Survivor Tierlist - Best & Worst characters - Patch 1.0 (Risk of Rain 2)

[@Woolie]

Captain is just a better Commando no kapp

[@Ostrich12]

Imagine captain being out. This post was made by the console gang

[@lighty284]

Woolie no.

[@FireAaron_]

Captain is so op

[@milo7285]

but can captain slide mr. streamer????

[@Solocratic]

Take that back or else

[@alerixv]

Seeing my boy Commando all alone at the bottom hurts me....Commando runs all night tonight.

[@michalodler3567]

I admire your masochism.

[@nathantheissen6570]

Commando deaths all night tonight*

[@michaelmoccio2225]

That's why you need to do commando runs all night, because that's what it takes to get a good run apparently

[@mikevos4460]

F

[@kdrestif]

That's okay Mr. Commando, we can fight in all this SHADE.

[@NeqoNi]

ACTUALLY MR STREAMER ARTIFICER HAS MORE EFFICIENCY BECAUSE SHE IS MY FAVORITE CHARACTER

[@zyal1825]

undestandable have a great day PD: is my favorite too

[@CC3E427]

Also, her nano bomb can proc many items at once in a single detonation for each enemy inside the radius. Quite possibly the best survivor for dealing with crowds, right next to huntress

[@_brrr]

My first mithrix kill was with artificer. People are decrying the gravity changes with nano bomb but damn is it nice to land a fat one.

[@justawaffle4630]

Artificer used to be my favorite, but i'm a captain boi now.

[@ryantrafton2085]

Artificer is the Queen of dropping Bombs

[@RushHour1049]

Acshuwally Meester Streamer, you can sprint while attacking with commando if you press m1 and sprint with proper timing over and over! (Though it’s hard to do, rarely useful, and becomes really useless once you get some attack speed)

[@monkydance2880]

Ngl i feel like giving commando i-frames on roll and making his basic m2 hit for fatter damage would be nice

[@sethrosson9719]

I feel like you should mention microbots when talking about captains consistency. A bit of attack speed and a few healing drones and 75% of all projectiles no longer exist. Maybe Woolie doesn't rate that super highly cause he's good at avoiding attacks, but for me probably like 8/10 of my deaths are from not paying attention and getting bodied by a brass contraption or elder lemurian. I think microbots are busted as hell.

[@Woolie]

I agree - Microbots are insanely good.

[@consumerofbepsi5254]

Stack 50 soldier syringes for semi auto shotgun

[@consumerofbepsi5254]

And no projectiles ever

[@KaitoX92]

what about the 2 hacking beacons for each level which make you save stacks of gold and time? The fact that you get free double item from chance shrines or free golden chest is op as hell for me

[@monkydance2880]

Captain feels so strange to me, imo he feels less like playing a captain and more like a dude with a shotgun that doesn’t have to worry about projectiles. The stuff you call in really doesn’t do much usually

[@zanniia7279]

I remember saying during a stream once that "maining commando is like shooting yourself in the knee but at least you have fun doing it"

[@palucina6518]

captain is just commando's uncle

[@maximnikolaev6627]

I thought captian was VERY inconsistent. Maybe that's just me consider his right click and his r you can't really spam them, which are like TWO OF HIS ABILITIES OUT OF 4. To me commando's consistency is better than captian's imo

[@millerrepin4452]

@@maximnikolaev6627 Depends on your fire rate you get it high enough it becomes a automatic shotgun which is even better with chance on hit items and bleed.

[@cruisername8423]

@@maximnikolaev6627 if you could spam every ability it wouldn't be fun. also, iirc, everyone has some abilities that you can't spam, so it doesn't really take away from captain's consistency or fun.

[@maximnikolaev6627]

@@cruisername8423 we are talking about consistency not fun meter, yes I will agree commando is not fun BUT he is surely consistent all his abilities are essential and optional alternatives depending on your spammy playstyle. MEANWHILE CAPTAIN is limited to what you can switch making him even less consistent in what you want.

[@maximnikolaev6627]

@@millerrepin4452 the More I think about it the same goes for the commando but he can also do it with his r and his right click which makes it more consistent with bleed proc. (That and the proc is better on commando than on captain)

[@mrnether9290]

Mr streamer just doesn't understand Mul-T's complexities and mechanics enough to know he is the best survivor in the game

[@Woolie]

he intimidates me

[@jnight3486]

His power is unfathomable

[@thedutchderp7319]

the sole reason he is on top is due to his nailgun now shooting 12 nails AFTER releasing shooty mcshoot button

[@Bread-kun]

Repeatedly firing 1 nail, letting go to shotgun 12 of them instantly swapping to rail gun to fire that, swapping back and repeating the process is nuts and you don't even need attack speed for it

[@Halo2Trigate]

Bread-kun is there a YT video explaining how to do this?

[@TheKirik71]

Commando is OP, you just need to stack polyps more 😏

[@fenison4430]

you mean Poglyps?

