Best Traits in Hunt: Showdown 2024

Sorry this is a longer one but I go over a lot of info and give examples on how to build a good loadout with traits, feel free to jump aoround using the chapters below. Let me know what you guys think and if you would place anything differently!
Changes with 1.16 update:
*Lightfoot now triggers the quiet crouch audio when walking across / through noise traps (e.g. broken glass, hanging chains). Sprinting across / through them still plays the louder audio.
- A great bonus to this trait but I don't know that it would change where it's placed, still top of B tier, maybe bottom of A tier. Obviously still a good trait to have if you have the space/depending on your build.
*Two more Burn Traits permanently join the roster in this update. Like the other Burn Traits, they can be found randomly in Missions or dropped from Meatheads.
*Rampage: Killing an enemy Hunter while at least one Health Chunk is empty triggers a Restoration for your Hunter.
*Remedy: Using Dark Sight, interact with a Trait Spur within range to trigger a Restoration effect similar to banishing for your team’s Hunters. (25m)
- These are great burn traits, they would go S tier after Relentless as they're among the same kind of perk, however, Relentless you don't lose a chunk on death, with these you lose it, but you have the chance to gain it back later.
0:00 Intro
0:32 Adrenaline
01:10 Ambidextrous
01:42 Assailant
02:25 Beastface
03:17 Bloodless
04:18 Blade Seer
04:36 Bolt Thrower
05:50 Bulletgrubber
06:52 Bulwark
07:52 Conduit
09:19 Dauntless
10:05 Death Cheat
10:45 Decoy Supply
11:05 Determination brief
11:45 Doctor
13:32 Fanning
14:47 Frontiersman
16:47 Gator Legs
17:13 Ghoul
17:48 Greyhound placement
17:55 Hornskin
18:23 Hundred Hands
19:06 Levering
19:44 Iron Eye
21:50 Kiteskin
22:52 Lightfoot
23:43 Magpie
25:40 Martialist
27:48 Mithridatist
28:36 Necromancer
30:04 Packmule
30:55 Physician
31:13 Resilience
32:07 Pitcher
34:05 Poacher
35:24 Poison Sense
36:49 Quatermaster
39:21 Relentless
40:44 Salveskin
42:11 Serpent
43:24 Determination and Greyhound Explained in more detail
43:50 Shadow
45:17 Silent Killer
46:31 Steady Aim
47:40 Scopesmith
48:52 Vigilant
50:56 Vigor
51:43 Vulture
52:52 Whispersmith
53:30 Examples of loadouts with traits
59:27 Brief Summary
01:00:17 Outro
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[@PowPowPeng1]

The thing about martialist is that you can use the special attack with 0 stamina. Helped me in many sticky situations

[@EngelosHenry]

Me honestly I play conduit and always run a stamina shot. There are never moments when I do not have stamina.

[@PowPowPeng1]

​​@@EngelosHenryyeah makes sense, for me its the opposite, because of martialist and vigor i don't use stamshots anymore and pack in 2 antidot + 2 regenshot most of the time. Conduit sadly isn't useable as a solo.

[@PeXis]

It can also kill multiple people with one hit. You don't have to charge it and if I recall correcly, it has longer range than heavy attack.

[@Frostile]

​@PowPowPeng1 Conduit sadly isn't useable as a solo? News to me considering I have been using it on every character along with magpie and I play primarily solo vs teams of 3. There isn't a single part of conduit that somehow makes it worse or "unusable" as a solo. What nonsense.

[@kasparbaktat964]

Made me reevaluate my personal Trait-Tier-List. I still order them differently, especially Packmule ranks way higher for me, but I can follow your arguments!

[@khalamity2249]

packmule is a great grab and always in my 15 traits somewhere!

[@neckum3925]

beastface opens up so many pathways and rotations after firing your weapon, especially when you are solo speed matters a lot so cutting through the compound instead of going around it can change the result of the fight. other than that one i think the list is spot on, great vid!

[@khalamity2249]

if you fired your weapon, don't the people know where you are because they heard the weapon? so the crows or dogs or whatever doesn't really matter cause they already know your general area. also the dogs etc are loud and can disguise your footsteps if you are trying to rotate. the only way what you said would matter in my opinion is if you were using silent weapons. if that's the case then beastface might be a little higher for those builds but i don't think it goes into the top 15 unfortunately.

