However, that starts to fall apart when you realize that while the Knights may have the most characters, they have what is easily the least variety out of the four factions.
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With ranks full of powerhouses from Warden to Warmonger, the Knights are icons of in-game viability and strength. On top of that, they possess the most numerous selection (8 compared to the Viking and Samurai's 7, and the Wu Lin's 5). There's a much smaller gap between them and the faction above them than anywhere else on this list, but let's get into why the knights are this high before we get into why they aren't at the top.įirst off, the Knights boast the most powerful selection of characters, and they always have. In the middle of our short tier list is the Knights of the Iron Legion.
They're each interesting and unique from each other to a much larger degree than within some factions. Overall, the Samurai are still a worthwhile set of characters for you to try and master.
It's just that by and large, the Samurai cast has usually not been the strongest, but had access to most of the gimmicky, gamebreaking mechanics in the title's life. And it's not as if the other characters are all bad for the game through-and-through. However, the Samurai do have Kensei to show off, whose design has always been the best of his faction (even if it has major flaws). Orochi Light Spam (just kidding, but seriously, this character's design has almost always revolved around reactable attacks with horrible risk-reward ratios and awful counterattacks).While the Samurai do boast better fighters nowadays (in general), here's a list of game mechanics they've poisoned the game with: They've only won twice, out of 14 seasons. Still, their characters are worth a try now more than ever, and I personally recommend doing so.Ĭoming in at the bottom of the ACTUAL factions of For Honor, with a developed backstory and territory in the Faction War, the Samurai have a long history of weak/badly designed characters and poor performance in the Faction War. However, even if they weren't severely numerically disadvantaged and had more of a developed history within the For Honor universe, you can't choose the Wu Lin as your faction to fight for, so they barely even have a place on this list to begin with. From Nuxia's traps becoming unreactable to Zhanhu's stamina management improvements, many of their critical flaws have been addressed, making them far more fun to play overall.
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That said, Wu Lin still have a very unique and creative design for each of their warriors, and since the Core Combat Update (CCU), they have become considerably stronger. They are barely even considered a faction, as they have no presence in the war or story mode, a smaller roster than everyone else, and have never boasted the strongest characters. It should come as no surprise that the Wu Lin come in dead last in this, and virtually every other For Honor Faction tier list (at least that I've found). What matters is, if you had to base your choice on which set of characters offered the most in terms of variety and viability ON TOP OF faction war performance, which would it be? #4: The Wu Lin You can imagine it however you like, be it an XP/Steel gain boost for playing characters from the faction you're part of, or straight up not being allowed to play characters from other factions (however extreme that may be). What if there was a reason to pick a faction based on its actual roster? Then what criteria should we use for this list? Well, let's base it on a thought experiment, since no other foundation presents itself: Aesthetic appeal is a completely subjective and therefore pointless ranking, as it's entirely up to each player whether they enjoy being from the frozen north, the swampy Myre, or the forested Ashfeld.
So, if we're going to rank each faction, we ought to have different criteria than strict practicality, or for that matter, aesthetic appeal. It also doesn't help that there is no restriction or incentive to make you play as the characters from the faction you're a part of. If we were to judge each faction simply by its actual impact on your For Honor experience, the only faction that would matter would be the Vikings (because they almost always win and have an easily customized circular emblem shape). Here is a Tier List for For Honor's four playable factions to help you decide.įor Honor's Faction War has never been a massive part of the game's appeal, or function, really (the main things it affects are your emblem shape and the rewards you get at the end of a season). As For Honor has recently entered the Off-Season of its Faction War, now is a perfect time to re-evaluate your faction allegiance, without losing any rewards.