@@auri1075 lol same, but more organized. I usually have ice rod, a ranged weapon or two (not necessarily the class just a weapon that attacks from a distance), and a sword as my weapons while fighting.
@@gabeclements2501 i said it that way for the funsies, but mine is also pretty organized, it still contains multiple random things, a few magic weapons for debuffs and damage, a ranged weapon to do steady damage when out of mana, a good melee to deal damage up close when the enemy is kinda still. Maybe a weapon with life steal if i have. Sentries, summon. And that would be it. (Of course tools, potions, random equipment, other items with effects) If im near the end of a run i end up with almost half an inventory full of "must have" items. Its worth it being prepared for everything tho, from simple exploration, to building and fighting bosses or invasions, im always ready, or i need minimal preparation.
Melee: you suck at dodging? No problem! Ranger: kill bosses in under 5 seconds! Mage: end events immidietly after they start! Summoner:why fight when something else can fight for you? Rogue:throwing's dream
My favorite class is Summoner, just because that's where my first memories come from when I first played terraria right after 1.4, I made myself the imp staff and some other summons but didn't know how to make the armor or potions lmaooo ik n00b
I love summoner because when I first started playing terraria moon lord kept kicking my ass but I heard the stardust dragon was a good weapon against him so i bought some tiki armour, made the staff and kick his ass and that is where my love for summoner started
Yeh be happy you started summoner in 1.4. Summoner in pre 1.4 atleast pre hardmode was pure pain. Imps were horrendously annoying/bad, slime staff farming for pure summoner experience was just pure hell.
mage is by far the most fun class in calamity, it has such variety and i was never bored during my playthrough. While i feel like ranger is in a way lacking, definitly in early hardmode
Summoner in Terraria is for me like Stealth Archer is for many people in Skyrim I always say "ok let's do X class only", then I find a Summoner weapon, spawn it for that small boost in dmg while exploring, start getting lazy when aiming for bosses, then I just accept I'm a summoner for life The Only time I've actually kept away from summoner is in a Mod of Redemption's Druid class playthrough because most seed bags have auto aim from the very start so I just spam seeds everywhere without aiming and I just focus on dodging, it's essentially like playing a sentry Summoner
I just finished my first calamity revergence playthrough today and it was almost entirely ranger. I couldn't decide whether to go summoner or rogue for my next one but this video helped persuade me to rogue.
I'm currently going through my first calamity playthrough as rogue so that I'm forced to dive into all of the new content. It's REALLY fun so far, I think it was a good choice.
I found a summon item that looked like a jellyfish, my mind went to a floating companion. what I didn't expect was 1. yoyo range(close-medium) 2. sticks to mouse long as left click is held 3. can be spun right round baby oh yeah, the secret fishermen class is all coming together
One thing I would like to mention for the newer players is a mechanic called Proficiency. It's basically an EXP system where if you deal damage, you get proficiency in that damage type. Get enough proficiency and you unlock perks such as more damage or minion slots (for summon damage). It takes a pretty large amount of time to fully level any one proficiency type so being committed to the same class for your whole playthrough can be beneficial, but don't let it scare you from changing classes in the middle of your playthrough if you want to try something else.
As someone who's gone through all of them, here are my rankings 5. Melee- while it has good defense and some really good weapons, it starts to struggle in more difficult game modes 4. Rouge- this class is really good early game and can dish-out some good damage, however, like mentioned in the video, the stealth feature is fairly useless 3. Mage- Mage is definitely one of the better classes as it is extremely powerful late game but struggles with some early game and mid game bosses 2. Ranged- this was the first class I played I feel like it is a perfectly rounded class that can deal crazy damage throughout all stages of the game, it feels like it has the most amount of weapons in the mod as well [I'm not sure if that's true but it feels like it] 1. Summoner- this is the best class in the calamity mod in my opinion for a few reasons, 1. you don't have to focus on dodging which is really helpful for bosses like SCal. 2. it doesn't require ammo or mana which are two things that hurt ranged and mage. 3. the minion slot progression throughout the mod can make seemingly useless weapons for a non summoner overpowered and you can easily mix summoner with other classes even though it gives you a damage decrease and is just easy extra damage especially for some of the worst classes like melee.
i still would rank rogue at 3rd, cause although, yes, the stealth feature would be useless in higher and more difficult fights, it still has good dps and defence(can either be the 3rd highest defence or 2nd). plus you can still dodge and move quite often while waiting for the stealth meter to reach max
Summoner/mage can be really powerful and is one of my favorite ways to play but it kinda sucks that you have practically all of your inventory filled with weapons
I started with rouge, biggest mistake of my life. I had no idea what any boss did, and no idea what revengance mode does. I personally think that range is the best because you can mainly focus on dodging, which is useful for your first playthrough. However, I do recommend rouge after your first or second playthrough
While I mostly lean on the Melee side, the weapons and class I choose usually depends on the situation, like the kind of boss I'm going to face or the biome I'm traveling to. Having a variety of weapons and classes to choose from can give you utmost advantage in any battle.
Thank your very much for this video. I started playing terraria and the calamity mode today. This was a very useful video for a beginner like me. Good explanation and a short video instead of a 20 minute video.
I started my Revengeance mode run a while ago and I didn't really have any specific class before killing crabulon, I got the shroomerang from Crabulon, and decided to play as rogue. It's a fun class to play as and I'm currently at Cryogen in that run. Crabulon has 2 great rogue weapon drops, shroomerang and mycoroot, which can both be very useful for almost every pre-hardmode boss, when paired with the luxor's gift.
My first Calamity gameplay (yesterday) I play as a mage because I defeated the game as a mage like 4 time and said to myself (how hard could be) is very hard and revengeance mode is on
Nice vid dude, my youtube and google history was all about what class to start but most info were either outdated or not that helpful. This video clarified my choices, thanks!