[@craftysmithkeith3653]

@@fenison4430 froglips

[@Skyjengi]

I avoid all turrets now so i never unlock that garbage item

[@tgrif03]

@@Skyjengi same i have an untainted profile

[@nathantheissen6570]

@@Skyjengi See I thought about doing exactly just that... but I wanted that 100% achievement completion.

[@AnAverageBox]

Loader mains REPRESENT

[@CHUROx]

Aye, brother!

[@l8lagonyl8l9]

Yo yo

[@MidnightLilac556]

I thought i would remain a humble loader main till the end of days..... but Captain tho

[@RiderZer0]

Tactical nuke incoming!

[@BigStonker]

Saitama's true rival

[@hilkmeister1382]

Not using alphabetical system so engineer can’ get B for Bungus

[@trigger7ff6]

this is the worst tierlist bc of this exclusively

[@ryantrafton2085]

Coming from someone who has only played since the 1.0 release, landing Artificers bomb is second nature. I haven't felt something as satisfying as blowing a greater whisp out of the sky.

[@ninjaruss4205]

Trying blowing up a greater wisp with a preon accumulator while hooked onto it as loader and being flung around like a rag doll OR even better, Fire a preon accumulator at a giant jellyfish while flying down at super speed, fly through the green blast, crash through the jellyfish doing major dmg, land in time to turn around and see the epic green explosion followed by its pieces being flung to the ground in a very cinematic way

[@hyperventalated]

Very much agree. It took a sec to get used to the arc, but once I did Im able to land the big bombs consistently, and its always satisfying. Especially on flying targets. Its also great for clearing out groups of lesser wisps, because if you charge it enough the arch lightning coming off it will insta kill them.

[@greytabby183]

Same. And I still find it extremely useful and powerful in later stages, combined with freezing shift ability or especially a black hole item if you have it. Will absolutely shred powerful enemies

[@hollowcookie9648]

I like arti but i feel like she isn't too good

[@ZeffaProductions]

This is easily the least consistent strat around but I want people to be aware of it so they can witness it if they’re lucky enough to fit these criteria. Electric aspect is outright cheating with mul-t. The minigun shots all explode and if you switch weapons the shield is always processed in your favor (always gives you the full half health of shield even if your health is at one and always converts shield to health when switching back to your other weapon/equip) so you can just keep switching weapons to heal yourself to full

[@corereject5796]

pretty cool shit, now just get the aspect 4head

[@drucastellon4904]

@@corereject5796 read the part where he literally said "if you are lucky enough to get it" 4head

[@corereject5796]

@@drucastellon4904 read the part where i said "just find it 4head"

[@ThePredecessor]

Something else that's more likely to show up but another quirk with MUL-T is how his nailgun synergizes with Red Whips. When you hold down M1 to continue shooting it long enough, you will be considered to not be actively attacking. This means that it is possible to get the Red Whip speed boost while using your weapon. It might also be the case for the saw as well, but I haven't tested it.

[@ZeffaProductions]

The Predecessor that’s pretty cool, I knew that abilities didn’t automatically count as attacking anymore but I didn’t know it stays active even if you start attacking again.

[@playwars3037]

Honestly I like Mul-T the best for two reasons : 1, I have the reflexes of a potato, so I need to tank. 2, Not only is his primary ridiculously powerful at close range (and he has an option for long range as well), but if you manage to get the 57 leaf clover on him his primary attack goes from "nice because it procs through sheer weight of numbers" to "planet killing superweapon of doom".

[@scribblesmcgee]

Also he thicc

[@JumpieBaboncia]

well, you make the moon dissapear so....

[@theramazing4615]

I don't know about you, but feel like rex is alot tankier then mul-t. If you consistently aim at large group for the spesial and alt utility, you can easily stay alive while bombarding enemy with the secondary

[@playwars3037]

@@theramazing4615 That can usually be compensated. By the time you'll really need healing for Mul-T, you should already have a seed or a few crit glasses and a scythe, and probably a topaz brooch ontop of that. Either will turn you into an extremely powerful and nigh on unstoppable juggernaut.

[@milkforthekhorneflakes3581]

Acrid and loader are generally more durable than mul-t. They have double the regen, 20 armor, the ability to heal himself/give herself barrier, higher mobility than mul-t, and playstyles that ironically cause you to get hit less(unless you play fully melee on either of them, which I can't recommend, but you do you), giving you much more health to spare for emergencies. All that in exchange for 40 hp, the single survivability advantage mul-t has over them. They are both fairly forgiving to play.

