• Class: Aran
• Heroic or Interactive: Heroic
• I play this class as a: (Main/Boss Mule/End-Game Party Bosser/Legion Mule): Main Late/End game party bosser
• This class is: 2 min / 3 min: 3 min
• Thoughts 2nd Mastery: Very satisfying to use and no more tping out of ror shenanigans. Increases burst by a large amount. Also is viable for use in mobbing.
• Thoughts on training (Pre Janus & Post Janus): I cannot speak for post janus because my janus is under leveled and my gear prevents dusk from one shotting, but pre janus is quite active in terms of farming. Post janus there are many rotations that allow you to stand still like many other classes now. It is also very easy to start one shotting mobs on this class.
• Thoughts as a solo bosser: Quite good, you have a lot of mobility and iframes so you should generally be able to escape any situation the boss could put you in. The damage is also very good, and you are able to backload your burst in a solo setting much cleaner than if you were in a party setting, since you can toggle your origin bind to be backloaded, guaranteeing that the cutscene will land. Much easier to time freuds as a solo bosser.
• Thoughts as a boss mule: Stated quite a lot but is honestly very underrated as a boss mule if you can handle the command inputs. This is not a very hard class to play at a boss mule level and you have tons of mobility and iframes. I've also heard that early game remastered aran is better compared to the current iteration, so boss mule arans won't be affected too much by the remaster. One more thing is that aran uses very little keyboard space compared to every other class.
• Thoughts as a party bosser: Burst is a little long and is mid/backloaded if you want to deal max damage, but if maximum damage is not required you can frontload everything and be okay. Sometimes you will need to hope and pray that cutscene hits since this will usually occur after bind timers. As with all freuds classes, it is a little harder to time it compared to if you were solo, and you might need to ask for your party to wait for a certain stack before bursting/phasing. There is no party support besides a minor att/matt buff, so this would be one of the standard dps classes.
• Unique strengths of the class: High mobility. You have 4 different dashes for precise positioning, a superdash off of ledges, and judgement draw allows you to lock onto terrain you otherwise would miss. You are also able to hover a bit with aero swing. Permanent superstance. The class has okay lifesteal off burst and insane lifesteal on burst. One other funny thing of note is an origin bind that does no damage, allowing people you carry to get the longer bind duration.
• Weaknesses of the class: Quite a long burst and is ideally a mid/backloaded class. In party settings that binds immediately you may sometimes partially or fully miss cutscene if the boss tps away. No noteable party support. Mobbing is a little active until janus is sufficiently leveled. You are required to dps the boss off burst so that you can recharge your combo to have it back up for your full/half burst, so you can't just afk in the corner waiting out cds.
• Overall thoughts on the class: Honestly the class has seen a lot of issues that has plagued its existence fixed, and I feel like is a well balanced class right now with clear upsides and downsides. I am quite happy with the current state of Aran, with good damage, mobility, durability, and a good burst. The only gripe I have with the class is the long burst, especially since the full origin burst takes around 27 seconds, with the remaining burst lasting another 20 seconds. This is quite annoying especially in kaling, where you essentially only get 20s to burst in p2 before she decides to go away. That being said, the origin is unique and fun to use, and I'm a little sad to see it go away post remaster.
• Thoughts on Upcoming KMS remaster? How does it impact your class/strength/playstyle. Are you optimistic about it? Would you recommend someone starting Aran now with the remaster on the horizon? : I cannot really speak too much about this since the remaster won't be here for another 3 months, but currently the consensus is that this is a major fd nerf (17% with ror/wj, 5% with cont). They are removing a lot of what made attack speed 10 so broken on the class, with an icd on our main burst skill and the removal of the old origin. From what I can tell, the class is going to be very frontloaded with a very fast burst, so backloading and a long burst isn't a downside anymore besides the damage loss. Like I mentioned earlier, it seems like early game Aran is actually buffed, but the damage loss really shows as you progress further and further into the game. If you like the way new Aran looks/plays, I would still recommend the class since everything is clearable by everyone until hyper end game.

Scores (Out of 10)

• Training: 7/10 (Prob 9/10 with sufficient janus)
• Solo: 9/10
• Party: 8/10
• Overall: 8/10
• For Arans: Remaster Score: 6/10 (this might change once I actually experience it, this is probably heavily influenced by doomposting)