Left 4 Dead 2 Strat Roulette

Strat Roulettes can be found in a bunch of games already. The most known one propbably being CS:GO. My friends and I were bored while playing against a team that... wasn't doing too well against us so we started going with different strategies to handicap ourselves.

One strategy turned into five, which turned into ten and by now I have quite a compilation of strats to keep the game entertaining. They also work very well if you have an all-friends match and both teams decide to follow the strats.

Basic Strat Roulette info

First things first - each strat is supposed to be played for 1 map. So if you pick a survivor strat - you only play it for that very round on your survivor side. As soon as you're infected or a new map starts, it's time to pick a new strategy.

To keep things interesting, I suggest using a list randomizer such as this one: List Randomizer[www.random.org]

You can also randomize list using Excel on your computer.

Note that I personally do not play Scavenge a lot. So if you'd like to see some Scavenge-specific strats added, just let me know your idea and I'll put up a Scavenge section!

Also note that some starts can only be played in servers that allow you to change your loadout as you might not be able to find enough items of a certain kind without doing so.

Update Log

10-07-2015: Added survivor and infected strats submitted so far. Also changed the basic info that some strats may require certain servers in order to be set up properly.

Survivor Strats

Here's a list of the survivor strategies we've come up with so far. Note that some of the strats only work if you're at least playing on the second map.

- Last man standing. Go out of the Saferoom 1by1. The next person is only allowed to go once the first person got incapped. You are not allowed to help up the people that went before you. Whoever gets farthest, wins.

- My life in your hands. Go out of the Saferoom in pairs of 2. Once the first pair is completely taken out, you may procees. Partners are allowed to help each other up.

- That's not what I wanted for Christmas. Take your least favorite weapon and use it throughout the whole map. If you do not particularly dislike any weapon, use pistols.

- Pistols only. You are only allowed to use pistols throughout the whole map.

- Spinny. You can only move forward by making 360s. Every 10 steps, do a 360.

- Dizzy. Whenever you kill a special infected, you have to do a 360.

- Jumpy. You are only allowed to jump. Shooting? Jump. Wanna move forward? Jump.

- 2 steps at a time. Whenever you move 2 steps forward, you have to move 1 step back.

- Saferoom race. It's a deathrace. First person to the Saferoom wins.

- The announcer. One person has to stay back at the Saferoom and announce wherever his teammates are at all times. If he dies, he'll freeroam and keep announcing.

- Confused? You may only procees by moving backwards.

- Field Medic. One survivor is only allowed to move with their medkit in their hands. They are not allowed to use that medkit. The other people on the team have to defend the carrier.

- Sneaky. You may only shift-walk or crouch to move forward.

- What's with the rush? You're only allowed to walk with a weapon out. If you want to move faster, you have to hold your medkit.

- FREEZE! As soon as you spot a SI, you may not proceed until it is killed.

- Hunter! If you kill a Special infected, you have to stop and type "Target taken out!" After you pasted the message, you may proceed.

- The Bill-Train. Bill gets a shotgun. Everyone else gets pistols. Move in a straight line and follow Bill as he uses his shotgun to save the day.

- The Sacrifice. 3 players sneak and one player runs ahead. He'll just rush ahead while his teammates slowly sneak after him.

- Last woman on earth. You must protect Rochelle/Zoey at all cost. As soon as she takes damage, heal her. Give her pills, give her adrenaline. If you run out of either, protect her with your very body. You need to ensure the human race does not die out.

- Feel the fury of my fist. You may only attack using a melee weapon.

- Until it goes click. Keep firing your weapon until you run out of ammo. Never let go of the trigger. No M2, no secondary - unless it went click and you have nothing else to use.

- The hoarder. Explore every inch of a map. Find every item there is to find. If you have no space for any, use one to be able to pick another one up.

- Take that Clown down! (L4D2-maps only) Whenever someone spots a clown, chase him down for 10 seconds before killing him and proceeding.

- INFECTED! Kill the person who took most damage in the previous round. Inform everyone in public chat that they have been infected and had to be taken out for the security of everyone else.

