Headhunter (Skill)

Headhunter (Skill)
Class	Skill
Attribute	Cool
Perks	Cool Perks

Headhunter is the skill that rises with the Cool attribute. It levels from the quiet and precise work Cool is built around, and it hands over a reward at every fifth level. The rewards cover all three of the attribute's branches, from staying unseen to steadying a rifle to throwing a blade. A stealth or marksman build levels it steadily.

How It Levels

The skill climbs from the fighting Cool improves. Kills with pistols, revolvers, precision rifles, sniper rifles and thrown weapons all feed it, as does attacking while undetected and performing takedowns.

That makes it the skill of the patient approach. A build that opens every fight from a distance, or ends it before it starts, will see this one rise faster than anything else it carries.

What It Gives

The early rewards are about being seen and about where a shot lands. Visibility to enemies falls, headshot damage and damage against vulnerabilities both rise, a perk point arrives, and weapon sway disappears entirely while crouched.

The middle rewards serve the stealth and throwing branches. Optical camo stays active while V is grappling an enemy, throw recovery is much faster, and crouched walking and sprinting both speed up considerably.

The late rewards cover the moment a stealth run ends. The damage bonuses that only apply while undetected now persist for a few seconds after combat begins, and optical camo charge comes back for a kill made while unseen, during Focus, during Deadeye or with a thrown weapon.

Perks

The Cool tree is where the points go. The stealth branch, the marksman branch and the throwable branch all level this skill, which is fortunate, because the tree is wide enough that most builds take two of the three.

The last reward names Focus and Deadeye directly, which ties the skill to the marksman branch even for a build that spent its points on stealth.

Headhunter Rewards

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Every Headhunter level that hands something over is listed below.

Level	Reward
5	Decreases Visibility to Enemies by 10%
10	10% Headshot Damage and 10% Damage against Vulnerabilities
15	+1 Perk Point
20	No weapon sway when crouched.
25	Decreases Visibility to Enemies by 10%
30	15% Headshot Damage and 15% Damage against Vulnerabilities
35	+1 Perk point
40	Optical Camo is active while grappling enemies.
45	Decreases recovery time after a throw by 30%.
50	30% faster when crouch-walking and crouch-sprinting.
55	Damage bonuses from being undetected outside of combat persist for 3 Seconds after entering combat.
60	15% Optical Camo Charge when neutralizing an enemy in one of the following ways: While undetected. During Focus mode. During Deadeye mode. With a thrown weapon.

Notes

No weapon sway while crouched is the reward most often felt. It turns a sniper rifle from something that has to be settled into something that can be fired the moment the crosshair is on a head.

All Skills

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Every skill is listed below, with the attribute it rises with and the perks that attribute opens.

Name	Image	Attribute	Perks
Solo		Body	Body Perks
Shinobi		Reflexes	Reflexes Perks
Engineer		Technical Ability	Technical Ability Perks
Netrunner		Intelligence	Intelligence Perks
Headhunter		Cool	Cool Perks