MANIAC. Let's talk. (Payday 2)

[@b33croft]

Thanks for 100,000 subscribers! Hope you enjoy this dive in to the maniac perk deck. Some technical aspects to this one so stick with me! More info in the description around how it stacks and source of information used. Cheers!

[@Idkwntph]

Deserving

[@mcbacon8er]

B33 in the skills section you never got frenzy, you made it sound like frenzy was needed when going over the deck mechanics

[@b33croft]

Nah I said frenzy wasn’t needed mate, it’s too dependent on underdog being active

[@daddydank4123]

The Maniac got 100k What a mad lad Congrats 🎉 The only thing he likes more than this comment is an anarchist izhma build

[@b33croft]

Thanks mate

[@PeachDragon_]

"This is brilliant" *points at anarchist* "But i... like this" *points at maniac*

[@b33croft]

Haha yep

[@paliden055]

how bout both

[@PhantomTheMate]

Maniac be like "Consume bullet, now I have shield"

[@b33croft]

Haha yep

[@Ludwig_Perpenhente]

My Face is my Shield

[@MarKBBQ]

If you think about it, Jimmy's character fits perfectly with Maniac, because you need to be a cocain addict to even consider playing DSOD with that perk deck

[@b33croft]

Yea agree mate!

[@dallasneedsamedicbag8208]

Its a very good build lol, just bc u use stoic ictv lmg dont mean u good

[@bencenagy5459]

@@dallasneedsamedicbag8208 yeah But it's DSOD

[@Swankster9000]

Bro really making a non-argument. “Unless you beat DSOD loud with handguns only and no perk deck, and no skills you aren’t good”

[@samguadalupe9196]

The amount of times I have hear so basicly payday 2 is getting updated again

[@b33croft]

Haha I love it

[@freedeoxide]

@Clyat the Bat cries in 20 fps

[@djjordg2748]

@@freedeoxide I came from PS4 and it wasn’t too overly bad, even though PC is just way better

[@freedeoxide]

@@djjordg2748 if you ever saw mine Pain

[@spaghettie9025]

That's a good thing mate

[@nathaniel1207]

maniac needs a buff imo. It seems really neat, but i'd rather it have the stacks converted to damage negation, with a max of 75% or more. It'd be more on par with Stoic, anarchist and kingpin then.

[@b33croft]

Yea agreed mate

[@WaveOfDestiny]

Maniac works good ez deathwish just not on death sentence because the absorption is flat

[@abikinebi6235]

it has been

[@zombieminecraft4213]

Kingpin is no longer available for some reason.

[@00Grimreaper00]

@@zombieminecraft4213 same here I brought the dlc pack but for some reason I can't access it..

[@Deamons64]

Low key, I love maniac. The support you can give to your team on everything other than DS is crazy. If you have a good maniac player and a good crew chief player in the same lobby, it's quite possible you'll go through the entire job without going down.

[@b33croft]

agreed mate, on mayhem this was legendary

[@Deamons64]

@@b33croft exactly. On anything other than death sentence, maniac is the ULTIMATE support deck. It's so fun.

[@yeetyeetyeet1967]

i mean…if you have a cc in the team maniac gets easy 3 shot health. It feels the exact same as playing cc. Absolutely viable, even on dsod

[@joaopedrosambatti2474]

Disappointed, no top gear clip where they keep saying maniac

[@b33croft]

Haha should have

[@Idkwntph]

I don't feel like talking sorry Mr build man

[@b33croft]

Oh well, I’m here when you’re ready :)

[@justsmile.8370]

Wait a fat minute b33croft didnt say "HOLY SHIT" while saying there are 20 other perk decks, my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

[@b33croft]

Haha I was going to put a “wait for it” on screen when I said that! As the holy shit came later

[@exek3010]

100k! I still remember when I used to watch your streams daily and I'm more than happy to see you reach that milestone. Good job buddy! :)

[@b33croft]

Thanks so much mate

[@starwarsgeek944]

We need Jimmy to change appearances every time he gets traded!

[@b33croft]

Haha for sure

[@theraveninrapture]

can't wait for tag team and the pain and agony of making a tag team build in 2020

[@b33croft]

Hahah not looking forward to it

[@joebobsonofbillyjoebob9618]

Haha vape go brrrrrrr

[@Mrmonkey1488]

Damn this guy gets 100’s of comments and reply’s to almost all of them

[@b33croft]

hell yea!

[@LucasArtz]

@@b33croft but he doesn't reply to me

[@pixelrat18k95]

Now that I'm looking at it, the dancing thing he has all the characters do actually works with Jimmy and his personality...

