Nightmare Deck: Overpowered (Offline Mode), Powerful (Online Mode)

[Clive Hawkins]

Warning: The following deck is completely overpowered and broken. I only saw Trauma Damage once during two full runs of Nightmare. If you are playing Offline Mode I recommend restarting the first level of an Act over and over until Mom and Sharice are in the party. +25% Bolstered Health and 20% Slower Temp Health Decay as well as free armor spawns.

I obtained Evangelo and Mom ZWAT with my friends before they got bored of the game pre-expansion 1. However, I still wanted Karlee ZWAT and the new Sharice ZWAT which is releasing soon according to Trello. The following is the deck I used after Expansion 2's release to beat Single Player with Karlee and Multiplayer with Sharice on Nightmare.

Deck
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1. Expired T5
2. Pyro

Kills with Fire give 3 Temp Health. Expired T5 deals AoE fire damage. In exchange for 50 Rifle Ammo you can kill an entire field / horde of ridden and gain 30-80 Temp Health in return. Hordes are now a joke.

3. Fire in the Hole
4. Offensive Scavenger

Throwing an offensive accessory gives 20 Temp Health. Offensive scavenger spawns more offensives and shows you their hidden locations. Throw every offensive item you can find as soon as you find it (even if there's no enemies around) for 100-300 Temp Health per level. All of those useless Firecrackers / Smoke Bombs / and Bait Jars now drastically increase your Temp Health. As a bonus perk your Expired T5 now deals double the fire damage and well placed Molotovs are now Temp Health machines. Note: You still want to manually carry Flashbangs for boss levels and Pipe Bombs for Gauntlet levels. Just make sure to keep picking them back up after throwing everything else you find on the ground. Tip: Pipe Bombs can destroy mine shafts.

5. Buckshot Bruiser
6. Ammo Belt

Shooting enemies with a Shotgun gives Temp Health. Use an AA12 against specials and bosses while holding down the fire button using a compensator barrel attachment. Your Temp Health bar will max out in a few reloads. I also recommend using a Tec 9 or M1911 for commons to save on shotgun ammo. Commons only give you 0.25-0.50 Temp Health per kill whereas Specials and Bosses give you 3-4 Temp Health per shot. Ammo Belt is to hold 50% more Shotgun Ammo as well as 50% more Assault Rifle ammo for more Expired T5 uses. Note: Offline Bots will not drop Assault Rifle ammo if your main weapon is a Shotgun making Ammo Belt very important for additional Expired T5 uses.

7. Fit As a Fiddle
Bonus Points: Play as Sharice, have a Mom and/or Sharice in the party, or play Offline Mode

In order to take advantage of all of this Temp Health you will want your Bolstered Health bar (the extra blue health bar that slowly decays) to be as high as possible. In Offline Mode, all three bots will play the Fit as a Fiddle Card, meaning your Bolstered Health bar automatically starts at 60%. Playing as Sharice gives you an extra 25%. Playing your own Fit as a Fiddle gives an extra 20%. Added up: Playing Sharice Offline (or having a Sharice bot), and playing Fit as a Fiddle in your deck will give you 100% Team Bolstered Health. Sharice also adds free Armor spawn locations on the map making specials far less deadly.

Personal Preference
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8. Front Sight Focus
9. Optics Enthusiast
10. Quick Kill

I personally prefer having 100% Accuracy on my Shotguns (pellet laser beams) so that none of the shotgun pellets miss these specials or bosses at long ranges (which gives an absurd amount of Temp Health.) This also has the benefit of making your Pistol or Tec 9 a head shot murder machine against commons. As a bonus this also drastically decreases your friendly fire since you can easily see everything around you using hip fire while having pixel perfect aim. Tip: Go into your options and change your "Reticle" options from Crosshair to Dot when using 100% accuracy aiming.

