Predator Classes DESIGN Tier List
Based on DEFAULT Designs without any customisation
S Tier:
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Elder
IMO a perfect variation on the classic Jungle Hunter design & has my favourite unmasked face design in the game too
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Jungle Hunter '87
Do I even need to explain why the original is in S Tier? Also has easily one of the best unmasked face designs, and is simply iconic
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Captured
Another perfect variation on the original Jungle Hunter design, just with a heavier emphasis on dirtier armor & a battle-damaged biomask, while also not going overboard with extra damage -
Hunter
I don’t know what it is about the basic Hunter design, I just like it a lot. The physique stands out among the other classes, and is probably my favourite part of the overall design. It just looks like a very solid all-round modern Predator design IMO. He may look a bit bland to some people, but I think that’s just due to it being the Default class which we see beginners use so often. If we could use different skin patterns from other classes like Jungle Hunter & Elder on the Hunter class I think it would be a pretty damn near perfect design for me -
City Hunter '97
I’ve always liked the City Hunter design a lot & its a great, classic variation that is somehow similar to the Jungle Hunter in a way, yet also so drastically different. I do prefer the Jungle Hunter-esque designs but the City Hunter is also one of my favourite designs, particularly in the case of his unmasked face, and he looks very movie accurate for the most part.
His biomask design in-game looks a considerable amount more symmetrical than the movie version, and the eyes don’t look quite as pissed off as in the movie, which you could also say for his unmasked face as his eyebrows in the movie tend to be more furrowed like he is constantly irritated. But, these slight variations don’t bother me too much. I know a lot of people also think the City Hunter’s mask looks like a duck, and honestly I can see it, especially if you use the Gold mask shader, but I still like the mask design overall
A Tier:
- Mr Black
The Super Predators actually have arguably my favourite Predator designs of all, particularly Mr Black, but in this game they are way too skinny. They were given the Scout body type for some stupid reason, and it kinda screws over their designs IMO. If they looked more movie accurate, with the correct body type, they would definitely be in S Tier.
But either way, Mr Black has my favourite Biomask design of all, both in the game & in general. It’s like a meaner, sharper version of the Jungle Hunter mask with darker colour & a different material/texture, with a Xenomorph jawbone on the bottom. It is simply cold asf & a badass, unique mask design. His mask in-game is also a lot more symmetrical than it is in the movie, which isn’t a difference I’m too bothered by, but I do still prefer the movie version of his mask.
I’ve also always been a big fan of the Super Predator designs in general. They are very unique, and also still actually recognisable as Predators. They are pretty much the perfect rendition of what a Predator subspecies should look like IMO.
Some people aren’t a fan of the unmasked face designs of Mr Black & Falconer due to how different they are compared to the Jungle Hunter’s original face design, but I actually like them a lot, and the whole point of the Super Predators is that they are different from the Jungle Hunters. In the game, they don’t look the most movie accurate, but I don’t think they look as bad as most people think
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Falconer
Pretty much everything I said about Mr Black also applies to Falconer here. He has a very unique biomask design, and overall design like Mr Black too. He is just butchered a bit due to Illfonic making the Super Predators way too skinny like I said above
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Wolf
Wolf also suffers from a lack of movie accuracy in this game. He has a great design overall IMO, but in PHG he is way too muscular. It’s actually pretty ironic that they gave the Super Predators the Scout body type & gave Wolf the Hunter body type. If they swapped body types they would actually be a lot more accurate. Wolf is a lot skinnier in the movie, and his biomask is a lot more slim & sleek. PHG basically made him look unnecessarily wider & bigger in practically every metric. His armor texture also seems a little weird, I can’t put my finger on it, but it’s almost like it’s way too clean & shiny compared to the movie.
