Commando

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Commandos are the eyes of the squad. Their ability to spot cloaked enemies and see a specimen's health bar when it gets within range makes it a lot easier for them to function in dark maps, and gauge when the best time is for the team to unload on big charging targets like Scrakes and Fleshpounds.

The primary role of the Commando is to focus on taking out the weaker foes; such as Crawlers, Clots, and Stalkers. Although all Perks are effective at combating these specimens, the Commando has a very large stockpile of ammunition for his assault rifles, and with his rapid fire rate he can easily beat back large groups in quick succession. The 3 weapons at his disposal are the Bullpup, AK-47 and the powerful SCARMK17. The Commando will receive a damage bonus for these weapons, and will also have reduced recoil and a faster reloading speed. This makes him very good at attacking multiple opponents very quickly,

The ability to spot cloaked foes and see enemy health bars makes the Commando the ideal squad member to tackle the faster and stealthier specimens of the wave, such as the Stalker and Crawler. Stalkers can easily sneak up on distracted or inattentive players and block or blind them with their scratch attacks. Crawlers tend to attack in swarms and can easily surround a player. These smaller foes create big problems for the other squad members by interfering while they focus on the more dangerous specimens like the Siren, Fleshpound and Scrake. Commandos should therefore focus their attention on taking out the enemies around larger specimens rather than the large specimens themselves. Commandos can also see the Patriarch while he is cloaked, and gauge his current health as well. They should communicate with their team when the Patriarch is invisible to hunt him down and prevent him from healing.

In conclusion, Commandos are the scouts and leaders of the team, keeping an eye out for hidden threats amongst the waves of specimens, and covering their backs when foes try and sneak up on their squad.

Levelling tactics

• Killing Stalkers will count towards leveling commando regardless of the perk you are currently playing (as long as you use the Bullpup, AK-47 or SCARMK17 to kill them). When playing other perks try and have a Bullpup or AK-47 handy and when Stalkers appear switch weapons to shoot them.

• Try playing Farm on hard or suicidal (whichever you can handle best), a long game with no specimen replacement mutators active. Farm is an extremely spacious map, allowing you to run if things take a turn for the worse, and the higher the difficulty level, the more Stalkers that spawn.

• Another method to kill Stalkers quickly is to download KF-Survival. Start the game on beginner as a Berserker (for extra damage reduction and immunity to being grabbed). Step into the center of the ring immediately to initiate the warmup timer, and pick up the Chainsaw and AK-47. Use the Chainsaw to kill most of the enemies and switch to AK-47 for Crawlers and Stalkers. Ensure you kill any Bloats quickly as their acid can kill Stalkers before you get a chance. On this level enemy spawns are fixed and the last wave of Stalkers before Fleshpounds starts at around 4:15, so you can kill up to 50 Stalkers in under 5 minutes (600+ Stalkers per hour). Ammo and armour are limited, so you should only go to the centre of the ring when you need them.

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