Talk:Strider/@comment-5736752-20121227115510/@comment-5847779-20121227141537

Def Growth is the same for Fighter, Mage and Strider until level 10. The only difference is the starting stats. And Strider has only 10 less than the fighter so if enemies are one-shotting you now, they'd be one-shotting you if you were a fighter as well.

To give an example. A Level 10 strider has 97 defense. A level 10 Mage has 87 defense and a level 10 fighter has 107 defense. No real difference there.

If you play hard mode then you're in for a treat as most enemies will one shot you until your defense is about 300+. And playing a Fighter first you will see that if you block 2 attacks with your shield your stamina is drained. Stamina is a necessity on Hard Mode.

On Hard Mode I played Strider -> Fighter -> Warrior -> Assassin