I just finished my first playthrough of Calamity on Expert mode with Revengeance enabled! I decided to try out Summoner since it felt like the mod added so much general progression compared to Vanilla. The early and midgame were very hard for me, though how much of that was Summoner and how much was Calamity was hard for me to tell. But anytime bosses summoned adds (like Plaguebringer Goliath summoning Plaguebringers), or had priority targets like The Twins where you might want to kill one before the other, I would definitely feel very frustrated - depending on the summon used, they would either a) just ignore my commands to focus on one or b) be too difficult to manually target while dodging a screens worth of projectiles. Not knowing boss patterns and being super squishy didn't really help. However, once I got to post-Moonlord, the fights were extra crazy but the minions and sentries you get are so much better that it felt exponentially stronger than before. Providence and Yharon took me about 20 tries each and Supreme Calamitas took me about 30. Meanwhile Plaguebringer Goliath took me about 100 attempts (!) to bring down, lol. Should have just skipped it and gone to the Lunar Events but I couldn't give up! The recent patch apparently made the fight easier though so I am glad I did it. I think probably the best tip for early- to mid-game is to make sure to take advantage of classless weapons like the Marked Magnum, Golden Gun, Lunic Eye, Magnum/Lightning Hawk - these were absolutely essential for some victories like Plantera. They might take away a bit from the "just focus on dodging" aspects of Summoner but they help the damage output so much that it feels vitally important to do. I think Whips from 1.4 will make Summoner even more interesting when/if tmodloader and Calamity update to 1.4. But overall I still had a great time with the mod and Summoner, despite it's shortcomings, cause the post-Moonlord power spike felt incredibly rewarding. Though now I am going to try Melee so I can make more mistakes. Lol! BTW - what is the mod that changes your HP/MP bars? I really like how it looks. Thank you!
The mod for HP/MP is unleveled ! I definitely would love to have whips as well! would be a great way to get a lil extra diversity in the class! I don't know how recently you did your playthrough, but there was a period of time where Plague Bringer Goliath was straight up broken in terms of power, so consider fighting him again, he should be a bit more balanced in terms of his dashes mainly, to prevent him from doing a crazy dash pattern that is like nearly impossible to dodge. Classless weapons are great as well! Also your attempts on the bosses are relatively small, you should give death mode a shot!
@@junglesky bro how did Scal take you 30 tries to kill her in your first playthrough. it took me 300!! Edit: there is alot of bullet hell 1 failures in that 300
remember that the 20 less damage from summons does not affecr no class damage, meaning you can use weapons that had written "deal x amount of damage" like granades and other weapons this mod adds but no weapons that has "deals x amount of ranged/meelee/magic damage"
I started out ranger on my first playthrough. I had to stick with the p90 from early hardmode to the lunar events because there was literally no other weapon with higher dps that i could find. Made me feel sad during that time
This was a great analysis of the classes for this great mod! Something to keep in mind though every time they drop an update or tweek within the mod it potentially changes things up a bit for a class you may have in mind or are replaying. Well at least in my case in a short period of time I played one summoner who was wrecking things with the vile feeder/herring staff when they came along. I restarted when a patch/tweek was done during one of the updates now the Belladonna staff was doing a far better job against the same mobs/bosses the other two seemed to wreck easier before. I'm pretty sure the vile feeder was broken at the time though lol.
Definitely! yeah the vile feeder was actually bugged so it did WAY more damage than intended, so broken that I believe it was actually better to use a bunch of vile feeder summons for astrum aureus rather than the summon weapons at that level. Not an intended thing! And as updates come out it definitely tweaks balance dramatically, i think this next update is gonna change a lot in terms of that! Thanks for the support!
Yeah I had this problem when I first looked into Calamity a year ago and thought Rogue looked so fun and so cool using the hammer but low and behold hammers are no longer a rogue item....
Melee: Summoner that swings minions at enemies Ranger: Summoner that holds minions which fire on command and cost ammo Mage: Summoner that holds minions which fire on command and cost mana Summoner: Summoner Rogue: I give up
I would reccomend ranger to any class. Explanation: you will have a rough start. But after you get the firestorm, seabow, and minishark its mostly smooth sailing. Near the start there isnt many accessories mostly so you can focus on movment and defense accessories. Pros: Homing bullet after plantera or mech i frogot Second highest defense throughout the game Long range Easy ammo Can combine with other classes easily. Massive damage to bosses and wide variety of weapons Cons: moost early game bosses charge you. With no amazing movement speed you will not be that ok. Very little ranger specific accessories Requires precision for most bosses unless you cheat in bullets. For any class dont be afraid to cheat. All the matters is you have fun! (And you dont say you legitimately did it or abuse it unless your experimenting)
Dude that amidas trident is so awesome. It homes, does piercing damage for large groups, gives light, and goes through blocks. Literally the best thing ever
I always end up getting a mix of everything. Although its not the most efficient, its quite versatile, if you lack mana you have ranged, if you dont hit enough you can change again, if you want some extra damage a bit of melee, etc.
that would work until i’d say post moon lord. you’re much better off choosing a class and making sure your accessories, armor and buffs( like mana potions) are all managed. there’s no point using a ranged weapon with a fully mage setup, it’d just make it more ineffective. obviously early to mid game when you don’t have everything it’s different but that’s just my opinion
The good thing about summoner is that classless weapons do not effect your summon weapons, so I can just be chilling with my six herrings while I shred through the slime god with my aestheticus.
I'm going to do a summoner/rogue playthrough, taking the risk of decreased summon damage and no stealth strike but also 2 classes to use instead of just one.
Melee: *T O T A L M A S O C H I S M* Ranger: *WHERE TF IS MAH AMMO BOX!?* Mage: *Im not dealin with this crap* *constant mana depletion intensifies* Rogue:*ya know... stealth charges while moving as well right? its just slower the moment you move* Summoner: *Why bother fighiting, just sit down at the beach and let others do the difficult stuff for you*
Melee: Massive tank with big weapons, pretty powerful but weak earlygame. Ranged: Guns and stuff. How much ammo do you have? Magic: Tomes and stuff. How much mana do you have? Rogue: actually this one is pretty good imo, especially cause you don’t really have to worry about magic or ammo. Summoner: kinda bad ngl. Maybe wait until calamity gets some whips.
