Re: Best characters in each class, plz share opinion!
by globallarryOriginal Post
This is way late but here it is:
Zombies
Soldier - Foot Soldier (He does 1 more damage than the Sky Trooper -AND- he has a bigger magazine. Also if you play semi-automatically, Foot Soldier turns out to be menacingly mean and accurate. Park Ranger is deadly, but only if the player isn't aware that the Park Ranger has lower damage than most so long as you don't sit in the fart cloud =/ But Foot Soldier is my go-to guy. He really is. He's so accurate it's unbelieveable, and you better bet that if you've upgraded his damage and magazine, you can miss like 10 shots and still get your kill.)
Engineer - AC Perry (I don't have to tell you that the painter can vanquish unsuspecting plants in 2-3 hits if they don't move. But AC Perry CAN, FROM LONG RANGE, freeze you, your buddy and HIS friend in place rather quickly, and with a reload upgrade, finish you off from quite a ways away. Up close he's even more annoying because he can just shoot the ground and ride the jackhammer until you stop moving, then pelt you in the face until it's over.)
Scientist - Chemist/AstronautAnd here's why!!! (The Astronaut, when upgraded, can dish out LUDICROUS amounts of damage for a skilled player Like he can, at long range... destroy a peel shield in about 4-5 shots and over the count of 6-10 shots depending on accuracy, make the Citron cry babies.. But a Scientist isn't offensively played for the most part... though many see him as that way. Playing from Gw1 and beyond I full well know how mean the Chemist can be... but he's a beautiful defensive player! If you have a Heal Station behind a wall, there's always a sneaky Pea or some * who's gonna try to bomb it by coming along the side of your cover!! Chemist's Bar-None defense makes punishing 2-3 people even, not hard at all simply by anticipating where they are coming from and sweeping them from the side. Warping around heal stations or throwing heal bombs to warp to are proficient strategy to.. Warp Vanquishing is good stuff, but it makes you enemies who make healing a hassle. If someone Warp Vanquishes me with Zoologist, I purposely hide in a hill with Frozen citron to make their lives and gameplay horribly boring. Plus... you focus less on keeping friends in the fight and selfishly healing yourself!)
^--- Sorry 'bout wall of opinion.
All Star - Cricket Star (Suppression fire + Fire Damage over time is very mean. Stock All Star (The Default one) is incredibly powerful at close range, but the Cricket Star can really make life hard, especially if Tackle Dummy knowledge is good and the All Star knows how to "Shoot from the right" (Putting your weapon barrel right on the side of the dummy while your hit box remains behind cover, allowing you to essentially fire without being hit back))
Imp - All of them/Z7 Imp (Z7 Imp has fully semi-automatic firing capability. When his damage is upgraded, you can actually Gravity Grenade a Torch Wood and with incredibly finger blasting, explode his life in under 3 seconds... which I've done.)
Mech - S.H.R.imp Mech (All mechs are good. ALL OF THE MECHS ARE GREAT!!! Just like the imps themselves... but S.H.R.imp Mech has capability to rocket jump which launches you into the air, then makes you scream forward with great speed. I have used this in Seeds of Time to jump into the Castle on the final point before while standing on the planters in the Drawbridge area. It causes great confusion, and his ability to escape huge groups surpasses other mechs I feel. That Laser also has incredible hit box capability.)
Super Brainz - Toxic Brainz (This is key... Super Brainz is special in so many ways. He's slow. He's dopey. He's got... that slackjawed expression... and he always finds himself flexing in a mirror at inopportune times... but he's absolutely sneaky. Toxic Brainz is the legendary varient of Super Brainz, and while I usually do not like playing Legendaries since they are gimped on damage (Though not by much) outside of their legendary Mode, Toxic Brainz can actually hit his legendary in like 8 punches. What's more, he can charge these punches on AI plants! But the real reason I pick him is because when I'm getting rolled over by people who really stick together and have great aiming ability, you can sneak behind them by going an alternate route, heroic kick right on top of them and lay waste to them. If you back attack a group of 3 and deal nothing but punch damage, you will find yourself hitting legendary mode and 2 shotting Citrons :P... it's really not as easy as all of that either lol. Super Brainz has steep learn curve)
Captain Deadbeard..... - Captain Deadbeard (What can I say about Deadbeard... our version of Cactus? Well, I can say that according to this DPS spreadsheet, all of his variants deal less damage than most of the cactuses. Apparently Deadbeard (The top damage) can get up to 77 dps , Future cactus (Plant top) can pull out 112. Also, Deadbeard is not allowed to have a variant parrot that I'm aware of, which makes me feel that he is a loser and EA didn't even like him.
But I like him.
Captain Deadbeard's projectile is nearly invisible. He shoots coins man! That's pro. And his barrel technique is incredible. I've had people look right at me and not even realize I wasn't a prop. He also comes with cool Shotgun style defensive capability. And this, which you may not know, is a free tip I'm going to give you. If you rapidly zoom in and out with dead beard while firing, you will increase his firing speed and utterly destroy anyone who gets in your face so long as you land the ranged shot while you're doing it. Tapping zoom will reset his shot timers for both guns. Try it out. He's not as bad as I make him seem up there with the DPS talk)
Hovergoat 3000 - Burger Goat (No jk. I like Hovergoat more than Hovergoat 2000. Heck even legit Hovergoat 1000. Hovergoat 3000 came equipped with incredible beatbox technology, but gimme the original Hovergoat model to the 3000 and I'll be happy.)
