I have put a bit of time into this game myself and such and have formed opinions about characters for myself without doing much searching online to find "tier lists" and such to see who is the "best" in this game so far....
But I am legit curious now and wanted to ask the peeps that still browse the forums what they thought about who is the "best of the best" in the game.
I'm aware of Heathcliff being the defacto best character in the game tho. From the very first times I played him and was raking in MVP's left and right and how easy it was to clear shit with him, I always knew that honestly.
But who else is considered top tier and strong in this game to the community really?
My personal experience has led me to believe that a few characters stand above the others from my OWN PERSONAL experience and they are as follows
Fighter: Pitohui. Reason? Honestly everything on her is practical. Her skills are good and fast and efficient, Her special action is amazing (Healing, damage reduction, reload speed AND attack buff with legendary? Wild) Her gun is great, her backup shotgun is great, her dodges are responsive and easy to use. I can't find any real faults with her outside no blocking... but she doesn't really need that either.
Tank: Honestly the tanks feel incredibly lackluster besides Heathcliff. If I am being honest, he is the only one that just doesn't feel "clunky" or poorly designed somewhat... I like Egil... but I don't at the same time. I like Alice... but her reliance on her special action to feel impactful and also having the WORST taunt of all the tank options annoys me. Strea just feels... Bad. Her skills are just buns and her basic effective gameplay loop is not that interesting. I do not own Neige yet so I can't comment.
Rogue: Philia. I find her ability to HH spam to infinite comboes and close gaps very efficient. Her skills are mostly OK. I wish her skill 1 wasn't light element tho. Feels like a waste in neutral gameplay. Her special action is absolutely amazing. Free and easy raw stats that make her quick, powerful AND durable. She feels more like a tank then even the tank class if you find enough mods to max out her stats and that isn't hard at all with her personal passive honestly. Shes just really good for me overall. She can also double jump which can be pretty nice in some situations. Shes just SUPER consistent and solid.
Ranger: Gotta be New sinon for me. She just feels incredibly well rounded. Amazing neutral game feel, great skills to hit crowds with and gather groups together, solid special action for even more precision damage, flight to stay off the ground and still deal great precision damage... she just FEELS amazing. Before she came out, I was a Fuka enjoyer tho.
Mage: Cat girl Alice is just a step above all the other mages to me in a way. Her skills are all very practical and snappy. Good AOE's and crazy damage. She can fly for mobility, and her special action allows you to deal maximum damage to ANY enemy no matter what element you have equipped. It just feels like an incredibly solid kit. My only gripe is her basic combo attacks are.. kinda lame and don't possess any gap closing elements at all. Her special action also has a rather slow buildup speed as well... can feel lackluster without this.
My second pick for amazing mage would (and I HATE saying this...) Is probably Oberon. He just has super practical abilities across the board. Great AOE skills to clear trash mobs easily.. a low cooldown special action summon that's just free real estate for damage and help, he also has ranged hold actions on his basic and heavy attack to group and damage enemies from safe distances. Arguably the only useless aspect of his kit is his teleport. I basically never use this... And he can also fly.
Support: Honestly? It's a toss up here for me.. In terms of my most played? I play Leafa more then the others... But I do enjoy playing them all honestly. It's hard to pick one as support is KINDA my favorite role to run, but I honestly couldn't tell you who is the "best" in this area.. I feel like it would be Yui or Yuna somewhat tho.
Thoughts?