[@elkaphant]

Mr streamer: Acrid isn't consistent Me: lizard dog go bork bork, good doggo

[@Daroga1]

My brain be happy when it see happy doggo wag tail lizzard boi

[@Bogeynator]

I don't even think it's the big changes that hurt Mercenary. The expose mechanic should be a buff in almost every way. What REALLY got him was all of the tiny little things, like: -Laser Sword not being usable during other moves -Laser Sword cancelling itself if you stop or start moving during the attack -Laser Sword having this tiny but _extremely obnoxious_ camera jiggle effect that cannot be disabled -Blinding Assault always going the sprint distance -Blinding Assault not being invulnerable on startup

[@TheHumanHighlighter]

Nobody gets it man, it hurts how accurately this describes my pain with all the minor nerfs. Death by a thousand cuts.

[@monsoon1174]

@@TheHumanHighlighter The hp regen and blinding assault actually slowing down with attack speed also really, really hurt him.

[@MegaXron211]

@@monsoon1174 This is when you become enlightened and start using Slicing Winds.

[@monsoon1174]

@@MegaXron211 I think it's the better of the two R's, that's for sure. It has way, WAY more total damage, and it gives him a ranged option.

[@philiphunt-bull5817]

That camera jigle makes me want to end it all.

[@OvAeons]

A note with Captain, you can prime the shotgun and sprint keeping the charge! quite nice sometimes. After getting used to him i have had nothing but good times with captain and a fun "lets break him with command" run.

[@laurentjullian1817]

I love the engineer cause I'm extremely lazy, running around opening chest is my playstyle.

[@nonameworm69]

I play him on Switch.. I can't realy aim with a controller...

[@jonathanblair5920]

@@nonameworm69 getting visions of heresy fixes that, lol

[@JumpieBaboncia]

yeah, with Visions turrets perfect aim for you, it's great

[@themembers2745]

imagine calling survivors "amazing" without a passive chronobauble in their kits, pretty cringle tbh.

[@챙랴노]

Huntress' Arrow Rain has that ability sooo she's the best I guess? 🤔

[@monkydance2880]

랴노챙 Bruh REX’s m1 has a free chronobauble built in

[@ScornSauce]

@@monkydance2880 laughs in shotguns and stuns

[@ardynizunia9709]

Mr Streamer can we expect a detailed Mercenary playstyle guide considering the way you talked about him in this video?

[@insignificantduck313]

PLEASE. He made one for post-artifacts huntress, and should do this as well.

[@crazycrk5081]

Commando, I feel, has one of the best "starter" ability kits, and has a very introductory experience. His shotgun ability propels him into a much more fun experience, as well as his slide. But he does tend to drop off right there. The other characters are either more fun to play or just give a more risk/reward experience that makes them more interesting to play. Commando is in no way a bad character, and can be pretty consistent in a lot of runs once you get more used to the game, but he doesn't have as much of a rewarding experience as the other characters.

[@Speetlebeetle]

The “Ham Fisted Alcoholic” as call Loader is always insane, and they were one of my first Monsoon skins because I thought they were getting nerfed with how powerful they always have been.

[@Panyc333]

When you have a community split on who’s the best the dev did their job.

[@TwistedxGamer101]

100%

[@elwootador]

Loader is so much fun now! I've fallen in love with the Thunder Gauntlet and the new Band changes, but the new Lunar item Purity is absurd on her. Add a Hardlight Afterburner and the amount of one-shotting dmg is insane.

[@drwilbur]

"can anyone else oneshot the alloy warship at this stage, no" Laughs in commando with alcohol and 7 glass

[@Potatezone]

Laughs in base kit Rex and Mercenary

[@RisenRen]

Laughs in glass ruining 1 shot protection

[@lex7355]

AquosBrawlerRisen laughs in *needing one shot protection.*

[@JumpieBaboncia]

Laughs in engi bubble. oh wait, i'm dead cuz the ground attack. Needed more mobility items, damn

[@Eskinor]

@@lex7355 laughs in lunar chimeras oneshotting you before you even reach mithrix

[@danthekidd]

Dude I just wanna say your videos are so good and are really helping me out. I recently just got back into RoR2 and your videos just come in so clutch, so thanks a lot its really appreciated.

[@Draconis_Eltanin]

Also don't forget now you automatically sprint when using loader's punch so you maximize your damage every time. before you could easily forget!

[@nicks4727]

One of the most specific channel I've ever subscribed to but this is my 5th video from you, and I'm addicted

[@PoipoiFR]

Could you do a new, up-to-date "consistent first loop" video on monsoon, where you have average RNG, and don't die before the loop? I just started playing RoR2 and I'm loving it, but man I'm struggling to get decent runs on monsoon.

[@feitan8033]

Clear stage 1 in 2-3 mins, your only gonna get like 3 items but it’s fine. Spend 5 mins on stage 2, and loot normally. You should enter stage 3 with 7-10 items. Get rally point delta and get the preon accumulator around 8 minutes. Hopefully you then get some fuel cells, and the rest of the game is very consistent. Also, if you have the lunar coins, go to void after stage 2. If you beat it then your pretty much going to win due to the 9 extra items.

