-canon later.
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What warranted the reaper reply specifically? Haven’t been able to follow all the replies so far. Also didn’t this get a nerf? Can’t remember what but I think banana mentioned a nerf to this build in 1.8
gotta have some cosmetic phys res just to show how flashy your build is with spare points
I see. Now try this on binder 10/10 class
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Spellbinder. Both masteries just combine really, really well. Stupidly well in fact but no one can complain about it.
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Sorcerer. Like Binder, Sorcerer is another combo that combines really well. It’s been strong for Fire/Burn since vanilla and still remains a top competitor in that area to this day.
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Warlord. Good amount of variety in melee skills and supports Physical damage amazingly. Defense is also pretty good.
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Conjurer. Top combo for pets and makes a great caster for Vitality.
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Ritualist. Ritualist is great for pets and as a Vitality caster as well. Despite ranking it lower, I do prefer what it brings to the table compared to Conjurer.
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Pyromancer. My personal favourite combo. Chaos is really versatile having builds for caster, ranged or melee. It might not be as strong as the above but it’s good enough.
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Mage Hunter. Go-to combo for Elemental casters of all kinds. Mage Hunter all-around has the potential to produce good builds and a lot of them.
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Druid. Makes for great Lightning or hybrid Cold/Lightning casters and 2-handed melee or ranged Lightning.
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Purifier. Poster boy for guns. But really, Purifier also makes a great pairing for casters as well. Only reason I’d place it low is that it especially comes off as bland or overdone.
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Dervish. Covers Acid/Poison melee really well with lots of options to choose from.
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Simple as dead 
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I’m going to make this a combination of objective + subjective rankings, as a lot of the classes are unfortunate in being strictly worse versions of other classes which really takes the fun factor away for me:
Top Tier
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Dervish - An incredibly versatile class that can do practically everything. Plays melee, ranged, caster, and “pets” all very well, and has an incredible variety of damage types that have been done with remarkable results.
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Infiltrator - The most boring of the top-tier classes, but you simply can’t argue with having two great auras that provide passive damage, RR, and damage reduction. Does both ranged and melee well because Inquisitor handles the ranged passives while Nightblade covers the melee passives. Multiple heals with large stacked DA, Blade spirits for more passive damage. Imagination is only limited by how many modifiers you can stack to Veil of Shadows at once.
Sentinel is very similar to Infiltrator as it also does a lot of different damage types and player styles at once, but while objectively Sentinel is in the top tier (probably in the 5th spot under Spellbinder), subjectively it lacks the trivial beginner leveling and ease of use that Infiltrator has.
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Conjurer - One of the most stacked beginner classes you can find because of the stupid amount of healing and resistances you get from the buffs alone, and that goes double if you decide to do pets. Can do any sort of pet damage types well, and vitality Dark One is so strong you can beat Crucible with Fevered Rage and not miss a beat.
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Spellbinder - In terms of what it does, it’s the best pound-for-pound combination in the game. Casters are always a lot of fun and I gravitate towards those more than melee. However, it loses points as the damage type you’re looking for with Spellbinder is either Aether, Aether, Aether, (maybe vitality), or Aether.
Great Tier
- Sorcerer - An absolutely incredible caster that has great results with Elemental, Aether or Chaos damage. Devastation is always a great spell to use, and thanks to Pyran’s Set, a build can be made that uses Mortar Traps, Devastation, and the Apocolypse amulet for maximum Meteors. It’s a tier below the other classes because occasionally it’s just a bit too squishy to handle difficult things to my liking.
Druid is similar to Sorcerer as it also has great caster abilities and also has amazing Primal Strike builds, but doesn’t have the same potential for explosions as Sorcerer does.
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Death Knight - I group Death Knight, Warlord, & Witchblade in the same category: unparalleled in Retal and great in Melee, and fairly lackluster anywhere else. Death Knight beats out Warlord in the subjective ranking because channeling retal to the face is best retal.
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Reaper - Reaper is similar to Blademaster in terms of being amazing at DW melee and mtuliple ways to stack ludicrous amounts of damage, but Reaper has the edge in handling both melee and caster roles while Blademaster is a more strictly melee role.
More Fun Tier than Objective Tier
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Deceiver - A low-key class that can surprise you in how versatile it could be. You can play an amazing Chaos ranged build in the Harbinger set, has both Curse of Frailty & Word of Pain for amazing proc-fiesta builds, and thanks to Radaggan Set, has an incredible Acid Sigils build that throws more Sigils than any other equipment could (I know Sentinel does it better because of Path of the Three, but screw that).
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Shieldbreaker - While in most cases, it’s practically an inferior Sorcerer or Sentinel, it does one thing that no other combination can dream of doing: a grenade launcher build where the “spell” is shooting a grenade to the face.
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Apostate - This class feels like a step-child; it doesn’t have a home in either Kymon’s or Death’s Vigil. Yet, people always find a way to make builds work with it and it warms my heart to see people trying to make unique stuff.
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