Ranking the Heroes.

[kassle]

I'm going to rank based on the stats of my groups games.


1. AMANDA
100% survival rate in our group. The hide function is especially useful when paired with a weapon like the Chainsaw. A great character in a search-based scenario as she can hide, hide, hide and bust out the hardcore weapons when forced to fight. And there is no comparison to the Hide skill's ability to piss of the Zombie player.

2. STACY
100% survival rate in our group. She's a ballsy character, and fun to play.

3. BECKY
100% survival rate in our group. When paired with a group-oriented player, she's really great. Although she's always survived in our group, the only downside to Becky is that she can't self-heal.

4. SALLY
89% survival rate in our group. Realistically, she'd probably be at 100%, except she sacrificed herself for the good of the group and drew a huge amount of Zombies toward herself...and had that "one wound and you are a Zombie Hero" card played on her. Anyway - her Lucky ability is the perfect way to torture the Zombie player (almost as frustrating as Amanda's Hide ability).

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5. SHERIFF ANDERSON
64% survival rate in our group. His gun and his ability to replenish his gun are pretty amazing. But, because he is one of the few characters who starts with a weapon, he often finds himself in the middle of the Zombie fray and pays the price for that.

6. RACHELLE
58% survival rate in our group. Pretty much in the same boat as the Sheriff. Slightly different skillset, but the starting gun is great. On the downside, she is also almost always in the middle of the action and pays the price.

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7. JAKE
50% survival rate in our group. His ability to choose cards is great, but he doesn't have any particular defensive or offensive skills that keep him in the top tiers.

8. BILLY
50% survival rate in our group. He can move a little faster than the rest, which can be useful in baiting Zombies away from Hero objectives. But he ends up biting it half the time because the only game to play with him is a dangerous one.

9. SAM
40% survival rate in our group. Sam is a brute, which can be extremely useful when it comes to taking on the Zombies...but that also makes him one of the biggest targets for the Zombie player. All it takes is a smart Zombie player using the "one wound and you're a Zombie Hero" card on him and he's done for. Unfortunately, that seems to happen to him more often than not with our group.

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10. VICTOR
33% survival rate in our group. We probably haven't figured out how to use him well in our group, but he tends to bite it.

11. JOHNNY
0% survival rate in our group. He is usually selected by aggressive players, which doesn't pan out well for him. Dude always dies.

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NO RATING. FATHER JOSEPH, JENNY, KENNY, JADE, MR. GODDARD
Unfortunately, these folks just don't get selected enough in our group for me to give a fair percentage or rating on their playability.