BEST SCOUT GUIDE NOVEMBER 2022

by Sulfurz on 09/11/2022

Salutes 22

M1000 Classic

M1000 Classic icon
+40 Max Ammo
+10 Direct Damage
+25% Focus Speed
-30% Spread per Shot, x0.8 Max Bloom, x0.5 Recoil
+220% Armor Breaking
+25% Focused Shot Modifier
+6 Clip Size
+3 Penetrations
+20% Weakpoint Bonus
Focused shots Stun enemies for 3 seconds
Killing an enemy with a Focused Shot to a Weakpoint will inflict 2.5 Fear on enemies within 4m of the kill
Manually reloading within 1 second after a kill reduces reload time by 0.75 seconds
Hipster

Zhukov NUK17

Zhukov NUK17 icon
+100 Max Ammo
+1 Direct Damage
+10 Magazine Size
+8 Rate of Fire
-0.6 Reload Time
+1 Direct Damage
x0.4 Base Spread
+1 Penetration
+30% Weakpoint Bonus
+100 Max Ammo
+33% Direct Damage dealt to enemies either being Electrocuted or affected by Scout's IFG grenade
+50% Movement Speed for 2.5 seconds after reloading an empty magazine
Gas Recycling

Grappling Hook

Grappling Hook icon

Flare Gun

Flare Gun icon

Light Scouting Suit

Light Scouting Suit icon
Cryo Grenade
Cryo Grenade icon

Loadout Guide

YOUR PRIORITIES IN EVERY MISSION SHOULD BE AS FOLLOWS:

  • LIGHT UP CAVE, LOOK FOR LEECHES AND NITRA
  • KILL LEECHES THEN GATHER ALL THE NITRA ON THE CEILING
  • GATHER BONUS OBJECTIVE OR MAIN OBJECTIVE.
  • KILL AMBUSHES OR HELP WITH SWARM.
  • CONTINUE TO NEXT CAVE REPEAT

GETTING NITRA WITHOUT ENGINEER:

  • GRAPPLE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NITRA SO YOU ARE NOT STANDING ON IT.

  • ACTIVE HOVER BOOTS.

  • IMMEDIATELY POWER AXE IN FRONT OF YOU THEN BREAK ANOTHER HOLE ABOVE THE POWER AXED HOLE.

  • AS YOUR FALLING GRAPPLE INTO THE HOLE.

DEALING WITH AMBUSHES:

WHEN YOUR ALONE GATHERING RESOURCES A GROUP OF BUGS CAN SPAWN ON YOU. WHEN THIS HAPPENS GRAPPLE TO AN OPEN AREA TO KITE THEM. THEN DISPOSE OF THEM. GO BACK TO MINING.

SWARMS:

WHEN A SWARM COMES BREAK OFF FROM YOUR TEAM BUT STAY RELATIVELY NEAR. A PART OF THE SWARM WILL COME AFTER YOU. AGAIN SIMPLY KITE THEM AND KILL THEM. DO NOT GO DOWN HERE. IT'S NOT AN OPTION. IF YOU THINK YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE WAVE FALL BACK AND REGROUP WITH YOUR FELLOW DWARVES.

ADDITIONAL INFO:

WHEN PLAYING THIS WAY YOU WILL BE ALONE ALOT! KEEP TRACK OF YOUR TEAM AND DO NOT GO FAR FAR AWAY JUST A CAVE AWAY AT MOST. THE SCOUT TRHIVES ALONE IN MY OPINION. YOU WANNA BE HELPFUL NOT A BURDEN BY GOING DOWN OR DYING TO A LEECH OR GRABBER.

PERKS:

HEIGHTENED SENSES: SECURITY BLANKET IF YOU GET SNATCHED UP. TRUST ME YOU WILL BE GRABBED EVENTUALLY IT HAPPENS. REMEMBER YOU WILL BE ALONE 80% OF THE TIME!

HOVER BOOTS: USED FOR GATHERING MINERALS WITHOUT PLATFORMS. OR JUST EXTRA MOBILITY.

PASSIVES:

BORN READY IS A MUST: NO AMMO IN THE CLIP FOR THE M1000? DO JUST AS GOOD WITH THE ZHUKOVS, THEN SWAP BACK AFTER 5 SECONDS.

DEEP POCKETS IS A MUST. THE REST IS UP TO YOU.

WEAPONS:

HOW TO USE M1000 WITH HIPSTER OC

THIS BAD BOY CHEWS THROUGH SWARMS WITH THIS SETUP. THE BLOWTHROUGH MOD ALLOWS YOU TO MOW DOWN NUMBERS OF GLYPHIDS RUNNING TOWARDS YOU. IF YOU GET OVERRAN YOU CAN FOCUS SHOT KILL A GRUNT TO FEAR AWAY ENEMIES TO CATCH A BREATHER. NO NEED TO RUN AN AMMO MOD, HIPSTER GIVES ENOUGH. I RUN THE BIGGER CLIP MOD BECAUSE OF HIPSTERS FASTER FIRE RATE.

FOCUS SHOT: LEAVES GRUNTS ONE SHOT TO THE BODY. KILLS AT HEAD.

2 SHOTS SPITTERS

1 SHOTS WEB SPITTERS

ZHUKOVS:

THESE ARE AMAZING FOR KITING AND QUICK ON YOUR FEET. I USE GAS RECYCLING FOR MAX DPS. THE SLOW DOES NOTHING BECAUSE OF THE ROF. I RUN THE MOVEMENT SPEED RELOAD MOD FOR BETTER KITING. SWAP TO THESE WHEN YOU HAVE TO RELOAD THE M1000. IT DOES ITS JOB JUST AS GOOD MAYBE BETTER.

EQUIPMENT:

GRAPPLE:

MAX CDR TO ZIP EVERYWHERE AND TO KITE BETTER.

FLARE GUN:

MAX DURATION RESULTS IN MORE AMMO EFFICIENCY.

CRYO NADE:

MAKES MACTERAS A JOKE. ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO TEAR THROUGH OPPRESORS WITH THE ZHUKOVS AND TEAR THROUGH PRAETORIANS.

ENJOY! LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT ANY ADDITIONAL INFO.