Best class for a hardcore challenge

So I have been playing archer for a while now, but I don't really like it, so I wanted to ask for your opinions on what class I should use for a hardcore challenge with no dying, no identifiers, only merchants & market challenge.

 

Assassin
specifically pure trickster

 

Sounds interesting, I will consider it, but I would say playing Assassin isn't really a challenge.

 

The best class/archetype for hardcore is Paladin Warrior, since it counters random death bugs that occur in some quests, and makes deaths by lag much rarer.