r/deadisland

So i’ve been looking at the Dead Island timeline, and I always assumed the game took place in 2011, but now i’m hearing 2006.

I’m questioning this, but I just want to know where the date is coming from. I know that’s when the original reveal was, but I don’t recall anything in game stating 2006.

Basic info, counter attack heals 150, counter kill 250hp and med kit heals 500hp.

Some signature skills have ammo limitation and others duration. Basically if you can shoot only like 4 or less its ammo and if more then time limited. When activating signature bottom right has unlimited symbol if purely on time, so fire as fast you can.

Rav, the medic

Ability talents

Rav kits and shouts have cooldown of 20 sec.

Healing kit 400hp.

Berkerker kit 250hp and +75% dmg 8s. Works with guns also. Pistol 242dmg becomes 424 and crits 713.

Cleansing kit 250hp and 8s elemental dmg immunity.

Friendship kit 250hp, for reference kills usually give 2/6/8% depending on zombie. Picking up kit gives 8%.

Intimidating shout, easy to get counters to heal, hit twice before counter to ensure kill or use headhunter weapons since they crit on head during counters.

Freezing shout freezes for 8 seconds, frozen enemies take double dmg. Apex thaw a bit faster but you can do 2 headshots with hunting rifle for 2 easy apex kills. Easiest butcher kills. Can be

Combined with face to face talent(+50%), hunting rifle(1182dmg) hits crusher 19k dmg, mutator 10k so you can oneshot all enemies but mutator even without high caliber. (1651 vs 1182dmg would be +39,96%dmg)

On other classes you want high caliber even if it costs gun powder(ammo crafting) to oneshot basic zombies on legshots. Difference is that crusher dies to two legshots vs 3 and not needing second shot on basic zombies so ammo efficiency doubled. 21 gun powder is all you need to do house defense with only a hunting rifle to not run out of ammo.

Mobilizing shout, 8 second duration good for carrying stuff or solo rushing missions for exp. Attack speed feels similar to jacob but loose stacks when buff ends making talent worthless for normal play.

Attracting shout, 182-218 dmg, pull knocks basic zombies so you can stomp if they low hp enough. Also dangerous since it breaks gas/caustic canisters. Enough stamina dmg to get screamer down. Not worth using.

Signature talents

Bonesaws last about 10 sec. Bonesaws have visual bug sometimes saying it does 18k dmg, so basically lies 10x dmg.

Slicing Bonesaw 1500 vs screamer, 2751 vs slobber, 1634 vs crusher. Basically you are stuck with this untill max level.

Shoving bonesaw 1271 dmg knocks stuff but very slow, you can barely kill 1 crusher, 14 sec duration.

Flaming bonesaw 10 sec, 1219 dmg. Ignite not worth losing apex dmg bonus.

Slamming bonesaw 12 sec, 363-508dmg, please dont use this, slow as f.

Charging bonesaw

4088dmg(dash strike) on main target, explosion around 1238dmg, swings 1-2k dmg depending on enemy.(bos)

Utility talents

Maintain momentum, block +30% dmg, After block 197 becomes 256 and perfect block 296. Slide attack does 815dmg.

First responder +250hp and 25% dmg reduction. You are stuck with this or maintain momemtum for long time.

Medstation 2.0 has 5 heals instead of regular 3, worthless.

Galvanize +50% to heal and duration. So freezing shout becomes 12sec instead of 8sec and healing kit heals 600 instead of 400.

Face to face +50% dmg, works with guns and throwing melee weapon does double dmg. Your best utility talent. Pair it with berserker kit or freezing shout and you are dps monster.

Vent jockey, throw 2 kits in 30degree angle. Shout seems to be double range as it says. People are bad at seeing heal so if you plan using 2 to chain buffs it can be worth it but too much hazzle for me.

Catharsis 100hp per kill.

Expedite, roughly, -33% cd, 13,3 sec cooldown instead of 20.

Soo either use berserker kit if not confident on hp or like fast weapons. Use freezing shout if you like to do charged heavy hits and easy weakspot aiming with hunting rifle or sporting rifle. Gun rng is rng so it does not really matter which one you use since stick cleaver(innate slaughter) is best melee weapon from vending machine and good for both playstyles.

Bozzy, the hunter.

Ability talents.

Knife have 15 sec cooldown and crackers 20 sec.

Hunting knife 2034 dmg headshot 2441. Stun can help headshotting butchers with rifle or heavy attack.

Serrated knife 2325 dmg and bleed dot. 2789 headshot. My favourite.

Noxious knife 2179 dmg, 2615 headshot +30%dmg debuff, 5 seconds? Decent option.

Dismembering knife, 1778 dmg, headshot 2092, cant seem to oneshot crusher legs or penetrate multiple zombies so dont see why people use it. Lot of people just pick highest level talent they can. Weakest knife imo.

Firecrackers 726 dmg and ignites.

Incapacitator 1220dmg and breaks leg if survives.

Flash cracker, 872 dmg, stun allows to do counter.

Thunder cracker same 872 dmg. Knock allows to stomp.

Signature talents, 8 second duration

Euphoria crossbow, 1 kill maybe +0,5sec? 1600-1800 dmg. Headshot 3112 dmg.

Sawblade crossbow, 889-1002dmg and bleed. Has maybe twice faster fire rate. If you got bad aim this is better but weak.

Multishot crossbow, shoot 5 bolts at once 690-870, headshot 1242 dmg per bolt, can hit multiple bolts on same enemy. Think it is close range shotgun vs apex or easy horde clear. Your highest dmg signature.

Shock crossbow, you get 3 shots, each shoot 9 shock bomblets. I see multiple dots between 100-500. Also seems to wet area since no water source near. I like it, easy cc to kill apex.

Pyrophoric crossbow 1271 dmg, ignites and small aoe. Explosions cant headshot?

Utility talents

Martial artists, slide 839/1007 dmg, perfect dodge gives only 15% dmg bonus on melee. 356dmg instead of 309. Amplified buff icon. Buff works on throwing knive, 2456dmg, +20% dmg

Watch of the dead +250hp and +22% dmg. Dmg bonus does not work on ability nor signature.

Uncanny resilience 30% dmg reduction when under half hp and +50% physical&impact dmg on enemies under half hp. Technically better than dead watch. Works on knife and signature.

Spicy meat-stick 2.0 doubles dmg. Best talent. For price of 4 trap parts tou can kill easily hordes, use 2 to kill butchers. Trap+ throwing knife basically deletes all your apex worries. Mutator is explosive resistant, only 2777 dmg on him so use as lure to have free dmg window to shoot. They have about 30k hp, jack the ribber atleast.

Parabellum, double dmg is ok but meat-stick is life.

Explosive strenght +50% knife dmg. 2034dmg becomes 3051. Cracker 726 becomes 1272 Soo +75% for crackers.

Cycle of violence, +20% dmg/ kill stack atleast seems to double dmg at 5 stacks. disappears in like 5 seconds, too hard to keep buff up to be worth it.

Unrelenting, -33% cd so you can throw knife every 10sec instead of 15 seconds or crackers every 13,3 seconds instead of 20.

Crackers are kimda weak for multiplayer even with dmg bonus. Just use bleed or noxious knife for max dmg and meat-stick 2.0 and whatever signature you like. Starter Hunting knife is best help vs butchers if you dont use meatstick as apex killer to help fishing those weakspot shots assuming you are bad at dodging.

If you hate meat-stick, use either watch of the dead for easy weapon dmg or uncanny resilience if you also want to boost your ability and signature dmg. Parabellum double dmg from behind is ok in groups, but in solo you might not have room to go behind.

Dez, The chemist

Gas last 10 seconds, cooldown 25 sec,

Bombs have 20 sec cooldown

Ability talents

Amplifying gas +53,6%dmg, 248 becomes 381

Laughing gas, 50%dmg reduction

Party gas +100% signature gain on kill, soo shambler gives 8% instead of 4%

Mutagen gas, you get about 40hp/tick while standing on caustic pool, so you can heal easily 400 hp. Just remember to leave before it ends.

Glue bomb 872dmg , runners have 918hp at lvl10 solo, so cant oneshot even if glued to head.

Inferno bomb, 363 dmg, enemies take 80 while standing on fire and dot does 109 dmg every 0,5 sec? Dont use range bonus talent, enemies get only half ignited from far away. Better use dmg bonus to ensure ignition.

Caustic bomb 545 dmg, inflicts dots faraway too, so good with range talent.

Reaction bomb 726 dmg. Electric slobber takes from caustic 35 and 50 dmg dot and after reaction 196 and 275 soo 5,5x or 5,6x dmg. Debuff lasts 10 sec.

