Sword-demon has holy weakness though, and holy is... weak.

Disruption is maybe the strongest crit type in game, so Seraph is no-no.

And newbies are famed for picking an ethereal race... Popularity is irrelevant, really... I mean, High-man is number one, and.. High-man doesn't merit being popular at all really...

*fondly remembers trying an unchanted desper bokken on Natasha the seraph and watch limbs fly*