Rufus is a playable Hero Character in The Walking Dead: No Man's Land. Rufus is unlocked only through acquiring 250 of his specific Hero tokens. When unlocked, he starts at 3 stars.
He is of the Assault class and has the Hero Leader trait of Squirrel's Courage. He also has Bullet Dodge, Sure Shot, Iron Skin and Defensive Stance.
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Leader Trait — Squirrel's Courage[]
Rufus has {0}% bonus Health, and he gains a Charge Point when the Threat counter reaches zero. As a leader, each member of your team gains these bonuses.
| Level | + Health |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10% |
| 2 | 20% |
| 3 | 22% |
| 4 | 24% |
| 5 | 26% |
| 6 | 29% |
| 7 | 32% |
| 8 | 35% |
| 9 | 38% |
| 10 | 40% |
How to use Rufus[]
Rufus is one of the worst assaults, and doesn't shine really in any role. For regular missions Mercer and Princess work better. Rosita's extra move makes her useful especially in Last Stand, and Abraham can be built for Outpost attacks, while Governor is useful for farming. Rufus only role is then in the two Last Stand sets when he is the only assault, and as the Star Hero, and in this role he would be be built in the offensive role, so with 3 Damage & 3 Crit Dmg badges, while his trais should be rerolled to Marksman, Ruthless and Lucky, while the fourth trait could be Sure Shot that he has as default.
Rufus' Leader Trait gives him some more health, but this is slightly misleading as his base health is actually lower than for other heroes. This means he is not the tank his LT can appear him to be.
This means his main Leader Trait is the ability to gain one charge point every time the spawn counter reaches zero - including the counter in Last Stand. As it's only one charge point this makes it a rather weak Leader Trait, and he is rarely used. It's really only in Last Stand where it can be of some benefit, and only in case there are no better assaults available (in Last Stand better options would be Mercer, Princess, Rosita and worse options would be Abraham and Governor).