"Fighting Styles" Update Notes

Dear Survivors, Update v1.3.0 version is live! We have received feedback about the randomness of the upgrade cards. In order to alleviate the situation of not being able to draw the desired ability cards, we have designed a Fighting Style system.

With the new Fighting Style system, Survivors can easily build your favorite style to fight against these crazed zombies.

In addition to the Fighting Style System, an ability card database has also been added to the main page, allowing survivors to easily check various abilities.

Without further ado, let's take a look at the introduction of combat style and ability card database!

Fighting Styles

Fighting styles are part of the equipment system, equip your favorite style and explore the possibilities.

Each fighting style has a unique core ability and its own style deck. In each level, you have 1-2 chances to draw ability cards from the style deck, making it easier to accumulate abilities for that style.

Each fighting style has its own proficiency gauge. Gain proficiency tokens by filling the gauge which can be used to unlock more fighting styles. Gauge can be filled by completing stages.

For a detailed list of styles, click "Show Details" below. [expand type="details"]

List of fighting styles

• Vitality

  Survival is key, increase your max HP and live to tell the tale. Core Ability Restore 10% of max HP at the beginning of each wave. If HP is full, increase Max HP by +3% Fighting Style Deck

  Medkit	Max HP +10%, Recover 100% HP
  Medical Therapy	Recover 50% HP at the end of each wave
  Bloodthirsty	Lifesteal+0.2%, Lifesteal Chance+0.2% per second in battle, unlimited stacking times, return to zero at the end of the wave
  Toughen Up (Small)	Max HP +35%
  Overhaul	Max HP -30% Max HP +10% for every 10 enemies killed (maximum stack: 10 times)
  Imperfection	Max HP +80%, Damage Reduction -10%

• Final Blow

  Capitalize your damage output by using shotgun and spread abilities. Core Ability Inflicts 2X damage to enemies with less than 20% health. Fighting Style Deck

  Quick Draw Mag	Reload Speed +50%
  Weakness Exploit	3% chance to deal 10X damage
  Tactical Reload	Reload Speed +30% Every first bullet after reloading deals 2X damage
  Final showdown	The last bullet of magazine deals 3X damage
  Spread up 2.0	Bullet Spread +1, Bullet Spread Angle -25%
  Concentrated shell	Damage +70%, Ammo Capacity -50%

• Bloodthirst

  Unleash the vampire in you, who needs HP when you can steal health. Core Ability When HP is above 50%, Lifesteal Chance is doubled, When HP is below 50%, the Lifesteal Amount is doubled Fighting Style Deck

  Lifesteal Up	Lifesteal +3%, Lifesteal Chance +3%
  Hemodynamics	Triggering lifesteal inflicts bleed to nearby enemies in a large area.(Deal 200% damage over 5 seconds, enemies under this effect receive +20% additional damage )
  Attack Focus 2.0	Damage +50%, Firing Rate -15%
  Bloodthirsty	Lifesteal+0.2%, Lifesteal Chance+0.2% per second in battle, unlimited stacking times, return to zero at the end of the wave
  Revive Token	Revive and fully recovered upon taking fatal damage for once
  Imperfection	Max HP +80%, Damage Reduction -10%

• Falcon

  If only bullets have homing abilities..well now you can! Core Ability Bullets from the main weapon gain a slight auto tracking ability

  

  Fighting Style Deck

  Frenzy	Temporarily increase Damage by +10% for 3 seconds after making a headshot (maximum stack: 5 times)
  Dumdum Bullets	50% chance to inflict bleeding upon headshot (Deal 200% damage over 5 seconds, +20% damage taken during bleeding)
  Headstart	Damage +30% for 20 seconds after every wave start
  Attack Focus 2.0	Damage +50%, Firing Rate -15%
  Headhunter 2.0	After dealing 3 headshots next shot will be a guranteed critical hit
  Headshot Focus	Headshot Damage +250%, Damage -25%

• Drone Armada

  Be the captain of a massive fleet of drones! Core Ability Deploy a random drone on the battlefield every 5 waves

  

  Fighting Style Deck

  Assault Drone Summon	Summon an assault drone
  EMS Drone Summon	Summon an EMS drone
  Tactical Drone Summon	Summon a tactical drone
  UAV System Upgrade	Drone's Skill Haste +25%
  Drone Speed Upgrade (Large)	Drone's Firing Rate +100%
  Drone Bullet Refinement (Large)	Drone's Damage +100%

