WARDEN characters are the Delvers you play as in Trials, the co-op horror runs where the Corrupted hunt your team. Each character comes with an active ability and a role of Hunter, Support, Lure or Shield, and that role is a good guide to what the character brings to a group. You pick a character before each run, so knowing what each role does is the fastest way to build a team that holds up.
Role
Hunter
Drakula
Slows nearby Corrupteds and can gain a random buff from each one.
- Role
- Hunter
- Ability
- Blood Sap
- Cooldown
- -
- Effect
- Slows Corrupteds within 100 studs by 50%. Each one slowed gives Drakula a random buff for 20 seconds; its heal effect has a 25% chance.
Jerry
Places a return portal to make scouting routes safer.
- Role
- Hunter
- Ability
- Eye Warp
- Cooldown
- 65 seconds
- Effect
- Places an eye portal that Jerry can teleport back to
King
Adds progress to the nearest Infection and creates a short escape window.
- Role
- Hunter
- Ability
- Rally Rumble
- Cooldown
- -
- Effect
- Adds 25% progress to the nearest Infection and makes chasing Corrupteds flee. Its damage boost is 20%, and the flee lasts 3 seconds.
Mylo
Boosts nearby players' damage, stamina recovery, and stealth.
- Role
- Hunter
- Ability
- Morale Boost
- Cooldown
- -
- Effect
- Gives other players within 75 studs +25% Damage, +25% Stamina Regeneration, and +35 Stealth for 20 seconds.
Role
Support
Comet & Flare
A Support duo with abilities designed to help the team survive.
- Role
- Support
- Ability
- -
- Cooldown
- -
- Effect
- -
Nova
Restores stamina and reveals nearby threats and objectives.
- Role
- Support
- Ability
- Echolocation
- Cooldown
- -
- Effect
- Restores 25% Stamina and reveals all Corrupteds and Infections to players for 8 seconds.
Seraphique
A Support character with the Astral Wall ability.
- Role
- Support
- Ability
- Astral Wall
- Cooldown
- -
- Effect
- -
Vaelis
Slows Corrupteds to give the team more time to move.
- Role
- Support
- Ability
- Deep Breath
- Cooldown
- -
- Effect
- Slows Corrupteds for 12 seconds.
Role
Lure
Azalea
Dashes ahead and can leave a trinket for a teammate to collect.
- Role
- Lure
- Ability
- Fly Dash
- Cooldown
- 30 seconds
- Effect
- Dashes forward with a 25% chance to leave a consumable trinket
Caspian
Leaves puddles that slow enemies and help teammates move faster.
- Role
- Lure
- Ability
- Water Slide
- Cooldown
- 40 seconds
- Effect
- Leaves puddles that slow Corrupteds and increase players' movement speed
Plato
Uses traps to draw Corrupteds away and briefly stop them.
- Role
- Lure
- Ability
- -
- Cooldown
- -
- Effect
- Places traps that draw Corrupteds in and briefly snare or stun them.
Yoggy
Calls Corrupteds over, then freezes nearby ones with an icy pile.
- Role
- Lure
- Ability
- Ice Yelp
- Cooldown
- -
- Effect
- Alerts Corrupteds within 125 studs and drops an icy pile that freezes nearby ones. Its freeze range is 30 studs.
Role
Shield
Dawn
Gives a teammate an extra heart and nearby players a short speed boost.
- Role
- Shield
- Ability
- Mother's Touch
- Cooldown
- -
- Effect
- Gives a player one temporary Shield Heart for the Trial and gives nearby players within 75 studs a 10-second Speed Boost. If no one else is in range, Dawn can receive the heart.
Filbert
Stuns nearby Corrupteds and restores stamina for each one caught.
- Role
- Shield
- Ability
- Grumpy Old Man
- Cooldown
- 60 seconds
- Effect
- Stuns Corrupteds within 75 studs for 15 seconds and restores 30 Stamina per Corrupted stunned
Leon
Uses a shield to protect teammates from negative effects.
- Role
- Shield
- Ability
- Immune Shield
- Cooldown
- 80 seconds
- Effect
- Reduces ailment duration to 3 seconds for players in its area.
How WARDEN Characters Work in a Trial
A Trial is a co-op run through strange areas full of monsters, puzzles, bosses and hidden secrets. Your team has to hide from monsters, finish tasks and escape bosses while the Corrupted chase you through it. Your character is your tool for all of that: its active ability is there when you need it, and then it goes on a cooldown before you can use it again.
Hunter, Support, Lure and Shield Roles Explained
Each role has a main job, and the characters in it are built to do that job for the group. Shield characters help keep everyone standing. Filbert's ability stuns nearby Corrupted, which takes them out of the fight for a while, and Dawn's ability gives a teammate a temporary Shield Heart.
Hunter characters go after the Corrupted directly. Drakula's ability slows nearby Corrupted, which makes them easier to deal with during a chase.
Support characters such as Nova keep the team informed. Nova's ability reveals nearby threats, so the group sees trouble before it reaches them. Lure characters change how the Corrupted move through an area. Caspian's ability leaves puddles that slow any Corrupted that steps in them, and it gives nearby players a speed boost.
A role tells you the job a character is built for, but the ability decides how it works in a fight, so it's worth reading both.
How to Choose Characters for Your Team
A team built from mixed roles can handle more of what a Trial throws at it, since each role covers a different need. Start by asking what your group keeps running into. If enemies keep catching the team off guard, Nova gives you the warning you need. If the Corrupted keep closing in, a Hunter or Lure with a slow, or a Shield with a stun, buys the group room to get clear.
Timing matters just as much as the pick. Since each ability recharges after use, save it for the moment it will change the outcome rather than firing it the second it's ready.
Starting With Mylo and Unlocking More Characters
Every player starts as Mylo, so there's always a character ready to play from the first run. The other characters are unlocked over time, and Shooms, the game's currency, is what you spend to buy them. Each character you add gives your team another ability to draw on.
Starting with Mylo and building out from there lets you see which roles your group actually uses before you spend more.
FAQ
Who is the starting character in WARDEN?
Mylo is the character every player starts with, and Mylo is a Hunter. Mylo's ability boosts the damage and stamina regeneration of nearby allies, so Mylo stays useful after you've unlocked other characters.
Is there a best WARDEN character?
No single character is best in every Trial, since the right pick depends on what your group needs. Abilities can also change with game updates, so read what each one does in the game before you spend Shooms on it.
