Deciding between Squig Herder and Whitch Hunter—advice requested

[Ziorah]

Hello community,

the good news is that I'm having a lot of fun with RoR. I've now played almost all classes once at CR 15 to 16 and am getting a feel for them. That took me about 7 weeks, depending on how I managed my time. I enjoy the Squid Herder and the Witch Hunter the most.

Order seems to have the advantage that you get into scenarios much faster and progress is quicker, or am I wrong? Without this order bonus in the scenarios, Destor would definitely be my choice. I find the site much more visually appealing.

Here is a brief summary with AI of a conversation yesterday:

That's pretty much how someone just described it to me: ""I’ve been thinking about the Squig Herder’s place in the current 1v1 meta and why it feels like such an uphill battle compared to other classes. While the SH is great at being an annoying harasser in scenarios, it seems to lack the necessary burst or raw defensive power to consistently win duels against competent players. Since the class relies so heavily on perfect kiting and managing pet mechanics, a single mistake usually leads to a quick death, especially against high-pressure melee classes. It feels like you have to work twice as hard as a tank or a dedicated melee DPS just to stay alive, often without the reward of being able to actually secure the kill before the enemy outheals your pressure." Do you agree?

I don't really have any questions about the Witch Hunter.

How good is the Squig as an rmDD? Is it a good duel class, i.e. in 1v1, or not really? When I asked on Discord—I have to admit that not everyone there is always friendly and some even laugh at you—no one really answered my question. What do you think?

Is the Squig a strong class? Or not really?

I would really appreciate hearing about your experiences. Very much so, because I want to make a decision and level up one of the two classes and play it through to the endgame.

[reyaloran]

Squigs are a strong class however that is with a few caveats. First you will need to dedicate your build toward either ranged which tends to kite its enemies to death or melee which has good aoe capabilities. You simply do not get enough points to make a spec that can do both the a level that will feel good. Second, range squig is not wanted in most war bands due to its single target nature and melee squig is generally seen as a 1-2 of due to lower damage then sorcs, choppas, or maras in aoe.

For 1v1s squigs are one of the few classes that can reliably kill a solo roaming AM but it will struggle against shadow warriors who will out range you on average. You deal a decent amount of damage however if you are up against someone who knows how to counter your kiteing you will likely loose as you often spec for damage over survival.

[Ziorah]

Thanks for the important information about Squig. So you have to decide how you want to play him, but every decision also influences where you are good.
I thought of another class that I really like: Engineer.