Table of Contents
Class
Weapons
Uncanny Strike
Hitting an enemy's weakspot applies 8 stacks of 2.5% Brittleness. Duration 5 seconds. 16 max stacks.
Riposte
+20% Critical Chance for 6s on successful Dodge.
Hand-Cannon
+60% Rending on Critical Hit.
Sustained Fire
+20% Damage on Second, Third and Fourth shots in a Salvo.
Curios
+1-3 Max Stamina
+1-3 Max Stamina
+1-3 Max Stamina
Talent Tree
Description
Rat Zealot specifically and exclusively designed for running around the map in Expeditions to pick up scrap.
Combat Blade is essential for mobility, talent points are extremely flexible, Revolver Ive noticed is just one of my favourite guns after running this build.
Build can outrun 90% of enemies found in Expeditions including Ragers and Maulers, so just hold W with toggle sprint turned on go crazy. Hit invis if targeted by gunners or Hounds and Trappers if you cannot comfortably get an angle to shoot them first, the whole idea is to break off solo, so lock in, play safe, and don't get yourself killed or disabled by specials.
Radar-like mods optional depending on your moral position on modding that borders closer to something a bit cheat-y-er, but would undeniably make the grind faster.
Full squad of Rat Zealots running Gridpoint Delta (+2 extra Scavenge Zones) would make the grind most efficient, but honestly Ive been running pub lobbies to multifarm any Expedition penance (scrap, POI completion, and Remnants) and it hasnt taken me long to get.
Invis backstab with Combat Blade should comfortably 1-shot most things up to Crushers/Reapers, significantly chunk away boss health.
EXTRA NOTES:
Packmaster is capable of seeing players through invis and will not reliably de-aggro, I didnt know this when I started using Rat Zealot a lot more and thought it was unintended.
Spam throw the blitz to re-buy ammo per stage, a lot faster than shooting and reloading the Revolver.