[@Woolie]

yes :)

[@tntmister]

@@feitan8033 Ah yes, relying on a 50/50 chance between abyssal depths and rally point delta, the epitome of consistency

[@yarigumo8798]

@@tntmister Or just pay up the lunars and pick rallypoint. You probably want to anyways, since the alternative is horrendous.

[@feitan8033]

@@tntmister Its actually more consistent then you think. Yes getting scorched acres is unlucky, but the run isn't automatically over. you underestimate the huge time advantage you get at 8 mins stage 3 abyssal depths is stage 4 btw

[@LittleBlueJug]

Wow, Mr Streamer doesn't mention how each (well, or any) survivor handles the final boss... Seems like an incomplete review of a tierlist given that survivors have a very different time engaging with Mr Mithrix. Perhaps this is because M. Streamer doesn't often make it to the final boss?

[@FSRiko]

merc being bottom tier, artificer being top tier with her alt R

[@CC3E427]

@@FSRiko Artificer with her alt R is just straight up cheese and I love it

[@itsyourguyskye]

@@FSRiko Merc bot tier? he got i frames tho

[@SpukyChanel]

Rex has practically infinite range, amazing damage and can root Mythrix. He's pretty good.

[@itsyourguyskye]

commando seems kinda yikes on mithrix

[@haynes966]

acktually mr streamer commander with stacks of Chronobauble is somewhat of a force to be reckoned with

[@mechasheep4861]

can't forget some corpseblooms and fresh meat.

[@scottyheadchange195]

omg I accidentally wasn't even subbed yet on this account and just searched Woolie's channel for a tier list since I saw the bits and pieces of the Twitch streams. Clutch timing for sure.

[@ieathalfburnedpopcorn6318]

Niiiiiice

[@nctwl]

acrid is god tier based on design alone B)

[@m.w.7919]

*dog tier

[@millerrepin4452]

Well actually mr commenter god tier means G which is below D tier so you are actually saying acrid is the worst.

[@xReedzZx]

@@millerrepin4452 it's a dog after all...

[@LilaccGaming]

Actually Rex is best dog robot thingy

[@alexkazam444]

Hey just wanted to say, I really enjoy your videos, I stopped playing Ror2 for a while but watching your videos got me back into it and I've really enjoyed it, Thanks.

[@nikolamichaylov1136]

>have the highest skill ceiling in the entire game, used almost exclusively by speedrunners >have the highest base DPS, 3rd highest procs/second, inbuilt healing, stunning, AoE and mobility >get placed on par with the dash lady with the bow >still be happy because you are a good boi and you can keep the cabbage safe *edit spelling

[@philiphunt-bull5817]

I thought speedrunners used loader, not cabbage???

[@matteovukoja1240]

Loader is nowhere near being the hardest to play. That title belongs to Merc

[@APKAK-1465]

You rebind retool to middle mouse button, open 2 autoclicker programs, make both on the autoclickers click 20 times per second, select one of them to click middle mouse button, the other one left click, 'trigger button' can be anything, select MUL-T, equip rebar puncher as both secondary and primary, launch game, hold down trigger button and boom, best survivor in the game, hands down.

[@CC3E427]

The "average" tier should really only be home to Acrid, IMO. Artificer's nano bomb can proc items per enemy in the blast radius, making it an excellent ability for looping. Not mention that when you consider her ability to juggle her skills and that they are all relatively hard-hitting, her proc-rate isn't all that bad and her procs hit hard. Mercenary might have been made a bit more complicated to play, sure, but it's very rewarding once you get the hang of it. In fact, thanks to the debuff he applies, all of his attacks can proc the bands. He works quite well with a blast shower refresh build now. I recommend using he alt R as it lets you lay down tons of debuffs and reset your cooldowns much more often. Also, Cap and Loader deserve their own tier, tbh. Cap is probably the best character in the game with bleed and a traditional on-hit build. Loader is just fucking next level with a blast shower band refresh build. Quite literally one shots everything in the game, even mithrix.

[@xReedzZx]

can you explain to me what a blast shower refresh build looks like? please? :D

[@jackgrotelueschen5477]

@@xReedzZx 1. get bands. 2. get blast shower 3. fuel cells so you can spam it

[@abcrasshadow9341]

@@xReedzZx Well the new bands work of a cooldown system, right? It takes 10 seconds before you can proc the bands well the 10-second timer is actually a debuff. So blast shower removes debuffs, so if you stack gestures of the drowned (50% CDR +15%CDR pr stack beyond the first and auto proc on Equipment) and fuel cells (15%+15% per stack beyond the first) you can eventually get band procs below the 10-second cooldown because you would be using your blast shower so damn often. A gesture and fuel cell x (or additional gestures beyond the first) will allow for more band procs than before. As blast shower has a 20-second cooldown. 1 gesture + 4 fuel/additional gestures will double the number of band procs you can have. If you have 10 instead of the 4 mentioned you can proc 5 times as many bands as before using this build. Additionally, blast shower is a nice utility as it removes bleeds and fire which are common causes of deaths, it removes slows, and projectiles in a small area. The wiki mentions that loaders utility will get canceled if you trigger blast shower so stick to the alternate utility (thunder gauntlet) or don't use this combo on her at all.

