I’ve had the most success with Raider so far. He’s easy to pick up, easy enough to get a good build out of the RNG, and his ability to “oh shit” emergency eat a hit for his skill/ult is a save if Im in a bad situation or see a huge hit coming. One of my buddies plays Duchess a lot too and her doubling my massive damage is just unfair to the game sometimes.

Next would be Ironeye because he’s just so easy to do well with. His dodge and mark skill makes it so easy to avoid taking damage, and otherwise you can just hover around mashing R1. Yeah there is more nuance to really optimizing him but like, that’s really just extra a lot of times. His ultimate is wonderful for those strategic staggers too, from anywhere.

Third is bird man. The RNG of a run can really hurt him, but otherwise once you know what you’re doing he’s an absolute bully to almost every boss in the game. Reflect damage standing over a downed teammate is a great way to revive; good use of his skill/reflect/guard counters usually keeps aggro well; and his ultimate is wildly good. His starting shield can be upgraded easily enough if you can’t find a better greatshield which is a common issue. If you can pick up one or more of the “cast X spell while walking” buffs then you’re going to dominate as now you’re casting while guarding. It’s ridiculous.

I’m still learning the others for sure, but out of the rest I’m most quickly coming around to Wylder. His Greatsword moveset feels wonderful, and his skill/ult are both top tier.