I disagree summoner has highest dodge capability and damage like for yharon the jungle dragon i could deal a consistent 120k dps while on other classes it was more like 80k at least consistently
The problem people have with summoner is that the Calamity's summon AI for a lot of times can be wacky and damn annoying as hell to deal with on early game. When you start hardmode the summon AI actually is better so that's when you can feel the fun of watching everything burns by your summons
I use "Summoner Association" mod which helps a lot of things with the problems we have with modded summons (get overrided by vanilla summons, cant spam summon them to re-position and generally bad targeting AI)
For rouge it also generates when moving not as fast as standing still but close so sometimes it’s worth it to wait for the stealth stealth strike like when the boss is firing a bunch of things and you gotta focus on dodging. and mid way through pre-hard mode you can instantly melt king slime with a tracking disk sheath strike
Melee: I am ChoNK Mage: fuNnY weApoN go DaMAge Ranged: Perfectly balanced, as all things should be Rogue: **to throwing** I am you, just better Summoner: NIGERUNDAYO
Ah yes, it is definitely easy to not die to a cosmic element cornering me in a tiny cave with a slime that has less IQ then an American then as a 2arrior
3:04 as a mage main drinking mana potions at later stages of the game is a must beacause 1. Weapons are very mana consuming, 2. Its one of the things that balances this class, you don't have the time to look at your mana level or if you have mana sickness and the longer you fight the higher the change you will die or die from desorientation when looking at your mana level which i personally don't do and i play mage when having a lot of fun.
And works well with Fargo’sSoulMod and DLC for soul of the tyrant making it easier to choose a main weapon and armour and not needing to worry about your build
So I am starting my first calamity play through soon, is there a class that I should play at the beginning? Or should I just play mixed? Also thanks for the video it helped a lot
I'd say ranger is fairly straightforward and quite friendly to newer players, that would be my personal recommendation, but in reality all the classes are in good spots, so maybe just do a bit of a mixed one where you experiment with everything and see what ya like :)
@@Obsoleek I really like ranger its my favourite class. I know it’s simple and straightforward but it’s just an enjoyable class and yes I know how OP mage is in late game but all I have to say to that is *S H U T*
Classes in a nutshell Melee: You suck at dodging Ranged: You're decent at dodging and also at tanking Mage: You suck at surviving but good at killing Summoner: You suck at fighting so you have minions to do it for you Rogue: You like making your teammates fight for you while you end up stealing the kill due to stealth
I did my first Calamity playthrough as a summoner, but once I reached Profaned Guardians, I just couldn't do it anymore and gave up. That was a couple years ago, I'd love to replay it as a melee build
tbh ive seen that most mods have an melee based endgame, so u might wanna do melee. plus if u suck at dodging, u rly wanna do melee. if ur semi good at dodging go w rouge, u have longer range but almost the same damage as melee. mage is a bit tricky if ur just starting out, and summoner pre-moonlord is an absolute joke. range is also tricky due to the fact that most of the time u have to grind bosses to get a certain bow, then u immediately sacrifice it to make the next bow, and same w guns, overall all post scal classes are ligit gods, but imma recommend rouge or melee.
Okay my only complaint about the like/subscribe preamble is the volume of the bell sound effect, it's so high pitched and it's like 5x louder than your voice. Great video otherwise and the rest of the intro is completely fine
I'm doing a fresh run of calamity but with Fargo's mods. I'm not a fan of some of the other "challenges" calamity has to offer like no wings but I enabled Death mode and Eternity mode from Fargo's. Having a lot of fun... dying. No matter what equipment you have at the point of the game it is imperative you know the boss's attack patterns and moves or you won't win. Killing bosses (non-calamity.. since eternity mode is from another mod) is significantly harder due to what both modes bring to the game. Love it so far, it's taken me 16 hours just to get done with The Perforators and Hive Mind. (Fargo's Best of Both Worlds mod for both evils)
Everyone knows the right eay is to play 5 playtroughs, each with a different class on the same difficulty, then do 5 playtroughs on the next difficulty until you have done all of them.😊
In every game that allows for free classing (being able to choose any gear/skills) I always go for heaviest armor possible and mix melee and magic, whatever's got more dps and feels cooler. Do this in Skyrim and in Terraria
It's funny that you are making this Video. I'm currently playing throught the mod with all classes and so far im done with ranger and summoner(summoner btw is really fun)
Im playing Summoner, and Im in early hardmode. My problem with the class is that you do not do enough damage for anything, and get 4 hit by a frikkin bat.
I'm doing a calamity playthrough. I have this extra mod where every class except one gets a damage nerf. But the one class that isn't nerfed has higher damage than normal. You can also use that class to being thr damage up more. I did a quick run through everything using cheat sheet, and the Murasama has a base damage of 100k, but in less than a second I did 4million damage on Supreme Calamitus
@@Obsoleek yes. I brought the damage up to 10X and ohh boyyy. 20million in less than a second. It registered as 20million but didn't kill scal immediately because of the .7 health thing at the end
@@donthefuanyt4904 No idea if I got this right, but I'm assuming you're using rpg classes? I know that mod has that thing where whatever class you select gets buffed, but the rest get nerfed
@@logicwizard783 I'm pretty sure it'd called the Player Abilities mod. It buffs 1 random class, but nerfs the other. But you can up the damage of the classes by doing more damage with them
fearmonger (summoner armour) give a stupid amount of defense (132) especially since you can get it right after devourer of gods making yharon phase 1 and 2 a bit more pleasant in terms of tankability.
Hey, so I know there's little chance of this comment on an almost yearold video being noticed, but does anyone happen to know the name of the healthbar mod used throughout the boss footage? It's really nice but I can't seem to find it in the mod browser.
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What is your favorite class?