[@CC3E427]

@@xReedzZx The band's cooldown is a debuff, and so blast shower can be used to reset the cooldown early. So, you combine a blastshower, fuel cells, and a gesture of the drowned with as many bands as you can find. This results in you procing bands as fast as your equipment cools down, eventually leading to them procing every hit.

[@crimsonraen]

Thanks for the video, Woolie! :)

[@Crowded.]

What a coincidence that all of my favorite survivors to play are in the second to last tier

[@MOAON_AABE]

No kidding

[@tangowithjango]

I've been doing solo Monsoons lately, and I've finally got Acrid,Commando and Merc Mastery for the skins :D I like your list, Loader is BONKERS.

[@ruien6912]

Honestly Commando with his Alt secondary and Alt Utility feels so smooth to play with. It may not be the most optimal but slide shotgunning has never felt so satisfying. (PS4 Player here, cant wait till 1.0 Update!)

[@squintygreeneyes]

Sigma Ruien when is 1.0 coming to ps4/consoles? not finding much online about the actual date

[@ruien6912]

@@squintygreeneyes from what we are predicting, sometime late september early october.

[@reynauldwhistles2338]

@@ruien6912 f

[@bakured]

whenever i play with a group, somebody is required to grab loader or merc because of their "one shot one kill" capability specifically, as a merc main, i have learned to abuse what my friends and i call "the boop" which just LAUNCHES flying enemies with unholy speed, either into the dark depths of space or into a cliff, killing them nigh instantly aim for center of mass and use the tail end of the blinding assault and id say its roughly a 1/5 chance in favor of not doing it, but thats still a 20% chance of absolute elimination, even on first loop against the alloy worship unit (which it basically always works on) i hope it never gets patched because the boop is fun as hell and makes you feel MIGHTY

[@Steps1000]

>can any other character oneshot eye at that stage of the game Captain with Oracular HUD. Try it sometime its dumb.

[@mistalod]

or just 9x crit glasses and mask with scythe

[@JumpieBaboncia]

and if you somehow get the Imp Overlord's item it's fking amazing, monsters stop existing at that point

[@SuperfluousIndividual]

I feel like they should definitely add an option to huntress about the auto-target. It's super fun to play huntress with auto-target on, but I feel like having blink while actually having to aim at targets could make for some spicy gameplay that we can't get right now.

[@altanaktas1008]

I think the regular attack should deal around %200-%250 damage and be a skill shot. The flurry should be the auto-target option.

[@PaTaPoN1337]

Huntress is still just as fun to strafe and dodge so i'm happy ngl

[@Weathnarh]

Mul-t shenanigans aren't only for the rebar gun. I had a lot of fun with double scrap launcher switching when finishing a volley.

[@docmnc8010]

Love huntress personally. I just like having the blink

[@domo5458]

Been a huntress main for a while im finally glad that Woolie uses her alt secondary :) and gave her good rating in this tier list

[@discord4039]

But.. Huntress doesnt have an alt secondary.. unless you mean utility or special

[@domo5458]

@@discord4039 True sorry, I meant her utility

[@billhook7357]

Commando indeed is in dumpster and he has been there for a long time. I had an idea of how to change his abilities to help him be more effecient in early game and probably mid game, check this out: 1. Phase round - gains damage over distance, up to 900%. Hitting an enemy reverts damage back to normal. Also travels faster and has a slightly larger projectile 2. Tactical Dive - a short running speed boost at the end of the roll (does not stack with movement items) 3. Suppressive Fire - stuns inflicted by this ability stack, up to 4 seconds stun

[@thegoodjuices4671]

The ability to run while shooting and replace suppressive fire with something that's like a mini will o wisp or brilliant behemoth to deal with crowds

[@zigaklun3395]

commando is balanced. he has the highest base attack speed in game, this alone is enough. He procs the most % chance based items.

[@AchedSphinx]

his main issue is lack of AoE. so they'd probably have to buff frag grenade in some way to make it more reliable or give him an unlockable passive that improves his AoE a bit.

[@thegoodjuices4671]

@@zigaklun3395 Im pretty sure multi procs more and has a higher base attack than commando

[@loobkoob]

@@AchedSphinx Yeah, lack of AoE is what really hurts. And if you take Frag Grenade then some of the AoE problems are fixed (although you still can't hit flying enemies) but at the cost of not having a stun in your kit. Stuns and AoE both tend to be more important to have in your kit early on because items can make up for lacking them later on, so Commando having to choose one or the other really hurts. Plus he has no passive, while every other survivor does (or has something baked into their skills to a degree where you can call it a passive, like Engineer's turrets getting his items).

