Post your super-duper meta OP build here...

[Cress]

... and why you think this is the best.

I have been playing with a lot of negative traits recently once I understood how little impact they actually have on gameplay (or ones that can be easily circumvented).

I also just recently discovered how incredibly awesome Lucky is, will never take a character without it again.

Please share your knowledge :)

[jerrypocalypse]

I don't have a full build, but supposedly, Conspicuous doesn't do much for zombie detection so could be free points. And water is so easy to come by that High Thirst seems pretty OP, especially after the initial spawn once you have a bottle or two.

I have a hard time dropping Dexterous. The transfer times, especially between a bag and a container is so good. Same with Outdoorsman. Virtually never worrying about a cold when outside in rain and what not is great.

[Azeth_s]

Gonna start with an interesting build to the table; fitness instructor, athletic and strong, organized, and keen hearing.

Sure, he's gotta be a smoker, a restless sleeper (wakeful helps reduce issues), and thin-skinned, as well as a couple of other negative traits, but by god it absolutely makes a beast of a character. 10 fitness and 9 strength off the bat, which makes running from zombies that aren't sprinters a breeze (did I mention the 2 free levels of sprinting?), and fighting not even that awful.

More of a glass cannon-esque build though, since any injury is gonna hurt hard. But hey, at least Underweight actually does nothing in terms of impact fitness since it actually goes over 10 because of the perk. Can eat it away in a week.

I enjoy it, it might not be OP and someone with dozens a dozens more hours than me probably could crack it full of flaws, but hey, I like it and it doesn't seem all that bad if a kitchen pan is somehow a weapon of war now.

EDIT: Oh, right, he's also not got any real XP modifier bonuses. That'll hurt. But at least you'll run fast enough to not care about any spooky bity bois.

[Comrade Pickles]

Originally posted by Azeth Reed:

Gonna start with an interesting build to the table; fitness instructor, athletic and strong, organized, and keen hearing.

Sure, he's gotta be a smoker, a restless sleeper (wakeful helps reduce issues), and thin-skinned, as well as a couple of other negative traits, but by god it absolutely makes a beast of a character. 10 fitness and 9 strength off the bat, which makes running from zombies that aren't sprinters a breeze (did I mention the 2 free levels of sprinting?), and fighting not even that awful.

More of a glass cannon-esque build though, since any injury is gonna hurt hard. But hey, at least Underweight actually does nothing in terms of impact fitness since it actually goes over 10 because of the perk. Can eat it away in a week.

I enjoy it, it might not be OP and someone with dozens a dozens more hours than me probably could crack it full of flaws, but hey, I like it and it doesn't seem all that bad if a kitchen pan is somehow a weapon of war now.

EDIT: Oh, right, he's also not got any real XP modifier bonuses. That'll hurt. But at least you'll run fast enough to not care about any spooky bity bois.

I did this too but I noticed (could be wrong) athletic is a waste of points because with fitness instructor simply taking "fit" will max out your fitness. Again I don't know what I'm talking about but this is almost exactly what I use except I stack more negatives to get things like dexterous organized outdoorsman etc.

[Andros]

I feel like your skill at the game is all that matters

[Dark Thoughts]

Burgerflipper:
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https://i.imgur.com/R0RyAaX.png

The three -2 traits are a bit more flexible, the others are a must have imo. The negative traits are all easy to handle / free points.

Originally posted by Andros:

I feel like your skill at the game is all that matters

That's absolutely not true. Traits affect the difficulty by a lot.