- It's a matter of time. Start a timer. You have exactly 4 minutes to reach the Saferoom. As soon as the 4 minutes passed, you have to kill yourself or let yourself be killed on the spot.

Submitted Survivor Strats

Lone Karma Redux: A person with a gnome is escorted with 3 chargers. If a charger is shot, the shot charger can kill the survivor who shot the charger. If the gnome carrier is shot, all 3 survivors are attacked. Also, the gnome carrier may kill any infected that are in his way. He/She can leave the gnome dropped for 30 seconds, or the chargers can kill the carrier. The 3 survivors are also closer to the gnome carrier. By Secret Agent Cranberry

Lone Gnome: The survivor carrying a gnome must head to the saferoom on his own. He cannot drop the gnome, and there is no support from his comrades. By Secret Agent Cranberry

Pills R Health: You must use only pills to heal - nothing else. By Secret Agent Cranberry

Winners Are Losers: The person with the highest stats in more than 2 categories cannot use anything, but their comrades. They cannot shoot, speak, throw, etc. By Secret Agent Cranberry

Witchefall: You must disturb and outrun every witch ALL THE WAY to the saferoom. By Secret Agent Cranberry

Karma is a Charge: If you incap/kill/shoot a friendly survivor on purpose, you must be killed by a charger. By Secret Agent Cranberry

Tired Arms: No Survivor Melee. By Secret Agent Cranberry

Ninja Survival: Set up in a dark corner and sit there to defend, flashlights off. Katanas only. By Secret Agent Cranberry

S.S Survive: One survivor is picked to be a boat. If the boat dies, all survivors die too. By Secret Agent Cranberry

Infected Strats

And here's the list of strats for Special Infected. Note again that some only work on at least the second map.



- The Bomb. You may only spawn by using "bombs" - jump off a roof and spawn midair.

- M2. You may only use M2 to attack survivors.

- BOOOMER. You may only attack a survivor that's boomed. If nobody has a Boomer, you have to sacrifice 1 SI in order to get one.

- Effective. You may only attack 1-by-1. The next SI may spawn once the first one died.

- The inside man: Whoever has lowest points, has to announce which Special Infected their teammates are currently using.

- Marathon-man. You may only spawn at the Saferoom and then run after the Survivors.

- Infected-Train. Spawn all at the same time and charge at the survivors in a straight row.

- TAAAAANK! You must let the survivors move freely without attacking until a Tank spawns. After that, any Special Infected can spawn as they please.

- Pyrophobia. As soon as any survivor has a molotov, concentrate on that survivor. Wouldn't want that bad, bad fire touching you now, would we?

- Ride me like you do. Whenever a player has a Jockey, only he is allowed to attack while his teammates are to comment on his riding skills. Once the Jockey's attack is over, everyone else may attack as usual - unless someone else has a Jockey.

- Grab my strong hand! The player who has the charger needs to wait for another player's Special Infected to be in a bad situation. Then he charges in screaming "GRAB MY HAND, THE STRONG ONE!"

- Simon says. Whoever got most infected points last round gets to decide which SI gets to attack which survivor - and in what way. Every single one of Simon's commands is absoulte.

- Hold my purse. Whenever anyone has a Spitter, only attack female survivors to make sure the Spitter's feelings are not hurt by any lady being prettier than her. Also works with female Boomers on L4D2-maps.

- "Special" Infected. You may only approach survivors by walking towards them. Once they spotted you, you can attack them.

- The sneaky approach. You may only attack survivors that have not yet spotted you. As soon as they see you, run away screaming "Mission failed, abort, abort"

- Betrayal. The player who had least points in the previous rounds will spawn close to the survivors and escort them. If he happens to die, he'll just keep doing it with his next spawn. Protect the survivors with your very body.

- The witch. Spawn one of your infected in the middle of a pathway, like a witch would. Stay crouched and stand up as soon as they "startle" you. The other infected have to hold their attacks until the survivors startled the witch!

