TBH: Task Bar Hero - Best Classes and Pets Ranked (2026)

TBH: Task Bar Hero runs a tiny idle battler along the bottom of your screen, but the picks you make carry real weight. There are six hero classes and eight pets, some free and some locked behind DLC, and the right combination decides how far your runs go before a wipe. The strongest setups pair a durable frontline with ranged damage and a healer, and the best pets stack passive farming bonuses that never turn off.

TBH: Task Bar Hero class tier list (2026)

Class rankings come down to three things. How well a hero fits into any team, how flexible its build is, and whether something cheaper can fill the same role. Knight and Hunter clear that bar comfortably. Everyone else is viable, so free players are not locked out of progress, but a few picks pull ahead.

S-tier classes: Knight and Hunter

Knight is the best free hero in the game because he handles three jobs at once. He tanks the frontline, deals direct damage with his long sword, and shields allies with a bubble. No other free class matches that mix of survivability and flexibility, which makes him the default first pick.

Hunter needs the DLC, but she earns it. Her crossbow fires explosive and lightning shots that stack elemental effects across multiple enemies, and during boss rounds she can drain a boss health bar to near zero before it reaches your party. Built for raw attack, she is the strongest single damage dealer in the game and works best behind a tank who pulls aggro.

Class & Type	Why this tier	Best for
Knight [Free]	Covers tanking, sword damage, and a team bubble shield in one slot. Fits any formation.	All teams, tank, all-rounder
Hunter [DLC]	Explosive and lightning AoE from range, with massive boss burst. Top single-target output.	Boss fights, AoE, DPS builds

A-tier classes: Priest, Sorcerer, Slayer

Priest is the only healer in the game and close to mandatory for deep runs. She heals, buffs ally attacks, and can revive downed heroes to stop a full wipe. The catch is that she needs defense investment to survive harder waves, and she does little on her own without a team to protect.

Sorcerer is the free mage. She throws ranged elemental AoE, slows incoming enemies, and summons a Hydra minion for extra damage. She lands just behind Hunter on pure output, but brings more crowd control, so build her around ability power and keep her behind a tank since her health pool is thin.

Slayer is a DLC berserker who can sacrifice his own HP for a big damage spike, along with some crowd control. The problem is that Knight fills the same melee frontline role for free and survives better, so Slayer only makes sense if you already own the DLC.

Class & Type	Why this tier	Best for
Priest [Free]	Only healer in the game. Buffs attacks and revives, but needs defense to hold up alone.	Team survival, boss runs, healing
Sorcerer [Free]	Ranged AoE, enemy slows, and a Hydra summon. Strong utility, low health, needs a tank.	AoE clearing, F2P teams, ability power
Slayer [DLC]	Berserker melee with HP-sacrifice burst, but Knight covers the role for free with more survivability.	High-damage melee, crowd control

B-tier class: Ranger

Ranger is the free-range option when you do not own Hunter. She fires arrow flurries and stacks Bleeding on enemies, which works fine, but her AoE range is tighter than Hunter's, and Sorcerer often outdamages her without costing a cent. She does the job when built and supported correctly, yet there is almost always a better pick on the bench.

Class & Type	Why this tier	Best for
Ranger [Free]	Arrow flurries and Bleeding stacks, but shorter AoE range than Hunter and often beaten by Sorcerer.	F2P ranged builds, Bleeding, DPS

TBH: Task Bar Hero pet tier list (2026)

Pets work differently from heroes. Once you unlock one, it stays active permanently, and you can have all of them running at the same time. There are no roster slots to manage, so the rankings simply tell you which to chase first. Pets that stack several farming bonuses sit above those with a single, narrow effect.

S-tier pets: Dragon, Dark Spirit, Bat

Dragon is the standout. It fires three bonuses at once, covering chest drops, gold, and EXP, which makes it the only pet that improves every major farming category together. Dark Spirit raises Stage Boss Chest drops by 15%, and those chests start handing out far better gear from Act 2 onward, so its value climbs the deeper you go. Bat is the best free-to-play pet thanks to its dual bonus, and you can farm Act 1 to unlock it early so the EXP gain compounds across the whole run.

Pet	Bonuses	Notes
Dragon	+20% Common Chest drop, +15% Gold per kill, +20% EXP gain	Only pet that boosts all three farming categories at once.
Dark Spirit	+15% Stage Boss Chest drop chance	Scales in value from Act 2, where boss chests reward better gear.
Bat	+10% Common Chest drop, +15% EXP gain	Best free pet. Unlock it early by farming Act 1.

A-tier pets: Sword, Watcher, Burning Skeleton

These give one a clean bonus each. Sword adds a flat +15% EXP that speeds up leveling everywhere. Watcher hands out +15% Gold per kill without any real-money cost, which already beats Butterfly. Burning Skeleton bumps Stage Boss Chest drops by 10%, a fair stand-in if you cannot get Dark Spirit, though the 5% gap adds up over many runs.

Pet	Bonus	Best for
Sword	+15% EXP gain	EXP farming
Watcher	+15% Gold per kill	Gold farming, no purchase needed
Burning Skeleton	+10% Stage Boss Chest drop chance	Boss chest farming backup

B-tier pets: Butterfly, Blue Golem

Butterfly costs DLC money and only gives +10% Gold per kill, which is weaker than the free Watcher's +15%. Blue Golem looks fine with +15% Common Chest drops, but Common Chests mostly spit out low-rarity fodder that clogs your inventory, and Bat already covers chest drops while adding EXP on top.

Pet	Bonus	Why it ranks low
Butterfly	+10% Gold per kill	DLC cost for less gold than the free Watcher.
Blue Golem	+15% Common Chest drop chance	Mostly fodder gear, and Bat covers it for less.

Best team compositions in TBH: Task Bar Hero

Good teams pair a frontline tank with at least one healer or a strong ranged attacker. Three setups cover most of what you will run into, from the absolute strongest lineup to a fully free option.

The free-to-play version swaps Hunter for Sorcerer. It does not hit the same damage ceiling, but it clears every act without spending a thing. The double-DPS build drops the healer for Sorcerer's slows and Hydra summon alongside Hunter's burst, giving you the fastest wave clear at the cost of sustain.

If you are choosing what to build first, start with the free Knight and a Priest so your runs survive, then add ranged damage with Sorcerer or the DLC Hunter once you want to push into Act 2 and beyond. Unlock Bat early, chase Dragon and Dark Spirit when you can, and let the passive bonuses pile up while the game runs in the background. TBH: Task Bar Hero is available on PC through its official Steam page.