• Cryogenics

  FREEZE! Don't Move! Core Ability Causes a frost explosion upon hitting a frozen enemy. Dealing 200% damage and freezing enemies within a 3 meter radius (Cooldown: 2s)

  

  Fighting Style Deck

  Frozen Chamber	Inflict freeze for every 7 combo (stop all movements for 1.5 seconds)
  Frost Module	Drone has 7% chance to inflict freeze upon hit (stop all movements for 1.5 seconds)
  Tactical Drone Summon	Summon a tactical drone
  UAV System Upgrade	Drone's Skill Haste +25%
  Frozen Sputter	Upon hitting any static object, freezes nearby enemies in a small area for 1.5 seconds (3 seconds cooldown)
  Gravitational Bomb	Upon killing an enemy, create a Black Hole that sucks over any enemies within a 6 meters radius (6 seconds cooldown)

• Gambit

  Who doesn't like criticle hits? Core Ability Upon dealing a critical hit, Critical Damage is increased by +20% (max 20 stacks). Resets to 0 upon dealing a non-critical strike Fighting Style Deck

  Critical Up	Critical Damage +30%, Critical Chance +10%
  Gambler's Spirit	Critical Chance +2% for every attack that isn't a critical hit, this effect will reset on critical hit
  Critical Focus	Damage -10%, Critical Chance +20%, Critical Damage +50%
  Deep Wounds	Inflict bleeding upon critical hit (Deal 200% damage over 5 seconds, +20% damage taken during bleeding)
  Sticky Bullets	Inflict slow upon critical hit (reduce movement speed for 50% for 3 seconds)
  Headhunter 2.0	After dealing 3 headshots next shot will be a guranteed critical hit

• Steadfast

  My defence is impenetrable. Core Ability When attacked, gain +50% Damage Reduction for 5 seconds. (Cool down: 60s)

  

  Fighting Style Deck

  Toughen Up (Small)	Max HP +35%
  Energy Booster Kit	Max Shield +40%
  Steel Skin	Damage Reduction +10%
  Shield Generator	Shield Cooldown Rate +30%, Shield Restoration Rate +30%
  Golden Turtle	Damage Reduction +35% for 2 seconds after reloading
  Mental Fortitude	Damage Reduction +25% when current HP is less than 50%

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Ability Card Database

Here you can browse all the ability cards and confirm the detailed effects of each ability.

v1.3.0 Other Updates

Added Russian support

VAR: Exterminate will support the Russian language from today! Welcome on board fellow survivors!

New Ability Cards

• Overhaul

  Max HP -30% Max HP +10% for every 10 enemies killed (maximum stack: 10 times) Rarity: Epic (purple)

• Imperfection

  Max HP +80%, Damage Reduction -10% Rarity: Epic (purple)

New Steam Achievements

• Open Season I Eliminate 100 crows

• Open Season II Eliminate 500 crows

• Open Season III Eliminate 5,000 crows

• I HATE CROWS Eliminate 10,000 crows

• You Can't Stop Me Eliminate 150 Bulwarks

• Hand Of Justice Eliminate 150 Marauder

• Clean-Up Crew Eliminate 150 Brigadier

• Firefighter Eliminate 150 Fireball spitting zombies

• Stop Running At Me Eliminate 150 Exploding Runner

• Stop Yelling At Me Eliminate 150 Runaway zombie

• Gunsmith II Accumulate picking up 200 ability cards

Ability Card Removed

• Evolution(HP)

  Max HP +10% for every 10 enemies killed (maximum stack: 8 times)

• Toughen Up (Large)

  Max HP +80%

Balance Changes

Ability Cards Changes

• HP Attack Deal an extra damage base on 20% current HP per hit ↓ Deal an extra damage base on 15% current HP per hit

Equipment Changes

Reduce the requirements to unlock drones and chips

Others

1. Japanese content update

2. Performance update

3. Sound adjustment

Bug Fixes

1. Fixed the issue where scaffolding bars disappears because of graphic settings in the level 1-5.

2. Fixed an issue where some special effects would remain the same size while under the "voodoo doll" effect.

Twitter & Discord

Finally, calling out all survivors, we urge everyone to join our Discord server and Twitter radio stations. It's the last place on Earth where we humans are able to trade information and share valuable tips on surviving. Together we will overcome this apocalypse! Twitter: https://twitter.com/VarExterminate Discord: https://discord.com/invite/chp6YZEmRp