[@unbotheredabr7505]

I've been waiting for this video

[@Scylaite]

just a thing for commando, since his m1 is double tap you only need to press m1 once to fire twice, in early game and such if you click it then immediately sprint, you can sprint through both shots and the click m1 again and rise and repeat, sure you lose some attack speed but you basically always sprinting, if you wanna min max him that is, i do this a lot and i it feels pretty nice on him

[@mistalod]

so the red whip works amazingly well with mul-t because it turns out the red whip bonus will proc when holding down m1 on nail gun after the 3-4 seconds it takes. It’s just more movement for shooting.

[@sugarfreejelly5577]

Artificer still had crazy damage on single hits so i have no clue why shes at merely average, woolie himself said that overall damage on your procs is better than just fast procs and with artis insane damage that means that she also gets insane proc damage whenever it happens, similar to the royal cap which i know woolie loves so much, more reminders about it is in his video about the elite equipments like silence between two strikes

[@wither1044]

Mr.Streamer just plays with flamethrower and dies on stage 4 every other time :) I have no other explanation

[@normalhumanbeing6066]

@@wither1044 yep

[@OvAeons]

After getting harpoon i thoroughly enjoy engi, both turrets are great and you can vary him even more with visions. Granted i had some lucky runs with syringe printers, the default primary does not feel that bad after that.

[@monkydance2880]

“Can anyone else one-shot the alloy like that”.. yea.. REX

[@timothyshaw2574]

Sad to see my void puppy so low, but still great content!!

[@atomiccpu3238]

“Tier list for 1.0” *Cries in Console*

[@LordLucario12]

Same here. Comp won't run it and its just so much fun on Switch

[@mrmistyeyes7592]

I think that the mage girl is very good. Once you unlock the super jump, she feels like shes invincible to 80% of the enemies in the game and including the final boss so long as you float in the air high up. Maybe I'm just a delusional Andy but I think shes much better than just okay

[@PortaPunch]

I think the problem that most new players have with Rex is understand how his abilities use his health. It's not a percentage of Max health but rather a percentage of Remaining health. So if you are at 10 HP left and you use his ultimate, you end up only using 3 HP to cast the ability at 30% remaining HP used. Once you wrap your head around that, Rex is a lot more fun to play. I tend to be more riskier with his abilities because of this.

[@electrum5579]

That explains how I haven't died spamming M2, nice!

[@Barely_Edited]

Well it would feel pretty bad to get three backup mags and die instantly when you use them all

[@MK-Yogurt]

Artifact of command allows everyone to fully explore possible builds that you could never normally have. This of course means all characters have decent consistency because you may choose items for your desired build. And this my friends, is why I love picking up purity on Artificer and melee only Acrid, particularly Acrid. At base attack speed Acrid can use his alternate secondary constantly. At higher attack speed he can get a few backup mags and use regular melee while they the secondary recharges. For some perspective, having purity alone allows Acrid to heal 20% of his health a second, with over 600% damage per second not counting the poison or bonus damage based off of the enemy’s missing health. He could also add rejuvenation rack and N’Khuna’s opinion to make himself an immortal killing machine. Sadly the healing comes in the form of a stacking regeneration buff that lasts half a second, so aegis must be filled by other means. There’s also classic bustling fungus+ reju rack+ N’khuna engineer. Not much to say for that, other than that an aegis can keep you and your turrets out of being one or two- shotted.

[@deeeeniiiiss]

finally, someone else who knows that commando mains eat candles

[@blahybris608]

i honestly think that, because of the scrapper, the ranks in terms of consistency moved together by a large margin. Before i was only consistent at monsoon obliteration with Loader and Rex, but now i can basically have a god-run whenever i have the time to do it. Example: I hadn't unlocked the Commando's alternate special before 1.0, because i didn't really enjoy the character and because i saw so many people complaining about how difficult it is to get on monsoon. When i started the achievment hunt on release, i first tried an absolute god-run... I honestly feel like the scrapper needs some nerfing, maybe make it less common, or maybe add even more agency by having a guaranteed one spawn on stage 5 or 4 (but, as such, still making it muss less common)?

[@daddynolegs]

I think printers need the nerf, not the scrapper. The printer is just way too useful if you get anything even half useful. It needs to have some kind of cap for how many times you can use it.

[@julie_hutzler_music]

Would really appreciate an in depth guide for new mercenary, since the old one is kinda outdated 🙂

[@casserole9184]

Loader with bands is now just Spider and Saitama combined; swing in and rock their world

[@gorthauer2679]

Step one: get a "gamer mouse" to bind the ultimate skill to an extra mouse buttton step 2: double rebar mul-t step 3: realise that he's one of, or maybe the best survivor because of the combination of really good dps, unlimited range, and instant projectile making hitting anything at any distance extremely easy. All that is needed is to hold down 2 mouse buttons instead of one lol. Even if he's not the best he's the survivor I was able to do the most progress on eclipse with, already reached eclipse 6 with mul-t.

