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    Unleash Your Power: Explore All Hammerwatch 2 Classes

    In Heroes of Hammerwatch 2, there are seven playable classes, each with unique abilities, playstyles, and specializations. Here's an overview of the classes:

    Starting Classes

    1. Warrior
      • Role: Tanky melee fighter.
      • Abilities: Whirling Axes, Warcry, Warrior's Constitution, Killing Spree.
      • Strengths: High health, excels in chaining kills.
      • Specializations: Berserker (damage-focused), Primalist (area damage), Tyrant (damage-over-time effects).
    2. Paladin
      • Role: Defense-oriented melee fighter with healing abilities.
      • Abilities: Blessed Strike, Lay on Hands, Armored Knight, Conviction.
      • Strengths: High burst damage and survivability.
      • Specializations: Radiance (AoE fire damage), Inner Flames (defense and healing).
    3. Ranger
      • Role: Agile archer with ranged attacks.
      • Abilities: Marked Shot, Trap, Rhythm, Survivalist.
      • Strengths: Quick and powerful bow attacks.
      • Specializations: Marksman (focused on bow skills), Wind Weaver (area control).
    4. Wizard
      • Role: Balanced magic user with offensive and defensive spells.
      • Abilities: Magic Missiles, Fireball, Arcane Intellect, Barrier.
      • Strengths: Versatile spellcasting and survivability.
      • Specializations: Evocation (high damage), Conjuration (summoning), Transmutation (stat boosts).

    Unlockable Classes

    1. Rogue
      • Role: Melee DPS with high attack speed and AoE capabilities.
      • Abilities: Fan of Knives, Flurry of Blades, Slice and Dice, Sidestep.
      • Strengths: Swift strikes and mobility.
      • Specializations: Poison (DoT effects), Demolitions (explosives), Blades (critical strikes).
    2. Warlock
      • Role: Melee spellcaster hybrid specializing in dark magic.
      • Abilities: Demon's Tail, Dark Ritual, Drain Essence, Aura of Atrophy.
      • Strengths: Lifesteal and AoE damage.
      • Specializations: Souls (survivability), Chaos (damage rifts), Summoning (minion-based combat).
    3. Sorcerer
      • Role: Elementalist focusing on high-damage spells at the cost of defense.
      • Abilities: Discharge, Elemental Orb, Innate Power, Elemental Affinity.
      • Strengths: Mastery of fire, ice, or lightning elements for devastating attacks.
      • Specializations: Fire (burn effects), Ice (crowd control), Lightning (burst damage).

    Customization

    Each class has three specializations that unlock at level 10. These provide additional skills and passive abilities tailored to different playstyles. Leveling up also grants permanent buffs to all characters via the Guild Title system.