Dead Island 2 Best Characters

Dead Island 2 is a game which comes with a theme of horror and dark humor. In this game you would be able to slay zombies and at the same time experience a thrilling adventure.

Dead Island 2, developed by Dambuster Studios is an action-packed role playing type of game. It is a sequel to the 2011 video game, Dead Island. If you love the first installment, then, you would definitely be ecstatic to play this sequel.

Just like any other games, Dead Island 2 has its own characters. In fact, in this game, you would be able to choose one of the six characters that this game offers. However, we understand how difficult it is to choose one that would best suit your game play and strategy. Do not worry as through this article, we shall provide you useful information which you could use in choosing one that would best suit you and your preference.

Key Takeaways

• Consists of 6 characters known as slayers
• For you to be able to select the best character, it is highly recommended for you to choose one that has a good balance of innate abilities and attributes.
• The best characters that stand out are Jacob and Dani due to their perfect combination of attributes
• Jacob comes with the most peak health with a combination of other stats
• Clara is second best due to resilience and toughness
• Dani is amazing in terms of stamina. In fact, this allows her to spam attacks
• Ryan is a tank with the highest toughness and moderate in other skills
• Amy is the fastest one and she has the most points in Agility. Keep in mind, however, that her toughness is not that great

Rank Division

Just like other games, the characters in Dead Island 2 could be ranked according to the characters’ skill set. In fact, the best are often presented in S-Tier. Though these characters may look fine, you must still look carefully especially when selecting your character. Remember, you could only select your character once. In this portion of this article, we shall provide you useful information about the characters’ abilities which would definitely help anyone who plays a moderate level type of gameplay.

Rank	Name	Pros	Cons	Gameplay
S	Jacob	Peak,Health and Stamina	Resilience, health recovery	Agressive
S	Dani	Peak,Health and Stamina	Resilience, health recovery	Agressive
A	Carla	Toughness, Resilience	Agility, Critical Damage	Defensive
A	Ryan	Toughness, Resilience	Agility, Critical Damage	Defensive
B	Bruno	Agility, Critical Damage	Peak Health, toughness	Stealth
B	Amy	Agility, Critical Damage	Peak Health, toughness	Stealth

S-Rank

2 of the best slayers belong to the S-rank of Dead Island 2. The reason behind this is due to their all around build to be able to handle almost every scenario. They come with Peak, Health and Stamina.

Jacob

Jacob come with impressive strengths which includes immense health and stamina. With these attributes, he would definitely be able to face his opponents without any problems and hesitations. His special attacks definitely increases his damage attributes which makes him very lethal.

This character comes with a perfection of offense and defense which makes him the most loved character in this game. However, keep in mind that he has a low resilience which means he could be vulnerable to hazardous environment as well. Furthermore, Jacob also has huge statistics in terms of health recovery.

Attributes

Attribute	Points
Toughness	3/5
Stamina	4/5
Health Recovery	2/5
Critical Damage	3/5
Agility	3/5
Peak Health	5/5
Resilience	1/5

Innate Skills

Jacobs skills focuses on damage. He is an offensive type of character and is perfect to be used in aggressive playing. In fact, if you combine Jacob with the proper weapons, he would definitely be a killing machine.

Feral

• Damage buff for continuous attacks
• He could take care of enemies that would attack him in hoards.

Critical Damage

• Unique skill that would boost critical damage especially when his stamina gets low.
• Has rare chance to activate due to his stamina.

Dani

Dani is similar to Jacob. She belongs to the S-rank. Though she matches Jacob in terms of her skills, she is quite unique in terms of her innate abilities. She packs great stamina and has high peak health which makes this character a very impressive one in terms of offensive game play.

The weak points of Dani, on the other hand, are her health recovery and resilience. This means, she could easily be damaged in terms of environmental factors such as electricity. Furthermore, healing could be challenging especially after fighting.

Attributes

Attribute	Points
Toughness	3/5
Stamina	5/5
Health Recovery	1/5
Critical Damage	3/5
Agility	3/5
Peak health	4/5
Resilience	2/5

Innate Skills

Dani could heal herself while beating zombies. She has a decent damage buff as well.