[@b33croft]

Haha it certainly does

[@misha619]

Thanks b33, you always helped me when i started playing pd2 on pc, continue making great videos.

[@b33croft]

Appreciate it mate! Happy holidays

[@zach_the_guy5257]

Idk why I bursted out laughing when you played the old intro

[@b33croft]

Haha because it’s ridiculous!

[@admiral_aidan3925]

I wanna thank you for clarifying how damage absorption works. I thought when the Hystaria Stacks were full, you take zero damage, like the circles in the HUD suggests, turns out it doesn't, which would explain why I go down to bulldozers and snipers so much. I will leave some suggestions. You can gain Hystaria stacks through sentries and converted LEO's, making it possible to become your own fortress on mayhem difficulties, I'm not sure how viable it is on higher difficulties since I like to have fun and not be buried alive by a million and a half billion ZEAL units... if I even remain alive.

[@b33croft]

Thanks mate :)

[@pitakchonsuriyong5842]

I'm a maniac otp and I'm really happy about this. Great work!

[@b33croft]

Thanks mate :)

[@bradypahl]

Congrats on the 100k man. Oh maniac I remember how much I loved this deck on lower difficulties because as you said you truly are invincible it seemed & was a fun team perk deck to surprise people and see in the chat "dude why am I so tanky?" because they would gain some of the effects as well. If this perk deck had difficulty scaling instead of flat numbers I would love to put it as one of my main picks. This statement goes out to any dev out there, you should nearly always make things difficulty based not flat negation.

[@b33croft]

Yea mate for sure

[@dariancarrasco7105]

Me-is a poor console player knowing we’ll never get that update because overkill has favorites just like my mom*

[@3hard_Lemon]

Congrats for the 100k!

[@b33croft]

Thanks mate

[@3hard_Lemon]

@@b33croft you deserve it!

[@zesshi06]

Woaaaah I love the graphical description, I understand better than anything I study on university :’)

[@b33croft]

Haha thanks mate, I tried to make it simple

[@CsanadCzToth]

Unexpected math lesson, my favourite.

[@b33croft]

hahaha

[@ShadowAgent94]

Definitely going to check out the other videos in this series now that I know that there's a ton, looking forward to a bit of a binge

[@b33croft]

thanks mate!

[@Daydne]

Congrats on 100k man you deserve it so much! Been watching you since as long as I can remember, without you I’d suck at payday 2 lol, my main 3 builds are all yours. Keep up the amazing content man!

[@b33croft]

Thanks miso much mate, means a lot

[@nicholasgephart7874]

Just recently getting into payday after it had been sitting in my steam library for a while, your videos are a great help! Keep up the good work.

[@b33croft]

Thanks mate!

[@thatguythatiscool]

“A-WOO-WOO-WOOOLFFF!!” - Jimmy when asking wolf to follow him

[@D0cSwiss]

Man, it's weird when I see Payday 2 footage without the music. The music is such a big part of the appeal for me, to the point where seeing it in non-Payday stuff always makes me perk up.

[@b33croft]

Haha for sure mate, i kind of like it without music sometimes, makes it dramatic

[@TheArbiter115]

Well done as always b33croft! I felt so special after you hearted my comment about doing a Maniac video, and now here we are. I completed my most recent infamy only using Maniac and it was a lot of fun. When I build for Maniac I treat it a lot like Crew Chief, opting for Hostage Taker instead of Berserker. I hope Payday 3 will have more support-based perk decks.

[@b33croft]

Thanks mate! Yea I agree

[@morid2079]

Jimmy dancing in the background is the funniest shit ive ever seen

[@b33croft]

Haha it’s the best

[@Honeycreepin]

I think Maniac is a great pick for sentry builds on lower difficulties Sentries are almost always firing and are a great way for you to have max Hysteria stacks at all times

[@b33croft]

Ahh good idea mate

[@Waxotoo]

yeah basically what i do is interchange between maniac and muscle if its like a map where i would move a lot and where the sentries are less usefull...also dunno if converts give you maniac stacks but they are still a must if you want some sustain with hostage taker

[@maximusfattus4363]

Maniac. Where being overly aggressive and running headfirst into enemies helps your teammates.

[@b33croft]

haha sounds counter intuitive, but it's true!

[@LowQualityComedian]

When B33 does the funny(also congrats on 100k)

[@b33croft]

Thanks mate

[@i_like_pie5367]

Jimmy is literally the best character don't even @ me

[@b33croft]

Haha he’s awesome

[@nrbrt7869]

@I_LIKE_PIE Sidney is🌚

[@mateomartinez69]

I mean when you're a coked-up manic with a duck-taped mask you're VERY good!

