How to play very hard difficilty?

[Disco Battle]

I can complete hard heists perfectly fine but I always get shat on by cloakers and bulldozers, etc (nevermind how to defend myself for now) are there any skills and weapons that are vital at this difficulty?

[GunsForBucks]

Tabula Rasa ... so no, not really

[Disco Battle]

Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

Tabula Rasa ... so no, not really

???

[GunsForBucks]

Originally posted by Abstract:

Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

Tabula Rasa ... so no, not really

???

It is an achievement for doing Hox Breakout with no skills and certain weapons that are not super or anything.. in a suit.... On Overkill difficulty

I just did it on an alt account with the base game and no DMR kit <dlc required>

If you are having problems on VH then you should probably work on taking cover, turn down/off your music so you can hear the cloakers. Stay with team/bots so they can cover and get you up.

[Ghostbear]

not really that vital but movement and damage breakpoints are useful, The Silent Killer is very useful on Rifles & Shotguns. Although if your playing on V Hard a DMR is all that is needed.

[💗Vaultinspector Butterbrezel]

on very hard everything is good. dmr kit is overkill for vh.

kill dozer: shoot in the face.
cloaker: what gunsforbucks sad about sound options so you can detect them and shoot the head.

[The Least Interesting Chibi...]

Electric Brass Knuckles, Tazer or Shurikens. Basically any stun DoT (not ECM jammer) will interrupt their kick, allowing for any easy kill.

As for VH tips, use armor, the bigger the better. Until you master that I wouldn't consider a dodge build. I would also recommend Joker for the convert ability. And probably the Relentless subtree if you are going down a bunch times. Body Expertise is also pretty good if you are panic firing and not really aiming for the head. Or Shotguns. Shotguns are probably the best weapons on the lower difficulties from just how they work.

[Hassat Hunter]

Cloakers: Aim for the head (or body expertise)
Bulldozers: Also aim for their head.

There's a reason why accurate weapons pawn automatic weapons even aside from the damage differences (and the counter to that keeps getting nerfed)

[GunsForBucks]

Use a Loco shotgun ... shouldn't even need any skills invested in it.

[Roloca]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOYjNr97wkw

This looks quite useful. I'm sure it can get you through VH

[Mahasamatman]

Play and you will progress. You get more skills, perks, weapons, etc

[Natalia.]

Probably a noob tips but that's what makes me survives (at least) . Invest some continental coins for crew skills that regen your health (If u haven't already) . And The Judge with HE removes dozer's faceplate/bodyplate easily (around 2-3 shots) .

[spunky]

you get gud

[Sky Flare]

I checked your build on pd2stats. It's all over the place.
You might want to try this one. Maybe a better player than me will further improve it, but it's the best I could come up with given your level.

http://pd2skills.com/#/v3/eaCEFGHikLNpr:gjl:pM8::w27:s49:a7

Make sure to also check the perk deck and primary and secondary tab to see which weapons should you use. I would also tell you which mods to use, but I don't know which ones you have and I'm fairly certain you can get away with an unmodded weapon on very hard.