My Favorite Build41 Char Build: The Fat Cat Burglar

[nuzero1]

So I just started playing PZ with build 41 beta after having not played at all since the earliest releases. I found it very hard to survive at first until I learned some tips and read some posts and browsed the wiki. But this post is about builds:

Pro:
Burglar
Gymnast
Inconspicuous
Wakeful

Con:
Smoker
Weak Stomach
All Thumbs
OPTION 1: Obese or Very Underweight
OPTION 2: (Or alternatively Over/UnderWeight with added Disorganized)

I like this build because it boosts all aspects of Burglar's initial bonuses, while being fixable by weight problem elimination. I like to play the game on apoc as a stealthy survivor. You really only need the "Barricade" a house with sheets over the windows/Doors, as you become nearly silent for all indoor activities, thus being able to bail out from one safehouse to the next whenever things get hairy, and always having a place to catch your breath. You eventually get good enough at sneaking at night that I would reccomend (after the tv shows have stopped) to become fully nocturnal for scavenging. One of your real early challenges is getting carpentry to 4 for raincollectors before the water shuts off and losing/gaining weight.

Since you end up with experience bonuses to fitness, strength, lightfoot, and nimble, you really have a good platform to become a lategame zombie killing badass, even on the highest difficulties.

One of the tactical strategies I would advise when being sneaky sneaky is to understand that sneaking helps immensely to lose the trail of a chasing zombie horde. This means that using a firearm as a distraction (or the safer alarm clocks and timers) to redirect zombies away from your loot target is totally viable. All you need to do is put some distance between you and the horde, break line of sight by stealth running a little, then double back and sneak to wherever. You can often get by the non-chasing zombies ahead of you by walking in the open in the streets, and killing whatever lone stragglers are very persistent. Having spears on hand is a good thing to have as well.

Your primary killing method is pushing single zombies over and wither stomping, or, only if pressed for seconds of time, spearing a downed zombie. All other combat, 2 on 1 or more should be absolutely avoided by breaking line of sight.

Please critique me. Thanks for reading.