Commando (Killing Floor 2)

Killing Floor 2 perk
Commando
General Information
XP Objectives
• Dealing Commando weapon damage.
• Killing Stalkers with Commando weapons.
Starting Loadout
AR-15 Varmint Rifle			9mm Pistol
KF-BAR			HE Grenade
Perk Information
Role
• Medium range.
• Front line position.
• Reveal Stalkers.
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Strength
• Lots of ammo.
• High rate of fire and moderate damage.
• Effective agains small ZEDs.
• High grenade damage.
• ZED Time extensions.
Weakness
• Has a hard time against larger ZEDs.
• Has to reload quite often.
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Target Priority
					HIGH
					MEDIUM
					LOW
SURVIVALIST EFFECTIVENESS AGAINST ZEDS IS DETERMINED BY THEIR SKILL AND WEAPON CHOICES
Technical Information
Related Achievements
Reach Level 5 Commando Reach Level 10 Commando Reach Level 15 Commando Reach Level 20 Commando Reach Level 25 Commando Normal Commando Hard Commando Suicidal Commando Hellish Commando Perked Up Mr. Perky 5 Mr. Perky 10 Mr. Perky 15 Mr. Perky 20 Mr. Perky 25
Console Achievements / Trophies
Mr Perky 5 Mr Perky 10 Mr Perky 15 Mr Perky 20 Mr Perky 25 Platinum

The Commando is the spotter that points out high-value targets for precise elimination; the base of fire that suppresses the horde with a never-ending flurry of lead; the standard bearer that rallies and inspires the rest of the squad behind them.

All Commandos specialize in assault rifles, but their skill choices and choice of weapons allow them to choose between being a walking arsenal who carries as much ammo as they do blood in their body, or a tactician who carries certain guns that give them immense flexibility on the battlefield.

They are the extreme end of the Commando - Gunslinger - Sharpshooter continuum, preferring overwhelming firepower over precision.

General Information

Assault rifles are powerful enough to handle weaker ZEDs with minimal effort, and medium ZEDs with only some effort. Most assault rifles have a decent magazine size of 30, and will increase even further with some skills. In contrast, assault rifles will not be able to hold their own against large ZEDs, forcing you to either gun them down with help or to run away and find a better position to fight in.

Know how to manage both crowds and ammo; you may run out of ammo when you least expect it, leaving you defenseless against a very angry horde. Most assault rifles can decapitate most lesser ZEDs in one shot, so practice firing in slow, controlled bursts to minimize recoil and to save ammo; reload when there's a moment so you can re-enter in top shape.

You are a jack-of-all-trades, as are your assault rifles and HE Grenades. You do not fit into any specific role, but rather you're everywhere at once: crowd control, heavy hitter, even medic with the right guns. Your flexibility is your greatest strength, but also your greatest weakness. Know what role you want to fulfill before heading out there.

You have the unique ability to point out cloaked ZEDs, particularly Stalkers, and to point out the health of damaged ZEDs. Not only are you a direct counter to one of the most dangerous specimen, but you can point out weakened enemies and focus fire on them if you have the opportunity to.

As you level up, you gain more opportunities to "reset" ZED time as they kill more enemies in it.

Weapon List

200	4	AR-15 Varmint Rifle
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500	3	Sentinel (DLC)
650	5	SA80 L85A2 Bullpup
1100	6	Kalashnikov AK-12
1100	7	Mkb.42(H) Carbine Rifle
1200	6	FAMAS Masterkey (DLC)
1500	6	SCAR-H Assault Rifle
1500	9	Stoner 63A LMG
2000	10	Minigun (DLC)
2000	9	MG3 Shredder (DLC)
650	6	Tommy Gun
1200	6	M16 M203 Assault Rifle
1500	7	HMTech-401 Assault Rifle
1500	8	FN FAL ACOG
2000	8	HMTech-501 Grenade Rifle
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---	---	KF-BAR
40	---	HE Grenade
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Bonus Experience

Commandos receive bonus XP for killing Stalkers with on-perk weapons and also for assisting in Stalker kills by revealing them with the Call Out passive skill.

