The ULTIMATE Gears of War Character Tier List

[@KingAbzTV]

0:00 Intro 1:18 COG Characters 26:01 Stranded Characters 29:36 Locust Leadership 35:46 Thank you for watching Have a go at ranking the characters below yourself, hope you enjoyed the video! tiermaker.com/list/video-games/ranking-gears-of-war-characters-by-king-abz-15216354/3284564

[@anthonypena5886]

Can you do with a video that Benjamin Carmine and Anthony Carmine never died video

[@anthonypena5886]

Do you still want to do the Chimera weapons video

[@Echo_Rblx-officail]

Hold up

[@anthonypena5886]

​@@Echo_Rblx-officail what

[@bobbysanders8715]

Ah yes, Dizzy gets S tier, this already a 10/10 video :)

[@cuzoh7007]

nope nope nope nope nope clayton is s+

[@colemonturner]

I agree 100%. There is No way Ben is over Clay. I believe Abz favoritism towards Ben Carmine allowed him to be in S+ tier.

[@nathanielromano7104]

I think it's just because how each are portrayed in the story as Ben has much more character development but Clayton is still extremely bad ass and my personal favorite looking character of all time.

[@GrubKiller436]

Clayton is definitely not S+

[@GrubKiller436]

@@colemonturner Benjamin is iconic, more than Clayton.

[@cuzoh7007]

@@GrubKiller436 never is Benjamin more iconic mfer couldnt even fight off some small ass bugs

[@gaminacthemaniac6444]

Jace was technically introduced in Gears of War 2, but it was pretty vague, he was one of the Alpha Squad members to touchdown into the locust tunnels. Marcus radios him telling him good luck.

[@KingAbzTV]

Yep! He didn’t have a character model then

[@sorryilaglol]

Anthony Carmine is my all-time favorite. Looks and voice, all I need to like a character in MP. But extremely good points you made; setting aside the “Carmine Family”, can’t reload, died early, minimal voice lines. I agree with his placement.

[@Micewave.]

Its sad but his black steel skin was worth it

[@TheRyGuy1776]

Same, no clue why but he was always many favorite

[@matthewfendley1765]

I've always like to think that coles personality is to keep the morale of his squad mates up. Like he knows how horrible the war is and the effect it has so he tries to offset it.

[@TolerablyInterested]

Padduk was such a great character, gears 5 really fleshed his story out and turned him into an amazing character.

[@RIPMalice]

Michael Barrick fan here! Love him as a character and his backstory. Former Stranded turned Hardened COG Gear during Operation Lifeboat. The cigar smoking, locust hating tough guy is the epitome of badass. His hardened exterior hides a soft inside who truly cares for people and will do anything to save the people he cares about (including laying down his own life.) Which is precisely what he did for Marcus and Delta in Montevado. Gotta love the tough guys! So glad he was included in your S+ tier. He definitely deserves it.

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

Definitely one of my favorites too. That GOW3 DLC was one of my favorite pieces of Gears content

[@RuV9999]

as a Clayton fanboy i can understand why you placed him a little lower. and im agree with you Clayton need more writing there. that's why i wish TC making the spinoff/DLC about Carmines and Clayton as a main playable character. and if it happen i really hope i getting to see his 2nd brother that not yet revealed.

[@jaymebonacci5462]

I don't even have to watch his videos. Abz always gets a thumbs up. I watch cause they're entertaining and I love hearing about GOW

[@drew4163]

hey what about JACK

[@charlesreed8739]

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[@Walshy94]

It's funny how in the games, Bernie gets C tier, but in the books she'd be at least an S. Her backstory and character in the books makes her such a badass. Shame we only got to see her for 1 act in gears 3 and the start of gears 4 for a few minutes

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

The early Gears books were fantastic in my opinion. Karen Travis was one of, if not the best, at doing military game-to-book adaptations

[@XXAnthonyCarmineXx]

Jace was in gears 2 he dropped into the hollow but it was before micheal b jordan voice acted n he had a generic cog gear model then but he could of had standard armor at first

[@juwse_r3aper]

Been a clayton boy since forever, hands down just a badass, and he has the best insult towards myrrah “eat dirt and die mf” 😂

[@senormarston]

One of my favorite moments in Gears of War's campaign and the reason why I use A. Carmine in the multiplayer is the scene where Kim asks him, "is that the resonator?" And he just says "naaaah". The way he answer his superior lol that guy has a special place on my Grub Killer soul

[@dond1693]

i really think gears 4 and 5 arent as bad as people say its just not as good as the first 3

[@GrubKiller436]

The playerbase is very short-sighted unfortunately.

