Best Race Tier List in Deepwoken

Deepwoken has a varied number of races, each with their own unique passive abilities and stat boosts. Let’s talk about the best races in terms of how flexible they are for both PVP and PVE. Here’s my complete race tier list in Deepwoken.

Complete Race Tier List in Deepwoken

I’ll be rating all the base races of Deepwoken from S Tier to C Tier with explanations for each one. Before we start, note that all races are balanced against each other in terms of stat boost, so each one can be good depending on your playstyle. This is why you shouldn’t really worry about stats when picking a race since you can train anything you want easily in Deepwoken.

However, the unique abilities of certain races can sometimes be better overall than those of others, which is how I rate them. I’ve also included base chances to roll each one, but know that chances for other races increase once you roll your first one. Lastly, I’m only taking into account mechanical power and not appearance or cosmetics.

S Tier Deepwoken Races

Here are the overall best races that you should almost never reroll because their benefits are just universally good for all builds:

• Vesperian (6.7%): This is the best PVP/PVE race in the game in terms of raw power since they uniquely get natural armor. This damage reduction buff even replenishes at a campfire and stacks with the Exoskeleton talent. You can’t go wrong with a Vesperian.
• Adret (17.8%): Now Adret is extremely flexible since they get an extra 3 free stat point increases each time your Power increases. This allows you to aim for specific stats and their Talents much more easily. Furthermore, you get a reputation buff with all factions which is always useful.

A Tier Deepwoken Races

Up next, we have four races with superb benefits that are also quite useful for all builds but just need a little extra power or player skill for S Tier:

• Khan (8.9%): I was debating putting Khan in S-Tier since their ability fills a similar role to Adret but ended up leaving S-Tier more exclusively. Still, Khan is a great race to roll, allowing you to get a 3-stat discount specifically for equipping items. This can be quite powerful, allowing you to skip to better gear with a little less grind.
• Felinor (8.9%): If you know how to utilize Felinor’s ability to climb surfaces quicker than other races in PVP and PVE, then they become S Tier. They just give you more mobility options and that Stealth buff is nothing to sneeze at.
• Capra (2.2%): I love Capra as a support race, and every team in both PVE and PVP will love you if you’re a Capra. Your three marks are all healing yourself and allies and buffing blood regen, food, and thirst regen, and sanity loss, depending on the mark. They would be in S Tier if I wasn’t playing solo all the time.
• Tiran (2.2%): Tiran are a great beginner race that grant you a free and improved Glider on spawn. Anybody can get a Glider eventually, but Tirans get them right away, and it’s a more powerful one because it has a slower descent rate, so you can cover more distance.

B Tier Deepwoken Races

In B-Tier, we have a few races that either need you to have a lot of experience to make them great or just aren’t as strong as A-Tier:

• Ganymede (2.2%): Ganymede get a huge discount on using Deep Shrines, and if you’re a veteran who knows how to utilize them well early, Ganymede becomes a higher-tier race.
• Gremor (13.3%): Gremor are interesting because the Compass ability that they get can be quite useful to new players to orient themselves around the map. Furthermore, reduced hunger loss and the bonus when blinded aren’t bad either. Overall, they’re a decent choice to roll which is why they’re in B-Tier.
• Etrean (17.8%): Honestly, Etrean aren’t anything special either, and they could be lower if the C-Tier races weren’t so mid. The only reason Etrean are higher than the bottom three is that the negative status effect reduction can be useful along with the Acid Rain defense.

C Tier Deepwoken Races

Lastly, the C-Tier races aren’t bad but just lack that extra punch or have abilities that are usually not that impactful:

• Celtor (17.8%): Celtor can be the most useful out of the three C-Tier races because the sea vessel buffs and discounts can save you a pretty penny from time to time.
• Chrysid (4.4%): Chrysid reveals enemies that attack them, which is only useful in niche PVP scenarios where you’re getting sniped and are caught off guard. This is a rare occurrence in my experience.
• Canor (15.6%): They both deal and take reduced damage to and from allies, respectively, which just isn’t something that’s going to come up all that often.

That’s it for my Deepwoken race tier list guide. Note that stat increases of each race are almost negligible as you’ll be able to grind the stats you want easily with a few hours of play. With that in mind, you should choose your race solely based on their special abilities.

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