Matilda | Birds and their classes Angry Birds Epic Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Matilda is the second bird you are able to unlock in the game. According to RPG-like standards, she is basically a healer. She has a whole bunch of supporting abilities - various types of healing (by attacking enemies, when your birds are getting hurt, or by directly targeting a given bird), and she can still pack a decent punch.

Matilda has 5 different classes available to her - Cleric, Druid, Princess, Priest and Bard. After using a Rage Chilli on her, she will heal every living party member by 35% of their maximum health, dispelling any negative effects as well.

Cleric class

Cleric	Abilities	How to unlock
	Healing Strike - Deals 100% damage. All birds are healed by 20% of the dealt damage. Healing Shield - If any bird takes damage, all birds are healed by 15% of the taken damage. Lasts 3 turns.	This class is available to you from the very beginning, as Matilda joins your team.

Explanation

The basic class available to Matilda, with which she starts when she joins your team. Her basic attack deals quite a lot of damage, healing every bird in your party by 20% of the damage dealt, which is quite a nice thing about this attack. Healing Shield dons a shield on your entire party, which doesn't heal insane amounts of health, but will still come in handy as a support skill.

Her Healing Strike is quite a good ability, but her shield, given quite a low amount of healing it offers (which is even more bothersome when you are getting hit from single, powerful attacks and the shield can't keep up at all). Don't forget tough, that her shield acts like some sort of damage mitigation - if it restores 15% of received damage, it works like it would basically reduce damage taken by 15% (healing the birds which were not hit at all too).

Usage : this class is useful only at the beginning of the game, when you don't have access to any other Matilda's class - and as some of them are extremely strong, you are surely going to switch very soon. Cleric class is effective only when you are facing a group of enemies attacking you with Area of Effect abilities - when all 3 of your birds get hit, all your party will be healed by 45% of damage dealt (for each bird that was attacked - 15% x 3), meaning that AoE attacks become practically useless. Add Red's Guardian class to that, and with his aura and Cleric's shield, the enemy won't be dealing any damage through AoE attacks.

Druid class

Druid	Abilities	How to unlock
	Thorny Vine - Deals 35% damage. Target also takes 100% damage per turn for the next 3 turns. Regrowth - Heals target by 22% of Matilda's HP and all other birds by 10%.	You can buy it off from a trainer in Limestone Lagoon, for 200 Snoutlings.

Explanation

The first additional class available to Matilda, offering you a set of more interesting skills, at least in contrast to the previously described Cleric. Her attack, Thorny Vine, at first glance deals quite a low damage, but lays a Damage over Time effect on the enemy, this time hurting the enemy quite a lot. The duration of the skill will allow you to "poison" at least a few of enemies constantly. Her second ability, Regrowth, will heal all of your birds (double healing on the selected bird), which will save your party more than once.

Unfortunately, every rose has thorns. As far as no one can't really have any complaints regarding her basic attack (attacking a single target will deal over 300% damage to it during 3 turns!), her healing from Regrowth is in the best case average. 10% of health restored on every bird can be quite tempting, but it will turn out that every enemy, even the weakest ones, is able to do this amount of damage with a single attack. Basically, it means, that the healing become completely ineffective if the enemy focuses attacks on one of your birds.

Usage : this class is effective only when you have another healing bird in your party (Rainbird Chuck, for instance) besides Matilda, and you are seeking a high amount of damage on a single target at the same time. The druid comes in handy when you are dealing with a group of enemies using Area of Effect abilities - it's easy to heal them. When you are fighting a small group of extremely powerful enemies, you should really consider changing her class.

Princess class

Princess	Abilities	How to unlock
	Royal Order - Deals 125% damage. Forces all enemies to attack the bird with most health for 3 turns. Royal Aid - Removes all harmful effects from target bird. Target is healed by 30%.	You can buy it off from a trainer in Star Reef, for 250 Snoutlings.

Explanation

The Princess class is focused more on supporting and crowd control than any other Matilda class. Her attack, aside from dealing damage, forces all the enemies to attack a bird from your party with the highest amount of health (which means that it will be either Red or Bomb to get flooded with attacks). Her additional ability is healed by a high amount, dispelling all negative status effects imposed on the bird as well. A pretty useful ability.

But as with any class in this game, this one is not free of flaws. Her attack, despite that it can look awesome from the description, can have extremely serious consequences - you can be fighting against an enemy with a powerful attack, who will attack the least durable bird from your party (because that one bird will have the highest amount of health at the moment), which will result in his death in one blow. Her healing has one serious drawback as well - it's quite powerful, but it can only affect a single bird, which makes the ability useless when you are dealing with a group of enemies with Area of Effect attacks.

Usage : this class is useful when you are dealing with single, extremely powerful enemies (which doesn't happen very frequently). The single-target healing allows you to regenerate any sustained damage, and her attack will cause the enemy to attack a selected bird from your party (it's easy to control this when you are dealing with a single enemy). If there's more of enemies, and / or they have AoE attacks, change her class.

Priest class

Priest	Abilities	How to unlock
	Angelic Touch - Deals 2 x 55% damage. Birds attacking this target regain 5% of their maximum health. Lasts 3 turns. Spirit Link - Connect to target bird. All connected birds share received healing (except potions). Lasts 3 turns.	You can buy it off from a trainer in Cobalt Plateaus, for 2000 Snoutlings.

Explanation

One of the most powerful classes available to Matilda, allowing for a more offensive approach, as well as keeping your party safe and sound. Her attack, while dealing quite a lot of damage, has a very important feature - every bird that attack the target marked by Matilda will be healed for each attack they make. Her Spirit Link is equally interesting - every bird connected with Matilda will be healed by the same amount of healing, whenever any of the connected birds uses a healing ability.

It's hard to talk about drawbacks with this class - the only thing that could have worked better is Spirit Link, if it connected all the birds together with a single usage, but that would be overkill for sure.

Usage : this class comes in handy in practically every scenario, especially when there's a small group of powerful enemies fighting you, and / or when they have access to strong Area of Effect abilities. Whenever Matilda connects with another bird via her Spirit Link, and then attacks an enemy with her Angelic Touch, both birds will be healed by 10% of their maximum health. The possibilities to link those skills are endless.

Bard class

Bard	Abilities	How to unlock
	Heavy Metal - Deals 160% damage. 15% chance to stun the target for 1 turn. Soothing Song - All birds are healed by 10%. They also heal for 5% health per turn for the next 3 turns.	You can buy it off from a trainer in Northern Sea, for 75 Lucky Coins.

Explanation

Without a doubt, the most powerful class available to Matilda. Her basic attack, Heavy Metal, aside from dealing huge amounts of damage (one of the strongest attacks in the game), has a chance to stun the enemy, which may turn the tide of any battle, especially with bosses. Her secondary skill allows you to heal the whole party, and lays a Healing over Time effect on your birds for 3 turns, which lets Matilda do what she does equally good - pounding enemies with her attacks.

Just as with the previously described class, this one has no drawbacks. The moment you unlock the Bard class, you won't even want to switch it to anyone else.

Usage : this class comes in handy in every scenario, regardless of the type and amount of enemies you are facing. If you are dealing with a small group of powerful foes, her attacks, which have a chance to stun (you can increase the chance to 20% with a proper equipment) will make your task a lot easier, and when you will be facing a large group of weaklings, you will be easily able to keep your party healthy. They say that there's nothing perfect, however this class certainly is.