Mixed
probably ranged
@@sc0onch404 i support this one, just depends on what loot i get from bosses!
i like all of them
rogue and mage are my favorite
Me: What class should I pick?
Obsoleek: All classes are good.
Me: Now its harder to pick!
pick the class you think you will have fun with
Then don’t pick.
Get the "full inventory of random sht to throw at a boss and hope it dies before you start crying" class. It works for me!
@@auri1075 lol same, but more organized. I usually have ice rod, a ranged weapon or two (not necessarily the class just a weapon that attacks from a distance), and a sword as my weapons while fighting.
@@gabeclements2501 i said it that way for the funsies, but mine is also pretty organized, it still contains multiple random things, a few magic weapons for debuffs and damage, a ranged weapon to do steady damage when out of mana, a good melee to deal damage up close when the enemy is kinda still. Maybe a weapon with life steal if i have. Sentries, summon. And that would be it. (Of course tools, potions, random equipment, other items with effects)
If im near the end of a run i end up with almost half an inventory full of "must have" items. Its worth it being prepared for everything tho, from simple exploration, to building and fighting bosses or invasions, im always ready, or i need minimal preparation.
"Ranger has balanced weapons at every stage of the game"
Me: Laughs in Halibut cannon
Ah yes, the halibut cannon
n e r f
rip tho. it was uber tier
laughts in Svantechnical combined with Supreme Rampage Components
photoviscerator atm:
Melee: you suck at dodging? No problem!
Ranger: kill bosses in under 5 seconds!
Mage: end events immidietly after they start!
Summoner:why fight when something else can fight for you?
Rogue:throwing's dream
Melee: Chonky B o i
Ranger: Snipey B o i
Mage: *_I am a GOD_*
Summoner: *Engineer TF2*
ROGUE: *_Y E E T_*
@@MLGProMaster-tu9tz lol mage op
@@MLGProMaster-tu9tz BUT TRIACTIS HMMER OF MIGHT IS ASWELL
@@MLGProMaster-tu9tz tbh ur not wrong. but melee isn't chonk, its tanky boi
@@cgplays9 I'm not 12 bud.
0:37 (Melee class)
1:36 (Ranger class)
2:39 (Mage class)
3:46 (Rogue class)
5:00 (Summoner class)
thanks
Thanks
Your welcome for using this
Nice
My favorite class is Summoner, just because that's where my first memories come from when I first played terraria right after 1.4, I made myself the imp staff and some other summons but didn't know how to make the armor or potions lmaooo ik n00b
I wish when I first started as Summoner I had all the great stuff 1.4 summoner does
Pre-1.4 summoner was painful
@@Nickton12 i was lucky thought. Guide killed first ever slime i met. It dropped staff...
@@Gusenichka925 wait WHAT
I love summoner because when I first started playing terraria moon lord kept kicking my ass but I heard the stardust dragon was a good weapon against him so i bought some tiki armour, made the staff and kick his ass and that is where my love for summoner started
Yeh be happy you started summoner in 1.4. Summoner in pre 1.4 atleast pre hardmode was pure pain. Imps were horrendously annoying/bad, slime staff farming for pure summoner experience was just pure hell.
when someone asks what class they should play, my answer is to always play a class you havent played yet.
My answer is the random bullshit class that just uses everything
@@montecarlowithdawningornam1817 I don’t understand why your recoil is worse than the normal Monte Carlo
@@soupballoon1363 use controller
I will propaply play rogue
@@precipitately Rogue is probably one of the most fun classes I have experienced
Ranged 1st, so you can learn bosses from a distance.
Melee 2nd
Then you can play what you want.
mage is by far the most fun class in calamity, it has such variety and i was never bored during my playthrough. While i feel like ranger is in a way lacking, definitly in early hardmode
Ranger is pretty eh in prehardmode, but damn it gets some insanely busted weapons especially post moonlord. Accesories are a bit eh tho for ranger.
what class isn't struggling early hardmode
@@MDHasan-rj7ct Melee and mage are very strong in early hardmode
@@oscarvandenhoudt8051 Are we ignoring items like the Snowball cannon, the Minishark and the Boomstick?
@@masterslayerable yeah, anti material rifle did like 300-400k dps so i shredded everything
In the Calamity mod, summoner is VERY powerful; it is not weighed down by Re-Logic's tendency towards aimed weapons
in 1,4 summoner is VERY powerful
in calamity
well
I'll have you know premoonlord summons are eating at my sanity
@@ghetoknight7801 terraprisma carries bro
“Ranger has balanced weapons all throughout the game”
Me beating Calamitas easily with pre-mech weapons: Yes, agreed, not.
Which weapon and what difficulty?
you can do it with megashark
but pre mech? Gatiligator or uzi
I know what pre-mech weapon your talking about, and I love it too.
meowthrower?
Summoner in Terraria is for me like Stealth Archer is for many people in Skyrim
I always say "ok let's do X class only", then I find a Summoner weapon, spawn it for that small boost in dmg while exploring, start getting lazy when aiming for bosses, then I just accept I'm a summoner for life
The Only time I've actually kept away from summoner is in a Mod of Redemption's Druid class playthrough because most seed bags have auto aim from the very start so I just spam seeds everywhere without aiming and I just focus on dodging, it's essentially like playing a sentry Summoner
You can have a druid class on terraria ?? I need to know this mod :o
I just finished my first calamity revergence playthrough today and it was almost entirely ranger. I couldn't decide whether to go summoner or rogue for my next one but this video helped persuade me to rogue.
Glad the timing worked out! Best of luck on your playthrough :)
DO RANGER AGAIN
I'm currently going through my first calamity playthrough as rogue so that I'm forced to dive into all of the new content.
It's REALLY fun so far, I think it was a good choice.
Im super glad you are enjoying it! Rogue is definitely a neat class that gives a ton of variety :)
I love rogue, I love testing and discovering new weapons I’ve never seen. It’s like playing terraria again without knowledge.
