There are seven unique characters that are available to play in the current version of20 Minutes Till Dawn,an Early Access rogue-lite shooter blend ofVampire SurvivorsandEnter the Gungeonwhere players must make it to the end of a grueling twenty minutes against wave after wave of enemies. And, while this might not seem like much comparedto the sixty-minute runs inVampire Survivors,it’s actually quite a difficult task.
Each character has different starting health and a unique ability, which causes them to exceed or struggle with certain builds. Not only that, but each character also has their own uniquely beautiful pixel art appearance as well as individual skills that can appear after looting the chest from the first in-game boss, so let’s go through each of20 Minutes Till Dawn’scast and talk about what characters are the best and worst.
Potential Skills
3 HP
Immolate:On every 3rd shot, Scarlett launches a wave of fire that burns any enemies hit for 3 damage per second.
Let’s just say this upfront, none of the characters in20 Minutes Till Dawnare bad in any capacity. These rankings just take the default Health, Innate Ability, and Potential Skills of each character in mind and pit them against each other.
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And once all that has been done, Scarlet sadly falls into last place.Immolateis basically just a variation of the Fire Starter Upgrade (abilities really matter in these difficult games), her starting Health is lower than average (though not by much), and her potential Skills, while useful, aren’t nearly as broken as most of the other Skills on other characters. With the Flame Cannon, Scarlett is a ton of fun and some people may find her to be their favorite playable character, but on this ranking, she’s in last.
Shadow Clone:Hina dashes in the direction of the mouse on Right-Click, leaving behind a Shadow Clone.
Honestly, Hina isn’t far above Scarlett and only really pulls ahead because herShadow Clone Innate Abilityis useful for both mob clearing and movement while also benefiting from a very low cooldown overall.
Outside that, Hina is just about as good as Scarlett, though herPotential Skillsare a bit more useful on average, with Maneuver especially being capable of creating some absurd builds. That said, with anInnate Abilityfocused around movement instead of attack or defense, Hina can only go this far.
7 HP
Tanky:Starts with very high HP.
Diamond is the “buff-lady” of the squad with a whopping seven starting HP (more than double what either Hina or Scarlett start with). It’s very difficult to make it through a twenty-minute run the first time,especially for beginners in these types of games,but it sure is much easier with seven health instead of three or four.
That said, because herTanky Innate Abilityis focused on survivability rather than raw damage, she falls short of the rest of the cast. Thankfully, herPotential Skillsare all pretty incredible, evenBerserk,which is a skill that actively rewards players for getting hit.
4 HP
Necromancy:When Lilith kills an enemy, a spirit is summoned from their corpse that chases nearby enemies and deals 8 damage on-hit.
Lilith is a bit of an odd case as her ranking has nothing to do with herNecromancy Innate Ability. Rather, the character ranks so high because herPotential Skillsare all absolutely incredible.Undead Armyis one of the best Skills in20MTD,Necrophileis always helpful on any build, andNecromancerjust makes Lilith’sNecromancy Abilityactually useful while also granting a Summon Damage buff.
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It’s obvious this character was designed with the Batgun in mind, and it works very well for her. Though, much like another indie game,Wildcat Gun Machine,the order in which the player picks their Upgrades with the Batgun really matters.
Reroll:Can reroll Upgrade options once per Level.
Who would have thought that the default character of the game would make it into the top three? But, let’s be real, being able to reroll Upgrades or Items in any rogue-lite is a highly sought-after Skill and Shana has it.
Not only that, but Shana’s potential Skills are also amazing and incredibly fun.Ascensionis a unique gimmick that upgrades Shana’s stats to absurd levels,Quick Learnerlets the player level up to the late 40s or early 50s in a single run, andSpecializecan lead to some truly wacky results such as having three Magic Lenses.
Storm Caller:Bullets on impact have a 50 percent chance of calling down Lightning that deals 5 damage.
Spark wasn’t available in the demo version of the game (of which a bunch of demos are available right now than’s to Next Fest) but is by far one of thebest20MTDcharactersnow that she has a spot on the roster.
For one, herStorm Caller Innate Abilityis one of the few ways to target a specific enemy with Lightning in the game. Two, this ability triggers constantly and stacks to hilariously absurd levels with other Lightning-based Upgrades. And three, herPotential SkillsandInnate Abilitywork well with just about any gun or build in the game. Spark’s biggest downside by far (other than her lower-than-average HP) is the fact that herPotential Skillsare all just “okay”. They aren’t fantastic, they aren’t even great, they’re just “okay”.
Fan the Hammer:When Abby right-clicks, she shoots all her remaining ammo in random directions while spinning like a tornado.
Abby is just sort of the complete package. While all the other characters had a long list of pros and cons, Abby is basically all pros. She has good starting HP, a fantasticInnate AbilitywithFan the Hammer, and herPotential Skillsboth modify herInnate Abilityand are also just strong in general.
While it might not seem like this character who fires bullets randomly on right-click is all that good, Abby is absolutely the best of the best, with the added bonus of being a ton of fun to actually play.