Thunderstruck

• Heavy attack triggers explosion on zombies.
• Useful when you get cornered by zombies.

Bloodlust

• She could heal herself when she kills multiple enemies
• Could take care a swarm of zombies

A-Rank

A-rank are the next in line in terms of toughness and resilience. Unfortunately, they lack critical damage and agility. These characters are perfect for safer type of gameplay.

Carla

Carla comes with the highest resilience. She is impressive in terms of toughness. Unfortunately, she lacks in critical damage and agility. Though this is the case, she would not easily be cornered by enemies.

This character is perfect for those who are just starting to play and those who are new in Dead Island 2. Carla is perfect for defensive type of game.

Attributes

Attribute	Points
Toughness	4/5
Stamina	3/5
Health Recovery	3/5
Critical Damage	1/5
Agility	2/5
Peak health	3/5
Resilience	5/5

Innate Skills

Toughness is definitely one of her innate abilities. She is in fact, better choice than Ryan due to her great statistics.

Mosh Pit

• Damage boost
• Could be activated only when she is close to a lot of enemies

Dig Deep

• Adds to her high toughness
• Allows her to physical attack more

Ryan

Ryan is perfect for those who would want to beat zombies but have the fear of dying while beating zombies up. He comes with impressive toughness and resilience as well. He is amazing in terms of defense. His character is perfect for new players.

The downside of Ryan is that he does not have enough speed due to his bulky body.

Attributes

Attribute	Points
Toughness	5/5
Stamina	3/5
Health Recovery	3/5
Critical Damage	2/5
Agility	1/5
Peak health	3/5
Resilience	4/5

Innate Skills

Ryan has high defensive innate skills. He focuses on health regeneration and damage blockage.

Retaliation

• Modest damage boost
• Could block incoming attack’s damage

Seesaw

• You would get to replenish your health when you knock down zombies.

B-Rank

B-rank characters are vulnerable as they have little toughness and health. Though this is the case, they have high agility and critical damage which makes them perfect for gamers who would like to be stealthy and a complicated gameplay.

Bruno

Bruno’s character focuses on Agility and Critical Damage. He is a strategic type of character especially when he is taking down zombies. He is stealthy, quick and at the same time has deadly attacks.

Attributes

Attribute	Points
Toughness	2/5
Stamina	3/5
Health Recovery	3/5
Critical Damage	5/5
Agility	4/5
Peak health	1/5
Resilience	3/5

Innate Skills

Bruno focuses on damage boost which makes up for health and toughness. He definitely could attack in a stealthy manner.

Backstab

• Attack from behind increases damage
• Effective stealth attack

Rapid Reprisal

• Blocking and dodging attacks that boosts stamina

Amy

Amy is considered as the fastest characters in Dead Island 2. She has 5 points in Agility and has impressive critical damage. Unfortunately, due to little toughness and low peak health, Amy provides little damage.

Attributes

Attribute	Points
Toughness	1/5
Stamina	3/5
Health Recovery	3/5
Critical Damage	4/5
Agility	5/5
Peak health	2/5
Resilience	3/5

Innate Skills

Amy relies on other characters to increase her stamina and damage which definitely counters her weaknesses.

Relief Pitcher

• Regains stamina when hitting enemies
• Beneficial to keep a safe distance from zombies

Divide and Conquer

• Increases damage when you hit separated zombie
• High agility to run and isolate zombies

Best Characters for Gameplay Styles

Aggressive Gameplay

• Jacob and Dani are the best characters for aggressive type of gameplay as they have high levels of health and stamina.
• Jacob and Dani have decent combination of health and attack perks
• They survive longer battles
• Their innate abilities is perfect to boost damage

Safe Gameplay

• Ryan and Carla are perfect for defensive and safe gameplay. They have tank-like skills such as toughness and resilience
• Keep in mind that low agility does not allow them to be able to run away from danger.
• They could withstand a wave of zombies

Stealth Gameplay

• Bruno and Amy are perfect for strategic and fun gameplay
• They have high agility which allows them to get out of dangerous situations
• They are fast and have high critical damage skills

Conclusion

We hope that through this article, you were able to find useful information about Dead Island 2 Best Characters.