Wartech: Senko no Ronde
S Tier
Any Sakurako: Even though her main attack strength was reduced by an update, she can still control the flow of any battle with her mines. Her mine field allows her to either go on the offensive or turtle Her BOSS Mode also has ridiculously good firing speed and is safe if she’s in Vanish Mode. There’s a reason that she’s bandwagoned at tournaments.
Cuilan (B Cartridge): Cuilan has the best defensive capabilities in the game and is almost as fast as Fabian. Cuilan with the B Cartridge can fight anyone because Cuilan has some of the most devastating close ranged combos and can safely turtle when necessary. His Ranged combat potential kinda sucks, but it doesn’t matter when he has an iron wall defense which can lead into close quarter battle.
Changpo (B Cartridge): Changpo has the most versatile move list in the game and this cartridge actually allows her have the best close combat skill in the game. Her only close quarter rival is Cuilan, but Cuilan players would probably fight defensively against Changpo because she can litter the screen with bullets or rush him down. Her Sweet Roll is not only a close ranged attack, but it shoots out bullets as well. The Sweet Roll is one of the best, if not best moves in the game.
A Tier
Cuilan (A Cartridge): The A Cartridge boosts Cuilan’s attack strength, which is nice but hinders his ability to fight close ranged due to the lower speed. Decreased defense also makes hits hurt a lot more with this cartridge when Cuilan already takes the most damage per hit in the game.
Ernula (A Cartridge): She is the only character in the game that can routinely kill BOSS Mode characters in seconds flat. Her Beam attacks when they connect drain a shit load of energy from the opponent’s Charge gauge which makes them unable to defend themselves or go into overdrive mode. The lasers from her BOSS Mode do tons of damage but can be telegraphed. That is offset by the duration making the shield near useless against her BOSS Mode.
B Tier
Fabian (A Cartridge): Fabian has a pretty poor defensive game, but with the A Cartridge, he can pepper the opponent with his projectiles before doing hit and run in melee. What keeps him from the A Tier is that his BOSS Mode is the most easily killed and has underwhelming attacks compared to other BOSS Mode characters.
Ernula (B Cartridge): Same as her A Cartridge except that she loses Ranged attack strength when she’s too slow to be effective in close combat.
Changpo (A Cartridge): Changpo’s speed is average by default, so the reduced speed causes her to lose for free to the higher tier characters and lose her rush down potential.
C Tier
Any Mika: Mika has a good pressure game with his missiles and can launch them at controlled intervals to play mind games and set traps, but he really has nothing to make himself stand out since he’s otherwise average. At least he has the best close combat attack while in BOSS Mode, which will hit often. His BOSS Mode is the most versatile in the game, so it can be used to keep people guessing.
Fabian (B Cartridge): Fabian will probably be the fastest character in the game unless Cuilan has his B Cartridge, so adding more speed is not only redundant, but his Ranged damage would become below average which would have him losing to a good player, especially Ernula or Mika.
D Tier
Any Karel: Karel has the most pathetic close quarter attack in the game and his specials are mostly ass. He depends too much on his Rifle to do damage without BOSS Mode activated and his pressure game is non-existent. He does good damage and can take a lot, but he is damn slow. He has one of the best BOSS Modes in the game, which puts him above Lili.
E Tier
Any Lili: Lili just kinda sucks all around. Her stats are mostly bad, but she has the best potential for playing mind games and has a useful teleport. The real kicker is that her BOSS Mode can be pretty predictable and she has to fight mid to close range in order to have access to her better moves, which sucks because she’s slow and has tissue paper defense. She’d be a lot better if she could take more damage.
Although Sumo Santa seems pretty enjoyable to play with lol