The list is somewhat buggy in game until you finish map 4-4. Here is the full list.

Recommended Player Control Characters

In the game, you can control 3 characters, and then pick up the skills from 3 other characters. Here are the notable ones I prefer to control.

• Natalya (blonde sniper from Free Will) has the highest DPS and most damaging Ultimate. But her normal attack is single line and her charged attack is crappy against mobs. Great focus DPS against boss & elites especially when maxed, but she is vulnerable against regular adds. Compensate her with lawnmowers like Karmar's drones and Peony's Throwing Knives.
  
  
• Vera (4th Boss). Support type and lacking in DPS, but her ultimate will keep you alive against anything (negate attack and heal). Her normal attacks also debuff the enemies. Use her if you can't survive against the boss.
  
  
• Code: Lily (nun) - her normal attack heals you. Her ultimate is a continuous line attack that works decently against elites and boss. She is decent when you get her mid-game, by obsolete after you get Natalya and Vera.
  
  
• Karmar Singh (Engineer) - she is one the starter character and your early game lawnmower. You need to control her to get her to Drone to level 8, which is required to get out all of her drones. While it is not terribly damaging, it sweeps up everything around you and is good at complimenting focus attackers. Her ultimate is also above average against other starting characters. She should be replaced by Eve and Peony when you get them.
  
  
• The all purpose: Eve and Code: Peony. Their normal attack damages everything... you can either control them to maximize their damage, or use them as auxiliary skills so you have access to better ultimate attacks. Both their ultimate are mediocre.
  
  
• Honorable mention: Lilith's chainsaw and Eleanor's power hammer are good for stomping elites and boss in early game.

Auxiliary Skills

Auxiliary skills refers to the 3 skill that you can only level to lv5 (from non-controlled characters).

• Mini Missile Launcher (from Eve, 1st boss) - Clear 1-5 to unlock Eve. Her missile has a homing effect and very destructive. It is sufficiently powerful even at level 5. Unfortunately her ultimate hits all over the place and doesn't delivery any focus damage... Not that she needs it as you can just kite boss with her missiles. Her missiles are still quite strong even at level 5, hence she is listed in the Auxiliary section.
  
  
• Throwing Knives (from Code: Peony, the lone assassin) - Mid-game lawnmower. Her normal attack, throwing knives, does a huge amount of area damage. Good charged attack but horrible ultimate... which is a good thing as she can save those energy for Lily. You can use her as a controlled character, but just picking up throwing knives and getting it to level 5 is sufficient. Looks less impressive but more damaging than Eve's missiles.
  
  
• Electronic SMG (from Park Yoonhee) - shoots at 8 directions starting at level 1. Offers great area coverage against trash mobs even if you don't invest in it (unlike the drones). Best part is you have access to this from the start, and no aiming required.