[@i_like_pie5367]

Y'all who like Sydney are thirsty Jimmy is a guy you sit down with have drink with then get stabbed by its good times all round

[@rambunctiousrecruit6088]

WRONG

[@sssuperslayer25]

First of all, congrats on 100k, you deserve every sub! And how are you so good at DSOD? If youre looking for build ideas, then I really want a sentry gun build.

[@b33croft]

Thanks mate :) I have sentry build on my list!

[@juiceboxlive6478]

Man I’m never gonna get used to hearing a suppressed lmg

[@b33croft]

I love the sound lol

[@xSlav]

I love maniac so far, rights skills and you’re invincible on mayhem or deathwish.

[@b33croft]

Yea awesome on those difficulties

[@matthewcox69]

My buddy that I play with is a big fan of using turret builds with Maniac, since the damage they deal is great for building the stacks.

[@mauer1]

that sounds reasonable. Like having someone setting up turrets all over the place and maniacly? laughing at everything while the turrets kill everything. but, turrets get like oneshotted at osds so...

[@b33croft]

yea for sure mate!

[@LeonBelmont121]

As someone who lacks the skill to play on DSOD I love using Maniac as my go-to perk deck when playing on Overkill and Mayhem. If I did want to try DSOD again I know I'd have to wave goodbye to that beautiful blue hp bar.

[@b33croft]

yea mate, it is awesome on ovk and mh

[@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275]

7:08 The instant regret with Painkills aced. That's stickin' to the fax right there

[@b33croft]

lol no regrets!

[@WaveOfDestiny]

My DW maniac is frenzy overkill aced with judge and an lmg. That damage, it mows down absolutely everything like actual grass if you keep shooting the judge every 20 seconds, it's stupid. It more than makes up for the slighly increased risk to go down, and the team effect will make your allies last longer in return too.

[@b33croft]

Perfect!

[@kaleidoscopekaleidoscope9064]

4:04 'we fire the whole bullet, that's 66% more!'

[@wearelegion8468]

I have just started using maniac and what I found has been the best fun/function was to have the locomotive shotgun secondary with dragons breath to build stacks. or secondary flamethrower. I have never been good with the isthma so primary was either akimbo smg or lmg and or clarion rifle

[@Bartenderdeathslinger]

siegward needs payday too? respect

[@PassionateHex]

Congrats on 100k!

[@b33croft]

thanks so much mate!

[@viraltikokss]

no

[@FernandoRamirez-nk7op]

I know i am not the only one who misses the old intro.

[@b33croft]

Haha I do too a bit

[@flakcannonhans6170]

0:00 I want to go to someone in real life named Dallas and tell them to subscribe to this channel or else I will make them do this dance

[@b33croft]

Haha yes!

[@ianthompson4539]

Glad to be subbed to the best payday 2 youtuber

[@b33croft]

thanks so much mate :)

[@shadowthedragon]

Jimmy is my favorite character

[@b33croft]

He’s awesome!

[@godzviper7696]

How did i even see the "Thats what she said" this time... i wasnt even really looking at my screen lol staring at my phone and see it out the corner of my eye... Youre getting sneaky with it dude lol

[@b33croft]

can't believe you spotted it, I was waiting to tell you to go look for it!

[@vtek579]

4:02 I didn't know ZEAL worked with Aperture Science. *We fire the whole bullet. That's 65% more bullet, per bullet.*

[@b33croft]

haha for sure

[@semcanal1136]

Great Glee balls, maniac probably is fun in lower dificulties, i'll try

[@b33croft]

yea mate for sure. tried it on DW and Mayhem, you feel invincible!

[@anormalnekrakersy7628]

Finaly you did it... So, how much decks left? 1? 2? Maybe some more variants? I have to admit, you're walking Payday 2 guide :D

[@b33croft]

2 left mate! Biker and tag team

[@Sleazy71]

great vid, ur amazing b3 keep up the good work

[@b33croft]

Thanks mate

[@therealmicha1243]

Roll the intro, OTHER INTRO! Only two builds left :D Can I get an awwyeah?

[@b33croft]

Haaaaaw yeeeaaahhhh

[@panosk.8669]

Hello Mate. Congrats on 100k. Keep doing amazing work on these videos. Good job. -Jib

[@b33croft]

Thanks mate :)

[@gustavofring4442]

It would be cool if ovk was taking suggestions for features for pd3 from the community. But it's only on the early stages now so mabye later

[@b33croft]

I did a video about payday 3 a few months ago and tweeted it at the lead dev of payday 3, they responded saying they showed that video and the comments to their team and are monitoring

[@mitchellthompson6596]

congrats on 100k love your videos keep up the great work you probably wouldn't believe me if i told you i came here from Russian Badger

[@b33croft]

Hey mate, thanks so much! How did you get here from him?!