[@DoctorDustpan]

I do agree, alot of path ways are open to you without wasting resources. Have done plenty of flanks while my buddy dose the distraction.

[@neckum3925]

​@@khalamity2249yes they will locate the gunshot and start heading towards it, so you have precious seconds to rotate and get to a position they wont expect you to be at. when they arrive and dont see you most of the time they can easily figure out which way you have gone so beastface can give you extra options, sort of like lightfoot in that way, can be used offensively as well. of course its all subjective and i know that everyone has a different playstyle so im not stating any of this as fact

[@desymond3-nk9rx]

Appreciate the tier list! Very helpful

[@anteeantee8144]

kiteskin is so S tier I know so many people who are sleeping on it it opens so much verticality and movement options

[@khalamity2249]

its such a great trait!

[@beardedhoser]

Great video. Great explanation. Thank you.

[@OfficialRatiio]

Great list and advice, thank you!

[@khalamity2249]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kwan8247]

I’m surprised serpent is so low. A lot of times when I fight a team that wouldn’t come out of a building, and my teammate gets a pick on a carrier near a window, I would immediately start serpenting and take the bounty. Having wall hacks helps me a lot in breaching in the building. Another similar use is when we third party on a fight, and a carrier dies, I could steal it and figure out what to do based on the info the bounty provides for me. In general I just love it for how often it helps our team break out of a stagnant and boring situation

[@pimpsterpidgeon4502]

I would put beastface in B tier because it essentially reduces your chances of being ambushed which theoretically lowers your chances of dying and can prevent enemies from aggroing on you, definitely more useful than adrenaline. I would also put frontiersman in s tier, not because its good, but because its the trait I want to have just to get rid of in order to get traits I actually want like necro XD. Pretty good tier list overall 👍👍👍

[@khalamity2249]

I don't think beastface helps as much as you think. I am also thinking from my perspective of the game, and I generally know team placements pretty good without even hearing any noise. like the amount of time it takes for someone to get to x compound

[@pimpsterpidgeon4502]

@@khalamity2249 maybe beastface can also go into c tier but the small difference between scaring off crows or not triggering behives and hearing others before me had definitely helped, its just lumping them with traits like adrenaline and blade seer which are effectivly useless, but i would argue that beastface has some use to a degree. Also for the average player I think it can be really valuable as well since they are very cautious most of the time. I appreciate your input though

[@khalamity2249]

@@pimpsterpidgeon4502 beastface doesn't work on hives unfortunately. the only reason it's lumped with the other useless traits is because it's not better then the 15 main traits in my opinion. so effectively, they are the same to me since I wouldn't never pick up any of them. There are just too many extremely strong traits for me to consider running it. That said, for a newer player trying to figure things out it could potentially help like you said!

[@TA8sometimes]

Resilience, bulwark, necro, kiteskin, iron eye, doctor, physician is how I try to start after that I kinda just do whatever I’m feeling.

[@ZinniaARCHIVE]

Awesome video & list Khal, and I agree with nearly all points made! Some of these traits definitely need a rework I think - Adrenaline first & foremost. Also I don't see why Ambidextrous isn't just melded in with Bullet Grubber at this point - like how Tomahawk was with Assailant. It's just not good enough to pick on its own, currently, even if you use dualies frequently imo. Same with MAYBE Whispersmith & Silent Killer, both of which I really enjoy, but I can't justify taking one or both most of the time. Decoy Supplier to me is mandatory if you use Decoys - I don't play Decoys often, but when I do, I hate getting a Decoy back when really what I need is literally anything else. Getting the Decoy(s) back from an ammo box THEN looting a Hunter or Tool Box just feels so much better. Like, I don't even want to use my Decoys if I don't have the perk for it since I don't want to get a Decoy when I really need something else in the moment. Also, Vulture to me is a must-grab, especially nowadays that Events are so frequent & I hate running up on a dead hunter & not being able to loot them, even if it's just for points or to note for later in case I need emergency supplies or Enhanced Dark Sight seconds. Packmule also has been a must-grab for be since nearly the beginning, but now that Antidote shots got nerfed (and I always took 1 big Antidote as a solo player), I instead take a Tool Box as my 4th consumable just 'cause I think it's fun & Big Dynamite Bundles & Hellfires are in the pool of things you can get now, and I've been getting them A LOT (along with small vitalities) xP

[@khalamity2249]

great insights!

