However, the eidolon is very powerful, and the summoner gets summon monster IX as a spell-like ability at the same time as full-casters gain 9th-level spells. The summoner is an unusual entry here, because it only ever gets 6th-level spells. The psychic is the occult-magic version of the sorcerer, and there aren’t (yet?) occult analogues to the options that allow oracle and sorcerer to become tier 1, so the psychic is distinctly tier 2. It’s also a better class than 3.5e’s favored soul, even ignoring those options. And like the sorcerer, the oracle has options for becoming tier 1. The oracle is Pathfinder’s divine version of the sorcerer, so it is also tier 2. Sorcerers that take advantage of those options are more properly considered tier 1. However, there are options that allow at least some sorcerers to “unlock” things and gain the flexibility usually found in tier-1 prepared casters. The sorcerer is the quintessential tier-2 class, since it gets phenomenally-powerful spells, but is locked into a particular set. Tier 2-Oracle, Psychic, Sorcerer, (chained) Summoner It basically involves pumping your spells known and taking advantage of options-particularly with paragon surge and mnemonic vestment-that allow you to change your spells known on a day-to-day basis. Note that it is possible to get sorcerer or oracle into tier 1. The last new class, the shaman, is kind of like a divine witch, and the spirit animal is a much lesser vulnerability than the patron familiar. So yes, no reason to demote her from the first approximation. Hexes are mostly meh, but there are enough good, even excellent ones, that they are distinct plus. The witch is much like the wizard, though her patron familiar is obnoxiously vulnerable compared to a wizard’s spellbook. On even levels (as well as 1st and 19th), the arcanist is easily the most powerful class in the game on odd levels, he is still substantially superior to the sorcerer. The only downside to the arcanist is the one-level delay on spell levels, à la sorcerer. The arcanist has a strange “prepared spontaneous” spellcasting scheme, but it’s highly advantageous. But ultimately, the druid’s spellcasting was always her best feature, and she still has it.
The druid is notable for the significant changes to wild shape-those definitely hurt the class relative to 3.5e. This is pretty straightforward: these classes get the most powerful spells at a given level, and they can change their spell load-out daily, allowing immense flexibility. Tier 1-Arcanist, Cleric, Druid, Shaman, Witch, Wizard That rule of thumb will work fairly well across Pathfinder. Roughly speaking, prepared spellcasters who get 9th-level spells are tier 1, spontaneous spellcasters who get 9th-level spells are tier 2, spellcasters who get 6th-level spells are tier 3, and classes that get little to no magic are tiers 4 and 5.
That makes figuring tiers fairly straightforward There were some scattered nerfs to some core spells, but many are unchanged from 3.5e and still overpowered.
And spellcasters received new class features, some of them very powerful, plus powerful new spells (e.g. If anything, Pathfinder actually made balance worse: nerfs to combat feats, and the distinct lack of better combat feats, which 3.5e published in supplements and Pathfinder never did, hurt mundane characters dramatically. Magic is both powerful and flexible, allowing magical classes to be strictly-superior to non-magical classes in many cases.
The primary maxims of 3.5e remain true: magic dominates everything, the more and higher-level magic you have, the better off you are. For the most part, Pathfinder changed little about balance
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