Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-86.23.69.128-20140323212456/@comment-98.118.108.4-20140509005156

Knight for strength, Bandit for anything that uses dexterity (including str/dex characters, or dex/int or dex/fai), Sorcerer for spellcasting (regardless of if you're going to use miracles, sorcery, pyromancy, or hexes), Deprived for something other than those three. No other classes have such focused stats. Warrior and Swordsman both waste points in attunement, int, faith, etc, while bandit has one int. One. Objectively speaking, they are the four best classes, because while you can always raise a stat, you can never lower it beyond what you start with.