100 Waves Later Classes
Complete guide to all playable classes. Learn their perks, strengths, and how to unlock them.
Class Tier Summary
Engineer
S TierDay 7 daily login reward or purchase from shop
The Engineer is considered the best class overall. It provides a turret that acts like having an extra player on your team.
Class Perks
Deploy a turret that automatically targets enemies
Increased turret damage and fire rate
Further turret improvements with better targeting
✓ Pros
- •Extra firepower from turret
- •Great for beginners
- •Consistent damage output
✗ Cons
- •Takes 24 seconds to level 2
- •About 70 seconds to level 3
- •Turret can be destroyed
Pathfinder
S TierAvailable from start or purchase
Pathfinder excels at getting super skills more frequently. Combined with Wastelander's 3rd perk, it becomes incredibly powerful for late game.
Class Perks
Increased movement speed
10% chance for 2 super skills each round
Super skills appear more frequently
✓ Pros
- •Best for super skills
- •Great late game scaling
- •Works well with other class perks
✗ Cons
- •10% super skill chance feels RNG-dependent
- •Requires investment to shine
Wastelander
A TierAvailable from start
Wastelander provides versatility with extra weapon slot and ammo. Great for players who want more variety in their loadout.
Class Perks
Carry a third weapon that can save your life
20% more ammo capacity
50% chance to get 2 skills at end of round
✓ Pros
- •Extra weapon slot is game-changing
- •More ammo = more firepower
- •3rd perk combos with Pathfinder
✗ Cons
- •Not as specialized as other classes
Warrior
A TierPurchase from shop
The best melee class for most players. Provides good survivability and damage for close combat builds.
Class Perks
Increased melee damage
Increased defense and health
Damage increases as health decreases
✓ Pros
- •Best melee option for most players
- •Good survivability
- •Doesn't require perfect connection
✗ Cons
- •Melee is riskier than ranged
- •Need good weapons to shine
Boxer
A TierPurchase from shop
Extremely powerful melee class but requires good connection. With low lag, Boxer is broken. High risk, high reward.
Class Perks
Rapid melee attacks
Chance to counter enemy attacks
Devastating combo finisher
✓ Pros
- •Broken with good connection
- •No need to drop weapons (more scrap)
- •Can boost scrap with Scavenger 3rd skill
✗ Cons
- •Requires good internet connection
- •Lag makes it nearly unplayable
Juggernaut
B TierPurchase from shop
Tank class focused on survivability. Best for melee builds that need extra health and healing.
Class Perks
Increased health pool
Passive health regeneration
Damage reduction when low health
✓ Pros
- •Most survivable class
- •Great for melee builds
- •Pairs well with Boxer 2nd perk
✗ Cons
- •Lower damage output
- •Not as meta as before
Scavenger
B TierPurchase from shop
Resource-focused class that helps you get more scrap and better weapons from mystery boxes.
Class Perks
Increased scrap from kills
Duplicate weapons reroll to new weapons
Significantly increased scrap gains
✓ Pros
- •Great for farming scrap
- •Mystery box reroll is useful
- •Good for unlocking content
✗ Cons
- •Doesn't directly help in combat
- •Better as a perk than main class
Pyro
B TierPurchase with Robux or scrap
Fire-based class that excels at dealing damage over time. Comes with the Incendiary Shotgun.
Class Perks
Attacks have chance to ignite enemies
Increased fire damage over time
Fire spreads to nearby enemies
✓ Pros
- •Great against bosses
- •Incendiary Shotgun is very strong
- •Good DoT damage
✗ Cons
- •Requires Robux or scrap to unlock
- •Fire damage can be inconsistent
Class Tips
- 💡When you reach level 3 with any class, you can roll perks from other classes as bonus perks.
- 💡The best combo is Pathfinder with Wastelander's 3rd perk for maximum skill potential.
- 💡For melee builds, use Juggernaut with Boxer's 2nd perk for better survivability.
- 💡You can spend scrap to reroll bonus perks, but it can take millions of scrap to get the one you want.