You'll have to share with us how you like to play and what gametype (PvP or PvEasy) you're looking to do for an accurate "answer".

This is a cut and paste from similar questions I've been asked on this. I wrote it for newer players, but it's still applicable. In addition to my notes, read alcast's builds for each class stam variation at alcasthq.com. He does a good summary up front that covers how they play.

I have vets in each class. This is my experience of how they play:

Nightblades: the pro here is stealth an insane single target damage, con they're squishy. This is my personal favorite class, but playing them well can be as much a mastery of fighting style as builds and skills. A successful nightblade dodges, hides, confuses and stabs in the back...pve or pvp. A NB can't take every hit or they're toast, so they have to learn to dodge as much as they can while mitigating hits they do take with skills that return health. They will use a lot of class skills, then also dual wield, with 2h or bow back bars. Their fighting style should be a little more martial arts than boxing.

Sorcs: I will admit that I love my sorc too. These guys keeps some of the NB single target damage, but being in insane AOEs and some good resistance. The pro is that they're a very powerful, high damage class. Con, they only have a few sorc class skills that apply to them...as a result, there are fewer viable setups for them. Still, formplayers who like the weapon skills and ultimates, sorcs rock these and bring in a few sorc skills that are simply amazing. I fight my sorc a little like my NB...but on my NB's most aggressive in-your-face moments.

Templars: the pro here is a large tool box of really fun skills and powerful buffs. Con, Templars do significantly less damage than the above two and they can have resource management issues (requiring the sacrifice of slots for dps improvement). Because of their core jabbing skill, they are way more in your face than the others. This is a class where 1h can come in and be beneficial in certain builds.

Wardens: I'm still refining my vet Warden, but I have a good idea how they'll play when maxed out. They are tankier than all the above owing to some really powerful class abilities. They can also deal some decent damage. As the designers said on an ESO Live, Wardens are designed with these attacks that work together and sort of build up. Unlike some other classes that might spam a single ability, Wardens are designed to proc one after the other in order to build momentum and then unleash hell on an enemy. Once a player learns how to get everything to land on a target at the same time, these guys are lethal. They have ample class skills to choose from, and van make good melee or range builds. One nice feature is their access to major brutality and savagery via class skills, freeing them from mandatory weapon choices. A warden can be a double bow build, for example...or whatever they want.

Dragonknights: needless to say, the tanks of ESO. This is their big pro...they are very hard to kill. The con is that they do significantly less damage than other classes. For many players, this can make them boring. Still, they have a great tool kit with some useful class abilities. My advice to newer players is to start by being a dps DK and later developing your tanking skills. A lot of players roll a DK, suit them in heavy tanking gear, then they're boooooooooooring in all the low level stuff. Start a DK in medium armor and sets that boost dps...this will really help them move through content, and you'll still be pretty darn tanky. DKs should wear a couple of pieces of heavy and level the line, but they don't need to become true tanks until they're vets, at which point they'll have Champion Points to help buff up their Dps.


BecAuse your new toon will "inherit" a giant bucket of CPs, they're going to be able to overcome half their weakness regardless. A NB would be way tougher, while a DK would hit twice as hard.

Also, having the CPs is nice because this plus one tamriel will give you a good idea how they'll play as vet as early as level 10-15. Roll your first choice and see how you like it. None of these classes will play dramatically different at higher levels. The one exception might be NB...they do start with a ton of magic skills that hit pretty weak, but morph to stam versions that hit like a truck. Just look over the class skill lines to see which might get ten times better with morphs for any class you roll. The designers are bad about making too many skills start as magic.