I found a summon item that looked like a jellyfish, my mind went to a floating companion. what I didn't expect was
1. yoyo range(close-medium)
2. sticks to mouse long as left click is held
3. can be spun right round baby
oh yeah, the secret fishermen class is all coming together
One thing I would like to mention for the newer players is a mechanic called Proficiency.
It's basically an EXP system where if you deal damage, you get proficiency in that damage type. Get enough proficiency and you unlock perks such as more damage or minion slots (for summon damage). It takes a pretty large amount of time to fully level any one proficiency type so being committed to the same class for your whole playthrough can be beneficial, but don't let it scare you from changing classes in the middle of your playthrough if you want to try something else.
Good point! I 100% agree on not letting it scare you though, the stats gained aren't really gamebreaking i'd say
Tysm really helps
I am from the future and i am here to tell you that proficiency got removed.
As someone who's gone through all of them, here are my rankings
5. Melee- while it has good defense and some really good weapons, it starts to struggle in more difficult game modes
4. Rouge- this class is really good early game and can dish-out some good damage, however, like mentioned in the video, the stealth feature is fairly useless
3. Mage- Mage is definitely one of the better classes as it is extremely powerful late game but struggles with some early game and mid game bosses
2. Ranged- this was the first class I played I feel like it is a perfectly rounded class that can deal crazy damage throughout all stages of the game, it feels like it has the most amount of weapons in the mod as well [I'm not sure if that's true but it feels like it]
1. Summoner- this is the best class in the calamity mod in my opinion for a few reasons, 1. you don't have to focus on dodging which is really helpful for bosses like SCal. 2. it doesn't require ammo or mana which are two things that hurt ranged and mage. 3. the minion slot progression throughout the mod can make seemingly useless weapons for a non summoner overpowered and you can easily mix summoner with other classes even though it gives you a damage decrease and is just easy extra damage especially for some of the worst classes like melee.
Why, you are a man of culture, 🙏
i still would rank rogue at 3rd, cause although, yes, the stealth feature would be useless in higher and more difficult fights, it still has good dps and defence(can either be the 3rd highest defence or 2nd). plus you can still dodge and move quite often while waiting for the stealth meter to reach max
Summoner/mage can be really powerful and is one of my favorite ways to play but it kinda sucks that you have practically all of your inventory filled with weapons
I started with rouge, biggest mistake of my life. I had no idea what any boss did, and no idea what revengance mode does. I personally think that range is the best because you can mainly focus on dodging, which is useful for your first playthrough. However, I do recommend rouge after your first or second playthrough
i started with rogue, became better after a few more gameplays, still... i hate worms
@@kurojiroku5715 how do you really dps on rogue? Do you just spam your weapon or wait for your stealth bar to fill and attack again?
@@XxshadowmasteryxX I think it's a mixture of both
@@XxshadowmasteryxXthere are daggers and boomerangs that pass through walls
"other classes may outdamage you"
Me: deals 100000 DPS with summoner pre yharon phase 2
ahah i meant during early game though :)
Laughs is 100,000 dps with ranger pre yharon phase one (not halibut. I used skullsmasher)
@@bryanbuchman7591 laughs in 100k with mage pre-polter by abusing the aether’s whisper’s “projectiles gain damage as they travel” perk
@@Nam_gwen laughs in 1000 dps with musket
@@Nam_gwen how?
You forgot the "Jetstream Sam" Class which basically just means you will go for Murasama as fast as possible and wreck the mod.
So true
While I mostly lean on the Melee side, the weapons and class I choose usually depends on the situation, like the kind of boss I'm going to face or the biome I'm traveling to. Having a variety of weapons and classes to choose from can give you utmost advantage in any battle.
Definitely! I think that I can relate to this too, although I think i like ranger the most
@@Obsoleek Ranger is a pretty solid class in my opinion, though I constantly worry about the ammo everytime I use it
Me, after completing calamity 3 times and seeing this video: INTRESTING
sounds like a sign its time for playthrough number 4!
@@Obsoleek and 5 while you're at it
@@jadeuwu9860 than 6
@@dumbass4750 sounds about right for me. I have 1 ranger, 1 rouge, 1 summoner and 3 mage XD think I'll do a 4th mage run rn
@@ze_darku_magician5504 same
Thank your very much for this video. I started playing terraria and the calamity mode today. This was a very useful video for a beginner like me. Good explanation and a short video instead of a 20 minute video.
Glad I could help! Enjoy your playthrough!
I started my Revengeance mode run a while ago and I didn't really have any specific class before killing crabulon, I got the shroomerang from Crabulon, and decided to play as rogue.
It's a fun class to play as and I'm currently at Cryogen in that run.
Crabulon has 2 great rogue weapon drops, shroomerang and mycoroot, which can both be very useful for almost every pre-hardmode boss, when paired with the luxor's gift.
luxors gift is awesome with rogue !
good luck on your playthrough !
My first Calamity gameplay (yesterday) I play as a mage because I defeated the game as a mage like 4 time and said to myself (how hard could be) is very hard and revengeance mode is on
Nice vid dude, my youtube and google history was all about what class to start but most info were either outdated or not that helpful. This video clarified my choices, thanks!
I'm glad to provide updated info! Thanks for the love :)
I just finished my first playthrough of Calamity on Expert mode with Revengeance enabled! I decided to try out Summoner since it felt like the mod added so much general progression compared to Vanilla. The early and midgame were very hard for me, though how much of that was Summoner and how much was Calamity was hard for me to tell. But anytime bosses summoned adds (like Plaguebringer Goliath summoning Plaguebringers), or had priority targets like The Twins where you might want to kill one before the other, I would definitely feel very frustrated - depending on the summon used, they would either a) just ignore my commands to focus on one or b) be too difficult to manually target while dodging a screens worth of projectiles. Not knowing boss patterns and being super squishy didn't really help. However, once I got to post-Moonlord, the fights were extra crazy but the minions and sentries you get are so much better that it felt exponentially stronger than before. Providence and Yharon took me about 20 tries each and Supreme Calamitas took me about 30. Meanwhile Plaguebringer Goliath took me about 100 attempts (!) to bring down, lol. Should have just skipped it and gone to the Lunar Events but I couldn't give up! The recent patch apparently made the fight easier though so I am glad I did it.