[@nicholasgrijalva]

first/ second loop he has serious trouble not getting oneshot if you go for the final boss, but otherwise hes insane and should honestly place higher

[@mrcydesign]

It just makes me happy to see the triple brittle run in the background for commando

[@thorodinsson4752]

If your aiming to kill the final boss/Mithrix on your first loop artificer incredibly consistent. Just remember to use Ion surge not flamethrower so you can stay airborne during his 3 phase.

[@kieranlieberg22]

I still find it hilarious that artificer can just freeze and execute mythrix.

[@AJ-yy4bo]

Something that I really like with engi is that you can place down the turrets in the final boss before items are taken, and the turrets keep their items lmao

[@bannedcommander2932]

Loader is kinda broken now. Almost reminds me of her RoR1 iteration with the scrap shield flat invulnerability cheese. Almost...

[@hostiletakeover7368]

you're absolutely right about commando having no mobility. but tritip daggers are super easy to find. and if he gets so much as 2 he becomes a boss shredder. so much so that boss bullets are completely unnecessary

[@Nennecatgirl]

Us Loader mains rejoice!

[@Nennecatgirl]

The 9 of us!

[@KuraZie]

You should do a ranking for just getting to and completing the final boss. Some survivors will do monumentally better on 2+ loops but just getting to the boss and beating him is another story. Artificer, Captain, Huntress-"ish", and Engineer (especially with the turrets keeping items during the I'ma steal yo items phase) are easier to beat the final boss as fast as possible imo

[@skell9550]

8:10 Mr Streamer forgot mercenary can do the same thing without bands, so therefor mercenary is the best survivor in the game. unsubscribing for false info youll be hearing from my lawyer

[@Mr_Dandy_Lion]

Love Artificer but she needs a rework. IMO, she should have multiple different passives on top of her hovering that change depending on which abilities she takes: -Firebolts and flamethrower = Fire damage procs last longer and proc more based on attackspeed -plasmabolts + bomb + super jump = Plasmabolts have no cooldown and are just an auto attack for her (but nerf their damage a bit), bomb splits on detonation into smaller bombs outward from the bomb's impact site(smaller bombs deal 1/4 the damage of the main bomb each), jump height is based on length of time the key is held down (allows you to just shock the ground and do a little hop with a small key press rather than always shoot higher than you need, lets it be more viable as a damage tool). As a replacement option for icewall, just make it an iceblock like your typical mage. Where she becomes unable to attack until she breaks herself out but is invulnerable (good for avoiding nuke hits or skillfully dodging an attack) and if she falls down on something while in iceblock it could deal damage and make her fall faster than normal fall speed. (Would be cool to be a thwomp/Kirby Down+B) -Icewall + Ice spear = Enemys also take more damage while frozen, enemies that can't be frozen will always proc on-hit effects when hit Arti should be about finding ability combos you like and finding which combo of abilities suits the player best based on the passives you get. Just my ideas on what would excite me.

[@Laika4895]

As someone who plays sniper via mods, i feel like a kid who lost his mom at walmart in this list

[@mattpkc34xx]

Sniper was great in ror1 because of the 2d map, how is he with the mod, i have it downloaded just not enabled

[@trevors3908]

@@mattpkc34xx I've been playing w/ him, feels real fucking nice honestly. Seriously satisfying imo.

[@normalhumanbeing6066]

I played alot of modded bandit, so fucking satisfying and fun

[@Laika4895]

@@mattpkc34xx after playing him for the past few days: he feels amazing. While i have found he has somewhat bad scaling into the 3/4th loops on monsoon (possibly due to RNG; might use the artifact of command to test builds) he still is nearly busted in the majority of cases. Just make sure to be ready to run the second you get hit. He has i think 100 base health and it doesn't get much better so its best to kill everything and use decoy to get powerful hits in.

[@viracocha9718]

can you explain what you did to the Alloy unit as 5:39? its hard to see in the video

[@howieeeeeeeee]

yo poggers?

[@spiderjerusalem8505]

PogChamp? Poggies woggies? Poggy-hecking-woggy?

[@TheKeerKat]

I'm the same. I know commando isn't super consistent and lacks in a few departments, but I just have so much fun playing him

[@mattunderwood9842]

I get mando God-Runs all the time 100% consitencey Mr. Streamer u need to git gud

[@darthluk7512]

I really love the captain, its so satisfying sniping stuff over sky meadows mid, but my true love stays the comando (when i had no clue what i was doing i played the old merc back then but when i got better, the planty boi was op as hell and commando was pretty close to him.

[@toasty_mm6721]

My boy Merc is average... but that's why I love him.

[@illayne3694]

Not average for us Merc mains though

[@baitposter]

Mercenary is personally one of the more fun and engaging to play for me, with emphasis on considered mobility. Made it to 20 stages the first time with him recently. Reminds me of Genji playstyles in Overwatch, or any slash-dashing ninja game. MUL-T is my other go-to's so far. Captain is a safe pick, MUL-T is when I want to feel like a wheeled tank instead of a cyber ninja. Might revisit Rex and Acrid later but wasn't really feeling the playstyle Rex seems to have.

