Survivors

## Overview

You choose 3 survivors (sometimes only 2, occasionally only 1) and you move them in **missions** facing enemies (walkers & humans).

You can recruit new survivors using the **Radio Tent** (see buildings for more info).

You can recruit new survivors in the main story via rescue missions. **Note: this is now capped to a lower level making the rescue hard, and survivors useless.**

Survivors have traits.

(Deadly missions were removed from the game. Probably around update 2.2?) Deadly missions cannot be done without having 6 survivors, make sure to have 6 or more Survivors Slots.

If you retire a survivor you do not lose the equipment it has on.

To keep control over how fast players can advance in the game there is a cap on survivor level, thus a survivor has the maximum final level 20 (as of update 1.6). Prior to update 1.6 you could get a survivor with a current level 18 or 19 (being over the cap) in rescue missions, this is now limited to 16 (or possibly the training ground limit) which stirred a bit of a controversy. The rescue stats below still include the original rescues for reference.

Hero-specific details at Hero survivors.

### Scouts

Hand to hand combat. They use one handed melee weapons like knives, screwdrivers, and hatchets.

**High damage to single target. Low HP**. Swift Strike weapon trait grants up to 15% chance for a free AP.
Adding Luck can increase this change, to a total of 45%
(15 for swift gold, 15x2 for luck gold on weapon and on survivor traits).
 Charge ability take 2 kills to charge the **Brain stab**. Brain stab is an automatic critical hit. Very good for killing armored zombies.

#### Episode 1

You start the game with 3 Scout 1\* 1/3 Lv

#### Episode 2

You can recruit a Scout 2\* 3/7 Lv in Episode 2-6

You can recruit a Scout 2\* 6/10 Lv in Episode 2-6 HARD

You can recruit a Scout 2\* 9/13 Lv in Episode 2-6 NIGHTMARE

#### Episode 5

You can recruit a Scout 2\* 6/10 Lv in Episode 5-3

You can recruit a Scout 2\* 9/13 Lv in Episode 5-3 HARD

You can recruit a Scout 2\* 13/17 Lv in Episode 5-3 NIGHTMARE

#### Episode 12

You can recruit a Scout 2\* 14/18 Lv in Episode 12-3 (468DAM 489HP)

You can recruit a Scout 2\* 15/19 Lv in Episode 12-3 HARD **(in patch 1.7)**

You can recruit a Scout 2\* xx/xx Lv in Episode 12-3 NIGHTMARE

### Bruisers

Hand to hand combat. They use two handed melee weapons like bats, fire axes, and giant wrenches. **Low damage**, **High HP**.

Regular attacks usually cause a single turn stun if the walker is not stun resistant (e.g. heavy walkers). Since v1.5 any body shot will not stun (as reported in forum) so beware when meeting a high level walker.

Some weapon traits extends stun by one turn. Bruiser with retaliate can theoretically stun two targets per turn.
Attacks against stunned walkers causes an automatic critical hit until zombies are +2 of your level. After that you may get a critical, or you may end up with a body shot.

Charge ability needs 2 kills to charge **Smash attack** which hits a circle around the targeted zombie location, potentially stunning up to 8 zombies.

#### Episode 6

You can recruit a Bruiser 2\* 7/11 Lv in Episode 6-2. (we have one player reporting 6/10 what yours?)

You can recruit a Bruiser 2\* 10/14 Lv in Episode 6-2 HARD

You can recruit a Bruiser 2\* 13/17 Lv in Episode 6-2 NIGHTMARE (145DAM 458HP)

### Hunters

     **Hunter class has low health, but excels against crowds.** Range combat (each shot attract 1 walker in the wave). They attack every walkers in a range 7 tiles long and weapon traits can make it wider. Charge ability take 3 kills for a **Critical Attack**, where the shot becomes a guaranteed critical hit.

#### Episode 1

You can recruit a Hunter 2\* 1/5 Lv in Episode 1-7

### Shooters

**Shooter class has medium health and excels against single targets.** Range combat (each shot attract 1 walker). Range is 4 tiles (can be 5, 6 or 7 with some weapons traits). Charge ability take 2 kills to charge the **Free Attack** that grants a bonus shot that doesn't attract walkers and will always be a critical hit. The second shot is a normal one.

#### Episode 4

You can recruit a shooter 2\* 6/10 LV in Episode 4-7

You can recruit a shooter 2\* 9/13 LV in Episode 4-7 HARD

You can recruit a shooter 2\* 12/16 LV in Episode 4-7 NIGHTMARE

#### Episode 13

You can recruit a shooter 3\* 8/14 LV in Episode 13-5

You can recruit a shooter 2\* x/x LV in Episode 13-5 HARD

You can recruit a shooter 2\* x/x LV in Episode 13-5 NIGHTMARE

### Warriors

Hand to hand combat, **area damage**. They use two handed swords. Very useful for finishing off clustered up zombies. Attack all walkers in a 135o circle around the warrior.

**High damage. High HP.**
Regular attack hits an 135o arc around the warrior, centered on the attacked walker. Weapons with wide arc trait can target up to 270o making it hit every tile around the warrior except the one immediately behind him/her.

Charge ability take 3 kills to charge and gives a **Bonus Attack**, allowing you to move/attack a second time (one AP worth). Note: Neither attack will be a guaranteed critical hit.

#### Episode 7

You can recruit a warrior 2\* 9/13 LV in Episode 7-6

You can recruit a warrior 2\* 12/16 LV in Episode 7-6 HARD

You can recruit a warrior 2\* 15/19 LV in Episode 7-6 NIGHTMARE

#### Episode 11

You can recruit a warrior 2\* 13/17 LV in Episode 11-3

You can recruit a warrior 2\* 16/20 LV in Episode 11-3 HARD

You can recruit a warrior 2\* 19/23 LV in Episode 11-3 NIGHTMARE **Note: this is now capped to a lower level.**

### Assaults

Assault class has **high health and excels against crowds**. Range combat (each shot attracts 1 walker). They attack all walkers in a 60o cone 4 tiles long (weapons can make the cone 75o, 90o or 105o wide). Charge ability takes 3 kills and stuns every walker (except heavy walkers) in the cone. Note that attacks against stunned walkers will always be critical hits.

#### Episode 9

You can recruit a Assault 2\* 11/15 LV in Episode 9-6

You can recruit a Assault 2\* 14/18 LV in Episode 9-6 HARD (197DAM 514HP)

You can recruit a Assault 2\* 17/20 LV in Episode 9-6 NIGHTMARE (289 dmg 733 hp) HARD **Note: this is now capped to a lower level.**