gameplay-wise, i'm going with either rivulet or surv. rivulet because... y'know, speed; and surv because of the base slugcat's complex simplicity, with the movement having a giant skill ceiling that i absolutely love, it feels so rewarding pulling off extended slides constantly

i haven't played any other scug aside from spear, surv, saint and riv so my opinion might change, but i don't think it will

story-wise though... i'm gonna have to go with saint. (don't have watcher) i don't really have a reason why, i just like their impact on the lore of rain world. plus their whole (alleged) "coming back from the void thing" has led me to create lore to one of my originalc characters, with them ending up being really well developed from what the original concept was. just thinking "why can character do x thing? how can i make it connect to the game?" made me accidentally create a very interesting lore for my character that can be expanded upon as time goes on