D&D 5E Rank your favorite D&D classes

[Yaarel]

Out of curiosity and for fun.

Rank your classes from more favorite at the top to less favorite at the bottom.

Decide the merits of the class in the context of playing it in a 5e game, but use any criterion that matters to you, whether solid mechanics or awesome flavor.

The sixteen classes to rank are the official ones, plus a few it-might-happens. In alphabetical order:

Artificer, Barbarian, Bard, Cleric, Druid, Fighter, Monk, Paladin, Psion, Ranger, Rogue, Sorcerer, Swordmage, Warlock, Warlord, Wizard

 

[Scribe]

Paladin (SwordMage)
Barbarian
Sorcerer (Psion)

Fighter
Rogue
Wizard

Cleric
Monk
Ranger (Warlord)

Warlock
Druid
Bard
Artificer

 

[Tonguez]

Druid,
Fighter,
Paladin,
Warlord,
Rogue,
Barbarian,

Warlock,
Artificer,
Sorcerer,
Cleric,
Monk,
Ranger,

Swordmage,
Wizard
Bard,
Psion

 

[W'rkncacnter]

based purely on flavour (because otherwise there'd basically just be "paladin" as a decently built class and then "everyone else" as either nonexistent in 5e, overpowered, thematically and mechanically dissonant, or just bad):
Artificer
Warlord
Fighter
Swordmage
Paladin
Cleric
Rogue
Barbarian
Monk
Bard
Wizard
Warlock
Sorcerer
Ranger
Psion
Druid

 

[Muso]

Cleric
Fighter
Rogue
Wizard
The others, that can be subclasses of the former four

 

[Yaarel]

Cleric
Fighter
Rogue
Wizard
The others, that can be subclasses of the former four

OK. But locate all 16! Maybe rank them like the following, if you wish?

Cleric
•
•
•

Fighter
•
•
•

Rogue
•
•
•

Wizard
•
•
•

Or however you want to do the 16, from top to bottom.

 

[Zardnaar]

Generally Druid since 1E/2E. High placing thinking about things hmmn.

Sorcerer
Bard
Druid
Cleric
Warlock
Fighter
Wizard
Rogue
Ranger
Barbarian
Artificer

Top 3 can probably be swapped around in any order.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

Ranger
Warlock
Swordmage
Warlord
Paladin
Fighter
Psion
Barbarian
Rogue
Cleric
Bard
Artificer
Monk
Druid
Wizard
Sorcerer

 

[RoughCoronet0]

Sorcerer
Artificer
Ranger
Druid
Warlock

Cleric
Paladin
Barbarian
Monk
Bard

Swordmage
Warlord
Psion

Fighter
Rogue
Wizard

 

[Ogre Mage]

1. Cleric
2. Sorcerer
3. Wizard
4. Warlock
5. Bard
6. Druid
7. Paladin
8. Fighter
9. Rogue
10. Barbarian
11. Ranger
12. Monk

Numbers 9-12 are theorycrafting because I have never played them in 5E.