Ranger is confirmed to be the strongest actually, easy to use, tough enough to live, and holding the strongest handheld weapons. (that don't need abundant energy)

Having grown up religiously the story that you're talking about at the beginning, he flips an entire city or two upside down and smashes them into the Earth. The part about the salt is somebody who is told not to look back, looks back at it and gets turned into a salt pillar

Honestly edf is my favourite series if I just want to blow shit up or fuck around with friends. 5 is the current version for me as 6 hasn't released on PC/in the west yet. A lot of fun, explosions and friendly fire for the entire family. Just don't play it if you have Arachnophobia as there are 2 types of spider enemies and multiple ants. I'm not a big fan of spiders but in games it's not as bad and I can deal with it. It also helps the more common type jumps instead of skittering around.

That is a beautiful thumbnail.

Me when bomb