Best 5th skill for Blood Plague Survivor?

[Rewand]

The leader in my current community is a blood plague survivor. I'm planning on finishing my legacy and starting a long term community on lethal and bringing her along. What's the best 5th skill for her considering I'm in for the long haul?

[OldGamer]

I think everyone is a blood plague survivor.

Also it depends what you need.

I always do a computer expert as I can't find those textbooks or survivors anywhere. So the two I have now are the ones that will continue each campaign/map,

But I am also trying to complete all different leader types to get the boons for the legacy.

I would also hover over their standing in the community section of the menu and see what "hero" status they have.

The best ones are the 25% eat less food hero perk. Makes surviving so much easier out there on harder difficulties (I am only on dread though).

But yeah, overall look at their character sheet more than their 5th skill as you can always use a consumable to recycle your 5th skill.

[Rewand]

From my research I don't think that's quite right - you can't "redo" your 5th skill and you're stuck with whatever you choose. Also when I said "Blood plague survivor" I meant my character has this trait which makes her immune to getting blood plague from the red eyed zombies, plague hearts, bloaters etc.

[JackChan]

cant wait to see more views of different people, btw my personal fav is cooking in lethal :)

[Spookysam27]

Wouldn't it make sense to add Pathology as the 5th skill for 'blood plague survivor'

I have a member who is 'Meal Plan' so I added 'Fishing' as a 5th skill, food perks all round being the idea.

[Protectron]

1st pick: Pathology, Pharmacology, Automechanics, Programming, Nutrition, Agriculture

2nd pick: Munitions*, Electronics*, Plumbing

3rd pick: Metalwork, Cuisine

*Given the usefulness of C4, especially on lower difficulties, maybe replace Programming for these two.


But to me it is different, because I start with 3 Quirk skills:

Lichenology, Scrum Certification, Hygiene.

Then I know I will go to 12 survivors, so the next six will be the following: Pathology, Pharmacology, Automechanics, Programming, Nutrition, *blank. Then I hope that the Soldier/alcoholics trio will give me Chemistry and two empty 5th skills. If so, the three open 5th skill slots will be Sleep Psychology, Metalwork and Plumbing. If I already have a +2 beds Hero Bonus, Sleep Psychology can be swapped for Electronics I guess.

So yes, I can manage fine with the Lichenologist, as having an Agriculture expert only means +2,5 Food per day compared to Gardening, so he/she basically just pays for him/herself.


Short answer to the OP: there is no "best" 5th skill. It depends entirely on what you are going to produce, and on what you already have in your community.

[Sc0rpiTr0n]

You can't go wrong with Automechanics or Electronics.

I also like Soundproofing a lot but I would not recommend it to everyone,
especially with future changes to noise/siege system.

And you can't retrain fifth skill so choose wisely :-)

[Didaibr]

Mystery Shopper/Secret Shopper (increase search by 50% and 25+ parts per day) or Driving because its a survivor you should use to explore and not leave in or base!

do not choose something like mechanic, craft, fishing or skills that dont give a bonus for you to go out...

well at least IMO!

[Serious]

I won't say there is one best 5th skill, it's always depending on difficulty, map, luck, loot.
If i have to choose some for lethal i would say gardening is one of the most importants as well as Automechanics and computer/electronics.

[Doctor Darling]

Agriculture is a must, if you don't want to starve to death on higher difficulties.