Survivors Playing Tips

[alias]

I added the part of the damage the infected deals. Even though i know alot of those values (many times quite accurately) i still need the values of some difficulties or have confirmation of it. The only ones im sure about are the values that arent marked with a ?

Versus has the exactly same damage as normal games. None of them have been edited! They only changed the ways that you can get extra damage like dragging or pouncing from a great distance.

[colossuss]

I dont know how many times I have to say this, unless your black and white DO NOT heal before horde triggers. There is no point if your going to corner camp!

Also, auto shotguns, if a hunter has pounced your team mate and your spraying your auto shotgun you can do an awful lot of damage to your team mate. So dont do it!

[LuckyNV]

Until they are freed, team mates huntered or smokered are actually totally invincible to Survivor bullet attacks.
However, as soon as they are freed from the grip they become prone to friendly fire again, so really if you see a survivor team mate near the troubled team mate and they are about to free them, DO NOT JOIN IN WITH THE SHOOTING.

[colossuss]

^ Alot of the time I get pounced, hunter gets shot off straight away, and I'm down 15 hp! And thats in the indoor levels around where high pounces are possible. Such a pain!

[LuckyNV]

You don't need high heights for pounce damage, it is very possible to achieve long distance pounces on the ground for around 8-10 damage, couple that with 1 pounced slash hit can easily mean you lose 15hp in a flash.

[Rikard]

^ Alot of the time I get pounced, hunter gets shot off straight away, and I'm down 15 hp! And thats in the indoor levels around where high pounces are possible. Such a pain!

There's something called bunny pouncing too, where you pounce, then jump exactly as you hit the ground, the game thinks you have been airborne all the time, allowing you to do high damage pounces indoors.

[Lt Zenos]

I don't know if it's been mentioned (if so i'll delete this post) but all of the survivors deal more damage with certain weapons:

L4D:
Bill - SMG & Assault Rifle
Zoey - SMG & Hunting Rifle
Louis - SMG & Assault Rifle
Francis - Pump/Auto Shotguns

L4D2:
Coach - Pump/Auto Shotguns
Ellis - Pump Shotgun & Hunting/Sniper Rifles
Nick - SMG & Assault Rifles
Rochelle - Silenced SMG & Assault Rifles

Tested with Coach Vs AI Survivors ->

His shotgun takes off three quarters of the health bar

Hope this helps

~Lt Zenos

Source - http://left4dead.wikia.com/wiki/Left_4_Dead_Wiki

[Aku]

I don't know if it's been mentioned (if so i'll delete this post) but all of the survivors deal more damage with certain weapons:

L4D:
Bill - SMG & Assault Rifle
Zoey - SMG & Hunting Rifle
Louis - SMG & Assault Rifle
Francis - Pump/Auto Shotguns

L4D2:
Coach - Pump/Auto Shotguns
Ellis - Pump Shotgun & Hunting/Sniper Rifles
Nick - SMG & Assault Rifles
Rochelle - Silenced SMG & Assault Rifles

Those weapons are chosen by AI

[Skjold]

prefer L4d2 when fighting a witch So easy to kill with the strongest shotgun (Forgot name) Doesn't matter what level/niveau you're playing ^_^