I was just curious what people are thinking about that.
My own list -
Killer:
Definitely Prince. But it’s too obvious and he’s Unique on top of that.
If we wouldn’t count Prince, it’s up to Hunter vs Knight.
And this might shock you, but i think Knight is better than Hunter.
Why?
Because: A good, not throwing Knight can CS as much as he can, while Hunter is limited to 2 uses that has 1 day break from actual death and on top of that his attack can be healed.
Also, Knight have basically a slightly worse bear that has unlimited uses and can be casted on anyone. The downside is however that after two successful guards you’re killed. But, let’s be honest… Has anyone ever striked two people down with two different bears?
However, Hunter has Retribution which can be sometimes really important for BD.
Also Knight claims are really tough to confirm these days and BD is just going “Knight claim? EXECUTE!” But any reasonably thinking BD won’t follow that thinking.
My winner for Killer: Knight (Not counting Prince)
Offensive:
This is a pretty easy one. As for now, we have only 2 Offensive classes for BD. The Drunk and The Butler.
Many people will say that Drunk is better, and i have to agree with that.
Drunk, just like Butler, can “Occupy” people and prevent them from taking action that night. In case of Drunk, he just takes the effect of choosen guy on himself. This can out potential evil killers, like Assassin, CL or Reaper. Butler can only prevent them from taking action; Drunk would already know it’s a Killer in that case. Drunk can also Happy Hour someone to make 100% sure he’ll take no action that night, even if he’s immune to occupation - Very powerful if used correctly.
However, Butler has higher survivability than Drunk thanks to his Concentrated Wine (Party), allowing him to prevent Killers from killing him, or not be converted into a lose.
Butler have also Nightshade Wine, which can be powerful if you suspect King of being evil but you have to execute someone else on stand.
My winner for Offensive: Drunk
Investigative:
Oh boy. Four candidates. Princess, Sheriff, Paladin and Observer.
Let’s start with Princess:
Her Flirt can easily confirm other people’s claims; A guy is claiming Alchemist but is Killer/Offensive? Out them! This is probably NK! (Or a framed fool…)
Her Will O’ Wisp can confirm Princess and other people’s claims on top of that. You can also bait attackers into killing you while you wisp confirmed BD/King, successfully outing them.
People seem to not like playing Princess and they think she’s kinda useless. But i have to say that i do enjoy playing Princess much more than Sheriff or Paladin and i think she’s useful.
Sheriff and Paladin: Two different factions, both work almost the same.
In case of Sheriff, he can only Investigate people to look if they’re Unseen. He can also Scout people to see if they got converted. Considering MM is showing up as BD first three nights, Sheriff can be kind of a pain to play; Especially considering Scout is useless most of the time, since MM is converting only once at the start and you’re probably not gonna get a scout off N1.
Paladin, on the other hand, can’t see if people are converted. But he can Kill CL with Smite. This can be very powerful and if Pally is lucky enough, he can end Cult even N2. It happens rarely, but it’s possible. Unlike MM, CL isn’t hidden first three nights so it’s not that bad too look for Evils as Paladin. I find myself finding much more Evils as Paladin rather than Sheriff. Cult is also more conversion-based, meaning Paladin can find much more evils, since Cult can have four members at the same time, that are always visible to him. (Unless Cult has Ritualist.)
Observer:
My personal favourite. His Follow is in my opinion the strongest ability in game. Being able to see who a guy visits and who visits them is very powerful, since it can out basically everyone, if Obs plays well. With his simple Follow he can out Conversions, Killers, Fake Claim, Evils and probably much more. If Obs is lucky and plays correctly, he can carry the game, without even using Peeks, that work exactly the same like old King’s checks. Peek is also very strong, but imho Follow > Peek
My winner for Investigative: Observer.
Social:
Two candidates. Psychic and Noble.
Many people would pick Psychic without even thinking. But i’m gonna say “No” to that, and i’ll say that Noble is better.
Psychic can link people at night to learn their claims and write them in logs. He can also speak to the dead, allowing him to out potential Possessor or Evils, that dead has deduced the time they died.
He can use his Telepathy at day to out the people dead said are evil. He can also hide his whispers from others, if that has any use…
Noble, on the other hand, has a very powerful voting game - he’s basically a second king. If king is evil and you’re in tough situation, Noble can cancel out King’s finger allowing you to stall, or just get a free vote on your side. He can be the deciding vote to Execute or Pardon the person on trial. He has Royal Blood on top of that, allowing him to become king before any other sus claims. His Spy allows him to hear a choosen person’s Whispers; a good tool to get claims for yourself, to then Snoop sus people’s logs and see if they have anything useful in them. Snoop is very powerful and should be used to it’s full potential.
A single spy can also out evils, like EK and MM whispering with eachother or MM claiming to his Merc.
My winner for Social: Noble
Support:
The last class type. Two candidates, as well: Physician and CW.
It’s pretty obvious, who’s the winner here. But let’s talk about them anyways.
CW can Magic Barrier someone to protect them from negative effects, like Conversion, Occupation, Mind Warp etc.
MB can be very powerful if Evils still have MM or CL; you can prevent them from getting a member for their team. You can also barrier a confirmed Physician/Alchemist to make sure they won’t be occupied by Invoker or Servant, so they can heal the poisoned/bled target.
Tornado can be used to swap two people. I don’t really know what’s the exact use for it since it mostly kills BD rather than help, but it can at least confirm CW.
For Phys, he can heal and revive a dead member to protect BD. Pretty straightforward.
I think that we all know who’s the winner for this class type.
My winner for Support: C… Physician
So, i already wrote a lot about my thoughts on best BD class for every class type. Now, i wanna hear YOUR opinion with reasons WHY you think this class is the best for the certain class type.
Thank you for answers.
(Holy, i really did write a lot.)
