Payday 2 Bits and Tips

SKILLS:

MASTERMIND:

Combat Medic basic

Quick Fix aced

Uppers aced

Inspire aced

Forced Friendship basic

Confident aced

Joker aced

Partners in Crime aced

Stable Shot aced

ENFORCER:

Underdog basic

Shotgun CQB aced

GHOST:

Duck and Cover aced

Parkour aced

Inner Pockets basic

Shockproof aced

Sneaky Bastard basic

Second Wind basic

Optical Illusions aced

The Professional basic

Low Blow basic

Specialized Killing aced

FUGITIVE:

Nine Lives aced

Swan Song aced

Suggested Alternative Skills:

Replace First Aid Kits for Doctor bags

LOADOUT:

Primary Weapon: Mosconi, modded for concealment, with Dragon’s Breath rounds

Secondary Weapon: Micro Uzi, with Custom Barrel, Maki Suppressor, Auto and No Stock.

Melee Weapon: Microphone, any high concealment melee weapon of your choice.

Armor: Two-piece Suit

Suggested Perk Decks: Rogue

BUILD OVERVIEW:

This started as a joke. Yours truly is a big fan of Love Live, something that’d show quickly if you know me even a little bit, so as any fan or X, I like to apply some X into everything else, this time Payday. Who would’ve imagined that this build would’ve been one of the better builds. While this might seem like your bread and butter kind of dodge build, every single detail has its reasoning behind it:

Nico Nii inspired everyone to do their best! Gotta get Inspire ace and make your teammates move and reload faster and revive them!

BiBi is Nico’s suub-unit! Maki and Eli aren’t around, so two other cops oughta do for now. Joker skills aced.

Your songs are fire, and will set people on fire. Basic shotgun skills with Dragonbreath rounds.

Nico’s body build is small and petite, perfect for dodge, and set yourself free from any electrified captors with Shockproof aced.

Dodge and crits go Hand in Hand, but also we equip our Micro Uzi with a Maki suppressor! Suppressor skills with a highly concealable, Japan-available gun that’s also perfect for fishing for crits.

No good One Down build is complete with Nine Lives, and if Nico’s time in the spotlight comes to an end, it will be with a Swan Song.

Unfortunately, none of my friends are both into Love Live and Payday, so someone out here will maybe appreciate this build that started off as a joke.

SKILLS:

Mastermind:

Combat Medic basic

Quick Fix basic

Uppers aced

Stable Shot basic

Enforcer:

Underdog basic

Shotgun CQB aced

Shotgun Impact aced

Close By basic

Overkill aced

Resilience basic

Die Hard aced

Shock and Awe basic

Technician:

Steady Grip basic

Ghost:

Duck and Cover aced

Parkour aced

Inner Pockets aced

Sneaky Bastard basic

Second Wind basic

Optical Illusions aced

Low Blow basic

Specialized Killing basic

Fugitive:

Equilibrium basic

Gun Nut aced

One Handed Talent aced

Nine Lives aced

Swan Song Aced

Suggested Alternative Skills:

Inspire Aced

Messiah

Trigger Happy

LOADOUT:

Primary Weapon: Raven Shotgun with 000 Buckshot and modded for concealment.

Secondary Weapon: Contractor Pistol modded for concealment. Any other pistol of similar damage and concealment (i.e. Crosskil, Chimano Custom, Interceptor, etc).

Melee Weapon: High concealment melee of your choice.

Armor: Lightweight Ballistic Vest

Suggested Perk Decks: Hitman, Crook, Grinder.

BUILD OVERVIEW:

Here’s a build that I’ve been wanting to make ever since I rewatched John Wick with @skullivan a week or so ago. Especially since Wick uses a KSG (Raven) shotgun in one scene, and the Contractor pistol looks and sounds amazing, it has quickly turned into one of my favorite pistols in the game.