	Normal	Hard	Suicidal	Hell on Earth
Bonus Experience	3	5	6	9

Perk Bonuses

This table represents the passive stat bonuses the Commando receives.

Perk Weapon Damage	max. 25%
( Perk weapon damage increases 1% per level. )
Cloaked Enemy & Health Bar Detection	max. 60m
( Range of 10m plus 2m per level. )
Zed Time Refreshes	max. 6 times
( Amount of ZED Time resets increased by 1 for every 5 levels. )
Reload Speed	max. 10%
( Perk weapon reload speed increases 2% every 5 levels. )
Recoil Reduction	max. 50%
( Decrease recoil 2% per level. )
+Call Out Cloaked ZEDs
( Allow teammates to see cloaked units. )
+Night Vision capability
( Night Vision Goggles for better vision in dark areas. )

Perk Skills

This table represents the active abilities the Commando has access to. You have the option of choosing one per tier.

Ammo Management
Tactical Reload		5	High Capacity Mags
Increase reload speed with perk weapons.				Increase magazine capacity of perk weapons 50%.
Tactics
Fallback		10	Impact Rounds
Increase damage with your 9mm pistol / hrg 93r and knife 85%, and increase weapon switching speed 50%.				Increase stumble power for perk weapons 150%.
Survival
Tenacious		15	Prepared
Increase total Health and Armor 25%.				Carry up to 20% more ammo for each perk weapon.
Weapon Specialist
Hollow Point Rounds		20	Eat Lead
Increase damage of perk weapons 30%.				Increase magazine capacity of perk weapons 100%.
Advanced Training
ZED TIME - Tactician		25	ZED TIME - Machine Gunner
During ZED Time, you reload perk weapons at full speed and switch perk weapons twice as fast.				During ZED Time, you do 3% more damage with perk weapons and shoot 3x faster with all guns.

Actual Stats

Eat Lead (extra mag ammo, of base value)	100%
Fallback (extra damage, 9mm(s) / hrg 93r(s) / knife)	85%
Fallback (weapon switch time, diminution)	-50%
High Capacity Mags (extra mag ammo, of base value)	50%
Hollow Point Rounds (extra damage)	30%
Impact Rounds (stumble power multiplier)	x2.5
Machine Gunner (extra damage)	3%
Machine Gunner (resistance to slow-mo, on firing)	50%
Prepared (extra maximum spare ammo)	20%
Tactical Reload (faster reloading)	yes
Tactician (resistance to slow-mo, on swap, adds)	+30%
Tactician (weapon reloads resistant to slow-mo)	yes
Tenacious (HP and armor amount multiplier)	x1.25

Perk Notes

• Damage modification (passive + skills): Passive bonus and Machine Gunner skill affect on-perk weapons (including Knife AND 9mm Pistol(s) / HRG 93R(s)) or on-perk damage types. Fallback skill affect damage of the 9mm Pistol(s) / HRG 93R Pistol(s) and all knives. Hollow Point Rounds skill affect on-perk weapons (including Knife, excluding 9mm Pistol(s) / HRG 93R(s)). Damage ROUNDED UP.
• Passive (Nightvision): Nightvision drains battery as fast as flashlight.
• Passive (Reload speed): Bonus works only with on-perk weapons.
• Passive (Reveal cloaked ZEDs): Technically the whole process of revealing cloaked ZEDs is focused around each of these ZEDs individually, not around Commando. Having line of sights is important for exposing cloaked ZEDs - if ZED is being rendered (viewed by) for Commando it will be visible to other players, otherwise it will be not even if that ZED is within Commando's reveal range and / or viewed by the other players but not by Commando themself. After breaking LOS the cloaked ZED will be visible for at least 2 seconds.
• Passive (ZED Time extension): ZED Time cannot be extended by certain amount of time but instead it resets back to 3 seconds.
• Skill (Eat Lead, High Capacity Mags): Skills do not increase magazine size of the Sentinel drone.
• Skill (Fallback): Extra damage affect all knives and 9mm Pistol(s) / 93R(s). Weapon swap speed bonus affect equip and putdown times of all weapons making it happen 2 times faster. Extra damage example: 9mm Pistol (25 points of damage) with Fallback skill does Roundup (25 + 25x0.85) = 47 points of damage. When it comes to calculation of knife damage, this skill DOES work along the passive damage bonus and Hollow Point Rounds skill. Skill as well affects bash damage of the 9mm Pistol(s) / 93R(s).
• Skill (Impact Rounds): Skill works only with on-perk weapons.
• Skill (Tactician): Skill adds +30% resistance to slow-mo to weapons on top of the base 35% resistance value. This makes weapon swapping ((1 - 0.2) x (0.35 + 0.3)) / ((1 - 0.2) x 0.3) = ~2.17 times faster.