[@mauer1]

there need to exist a skill combo where you can bulk up someone with so much team damage reduction or something so someone is simply invinceble.

[@b33croft]

Yea exactly. One person running this, one running crew chief and the main guy running stoic or anarchist could be pretty amazing

[@BranUevaSeen1905]

Love your vids man. And I love manic when I'm running with my normal friends. If you ever come back to this vid for suggestions I recommend Sentrys. And some incendiary shotgun.

[@b33croft]

Nice! Thanks mate

[@ginova0817]

Brilliant video mate also congratulations on 100k🤽

[@b33croft]

thanks so much mate!

[@bruj1905]

Hey b33! You might know me as the BeanBoi69420, great video!!

[@b33croft]

Haha thanks mate

[@kristindewitt5594]

Maniac: i don't want to talk

[@b33croft]

I'm here if you need me lol

[@cheesecake8620]

Congrats on 100k

[@b33croft]

Thanks mate

[@cheesecake8620]

@@b33croft you deserve it mate

[@demonx1490]

alr b33 time for 2021 builds have some fun while your at it!

[@b33croft]

Nah mate, I’m all good thanks lol

[@CCTV--X_X]

Such a maniac to make this video

[@b33croft]

Haha and I lost my sanity

[@jameslong8000]

YAY A NEW BUILD. Keep up the work b33

[@b33croft]

Thanks mate :)

[@jameslong8000]

B33 can u do a suit anarchist bulid. Also I need a good dsod b33 what would u say I should use.

[@b33croft]

Use anarchist! I did a new anarchist video about 2 weeeks ago my favorite build!

[@kyototheegamer7433]

Having Frenzy Aced and maximum Hysteria with Bullseye Aced can also let your armor take the extra bullet.

[@b33croft]

That would need to be so perfectly timed lol

[@kyototheegamer7433]

@@b33croft You could do it.

[@c4iomoraes34]

Hey 100k thats so cool when that you will get you check i will be very happy when you get

[@b33croft]

Thanks mate

[@MiWill1988]

Hey b33croft, if you filter the achievements, and change the achievement tag to heisting, you get a bit over 300 challenge achievements. For some reason Holdout missions are here, but other than that it's just 'fun' achievements. Framing Frame without cops shutting off power boxes, longbow only Undercover, etc. None of the 'do the thing on x difficulty/complete all the things on x difficulty' fluff. Might be worth a ranking video or 4?

[@b33croft]

Ooh not a bad idea

[@ShadowAgent94]

Also congrats on 100k

[@b33croft]

Thanks mate

[@ThisIsSoReal83]

Biker and Tag team also, this perk deck looks interesting, i will try it

[@b33croft]

Do it!! Lol

[@dariancarrasco7105]

Hey since you’re doing updated builds do you think you can make an updated crime spree build??? Love the vids btw❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@b33croft]

Thanks mate! Hopefully I will!

[@HoundNL]

Hey dude, i just watched your video ranking every skill in the game and i loved it, and i want to say two things: 1- you said that the unseen strike ability cancels it's effect after getting hit, and well, although this is what the description says, that is not what happens, when you don't get hit for 4 secs the effect activates and when you take damage the effect persists. Since you use WolfHud it will be easy to test it out with the "active effects HUD". Maybe armor and crit build viable then? 2- you also said that sentry guns are bad, and I agree with that :v but they are the best build possible on hostage game mode, hostage becomes so easy that I even find myself having dinner or watching Netflix while playing it, and since you don't have an updated video about hostage game mode and sentry guns... Why not 2 in 1? The key aspects of my build are: Stoic ICTV Double single grenade Launcher Jokers and hostage regen Every single sentry skill, including jack of all trades Spotter Nine lives The amount of skills you will need in each skill tree is 30 - 28 - 46 - 12 - 4 I think i got a little too much excited with these ideas, but maybe it's worth to try it out

[@b33croft]

Nice mate! Enjoy!

[@mosesrodriguez3966]

Jimmy is automatically the worst because he is bri ish

[@b33croft]

Haha just like me!

[@jamesmoulton8055]

This is objectively wrong. He is better because he is British.

[@DryingPanzer]

Hoxton is British????

[@lindamckenna623]

I’m Australian just like Sydney

[@CantoniaCustoms]

@@lindamckenna623 so British colonist?

