Builds & Rankings
How Many Dudes Tier List
Quick AnswerThis Unofficial Community Ranking is a cautious snapshot of the strongest agreement found across two independent current tier lists. It ranks only Dudes whose direction is supported by both accepted sources and leaves conflicts or single-source placements unranked. Use it as a decision aid alongside your team, Relics, roster access, and the current patch—not as a universal build order.
Content updated2026-08-16
Evidence checked2026-08-16Highly time-sensitive
Unofficial Community Ranking
Version contextEvidence was rechecked on 2026-08-16 against two independently published rankings dated 2026-08-07 and official patch notes visible through 2026-08-14. No later published Dude-balance change was found in that interval, but patches, roster access, Relics, team composition, and evaluation criteria can all change practical value.
S — Cross-source leaders
Dudes placed in the top band by both accepted current rankings. This is the clearest agreement in the available corpus, not an official power order.
Quantum Dude
High agreementBoth accepted current rankings place Quantum Dude in their top band, making it one of the clearest cross-source leaders.
Treat the placement as a current consensus signal; run rules, Relics, and team support can still change its practical value.
Spartan Dude
High agreementBoth accepted current rankings place Spartan Dude in their top band, producing direct agreement at the strongest available level.
The agreement is comparative rather than universal and remains sensitive to team construction and later patches.
A — Consistent upper band
Dudes placed in the upper two bands by both accepted current rankings, with no current source reversing them into the middle or lower field.
Agent Dude
High agreementAgent Dude lands in A and S across the two current rankings, supporting an upper-band placement without claiming one exact tier.
Its precise order remains source-dependent even though the overall direction agrees.
Bard Dude
High agreementBard Dude appears in A and S across the accepted current sources, a clear shared upper-band judgment.
The synthesis preserves the shared direction rather than averaging the letter grades.
Cleric Dude
High agreementCleric Dude is rated A and S by the two accepted current rankings, indicating consistent upper-band value.
Team needs and the evaluator's criteria still affect whether it looks top-tier or merely strong.
Dentist Dude
High agreementDentist Dude receives S and A placements, so both current sources agree on the upper band despite different exact tiers.
This placement records directional agreement and does not settle a universal ordering.
Druid Dude
High agreementBoth accepted current rankings place Druid Dude in A, giving it exact cross-source agreement in the upper band.
Exact agreement improves confidence but does not remove patch and composition sensitivity.
Electrician Dude
High agreementBoth accepted current rankings place Electrician Dude in A, providing direct upper-band agreement.
The result is a comparative snapshot rather than a guarantee for every team or run.
Frankendude
High agreementBoth accepted current rankings place Frankendude in A, yielding a stable upper-band signal across the current corpus.
Older demo-era discussion is not used to override this current agreement.
Lich Dude
High agreementLich Dude is rated A and S by the current sources, supporting a shared upper-band conclusion.
The snapshot keeps the broad agreement while leaving the exact top-order dispute open.
Pirate Dude
High agreementBoth accepted current rankings place Pirate Dude in A, giving it direct upper-band agreement.
Its usefulness can still rise or fall with the rest of the squad and available Relics.
B — Shared middle band
Dudes placed in the middle band by both accepted current rankings. They have agreement, but not an upper- or lower-end signal.
Finance Dude
High agreementBoth accepted current rankings place Finance Dude in B, producing direct middle-band agreement.
A B placement means context-dependent usefulness, not that the Dude should be ignored.
General Dude
High agreementBoth accepted current rankings place General Dude in B, giving it a shared middle-band assessment.
Historical demo discussion was more situational and is retained only as context, not current placement evidence.
C — Shared lower band
Dudes placed in the bottom or near-bottom band by both accepted current rankings. This signals shared caution, not unusability.
Cave Dude
High agreementBoth accepted current rankings place Cave Dude in C, giving it direct lower-band agreement.
Official guidance emphasizes that support and team fit can still make any Dude useful.
Regular Dude
High agreementRegular Dude appears in D and C across the accepted current sources, creating consistent lower-band direction.
The exact bottom order differs, so this group records the shared caution rather than a precise last-place claim.
Unranked
Dudes with material source disagreement or insufficient second-source coverage. Listed here so the available evidence stays visible without being collapsed into a forced rank.
Alien Dude
Mixed opinionsAlien Dude is C in Pocket Tactics but A in Destructoid, a wide current-source conflict.
The disagreement is preserved instead of forcing an average.
Assassin Dude
Mixed opinionsAssassin Dude is B in Pocket Tactics and A in Destructoid, leaving its band unsettled.