On-perk Weapons

Following weapons and damage types are associated with the Commando. They are getting damage bonuses and buffs to their attributes from the respective skills:

Weapons	Damage Types
AssaultRifle_AK12	Ballistic_AK12
AssaultRifle_AR15	Ballistic_AR15
AssaultRifle_Bullpup	Ballistic_Assault_Medic
AssaultRifle_FAMAS	Ballistic_AutoTurret, Explosive_AutoTurret
AssaultRifle_FNFal	Ballistic_Bullpup
AssaultRifle_M16M203	Ballistic_FAMAS_Rifle
AssaultRifle_Medic	Ballistic_FNFal
AssaultRifle_MedicRifleGrenadeLauncher	Ballistic_M16M203
AssaultRifle_MKB42	Ballistic_MedicRifleGrenadeLauncher
AssaultRifle_SCAR	Ballistic_MG3, Ballistic_MG3_Alt
AssaultRifle_Thompson	Ballistic_Minigun
AutoTurret	Ballistic_MKB42
HEGrenade	Ballistic_SCAR
Knife_Commando	Ballistic_Stoner63A
LMG_MG3	Ballistic_Thompson
LMG_Stoner63A
Minigun

Strategy

The Commando is a viable squad member that greatly increases overall awareness of cloaked ZEDs and also provides ZED Time extensions.

Conserve your ammo: at early waves use the advantage of the Fallback skill to one-shot small ZEDs and save yourself some rifle ammo.

Stay close to your team: keep in mind that you reveal cloaked ZEDs within a limited range - straying too far away from your team will not allow them to see the sneaky Stalkers. You also need to be facing in the direction from where the stalkers are approaching. If you have your back to them, they will not be revealed by the perk ability.

Although it is recommended for the Commando to focus on killing small ZEDs, the skilled Commando can also take down Scrakes. Before engaging make sure you have both of your rifles reloaded. Use the advantage of Fallback to switch between them faster or utilize the extra stumble power of Impact Rounds to create extra space between you and the Scrake. You can even use the Stoner 63A LMG to stumble lock the Scrake! But regardless of tools of disposal don't forget the most important thing - aim to the head.

Taking on a Fleshpound is risky but not impossible, your best choice for this task would be FN FAL ACOG given that it has high damage and rate of fire, but most importantly different type of the damage which Fleshpounds are less resistant to - "ballistic rifle" opposite to "ballistic assault rifle". Also, remember to lob your grenades at Fleshpounds when taking them down alongside other perks like Supports, Demolitions or Firebugs. They are vulnerable to their explosive damage.

The HMTech-401 Assault Rifle has its niche in the arsenal of every Commando. While it does slightly less damage than the AK-12, it lets you heal your teammates.

The M16 Assault Rifle is quite efficient in the hands of a Commando. It gets all the damage bonuses the Commando has, and not just for bullets but also to grenades which Fleshpounds are vulnerable to. Give it a shot!

Trivia

• According to the character's favourite weapon lines, Donovan Neal and Lt. Bill Masterson are the Commandos of the team.