Elden Ring reveals new Bandit and Astrologer character classes
Will you be a sharpshooting rogue or a powerful sorcerer?
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Developer FromSoftware hasrevealedtwo more of the character classes that players will be able to choose when starting a new game in its upcoming action RPGElden Ring. These classes are the Bandit and Astrologer, both of which have very distinct strengths. The Bandit is “a dangerous bandit who strikes for weak points” and the class “excels at ranged combat with bows.” Meanwhile, the Astrologer is a “scholar who reads fate in the stars” and they are the “heir to the school of glintstone sorcery.”
Based on these descriptions, it sounds like the Bandit will be a high Dexterity class that deals a lot of damage with bows, while the Astrologer will be a mage with a large amount of Intelligence, which is the stat that governs how powerful a character’s glintstone sorceries are.Elden Ring’s Prisoner classis proficient with sorceries as well, but we expect that it will be more of a hybrid melee/magic class. The Astrologer, meanwhile, will likely be more of a “pure mage.”
BANDIT: A dangerous bandit who strikes for weak points. Excels at ranged combat with bows.ASTROLOGER: A scholar who reads fate in the stars. Heir to the school of glintstone sorcery.Pre-Order#ELDENRING:https://t.co/PTkxSAMqvhpic.twitter.com/KlpwDeVYhGBANDIT: A dangerous bandit who strikes for weak points. Excels at ranged combat with bows.ASTROLOGER: A scholar who reads fate in the stars. Heir to the school of glintstone sorcery.Pre-Order#ELDENRING:https://t.co/PTkxSAMqvhpic.twitter.com/KlpwDeVYhG— ELDEN RING (@ELDENRING)February 11, 2022February 11, 2022
The Bandit and Astrologer join Elden Ring’s other character templates — Bloody Wolf, Champion, Prophet, Enchanted Knight, Warrior, Vagabond, Hero, Prisoner, and Wretched — as the game’s 10th and 11th class, respectively. It’s unclear whether or not theElden Ring classes listwill grow even larger as we get closer to the game’s launch, but at the rate FromSoftware has been showing off new ones recently, we wouldn’t be surprised.
Elden Ring is expected to release Feb. 25, 2022 on Xbox Series X, Xbox One systems, PS5, PS4, and PC.Elden Ring preordersare available now if you’d like to purchase your copy of the game before it arrives.
Elden Ring … oh, Elden Ring!
Elden Ring is FromSoftware’s next fantasy epic, featuring a focus on open-ended design in a universe created by both FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki and A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin.
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Brendan Lowry is a Windows Central writer and Oakland University graduate with a burning passion for video games, of which he’s been an avid fan since childhood. He’s been writing for Team WC since the summer of 2017, and you’ll find him doing news, editorials, reviews, and general coverage on everything gaming, Xbox, and Windows PC. His favorite game of all time is probably NieR: Automata, though Elden Ring, Fallout: New Vegas, and Team Fortress 2 are in the running, too. When he’s not writing or gaming, there’s a good chance he’s either watching an interesting new movie or TV show or actually going outside for once.Follow him on X(Twitter).
