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The best perks in MultiVersus: The most powerful perks to apply to each characterIncluding the best Signature Perks for all characters
Including the best Signature Perks for all characters
What are the best perks in MultiVersus?Perks are an experimental feature in the latest open beta forMultiVersus. Each of the 17 playable characters has a long set of unique moves, but perks allow you to customise each character to your liking a little more.
The game presents you with four categories of perks: Signature Perks ,which can only be applied to the character they’re designed for; and Minor Perks, which can be applied to anyone in the roster and fall into three distinct purposes (Offense, Defense, and Utility). Once a character has levelled up enough to unlock all their perk slots, you can apply up to four perks to them: one of their Signature Perks, and any three Minor Perks you want.
There are two or three Signature Perks to choose from for each character, and nearly 50 Minor Perks. Any of these can be extremely useful if you have a specific character build in mind, but there are some that are more generally useful. Read on below for our picks of the best Minor Perks in MultiVersus, as well as our choice of Signature Perk for every character.
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Best offense perks in MultiVersus
Deadshot
Ice to Beat You!
Formerly known simply as “Ice Projectile”, this perk has received a little bit of a nerf in the newest version of the game, reducing the ice stacks it applies to enemies you’ve just hit with your projectile to just one (or two if you and your ally both have it applied). But although it’ll take a little longer to apply the Frozen status (which requires 15 stacks) than it used to, it’s still an incredibly powerful effect, reducing enemies' movement speed the more the debuff stacks on them and immobilising them completely for a few seconds once they’re Frozen. It effectively combines a crowd control passive with a useful boost to active damage; plus it’s always extra satisfying to play with elemental attacks, isn’t it?
Percussive Punch Power
It can seem like a lot of MultiVersus' 40-some Minor Perks favour aerial and projectile attacks, which can make it tricky to fill out a good build for a good old-fashioned horizontal brawler. But Percussive Power Punch goes a long way towards redressing the balance, giving your Assassin and Bruiser characters in particular the option of a powerful 5% increase to damage if their attack results in a horizontal knockback to their opponent (generously doubled to 10% if both teammates pick this perk).
Wildcat Brawler
As with the Percussive Power Punch perk detailed above, this is a simple yet powerful option to equip if you’re playing a Bruiser or Tank character with a melee focus. It adds 5% onto the damage of any melee attacks you perform, doubled if your teammate has the same perk applied to their character. It’s the melee version of Deadshot, basically.
Best defense perks in MultiVersus
Absorb ‘n’ Go
Kryptonian Skin
Slippery Customer
Best utility perks in MultiVersus
Coffeezilla
Retaliation-Ready
The name of this perk has been changed from its working title, the less exciting but more descriptive “Projectile Gray Health”. After knocking back an enemy with a projectile, your team gains 3 grey health for 3 seconds, and the effect stacks if both teammates have the perk applied. This perk is so OP it’s already been nerfed once (reducing its duration from 5 to 3 seconds, and its stacking power from a frankly ludicrous 8 to a more subdued 4), and more nerfs are likely as beta iterations continue. But it remains an excellent choice, especially for characters from the Support or Tank classes.
Tasmanian Trigonometry
Triple Jump
Unfortunately, this perk doesn’t allow you to perform an extra jump any time you feel like it; you only gain the ability in the immediate aftermath of performing an aerial attack on an opponent. However, for characters whose moveset is Vertical or Mixed, this is still an incredibly powerful perk, especially since it applies its effect to teammates as well. And if both team members equip the perk, then you can always triple jump regardless of when either of you last performed an aerial attack.
Best signature perks in MultiVersus
It’s significantly harder to compare the signature perks in MultiVersus than the other types, because there’s no real way to gain a one-to-one comparison on perks that are exclusive to single characters. Every character has two or three Signature Perks all of their own, and your favourite character to play as will definitely influence your view of which is “best”. However, here’s a brief rundown of each character’s most useful Signature Perks:
That’s all Folks! (You knew it had to be done.) But if you’re looking for more MultiVersus guides here at Rock Paper Shotgun, be sure to check out ourtier list of the best characters in MultiVersus.
