Character tier list (Minor spoilers, Major character spoilers)

Tier list for each Fool

Disclaimer

I made this list for fun based on my opinion with the characters and interaction with trinkets/relics so far, it's not a competitive game so don't take the list too seriously, would love to hear some opinions if you think characters were placed to high/too low

Lotte Tier

Insane starting trinket, some of the strongest ammo's in the game seem to be the ones that are supposed 'limited' use, you load a double shot cannon and it will double the value of her passive as well.

Real power lies within loading planks, harpoons, and most notably, money, loading money essentially turns each run into easy mode, gaining well over 1000+ money before even completing zone 1, getting the gold to damage trinket essentially lets you one shot every enemy and boss in the game.

Coins and planks and harpoons also all shoot 3 shots base, so all % chance trinkets have 3x the proc chance due to each hit being treated separately

Best used with the double shot and grapeshot cannon, if you choose not to use those 3 items, the starter trinket is still quite strong with bombs and high capacity ammo.

Seems to scale regen speed based on ammo type and max capacity, so + capacity artifacts and trinkets are best with her

S Tier

I can't really decide if Hink or Quill is better at gunning so I'm putting them both in S tier, I havn't fully figured out how her trinket works yet, but it seems to scale with targets hit, so piercing shots with say, the birds, will raise her damage by 1 for each enemy it pierces on the next hit, base damage increases are very strong in ship of fools, she seems to be less reliant than Hink on good trinkets but good gunning trinkets also don't seem to be super rare




Really strong trinket once you get some trinkets flowing in, procs all the effects and splashes them in an area on crit, if you get the rage trinket almost every hit will be critting, many trinkets also boost crit chance by a small %, some with a high %, both Hink and Quill are good choices for gunners




Very strong trinket, you load the cannons, you or your gunner friend can shoot them with huge buffs, the damage and speed increases are very noticeable, kind of self explanatory, straight buff to any ammo loaded.

A Tier

Best paddle user, fast attacks synergize extremely well with the artifacts and trinkets in the game,
repels boarders and melees quickly while your partner is cannoning, not really much more to say, can
get very silly quickly with some certain trinkets.




Lays all kinds of egg ammunition, also seems to function with egg related relics, seems to mostly be regular eggs, but eggs are very powerful ammunition, especially early, just RNG heavy on which eggs you get and when you get them, sometimes encounters end before you even get one on the super early stages.




Changed my mind on Finley based on feedback from Roast Beef, the looping you can do with Finley since he gives planks let's you amass a lot of gold and shields, Put him A tier instead of B because if you don't have Lotte, it can be harder to generate a lot of gold, but he kind of is the only other character that can amass it more easily

B Tier

Krillstoph is solid, trinket lets you repel melee attackers quickly in a tricky spot, only reason I put him here instead of A is because I think Todd is more generally useful if you're picking a character specifically for paddle using based on the current boss fights we have. Nothing bad to say really just not particularly stand out.







Saves harpoons on use, REALLY REALLY strong with the right combination of relics and trinkets, but can be very RNG reliant to get those. I never really had a huge harpoon issue in runs, so the saving never felt big to me, Lotte kinda makes her irrelevant as well since the harpoon ammo loading works with all the trinkets anyway, could easily be an A tier solo if you get lucky, but otherwise nothing to standout.

C Tier

Grants rage for a few seconds on being stunned or knocked down, useful if your partner is hitting you triggering it, kinda the only D tier in solo, you have to have your partner spend time to trigger it which can be better spent generally just shooting. Good during times where you need to paddle and you step on eachothers toes. Rage is a powerful effect however, so it can be worth it to do, especially if you've been given bad luck early in the run. But generally won't have very high up time.

[Kletian999]

Mikois ability let's you charge your reflect to deal paddle damage and knockback and resonance to everything on screen. Costs the boat one damage but it's excellent for surrounding ambushes and especially the first boss.

The catfish ability let's charged reflect let you dash across the boat attacking everything in path. Likely good for 2nd and 3rd bosses.

Robot gets a free accessory from beating bosses, which is useless in early game.

Angelfish allows reflects to home and piercing, but you need good timing.

[Supreme_Alpaka]

good guide! thanks for the insight and Explanations!

[ForeverFlat]

Where do the dlc characters land on here?

[Coffee]

Honestly I agree with pretty much all of these (Except Cluck since I haven't unlocked him yet), if it were me though, I'd probably put Lotte and Shelbie in the same tier.

[CeriseMars30260]

no DLC?

[OceanArtist]

Betty is pretty solid even solo for how she has reduced stun duration too, which can allow you pull off some nice stunts where you can almost ignore stun lasers.

[FreeBeard]

lotte is too slow!?

[Rusty92]

ty very useful

[ApollosDisciple]

shelbie is def the best character in the latset patch. the grapeshot cannon with a decent projectile is lethal. ive been able to consistently 3-shot the eye of the storm with her through multiple light levels

[Zyean]

I havn't had a chance to play the new update yet with the balance changes, this list hasn't been updated in awhile