Whatās great here, is that there are not really any one character that stands out in people replies.
personally that says to me that they did a good job in creating interesting but different characters, no doubt there are some that wont get played as many as others, but there is definitely something for everyone 
Ambra, Rath, Shanye & Aurox & Orendi
In PvP based on my stats I like Whiskey Foxtrot, Miko, Ambra, Caldarius and Pheobe in that order.
In PvE Mellka, Oscar Mike, Whiskey Foxtrot, Thorn, Marquis.
But honestly I like all of the characters, and like playing as most of them. Only ones that donāt really fit me are the slow and big ones. I like playing as nimble, tiny and annoying characters.
Just like I am in real life! 
Thornās my favourite character to play.
The rogues are overall my favourite faction though, really like playing them all Orendi, S&A, Whiskey, Reyna and Toby.
Depending on what characters my team has picked, itās mostly been Benedict, Isic, Ambra, Reyna, Marquis, Caldarius and Reyna. I tend to get bored of the same thing so I like a variety. Those are all like lv10-14.
But there are a lot of the starter characters or more common ones that I have never even touched. But I do wanna give el dragon a proper try.
caldarius i dont care that people tell me he sucks i always end up top on my team in pvp most of the time so i must be doing something right 
but if theres no support ill go reyna since she would have to be my second favorite
I do choose a lot based on what my team has chosen, that is probably why I donāt have a single character any where near levelled completely
I absolutely adore everything about Marquis - gentleman characters are always my fav. Plus bindlebane is the coolest weapon! But alas my aim is terrible so Iām not very good with him you need 100% accuracy
I do like playing as Oscar Mike (invisible PvE revives!) and love playing Ghalt since I unlocked him.
This is a tricky question.
Early on it was Oscar Mike because I was genuinely surprised by him and his lore. I spoke about this over on the Steam community. Heās such a subversive character, itās perfect.
On the surface, Mike looks like heās just another Halo guy. Once you get into it though heās actually ā¦ quite yuong? It doesnāt seem like heās been spawned long. So the impression I get of him is that heās basically an eight year old boy in a manās body, with a military database dumped into his head.
He has that sort of tsundere attitude that boys who arenāt sure of their identity have, and itās adorable. And there are other factors, too. From what I understood of him, he was kicked off planet Mike for being too sensitive. It alienated the other Mikes that there was one that really wanted to learn how to write poetry.
And now Mikeās found a place with Ghaltās merry band, heās having a bit of an identity crisis. On the one hand, he wants to retain his prior identity, but on the other he desperately wants the approval of the Peacekeepers. So heāll do things like make puns and act all āI canāt believe I said that!ā about it.
Also. Hugs are stupid because they result in too many broken ribs. Apparently heās been getting a lot of hugs from Montana. Itās funny because Montana has become like a sort of weird father figure to him.
And thatās absolutely brilliant when you think about it! No, really, it is. Who plays Call of Duty, Halo, and the likes the most? Young boys, and often ones as insecure as Mike is. He doesnāt have the potty mouth (as they couldnāt do that), but so many things about him are so right.
Youāll find Iāve liked a lot of characters for their story.
I loved Benedict, but Iāve discussed why elsewhere. Essentially how his curent nature, personality, and actions are all a tribute to his lost nestmate, along with showing disabled pride (which any disabled person can relate to) in a really respectful and subtle way. He has a lot to ālaughā about, so he does.
I feel a little sad for Benedict, so I hope he does find some of his family, eventually.
ISIC I love because of The Algorithm being the best send-up of the Simulated Reality theory Iāve ever seen. I can actually appreciate nihilism too, when someone actually understands how itās supposed to work. And surprisingly, ISICās writer does. It doesnāt have to be all depressing, after all. Also, ISIC is a little sā¦ no, wait, I probably canāt say that, here.
Shayne & Aurox. Oh, theyāre great too. Theyāre just such a perfect version of that teenage girl escapist paranormal fantasy. Iāve seen a lot of that thanks to my partner and just having been on Tumblr in general. A girl and her monster, what sheād do in that situation, that sort of thing. Even right down to the detective agency, they just got so much right about it.
Thatās one of the reasons Battleborn stuck with me. Every Battleborn is some nerdy weirdoās escapist fantasy, and done right. When they said āa badass for every kind of badass,ā I donāt think thatās as far from the truth as marketing usually is. And thatās delightful to me.
Reyna Iāve spent large amounts of time playing and enjoyed thoroughly. Sheās a chubby, body positive, bawdy, and badass momma bear whoās not taking anyoneās crap. Itās like someone took Roseanne and Whoopi Goldberg (both of whom I love) and mooshed them together! I really hope other game developers take note. If you want to do a chubby lady, this is how you do it. Okay? Okay. Good.
The Jennerit have been a laugh. Not my top favourites, but still. Rathās āKeeper of the Bladeā taunt is a laugh. Ambraās kind of brilliant in her representation of haphephobia (a fear that I unfortunately also suffer with, so I completely understand the poor lady). And Caldarius is far, far too good at being Megatron. Anyone else notice th at? His default colours are, I think, reminiscent of Gen 1 Megs, whereas his last colour palette reminds me of the War for/Fall of Cybertron games and their Megatron. Oh and that slow clap. So Megatron.
