Speed Junkie

Speed Junkie
Class	Body Perk
Attribute	Body
Tier	Rookie (4)
Levels	1
Requires	Painkiller

Speed Junkie heals V while V is running. The regeneration rate rises sharply during a sprint, which turns the move between two pieces of cover into the moment the health bar refills. It is one of the Body tree's regeneration picks. Builds that keep moving through a fight get the most from it.

Effect

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The bonus is on while the sprint is on and off the moment it stops. In practice that means health comes back during the parts of a fight V spends crossing the room rather than the parts spent shooting.

It fits the way a heavy weapon build actually moves. Shotguns and machine guns want to be close, closing the distance is a sprint, and the sprint is now also the heal. The trickle it multiplies has to be unlocked separately.

How to Unlock Speed Junkie

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It sits behind the Rookie gate of the Body tree, so it is available almost immediately. Painkiller comes first, because combat regeneration is its effect and not this one's.

Perk Tree

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Speed Junkie is bought from Painkiller in the Body tree.

Name	Image	Tier	Effect
Painkiller		Rookie (4)	Unlocks slow Health Regen in combat.

Character Builds

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It suits a Body build that closes distance rather than holding ground, which is how a shotgun build has to play. Sprinting is already how that build crosses a room, so the regeneration is on during the part of the fight it is most needed.

Take it with the healing branch at the Rookie gate and pair it with Like A Feather higher in the tree, which removes the movement penalty a heavy gun carries. Without that perk a machine gun build rarely sprints at all and this one goes to waste.

Notes

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Sprinting costs stamina, and a build already spending stamina on heavy weapon fire has to choose where it goes.

Like A Feather removes the movement penalty heavy guns carry, which makes sprinting with one worth doing and this perk easier to keep active.

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