whats the best survivor to use?

[✟ waffle ✟]

it seems i cant beat the game with any but the default survivor. is he the better than the others?

[Hiroko]

Originally posted by Wafflez ツ:

is he the better than the others?

Nope. Objectively weaker than a couple, even. They can all snowball good or bad. Whats more important is which character YOU can play well.

[Bug Guy]

Hiroko is correct. You can beat the game with any survivor, and you can find dozens of "tier lists" ranking the survivors. But I am ten times better with Acrid than some of my friends but cant play Rex to save my life while its some of my buddies best character. I would keep playing and find which survivor you not only enjoy playing the most but vibe with the most. Maybe for you its Commando!

[✟ waffle ✟]

ok thanks for clearing that up!

[✟ waffle ✟]

ive also noticed that they all seem to have different strengths and weaknesses. for example, i really like the attacks of the one that shoots fireballs and lightning, but its lack of quick movement for getting out of situations makes me die to tough bosses quickly.

[Magic of Sareth]

a lot of the green items add some mobility you might be lacking on. have fun and experiment with all the items and survivors. The beauty is that any can and will beat the game its just a matter of finding a build that works with each survivor, probably my favorite thing is going through all the different builds and mixing the items.

[Patchy (sick)]

Anyone who is not mercenary cringemain

[Bro Beast]

bandit

[Jamma003]

As a general rule, all survivors are good because all survivors have access to items, and items are far more important than skills. You can win with all of them. Ive even won with Void Infestor, where your only attack kills you (but youll need the MonsterMash mod to play as one).

Deciding which characters are objectively better than others is almost impossible, but some that I would say stand out:

• Bandit (highest no-item single target damage in the game {based on my testing}, ability to turn invisible too)
  
• Captain (hacking beacons break early game scaling if you hack chance shrines or 2 chests close to each other, diablo strike skips early bosses, captain genuinely feels gamebreaking to me)
  
• MUL-T (power mode nailguns is a proccing machine, ridiculous damage numbers if you focus proc-based items)

The "weaker" characters:

• Artificer (No consistent damage because of cooldowns, doesnt actually do enough damage to warrant the cooldowns)
  
• Acrid (I think both poison and blight are good actually, but why wait to let things die when killing them now keeps you safer? Only ranged attacks are on cooldowns too)
  
• Mercenary (not actually weaker at all, but requires way more effort and focus for the same output as other characters just holding M1)

Artificer is the only character I think is genuinely bad.

You might need to consider which items to focus on if youre finding issues with a particular character. Think about the standard moveset and whether youre lacking single-target damage, crowd control, or mobility, and try to focus those areas with printers and multi-shops. Commando has a great proc rate, so you will have found success with items like Tri-tip daggers, but moving onto other characters you might want to focus other items that work with different skills and stats. Artificer, for example, I think gasoline + ignition tank + taking the two fire-based skills is the best way to go. Tri-tip dagger is basically useless for her.

[Hiroko]

Originally posted by Wafflez ツ:

ive also noticed that they all seem to have different strengths and weaknesses. for example, i really like the attacks of the one that shoots fireballs and lightning, but its lack of quick movement for getting out of situations makes me die to tough bosses quickly.

indeed, different strengths and weaknesses. You may not have realized, but some attacks have immunity frames or interrupt enemy skills/stun. Keep an eye out for that with characters that feel like they're missing something. tbh though I could never reliably use the interrupt effects.

Originally posted by Jamma003:

captain genuinely feels gamebreaking to me

110% agree. busted af

[Paul Bunyom]

Originally posted by Jamma003:

As a general rule, all survivors are good because all survivors have access to items, and items are far more important than skills. You can win with all of them. Ive even won with Void Infestor, where your only attack kills you (but youll need the MonsterMash mod to play as one).