[@Glorfindelfan1234]

Gears 5 is much better than 4, but the first 4 games (judgement) are better than 5, and 4.

[@GrubKiller436]

@@Glorfindelfan1234 Judgement deserves all the hate though.

[@Glorfindelfan1234]

@@GrubKiller436the story was decent- it failed when they tried to make it a COD game

[@jumpiesthalo7295]

Kick ass quality from my favorite Gears man

[@BroadcastGaming]

Great video as always! May have to argue Baird though. Throughout the books and three, Baird has been slowly breaking his uncaring nature. From the original to three you see him slowly open up more and genuinely care about people. At the end of three he is worried for the whole squad not as just soldiers with him, but as his friends too. From the books even one of the only things he ever worried about was Cole not dying. He finally came to terms that he was in fact his best friend.

[@RMT_IrishRedneck]

Always been a Tai fan since his introduction into Gears 2. Love his unique armour design and his personality too a blend mix of a violent outlook at times and a peaceful side as well. I’ve always rocked with Tai as my go to character for multiplayer and horde

[@XXAnthonyCarmineXx]

Do you like zeta squad tai or hollow storm tai better ? I like hollow storm cause his armor is cooler and he’s older there

[@RMT_IrishRedneck]

@@XXAnthonyCarmineXx hollow storm Tai is my favourite cause of his armour with that shield shoulder plate and aye he’s much older but I’ve read the books and in aspho fields his armour is exactly like hollow storm with the shield shoulder plate and he has these small knives too, I know we’ll see Tai in E-Day somewhere I’m just wondering what armour he’ll be wearing a mix of zeta and hollow storm

[@MorningBear-x3x]

Brothers to the END Delta Squad ❤

[@PR0T0TYPE443]

cole is the one who tries to hype everyone up, so seeing him PISSED makes that one scene hit harder than it needs to

[@yummylumps9401]

Abz really not gonna rank Kate? She has so much character like....uh....well.....yeah you right bin em all

[@KingAbzTV]

😂😂😂

[@mynamesnotrick6632]

Wdym, she’s like a woman or something. Surely that’s important!?!?

[@GrubKiller436]

She's the hottest and coolest

[@GrubKiller436]

and she has the best voice (used to be Alicia Valera's voice)

[@deizel27undeaddark40]

So happy to see my boy in S tier. Love the Grub Killer

[@ZK9931]

Just put kait to the end

[@Sapphire_829]

I replayed Gears 4 and 5 recently, and I actually really like the new cast. Moreso how they are in 5 than 4, and the addition of Fahz. I always liked the original delta but none of them were ever my *favourite* characters. My favourites are like, Anya, Kait, and Benjamin Carmine.

[@kevinprzy4539]

I still prefer 4 over 5

[@Glorfindelfan1234]

@@kevinprzy4539that’s a wildly hot take

[@kevinprzy4539]

@@Glorfindelfan1234 not really, almost everybody I've talked to both irl and on the internet says the only good thing about Gears 5 was the mechanics.

[@lxfenix]

I'll never forgive The Coalition for killing Anya off screen.

[@GrubKiller436]

Anthony Carmine and Benjamin Carmine are so iconic. It's genuinely nice to have someone who's of very low rank who doesn't have plot armor. Because it makes you feel like you're in an actual squad. You feel like you don't know what's going to happen next. Cole and Baird are good characters. But they make you feel too safe and comfy; there's no sense of danger. That's what's missing with each consecutive Gears installment. We need to get back to that squad-like feeling where there's a sense anything can happen to your crew.

[@tyrannicswinen117]

Idk about that point excluding the Gears 4 and 5 characters. Yeah they aren’t Delta squad, but in my eyes are still decent characters. Having replayed 4 and 5 at times they still have that comedic charm just like in the original trilogy. I mean Paduk is the only memorable new character from Judgment, nobody really remembers Sofia, so it’s not like Gears 4 and 5 are the only ones introducing mixed characters

[@KingAbzTV]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Like I said I don’t like them, I think Fahz is decent though and so was Lizzie. I genuinely don’t think they’re good characters at all so I’d rather wait till gears 6 to see if they’re reworked in any ways since their story isn’t finished, instead of just throwing them in low tiers

[@spartanvadam2927]

Even though I know what would happen if you did include Gears 4 & 5 characters, I still wanna see you trash em XD. Great video mate.

