I've seen a lot of topics here and on steam talking about how useless Winona is, and after finally switching from Woodie to Winona (I played Woodie for my first five hours of the game) to try playing her, she's actually a great character, both lore wise and in game. Her crafting speed bonus is godly in the early days, and I went from averaging three days as Woodie to managing to make it five days as Winona keeping everything in top shape before I got too cocky and tried to raid a tallbird nest with an axe and grass suit.
Her free hit from the dark lets me be a lot lazier with light sources, and I find myself often waiting for my fire going out and taking the free hit before relighting it and using Garlands as cheap sanity regain. All in all, she's an easy character and as her stats are the same as Wilson, she might actually be better for new players like myself.
I haven't played for long so I'm not gonna compare her to anybody until later.