- The ground is on fire. Only attack by jumping from something. If you hit the ground, make some kind of painful noises and try to get off of it ASAP!

- Necrophilia: Whenever you see a female common infected (or a male one if you're female), run after them and flirt with them for 10 seconds before proceeding.

- Let me touch you. Before you normally attack a survivor, you need to "touch" them, using M2.

- But first, let me take a selfie! Wait for everyone to have their spawn up. Spawn in together and take a screenshot of the whole group before you go in and attack.

- Time to say goodbye: Only attack one survivor of your choice. Make sure they die. As soon as they did, the whole team has to sing "Time to say goodbye" together. You may look up the lyrics.

- Guess what I am? As soon as you have your spawn, change your name to the respective Special infected (best way, Console > setinfo name "name")

- Target practice. Every player picks one survivor. You are only allowed to attack that specific survivor. To avoid confusion, just change your name to your target's name.

- Moonwalking. You may only strafe-walk towards your target.

Submitted Infected Strats

Guy/Gal With Rabies: One infected has gone crazy and cannot tell friend from foe. He can only use his claws, but if it is a hunter, he may pounce at the Survivors. He can only attack one survivor at a time, and the other survivors can only watch him kill the victim. The victim can only use melee to kill the rabied infected. Your goal as an Infected: Stop the rabied infected from killing you, and guide him to survivors to help him find a victim. By Secret Agent Cranberry

Table Flip: The tank must use a table to wipe out the Survivors. By Secret Agent Cranberry

Pipebomb Attraction: All SI must be attracted to every pipebomb a survivor throws. By Secret Agent Cranberry

Winners Are Losers: The person with the highest stats in more than 2 categories cannot use anything, but their comrades. They cannot shoot, speak, throw, etc. By Secret Agent Cranberry

Sounds Like I Broke Your Bones: As a charger, when you pick up a survivor, your fellow teammates will jump in and defend you with their special attacks. By Secret Agent Cranberry

EXPLOSION: A boomer must explode all four Survivors, and the Special Infected come out, claws blazing. Only claws. By Secret Agent Cranberry

Captain Falcon: As a tank, you must punch every survivor to death. You cannot leave them there incapped. By Secret Agent Cranberry

Suggest your own strategy!

I want to try keeping this list updated and add as many beautiful strategies you guys and I can come up with. So feel free to suggest anything that comes to mind!

[jawdrop]

Everytime a tank comes that tank must talk HERE I COME BABIES!

[supersand]

Slow and Steady: Toggle Crouch on and only use Single Pistol

[MissDJdrift]

For every 25 zombies you kill, you have to fire an entire magazine at one teammate. You choose that teammate at the start of the round and cannot change it.

[Beezly Jackal]

When every you kill a special in chat you have to type GOTCHYA BITCH (no keybinds)

[D3agl3-Cross- I'm not]

One that I like to play, and didn't see on the list is no ammo refills. your weapon runs out, you get new gun, no ammo restock allowed

[♡]

forgot to add: the survivors in queue can also kill killed chargers.

[♡]

EDIT: Lone Karma Redux
If a gnome carrier dies, another survivor must pick up the gnome and be escorted by the chargers.

If a charger dies, the killed charger must try and stop the other survivors from being gnome carrier. The remaining chargers can kill the killed charger.

[V.I.P.]

I suggest leaving any game these idiots are playing in....

[Juleris]

The Crew: Nick may only use the AK-47 or the Magnum if none is available, Rochelle may only use the Combat Rifle or the Magnum if none is available, Coach may only use the Combat Shotgun or Dual Pistols if none is available, and Ellis may only use the Sniper Rifle or the Dual Pistols if none is available. Bill may only use the M16 or Dual Pistols if none is available, Zoey may only use the Hunting Rifle or Dual Pistols if none is available, Louis may only use the M16 or Dual Pistols if none is available, and Francis may only use the Tactical Shotgun or Dual Pistols if none is available.

[LunarEdge7]

There are some typos like 'procees' and such.. it should be 'proceed', shouldn't it? Just a suggestion ^^