character select
The Character Select screen is the first thing you see when you boot up Tag Climax, and this can potentially determine the outcome for the entire match before it even starts. Choose a character who best fits both your play style and the situations you know you’ll be encountering in each Verse.
Bayonetta
The original recipe Umbra Witch.
Though she may be limited to a single set of any unlocked weapons for Tag Climax sessions, she’s still the same force to be reckoned with as in Story mode proper.
Recommended For:Those who are already in tune with Bayonetta’s play style.
Rosa
An Umbra Witch who kicks it 500-years-old-school and Bayonetta’s mother, Rosa uses twin pistols with excellent range. She boasts greatly increased attack power, with greatly decreased defense to compensate, and uses Umbran Armor instead of Umbran Climax.
Recommended For: Players who like high risk for high reward, and who know dodging like the back of their hand.
Jeanne
An Umbra Witch who follows her own sense of angel-slaying style and Bayonetta’s best friend, Jeanne uses weapons which are functional to Bayonetta’s. Like Bayonetta, you can select a single set of of any unlocked weapons to give her in between full Tag Climax sessions. She requires tighter timing on dodges to attain Witch Time, but boasts greater damage output on her Wicked Weaves.
Recommended For: Players who have dodging down pat—the increased power will be most useful to them, without the defense cost that comes from using Rosa. Also a perfectly viable choice for people who just like her hair.
Balder
Bayonetta’s father, and the last of the Lumen Sages. While his punch attacks see him use his staff, his kicks have him cast magic from a distance, which can even be chained into combos! Combine both for devastating results.
Recommended For: Those who desire magic power akin to one of Story mode’s bosses at their fingertips. Balder’s moveset entices players to be truly creative in order to be effective. Jeanne’s hair clause applies here as well.
Rodin
Rodin is the feared weaponsmith of the three planes of existence, and super-secret super-boss of two games running. His power and endurance are now in your hands, but at the cost of greatly decreased mobility compared to the other characters. He puts up a shield instead of dodging, does not have Witch Time, and, as he uses his fists, has the least standard attack range of the five fighters. During Umbran Climax, he changes into his even more powerful Devil Rodin form.
Recommended For: Those who like staging comebacks via intense melee combat.Rodin players usually end a fight swiftly and surely, even if it takes slightly longer to get over to it.