[@CJtheCorpse]

Beastface does affect crows and ducks and that's why it's so good, easily B tier potentially A tier. It gets value several times every game

[@ravencromwell]

And this list already needs to be updated due to changes in some traits

[@StoneBaller1]

real quick huh, i will jsut listen this at work

[@ghostbirdlary]

antidote is only 5 and 10 minutes now

[@aribeck4298]

Packmule is my must take S tier trait. Nothing sucks more than running out of gas in a fight and just dying to "fatigue". Packmule is a huge help against that problem and its always one of the very first traits I take on a fresh hunter.

[@bobzthabarbarian]

Beastface does work on crows. Its a good solo sniper trait. Also, doctor heals you for 100HP. Not a bad tier list. I respect your opinions and its nice to see how each of us approach our games. Edit: Bolt Thrower also works on the hand crossbow.

[@khalamity2249]

You are right that doctor only heals 100hp, but you can always get 50hp back. Which means it full heals past 26 health “eventually “

[@cadesummers5866]

Thank you KING 👑

[@cadesummers5866]

I am not a bot, King 🤖👑

[@khalamity2249]

lmao

[@Lieutenant_Dude]

Lightfoot also gives you silence through certain soundtraps if you aren't sprinting. Broken glass, bottles, chains, buckets, cans, all silent. SO that keeps it up for me.

[@austinin]

Yeah its literally a straight up passive buff for your character, definitely a must have for all builds whether you're stealth or not cause being able to walk (not run) through traps now and have little to no sound from it is a game changer. Also if you dont have it and you crouch through noise traps, attentive enemies can hear it clearly.

[@davidayan1494]

best tier list so far on internet,GJ

[@khalamity2249]

thank ya kindly for the good words. glad you enjoyed the content!

[@Quentonic]

Decoy resupply is not the worst anymore, if you have one player on your team bringing decoy fuses you can completely shut down concertina camping entirely, they can get all 3 decoy fuses back from 1 red ammo box or they can get them back from their own ammo boxes. Having unlimited fuses is actually kinda insane. Id put it in C tbh

[@theartofcompetition5965]

Bullegruber is a must for avto solos. Conduit was a buff for duos and trios 9 mins and six mibutes is higher than 5 minutes

[@fredess3737]

Curious: is mithridatist still at the bottom in your view after the devastating(somewhat) nerf to antidotes? From my experience, in anything other than close range, it can often let you heal fast enough to not let yourself be ambushed when fighting against poison ammo. I personally rarely take it, as my trait points are almost always better spent elsewhere, and I also love to bring antidotes which devalues it significantly, but I think it could still be in conversations and taken into consideration sometimes.

[@khalamity2249]

trait points are still spent better elsewhere imo, and honestly if poison becomes more common, I'd just take two antidotes so i get that fresh 20 minutes

[@fredess3737]

Yeah fair. Poison isn't pressing enough of an issue for mithridatist to be super good@@khalamity2249

[@rabadooda]

Determination and vigor can be viable if you decide to replace your medkits with another tool. They enable you to bring 3 regen shots (so you never run out of healing) instead of stam shots and medkits. So as a solo you could bring concertina, choke bombs, a flare pistol, AND a knuckle knife. I find bringing concertina and choke bombs to block off doors and entrances can be super effective as a solo to prevent you getting bumrushed, especially if you have frontiersman.The downside to this strategy is that using vigor to heal quickly when you have bounty depletes your dark sight. But I've found its upsides outweigh the downsides.

[@khalamity2249]

not a bad way to play, but i wouldn't say its optimal. doctor heal stops your bleed/fire dmg while patching then can full heal you on top of that. and you don't waste darksight, and you aren't relying on the other team not to push while you aren't topped off with a sparks/mosin etc.

[@rabadooda]

bleed isnt much of a problem if you have bloodless. A medkit might save you a few seconds but with vigor the regen is quite fast. I find the difference between regen with vigor and medkits to be fairly small, and worth it for the added benefit of being able to bring an extra tool. A video comparing the two would be nice. @@khalamity2249

[@charliebartlett5768]

Beastface is A or S tier for playing solo imo. Alongsidd conduit, it is the best speed and traversal perk. Lets you run through areas that you would otherwise go around to avoid kennels and crows.

[@Telendil]

Dont discard the 1 point skills as bad since they all have the extra perk of giving you full points back when getting rid of them.

