Killing Floor 3 features six unique perks with a distinct playstyle while providing unique support for the team overall. Some excel in dealing damage while others provide a combination of support and damage.
Here’s how each of the perks ranks, and what they excel at in most team compositions in Killing Floor 3.
Perk Tier List in Killing Floor 3
Killing Floor 3 is all about teamplay. Perks all contribute something to the team, which is why they are somewhat more balanced when viewed as a whole. There are no “bad” perks because some mutations are entirely situational.
However, some perks really stand out and are generally more effective in a match.
Commandos have a lot of things going for them. They excel in doing Ballistic damage while having some good horde damage and AoE. Their clearing heavily relies on good aim, like a Sharpshooter, because you want to capitalize onlearning about all the Zedsand aiming for those critical zones.
As for skills, the Money-Spinner gives enough money to get the best modded weapon after a round. The Hellion’s (gadget) ability to kill while kiting makes it strong. It even has the Survivor Type upgrade, where your health can’t be reduced to below 1 for three seconds, making you indestructible enough to deal with enemies or revive teammates in dire situations.
The Time and Time skill again helps the team by progressing Zed Time much faster and much more consistently. Commando is one of the best DPS options, dealing massive ballistic damage while providing underrated support for the team.
Nothing much to say other than every team needs a Medic. If there is a tier above S, it would be the medic. Their healing is unmatched, and even if other players could buy a second primary weapon that heals, the Medic’s gadget and throwable provide healing, buffs, and debuffs that make the game way easier with them around.
When you use the healing build that applies heal over time and combine it with skill passive buffs like Damage Plan, it will give your team so much extra power with little effort.
When max leveled, a medic can also use their gadget to revive a teammate in tough situations. No one else can provide that type of utility, which makes the Medic one of the best perks in the game.
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Firebug is one of the strongest when dealing damage to hordes. They can deal with several enemies at once, but they are mostly strong for their ability to apply debuffs like affliction and overall Heat damage.
Since it is so easy to deal fire damage to hordes of enemies, the debuff will easily spread. Some of the hardest situations revolve around being surrounded by Fleshpounds or Scrakes combined with other Gorefasts, Clots, and Cysts.
You’ll want to deal with the Fleshpounds and Scrakes as fast as possible. Firebugs help a lot by burning through the weak Zeds while debuffing the big ones in just one spray.
Engineers are great for doing consistent damage while also being more effective against Fleshpounds and Scrakes for their Sonic Storm. Since Sound Wave damage helps destroy their armor, they can get more exposed quicker, and your team should be able to deal with them more easily.
Ninjas are quite tricky. you may be melee or ranged, and also focus on supporting or damaging. Melee builds can go for a “tank” build since you can add a lot of block stamina in your weapon mods, and even stats like “Aggro generation” exist in the game for Ninjas.
However, the enemies just do too much damage in harder difficulties, making it hard for the Ninja to do much apart from kiting and thinning out the smaller Zeds.
Ninjas excel in everything else apart from boss fighting. They have tons of crowd-control because they generally use Electric damage, such as their Hebi-Ken, Caltrops, and even a Shock Trap if you specialize in those skills.
Overall, there’s room for Ninjas in the team since they’ll also soak up some damage away from other members. Even agood hack-and-slash buildcan solo maps since there are generally fewer enemies, and a Ninja can self-sustain when maxed out.
Sharpshooter
Sharpshooter is one of the coolest perks in the game. Its gadget fires a homing arrow that seeks enemies on its own, making it look like Yondu from Guardians of the Galaxy is on your team.
The Sharpshooter surprisingly has a lot of crowd control, mostly from its throwable Cryo Grenade. Apart from those utility skills, they bring a lot of single-target damage because most of their passive skills revolve around buffing damage when shooting critical zones.
They can shred all the toughest Zeds and bosses faster than most perks, making even borderline S-tier with the right team.
Enzo Zalamea
Enzo is a staff writer at Prima Games. He began writing news, guides, and listicles related to games back in 2019. In 2024, he started writing at Prima Games covering the best new games and updates regardless of the genre. You can find him playing the latest World of Warcraft expansion, Path of Exile, Teamfight Tactics, and popular competitive shooters like Valorant, Apex Legends, and CS2. Enzo received his Bachelor’s degree in Marketing Management in De La Salle University and multiple SEO certifications from the University of California, Davis.
