Anna the Sharpshooter

[Geffalrus]

Curious. I'd assume based on her description that she'd be a precision fighter, which her skills do reflect. However, she doesn't want to take the bolt action rifles I have in my supply and instead only uses SMGs. Why is that?

[el bakito]

She uses snipe-like skills that can be bought for XP more than from weapons. Her sniping rifle is similar to Marian's flamethower - is used more for animations than to stat calculations. This also means her only skill that she uses the sniping rifle for - Snipe - won't have it's accuracy calculated by weapon of choice and can be increased only by spending XP on accuracy boosts. The best strategy I can give is to max the accuracy and find a better SMG, where Thompson is probably the best thanks to it's damage, then buy her SMG skill and use it to damage enemies after you're done with the sniping. Whatever you do though, don't use the starting SMG, Błyskawica. It is really weak and should be replaced really quickly for Anna to be effective.

[Geffalrus]

Thanks! That's a good clarification. I'm saving up points for the decoy skills, but I'll make sure to put some XP into the accuracy ones too. I have a PPSH that the Uhlan sword dude is using, but I can switch that around. Sword dude mostly exists to apply bleed effects anyway.

Here snipe skill is pretty awesome. Very useful when facing Frontline enemies. And now that I have Jadwiga skilled up so that she doubles stamina regeneration each turn, it's easier to use it multiple times.

Overall the game is fun, if a little stressful. My very first mission I immediately interacted with an event on the map, it was an artillery strike, and I lost the Home Army soldier dude you start with. And also Jadwiga's love interest? A bit depressing. War is hell.

[el bakito]

A quick tip about Uhlan, you can take Grim Courage skill which increases the damage next attack will deal by 10% for each enemy that will attack until he will do, which resets when you will attack. The best thing about this bonus is that it stack infinitly, meaning you can one-hit kill enemies if you will wait long enough with an attack. I don't know if sword attacks also reset the counter, but they might not, so that will be just perfect to use them, build up the Grim Courage buff, then go with an AoE attack that will demolish two enemies to the ground if it hits (that's why the accuracy is the most important stat in the game in my opinion).

[Geffalrus]

Oooooooo that sounds very interesting. I used my initial XP to get him some HP and the sword skill that applies bleed to multiple enemies. I'll check out that skill next. There's a lot I need to learn about the various combat mechanics.

[Vathek1]

Late to the party, but a couple other tips:
- Anna's Snipe skill isn't that great: it can miss and the most dangerous/annoying enemies you face (Gestapo Officers, Dirlewanger Troopers, AT Soldiers, both types of SS, Marksmen, Flamenwerfer Troopers) are not "frontline" or "snipeable." It still is useful for quickly thinning the ranks, but have a backup plan in case she misses.
- Positioning matters significantly: certain enemies can only attack in certain positions. AT Soldiers, enemy Officers, Flame Bois, and Marksmen/Snipers will never attack in the front row (they will waste a turn repositioning). Dogs and Dirlewanger Troopers will never attack from the 4th rank. Push and Pull melee skills are extremely helpful for your party's survival
- Push works independent of obstacles (you can shove enemies back straight through cover). Pull does not; trying to pull an enemy through a lane with an obstacle will often see that enemy stuck on the obstacle.
- Best party comp is Jadwiga + 2 other damage dealers + 1 volunteer with "Ploy".
- Most characters have at least one "must have" skill before you begin developing their stats (accuracy, etc.) Karol is an exception--none of his perks are particularly spectacular
- Don't interact with events on the map outside of missions... or do so at your own risk. If you get a bad event (artillery strike or sniper in the warehouse) and don't want to deal with the consequences, exit the game to the main menu before choosing any of the options. Your game autosaves before choosing any of the (equally bad) options.

[Geffalrus]

Jadwiga is awesome. Personally, I'm a fan of her skills that increase Stamina regen by 1 to adjacent, and her skill that heals adjacent when they're targeted by enemies. Really helps keep everyone healthy and allows for continued use of 2 stamina cost skills.

Konstanty is my other favorite. Per the previous suggestion, I lean on Grim Resolve a lot more. I pair it with Showdown and Rout Out since they both have high base accuracy, allowing me to obliterate single targets once I've built up enough charges. While building charges, I just use Hack to apply bleed to close targets since Hack (and Blade Rush) don't count as attacks and don't reset the Grim Resolve timer.

[unban pls]

very interesting