I think probably the best tip for early- to mid-game is to make sure to take advantage of classless weapons like the Marked Magnum, Golden Gun, Lunic Eye, Magnum/Lightning Hawk - these were absolutely essential for some victories like Plantera. They might take away a bit from the "just focus on dodging" aspects of Summoner but they help the damage output so much that it feels vitally important to do.
I think Whips from 1.4 will make Summoner even more interesting when/if tmodloader and Calamity update to 1.4. But overall I still had a great time with the mod and Summoner, despite it's shortcomings, cause the post-Moonlord power spike felt incredibly rewarding. Though now I am going to try Melee so I can make more mistakes. Lol!
BTW - what is the mod that changes your HP/MP bars? I really like how it looks. Thank you!
The mod for HP/MP is unleveled !
I definitely would love to have whips as well! would be a great way to get a lil extra diversity in the class! I don't know how recently you did your playthrough, but there was a period of time where Plague Bringer Goliath was straight up broken in terms of power, so consider fighting him again, he should be a bit more balanced in terms of his dashes mainly, to prevent him from doing a crazy dash pattern that is like nearly impossible to dodge.
Classless weapons are great as well!
Also your attempts on the bosses are relatively small, you should give death mode a shot!
I agree PBG and Twins were very painful in rev
@@Obsoleek Thank you! I'll give Death mode a whirl, it seems like it'll be a very different experience!
@@junglesky bro how did Scal take you 30 tries to kill her in your first playthrough. it took me 300!!
Edit: there is alot of bullet hell 1 failures in that 300
remember that the 20 less damage from summons does not affecr no class damage, meaning you can use weapons that had written "deal x amount of damage" like granades and other weapons this mod adds but no weapons that has "deals x amount of ranged/meelee/magic damage"
haha just started first Calamity playthrough with my friend. very helpful video!
Glad to help! Good luck on the playthrough!
I started out ranger on my first playthrough. I had to stick with the p90 from early hardmode to the lunar events because there was literally no other weapon with higher dps that i could find. Made me feel sad during that time
Mage class is my favorite and has been for a LONG time. I feel that there is something so special about it
Same!
ive done alot of rnager playthroughs and I wanna try mage for a change, hopefulky i wont rage quit lmao
Legit just started my first Calamity playthrough yesterday, your timing is perfect
This was a great analysis of the classes for this great mod!
Something to keep in mind though every time they drop an update or tweek within the mod it potentially changes things up a bit for a class you may have in mind or are replaying. Well at least in my case in a short period of time I played one summoner who was wrecking things with the vile feeder/herring staff when they came along. I restarted when a patch/tweek was done during one of the updates now the Belladonna staff was doing a far better job against the same mobs/bosses the other two seemed to wreck easier before. I'm pretty sure the vile feeder was broken at the time though lol.
Definitely! yeah the vile feeder was actually bugged so it did WAY more damage than intended, so broken that I believe it was actually better to use a bunch of vile feeder summons for astrum aureus rather than the summon weapons at that level. Not an intended thing!
And as updates come out it definitely tweaks balance dramatically, i think this next update is gonna change a lot in terms of that!
Thanks for the support!
Yeah I had this problem when I first looked into Calamity a year ago and thought Rogue looked so fun and so cool using the hammer but low and behold hammers are no longer a rogue item....
This was really informative, thank you!
Rogue is the most relaxing and fun class to play. Especially when it's not your first time in Calamity.
When it's your first time*
@@stellarknight04 depends on you ^ ^
These tutorials and tip videos are awesome, subbed
Glad you like them and they help :D
Ranger is balanced
Laughs in photovicerator right click
that did like 800,000 dps for me pre-scal
How to melee effectively:
1: name your character Jetstream Sam
2: just straight up go to hell
3: get murasama
4: kill literally everything
I ended up playing rogue because of how op it is endgame
I suck at rouge
Well, summoner is gonna be more rough if you saw the calamity mod changelog or the subreddit.
Why is that
Melee: No Mana Mage
Range: Ammo Mage
Mage: Mage
Summoner: Dodging Mage
Rogue: Hit and Run Mage
Entire terraria in a nutshell
Melee: Summoner that swings minions at enemies
Ranger: Summoner that holds minions which fire on command and cost ammo
Mage: Summoner that holds minions which fire on command and cost mana
Summoner: Summoner
Rogue: I give up
My fav class is definatly magic
I would reccomend ranger to any class.
Explanation: you will have a rough start. But after you get the firestorm, seabow, and minishark its mostly smooth sailing. Near the start there isnt many accessories mostly so you can focus on movment and defense accessories.
Pros:
Homing bullet after plantera or mech i frogot
Second highest defense throughout the game
Long range
Easy ammo
Can combine with other classes easily.
Massive damage to bosses and wide variety of weapons
Cons: moost early game bosses charge you. With no amazing movement speed you will not be that ok.
Very little ranger specific accessories
Requires precision for most bosses unless you cheat in bullets.
For any class dont be afraid to cheat. All the matters is you have fun! (And you dont say you legitimately did it or abuse it unless your experimenting)
i do think melee is the best its TANKY and its fires a projectile too which deals prettu decent damage + no bullets
@@Pangsit969 mhm. Though melee is close range at the start of the game so if your fighting the mech bosses or wall of flesh your not gonna be fine
@@moonlightcrew7145 wof is pain but mech boss are fairly easy with shadowflame knife
@@Pangsit969 yeah i never really played fully but for wall of flesh i use beenades
@@Pangsit969 mech boses are fairly easy with any dodging accessories or dodging skills
I always choose the
*"Shoot with summon stick+sword and magic book"*
class
Very helpful video, you earned a sub!
Thanks for the support, much appreciated !
@@Obsoleek Wow thanks for the reply, your very welcome!