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I don't play plants that often so I don't have much to say here, but here we go
Peashooter - Law Pea/Agent Pea/Peashooter/Toxic Pea/Electro Pea (Law Pea can 1 shot people if you can accurately land all 6 head shots. In under 1.5 secs. Agent Pea can do the same with much more leeway, but his crits do more damage but his body shots do less than law, meaning law can still 1 shot a SCIENTIST in 1.5 secs with all 6 shots non-crit, but Agent Pea will have to do it in like 2-4 secs. BASIC STOCK PEASHOOTER IS BAD TO THE BONE!!! Nobody expects it most of the time, and landing direct shots can actually startle and panic good players due to unfamiliarity with the pea, the sound it makes, the graphic, and the fact that you're not some special colored pea. Toxic Pea is my splash damage baby, and Electro Pea moves quicker than all of the other Pea's. He seems to have trouble hitting people right in front of him if you are playing detonation style tactic.)
Sunflower - Fire Flower (I like the Fire Flower. You can intimidate people by landing hits and hiding then doing it again because she's so accurate. And some people see a flower and will come out of cover to their own detriment, allowing you to score that sweet free 30 damage over time smack to their face over and over. I've been experimenting with the Mystic Flower though and noticed that her damage is kind of really... really.... good. 
Like I'll go close range which I don't usually do with healers just to snag someone in the head over and over with Mystic Flowers Semi Automatic face pounding dps.)
Chomper - Swamp Thing/Yeti (I used to play Hot Rod chomp exclusively, GW 1 trained me this way. :P But after the Super Mix mode where I was forced to play Swamp thing and I got to see that he regenerated his health almost right after he was struck, I fell in love. I am a very sneaky Chomper, I've played Tf2 way too much and mastered the art of playing Spy. Hiding and healing is one of Chompers best tactics. Burrowing and regenerating health is something I've done with all chompers, but when I saw chomp thing regenerate like 70 health underground, I lost it...
.... However...
I've recently begun using Yeti Chomper. While I was confused about how to play him at first, it turns out that he has infinite ammo. A projectile Arc. And increased range if jumping while throwing up. Couple this with the fact that it crits on direct hits, deals splash damage, SLOWS THE ENEMY DOWN, and I still have access to goop abilities and burrowing/spikeweeds... heh, Yeti Chomper is pretty good. Personally though... I feel all chompers perform the same except Yeti so far.. And at this rate Yeti may take 1st place for chomper luv.)
Cactus - Where do I start?/Cactus (I stopped playing cactus after they removed the ability to fly yourself onto roof tops. I was very professional with it in GW1 and could move at top speed without dropping myself. When I got GW2 and found I couldn't fly around anymore with my Tallnut Helipad technique..... I was Heartbroken. D: Pretty much quit playing Cactus all together. I use BASIC CACTUS. She shoots fast, deals 30+ on critical strikes, the bullets are hard to see where they come from, she's not easy to spot if you can blend in with environment and her reload isn't too bad either. The problem with Cactus and Deadbeard however, is that they make enemies run away. And someone like me is almost always first to shoot, which causes them to scatter. This is why I am a bad cactus. Good cactus steals kills with final 1-2 shots :P Not start engaging and force enemies to take cover, thereby essentially forcing defensive play)
Citron - No comment (He's good no matter what if played right. I play all versions of Citron. I use Frozen Citron to be annoying. I use Normal Citron to punish enemies with incredible DPS. I kinda don't play Toxic Citron because his firing sound is a little annoying, which is odd because I can listen to Frost Citron all day long... When I get Iron Citron, I may make reconsiderations on a possible favorite.)
Rose - Rose (Basic Rose hits very Hard. She may seem dainty and easy to counter, but Timing really is everything on this game. As long as you aren't just THROWING your slow spell and your sheep spell out just to use it or make someone wish you hadn't while they were fighting someone else, you will have them when you need them the most. It is actually possible to stay far back and just spam (Shoot endlessly) onto a capturing point and force enemies to back off since her attack has small splash. The slow projectile speeds also come in handy as you can begin firing and get a few hits in before people realize they're getting fired on because you got so many shots off before the first one connected!! If she weren't so slow I would like her more, and if she could reload during Arcane Enigma, I would call her overpowered. She's also weirdly shaped! I've noticed myself shooting at her body and the bullets sliding right past her. Like her hit box is seriously only her head 
... However....
It only takes a few good shots with Pirate or with a Foot Soldier to make them run and hide. Because they's dainty flowers.)
Kernel Corn - Default Corn (I play default. Mainly because they are balanced, and the other trick variants just seem to lose out on flat-out damage in exchange for some gimmicky treat! BBQ Corn has far less ammo and deals half the damage in exchange for what... a non stackable fire DoT? << >> Yargh man...Kernel Corn does A LOT of damage. He also shoots with both hands, with makes "shooting from the right" (hugging cover and having your barrel fire from the side of the wall) almost impossible. Kernel Corn is my favorite plant. I don't have much to say simply because he says it all himself. He's crazy, and if you can aim, he can drop targets in 2 seconds MAYBE FASTER!!!! Just lay into their heads!)
Torch Wood - Tree People (I prefer the Torchwood with the club on his hand? The one that can target you then run straight to you then smack you and make you jump back? Yeah I play him instead of normal Torchwood. Mainly because he makes Caveman sounds when he vanquishes and he can wear hats.)
And that's it! Thanks for letting me give this probably dead topic some much needed wall of opinion!