[@impulsive1252]

I think the flare pistol buff made Dauntless an S tier trait. Now you can just instaburn downed hunters, and whereas before burning them with lanterns would also set you on fire if you tried to defuse the enemy chokes, now you can just do it for free. That's a ton of extra pressure.

[@khalamity2249]

dauntless is amazing but niche in use. not everyone chokes their teammates and not everyone forgets prime them. if its a perfectly primed choke or frag etc, you are kind boned with or without dauntless. When it works though, it absolutely changes the fight and can win you many fights from lazy hunters who aren't used to going up against dauntless players

[@_skaadii]

"Determination" is very Good dir attachments like Talon Bayonett or melee in General, you dont need a Knife especially with Talon ur Stamina regenrate so fast and u can Multiple grunts with one swing makes you not need a Knife or when when u stand up ur Stamina boost faster.

[@khalamity2249]

I use stamina shots which give unlimited stamina for a certain time. So I have no need for the "stamina traits." I would recommend running stam shots to free up some of your trait slots for better traits

[@_skaadii]

@@khalamity2249 nah i love to use 2 regen shot 1 ammo box beetle to chase people and make them angry its really fun on console😆

[@_skaadii]

@@khalamity2249 Stamina shot last only 10 minutes 😶

[@lucaslourenco5197]

how can i unlock the shadow leap? I really want that Trait... And how can i unlock de Death Cheat too? i'm new in that game

[@JeebYeeb]

Shadow leap was exclusive to one of the older events of the game. Currently unavailable to claim. Death cheat is something you have to find in game, most likely place is dropped from a meathead

[@reneb5119]

beastface + primal pact + Shadow is OP as hell. beastface + primal pact is real T1

[@the_Man_who_sold_the_World...]

I would hard disagree with Martialist. The attack is lighting fast, has huge reach, you can kill multiple hunters with one swing easily and on top of that, you can use it with no stamina.

[@strelockyoussef4033]

get necro resilience then other stuff depends on your loadout thats how i di it me n my friends

[@khalamity2249]

hell yeah!

[@DarGViD]

If me and a friend play with a random from discord, we usually politely convince them to respec their vulture/packmule or whatever to get necro/res. I don't know why it is not obvious that you don't get to loot bodies if you all died in the fight

[@nathandefaria1351]

isn’t the katana a worst option to the saber if you don’t have martial artist because of the stamina conception cause doesn’t the saber do the exact same thing as the katana, but it has better stamina consumption

[@khalamity2249]

higher chance to one shot with katana. also if you bring a stam shot - katana is better. without stam tho saber can compete decently

[@nathandefaria1351]

@@khalamity2249 okay

[@user-zq3dq9mk3n]

Your teammates won’t get the stamina buff when using conduit.I think it’s kind of over nerfed

[@owenmachinecarbine6023]

Bullet gurner is useless on every thing execpt bornheim, avtomat, and dolch if you train to to reload between cycles. And if you cant do it quick enough if you hold your trigger after firring and you wont cycle so you reload and not waste ammo. And the berthier isnt worth bullet grubbing since its slow as shit and you only have 3 in a clip. Berthier grubber can be circumvented by bring 2 diffent ammo types.

[@michaelgromyko]

thanks...100 % agreed

[@rabadooda]

I've found doctor to be largely unnecessary since I started bringing 2 large regen shots into every game. The time it takes to regen 2 small bars is largely negligible if you are behind cover. And why would you bring throwables when toolboxes can be easily found around the map at every supply point? What's more useful? 10 minutes of regen or a throwable which you aren't even guaranteed to be able to use effectively?

[@khalamity2249]

I don't normally bring throwables! I usually bring 1 regen, 1 stamina shot, 1 antidote shot, and then either another antidote now or a stam etc. i use them and then grab throwables

[@rabadooda]

I wasn't really making any value judgements. It was more of a rhetorical question. But I personally never take antidote shots (especially since the latest nerf) since I find poison is rarely used and nowhere near as useful as regen or stamina. But I'm only a 4/5 star lobby player so I don't know what its like at higher MMR. @@khalamity2249

[@yrQmem]

Team so bot get stamina on conduit. Only you get it but it does bot matter who collects the clue. And it got more expensive. Not higher than c tier for me. Beadtface is a tier for ne.

[@hannahking1441]

👍

[@_skaadii]

Hundreds Hansa increases the range of frag arrows ans Concertina no?

[@khalamity2249]

nope! only the regular arrows. try it out in the range etc

[@_skaadii]

@@khalamity2249 Thanks i tooke it for no reason then lmao

[@ghostbirdlary]

my friend makes me take beast face

[@hannahking1441]

👍👍👍

[@MnemonicHack]

Beastface in D-tier? Ok, bad omen for the rest of the video, to get something so wrong so early.

[@evandragmire9772]

Bolt Thrower affects Bomb Lance reload speed.

[@Tory-JJ]

No..?

[@bobzthabarbarian]

Unfortunately, it does not affect the bomblance.

[@khalamity2249]

It does not

[@glowinthedarkshark9396]

6 days old and it's already outdated. Kekw. Especially the antidote shot arguements. Poison sense is bad in your eyes because skill issue :>

[@khalamity2249]

I still used antidote shot! I usually bring two nowadays. still incredibly good

[@rabadooda]

Putting greyhound in C tier is completely wrong IMO. Its an S tier trait. It significantly increases the amount of time you can sprint without running out of stamina. I always bring greyhound on all my hunters and its always one of the first traits I pick up. Greyhound is mandatory for getting away from enemies in clutch situations and moving across the map, especially if you only bring 1 stam shot. The first three traits I pick up on all my solo hunters are necromancer, resilience, and greyhound. It may not seem like a huge difference but those few seconds count for a lot when you are being chased by an enemy team.

[@khalamity2249]

if you are being chased by a team and don't have stam up, they are gonna catch ya cause one of them has stam shot ;)

[@rabadooda]

If you are only bringing 1 stam shot that's only 10 minutes. You need greyhound once the stam shot runs out. I don't necessarily mean a full on chase across the map. I'm talking about clutch situations where you need to get some extra distance between you and an enemy team. In which case a stam shot isn't necessary. I find greyhound gives you that little extra breathing room which can make all the difference in an engagement. I don't know the exact specifics of timings but I find I run out of stamina much more quickly without greyhound. Determination is useful but nowhere near as useful as greyhound. I find I can bring greyhound without determination but not vice versa. Both are less important if you aren't playing solo because engagements are less about "hit and run", and more about playing off your teammates. @@khalamity2249

[@khalamity2249]

@@rabadooda it all depends on gameplay though my friend. Lets say you bring in a stam shot, 10 mins that gives you the best chance of getting to bounty first. on the way to bounty, you pick up a couple clues and have conduit (which is higher on the tier list) +6 minutes, (could be 9 but thats if you grab all three clues quickly) then you have a crazy fight at boss or something, most people die but there is a sniper sitting back. you pick up bounty and have magpie (also higher on the tier list) and that gives you 3ish minutes to get to extract with unlimited stamina. Now if you fuck around in bushes for 25 minutes, don't pick up clues because you might make some noise, or don't plan on picking up boss banish cause the lighting might show where you are, then just run two stamina shots, save the trait space on all three (greyhound, magpie, and conduit) and bring a trait like bloodless, etc that might help more for that playstyle. the MAIN reason i say conduit and greyhound don't really matter is you can replace their effect with a stamina shot, which is replaceable item in game. you can't replace your traits (except burnable traits) and there are better traits out there then those mentioned imo (depending on playstyle) if solo magpie is pretty good. if you want greyhound above conduit in the tierlist or something, go for it, but it isn't beating the top 15 traits imo. and you can only equip 15 traits

[@khalamity2249]

i still think double stamina is better then the three traits i mentioned btw, but to each their own

[@rabadooda]

You're correct, its all about playstyle. I just think some playstyles are better than others. The bad thing about conduit is it doesn't give much versatility. Sometimes games will last more than 25 minutes, which is a problem even if you brought a stam shot and conduit. Sometimes bosses will banish in the first 10 minutes before you picked up your second or even first clue. Which is why I prefer to bring greyhound over conduit as it means I have it for the duration of the entire game. I always bring 2 regen shots and an ammo box if I'm running long ammo and a dolch which means I only have space for 1 stam shot. I've tried 2 stam shots and 1 regen shot but find the regen shots more useful as they allow you to heal during combat. But as you say, each to their own. @@khalamity2249

[@Juliett-A]

I just can't take this seriously when you flat out say "i'm not certain how this trait functions."