Casters in velious

[Kergan]

All classes get more HP, AC and resists - a lot more. However, melee damage gets drastically improved through both skill upgrades (a lot of melee/hybrid melee get offensive skill increases) and weapon upgrades. Spell damage stays a constant, and while there are a few nice things in there like ice spear by and large casters take it in the rear end.

Rogues probably see the least damage increase due to the 15 damage cap, although some of the procs are pretty good on those weapons and they will see the defensive upgrades and + hp. The biggest "winner" in Velious is easily the monk, gaining access to high AC and + hp items to go along with their inherently superior avoidance. And to make sure they are OP'd as shit, they get triple attack and access to an inventory clicky 3 slot dispel and a fungus tunic with 10 resist all and +100 hp which are debatably the 2 best items of the xpac.

So yeah, roll your monk now.