Commando is just terrible.

[Juno]

What a crappy introduction to the game, TBH.

I've managed to do almost* everything in this game. Monsoon every character. And believe it or not, I don't use the artifacts. But I haven't touched the new Eclipse mode, so I wanted to complete that. Commando is the first character, so I wanted to start with him. Couldn't even get past the first boss with no items. I just couldn't do it. He's terrible.

The starting character, IMO, should be the LEAST item reliant character, the MOST consistent. And he's not that. His AOE is complete garbage, his single target is mediocre, his utility is bad too. He has nothing going for him!

He needs a straight damage increase IMO.

[Zeddy]

He's pretty bad. Captain's shotgun alone outclasses the entirety or his kit.

In theory it makes sense for the main character of a game that's 100% about getting items to be 100% about item synergy, but he's actually not diverse enough for it. He's poor with bands, getting alien head and backup mags on him is a joke unless you unlock the shotgun and grenade.

His gimmick is better suited for an endgame character that's difficult to unlock. I don't think he should be the least reliant on items, but I do think he should be a Mario, as balanced as possible with a good early game, good synergy with every item, and a good late game.

That character isn't Commando, it's Captain.

[ThisWasSparta]

I agree he'd do good in getting a damage buff. But not being able to pass a teleporter sounds a bit exaggerated. His phase blast/rapidfire make for some pretty good burst damage for killing a teleporter boss.

[Revolver Rez]

I've got every unlock in the game at this point, and a few hundred hours. I actually like Commando, but I agree with you that he's a horrible introduction to the game and underwhelming compared to the others even with phase blast.
I understand he's meant to show how important items are to the player's success, but once you've got a handful of the other survivors unlocked it's hard to justify using him over literally anyone else. I just like him for the constant pistol blasting, I never expect to do an amazing job as him.

[Lunacy]

Yea he's kind of lame until you get unlocks. Try to unlock huntress, Mul-T, and engineer. You'll start having more fun.

[Juno]

Originally posted by ThisWasSparta:

But not being able to pass a teleporter sounds a bit exaggerated. His phase blast/rapidfire make for some pretty good burst damage for killing a teleporter boss.

Seriously, I suggest you load up a monsoon run and try to rush teleporter.

The issue isn't that his burst damage is complete garbage, it's that he has no AOE so either you focus all your attention on killing the grunts or you focus all your attention on damaging the boss. Either way, whichever party you don't focus will kill you. Commando has no AOE outside a crappy grenade (Which is only good against grounded opponents, AKA the ones you don't need to worry about) so he just doesn't have enough damage to go around.

If commando isn't going to have ANY aoe, (Note: Every other character in the game has reliable methods of hitting multiple characters at once.) then he should have the most single target damage.

[Chris]

Grenades honestly great once you get use to it.

[mancer]

we know

[Matt]

it is, in fact, known

[Swanky McSwanky Pants]

Commando is actually pretty good with his alternate M2 and slide. I feel like his issue is the acquisition of those unlocks. While slide is super easy to get I feel like they should give his roll I-frames like he had in the original game. As with his M2 well, phase blast is superior to phase round in about every way and unlocking it is hell. I think they should just make that his default so hes actually playable from the start but that could cause balance issues I suppose. Even with all of that I fail to see why you'd want to increase his damage as he has one of the highest base fire rates in the game (even with the buff I refuse to acknowledge Mul T)

[Whar❓]

he's definitely item dependent, but his alt m2 and slide are really good and really help him out as a character (too bad they're not the ones you start with lol).

[Sklyer]

Commando is one of the best characters in the game. His weaknesses are that some survivors outclass him in more specific areas. He is easy to overlook for the more flashy characters but he is by no means bad.

[42lNelin]

Commando is indeed incredibly weak and even kind of boring when you look at his abilities. I like commando but experience proves that he is actually the worst, and he was in this state for a long time. Seems like devs just don't care about him at all. The only thing he did receive is he became less clunky over the updates and got new abilities that are much better than his default ones (and still are somehow worse than most other classes abilities).
It is incredibly sad to admit this, but everything indicates that devs indeed don't care about him. Most people find him boring and overly basic, and he is, and still nothing gets done about that. I strongly believe that he deserves an actual rework (or at least his default abilities rework as well as his auto attack change to somehting more interesting).
All in all - he needs a rework

[Porozil]

Playing commando on monsoon is another difficulty level entirely

[Plaguelight]

Commando any day of the week; at least he can finish a run. Captain is the very worst this game has to offer thus far.

[DoubleKing76]

I feel like people really don't know how to use Commando. Commando is my favorite character out of the whole selection. He has a stun, a high damage that can hit multiple enemies, and mobility. His gun does kinda suck at first but after like 1 - 2 stages its fine.