My D5 ALL Characters TIER LIST After 150+ Hours of Playtime

[Drifter]

After 150 hours of playtime, I figured I'd make a tier list. I am by no means an expert, but I was bored, so I decided to make a tier list based on my experience of solely playing on D5. This list is based on CONSISTENCY in beating D5, not on their potential powerlevel. The list also takes into consideration their starting weapons, hence why characters like entrepreneur isn't higher rated, since he can't start with a shield. This also means that characters that have access to the slingshot and shotgun get a major boost in their rankings. Characters that rely on RNG such as Bull who needs his Blood Donation to function properly or One-Armed who needs weapon upgrades or baby with a gun to not get overwhelmed early thus get a lower rating based on consistency. The further down the list you get, the less accurate it gets, as I haven't played those characters as much.

The stats are less accurate for the newer characters, especially the Arms Dealer, as those haven't been out for long.

Don't take this list too seriously, it doesn't really mean anything, and feel free to call me an idiot.

The list is based on the current patch, thus it reflects recent buffs and nerfs.

S++ = overpowered
S+ = extremely strong
S = very strong
A = SOLID
B = decent
C = mediocre or inconsistent


S++


Loud
Streamer
Knight
Soldier

S+

Masochist
Brawler
Sick
Ranger

S

Explorer
Engineer
Pacifist
Mutant
Doctor
Hunter
Well Rounded

A


Demon
Old
Chunky
Mage
Multitasker
One-Armed
Generalist
Saver

B


Gladiator
Farmer
Crazy
Entrepreneur
Lucky
Wildling
Speedy
Bull

C


Arms Dealer
Ghost
Artificer

[Bumc]

I feel like these kinds of tier lists get affected a lot by whether you "solved" the character.

Like Hunter doesn't feel strong, but surely when you just start crossbow and spam range, attack speed and more crossbows its more consistent than, say, Ghost or Arms Dealer. With Arms Dealer you can just have a bunch of dead shop in a row and lose a run on any wave.

One-armed you're maybe overestimating the baby with a beard relevance -- you can beat the game without it with enough damage even if you get overwhelmed a bit in the midgame. And as for weapon upgrades if you never pass Luck items in shop you're basically guaranteed to get them in reasonable timeframe.

Bull I haven't solved yet either, but apparently he's beatable without blood dono.

[midori]

d5 bull was easier for me than artificer. That ♥♥♥♥ is brutal. Also bull does not need Blood Donation.

[Drifter]

Bumc の投稿を引用：

I feel like these kinds of tier lists get affected a lot by whether you "solved" the character.

Like Hunter doesn't feel strong, but surely when you just start crossbow and spam range, attack speed and more crossbows its more consistent than, say, Ghost or Arms Dealer. With Arms Dealer you can just have a bunch of dead shop in a row and lose a run on any wave.

One-armed you're maybe overestimating the baby with a beard relevance -- you can beat the game without it with enough damage even if you get overwhelmed a bit in the midgame. And as for weapon upgrades if you never pass Luck items in shop you're basically guaranteed to get them in reasonable timeframe.

Bull I haven't solved yet either, but apparently he's beatable without blood dono.

That's why i said weapon upgrades OR baby with a gun. You're also at the mercy of an early horde round if you don't get strong enough.

Arms Dealer, I just don't have enough experience with him. He could be an A for all I know, but right now, I'd put him at the top of C.

I wouldn't say that hunter or ranger are bad per se, but they are very squishy. I don't feel like putting them in the same tier as Saver or the new Gladiator and Farmer.

midori の投稿を引用：

d5 bull was easier for me than artificer. That ♥♥♥♥ is brutal. Also bull does not need Blood Donation.

He doesn't need it per se, but he feels really weak without it. I have won with him without the item, but it is a game changer. He is definitely one of the weaker characters on D5.

Artificer is pretty much RNG, you either get your good explosive weapon in time or you're going to be pretty weak. The explosive starting weapons are quite bad.

[midori]

I found I could basically get to wave 20 on artificer with just shredders if I had to. Sure bazookas and nuke launchers are great, but not necessary. Hardest part was just surviving wave 20 itself. Died there like 8 times. So hard to deal with boss damage with 50% armor. That included a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of manual dodging and 3 nullified hits + a ton of extra money from piggy bank etc. Never again lol.

[Drifter]

midori の投稿を引用：

I found I could basically get to wave 20 on artificer with just shredders if I had to. Sure bazookas and nuke launchers are great, but not necessary. Hardest part was just surviving wave 20 itself. Died there like 8 times. So hard to deal with boss damage with 50% armor. That included a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of manual dodging and 3 nullified hits + a ton of extra money from piggy bank etc. Never again lol.

That's pretty much every character. If you play well enough and you get other good items, you can make anything work. Every character on the tier list can beat D5 with ease, just some more easily than others. I think most people will have a statistically higher win rate with someone like Loud than Artificer, but most skilled players will have a decent win rate with both.

