Best classes in Oblivion Remastered

Following a series of challenging decisions, at the conclusion of the Oblivion Remastered tutorial, you’ll be faced with another critical choice: selecting your character class. There are numerous options available, and to add to the complexity, you can create your own custom class as well. To prevent any future regrets, it would be prudent to decide on the class that best suits your playstyle before proceeding.

After selecting the optimal Oblivion birthsigns and races, it becomes crucial to choose a class that aligns with your previous decisions. The selection menus provide a general overview of each class by categorizing them as combat, magic, or stealth and incorporating eye-catching artwork, but they don’t always make it clear what each class entails.

Best Oblivion classes

In Oblivion Remastered, you’ll find a total of 21 class options, organized into three main groups: combat, magic, and stealth. While each category has distinct characteristics, there’s quite a bit of overlap among the classes, and those within the same group share subtle differences.

When choosing a class, it’s crucial to consider the fundamental abilities that will significantly aid in gameplay progression. Essentially, selecting a class provides an initial boost in enhancing specific skills, so it’s advisable to prioritize those that are instrumental to your playing style and more challenging to upgrade. In other words, try to steer clear of acrobatics and athletics as primary skills, as you’ll naturally advance these through movement during gameplay.

Here’s what I recommend based on your playstyle:

Spellsword (Magic)

Aggressive sword & board warrior, with destruction magic to boot
Adept in various other schools of magic

In the world of Oblivion, the Spellsword stands out as a versatile character. While the phrase “a jack of all trades is a master of none” is often used to suggest generalists lack expertise, in this game, it seems that being adept in both melee combat and wizardry can be advantageous rather than a weakness. In fact, I’d argue that this blend of skills not only makes for an enjoyable playstyle but also one of the strongest, according to my entirely impartial and objective perspective.

Your combat strategy primarily revolves around the use of sharp weapons and destructive spells, but Spellswords are versatile and skilled in alteration and illusion magic as well. They excel in both defensive abilities like blocking and wearing heavy armor, and restoration magic, making them a robust class that maintains strong offensive capabilities. Unlike many other classes, there’s hardly any skill in this one that goes unused.

The Spellsword additionally boasts two valuable traits: resilience (willpower) and vitality (endurance). Resilience offers an advantage when wielding magic, as it boosts your maximum magicka and regeneration speed. Conversely, vitality enhances your total health. Notably, the more you invest in vitality, the greater your health increase upon leveling up in later stages of the game, making it a prudent choice for maximizing your health during the endgame.

Sorcerer (Magic)

Skilled in almost all types of magic
Uses heavy armour for added survivability

Similar to a typical Mage, a Sorcerer exhibits proficiency in various forms of magic, ranging from destruction and summoning, to enchantment and healing. Although the Sorcerer might seem much like a Mage initially, there’s a key distinction that gives it an edge: it possesses resilience.

Similar to the Spellsword, the Sorcerer character boasts endurance as its primary attribute, enhancing your health points with every level increase. In contrast to the Mage, who specializes in illusion magic, the Sorcerer is proficient in wearing heavy armor, a more tactical choice during combat. The Sorcerer can be played either as a full spellcaster or adopt a hybrid approach by incorporating melee weapons for a more versatile battlemage role.

Regarding the Battlemage, it’s a lively substitute, even though you don’t always require expertise with both sharp and blunt weapons. Similarly, players of The Elder Scrolls Online (yours truly included) might have expected something more from the Nightblade, a sneaky magic-wielding assassin. Unfortunately, it over-specializes in agility and physical prowess.

Assassin (Stealth)

Bow and blade master
Sneaky and great for picking locks

Since the Nightblade wasn’t fulfilling my desire for a covert sword-wielding spellcaster, the Assassin appears to be the most suitable alternative. As you might expect from its title, the Assassin operates in the dark, utilizing their proficiency with hidden weapons such as blades and bows. Essentially, it’s the character closest to Skyrim’s famous stealth archer.

For aspiring burglars aiming to steal valuable possessions, skills in security and stealth are highly beneficial. Although agility might not be a priority, it complements the assassin’s technique quite effectively.

The peculiarity about the Assassin lies in its preferred traits: swiftness and intellect. Swiftness primarily enhances your movement rate, which is useful but not particularly exceptional. On the other hand, intellect predominantly amplifies your maximum magicka, even though it doesn’t possess any major magic-based skills. In an ideal scenario, this class would trade swiftness for strength to enhance its melee combat effectiveness.

Crusader (Combat)

Uses both melee and magic, like a traditional RPG cleric or paladin class
Tanky, making use of heavy armour and restoration magic

It appears that many classes in the combat category are subpar, with most offering proficiency in sword, blunt objects, and hand-to-hand fighting. The problem is that you can only use one of these at a time, so having multiple skills becomes redundant. If you’re planning to specialize in melee combat, such as with a warrior, barbarian, or cleric-like character, it might be more beneficial for you to create your own custom class instead.

To put it simply, the Crusader character excels at power and determination. Skilled in close combat, demolition, healing, and wearing robust armor, you’re essentially playing a hybrid of a spellcaster and a warrior, with a focus on durability.

Custom

Create your perfect cocktail of skills and attributes, no matter your playstyle
Saves “wasted” skills

If you’re ready to invest time and energy, designing your own unique class offers the optimal choice. This way, you can tailor the abilities that suit your gaming style best, minimizing unnecessary skills that other pre-made classes might include.

Using a custom class, you are free to design any kind of character you desire. This could be a pure mage, a fierce warrior, an agile archer, or even a blend of different play styles.

How to make a custom class in Oblivion

As I navigate through the tutorial in the gritty Imperial City sewers, a pivotal moment arrives: choosing my character class. Nestled at the base of the options, a tantalizing choice awaits – “custom class.” Selecting this option unveils an intriguing menu, inviting me to meticulously construct my unique gaming persona from scratch, piece by captivating piece.

Pick a specialisation: combat, magic, or stealth.
- Skills that match your specialisation receive an additional bonus, so it’s wise to pick whichever options align with your skill choices.
Choose two attributes.
- These give an initial +5 bonus to the stat, helping you level it up faster and improving your effectiveness with it, especially early on.
- Generally, warrior builds will want strength, stealthy builds, agility, and magic builds, intelligence and/or willpower.
- Endurance is always a good option, no matter your playstyle, as it buffs your health and how much it increases with each level up. Attributes like speed, personality, and luck, generally aren’t as universally useful.
Pick seven skills.
- You can pick skills outside of your chosen specialisation.
- Any skills you pick here receive an initial +20 bonus and level up much faster.
- Each skill has a description of what it impacts, so have a think about what type of build you’re going for and pick accordingly. For example, destruction is a priority for mages, while blade and blunt are the main damage types for melee characters.
Head to the overview screen to name your custom class.
Select your custom class from the bottom of the list in whichever specialisation category you chose.

All classes in Oblivion Remastered

The following are the ready-to-use character classes available, each with its own traits and abilities. You can choose the one that best fits your playstyle:

1. Warrior – High strength, high health, specialized in melee combat.
2. Mage – Low health, high intelligence, skilled in casting powerful spells.
3. Rogue – Moderate health, high agility, proficient in stealth and lockpicking.
4. Cleric – Moderate health, high wisdom, capable of healing allies and banishing foes.
5. Ranger – High strength and agility, skilled in ranged combat and tracking.

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