Chuck | Birds and their classes Angry Birds Epic Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Chuck is the first additional bird to unlock in the game. It can be characterized as a plain mage - he uses spells during combat, has enormous offensive capabilities (especially versus numerous foes), but he's practically the weakest when it comes to defense from all the birds. His attacks allow him to attack all of the enemies at once, while simultaneously inflicting them with negative effects (or purging the positive ones), and his secondary skills allow him to support his allies (what you will read about in the further part of this section). Chuck is both the supporting, and an AoE damage dealer character.

Chuck has an access to 5 classes - Mage, Lightning Bird, Rainbird, Wizard and Thunderbird. After using a Rage Chilli on him, your birds will randomly attack 5 foes (it won't use their move, only Chuck's).

Mage class

Mage	Abilities	How to unlock
	Storm - Chuck deals damage equal to 55% AD to all enemies, regardless of who is targeted. Shock Shield - Chuck encloses himself or target ally with an electric shield. Enemies who come into contact with the target are dealt 75% of Chuck's AD. The shield remains active for 3 turns.	This class is available to you from the very beginning, as Chuck joins your team.

Explanation

The first class available to Chuck. As most of his classes, it allows you to attack every foe on the battlefield, regardless of the target you selected. Additionally, regardless of the fact that it doesn't inflict any negative effects to the enemies, it steal does a lot of damage. What's more interesting, is his secondary ability - it allows him to shield a selected bird, and whenever an enemy attacks the bird, it will be hurt by the shield. What's more important, is the fact that the shield kicks in for each enemy attack - if the enemy has a triple attack, he will be hit by the buff the same amount of times!

The drawback of this class, even if he is able to attack every target on the screen, is that Chuck does fairly low single target damage. Additionally, those attacks do not carry any negative effects. Shock Shield, even though that it's extremely fun skill, loses its power the moment another bird joins the party, as you can protect one bird in each turn only, meaning that you will have to sacrifice your attacks to shield your birds all the time.

Usage : this class is especially useful whenever you're fighting a huge group of weaker enemies, as Chuck excels at AoE damage, allowing him to hurt every foe on the screen. His Shock Shield can be connected with other abilities, or bird classes, such as Red's Avenger - after you've used your shield on him, all you have to do is to use I Dare You! of his Avenger class and watch how the enemies charge at him, killing themselves in the process. If you are going to fight with a single, stronger enemy, change the class immediately.

Lightning Bird class

Lightning Bird	Abilities	How to unlock
	Energy Drain - 65% chance to immediately remove helpful effects from all enemies. Deals 45% damage. Lightning Fast - Target bird immediately attacks a random enemy.	You can buy it off from a trainer in Old Nesting Cobalt Plateau, for 115 Snoutlings.

Explanation

The Lightning Bird class has an access to a powerful attack - it's not dealing enormous amounts of damage (but it's still damage), but allowing you to take out the positive buffs from every hit enemy. 65% chance is more than enough for it to succeed. The secondary ability is not that flashy, but it can be useful if you use it on a proper bird.

Unfortunately, this class has more drawbacks than advantages. The only good ability is the possibility of taking out all of the positive buffs from the enemies, but apart from that, this class has nothing that would warrant taking it into your party. The damage from the attack is tiny (especially when you fight against smaller groups of more powerful enemies), and the secondary skill, given the fact that the targeted bird attacks a random target, is fairly useless, and it can bring more havoc than benefit.

Usage : this class is usable only when you are fighting with a large number of enemies with various buffs, enhancing the capabilities of their allies. Thanks to one attack, Chuck can get rid of all of those buffs, leveling the playing field. If you are facing an enemy who lacks those kinds of abilities, or the group of enemies is rather small, change the class immediately.

Rainbird class

Rainbird	Abilities	How to unlock
	Acid Rain - Deals 20% damage to all enemies. Targets also take 35% damage per turn for the next 3 turns. Healing Rain - Removes all harmful effects from target. All birds are healed by 20% (Based on Chuck's HP) health.	You can buy it off from a trainer in Pirate Coast, for 200 Snoutlings.

