Talk:Classes (Dark Souls)/@comment-41.107.82.237-20140527002203/@comment-75.174.85.32-20161211032219

Personally i find the Bandit to be the best starting class overall

The (relatively) high starting vitality and endurance make taking damage less risky

The base stats are roughly equivalent to the warrior for just about any quality build variant

Endurance and armor allow for fast rolling if you forego the shield or if you keep the shield but forego the helm and gauntlets.

The lack of magical ability can be largely worked around with either a couple levels or crossbows

The battleaxe's high DPS makes the early game quite a bit easier

The relative lack of poison resist is moot b/c spider shield has full poison/toxic block