The one-band split may reflect different criteria or team assumptions.
Chef Dude
Mixed opinionsChef Dude is B in Pocket Tactics but S in Destructoid, so the current sources disagree materially.
No single composite tier is asserted for this two-band conflict.
Construction Dude
Mixed opinionsConstruction Dude is C in Pocket Tactics and A in Destructoid, producing a material current-source split.
The difference is too large to collapse into a responsible middle placement.
Cowboy Dude
Mixed opinionsPocket Tactics lists both Cowboy in S and Western in B for the same official identity, while Destructoid places Cowboy in B.
The internal identity duplication prevents a reliable synthesized placement.
Cyborg Dude
Mixed opinionsCyborg Dude is S in Pocket Tactics but B in Destructoid, a material disagreement.
The snapshot leaves it unranked rather than manufacturing a compromise tier.
Explorer Dude
Mixed opinionsExplorer Dude is B in Pocket Tactics and A in Destructoid, so the accepted sources do not share one band.
A one-band conflict remains visible because the corpus is small.
Farmer Dude
Mixed opinionsFarmer Dude is B in Pocket Tactics but S in Destructoid, creating a large current-source split.
The conflict may depend on what each author rewards, so no aggregate tier is assigned.
Ghost Dude
Mixed opinionsGhost Dude is B in Pocket Tactics and A in Destructoid, leaving the current evidence divided.
Historical demo context is not used to break the current tie.
Hacker Dude
Mixed opinionsHacker Dude is S in Pocket Tactics but B in Destructoid, a material disagreement between current sources.
The result stays unranked pending stronger independent agreement.
Knight Dude
Mixed opinionsKnight Dude is S in Pocket Tactics and B in Destructoid, so the current sources diverge materially.
Older demo discussion is context-only and cannot resolve the current split.
Manager Dude
Mixed opinionsManager Dude is C in Pocket Tactics and A in Destructoid, a two-band disagreement.
The evidence does not support a defensible compromise placement.
Medic Dude
Mixed opinionsMedic Dude is B in Pocket Tactics and A in Destructoid, leaving its current band disputed.
Team requirements can plausibly explain the split, but the sources do not establish one answer.
Mummy Dude
Mixed opinionsMummy Dude is C in Pocket Tactics and A in Destructoid, producing a material current-source conflict.
No forced tier is assigned while the two accepted rankings disagree this widely.
Mutant Dude
Mixed opinionsMutant Dude is B in Pocket Tactics but S in Destructoid, a material disagreement.
The snapshot preserves the conflict instead of converting it to a numerical average.
Necrodude
Mixed opinionsNecrodude is S in Pocket Tactics but B in Destructoid, leaving a two-band current-source split.
Historical demo praise does not supply current independent consensus.
Ninja Dude
Mixed opinionsNinja Dude is B in Pocket Tactics but S in Destructoid, producing a material disagreement.
Demo-era scaling discussion is retained only as historical context and cannot settle this snapshot.
Paladin Dude
Mixed opinionsPaladin Dude is A in Pocket Tactics and B in Destructoid, so its current band remains disputed.
The one-band split is not promoted to consensus with only two accepted rankings.
Psionic Dude
Mixed opinionsPsionic Dude is A in Pocket Tactics but C in Destructoid, a wide current-source disagreement.
The conflict is too large for a responsible synthesized placement.
Ranger Dude
Mixed opinionsRanger Dude is A in Pocket Tactics and B in Destructoid, leaving its current band unsettled.
The disagreement remains explicit rather than being hidden by an average.
Samurai Dude
Mixed opinionsSamurai Dude is S in Pocket Tactics but C in Destructoid, the widest possible disagreement in their shared scale.
Historical demo discussion cannot resolve the current conflict, so no tier is forced.
Skeledude
Not enough consensusPocket Tactics places Skeledude in D, while the other accepted current ranking does not assess it.
One usable current placement is insufficient for a synthesized rank.
Time Dude
Not enough consensusPocket Tactics places Time Dude in A, while the other accepted current ranking does not assess it.
The unavailable video ranking was not used to manufacture a second opinion.
Trooper Dude
Not enough consensusPocket Tactics places Trooper Dude in A, but no second accepted current source provides a placement.
It remains unranked until independent usable evidence is available.
Vampire Dude
Not enough consensusPocket Tactics places Vampire Dude in S, while the other accepted current ranking does not assess it.
Historical demo discussion is not a current independent confirmation.