Deciding which characters are objectively better than others is almost impossible, but some that I would say stand out:

• Bandit (highest no-item single target damage in the game {based on my testing}, ability to turn invisible too)
  
• Captain (hacking beacons break early game scaling if you hack chance shrines or 2 chests close to each other, diablo strike skips early bosses, captain genuinely feels gamebreaking to me)
  
• MUL-T (power mode nailguns is a proccing machine, ridiculous damage numbers if you focus proc-based items)

The "weaker" characters:

• Artificer (No consistent damage because of cooldowns, doesnt actually do enough damage to warrant the cooldowns)
  
• Acrid (I think both poison and blight are good actually, but why wait to let things die when killing them now keeps you safer? Only ranged attacks are on cooldowns too)
  
• Mercenary (not actually weaker at all, but requires way more effort and focus for the same output as other characters just holding M1)

Artificer is the only character I think is genuinely bad.

You might need to consider which items to focus on if youre finding issues with a particular character. Think about the standard moveset and whether youre lacking single-target damage, crowd control, or mobility, and try to focus those areas with printers and multi-shops. Commando has a great proc rate, so you will have found success with items like Tri-tip daggers, but moving onto other characters you might want to focus other items that work with different skills and stats. Artificer, for example, I think gasoline + ignition tank + taking the two fire-based skills is the best way to go. Tri-tip dagger is basically useless for her.

flamethrower is practically suicide imo. I wouldn't wanna play Artificer without the vertical mobility from Ion Surge. Height advantage is her best friend in the first few stages imo.

[Elf]

Loader.

Once you know how to play her, she is in a league of her own.

[Magenta Lizard]

Originally posted by Wafflez ツ:

ive also noticed that they all seem to have different strengths and weaknesses. for example, i really like the attacks of the one that shoots fireballs and lightning, but its lack of quick movement for getting out of situations makes me die to tough bosses quickly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojam95JjACo

[Patchy (sick)]

Originally posted by Magenta lizard:

Originally posted by Wafflez ツ:

ive also noticed that they all seem to have different strengths and weaknesses. for example, i really like the attacks of the one that shoots fireballs and lightning, but its lack of quick movement for getting out of situations makes me die to tough bosses quickly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojam95JjACo

arti is hella hot ngl

[Patchy (sick)]

actually, gunner drone is the best survivor in RoR 2.
not even joking tbh, he does job better than merc so of course he's the best one

[Bug Guy]

Originally posted by Jamma003:

As a general rule, all survivors are good because all survivors have access to items, and items are far more important than skills. You can win with all of them. Ive even won with Void Infestor, where your only attack kills you (but youll need the MonsterMash mod to play as one).

Deciding which characters are objectively better than others is almost impossible, but some that I would say stand out:

• Bandit (highest no-item single target damage in the game {based on my testing}, ability to turn invisible too)
  
• Captain (hacking beacons break early game scaling if you hack chance shrines or 2 chests close to each other, diablo strike skips early bosses, captain genuinely feels gamebreaking to me)
  
• MUL-T (power mode nailguns is a proccing machine, ridiculous damage numbers if you focus proc-based items)

The "weaker" characters:

• Artificer (No consistent damage because of cooldowns, doesnt actually do enough damage to warrant the cooldowns)
  
• Acrid (I think both poison and blight are good actually, but why wait to let things die when killing them now keeps you safer? Only ranged attacks are on cooldowns too)
  
• Mercenary (not actually weaker at all, but requires way more effort and focus for the same output as other characters just holding M1)

Artificer is the only character I think is genuinely bad.

You might need to consider which items to focus on if youre finding issues with a particular character. Think about the standard moveset and whether youre lacking single-target damage, crowd control, or mobility, and try to focus those areas with printers and multi-shops. Commando has a great proc rate, so you will have found success with items like Tri-tip daggers, but moving onto other characters you might want to focus other items that work with different skills and stats. Artificer, for example, I think gasoline + ignition tank + taking the two fire-based skills is the best way to go. Tri-tip dagger is basically useless for her.

I agree with this in general but it should be said that Acrid has such phenomenal stats and his poison scaling is so ridiculous you can beat the game without any items. plus you only need 1 of 2 items to make cooldowns not a problem (light flux pauldron or Purity). I think he is legitimately the strongest character in the game. And blight is definitely bad