Dungeonborn Player Full Guide Best Tactics

As we know Dungeonborne is available in early access and the game is an immersive first-person PvPvE dungeon crawler. Venture solo or with trusted companions to hunt for treasure, explore ominous dungeons, and battle terrifying monsters and other cunning adventurers. Then escape before being consumed by darkness and greed.

In this guide, Let’s talk about the pros and cons of each class in the game. We’ll also cover which classes are best for solo play and which work well in trios.

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These are the best Tactics for new player

Fighter

This class is balanced for trios and is suitable for beginners. It’s almost always needed in a trio due to its escape ability.

Pros:

Dash ability
Will passive removes team damage
Easy to clear PvE rooms
Good for boss fights
High damage from whirlwind against mages
High health (starting at 1100, can be increased to about 2000 with items)

Cons:

Whirlwind damage can be blocked
Vulnerable during whirlwind as you cannot block
Struggles against magicians

Good matchups: Cryo, Priest, Pyro, Rogue
Bad matchups: DK, SM

Trio setup: Pyro + Cryo/Priest + DK/Cryo + 2 Fighters

Swordmaster

This class excels in 1v1 duels on solo maps and serves as a strong frontliner in trios.

Pros:

Elf race
Ability to ambush or de-aggro monsters and bosses
Strong damage reduction from E skill
High damage from rotation
Can clear many mobs with reduced damage taken
Healed by sword throws
Effective counter to mages

Cons:

95% of inventory space taken up by swords
Thrown sword damage can be completely blocked
Struggles in trios against pyromancers
Frontline skills are crucial in trio setups

Good matchups: Pyro, Rogue, Fighter
Bad matchups: Cryo, DK

Trio setup: Cryo + Pyro/Priest + Pyro/Cryo + Fighter

Death Knight

This class is very strong in 1v1 with a powerful aura and grip, which can turn the tide of a 3v3 fight. However, it has no escape abilities and playing with two undeads in a trio can be uncomfortable.

Pros:

Strong aura that deals significant damage to players
Ability to pull a running player from a decent distance
Grip can be a great initiation into the backline

Cons:

Limited abilities for PvE and bosses
Players can run out of the aura
Grip can be interrupted or blocked by a stone wall
No escape ability
Ability-focused; if you miss or get kited, you’re vulnerable

Good matchups: Anyone in melee
Bad matchups: Pyro, Cryo

Trio setup: Cryo + Fighter/Pyro + Fighter/Cryo + SM

Priest

This class is a strong support with the ability to instantly resurrect and excels with good items (blue+purple quality).

Pros:

Huge life saver with time to flask more
Time bubble shield protects from massive damage or CC effects and removes all slows/effects
Resurrection ability (though sometimes accidentally triggers with delayed heal)
Can snipe or beam damage with fire staff or use lightning for good DPS with gear
Heals also deal significant damage
Abilities have decent range
Only needs intelligence and faith for perks

Cons:

Cannot 1vX; relies on teammates
No burst damage
Lacks armor compared to other mages
Needs team coordination to be effective

Good matchups: Pyro, Cryo (due to divine shield buff ignoring knockback and freezing)
Bad matchups: Rogue, DK, Cryo (freeze), Pyro (burst damage)

Trio setup: Pyro + SM/DK + SM/Fighter + DK/Fighter + SM

Pyromancer

This mage class is very powerful, with huge explosive damage and the ability to disrupt spell casting with Pyroblast. It’s more effective in 3v3 scenarios than in 1v1, though it can still hold its own solo.

Pros:

High damage from Pyroblast, with additional damage from afterburn
Knockback from Fire Blast provides a save
Huge AoE, dealing 400 damage to anyone near the Pyroblast target
Great impact in boss fights, especially against Wengeful Monarch

Cons:

Poor timing with Fire Blast can lead to death
Pyroblast’s large AoE can damage teammates
Charging Pyroblast takes a long time

Good matchups: Any (considered the strongest class)
Bad matchups: DK (grip), Rogue (Petrify), Cryo (Ice Storm)

Trio setup: Cryo + SM/Cryo + DK/Cryo + Fighter

Rogue

This class is comfortable for mob clearing and bossing. In trio PvP, its low health makes it hard to get close enough to be effective, but it’s great for protracted fights where you can distract the enemy team and make sneaky moves. In solo PvP, it has high mobility and great escape abilities thanks to invisibility, though it requires high skill due to low life and defense—one mistake can be costly.

Pros:

Best class for PvE
Huge backstab damage from daggers
Can quickly life steal to full health in PvE with life steal passive while invisible
Can turn to stone for 10 seconds, creating a temporary 2v3 advantage
Invisibility provides an advantage for regrouping

Cons:

Very little survivability
Requires strategic thinking to be useful to the team
No instant escape, making it unforgiving of mistakes

Good matchups: Any if you start 2v3 with Petrify
Bad matchups: Burst AoE damage (Pyro, Cryo, DK)

Trio setup: Priest + DK/Priest + Fighter

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Cryomancer

This class is the strongest support class, capable of catching and holding the entire enemy team. It is very impactful in skilled hands and always uses 2 lightning staves.

Pros:

Can catch and freeze the entire enemy team
Effective in any setup
Low dependence on gear
High damage from combos in PvP
Lots of survivability
Ability to heal in an ice block

Cons:

Weak in PvE
Low health and low damage to monsters
Poor mobility
Very vulnerable after using the ice block
Useless passive perks

Good matchups: Any if you start first with Ice Storm
Bad matchups: Rogue, double SM, Pyro (can interrupt Q)

Trio setup: Any (very useful in each setup, but hard to play with 2 undead due to soul problems)

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Druid

This class is fun for “running around” but is the weakest in 3v3, providing little impact other than screen turmoil. It has become more viable after the EA patch.

Pros: