Army Of One
| Army Of One | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Body Perk |
| Attribute | Body |
| Tier | Rookie (4) |
| Levels | 1 |
| Requires | Painkiller |
Army Of One pays V for being surrounded. Every enemy standing nearby lifts the rate at which health comes back, so a fight in the middle of a room heals faster than a fight down a corridor. It is one of the health regeneration picks in the Body tree. The build it suits is the one that walks into the room rather than around it.
Effect
The bonus counts bodies, not damage. One enemy close by is a small lift and a squad close by is a large one, which means the perk is strongest at exactly the moment a careful build would be retreating.
It only has anything to work with because regeneration during combat has already been switched on. Army Of One scales that trickle rather than creating it, so on its own it would do nothing at all.
How to Unlock Army Of One
It sits behind the Rookie gate of the Body tree, so the earliest points V puts into Body reach it. Painkiller is bought first, since that is the perk which turns combat regeneration on.
Perk Tree
Army Of One is bought from Painkiller in the Body tree.
| Name | Image | Tier | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painkiller | 
|
Rookie (4) | Unlocks slow Health Regen in combat. |
Character Builds
It belongs to a close quarters Body build that pushes into rooms rather than holding doorways. A shotgun or a heavy machine gun puts V in the middle of a group by necessity, and this perk pays for being there.
Take it alongside the rest of the healing branch at the Rookie gate, since the three regeneration perks read different conditions and rarely overlap. The build then moves on to the heavy weapon branch for damage, and the health it is regenerating is what buys the time to use it.
Notes
It stacks with the other regeneration picks in the same branch. Comeback Kid reads missing health, Speed Junkie reads movement and Army Of One reads the room, so a build can take the branch whole and have the rate lifted in most situations.
Shotguns and blunt weapons both work at the range this perk wants, which is why the Body tree pairs them with a healing branch.
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