Best Castle Crashers Characters, Ranked

There are so many useful and powerful characters to unlock in Castle Crashers. However, if you're trying to decide which character you should be maining, you'll want to compare each of their abilities and what they do best for your team. I usually go for the most powerful DPS, but that isn't always the most effective for team comp. Take a look at our list below and try for yourself to determine who is the very best!

All Castle Crashers Characters, Ranked

We took a look at several rankings and compared all the character's abilities and skills, and put together this list of what we believe are the rankings from most to least useful. However, this list is solely based on our own opinion and experience, so try for yourself and determine who you think is the best.

Here's a quick look at our Castle Crashers list, and keep reading below for more expanded details:

1. Fencer

Fencer is at the top of the list because he is one of the highest DPS characters in the game, and his splash damage makes it easy to plow through enemies in no time. He also is capable of hitting enemies behind him with his hitbox, allowing you to cover your back at the same time. He is obtainable by finishing the game with Industrialist.

2. Industrialist

Industrialist is pretty much the same as Fencer, just a slightly lower version, which is why you can unlock Fencer after beating the game with him. Just like Fencer, he is one of the heaviest DPS characters you can get in the game and is great for taking out enemies quickly and efficiently.

3. Blue Knight

Blue Knight is an elemental character who uses Ice. He is one of the top characters because of his ice because he is capable of freezing enemies into place. With a full team, this comes in particularly handy because he can Juggle without receiving damage. His combos are also one of the best infinite moves to take down enemies.

4. Red Knight

Red Knight is very similar to Blue Knight with his stunning, except this elemental Knight uses Electricity. In some aspects, Red Knight may even outrank Blue Knight with his health-draining splash abilities, locking enemies in place and taking them down quickly, but Blue Knight's freezing just slightly outweighs it. However, Red Knight is even better when it comes to Arena mode.

5. Fire Demon

What makes Fire Demon one of the top characters is his crowd-control and boss-slaying specialties. His combo-locking easily drains the boss's health and keeps other enemies at bay by knocking them back with his splash, which is also capable of hitting airborne targets.

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6. Iceskimo

Iceskimo is pretty much the same as Blue Knight but just slightly lower-tier. His combo, just like Blue Knight, can be super OP to drain enemies' health. However, his spells can't freeze like Blue Knight's, which is why he is just slightly lower on the rankings.

7. Orange Knight

Orange Knight works like Fire Demon, with the same fire element and crowd-control abilities. He is just slightly lower tier than Fire Demon, as expected since you need to complete the game with him to unlock Fire Demon. His range, however, works perfectly for extra game modes like Volleyball.

8. Conehead

While Conehead lacks in the splash damage department, he excels with his projectile attacks which is what grants him such a high ranking. His Bomb Toss has a huge radius, and it can provide afterburn effects that drain enemies' heath. Plus, you can spam his arrows from afar for some great crowd control.

9. Royal Guard

Royal Guard works pretty much the very same as Conehead, including his projectile skills and Bomb Toss; however, to unlock him, you must finish the game with Green Knight. He sits just below Conehead because of his unlock requirements. Other than that, he is just about as good as him with crowd control and afterburn radius.

10. Brute/Snakey

Brute and Snakey are ranked together because they are essentially the same characters. Their abilities work the same, and both are pretty much lower-tier versions of Fencer or Industrialist. Since Fencer and Industrialist are the top characters on the rankings, you can assume this means Brute and Snakey are pretty powerful as well, and that is all thanks to their splash hitboxes and vines.

11. Pink Knight

Pink Knight is a mid-tier character, and that is because you can either find them very useful or useless. Their rainbow stun is what can be the most essential of their attacks because you can lock enemies down, much like the Red or Blue Knight, and hit them with powerful combos. Unfortunately, their stun doesn't last for very long, which is why they don't quite amount to their other knight peers.

