Close-Quarters Carnage

Close-Quarters Carnage
Class	Body Perk
Attribute	Body
Tier	Phenom (15)
Levels	1
Requires	Spontaneous Obliteration
Affects	Only affects Shotguns, LMGs and HMGs

Close-Quarters Carnage raises the chance that a shot at close range simply ends someone. It extends the Obliterate ability, which occasionally kills and dismembers a wounded enemy outright. It is a heavy weapon pick near the top of the Body tree. The nearer V stands, the more often it fires.

Effect

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Obliterate is a chance rather than a rule, and the chance already rises as an enemy's health falls. This perk adds to it, and the addition is tied to how close the target is standing.

The effect is on the weapons that are used at that distance anyway. A shotgun fired across a room gains nothing from the bonus and the same shotgun fired at arm's length gains all of it.

How to Unlock Close-Quarters Carnage

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It sits behind the Phenom gate of the Body tree. Spontaneous Obliteration must be fully bought first, since that is the perk which unlocks Obliterate.

Perk Tree

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Close-Quarters Carnage is bought from Spontaneous Obliteration in the Body tree.

Name	Image	Tier	Effect
Spontaneous Obliteration		Phenom (15)	+12.5% Crit Chance at low Stamina.

Character Builds

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The build is a shotgun Body build that fights at arm's length, because that is the only range at which this perk pays. A short barrelled shotgun or a heavy machine gun fired from the hip is the weapon.

Buy it once Spontaneous Obliteration is fully in place at the Phenom gate, and take Dread in the same visit. Obliterate ends wounded enemies and Dread softens the ones still standing, which is what lets a close range build clear a room rather than work through it.

Notes

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Dread, Rush Of Blood and Skullcracker come off the same pick, and each reads a different part of a close range fight.

Shotguns, light machine guns and heavy machine guns are what it applies to.

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