Look, let's be honest, the class change tickets have finally vanished from the store, and the battlefield of Arthdal Chronicles New World Season 1 is in absolute chaos. KookminTree has dug into the data to see where everyone is running.

Assassins, Paladins, and Priests Dominate the New World Season 1 Class Swap Meta

Six servers are currently locked in a brutal alliance war across the Black Night Archipelago and Frostbite Cliff. Naturally, players have scrambled to whatever class hits hardest in PvP and PvE. To make matters even spicier, monsters in the Black Night 3 and 4 archipelagos are soon turning aggressive, prompting a fresh wave of pre-emptive class swaps.

So, which classes are winning the popularity contest? The data shows a massive influx of rankers moving over to Assassins, Paladins, and Priests. While Assassins and Paladins bring terrifying DPS to both player brawls and aggressive mob hunting, Priests trade away raw damage for the ultimate team utility. In massive scale wars, a Priest keeping allies alive and kicking is non-negotiable, which explains why so many players swapped over just to taste victory.

Notable rankers who jumped to Assassin include Eozer from the Leo server, Pyongtaekgimchanho from the same server, TuTu the Stormbringer from the Ara server, and Kyokain the Paladin from the Orion server. Meanwhile, players like Sunwuappa shifted to Paladin, Old Hawk became a Stormbringer, and Weather Center moved to Priest. Others like Yongyong swapped from Paladin to Priest, along with Danggeuri Nocheonryong from Pavo and Marihuana from Orion. Everyone seems to have a story about their new build.

The Leo Server Surge: Is a New World Season 1 Crown in Sight?

Let us shift our gaze to the server rankings. The Leo server has been on an absolute tear lately. The average combat power of its top rankers skyrocketed by 4,290, hitting a staggering 131,699. With only a 2,702 gap separating Leo from the reigning champion Crabon, a hostile takeover of the top spot feels practically inevitable. Meanwhile, Ara added 3,633 combat power to reach 13,179, comfortably padding its lead over the fourth-place Vela to cement third place.

Match of the Week in New World Season 1: Leo vs Crabon

Crabon and Leo are currently trading blows at the top of the food chain, meeting face-to-face in the Black Night Archipelago. But this is no clean 1:1 duel. The Leo server is already tearing itself apart in an internal civil war between the Brotherhood Myth alliance and the ROYAL coalition. Since the ROYAL coalition happens to be allied with Paladin, which is Crabon's top dog, we have a wonderfully messy cross-server war shaping up as Leo (Brotherhood Myth) versus Crabon (Paladin) and Leo (ROYAL).

Looking purely at the numbers, the Crabon (Paladin) and Leo (ROYAL) alliance holds a comfortable lead in both raw combat power and sheer headcount. Their top 20 rankers boast an average combat power higher by 13,614, and they field 47 more players above the 100,000 combat power threshold. Even so, calling the outcome is a fool's errand because one absolute unit stands in the way: Eozer.

Eozer from the Leo server has smashed through the 210,000 combat power ceiling. That is the highest number in all of New World Season 1, sitting roughly 40,000 points ahead of Sunwuappa, who ranks second among the participants. Realistically speaking, Sunwuappa and the rest of the opposing rankers are going to struggle to scratch Eozer.

For the Crabon (Paladin) and Leo (ROYAL) coalition, the entire strategy will likely revolve around ignoring Eozer entirely and figuring out how to gobble up the rest of the boss drops. Conversely, the Leo (Brotherhood Myth) alliance just needs to let Eozer run wild and farm maximum efficiency out of that terrifying combat power lead. How will this bitter rivalry end? You can check out all the gritty details over at the KookminTree website.