12. Ninja

Ninja can be particularly useful for taking down bosses because his magic can shred their health with powerful blows, much like Fire Demon's, which is what grants him this mid-tier ranking. However, besides that aspect, his ability is actually much slower and doesn't have those afterburn effects that some others do.

13. Grey Knight

Grey Knight is another projectiles major unit, much like Conehead and Royal Guard. He can rain down arrows from afar, keeping crowd control and providing some cover. However, he is much lower on the rankings because, unfortunately, he has half the amount of damage that the others can provide.

14. Killer Beekeeper

Killer Beekeeper's ability may look a lot like Conehead and Royal Guard as well, but they differ just slightly. They happen to be some of the best abilities in the game to take out airborne enemies, which is his main specialty, but his bees can easily be killed with one hit, making him a little less durable and powerful than the archers.

15. Skeleton/Cult Minion

Skeleton and Cult Minion are another duo that work almost exactly the same. They are great for taking down bosses and work better for this than a lot of other low-tier characters. Their abilities work a lot like Ninja, but they are slower and shorter in range, making them more mid-ranking kinds of characters.

16. Bear

Bear can be a great character to utilize with his special tornado splash magic, which works well to extend critical combos. However, he also happens to be a very difficult person to play because of this. You'll need plenty of practice and experience to utilize his abilities to their best advantage.

17. Barbarian

Barbarian is another mid-character in the game. He isn't really good or bad. He has a faster arrow rain ability that can come in handy, but everything else is simply mediocre. He doesn't stand out as much as other characters do in battle, which is why he is on the lower side of our rankings.

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18. Necromancer

Necromancer is very similar to Barbarian in multiple aspects. His arrows have decent speed, just slightly less than Barbarians. He is supposed to be a speedy, long-ranged character, but his melee attacks can be extremely slow because they can only do one hit per segment, which makes him lack in DPS compared to other characters.

19. Saracen

Saracen is basically a lower-tier form of Bear. Their abilities work the same, such as his juggling combos, but his projectile is one of the very worse in the game. Because of that, he easily falls to the bottom of the rankings, getting lost behind Bear and other characters who simply shine more.

20. Green Knight

Green Knight is probably one of the most controversial topics for players because he is widely mained by a lot of players, but over the years, he has gotten considerably outranked by other knights and characters, and they have left him toward the lower rankings. It is more difficult to carry out combos because of his difference in abilities, which means he lacks the DPS output and speed that the others can provide.

21. Peasant, Civilian, Stoveface, Open Faced Gray Knight & Thief

These characters are all ranked together because they are the most mediocre of all characters in the game. They have decent abilities that can get things done, but they lack strength and shine. They work better as more supportive type characters that work well with a team but can easily be upgraded to a different character later on.

22. Alien

Alien is a special character that you can only get from obtaining specific achievements or purchasing special editions. While he has a great spamming attack with knockback abilities, he is unable to change weapons and works very differently than the characters in the game. This can make it hard to utilize him to his full potential or take a lot of practice to get them down.

23. King

King is another character that would seem to be much better than he actually is. One of the main reasons that he ranks lower on the list is that he has no splash damage, which is essential for killing off bosses and harder modes further in the game. His main ability is a healing ability, but it is pretty useless, considering you can get the same from the Hawkster pet.

24. Blacksmith

Blacksmith has one handy ability, fire projectiles, but other than that, he is a slow-hitting character that can usually only manage to get one hit in. Because of how slow he is, he ranks pretty low on our list, but you may find some of his abilities to be useful for splash attacks and spam projectiles.

25. Hatty Hattington

Hatty is a special character because he can only be obtained through completing certain achievements or purchasing him in the Insane Shop. You would think this would mean he was a great character, but unfortunately, he is one of the very slowest of the characters, much like Blacksmith, and it is nearly impossible to hit efficiently.

This is all our rankings for the characters in Castle Crashers. Try them out for yourself to see if you agree, or maybe you find one character more helpful in your experience. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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