Explanation

Rainbird is even more focused on supporting his teammates than his previously described class. His main attack does pretty low damage, but at the same time it sets a Damage over Time effect on every enemy hit (besides pirates, who are resistant to DoT effects), inflicting damage on them each turn. His Healing Rain is even more useful to the team. It allows him to dispel all negative status effects from the whole party, healing them at the same time, making this one of the most powerful healing abilities in the game - it's also the only direct healing ability (you don't have to attack anyone, or let them attack you, or meet any other condition).

The only drawback to this class, is the fact that the Damage over Time effect is not effective on some of the enemies, meaning that Chuck's damage will be severely lowered on them. Besides this, this class is probably the best for the yellow bird.

Usage : probably the best class available to Chuck, if you are looking for someone who can successfully support the rest of the party. His attack, given his DoT nature, allows him to focus more on healing - all you need to do is to attack the enemies every 3 turns, which will allow you to keep the DoT effect on them, while healing your party in between.

Wizard class

Wizard	Abilities	How to unlock
	Chain Lightning - Deals 100% damage. Lightning strikes 3 other targets, getting weaker with each jump. (Each jump deals 67%, 45%, 30% damage. Target is selected randomly.) Energize - Each attack on the target fills the Rage Chili by 5% and has a 20% chance to stun the attacker for 2 turns. Lasts 3 turns.	You can buy it off from a trainer in Snowy Peak, for 500 Snoutlings.

Explanation

Wizard is Chuck's most powerful class, as far as the offensive capabilities go. His attacks deal surprisingly high damage, and while hitting a maximum of 4 targets at once, they still allow him to get rid of a group of enemies with ease. The most important ability of this class is Energize, allowing him to fill the Rage Chilli bar extremely fast, giving a high chance to stun an enemy at the same time.

The obvious drawback is the fact, that in contrast to the rest of his classes, this one does not allow him to attack all of the enemies at once, and, in unlike most of them, don't impose any negative status effect on pigs. At the same time, Energize ability is pretty useless, if you cast it on an someone who isn't then attacked by anyone.

Usage : this class come in handy when you are dealing with less numerous groups of enemies (when there's from 2 to 4 of them at once), and when you need to fill your Rage Chilli quickly. You can link this class with Red's Avenger - after using I Dare You! the enemies will attack like crazy, and your Rage Chilli bar will be full each turn. Additionally, at least one of the enemies attacking will surely get stunned. This class is extremely useful when dealing with enemies who have Area of Effect attacks - casting energize on all your birds, before they are AoE attacked, will fill your Rage Chili Bar instantly as well, and will guarantee you the stun on the attacking enemy.

Thunderbird class

Thunderbird	Abilities	How to unlock
	Thunder Clap - Deals 45% damage to all enemies. The selected target takes +25% damage for 3 turns. Rage of Thunder - Enemies attacking any birds receive 35% damage per attack. Lasts 3 turns.	Giant Red Vallet, after crossing the Friendship Gate, for 275 Lucky Coins.

Explanation

Extremely expensive and problematic class to unlock, at the same time being the best of all available to the yellow bird. His attacks, besides the obvious damage, lay a curse on the whole enemy party, which make them take more damage from succeeding attacks. His second ability, Rage of Thunder, is basically an upgraded version of Shock Shield available to his Mage class - you don't have to select a bird, because all your party will have the shield casted on them, dealing damage to enemies with each hit.

One could say that this class has no flaws - it deals extremely high damage (with regular attacks, as well as with the shield), allowing you to harass the enemy team all the time. If only that price wasn't so high...

Usage : Thunderbird comes in handy in each scenario, both when you are fighting with a few stronger and resilient enemies, as well as when you are dealing with a huge group of weaklings. His Thunder Clap ability allows you to decrease defense of enemies, which is invaluable during boss fights, and the shield will hurt anyone who dares to attack your party. Remember, that the shield hurts the enemy for each attack they make - if you are fighting against a group of enemies who have a 2 or 3-hit attacks, they will practically kill themselves off of your birds.