[@mooremoritz]

good video mr streamer, I also think that Loader is very consistent (I almost never have a problem when playing her), but I dont like your item explanation tbh :D you said something about destroying the early game and expect at least a few good items (the bands) in the late game, but getting a vision on acrid isnt that hard and still you didnt consider it, I'm not fully on board with you here but its still a great video, keep up the good work!

[@UbrShadow]

8:12 It's less consistent unless you're really good but as merc you can one shot any flying enemy such as the alloy that fast

[@viktormizak7054]

the issue for artificer is the lack of the raw damage items from the first game like the old golden gun that increased your damage the more money you had.

[@aufklaeranlage]

8:10 yes, merc can do it. The reason for the one shot here seems to be the same i managed to pull of conistently wiht him. You can abuse the physics engine of RoR2 because flying enemies are somehow treated "weird" when considering fall damage. if you manage to push a flying enemy in any kind of terrain they will take "fall" damage. So yeah basically just align any kind of ability that can push enemies away slightly off center from the Alloy Unit when it is near (but not to near) of any kind of terrain and you get a load of damage.

[@RisenRen]

Regarding loader: a couple of green items that are guaranteed to drop from the desert elder lemurians if you open up the gate with the buttons. Seems like the definition of very consistent to me

[@Marsdend1]

Ever tried a drone army build on captain? If you're running hacker beacons its not hard to get going, and it carried me through the final boss (to be fair I was repairing a lot of broken drones in mithrix second phase, but that just procs fireworks and squids)

[@dantedevon3978]

I am a man of my word. I see timestamp, I like video.

[@N0thing2SeaHere]

I mean, the mercenary can also one shot the alloy worship unit by dashing into them at a certain distance causing them to smash into a wall at high speed and instantly kill them, but that may be a bug.

[@IAmPattycakes]

Can we get a video on the best items to prioritize on which survivors? I had hoped that it would be in either the last video or this one. I want to know what i should be doing on acrid.

[@Shadow-vd8ss]

acrid needs speed and that is literally it

[@Phantasmen]

I also loved the Captains Primary right away, I wouldnt have known but its all I ever wanted, but the Huntress is F tier for me, the only hero I cant even consistently beat the first 4 stages with

[@Lorefunder]

I personally feel Merc is a tier higher. He's not on the same level as the big boys, no, but he is definitely much better than acrid and artificer and comparable with the "good" tier IMO. His mark is very strong, and if used right, can allow you to stay in fights for quite a while, even on the first few stages with minimal items. I'm a bit biased as he's the first survivor I managed to beat the game with (monsoon ofc), but still. The hp nerfs were really rough tho, I'll agree. Good video Woolie!

[@tonypolanco7885]

anotha banger from the freshest streamer on twitch

[@schnozbott]

I woulda swapped Engi and Arti's slots in the list but that's just me. Nano bomb feels so good now once you learn the arc, and with bands it's even better. Engi has so much item dependency because of the turrets, and their cooldown is a small eternity, leaving him without some of his full power if he's on the move (unless you use Carbonizers, which kinda suck). Even Arti's mobility passive to hover outdoes Engi's total lack of movement. Arti's CC/execute also scales well into higher levels.

[@freefalling4271]

Mobile turrets can follow him. Stationary turrets' whole purpose is to hold down a spot. His special cd shouldn't even matter as long as you deploy your turrets right (and that you're not even supposed to constantly change their positions, else you're just playing wrongly). You need to farm gold? Stay close to them so that mobs spawn near them. Even better if you're charging the teleporter. His spider mines makes up for his turrets' single target (heavy damage aoe. And yes it procs bands too). The thing with engineer is that most items' effectiveness is tripled because his turrets inherit it too. Most items work well with him and is not as dependent as you think. Then, his turrets being your constant dps draws aggro away from you, so you don't have an entire army chasing you (even that can work in your favor with spider mines but oh well). Min mobility is needed for you to survive.

[@timothytosser288]

Woolie after you beat eclipse, can you make a video/ guide covering what each level does and how to beat eclipse.

[@mercerwing1458]

Nothing can stop my moon sauce commando.

[@Crippy320]

I've gotten so used to rex being able to heal himself without items, so used to it that I can't help but see how little HP I get whenever I play anyone else. Except for the captain as I'll have a few thousand drones following me around taking all the agro

[@rodneycarter977]

i love the artaficiar. never understood loader just got captin cant work him out for shit... for some reason i cant work out how to get my attack scaling right... i just dont get it.. i managed to get tesla and ceramonials but after like wave 10 i just did bugger all.. what do you need to srack to keep the damage comming i just dont get it lol

[@Sokairu711]

Would argue that Artificier is in the poor category with Commando but other than that spot on with this list 👌