Viking Dude
Not enough consensusPocket Tactics places Viking Dude in S, but no second accepted current source supplies a placement.
The single-source result stays visible without becoming a composite rank.
Warlock Dude
Not enough consensusPocket Tactics places Warlock Dude in A, while the other accepted current ranking does not assess it.
Demo-era contextual discussion cannot stand in for a second current ranking.
Wizard Dude
Not enough consensusPocket Tactics places Wizard Dude in B, but no second accepted current source provides a placement.
One current opinion is not enough for a cross-source tier.
Zombie Dude
Not enough consensusPocket Tactics places Zombie Dude in A, while the other accepted current ranking does not assess it.
Historical demo discussion is context-only, leaving insufficient current consensus.
How to Read This Ranking
Read the rendered tier snapshot before the longer explanation. S means both accepted current sources put a Dude in their top band. A means both kept that Dude within their upper two bands, even if one said S and the other said A. B records exact shared middle-band placement. C records shared lower-end direction. These groups describe the evidence found; they are not official labels from the developer.
An entry appears under Unranked when the sources disagree, when only one accepted current source covers it, or when identity ambiguity makes a clean comparison unsafe. Unranked does not mean weak. It means the available corpus does not justify a synthesized tier. The evidence label on each entry explains whether the result reflects high agreement, mixed opinions, or insufficient consensus.
Dates matter. Both accepted rankings were published on August 7, 2026, and the official patch log was rechecked through the visible August 14 notes. No intervening published Dude-balance change was found, but future patches can make this snapshot stale.
Consensus
Quantum Dude and Spartan Dude form the clearest top group because both accepted rankings place them in S. The A group preserves a broader kind of convergence: Agent, Bard, Cleric, Dentist, Druid, Electrician, Frankendude, Lich, and Pirate all remain in the upper two bands in both sources. That is enough to support the same practical direction, but not enough to claim that every A entry has equal strength or that an S/A split has disappeared.
Finance Dude and General Dude receive matching B placements. Cave Dude receives matching C placements, while Regular Dude receives C and D. Those lower groups are warning signals about shared comparative judgment, not instructions to avoid the characters. A supported lower-ranked Dude can still solve a problem that a famous pick cannot.
Disagreement
The unranked section is deliberately large. Alien, Construction, Manager, Mummy, Psionic, and Samurai cross multiple bands between the two current sources. Chef, Cyborg, Farmer, Hacker, Knight, Mutant, Necrodude, and Ninja also show material splits. Even a one-band A/B disagreement stays visible because two sources are too small a corpus to turn a tie into consensus by arithmetic.
Cowboy Dude needs an additional caveat. The official directory identifies Cowboy Dude with the western slug, while Pocket Tactics lists Cowboy and Western separately in different tiers. Destructoid lists Cowboy once. That identity collision is preserved as mixed evidence instead of choosing whichever label produces a cleaner result.
Skeledude, Time Dude, Trooper Dude, Vampire Dude, Viking Dude, Warlock Dude, Wizard Dude, and Zombie Dude have only one usable current placement in the accepted corpus. The available Kitsune video could not be reliably extracted and was not treated as a hidden second vote. Historical Reddit discussion explicitly concerned the demo, so it cannot repair current coverage gaps.
Team and Synergy Context
The developer's own guidance emphasizes support, experimentation, role-bending, and the way Dude and Family choices affect the Relic pool. That makes a tier list most useful as a shortlist: it can tell you where independent authors broadly agree, but it cannot tell you whether a recruit fits the roster already on screen.
Before following a placement, ask what role the team lacks, which abilities and Families are already interacting, and whether the available Relics reinforce that direction. A high-ranked pick that dilutes a working plan may be worse for the current run than an unranked or lower-band pick that completes it. For the underlying decision process, use the beginner guide; compare official identities through Characters, browse all guides, or check the Official Dudexopens in a new tab.
Methodology
The synthesis used two independently authored current media rankings. Each official Dude identity covered by the ranking corpus was compared source by source. Exact top/top, middle/middle, and lower/lower alignment qualified as direct agreement. S/A alignment qualified only as shared upper-band direction; it was not averaged into a score. Any A/B split, wider disagreement, single-source coverage, or identity problem remained unranked.
Official sources were used for names, slugs, version checks, and gameplay context only. They were never presented as official support for a third-party tier. The historical Reddit source was context-only, and the unextractable video was rejected from the structured evidence set. This keeps the snapshot reproducible, explicit about uncertainty, and ready to be rechecked when a relevant patch or stronger independent ranking appears.