DST's Most Underrated Character

Walter is a character that always gets put the lowest on peoples lists
But he feels so much better when you actually play him to his strengths
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[lardee]

The problem I have with Walter is not that he changes up the way you play the game, but it's that the game doesn't sufficiently reward you for learning how to play him.

[constantspider]

That Wanda silhouette turning into Walter was GOOD

[seekthuth]

Waltuh.
Put your slingshot away Waltuh.
We're not killing bearger this season, Waltuh.

[alangreene]

The only thing i hate about Walter is that he has unique quirks like telling stories at campfires and singing songs when eating tallbird eggs etc. AND MY FAV CHARACTER DOESNT DO THAT. I wish all other survivors had weird interactions with the world like this as well

[bbmarioni]

We always loved using walter. I never understood why his downsides pushed players away from him when the solution is really easy, just stack up healing items and keep his hp full. Not worrying about sanity drain is one of the best perks he has

[minegagadoli]

Walter has been my favorite since day 1

I always use him when playing public servers since he benefits the group so much

Easy acess to meat/gold, Collecting the statues, making tents for wormwood, sanity regen that have synergy with wendy's station, can easily kill tentacles to help wurt, can aggro on koalefant for wigfrid, can stack woby and chester to be the team's pack mule, since he can 1 shoot birds wortox can get extra souls and wicker can get her bird hat fast

It's quite impressive how he can synergy with any survivor in different ways

[WraifGaming]

“Waltuh, put your Slingshot away Waltuh. We aren’t going to run headfirst into that tallbird nest Waltuh. We’re supposed to be scouting and coming back with the rest of the team, Waltuh.”. - Me one time to a Walter in a server

[Killercombodude]

Definitely want to see more characters analysis videos in the future considering how everyone’s likes to play/utilize character perks differently. Niche tip but you can agro followers onto something even when your slingshot is out of ammo.

[watervssodies]

I love walter. Like you said at the end, he solves many problems and makes new ones. Characters like that have always been my favorite because they shake up the main gameplay. Awesome video ❤

[themjbrothers]

Walter is probably the most cliché character because he’s literally a support character and needs a team which means PEOPLE LIKE ME CANT USE HIM BECUZ WE SOLO

[TrlliPop]

Walter is really fun, I used to main him before WX and wigfrid. Waiting for his skilltree right now!

One of my favorite parts is how underrated of an insanity farmer Walter is. All you have to do is be low on health and you're constantly going insane and STAYING insane, generating nightmare fuel at a genuinely ridiculous rate.

[codyamerman]

There's also the fact that he can tell stories at a campfire at night for a nice 10 sanity per min just for having a lit fire.

Also if he is near pig king he can easily farm birds for morsels and free gold for more ammo if you give said morsels to pig king.

Good speed and the ability to carry heavy things easily just for 3 monster meat to turn woby big and 1 more monster meat every once and a while is also pretty nice

[tacogodboomdogg]

Woby has 9 extra inventory slots, that's pretty insane.

[MirandaTheInkling]

Since i started playing DST, I played as Walter a lot and soon he became my main, i love him and Woby soo much!

[Sanford-]

My favourite thing about Walter is when you have freeze rounds and a Webber with sea striders you can easily kill crab king with little work only needing 15-30 sea striders and 1 stack of freeze rounds.

[Ryusuta]

I think that the biggest misunderstanding people have with Walter is the persistent notion that he's a character "for beginners." When that is the absolute OPPOSITE of the truth.

Apart from (MAYBE) Wes, Walter is the least beginner-friendly character in the game. He gets punished harder than any other character for making reckless mistakes and bad decisions. But for people that understand the ins and outs of this game and how Walter's tools affect things, they can make INCREDIBLE strides and live a life of luxury with the guy.

People try to make Walter something he's not. Take his slingshot, for instance. People complain that it's not as quick-firing as a Hambat or Tentacle Spike. It's not FOR that. It's for quick snipes, for avoiding aggro in multiplayer, for easy shadow monster slaying, easy prey hunting, and safe, defensive play or escapes. Making it into just a long-range Hambat would legitimately be busted.

While I do admit he could stand to be punished a little less from taking damage, the idea is to incentivize playing around his tools and playing smarter, which is a good thing. If someone wants to mindlessly face-tank everything, they can play Wolfgang or Wigfrid. Walter is the character for putting more thought into things and teaching players not to panic if things don't go according to plan.

[Domblestdoof]

The repeating sanity sound causes irl sanity drain.

[LadosHaydon]

If Walter has million fans, then I'm one of them.
If Walter has one fan, then I'm THAT ONE.
If Walter has no fans, then I'm dead.
I. LOVE. WALTER.
He's my son :)

[slushdog]

I wish he was in regular Don’t Starve. I’m not a big DST fan, but when I do play I always play as Walter.

[ToteVirusanti]

For me, Walter is like the old Woodie before his skill tree update, both of them have a lot of perks on their own but master none. Like the old Woodie, Walter doesn't shine in anything by himself, and most of his perks are useful in early game. But people forget that DST is in fact, a multiplayer game. Alone they have minimal impact but in multiplayer they have the ability to fulfill any role your team lacks. Walter can help Woodworm with his portable tent if no other healing items are nearby, he can kill the birds summoned by Wickerbottom without the need of sleeping them. He can heal any sanity at night without any additional cost and Woby is a decent mount and a free Chester, enough for early traveling between different biomes or basements. I remember playing a rush to kill for the ancient fuelweaver, and we could fight the three shadow chess pieces in day one thanks to his ability to mount faster with the statues. Sadly we didn't have the skill to kill the last one before everyone dies but potential is there, it just needs some love and maybe his skill tree will fix him.