There are 4 main classes/callings in Rift with a large number of Rift souls to choose from. Once you choose your class and souls, you cannot go back. Each calling is unique and has its own advantages and disadvantages compared to other classes. Each class has several souls a gamer can choose from. One character can maintain up to 3 Rift souls at a time. Below is a short Rift souls guide.

There are four classes in Rift: the warrior, cleric, rogue, and mage. The Rift guide to the souls shows how each class is broken down into its souls.

In the warrior class, you can opt to be one of the following Rift Warrior souls for starters: a champion, reaver, paladin, warlord, paragon, riftblade, and void knight. As you progress, you’ll get to choose 2 more Rift warrior souls. A couple examples are as follows. Champions are great melee fighters while being weak to sneak attacks because of impatience. Paladins have great protection, counterattacks, and shield-handling, but they are weakened because they are slow.

In the cleric class, you can opt to be a one of the following Rift cleric souls: purifier, inquisitor, sentinel, justicar, shaman, warden, and druid. A few examples are as follows. Purifiers are great at using fire to heal allies while being weak with their attack skills. Shamans are great with melee and winter magic, but they are weak because they do not have any healing abilities.

In the rogue class, you can opt to be a nightblade, ranger, blade dancer, assassin, riftstalker, marksman, and saboteur. Again, you have the choice of 3 rogue souls in total. A couple examples, about the souls are as follows. Nightblades are great with their silence attacks against enemies, but they are weak due to their endurances. They are poor in time consuming battles. Assassins are great with their surprise attacks. They are almost invisible to their enemies, but they are weak if they choose the wrong enemy to fight. The assassin uses poisonous blades, and some enemies are immune to poison. Be careful to not miss your sneak attack.

In the mage class, the available Rift Mage souls are elementalist, warlock, pyromancer, stormcaller, archon, necromancer, and dominator. A few examples are as follows. An elementalist is great by using all of the elements. They can call on each of the elements for assistance during a battle. If an elementalist does not have its elements, he is weakened with limited abilities to defend himself. A stormcaller is great by using air and water magic together to win battles but weak without this magic. Stormcallers have poor defense and cannot defend much without magic.

Hope this brief Rift souls guide can aid you in some ways when choosing your character. Choose wisely as each soul presents different abilities and thus may or may not fully fit your character preference.