In this build, I tried to keep a synergy between the shotgun and the pistol. Silencers not only boost the concealment of our guns but also push their damage a little bit; we get all the standard shotgun skills, Close By basic to be able to reload while sprinting, and Overkill Aced. I used to have all the pistol skills too but had to make compromises to be able to get Nine Lives and Swan Song. With the rest of our skill points we get first aid kits, the go-to equipment for dodge builds, armor-boosting skills for our LBV, and with out leftover points we boost our stability and accuracy to maximize our pistol.

The point of this build is to use the Raven in close ranges, activating Overkill will allow us to deal with enemies up to mid ranges before damage falloff starts to affect the shotgun’s effectiveness, and peck off enemies at long distances with our pistol. With the damage boost from Overkill, our pistol will melt through any enemy, Bulldozers only taking a few shots, the first ones to deal with its armor and the rest to the face. This build’s major weakness are shields, as we don’t have any armor piercing weapons or explosives, but with enough skill they’re easy to circle around and kill with a shot or two.

As fun as this build is, the skill spread is not maximized enough to work well in One DOwn. Perhaps if you take away the shotgun skills to maximize our pistol and get Inspire it’ll be OD worthy. For now, stick to Deathwish with this build.

SKILLS:

MASTERMIND:

Combat Medic Basic

Quick Fix Basic

Uppers Basic

Stable Shot Aced

High Value Target Basic

ENFORCER:

Underdog Aced

Resilience Aced

Transporter Basic

Bullseye Aced

TECHNICIAN:

Steady Grip Aced

Heavy Impact Aced

Fire Control Aced

GHOST:

Duck and Cover Aced

Parkour Aced

Inner Pockets Aced

FUGITIVE:

Equilibrium Aced

Gun Nut Aced

Custom Ammo Aced

Desperado Aced

Trigger Happy Aced

Martial Arts Aced

Bloodthirst Aced

Pumping iron Basic

Suggested Alternative Skills:

Uppers Aced

Inspire

Shockproof

Swan Song

LOADOUT:

Primary Weapon: Plainsrider Bow with Explosive Ammo

Secondary Weapon: Peacemaker .45 Revolver (no mods)

Melee Weapon: Any high concealment melee weapon, Electrical Brass Knuckles

Armor: Two-piece suit

Suggested Perk Decks: Rogue, Grinder

BUILD OVERVIEW:

You best hope you have some good aim with this build because your main source of damage will be the Peacemaker and you better make sure those 6 shots count! Even with pistol skills this antique revolve takes an awful long time to reload, specially for Deathwish. Bloodthirst Aced speeds up all weapon reloads whenever you get a melee kill thankfully. With all the stacks of damage form Trigger Happy not much will stand in your way, Bulldozers, Tasers and Cloakers only taking a couple of shots in the head to be disposed of. That is if you land your shots. And if you miss the cranial area and hit some other part instead, chances are that they’ll recoil (chances=25%). Full dodge will mean that we won’t get hit that hard when things get sticky, and we do get hit in the face with high velocity lead we have 11 First Aid Kits to recover. Don’t forget to share them with your teammates! Don’t be that guy. Unfortunately all flashbangs in Payday are used against us, but we can stun enemies with the explosive tips of our handy dandy Plainsrider bow. Or electricity provided by our melee weapon. However, I might recommend another sort of more damaging melee weapon, as getting a kill with it to trigger Bloodthirst’s increased reload speed with the Electrical Brass Knuckles of the Buzzer can be difficult, especially if you’re surrounded by plenty of cops.

Here’s the link to the original build. It didn’t receive much change, switching Dire Need Basic for acing Martial Arts so it’s easier to activate Bloodthirst. Dire Need + Heavy Impact Aced seemed a bit too much just for 6 shots. If your armor breaks and dodge fails, just one good stunning bullet won’t do much to save your butt in Deathwish.

The only issue with this build is that it has a great weakness to Taser. Watch out for them because you only get 6 shots at them or just one if you’re holding the bow! Try investing in Shockproof Aced if they prove to be too much to handle.

TL;DR: the prime time to play DeathWish is during HIGH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON