Lab Rats Survival Guide

Learn how to easily pass a Halloween map, even on Death Wish.

Foreword

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Many months have passed since the hallowen update with Lab Rats map for Payday 2, but many people still have problems with this heist at Death Wish difficulty.

In this guide I want to change that.

Tactic

Enemies in Payday 2 are quite predictable. As a result, we can use the way AI behaves in a game against itself.

Things that we know about our enemies AI:

• Always tries to surround Player
  
• Carries stolen bags to the nearest place designated for that (usually near police spawners)
  
• Focuses assault on the most of the players

In this method we will use all the knowledge described above, but the most important is the last line.

Game always focuses assault on the most of the players

This means that if in one place will sit three team members (majority), the fourth person (while located in another part of the map) encounters only a little resistance, or do not encounters any cops at all.

The cops running around all over the map would be pointless, and because of that, the game spawns enemies where they are most needed, recognizing the lone player as less of a threat than the whole team.

For this reason, the three team members can stay barricaded in one place, drawing on the full attention to the environment, while the fourth player can safely cook.

Note: However, this does not mean that the fourth player is absolutely secure. You still have to watch out for:
Snipers - They will shoot everything in their sight.
Cloakers - Spawns in certain hideouts, patiently waiting to ambush his target. You can't fool these lone wolfs.
Dozers - Dozers like others usually focuses on a larger group of players, but if he notice Cook first, he may choose to follow him. Remember about ridiculous large Dozers range, Blackdozer is able to shoot you from the other side of the map.
Stray FBI units - I refer to Veterans and hostage rescue teams. The latter are a particular nuisance because while searching for the hostages, may well wander off, and on Death Wish difficulty their every shot inflicts serious injury.


Don't have full team? Don't worry, it works for 3 players too, just make sure that the bot stayed close to the defenders and and does not follow Cook.

Team setup

An important element for the best results of this methods are compatible with each other builds.

• Cook should use dodge build, or Grinder. This will allow him to transport the bags without the need to wade through hordes of enemies. On the map Lab Rats snipers appear only in two places, only on one side of the map, so they should not be a problem.
  For the person who is cooking I also recommend Swan Songs , so in case of an unexpected death you can select a the best place to be knocked down. This is extremely useful if you were shot on top of the map - just quickly jump down, where your teammates can help you.
  
  Lifeguard, the person exposing their ass every time when Cook gets in trouble. Lifeguard must have Inspire, and for best results also dodges. Personally I would also buy a Swan Song, it can be very useful when situation is really hot.
  
  
• Two Defenders - In this part, there are no special requirements. Play in such a way
  which will allow you to survive as long as possible. In situation like this the best heavy armor is the best choice, but if you are hardcore light playstyle lover, go for it, nothing is forbiden. However, despite everything I recommend strongly to Iron Man, and good weapons with a lot of ammo, so you can shoot for a long time.
  
  Note: Regardless of the selected playstyle, the two should be able to kill Dozers without any problems. Your job is to effectively defend your "base", so you can't be crushed by walking tin can. But for Headless Titan Dozers, it is best to avoid combat with them as long as possible. They are the hardest to kill (You gonna lose a lot of ammo, you do not want that), but at the same time the most stupid, do not be surprised when in one moment it will start to attack you, but after a second it will get tired and begin to climb on the barrel, looking for more interesting things.

Bags

An important element to beat Lab Rats by any method are bags. The police always tries to steal, and secure your bags. They carry looted bags to the nearest place intended for this. fortunately, Lab Rats has only two spots for bags reclaimed by police. These spots on opposite ends of the table at each end of the map (Measure under Mu and police spawner behind Witch's pot)

Because both these points are located on opposite parts of the map, every half of the table is assigned for one of these two spots. We can use this information for our advantage.

Below professional picture of inaccurate models of various sectors on the table.

MAP LEGEND

• Blue - Your hideout under "huge" bags with Caustic Soda. Collect all the bags here, set up your ammo and meds and and let Cook do all dirty work.
  
• Green - Here bags are safe, don't bother yourself about it
  
• Yellow - Safe zone for bags, sooner or later police will move every bag to the green zone. It can only help you, but you need bags located here now, you may have a little problem with the groups of enemies all around your hideout.
  
• Red - All bags on that half of the table are moving by cops towards black zone You should not allow them to do that. Not even a single bag shouldn't reach Witch's pot. All bags in this area should be reclaimed as soon as possible, or at least a well-guarded.
  
• Black - Police spawner (very big spawner) behind Witch's pot. As if that were not enough, snipers are watching this area. If you let the police secure there a bag, do not expect to get it back before the end of the assault, and even during a break you have to hurry up and retake bags before the arrival of the first wave of enemies.

To avoid any major difficulties with the bags and make your life a litle easier, in the hideout collect bags from the red zone only. The rest just keep on view.

If you're a extraordinary stickler (like me), you can enter the element segregation bags. In this case, for the best results collect in "the base" Cs and Hcl (green and blue bags) while Mu (orange) hold close to trucks in which you reached the table

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CAUTION

I met with the conviction that a good idea is to collect bags and move them all together at the top, instead of carefully doing it one by one. This is one of the worst possible ideas. Before you will carry on up all the bags, the police will have enough time to surround, cutting off every escape route, and you end at the top without any cover, exposed for Dozers and Snipers.

Cooking

As previously mentioned, the cooking should take done by one person, someone specially selected for this task. Remember also about Medic, he is ready pull Cook out of trouble at any moment.

A few tips for cooking

• Move bags one by one, don't try to move all the bags in single trip. Carrying few bags at the same time makes you stay in one place for some time - enemies will focus on you. It is better to run with the individual bags all over the map.
  
  
• Use the coverlets to quickly get to jump down without breaking legs. But remember not to jump into a group of enemies.
  
  
• Do not focus on the fight, but mobility. Shotguns with custom ammo HE (explosive) can be very usefull for paving your way though groups of enemies.
  
  
• There are a few exceptions to the previous point. If you have the opportunity, always kill more dungerous for you opponents. Enemies who can thwart your plans: Tazers, Cloakers and "Weaks" ( FBI veterans & hostage rescue team)
  
  
• If the map appeared spiders, avoid approaching the edge of the table at all costs, these beasts will kill you with one fast bite.
  
  
• When you notice an end of wave (New cops aren't spawning), the entire team can help in cooking. Remember, however, to return to positions before the next wave.
  
  
• If you are about to add the last bags, you can ask Medic to help you with it. Just be careful. Defenders should at this time prepare to break down finished meth.
  
  
• If you are using voice chat with your team, you can ask your friends to throw bags closer to you, so you don't have to go the hideout for every single bag. It will save some time.

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[Dziewiąty]

@^3maus1 I got sone serious problems with my computer so I can't do something like that until I fix that, maybe I'll record something after skills update.

[Schizo Azusa]

I like the paint part. :D

[Blamite Delight]

can you plz post a video in this guide showing this in action? I would love to see this from a first person perspective.

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sweet plan of action

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