I think the only thing thatās missing from Caldarius being a Megatron parody would be saying yes a lot to the point where it actually starts to get questionable, but that might be too on the nose. Anyone whoās ever seen Beast Wars will know what Iām talking about.
Galilea is a brilliant challenge to what people might see as how feminine a woman should be, whereas Ghalt is the opposite of that and has a quiet sensitivity to go alongside his masculinity which doesnāt impair it. Ghalt reminds me a little bit of Chakotay from Voyager.
Essentially, Iāve been running through a big part of the cast and Iāve been continually delighted by them. I can see whom each one is meant for and as such I can appreciate them all. I think my absolute favourite is Benedict, whom I can relate with the most being disabled and having experienced loss. I just wish I was actually good at playing him. I do try!
My partnerās brilliant at playing him. I remember the first time we fought the Conservator, I was being her pocket healer as Reyna and I lost track of her. Then I spotted her, above the Conservator. And I was quite vexed by how thoroughly sheād hornswoggled gravity.
I never thought Iād get to write āhornswoggled gravity.ā But there you go. Ah, Battleborn.
My trick is to never go alone unless itās 1v1, and if your shields go down and you arenāt going to definitely kill the enemy, flight over fight.
In the end though, itās really about shooting at stairs and being precise when you shoot the enemy and using hawkeye every second you can, and being above the enemy because they lose track ove you when you fly over them.
Personally I always go with divebomb, a really interesting skill. Some consider it a ātrapā because of the immobile frames when you hit the ground, but the move can get you almost avross the map if youāre high enough and also deals good damage to enemies.
Thanks for the advice, itās appreciated. C: The Benedict guide I read said similar things, so itās actually good to have those confirmed. Itās just tricky staying in the air due to motor control issues. I do try to juggle hawkeye and flying as well, but it can be a bit of an overload in how many things there are to keep track of with him.
It becomes much easier when my partner is playing Reyna, though. But I think mostly Iāll just let her play Benedict and Iāll be her pocket healer. One day Iāll figure out how she managed to fly high enough to actually get above the Conservatorās head in the second mission (even she doesnāt know how she managed to do that).
Iām also using a cooldown item to try and cope with that a little better, it seems to help him stay in the air a lot more, which is great. So Iāll just stay up there as long as I can, and when I finallhy have to land Iāll bounce around with hawkeye like a manic chicken.
Iāll definitely keep working on it. Benedict is a fantastic character, and I have so much fun playing him even if the overload of all of the stuff does wear me out. Heās definitely a character with a very broad range of utility in all the stuff you do with him to ensure heās at his best.
Edit: Oh, and yeah, Divebomb is just the best thing. Especially funny when combined with a Boomsday to the face.
Melka, whisky and ghalt. Just like the suprise factors they can bring with there helixes
Master of Ambra, Ghalt, Deande, And El Dragon. So close to mastering Miko too. Not sure who Iāll play next. Probably Shayne and Aurox or Alani if I can even select her.
Orendi and WF are my favorites.
Can you elaborate? Iām actually super interested in the plays that can happen with helix unlocks and stuff. Iāve been interested in that. Like the aforementioned Divebomb for Benedict. Thing is, I havenāt had a chance to play as Mellka or Ghalt yet, so I donāt know whatās up with their helixes.
Nothing beats a point blank boomsday! But yeah, gear wise, if you ever obtain the lore gear for him, called air mail, he becomes twice as good in story (every rocket hit while in the air reduces all cooldowns by one second). Combine it with a timepiece (the cooldown reducers) and something like the long goodbye (which increases shield regen speed, reduces cooldowns and makes you explode upon death for 144 damage) and your ability to play in story will be so much better. There are a lot of missions I just canāt do with benedict on advanced solo because heās just really weak and in story sometimes running away to regen means mission loss due to the destruction of something you need to protect.
I mean, he really has a lot of disadvantages like low health and a long reload time and slow bullet velocity, but if everything goes just right, he comes out on top, and I love that because it represents benedict very well. I think my skill with him comes from being a very mobile and explosive player in fpss like halo and destiny, though sometimes itās the very reason I get killed.
Yeah, I think it can also be the capacity to go with snap judgements. My partner is brilliant at that and Iām getting better but sometimes I can still get stuck at āuh, uh, uh, uh, oh right Divebombā when juggling Benedictās abilities. It sounds like something you have a talent for as well. My playstyle is usually more pattern recognition, forming, and tactics. Iām always willing to learn to get better at things in new and interesting ways, though!
Air Mail sounds wonderfully bonkers though and I absolutely cannot wait to unlock that. It sounds like thatās how people actually manage to stay in the air for as long as Iāve seen them do in play videos.
yeah, also, look up how to do the 3 hour glide in less than 5 minutes if you donāt know already, makes it a lot easier to get.
Will do! Thanks again! C: I really appreciate the help because not all of this comes quite so naturally to me.
I totally dig Galz and Thron, but Iāve gotta say I adore Caldarius, Mellka, and Shayne & Aurox even if Iām not the best with them.