Classes of Norrath

Overview of all 14 classes available on Kartonath Classic.

Warrior

Tank Difficulty: Easy BIS Gear →

The frontline fighter. No spells but highest HP and armor. Essential for every group and raid.

STRENGTHS
  • Highest HP and AC
  • Best tanking abilities
  • Disciplines at higher levels
WEAKNESSES
  • No spells
  • Cannot heal
  • Exp hungry in groups

Cleric

Healer Difficulty: Easy BIS Gear →

The primary healer. Essential for all group and raid content. Divine Aura provides temporary invulnerability.

STRENGTHS
  • Best heals in game
  • Resurrection spells
  • Group buffs
WEAKNESSES
  • Slow movement
  • No utility outside healing
  • Mana intensive

Paladin

Hybrid Difficulty: Medium BIS Gear →

Holy warrior — tank/healer hybrid. Excellent group utility with heals, buffs, and undead control.

STRENGTHS
  • Plate armor
  • Heals and buffs
  • Lay on Hands
  • Undead control
WEAKNESSES
  • XP penalty
  • Jack of all trades

Ranger

Hybrid Difficulty: Medium BIS Gear →

Nature warrior with archery and tracking. Good DPS with dual wield at higher levels.

STRENGTHS
  • Tracking ability
  • Dual wield
  • Nature spells
  • Good DPS
WEAKNESSES
  • XP penalty
  • Weaker than pure classes

Shadow Knight

Hybrid Difficulty: Hard BIS Gear →

Dark knight — tank with necromancer spells. Excellent solo class with lifetap and fear.

STRENGTHS
  • Lifetap
  • Fear kiting
  • Plate armor
  • Undead spells
WEAKNESSES
  • XP penalty
  • Faction issues

Druid

Support Difficulty: Easy BIS Gear →

Nature caster with heals, ports, and damage spells. Extremely versatile and desirable.

STRENGTHS
  • Ports everywhere
  • SoW buff
  • Heals
  • Quad kiting
WEAKNESSES
  • Lower heals than Cleric
  • Mana intensive

Monk

DPS Difficulty: Medium BIS Gear →

The fastest melee DPS class. Feign Death ability makes them excellent pullers.

STRENGTHS
  • Highest melee DPS
  • Feign Death
  • Fast attack
  • Good solo
WEAKNESSES
  • Cannot wear metal armor
  • Weight restrictions

Bard

Support Difficulty: Hard BIS Gear →

Song-based support class. Twist multiple songs for incredible group buffs. Most complex class to play well.

STRENGTHS
  • Incredible group buffs
  • Speed song
  • Mana/HP regen
  • Charm kiting
WEAKNESSES
  • Very complex
  • Mediocre damage
  • No real downtime

Rogue

DPS Difficulty: Easy BIS Gear →

Stealth melee DPS with backstab. Highest burst damage when properly positioned behind targets.

STRENGTHS
  • Highest backstab damage
  • Sneak/Hide
  • Lockpicking
  • Poison making
WEAKNESSES
  • Positional dependency
  • No utility spells
  • Weak solo

Shaman

Support Difficulty: Medium BIS Gear →

Versatile support caster with slows, buffs, and heals. Slow spell makes them invaluable at higher levels.

STRENGTHS
  • Slowing spells
  • Strongest buffs
  • Heals
  • Can solo
WEAKNESSES
  • Slow casting
  • Mana hungry

Necromancer

DPS Difficulty: Hard BIS Gear →

Death magic caster with a pet. Best solo class in the game via fear kiting and life tapping.

STRENGTHS
  • Best solo class
  • FD ability
  • Lich form
  • Pet
WEAKNESSES
  • Faction issues
  • Complex
  • Mana intensive

Wizard

DPS Difficulty: Easy BIS Gear →

Pure damage caster. Highest burst damage and best ports in the game. Glass cannon.

STRENGTHS
  • Highest burst damage
  • Evacuation ports
  • Teleport spells
WEAKNESSES
  • No utility
  • Needs downtime
  • Squishy

Magician

DPS Difficulty: Easy BIS Gear →

Pet caster with summoning abilities. Best pet in the game plus solid nukes.

STRENGTHS
  • Strongest pet
  • Can summon gear
  • Solid DPS
  • Good solo
WEAKNESSES
  • Limited utility
  • Pet management

Enchanter

Support Difficulty: Hard BIS Gear →

Crowd control and mana battery. The most powerful support class — charm, mez, haste, and clarity.

STRENGTHS
  • Clarity mana regen
  • Haste buffs
  • Charm
  • Best CC
WEAKNESSES
  • Extremely complex
  • Squishy
  • Charm breaks