Demon's Souls - Classes
The ten starting classes of Demon's Souls. A class only sets the opening stat spread, equipment and soul level, and every stat can be raised at the Maiden in Black afterwards, so the choice matters most for the first two worlds: it decides whether the player starts with a shield, a bow, a catalyst o...
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| Name | Description | Role | Weapon Proficiencies | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soldier | The default all-rounder. The Soldier opens with a straight sword, a shield and light armour, spread across Vitality, Endurance and Strength without leaning hard on any of them. | Balanced frontline melee | Straight Sword Shield | Starting class (character creation) |
| Knight | The heaviest of the conventional melee starts. | Armoured tank | Straight Sword Large Shield Heavy Armour | Starting class (character creation) |
| Hunter | The bow start. The Hunter opens with a bow and a light melee backup, and a Dexterity spread that makes both worth using. | Ranged skirmisher | Bow Axe Light Armour | Starting class (character creation) |
| Priest | The miracle start. The Priest begins with a mace, a shield and a talisman, plus enough Faith to cast Heal from the first area. | Faith melee support | Mace Shield Talisman | Starting class (character creation) |
| Magician | The sorcery start. The Magician opens with a wooden catalyst, a light blade and enough Intelligence and Magic to cast Soul Arrow immediately, giving the player a ranged answer to almost every early enemy. | Ranged caster | Catalyst Dagger | Starting class (character creation) |
| Wanderer | A light, evasive melee start built around a curved sword, a small shield and high Dexterity. | Agile melee duelist | Curved Sword Small Shield Light Armour | Starting class (character creation) |
| Barbarian | The pure Strength start. The Barbarian carries a heavy axe, wears almost nothing and skips the shield entirely, putting everything into Vitality and Strength. | Raw strength bruiser | Great Axe Unarmoured | Starting class (character creation) |
| Thief | The only class that starts with a Luck investment. | Luck build and item finder | Dagger Small Shield Light Armour | Starting class (character creation) |
| Temple Knight | A Knight variant built around a halberd and a large shield. | Armoured polearm and Faith hybrid | Halberd Large Shield Heavy Armour Talisman | Starting class (character creation) |
| Royalty | The strongest opening for a magic build. | Caster-friendly nobility | Thrusting Sword Catalyst | Starting class (character creation) |
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