[thunda]

Ranger and One Armed are S tier, Bull is A tier (S with Blood Donation)

[Drifter]

thunda の投稿を引用：

Ranger and One Armed are S tier, Bull is A tier (S with Blood Donation)

I will definitely do some more testing with One-Armed, Ranger and Hunter. Again, I don't play those characters as much, hence why it's hard for me to rate them and some other characters properly. One-Armed might be amazing and it's just bad variance that has left a bad taste in my mouth from when I was stuck at a blue weapon for an eternity. I am playing him right now and have a red Slingshot on round 9, so variance is definitely a factor. They may all see a jump on the list, but I am firm in my judgement of Bull. Do keep in mind that none of the characters on the list are particularly weak, just some stronger than others and more suited for D5.

[Drifter]

This is exactly why I wanted to make this tier list. I got some good feedback, tested some more characters thoroughly and found out that Ranger is actually extremely good, especially after the nerfs to the game's early game. I sort of just lumped him in with hunter without thinking about it and considered him a worse Sick, but he deals some pretty insane damage.

If anyone has any feedback considering any more bad takes that I have and I will test them out and perhaps make further adjustments to the list.

[thunda]

Drifter の投稿を引用：

thunda の投稿を引用：

Ranger and One Armed are S tier, Bull is A tier (S with Blood Donation)

One-Armed might be amazing and it's just bad variance that has left a bad taste in my mouth from when I was stuck at a blue weapon for an eternity.

That has happened to me like once. Every other time I can easily upgrade it and have free D5 win.

They may all see a jump on the list, but I am firm in my judgement of Bull.

First try just now, declined Blood Donation and not that lucky of a run either (until very late waves), still managed to survive 3 elites, kill 1 elite and 1 boss and clear D5 without really any issues.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNhwO2M3HZ4

[Shbnfc]

Isn't Knight S++? Top consistency, could even get to late waves on 182% D5 quite often last patch.

I'm not sure Ghost is bottom tier, feels like a bunch of characters are clearly less consistent, and have less potential too, I had a 3 win streak on it last patch, and trying again just now I got another win first try. It feels like he's not that sensitive to item RNG, but of course, if you have extremely bad dodge RNG, you can still lose.

[Bumc]

If Knight has anything its consistency -- you can play every game the same pretty much.
Ghost though 10% 3 times in a row and you're out.

[Drifter]

Shbnfc の投稿を引用：

Isn't Knight S++? Top consistency, could even get to late waves on 182% D5 quite often last patch.

I'm not sure Ghost is bottom tier, feels like a bunch of characters are clearly less consistent, and have less potential too, I had a 3 win streak on it last patch, and trying again just now I got another win first try. It feels like he's not that sensitive to item RNG, but of course, if you have extremely bad dodge RNG, you can still lose.

Bumc の投稿を引用：

If Knight has anything its consistency -- you can play every game the same pretty much.
Ghost though 10% 3 times in a row and you're out.

I guess you guys are right. I never really play the character because he is so extremely boring. I was kind of hesitating to put more in the S++ tier because of the strength of the characters in there and having too many would dilute its meaning: however, after playing some Knight after reading the suggestion, I have to agree that he is S++. It's very hard to lose a run with the knight, I personally haven't apart from when I tried some meme weapon builds.

[Shbnfc]

Bumc の投稿を引用：

If Knight has anything its consistency -- you can play every game the same pretty much.
Ghost though 10% 3 times in a row and you're out.

Yeah, and 10% 3 times in a row is one in a thousand, and it wouldn't even kill you most of the time if you have some lifesteal/consumable heals, run scepters and have relatively high hp etc.

I do think my impression of several other characters being weaker and less consistent than Ghost may stem from my own poor understanding/strats on those characters.

[Tappin]

I think this list is pretty close for me as far as consistency of beating D5. Which characters can get totally out of hand with the right items and face smash D5 is a pretty different list.

Personally Farmer was my worst win %. I found him less consistent than everyone in your C list. I found I had to get certain items to have a chance.I haven't tried him on the beta yet, though. Edit: played him after his un-nerf on damage modifiers, and he seems to be about the right place in your list.

Arms Dealer feels in the right spot. He is by definition highly RNG. That said, I might just not have figured him out. I did start having better runs once I focused on melee OR ranged, didn't worry as much about how many weapons I got, and made sure I always had a matching weapon locked before the next round.

For me, Lucky, Entrepreneur, and Mage are a little higher, and for some reason I feel like I got bad RNG on generalist more than I expected. But yeah, most of the list matches what I've seen for D5 consistency.

[Drifter]

Am I crazy for wanting Generalist in the A tier? He doesn't sound great on paper, but benefiting from both stats gives easy access to damage and the slingshot is pretty busted making any slingshot + melee combo work. He feels strong when I play him, but as I said, he doesn't sound overly strong.