With these things in mind: Try to have THIS mentality, “I should only use weapons that give me an advantage other perks cannot have, I should not mimic perks 100% entirely as that would just make me a worse version of that specific perk”. Headshot multipliers from Sharpshooter and Gunslinger Ground fire skills and CC from a Firebug As long as you have armor you won’t be able to take health damage (Sirens still bypass this). SWAT has more ammo and clip-size than you, but outside of that you’re only really at a 10% damage disadvantage, keep in mind you won’t be able to take down a Scrake with a Kriss since your clip size is notably smaller). +Is able to use Berserker weapons and SWAT weapons with little drawback (Is able to trash clear as well if not better as Zerker, con is you don’t have Smash for big Zeds. +Access to molotovs (for getting out of a bad situation) or healing nades (same reason you’d use molotovs albeit it varies from situation to situation to which one you would you prefer). +Able to switch weapons quickly (good for takedowns)

+25% Damage Resistance, this is an incredibly generous bonus and makes you quite tanky for a pseudo-berserk/pseudo-perk playstyle. +25% movement speed and a very good 75% melee damage boost (there is also medic training but we’ll discuss that in a bit) +Ability to carry up to 20 weight (good for an additional weapon, able to be decked out for both trash and big zeds) Now that we know what the cons are, let’s see the pros. 40% less damage with Assault rifles (the biggest deal here)

Less recoil (albeit not that noticeable) Usually you’ll hear people saying that Survivalist will always be a watered-down version of a certain perk, this can be true but it can also be false.įor example if we compare Commando to Survivalist you are missing: The benefits of being a Survivalist instead of any other perk. It would be smart to avoid Flamethrower-based weapons all-together (Weapons like Helios, Mac 10, Dragonsbreath are perfectly fine even if there are better alternatives) This means that certain weapons like, say, the flamethrower are gonna be incredibly bad to use as Survivalist, as he has no access to Firebug skills that would enhance ground fire. Survivalist gives you the illusion of choice, you can pair any weapon you like, but that does not mean that you’ll do good with them. It is a common misconception that Survivalist is a “jack-of-all-trades” perk or that it offers variety, this is true to some extend, keep in mind that you are still bound to your perk skills. You’re the survivalist, your role varies from your perk tree and the weapons you choose from. Are you having a hard time playing Survivalist in HoE/Suicidal? Are you curious and wonder what this perk is like? If so, do consider giving this quick guide a read!

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