What is the mod/texture pack you use for the boss health and your health bar in the top right corner of your hud? That looks so clean.
The boss bar is a hud option from calamity, and the health bar is a hud option from vanilla
Dude that amidas trident is so awesome. It homes, does piercing damage for large groups, gives light, and goes through blocks. Literally the best thing ever
100% agree
"Melee is good if you suck at dodging" But what if I'm good at dodging and still wanna play melee?
then bonus points!
Then you are practically immortal
@@juanstekelenburg3175 facts
I always end up getting a mix of everything. Although its not the most efficient, its quite versatile, if you lack mana you have ranged, if you dont hit enough you can change again, if you want some extra damage a bit of melee, etc.
that would work until i’d say post moon lord. you’re much better off choosing a class and making sure your accessories, armor and buffs( like mana potions) are all managed. there’s no point using a ranged weapon with a fully mage setup, it’d just make it more ineffective. obviously early to mid game when you don’t have everything it’s different but that’s just my opinion
There should be mixed classes
For example Archmage (ranger, mage)
necromancer (mage, summoner)
Abra cadabra alakablam
@about_data or just anything + summoner really
Arcane warrior (mage, melee)
Palladin (Mage Melee)
Samurai (Melee Ranged)
The good thing about summoner is that classless weapons do not effect your summon weapons, so I can just be chilling with my six herrings while I shred through the slime god with my aestheticus.
However, holding a summoner staff will increase the damage of summons
And then download the whips & more mod.
Ez
i haven watched a video but im answering the title:
summoner
summoner or rogue. both are incredibly powerful
Forgot this channel for a year, I don’t think I should forgive myself
smh im never forgiving u :(
I'm going to do a summoner/rogue playthrough, taking the risk of decreased summon damage and no stealth strike but also 2 classes to use instead of just one.
Melee: *T O T A L M A S O C H I S M*
Ranger: *WHERE TF IS MAH AMMO BOX!?*
Mage: *Im not dealin with this crap* *constant mana depletion intensifies*
Rogue:*ya know... stealth charges while moving as well right? its just slower the moment you move*
Summoner: *Why bother fighiting, just sit down at the beach and let others do the difficult stuff for you*
dababy car class mod
ty bro, i had no idea what class to use cuz theres so much options
Melee: Massive tank with big weapons, pretty powerful but weak earlygame.
Ranged: Guns and stuff. How much ammo do you have?
Magic: Tomes and stuff. How much mana do you have?
Rogue: actually this one is pretty good imo, especially cause you don’t really have to worry about magic or ammo.
Summoner: kinda bad ngl. Maybe wait until calamity gets some whips.
I disagree summoner has highest dodge capability and damage like for yharon the jungle dragon i could deal a consistent 120k dps while on other classes it was more like 80k at least consistently
The problem people have with summoner is that the Calamity's summon AI for a lot of times can be wacky and damn annoying as hell to deal with on early game.
When you start hardmode the summon AI actually is better so that's when you can feel the fun of watching everything burns by your summons
I use "Summoner Association" mod which helps a lot of things with the problems we have with modded summons (get overrided by vanilla summons, cant spam summon them to re-position and generally bad targeting AI)
whips are bad I use ranged weapons instead
For rouge it also generates when moving not as fast as standing still but close so sometimes it’s worth it to wait for the stealth stealth strike like when the boss is firing a bunch of things and you gotta focus on dodging. and mid way through pre-hard mode you can instantly melt king slime with a tracking disk sheath strike
Melee: I am ChoNK
Mage: fuNnY weApoN go DaMAge
Ranged: Perfectly balanced, as all things should be
Rogue: **to throwing** I am you, just better
Summoner: NIGERUNDAYO
Summoner: *supposed to allow you to focus on dodging for better survivability*
Also summoner: *lowest defence*
Warding prefix go brrrrrrrrrr
you might be the only person in this game that doesn't just shit on the summoner class for it being "easy"
Ah yes, it is definitely easy to not die to a cosmic element cornering me in a tiny cave with a slime that has less IQ then an American then as a 2arrior
3:04 as a mage main drinking mana potions at later stages of the game is a must beacause 1. Weapons are very mana consuming, 2. Its one of the things that balances this class, you don't have the time to look at your mana level or if you have mana sickness and the longer you fight the higher the change you will die or die from desorientation when looking at your mana level which i personally don't do and i play mage when having a lot of fun.
everyone: "pick melee! pick ranged! pick summoner! pick mage!"
me, an intellectual: *ALL OF THEM*
Ye I always combined them
And works well with Fargo’sSoulMod and DLC for soul of the tyrant making it easier to choose a main weapon and armour and not needing to worry about your build
Pick rogue
@@patoastral2118 nah melee all the way. like how i always pick the closest thing to a paladin in every game
@@deadgirlcentral yes, i only was saying my favourite class
So I am starting my first calamity play through soon, is there a class that I should play at the beginning? Or should I just play mixed?
Also thanks for the video it helped a lot
I'd say ranger is fairly straightforward and quite friendly to newer players, that would be my personal recommendation, but in reality all the classes are in good spots, so maybe just do a bit of a mixed one where you experiment with everything and see what ya like :)
@@Obsoleek Ok! Thank you so much you are amazing :D
@@black_velvet_4354 No problem glad to help, thank you for the support :)
@@Obsoleek you are very welcome, I am loving your channel
@@Obsoleek I really like ranger its my favourite class. I know it’s simple and straightforward but it’s just an enjoyable class and yes I know how OP mage is in late game but all I have to say to that is
*S H U T*
I just started my first run today, your timing is on point
What calamity class should you use?
It's simple.
USE THE ONE YOU WANNA USE.
Yes thats why we are asking which
CUZ WE DONT KNOW
@@takumiinoui2166 obviously, choose the banana class
In my opinion rogue is such a fun class especially when you have fast weapons mod. It is unbelievably hilarious
Yes.
