Back 4 Blood is Turtle Rock Studios’ return to the once-legendary Left 4 Dead franchise. With Back 4 Blood’s frenzied campaign action, replayability, and class system. The developers have attempted to reimagine the cooperative zombie shooter they mastered in 2008.
The Back 4 Blood characters are one of the ways in which gamers can experience Back 4 Blood. The Cleaners are a group of eight characters that you play during the Campaign. Each character has their own distinct playstyle, as well as varied rewards, bonuses, and other incentives to join a squad. In this guide, we’ll go over the finest Back 4 Blood characters to play in Campaign and Swarm modes.
Best Back 4 Blood Characters
For the most part, the best Back 4 Blood characters are difficult to figure out. Some cleaners specialize in certain areas and react differently depending on the weapons used, the level of difficulty, and the game mode.
As a result, consider some of these rankings with a grain of salt, as we can’t possibly cover every scenario. If we’re being honest, every character is fantastic and has wonderful builds to match. Only in a few niches do these characteristics shine the brightest.
Holly
While it’s difficult to say what makes a character overpowering, Holly is without a doubt the finest character in Back 4 Blood. The reason for this is that Holly has a perk that grants her stamina anytime she kills an enemy, as well as a team-wide benefit that increases stamina. While that may not appear to be particularly noteworthy at first glance, creating a melee deck around Holly makes her incredibly powerful.
Some cards provide her temporary health when she kills an enemy, as well as health recovery when she kills an enemy with a melee weapon. In principle, Holly can keep killing creatures in melee range while maintaining her health and stamina in large groups.
Both Campaign and Swarm modes benefit greatly from the build. She is hit a lot harder in harder difficulties in Campaign. Increased health cards and builds can be obtained, making her more bearable in higher-level crowds and Ridden.
The Machete is the best weapon you can buy for Holly. She can slice through whole hordes of undead with her melee weapon’s sweeping sweeps and decent damage, reaping abundant quantities of temporary health and stamina with each swing that leads to multikills.
Holly – Character Traits
Holly recovers 10 Stamina when she kills a Ridden.
CARDIO Team Effect
- + 25 Team Stamina
TOUGH AS NAILS
- + 10% Damage Resistance
SELF DEFENSE
- Start with a Stun Gun
Doc / Mom
Doc and Mom are both equally formidable opponents. As a reward, Doc gets greater healing efficiency, while Mom gets more support time to begin with. Doc’s increased healing effectiveness, which scales with better support item upgrades throughout the Campaign, makes her significantly better from the start of the game.
Mom’s additional support item inventory makes up for it when these healing efficiency enhancements are obtained. Both characters are suitable for playing a support build in Back 4 Blood. Doc, on the other hand, is the best character in Back 4 Blood. Mom is Op due to her increased team life passive if you’re farming Nightmare difficulty and need that extra progression.
Both of these characters are equally effective against players in Swarm mode. In a pinch, the extra support inventory might make all the difference. When you get a break in between player Ridden spawning, the enhanced healing efficiency of Doc is often beneficial.
Doc and Mom – Character Traits
Doc can apply field dressings to each teammate once per level, healing them for 25 Health.
Doc and Mom – SKILLED PHYSICIAN
- + 30% Healing Efficiency
TRIAGE
- + 25% Team Trauma Resistance
READY TO OPERATE
- Start with a Bandage
Hoffman
Hoffman is a fascinating character because his advantages aren’t revealed until much later in the Campaign, when the stakes are considerably higher. The reason for this is Hoffman’s one-of-a-kind passive ability to drop ammo for every Ridden kill. Because players naturally obtain less ammo on harder levels, the chance to loot extra ammo has enormous value.
Finally, he carries an additional attacking item, which is really convenient. Having an extra pipe bomb or frag grenade, or even a flashbang in those close-range friendly-fire scenarios, is wonderful.
Hoffman – Character Traits
Hoffman has a chance to find ammo when killing Ridden.
CARGO POCKETS Team Effect
- + 10% Max Team Ammo Capacity
READY TO ROCK
- + 1 Offensive Inventory
NEVER WITHOUT
- Start with an Ammo Pack
Karlee
Karlee’s strengths aren’t readily apparent at first glance. She is, nevertheless, incredible when used in the correct conditions. She begins the game with a free toolkit, which she can use to collect loot, attachments, copper, and other goodies from vault rooms. She can also use them on things like alerted doors and other interactables.
One thing to keep in mind is that she has the fastest use speed in the game. She is the fastest at loading important campaign tasks like the Howitzer. Perhaps you’re reinforcing the library in Act 1; if so, she’ll be able to construct the windows in record time. It’s not as good on simpler difficulties, but she’s crucial at Nightmare difficulty when you need speed.
Karlee – Character Traits
Karlee can sense nearby hazards.
DEXTEROUS Team Effect
- + 50% Team Use Speed
BAG OF TRICKS
- + 1 Quick Inventory
NIMBLED FINGERED
- Start with a Tool Kit
Back 4 Blood Cleaners Tier List
- Doc – S
- Mom – S
- Hoffman – A+
- Holly – A+
- Karlee – A+
- Jim – A
- Walker – A
- Evangelo – B
Best Ridden characters in Back 4 Blood
So, you’re interested in playing Swarm mode? The Hocker and the Tallboy are without a doubt the best Back 4 Blood characters for that game mode. The Hocker and Tallboy have amazing synergy, with the Hocker pinning down a victim while the Tallboy can hit them repeatedly with his powerful attack.
The only drawback to this setup is that the Hocker doesn’t cause much harm to itself, and the Tallboy moves slowly. So, in order for the composition to work, you’ll need something like an exploder to come in and send other cleaners flying, or you may harrass foes and distract them with a Stinger or Stalker.
How to Unlock All Cleaners in B4B?
Here’s how to unlock all cleaners in B4B:
- Cleaner – Unlock Status
- Doc – Complete the first 4 missions of Act 1 to unlock Doc
- Evangelo – Unlocked Default
- Hoffman – Complete the first 4 missions of Act 1 to unlock Hoffman
- Holly – Unlocked Default
- Jim – Complete the first 4 missions of Act 1 to unlock Jim
- Karlee – Complete the first 4 missions of Act 1 to unlock Karlee
- Mom – Unlocked Default
- Walker – Unlocked Default
Our other Back 4 Blood Guides
- Back 4 Blood Character Tier List – Best Cleaners Tier List
- All Back 4 Blood Secret Golden Skull Locations
- Back 4 Blood Trophy Guide, How to Unlock All Trophies and Achievements
- How to Fix Back 4 Blood Fatal Error on Windows 7
