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Embers of the Uncrowned launches with three playable classes confirmed at announcement: Spectral Blade, Executioner, and Stormbringer. Each class wields a distinct weapon, fills a distinct combat role, and grows along its own dedicated skill tree. All three classes plug into the same underlying combat systems and share progression layers like Skill Gems and Gear Enhancement, so picking a class shapes how you fight without locking you out of the wider game.
Class Comparison
Class | Weapon | Role | Style | Core Resource | Elements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dual blades (longsword + phantom blade) | Agile melee duelist | Stealth, Phantom clones, swift swordsmanship | Shade | Physical, Darkness | |
Massive two-handed axe | Heavy melee vanguard | Slow, committed crushing blows; high-risk damage soak | Rage / Fury | Physical, Fire | |
Compact storm orb | Vanguard mage (mid-range) | Aggressive elemental caster | Aeroenergy (Wind) / Overload (Lightning) | Wind, Lightning |
Per-Class Mechanics
Executioner: Rage and Fury
The Executioner builds Rage by striking and downing enemies. When sufficient Rage is stored, dealing damage triggers Fury, a brief explosive state that spikes attack tempo and unlocks devastating skill chains. Mastery is in knowing when to trigger Fury and how long to sustain it.
Spectral Blade: Shade and Phantoms
The Spectral Blade's core resource is Shade, stacked through certain skills and spent to empower attacks or trigger special effects. Phantoms are conjured copies of the player that generate Shade or consume Shades to launch joint attacks. Chaining player skills with a Phantom creates explosive combinations, and Stealth-based ambushes keep enemies off-balance.
Stormbringer: Aeroenergy and Overload
The Stormbringer runs two distinct resource systems depending on element. Wind builds Aeroenergy, which can instantly recast skills to chain crowd-control or stack Resonance debuffs. Lightning builds Overload stacks, detonated with finishers for big bursts or sustained crit chains. The class is positioned as an aggressive mid-range mage rather than a back-line caster.
The Trait System
Every class has two distinct elements and uses the same Trait system to specialize within them. Traits go far beyond simple skill upgrades. They unlock entirely new skills and combat mechanics exclusive to a chosen path, fundamentally changing how skills behave and enabling a broad range of builds within the same class.
Traits can be reset at any time, so experimentation between builds is fully encouraged. The same character can swap between assassination, ranged dart control, and Phantom swarm builds on the Spectral Blade, or between bossing-Shock, AoE-crit-Physical, close-quarters Burn, and aggressive Fire-debuff on the Executioner.
No Auto-Combat
The dev team has stated explicitly that Embers of the Uncrowned does not support auto-combat. Every Rage spike, every Phantom chain, every Overload detonation requires the player's hands. Spell Interruption, the Stagger System, and SP-based evasion are all driven by player inputs, not by an autoplay loop.
Demo Skill Count
In the demo build for Steam Next Fest (June 15-22, 2026), each class is rolled out with 28 to 29 active and passive skills. Full-release counts have not been published; the demo numbers indicate the per-class build depth on offer at launch.
Future Classes
The dev team has confirmed that additional classes will be developed in the same spirit as the demo trio, with the goal of giving each a distinct, unprecedented combat experience. No future class names or release windows have been disclosed.
Choosing a Class
You prefer | Play |
|---|---|
Fast, stealth-based melee with deception and Phantom clones | |
Heavy melee that closes in and commits to single crushing blows | |
Aggressive elemental caster who fights at mid-range, not back-line |
Related
Combat
Skill Gems
Gear Enhancement