Classes in a nutshell
Melee: You suck at dodging
Ranged: You're decent at dodging and also at tanking
Mage: You suck at surviving but good at killing
Summoner: You suck at fighting so you have minions to do it for you
Rogue: You like making your teammates fight for you while you end up stealing the kill due to stealth
@Herring Sad ok
So?
@about_data yes, ONE can't go out and make inaccurate jokes
But I can :)
@about_data eh
perfect timing! was gonna start a calamity playthrough but didn't know which class i should choose lmao
Melee in expert, revengence and death is much more challenging than ranged magic and rogue, just fyi
early game i'd agree, but late game i don't see it
Ranger and Summoner classes are harder for me in expert death mode
i wanna try mage, i havent tried mage in awhile, mainly used in at vanilla but i still sucked at using it. so hope it changes here in calamity.
Does anyone know what the bags mod is called I can’t find it
it'll just be called "bags" , should be the first one if you search bags by most popular. You need the calamity mod for it to work though!
I’ve been waiting for a long time to find this out
I really liked your video! I just started a h u g e tmodloader playthrough and no wonder my summons are doing so little damage! Thank you so much!
Glad I could help! :)
I did my first Calamity playthrough as a summoner, but once I reached Profaned Guardians, I just couldn't do it anymore and gave up. That was a couple years ago, I'd love to replay it as a melee build
in multiplayer, rogue is really good as stealth strike becomes much easier to pull of with other teamates with more defense to draw aggro
Today I started and I'm so excited... I'm gonna try to go summoner but using ranger weapons, but focusing on minion slots
Me watching this right after completing a true melee death mode play through: I see quite informative time to play summoner
same
Very helpful! thanks for the info!
tbh ive seen that most mods have an melee based endgame, so u might wanna do melee. plus if u suck at dodging, u rly wanna do melee. if ur semi good at dodging go w rouge, u have longer range but almost the same damage as melee. mage is a bit tricky if ur just starting out, and summoner pre-moonlord is an absolute joke. range is also tricky due to the fact that most of the time u have to grind bosses to get a certain bow, then u immediately sacrifice it to make the next bow, and same w guns, overall all post scal classes are ligit gods, but imma recommend rouge or melee.
I have this... Habit...
When I try to main a class for a playthrough, then I found a gun or a bow... Suddenly it's ranger playthrough
I feel that, I have a similar habit called use everything playthrough
Also have this tendency.
Just say to yourself “this will be a mag3 play through” or “rogue play through” even name the world that so you feel bad if you use another class
beat the game the other day as summoner... didnt know about the decrease in damage when not holding the weapon
obsolek : ranger class uses bullets, rockets, and also gel with a few more ammo types
ppl who use luiafk : dont mind if i do
I definitely enjoyed the content :D subbed ;)
Thank you :)
Okay my only complaint about the like/subscribe preamble is the volume of the bell sound effect, it's so high pitched and it's like 5x louder than your voice. Great video otherwise and the rest of the intro is completely fine
Sorry about that! Thanks for the info :)
I'm doing a fresh run of calamity but with Fargo's mods. I'm not a fan of some of the other "challenges" calamity has to offer like no wings but I enabled Death mode and Eternity mode from Fargo's. Having a lot of fun... dying. No matter what equipment you have at the point of the game it is imperative you know the boss's attack patterns and moves or you won't win. Killing bosses (non-calamity.. since eternity mode is from another mod) is significantly harder due to what both modes bring to the game. Love it so far, it's taken me 16 hours just to get done with The Perforators and Hive Mind. (Fargo's Best of Both Worlds mod for both evils)
Everyone knows the right eay is to play 5 playtroughs, each with a different class on the same difficulty, then do 5 playtroughs on the next difficulty until you have done all of them.😊
Just name yourself Jetstream Sam, rush a hellevator and go for the hell based tech base or whatever that has the murasama
Having melee armour and weapons along with mage weapons ,one rouge weapon ,one ranger gun and two summons(bewitching table)
Thanks I didn’t know the big change if you didn’t hold your summoner weapon
In every game that allows for free classing (being able to choose any gear/skills) I always go for heaviest armor possible and mix melee and magic, whatever's got more dps and feels cooler.
Do this in Skyrim and in Terraria
It's funny that you are making this Video. I'm currently playing throught the mod with all classes and so far im done with ranger and summoner(summoner btw is really fun)
Im playing Summoner, and Im in early hardmode. My problem with the class is that you do not do enough damage for anything, and get 4 hit by a frikkin bat.
Don’t worry man. You do a crap ton of damage later
I'm doing a calamity playthrough. I have this extra mod where every class except one gets a damage nerf. But the one class that isn't nerfed has higher damage than normal. You can also use that class to being thr damage up more. I did a quick run through everything using cheat sheet, and the Murasama has a base damage of 100k, but in less than a second I did 4million damage on Supreme Calamitus
scal is gonna have a bad time lmfao
@@Obsoleek yes. I brought the damage up to 10X and ohh boyyy. 20million in less than a second. It registered as 20million but didn't kill scal immediately because of the .7 health thing at the end
@@donthefuanyt4904 No idea if I got this right, but I'm assuming you're using rpg classes? I know that mod has that thing where whatever class you select gets buffed, but the rest get nerfed
@@logicwizard783 I'm pretty sure it'd called the Player Abilities mod. It buffs 1 random class, but nerfs the other. But you can up the damage of the classes by doing more damage with them
eridanus armor but its a mod
Thank you for this video! I’ve been thinking about what class to choose for a long time:3
I'm so glad it came in handy :)
summoner is my favourite because i feel empowered controling little minions but also cause it does alot of dps at point in the game
fearmonger (summoner armour) give a stupid amount of defense (132) especially since you can get it right after devourer of gods making yharon phase 1 and 2 a bit more pleasant in terms of tankability.
Hey, so I know there's little chance of this comment on an almost yearold video being noticed, but does anyone happen to know the name of the healthbar mod used throughout the boss footage? It's really nice but I can't seem to find it in the mod browser.
unleveled mod!