Our Dnd Group TPW. So now for LFG. Any tips? (I've played dnd for decades, yikes)

My go to for an new dnd system is to play a fighter. Because it's usually the simplest class. Thoughts? I was gonna try for my highest stat in int it seems to cover a lot of skills. Fighters can usually get away with rp stat choices and still throw down in a tumble. Perception and Will also seem super important. I love the Battle Axe and how it makes you roll on an injury table on a 19 (20 too for fighters). Anyway wish me luck I'm pretty sure I'll have at least 10 hp maybe even 11. I'm recycling an old backstory because it's pretty funny and helps introduce the party to scores of replacement brothers and sisters. Son of the Fire Swamp Witch, the latest of many CG brothers that always comments how much better this town/forest/dungeon/Briarpatch is than the Fire Swamp and sends half his monies home to his siblings.