Which Pilot do you think is best ?

[Arreghas]

I honestly think it's a very close choice between Mafan and Camilla. Shield every turn means you can tank massive shots like a boss, and never getting Webbed makes for fun times as you watch the Vek go "Wuh?" while you just proceed like they did not exist.

Seriously, I find it hard to take any other pilot than those two except for the Nano-Bot team, which pretty much require Abe.

What's your favorite pilot and why ?

[Cathulhu]

Depends entirely on the squad and mech.

[Ryuu]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

Depends entirely on the squad and mech.

Marked as answer.

[inebriated_duck]

personally gana is the best pilot. the ability to obliterate squishy enemies and draw attention away from buildings by dropping onto their faces is super useful

[Torus]

Depends a lot on the squad, but my personal favorite is Archimedes. Getting a full extra move is just so easy to abuse in a lot of situations...

[Schraube]

There is no best pilot. There are some differences between them - e.g, Mafan is clearly better than Bethany, and all of the FTL pilots are really strong - but for the most part, they all do different stuff and are therefore useful in different situations. I almost never use Camilla since I have no issue playing against webbers.

I like Lilly. 3 mov on turn 1 is more useful than most people realize, and she's a cutie.

[Ryuu]

But there IS worst pilot, wink-wink ;)

[Burusagi]

Camilla.

There really isn't any squad/mech that does NOT benefit from her "thang".

This, however, doesn't make her the "best pilot" at all but she is definitely the most generally useful (there really isn't a squad/mech that does not greatly benefit from her piloting it).

[NK SemTex]

Excepting the "Secret" Pilots:

Camilla.

Can NOT be webbed and can fight in smoke. In other words, put her in the front and hope all the web guys waste their turn on her, freeing her to deal with other threats to your grid.

Camilla in Rusting Hulks makes the game a cakewalk.

[Twelvefield]

Originally posted by NK SemTex:

Excepting the "Secret" Pilots:

Camilla.

Can NOT be webbed and can fight in smoke. In other words, put her in the front and hope all the web guys waste their turn on her, freeing her to deal with other threats to your grid.

Camilla in Rusting Hulks makes the game a cakewalk.

All of this. My first attempt at Hard was as above, and I did all four islands and made the victory on my first attempt. If that isn't the best, show me better.

[blind3rdeye]

It depends on the squad, and the difficulty... But overall, if I had to pick a pilot without knowing which squad I would get, I'd pick either Kazaaakpleth or Mafan. Those two are both very powerful and very veratile. Camilla is also quite good general-purpose pilot, but Mafan and Kaz are just game-changingly powerful.

[L4z3r]

Whose Mafan?

[Phoenix7786]

Originally posted by dbasile:

Whose Mafan?

Secret pilot.

[GreatMountain]

definitely camilla.

lots of close runners up; abe elevates hazardous mechs. prospero can be huge with brutes or prime. move after or attack twice can be amazing.

but yeah, they're all good really. the game is so well designed and balanced that you can excel with every skill.

[Maine Cheldan]

Henry Kwan is one of my personal favorites. He is pretty useful with Mechs that need to be in the middle of an enemy formation (most Prime mechs, plus the Mirror and Unstable mech) and mechs with low movement.

Much like Camilla, there are few mechs or squads that don't benefit from his ability. Though I'd agree it might not be as useful as invulnerability to Smoke and Web, his skill is very helpful.

[Pherdnut]

Camila if I had to choose one to be stuck with. Webbers are the most dangerous enemies in the game and the smoke immunity is nasty too. Armor dude with ramming vehicles or jump mech is pretty amazing though.