[@uktoes5742]

Me watching the same day it posted BRUUUUU

[@b33croft]

Yes!

[@theduckcat7714]

4:02 The Science of Payday 2 with Professor B33croft

[@b33croft]

lol hardly!

[@GLYDEEY]

I was looking for perk deck for loud bois and now i have it thank you.

[@b33croft]

Aweosme mate

[@rogofos]

tbh some decks is just not for DS but good for lower difficulties like Crook is good on low difficulties because you get a lot of armour (counting in the dodge its stronger than CTV with armorer) and great mobility Maniac is similar making you basically invincible on lower difficulties but being absolutely useless on DS

[@b33croft]

Yea for sure mate. It was kind of fun playing it, just have to be very careful

[@rogofos]

@@b33croft you just seem to be very centered on high difficulties ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@rogofos]

love your videos tho

[@b33croft]

I am mate, that's all I ever play and have ever played lol :)

[@arnegraphics3380]

Last time I was this early I did not own payday 2.... I won't think of that

[@b33croft]

Haha

[@-thetellyou-1445]

Basically that intro is og

[@b33croft]

Big time!

[@Jomus85]

*sees this video finally coming out* Holy shit-

[@b33croft]

haha couldn't have said it better myself!

[@DonnieDoodles]

13:57 Captain Winters rolling up in single player? I believe that's illegal.

[@b33croft]

Haha not fair

[@kingmorgana6782]

Maniac is baby's first dodge build

[@b33croft]

Haha sure thing

[@acuppacat1867]

the gunshots from the lmg remind me of half life opposing force's lmg

[@succybeverage]

4:00 they fire the whole bullet, that's 65% more bullet, per bullet.

[@b33croft]

Haha yes

[@tenmavi7384]

jimmy with basic inspire be like: ''GAU GAU GAU"

[@b33croft]

haha for sure!

[@blinkemonke8520]

No one: 5 Year old me getting 1 dollars: 0:01

[@b33croft]

:)

[@n1rvanna_chaos]

B33croft i think instead of making builds you should probably make videos about making builds. Which skills are mandatory or just generally good, which weapon type and perk deck has what downsides, which skills cover them, and how to play specific perk e.t.c.. your build videos are usually weapon specific and don't cover other weapon types. Making a video on how to make build for a perk deck should solve this problem

[@b33croft]

That’s a good idea!

[@l-makthedestroyer7142]

4:03 Here at Apature labs our state-of-the-art turrets fire the whole bullet, that's 65% more bullet per bullet

[@thejoker1323]

I do miss the old intro tho :D

[@b33croft]

Lol me too mate

[@HolddisNerd]

Ive been using this perk deck on DW and DS runs and ive found some solid success

[@b33croft]

yea it can be played well on those difficulties for sure!

[@gustavofring4442]

Love the vids. Cheers

[@b33croft]

thanks mate!

[@ericneuens]

Hmmmmmmm another build I can add to my pd2 builds.

[@b33croft]

Nice! Happy holidays mate

[@ericneuens]

@@b33croft Yeah. Happy holidays!

[@Zlanarod]

I'm playing a team sustain build using turrets and maniac, all you need is the 35% less chance to get targeted, the whole turret tree and ammo cost efficient weapons 👍

[@b33croft]

Great stuff!

[@AlbinoMichigander]

Nice job on 100k!

[@b33croft]

Thanks mate

[@TheOkrim99]

i played maniac ksp with ictv for a 2 days now i can say bb to dodge XD i love it.

[@b33croft]

Nice!

[@Zawanda_Obuyu]

"you have to be a maniac to understand this perk deck"

[@b33croft]

;)

[@TylerMcVeigh1]

It seems like the LMG/assault rifle route is really the only viable build. The shotgun route wastes so many points just to ensure you can do constant damage and even then the LMG build is still a handful of points short of being viable. It's such a shame too because it's one of the few damage reduction perk decks.

[@b33croft]

Yea agreed mate, lmg was fun to play with this one

[@100Doomslayer]

Disagree, I managed perfectly fine on ds with breaker 12g, AP judge and shotty skills with Frenzy aced and Underdog aced while using ctv.

[@no1normal750]

doesn't sound like a fun build compared to others, was it? also 🎉Congratulations🎉!

[@b33croft]

thanks mate. I actually enjoyed this one a bit, shame the underdog skill needs to be active for frenzy to work well, it could have been great!

[@Haiden772]

hmm maybe a speedy boy build just pure speed

[@b33croft]

Tried it, it’s rough lol