Lootbound Classes

Bard and Jester are the same role

Achievements and the live select screen use Bard. In-run flavor also calls the same character a Jester. This wiki models Bard and notes the alias. There is no fifth class.

Do not lock a named build in the hub

Barracks stats help the opener. They do not replace the first strong shape. Leave Game Room dice and Laboratory unlocks until you have died once and know which role you actually lack. The beginner guide is the first-run loop; this page is only the roster.

Once the gates close, you need the four jobs in your head — not a favorite portrait.

Warrior — physical DPS

Warrior is the slash lane: Damage, Critical Chance, Slash, Vampirism. The job is to delete a threat before it swings. Vampirism pays you for attacking, so a Warrior who never swings is a wasted grid. First-run lean: keep Slash clustered and let a later recruit bring Crush or Acid if plated enemies stall you.

Paladin — tank / Order

Paladin is the survival specialist: Armor, Health, Resistance, Order. Order amplifies healing, armor repair, blessings, and other helpful effects — it is not a damage stat. Pack the Paladin to live and hold, then let someone else finish the health bar. A Paladin you built like a Warrior is just a slow slasher with a holy hat.

Witch — Acid / Chaos / debuff

Witch is the armor skip: Acid, Chaos, Mana, debuffs. Acid hits Health through plates. Chaos strengthens curses and other negative effects. Do not sprinkle Order onto a Chaos board — the two pull opposite directions. A Witch without Mana discipline burns the kit on trash and has nothing for the biome gate.

Bard — support (Jester alias)

Bard is party support, not a third DPS. Community 1.0 play and older writeups also say Jester. Pack Order, Dodge, and instrument-style weapons (names TBA). Judge the Bard by fury / speed / heal-style help the rest of the party actually uses. A Bard with no armor and no recruit is a first-biome wipe — 1.0 openers that start Bard grab Warrior or Paladin first.

Those four jobs only matter if you leave a hole for the map to fill. That is the recruit, not another solo upgrade.

Companions auto-act. Pack the trigger, not a hotbar

Community-observed 1.0 patterns (treat exact thresholds as TBA): a Bard-style support often spends a better buff when an ally is hurt; a Witch-style kit often spends a stronger debuff when one enemy remains. You do not queue those clicks. You seat the stats that make the automatic turn worth taking. Full turn order: combat.

Same equip rules, separate backpacks

Rotate, seat, keep. A shape that is not on that character’s grid is not in the fight — same rule as the hero. Consumables stay on the hero when that 1.0 rule is confirmed. Do not park the only heal on a companion and wait for the AI to drink it. Packing detail: inventory.

Two bodies in play is when the roster stops being flavor and starts being a comparison. Use the table next, not another portrait paragraph.

Order and Chaos do not share a body

Order boosts helpful effects. Chaos boosts harmful ones. Community guides and 1.0 play both treat them as opposite leans. Paladin and Bard want Order. Witch wants Chaos. Warrior usually wants neither as a primary — Slash and vampirism pay better. Mixing both on one grid is how a “support Paladin” also fails to curse.

The leftover class is a feature

1.0 parties usually field three of four. A Bard hero plus Warrior plus Witch is a legal party that never sees Paladin. That is fine if Acid and Slash cover the next biome. It is not fine if you skipped the tank and the Bard still has no armor.

Comparison is useless if the grids are clones. Pack the role next.

Rebuild both boards after a recruit

The new body is not a junk drawer for leftover L-shapes. Lift the hero kit, move the role-wrong pieces onto the recruit, and only then seat new loot. One aura slide can flip Slash toward Crush — read the neighbor line on auras before you lock a pretty pack.

Rarity is not a class

A divine-looking slab that isolates the Witch’s Acid contact is worse than a small common that keeps Chaos touching the weapon. Full item names stay TBA. If the pane barely moves when you lift the piece, it is occupying a cell the role needed.

Three packed roles still fail if they all do the same job. The next section is the party, not a fourth portrait.

Why “three slashers” loses

Slash eats Health after armor is gone. Three Slash grids on a plated elite is three people hitting a wall. Crush or Acid has to live on someone — usually the Witch, sometimes a Paladin crush lean (community-observed, not a locked skill). Damage-type matchups: damage types.

Difficulty III class clears are a later problem

Xbox / Steam goals name the four classes directly: Warrior, Bard, Witch, Paladin, plus “unlock all abilities” for each. Those are meta hunts, not first-run advice. Finish a Difficulty I party that covers roles before you chase The Last General or Lamb of Rebellion. List: achievements.

If the run still dies after a legal trio, it is usually a process error — not a missing legendary name.

One habit that fixes most of them

When the companion pane opens, name the hole out loud: tank, slash, or acid. Pick the class that fills it, then rebuild both grids before the next node.

When that is automatic, the next page is how those three boards become a build — aura contacts, not portraits.