[@KingAbzTV]

😂 and glad you enjoyed the video!

[@davidjacobs7465]

I know I'm gonna sound a bit down bad here, but I just have to say that Alicia and Sam were damn fine, Anya, Sofia and Maria were also quite something.

[@XXAnthonyCarmineXx]

There needs to be a dlc about the battle at the damn in gears 4 i think it was marcus talks about. How they couldnt save the gears inside….

[@keonakel9678]

Loved this video, I used to always play as Ben and Dizzy in gears 3 online. They really made some great characters in this series.

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

My oldest brother always had dibs on Dizzy. That was his guy. I can't even recall who he played as in the first game because Dizzy was always who I recall him playing as

[@keonakel9678]

@@Captain_Insano_nomercy That's funny, my older brother used to always pick him too. That's why I used Ben as an alternative, lol.

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

@@keonakel9678 I always played Cole Train because my second oldest brother had dibs as well on Tai 😂 Not that Cole was bad but I got last pick

[@miguelcalzada5535]

​@@keonakel9678 that's funny, i'm an older brother myself and Dizzy is my guy

[@Scruppy89]

Anthony Carmine is my favorite character yes but I agree with the placement he just dies nothing else to add.

[@GrubKiller436]

How the hell you gonna put Aaron Griffin and Franklin above Anthony and Sam?

[@patrickoakley7890]

Clayton will always be #1. Loved him since the moment he showed up. JEEZ LOUISE, WHAT THE FUCK! 😂😂😂

[@Tobitheakatsuki]

I did not expect your opinions would be so similar to mine. Love your videos man

[@KingAbzTV]

Thank you 😁

[@hydrolistconlanka4729]

Obviously all characters cant be S+ But I like how theres not a single character that you can call "Bad", (before Gears 4), all of them go from accetable or "well done" to the best

[@hoovy2319]

I love the Carmine family. I love how the younger brothers follow in the footsteps of the eldest brother only for the eldest brother to use their deaths as fuel for his vengeance against the Locust But Jack will forever be S+++ Double Legendary Ascendant God Tier in my opinion

[@sensufr219]

I’m doing my own list based off these characters in the books and Bernie definitely deserves S+ tier she even knocked Baird on his ass after constant yapping 😂

[@Pachyzookeeper]

At first i hated gears 4-5 but after replaying them i kinda grew to like them, theyre still not as good as the originals but the stories did seem interesting even though theres holes like where did the snatchers come from, how exactly did the new swarm drones come to be id the scions are the original locust etc

[@nanakprasad3775]

JD Fenix is realy a bad carator please make a vedio of him please I realy want to know what kind of carator going to be in gears of War 6 or gears 6 or he is officially dead in gears 5 tell me what is a cannon ending of gears 5 please tell me please

[@jhedatitan4228]

Can you rank the sweatiest multiplayer characters on gears?

[@Quillz06]

Nah, Loomis was a complete asshole and is still the most despised character in the series. D tier imho.

[@anthonypena5886]

Do you want to try the Killzone game and or Resistance 3 Do you still want to do the Chimera weapons video or no

[@3ddiemobil350]

The only place Dom belongs is s+ tier

[@kazuhiramiller7945]

Respect the objectivity with the Carmines, I think Anthony is a solid B purely because he fulfills a good role in the story of the carmines and also helps establish how the war with the locust was so brutal that every gear was nothing more than fodder at the end of the day.

[@DysphorixV1]

You should have made an exception for the Gears 5 Hivebusters crew. They were well-written.

[@mr.skullfacegarcia775]

9:15 No no I understand😢 That's why I'm hoping the movie. Coming out We'll give him more stuff to do and more development. I'm fine if they still kill him off, just give him more

[@blackjesus2290]

Nice 👍

[@XXAnthonyCarmineXx]

No way am I a B man at least A but i feel

[@deletus3549]

This just goes to show how good GOW writing is. Er… was.

