Newbie here

[Aleddra]

I've been playing a bit with Scarlet, trying to learn a specific character. But... Am i just gimping myself with a less good character? Or, is there something you would like to recommend for a new player?

[Shard of time]

Scarlet is a good choice. Is she best for a newbie I don't know, but she is a solid option.
But do check out every charecter

[Elveone]

The characters are pretty diverse and play very differently. My recommendation would be to try all characters and play the one you click with.

[optimistic realization]

Melee characters have to get close, so yea kind of. You're gonna get stomped hard on anything but the lowest difficulty. She has a bomb you can upgrade a lot, but then what's the point of picking a melee char? Everything does and takes crazy damage in this game, so staying at a distance and playing safer is going to be easier. It's still going to be hard. Easier doesn't mean easy.

[Aleddra]

I guess i'll try everything and pick one.

[Niko]

every character is completely playable for every difficulty, but scarlet is a decent choice for new players

[Aetemes]

Scarlet is super good (they all are tbh), but as optimistic said, melee characters when you are new and you are not used to enemy attack patterns can feel a little overwhelming, cause you'd need to know when to weave in and out of attacks, and her combo points mechanic might make you "tunnel vision".

She has a lot of "not so obvious" tricks in regards to her stealth, and intangible frames (dodges) you get through different skills, and her cleave doesn't start off super great, especially if you don't have her full set of talents unlocked yet.

Imo the most "beginner" friendly is probably Melusine with the sea dance starting talent, you get a blink the heals you, you wave around your mouse for damage from far away.
Go for power talents/items, that's the easiest build, or experiment around. The sing stance situation might look daunting, but I think getting used to it doesn't take much.

[Aleddra]

I unlocked Aladin, but i never tried anything but Scarlet. Which one of the first 4 would have ranged attacks? I suppose i could try them all, but i figured i'd ask...

[Aetemes]

Originally posted by Aleddra:

I unlocked Aladin, but i never tried anything but Scarlet. Which one of the first 4 would have ranged attacks? I suppose i could try them all, but i figured i'd ask...

Melusine/Piper/Ice Queen.

Piper can be a tad annoying to "understand" where the damage is though imo. Snow Queen is good, but her glide/need to chill stuff can force to get exposed.

You can also just keep playing Scarlet if that's who's grabbing your interest, it's normal to learn more, the more you play the character, just keep at it, it's part of the game.

You're not supposed to one shot it. If you could it'd be a 1 hour x number of characters interested in trying "hourse played total". It's three chapters and done lol.

[Shard of time]

Originally posted by Aetemes:

Originally posted by Aleddra:

I unlocked Aladin, but i never tried anything but Scarlet. Which one of the first 4 would have ranged attacks? I suppose i could try them all, but i figured i'd ask...

Melusine/Piper/Ice Queen.

Jeppetto is also a ranged char when you think about it. either bombing with his special or throwing his dummies with power

Originally posted by Aetemes:

Imo the most "beginner" friendly is probably Melusine

i wouldn't say so. her playstyle strongly difers from the rest and requires quite a bunch of adjusting. she is strong, but i dont think she is "beginner friendly"

[Elveone]

Melusine is pretty beginner friendly - she has pretty high damage and survivability and the playstyle she offers is easy to grasp even if quite unique. She becomes a real power house only after you unlock some of her additional traits but that can be said for most characters and her default ones are still pretty useful.