Wolf’s unmasked face is also extremely inaccurate, and I personally prefer his unmasked design in the movie. He could look a lot better in-game overall, he’s just this high on the Tier List due to Wolf having such a good design in general
- Bionic
Bionic would probably be in S Tier design-wise if his default biomask looked better. Idk what it is, I personally just can’t stand his default biomask. The rest of his design is very cool though, particularly his unmasked face, which is arguably the best in the game alongside the likes of Elder, Jungle Hunter, City Hunter IMO
B Tier:
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Feral
Now, I’m not the biggest fan of Feral’s design in the movie. I don’t think it looks terrible, but I don’t think it looks particularly great either. The main reason he is this high on the list, is because he is extremely movie accurate. The only think I particularly dislike about his design is his unmasked face, but apart from that he looks pretty decent, just nothing particularly special
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Scout
I actually quite like the Scout’s design. A lot of people may think he just looks too skinny, but honestly I don’t really have a problem with it. He is supposed to be the smaller, faster, more agile of the basic classes. It makes sense for him to be skinnier, so I don’t really have a problem with it. I do generally prefer the physique of the normal Hunter though, hence it is higher up on the list -
Celtic
I love Celtic’s biomask design, but overall I’m just not the biggest fan of the AVP Trio designs due to them being unnecessarily bulky compared to other Predators & heavily armored, and in PHG they are even bigger because they were just given the fat Berserker body type instead of a unique body type that would actually be movie accurate. They also don’t even have a unique skin pattern from the movie, and we got catfished by Illfonic when they advertised them as having unique movie accurate Predlocks, and in-game they are just given the same Predlocks as Wolf by default. So yeah, a lot of things pissed me off about their designs in this game. Overall Celtic has the best biomask design of the 3 brothers though IMO -
Chopper
Same things apply to Chopper that I said above about Celtic, but you can also add that Chopper doesn’t even have his trademark Scimitars as part of his design, which is yet another screw-up on Illfonic’s part. But, Chopper has the most unique design of the 3 Brothers, his biomask is great, and the skulls mounted on his back are a nice touch -
Scar
Same things apply to Scar that I said about his two older brothers, but IMO Scar has the most basic & bland design of his 3 brothers. His biomask is also inaccurate, as they decided to make it a reskin of the Elder mask, and so the mask appears to be more aged & textured than the movie version. His only real saving grace is that he has a unique unmasked face design unlike Celtic & Chopper, and his face in the game is basically just a reskin of the Jungle Hunter face so it actually looks better than the movie version in AVP 2004
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Amazon
She has one of the better designs out of Illfonic’s lazy cosplay creations, and is actually sort of believable as a Predator design mainly due to just looking like a very experienced & accomplished Hunter with a lot of bone trophies to decorate her armor. However, as cool as her mask design may be to some people, I still think it looks lazy & kind of obscene because its literally just a massive animal skull shoved on top of the Vapor mask. She doesn’t look too bad though overall
C Tier:
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Valkyrie
She doesn’t look too bad overall. I still think she is pretty over-designed & too blatantly based on Vikings, and is therefore another uninspired cosplay Predator. Her biomask also looks pretty stupid IMO & is way too over-designed. It doesn’t look like anything a Predator would wear. She would look a lot better if her default mask looked something more like the Wretch mask for example -
Pirate
Her clothing, biomask & Predlocks all look stupid. Her unmasked face is badass as hell but the rest of her design looks pretty stupid & poorly textured. There isn’t much more to say about Pirate
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Cleopatra
Despite Cleo being one of my favourite Predators ever in the lore, her design in this game is pretty lack-luster IMO. She doesn’t have a unique face design & her armor is way too blatantly Egyptian in nature. They gave her really cool lore & tie-ins with Dutch, but butchered her design by making her essentially an Egyptian cosplay Predator. With customisation she could look a lot better, but this list is based purely on default looks -
Samurai
I’d say the Samurai looks pretty cool actually, but he just doesn’t look enough like a Predator. He looks like his namesake a little too much, which is a common theme you’ll see with a lot of Illfonic’s cosplay Predators. Also not a massive fan of the Red & Gold colour scheme being his default, it just seems too colourful & extravagant compared to what you’d expect a Samurai Predator to look like -
Viking
I don’t think Viking looks particularly bad compared to a lot of cosplay Predators, as his fur coat is actually pretty cool & looks like something a Predator would wear, but his armor is still pretty over-designed IMO & my God his mask looks even more over-designed & terrible. I don’t know whose idea it was to put those two weird things at the side of his mask but they must’ve been smoking weed through a very oddly shaped crack pipe when designing it -
Berserker
The Berserker simply looks too fat. His armor is pretty decent, but he simply looks way too fat & heavy to be a Predator that actually hunts. He just looks like a body builder, not a Hunter -
Exiled
The wooden armor looks ridiculous & the biomask looks even worse. With customisation you can make him look a lot better but his default look is just kinda ridiculous IMO -
Alpha
The unmasked design & Predlocks of the Alpha Predator are actually really cool, but the rest of his design just doesn’t even really look like a Predator. I know his design is supposed to be a reference to the original Predator design that got scrapped in favor of the Jungle Hunter design, but let me put it this way: There’s a very good reason that design was scrapped.
The Alpha’s biomask in particular just looks absolutely absurd & I will never be able to take it seriously
D Tier:
- Emissary
Oh God where do I start…
The Emissary Predator looks absolutely ridiculous. He’s literally a Predator trying to cosplay a human soldier. He’s even wearing fucking army combat trousers💀
His biomask is literally the only cool thing about his design. Everything else looks stupid. Especially his unmasked face, which is horribly textured, and it’s literally just the Default Hunter/Scout/Berserker face with the Super Predators’ face texture spaffed on top of it. I mean just look at this picture & it should speak enough volumes for itself
- Gladiator
This is probably Illfonic’s laziest & worst designed cosplay Predator in the game IMO. It is literally a fat Berserker body type Predator cosplaying human gladiators. The armor looks stupid, and the biomask looks even worse. Absolutely hideous & absurdly over-designed. It doesn’t look like anything a Predator would wear in the slightest. There’s a very good reason that the Gladiator is the only Predator DLC I haven’t bought.
DISCLAIMER
This is just my opinion on the Predator designs in-game, so its all very subjective of course. If Gladiator is your favourite design & you think the Jungle Hunter looks like an abomination for example, that’s perfectly fine. I may think you’re clinically insane if you do think that😂but it is what it is at the end of the day.
I got the idea to create this Tier List from one of @Samhain13 's recent videos & decided to make it while I was bored queueing up for Predator matches.
Feel free to make your own design Tier List or just say which your favourite designs are below👍
