I will be honest…

I was completely shocked when I saw Zackhs. Like… he picked the generally least chosen class. Talk about being bold and overly positive.

Here is the thing, avengers are superbly powerful in defensive terms, especially against magical attacks. And, like it or not, a lot of attacks in dungeons are actually magical in nature. Even against physical ones, they are superbly strong because they can pick a path that has some shadowy tricks like those provided by rogue’s Subtlety path.

The problem? Levelling is beyond nightmare-ish. Especially if you are levelling alone.

Why? They dealt really small damage. Small, like, small small. And this statement was made by a beautiful girl who once played a defensive warrior who took the Unbreakable path, and is currently playing as a defensive guardian paladin. Putting aside [Sanctity Edge], my other abilities and normal attacks still deal more damage than avengers of similar level.

But to be fair, their threat management is also much better than mine. Some avengers even have better threat management than warriors.

But still, imagine comparing those damage output to other non-defensive classes that deal more damage. And think about how long it takes to deal with one monster at a time with this class when levelling.

They are really unpopular because of this dependency.

However, it needs to be addressed that they are superbly powerful at maximum level when played right. The combination of unbreakable defences like those of warriors and their shadow magic made them very hard to take down.

Slowly, their opponents will run out of HP or resources without realising it until it is too late. Well, dealing very small damage over time with shadow magic is definitely much better than not dealing damage at all.

Seriously, I would gladly clap my hands in approval when any of these avengers proudly claimed that, “Defence is the best offence.”

Anyway, avengers are only available for the undead class for clear reasons. They also only have three choices of paths which are Concealing for magical resistance and some physical defences, Shadow Embrace that empowers their curses and some trickery, and Regretful Blessings for buffs and debuffs. Boy, look at those path names. My childhood best friend should have taken this class and made a character named Edgy Wrespati. That definitely suits him.

By the way, if I met my deskmate earlier in the game I would not be hesitant in taking the avenger class. I mean, someone would have dealt enough damage and I would be a much better defender for the others.

Also, I will definitely steal Zackhs idea and pick a vampire-esque look so I would still be pretty. Perhaps more beautiful and a bit more mature. And thus I could keep my deskmate’s gaze upon me for a little longer…

Ugh, the temperature on my face has unwelcomingly increased, this must be a fever.

~AVK~