Do different colored champions have different bonuses, and, if so, what are they?
I.e. Are green champions the same as red champions?
Ny difference between champion colors
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Best Answer
I've been experimenting for a while with these "Champions". These are results of my observations:
different colors have the same stats. I've found 3 Champion Frowning Gapers on the same level, each one of a different color. They did double damage(1 heart instead of half) and had approximately double health. They dropped a penny, a soul heart and a bomb.
same color doesn't mean same loot. I've found, on the same playthrough, a red Charger and a red Vis. The first dropped a Tarot, the second a penny. In this same game though, I've dropped another Tarot, but this one from a grey Pacer.
Naturally these are only examples, I've done a lot more observations of this kind, but these seemed the most relevant.
The general feeling I got from these experiments is that the color is purely aesthetic. It looks like that a champion has Double HP + Double damage + guaranteed random drop (the drop is chosen between those indicated as "Pickup items" in the post already linked by Raven). Also the randomness seems to be confirmed by this Formspring post by McMillen himself: the drop is chosen at the moment of death, it's not predetermined.