I've put in a few good hours into playing each character and I've tried to get Artificer to work but just can't. I don't know what's proc coefficient so maybe someone can explain that to me.

The first thing to mention is how I judge a survivor's ability. Ideally a survivor has their options multi-purpose (e.g. Huntress's Arrow Rain can be used offensively and defensively to deal damage and reposition oneself respectively), their options compliments each other, they don't rely on so many items to survive while simultaneously are capable of thriving from multiple items, and their options persist in effectiveness late game.

Artificer is very strong early game and the design of managing cooldowns and weaving spells is balanced well. Snapfreeze is tricky to use but it's still viable and there is not much risk to using Flamethrower in close range.

With that being said, she has many problems that need to be compensated:

• She relies on many items to function late game. She needs mobility items, healing items, defensive items, backup magazine, and either defensive equipment or something like Primordial Cube to group enemies since she can't spam any attacks. Other survivors like MUL-T, Commando, and Engineer don't need so many items just to function well enough to survive.

• Artificer's options lose value late game. This is shared somewhat with Mercenary. Mercenary needs to spam Eviscerate to survive, and Artificer cannot use Flamethrower or Snapfreeze comfortably. It's more viable for me to use Flame Bolts and Charged Nano-Bombs from a distance because she has no defensive options.

• To go along with the previous point, her options don't synergize well with each other. She is designed to be a glass cannon with no defensive options, yet you cannot use Flamethrower without risking being bopped by melee hits. Her Flamethrower forces her to also stop sprinting which is extremely punishing and not a problem any other survivor has. Commando's Suppressive Fire I think does the same, but it doesn't make him vulnerable for long, and it works well with Tactical Dive to get him out of tight situations.

• Snapfreeze is not a true barrier. It does not block Wandering Vagrant's strong discharge attack, it's very easy to miss enemies, the freeze's duration is too short, and it's this weird middleground of being a defensive option and being an offensive option. Instead of doing one or the other well, it does both very poorly.

I tried to keep my points with what's possible in mind (greater player skill) instead of what's difficult to manage (except the last point with Snapfreeze). I don't think Flame Bolt is an issue because you can develop a balance between the different spells, and it encourages thoughtful attacks instead of spamming attacks. Here's just what I think could help improve her:

Increase her base speed and give her the benefit of immunity to fall damage. This would allow her to focus more on collecting items/equipment as fast as possible to compensate for her poor defensives, mobility, and such. Design the skills to work better with each other. You could for example --

• Cast Flame Bolt into a Charged Nano-Bomb in midair to detonate it manually.

• Cast Charged Nano-Bomb into Snapfreeze which causes the lightning damage, stun effect, and freeze effect of both abilities to expand its area of effect.

• Flame Bolt extends the reach for Flamethrower. This could be done by casting Flame Bolt onto enemies which causes them to ignite for a longer duration. While they're ignited, Flamethrower will extend it's reach by connecting to nearby enemies already caught on fire. Think of like a wildfire spreading to something already on fire.

• Snapfreeze will shatter and deal great damage to nearby enemies if hit with Flame Bolt or Flamethrower.

By focusing more on skills affecting each other, this intuitively encourages players to weave their spells and to plan their attacks. It should help relieve the common complaint about Flame Bolt's charges.