11. Mag Coupler
12. Silver Bullets
13. Shredder

At this point the only danger to you are specials. Take these cards to rid yourselves of their existence much faster. Bonus: These three cards are beneficial to both the AA12 Shotgun primary and your Tec 9 Sidearm. Expansion 1 added commons with over 100HP to the game therefore you should never sleep on making your sidearm better. A Blue/Purple Tec 9 with Silver Bullets and Shredder makes quick work of any special common.

Multiplayer
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14. Copper Scavenger
15. Money Grubbers or On Your Mark...

If playing in Multiplayer you'll want to take Copper Cards to afford everything. Unbolt your AA12 / Tec 9 in every saferoom. Purchase every Offensive upgrade available. Ignore Support upgrades since Expired T5 takes over that slot. Buy 1-2 Utility Upgrades in Act 1 Nightmare for better Razor Wire although this can be ignored if tight on cash since Expired T5 is so strong. On Your Mark is a wonderful Online card when Ammo is being scooped up by many people.

Single Player
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14. Pumped Up
15. Motorcycle Helmet

If playing Offline Mode you don't need Copper Cards as Bots upgrade their gear for free and give you all of their copper every level. One bonus objective personally gives you 2000 Copper instead of 500. Playing a Windfall burn card every level gives you 600 Copper instead of 150. Pumped Up makes your Temp Health decay slower. Motorcycle Helmet is the strongest defensive card in the game when you have 200-400 Health / Temp Health.

Enjoy that overpowered sensation as you breeze through Nightmare levels and get your ZWATs.

[심장을 파고들어 넌]

For now AI Assistant module is better i think, because it's bugged. 1 throws infinite pipes, another player kills specials with grenade, super fast runs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEAS8Igqiww

[Godwoken Dovahkiin]

Expired T5 and people abusing AI Module.

*Yawn*

[snooze]

Nightmare mode only lol

[MeGa]

Interesting!

[Tariff Mike Hawk]

congratz you discovered expired T5 is broken

[MeGa]

Originally posted by Godwoken Dovahkiin:

Expired T5 and people abusing AI Module.

*Yawn*

doesnt even mention AI Module card, lol. Kinda pathetic toxic post, isnt it?

Originally posted by JOLLY COOPERATION:

congratz you discovered expired T5 is broken

This is a full build, not just the card. ITs clearly stated its broken and op. Yeah, its the build most people that know it has been using to death, it almost looks like you wanted to be the only one using it, lol.

Congratz, he just let us know about this so famous and broken build, and now we are free to use it or not, like many have since it was available with last dlc.

[Macrollium]

If we're talking the easiest way the breeze through the game on any difficulty, there is simply no contest to an AI Assistant Module build.

Infinite healing, pipes, and 'nades on demand. Managing to genuinely lose with such an advantage would be praiseworthy.

[kozerd.lb]

Originally posted by Godwoken Dovahkiin:

Expired T5 and people abusing AI Module.

*Yawn*

Indeed
Yawning to play... for ZWAT skins, the ultimate goal in life.

I encountered so many people exploiting the AI Module bug or this kind of Expired T5 build.
I wonder where is the fun to finish the game like this... in a multiplayer game

[Macrollium]

Originally posted by kozerd.lb:

I wonder where is the fun to finish the game like this... in a multiplayer game :happymeat:

It didn't actually occur to me before, but this is fantastic for offline No Hope SP farming. Get as much of those 999 caps filled as you can while it's this easy.

[Godwoken Dovahkiin]

Originally posted by MeGa:

Originally posted by Godwoken Dovahkiin:

Expired T5 and people abusing AI Module.

*Yawn*

doesnt even mention AI Module card, lol. Kinda pathetic toxic post, isnt it?

Did I ever reply to the OP? Nope. Did someone else made a post after the OP talking about AI Module yes. Did 2 people mentioned those 2 things? Yes.

Is this your take on trying to make someone look bad? Because it only shows how unaware you are and unable to read things and connect them. No wonder you've only beat the game on recruit.