Combat Infiltrator Builds

[Nickadonis]

I was wondering what people like to build their infiltrators for the more down and dirty combat play and not with a stalker cloak. I play VS and use the NSX Tengu (NS wep) for the primary, Hunter QCX (NS wep) for the secondary, Recon Detection Device for the tool slot, Nano-Armor cloaking for the ability, Advance Shield Capacitor for the suit, EMP grenade for its slot, Auxiliary Shield for the utility slot, Lumine Edge (power knife) for the knife, and Symbiote and Bionics for the implants. What things do you guys use and do I use a bunch of hot garbage and need to swap things out?

[Pervy]

You can be a stalker knife only. But you are talking about a smg build?
Smg i would pick a good smg and Advance Shield Capacitor for the suit, while having the same implants as a heavy does. but with a hunter cloak and not a nano armor since then the cloak is very short.

[GammeDiamond]

Canis and Eridani are good optional SMG's to explore.

I do not have the intelligence or experience when it comes to the suit & implant builds, and take this with a grain of salt, but I feel like nano cloak, nanoweave 4, and a medic/resto kit are good combinations when it comes to using the legendary Joseph Joestar Technique (provided that they're not spraying and you're not running in a straight line).
Athletics is a nice implant to have for the deceleration, giving you a headstart in firing the weapon before the other person (especially when it comes to clientside abuse).

[Pervy]

Originally posted by GammeDiamond:

Canis and Eridani are good optional SMG's to explore.

I do not have the intelligence or experience when it comes to the suit & implant builds, and take this with a grain of salt, but I feel like nano cloak, nanoweave 4, and a medic/resto kit are good combinations when it comes to using the legendary Joseph Joestar Technique (provided that they're not spraying and you're not running in a straight line).
Athletics is a nice implant to have for the deceleration, giving you a headstart in firing the weapon before the other person (especially when it comes to clientside abuse).

I dont know if the nano cloaks passive stacks with nano weave but i dont think it does.
But when you are a cloaker i rather have alot of cloak and short recharge and 100 less shield.
then having 100 extra and almost no cloak time and a long recharge.
I like to bamboozled people or cover ground in a mode where i can't be spotted.
having 100 extra shield does prevent you from getting instagibed by a blackhand tho ^^

[Twoflower]

Nanoarmor cloak gives you the full 1000 hitpoints compared to the 900 of the other cloak types. For close quarters SMG playstyle, it's a great choice for infiltrators. I also approve of the recon detection device rather than motion darts because it really gives you an advantage in getting the jump on people round corners and in close quarters fights in buildings.

Mines / Auxiliary shield / Health kits is your choice. You have to consider whether you would prefer health kits and a free implant slot, or use regen/bionics implant and have a free utility slot for mines or aux.

I'm an infil main and my favourite build for years has been SMG, Explosive crossbow (for MAX and vehicle damage), recon device, nanoarmor cloak, EMP bandolier, Mines, Regen implant and Catlike 5.
Recently, though, I've swapped out mines for health kits and regen for sidewinder 4. Time for crab.

If you like the Tengu, then good for you. Unfortunately I think the Vanu have the worst selection of SMGs. Their own ones - Eridani, Sirius and Canis - all sacrifice DPS for ease of hitting targets. With the NS SMGs as the only alternative, which themselves sacrifice DPS for ease of hitting targets, there's not much functional difference between the choices. NC and TR get the Cyclone and Armistice which have insanely high DPS by comparison.

[Pervy]

The nano cloak is good for a powerknife build.