Signature talents usually 3-9 shots depending which one you use. Sometimes there is this forced pause not allowing to shoot so you get 1-3 penalty. Not sure why. Dots last about 5 seconds. Generally electric and burn seem to be every 0,5 sec and rest are once per second if eyeballing.

Lightning grenade,9 shots, 826 dmg, 182 dot dmg.

Slurry grenade, 4 shots 547/654/872 proably distance from explosion affects dmg

Pheromone grenade 3 shots, enemies target each other but if you hurt they change aggro to you. 20sec gas duration. If something is preignited you can do gas explosion 3 times 1816dmg or 1 big explosion. Pair it it with gasoline trap or inferno bomb to preignite zombie.

Tensor grenade, 8 shots, 654 dmg and 915 if enemy is knocked to ground.

Freeze grenade, 8 shots, 726 dmg and freeze dot does 146 dmg.

Utility talents

Warrior scholar, one jump kick enough to ignite basic zombies. Perfect dodge heals 100hp. Slide attack 839dmg.

Fluoropolymer dip halves elemental dmg and gives 5 second elemental dmg immunity if gotten dot so you take zero dmg or 1 tick of dot if fast enough to go out of flames/electric/caustic spill. Without it you would take 200 burn dmg before getting ignited and take 40 dmg every 0,5 sec while standing on fire and 18 dmg from dot. Thats quickly 500 hp loss. Electric slobber can nuke 700hp in 1 second if wet.

Fluid sprayer 2.0 has 7 sprinklers, basic has 5.

2.0 spray duration 10 sec, caustic stays on ground for 20 sec. Basic has 8 second duration, same wideness and caustic stays 20 sec. (Oil self ignites, water does not self electrify)

Novel atomizer patent, roughly -33% cooldown, gas 25sec cooldown becomes 16,6 sec. Bombs have 13,3 instead of 20 sec.

Unleashed chemistry +50% duration(15sec instead of 10) and 872dmg becomes 1743 soo +100% dmg bomb dmg.

Applied chemistry +100% radius, seems about right visually.

Calculated clapback 3x dmg if hit would be natural crit and 30% dmg reduction. Stacks with laughing gas to 74-88%dmg reduction depending on enemy. With green lvl10 sledge hammer 248dmg, you can hit 2,9k revenge crits.

Kinetic energy 309 becomes 485 at 3 stacks soo 1 stack is roughly +19%dmg.

Generally tested vs walkers since they dont have weakness like shamblers to explosions or sharp weakness like runners. Soo dmg numbers might vary a lot depending on enemy. Like crusher are weak to bleed and butcher and slobbers resistant to blunt, screamers weak to blunt, mutators take half dmg from projectiles etc.

In solo things are easier, in group play lot of enemies have 2 or 3k hp and armored riot guys have like 5k hp making kill with caustic dmg objective annoying when some people use melee when they low.

Soo in short rav can be dps instead of healer tank. Bozzy is jack of all trades whatever he likes. Dez can be crit tank or elemental dmg specialist or semi reliable horde cleaner as melee.

If your random teammates somewhat know what to you can oneshot apex fast as rav but if they are bad you cant defend 3 doors. Rav with starter bo staff 170dmg to 570(quick attack) when frozen and face to face, so you can do 3,3x dmg which is huge bonus since it they work also on guns, meaning you can crit 19k headshots without high caliber on hunting rifle on crushers.

Bozzy as bait trapper is best with bad players, since you can make bait road if somebody dies on other side of house. And putting baits on high spots near house fence with razor wire means no zombie focus on door first and you wont even see butchers and screamers since they kill themselves and easy to kill runners before they climb to bait saving parts.

Dez is weakest with bad people, they can make your traps useless by activating wrong time and traps are not automatic so need more brains. And even if reaction bomb gives 5,5x elemental dmg you cant easily aggro and group apexes with bad players for signature nuke. Pheromone is my favourite since it gives most breathing room with bad players and decent aoe dmg with inferno and unleashed chemistry for better dmg thus better ignition. It is a bit unfair that her personal traps are not cheaper.

Soo rav with berserker kit or freezing shout, either slicing bonesaw or charging bonesaw and face to face for best dmg.

Bozzy with any knife but dismembering, shock xbow for easy cc or whatever you like for dmg and meat-stick 2.0 is idiot proof with bad players 4,7k on butcher is almost free kill. Had 3rd player afk on south side taking zero dmg because of meat-sticks and electric pools.

lmk

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