[@Nat_TurnerJr]

What’s the Cannon reason for getting rid of the armor sleeves in gears 3. They only wear chest pieces in 3 and I never understood why.

[@prich0382]

It was Summer time

[@Glorfindelfan1234]

more symbolic in showing that the COG was no longer a functional government. They became stranded

[@lightfootwall4173]

Hope to see some Dead Space lore breakdowns in the future. Love your character ranking list.

[@LewdSCP1471A]

Way too generous of a list imo, just to name an example, Dom should not be in S+, in the first 2 games he has some downright awful voice acting and very little characterization beyond his motivation to find his wife, in Gears 3 he peaks but that's where he also dies unfortunately.

[@minthiha8445]

delta squad and nobel team are so goated

[@Soder_elite]

btw king abz, jace also made a tiny cameo in gow 2 when you first drop into the hollows

[@KingAbzTV]

Indeed! I cover that in my cog gear squads lore video!

[@XXAnthonyCarmineXx]

Anthony not antony

[@haydenwhiting2153]

Just about to start the Video Hoffman better be top tier 👌🏻👌🏻

[@dean4186]

I mean I love almost every character in gears of war. But to put every single character in s+really takes away from other characters. Like for example with most tier lists the estir is supposed to be very small because it is a small percentage whereas B is more on that average. So instead of a s+ section I would have put a b+& b -section in. That way you can break up characters a little bit easier without absolutely hating putting them super low. But that's my opinion your tier list your opinion respect to it

[@KingAbzTV]

I hear you! Maybe I was a little generous with the S+, but I do think that the characters are one of the best aspects of the whole Gears of War universe. WIthout the strength of those characters, it would've never really been the same

[@MrDeathRay]

Bump everything down one tier except delta squad

[@issacclarke2264]

The rose part of bens death is that you can find a note next to his body that’s as suppose to go to his family and in the note he says “I miss Anthony.” Breaks my heart everytime I see him die.

[@Prussia67]

gears of war 3 best gears game ever

[@anthonypena5886]

I agreed

[@ryanbrown938]

GOW franchise from best to worst: (1) GOW (2) GOW 3 (3) GOW 2 (4) JUDGEMENT (5) GOW 4 + 5

[@JRMAV1]

I love Ben, but he doesn’t deserve S+ tier, he’s in barely half a game and doesn’t push the narrative or lore forward outside of the Carmine family. He is NOT the rest of Delta, Anya, or Tai’s level. Ben is S at best, seems like you picked likability over quality, your bias really showed here. 😂

[@Logan-il1rw]

I don’t understand why u put Tai in S+ tier, he’s literally just the generic tough guy in the squad who’s that “tough as a ____” guy and “if anyone can survive ____, it’s him” trope, he doesn’t get any character development other than him being a tough guy, aside from the torture barge where he kills himself cuz “oh man even he wasn’t tough enough to deal with the locust torture” type stuff

[@LordRumshi]

Tai was a good man and great soldier who fit in perfectly with Marcus and delta squad, with his death scene hitting hard with, not only how brutal the locust could be, but also showcasing the horrors of war. When Marcus, Dom, Cole and Baird found Tai, he was already dead though only became reality once Marcus handed him the shotgun. Anya’s words on Tai were very heartfelt over the loss of another soldier in the fight against the locust.

[@THEHXZARDMUSIC]

Every new character in gears 4 & 5 would all be D tier. Especially Kate

[@JayMan-vc7it]

I think Prescott Should not be the Number #Uno Fav Cause He Left the COG and Killed A Of Civilians With The Hammer Strike !

[@adeptuscustode115]

And actually anya wanted to become a front line gear like her mother who served with marcus and carlos in the battle of aspho field

[@paule1624]

I think JD actually had some great character development in Gears 5. He should be the protagonist for 6

[@Powellthrellis96]

I Like Bernie Shes One My Favorite Female Characters in the Game Shes Way Above C teir In My Opinion

[@fdkrill8049]

i did not mind faz tbh

[@sparshbful]

I disagree with Baird's rating... He is my favorite character, Baird is just hilarious!

[@melbell700]

I honestly think that Del was a great character. The voice of reason, the soldier who was In over his head but stuck by his friends. His death hurt me because he had a lot more potential.

[@Connorebaugh-rh1vt]

eyre scrapping them in gears6 because they have to make two campaigns for del and jd which include new voicelines and interractions

[@richardjared960]

Thanks for giving Paduk some much deserved love! He’s super underrated!

[@Lenobanzzxx]

In my opinion all the carmines should’ve been S+ they are much of a staple in the series just like Marcus and dom and em

[@rbee9537]

Oooo you're opinion of Bernie just shows how you haven't read any of the books or comics ... Do so and pop her in S tier

[@ARMGSOG]

Love tier lists 🎉

[@jack-o-lantern6554]

Does anybody else know that Jace was introduced in Gears 2

[@slaryer]

I was gonna make a comment about it, if no one else did lol. Jace participated in Hollow storm, even tho he was voiced by a different person in two.

[@fdkrill8049]

jace was in hollow storm so he was in gears 2 as well abz

[@KingAbzTV]

Indeed!

[@nanakprasad3775]

Did you think gears of war 6 is going to be a great game or it's just be another boring game just like gears 5 tell me and what 6th gears of war game called gears of War 6 or gears 6 just like gears 5 tell

[@coldsolitude4417]

the only 2 I disagree with are Sam and Ukkon. S+ for Ukkon A tier for Sam.

[@nanakprasad3775]

History of gears of war game history please and the future of gears of war 6 of gears 6 please tell me please

[@kallumpuklowski8806]

Raam is the best villain compared to any other from any game, period.

[@dond1693]

over albert wesker ?

[@kallumpuklowski8806]

@dond1693 who?

[@dond1693]

@@kallumpuklowski8806 son you don’t know the main bad guy in resident evil

[@kallumpuklowski8806]

@dond1693 nah I don't play resident evil. Can't be as bad as Raam if I haven't heard of him, right? 🤣

[@Jostyy]

You put Anthony in B? He doesnt even meet the requirements you set out, putting him right underneath A tier with a giant like Hoffman shows that even though you said to get rid of the sentiment about him being a Carmine that Bias is still heavily influencing your decision Anthony in terms of the parameters you set is a definitive D tier because he is a joke character whose entire point was to die, when Gears of War1 first came out the only bit of info we had on him was he was voted most likely to die by his classmates

[@KingAbzTV]

I guess you’re right, if it weren’t for him though then Ben and Clayton would’ve never existed! So yeah I tried to be objective but maybe I still had a little bit of sentiment about it

[@Normalguy1690]

Benjamin Carmine and gears 2 my all time favourites of the GoW series

[@lordfenix17]

Damn, an entire franchise of S tier characters is such a feat.

[@taekfute]

I'm a Tai guy and I was really glad to see my spiritual warrior avatar get the S+ tier rank he deserves

[@nanakprasad3775]

Make a hole vedio of Gears of War 4 and gears 5 please what's wrong with those games please tell please

[@tomsaramagoduartepistono92]

I think Benjamin Carmine deserves more love, for me hes a A+ character

[@jamestapiajt]

Anya sticks out in that S+ tier. She’s not on the same level.

[@anthonypena5886]

Good video

[@patriciohernandez977]

I do have to ask, even though Gears 4-5 were out of this list, who would be the most interesting character from the Gears 4-5 games?

[@KingAbzTV]

Probably Fahz

[@rileyh520]

If you didn't cry when Dom died, we can't be friends

[@Papa_Burton]

I don't know man, JD is a really good character to me

[@cobragamming1991]

Clayton deserves S+ for a simple ohrase he shouts at 11:08

[@blakedott9295]

That native guy who an heroes himself S tier

[@raamus9735]

Paduk my fav character glad to see him S tier

[@theoldrussian3837]

Coal is my favorite

[@theoldrussian3837]

But my most favorite is the carmine family

[@ghstcffee7717]

i prefer Iron

[@jamesabernethy7896]

Gears has some amazingly written and designed characters. As you pointed out yourself, given enough time to get to know them they are very unique from each other. Although there's more of them out there now, it's only recently that I've got into Tier Lists and Icebergs. Even with the well-crafted characters, I think you were a little too generous with the S+ tier.

[@KingAbzTV]

Thanks for the feedback brother, yeah maybe I should’ve dropped some of the S+ characters in S

[@nanakprasad3775]

Gears of war 6 or gears 6 theory and fucher of gears of war 7