The Survival Specialist is one of the 3 specializations from The Division 2. This guide explains what you need to know about the specialization.
These are the specializations of the endgame: From level 30, you can unlock the 3 specializations in your base. After that, you can switch between them freely.
Each of these specializations has a unique weapon and its own skill tree, where you can skill various advantages in the form of perks.
Here are the most important features, the best perks, and things you should keep in mind with the Survival Specialist.
The Survival Specialist is suitable for every player type
What distinguishes the Survival Specialist: This specialization favors multiple playstyles.
It can fulfill the role of a supporter well. Both healing and status effects can be utilized effectively. However, you can also take quite a bit of damage and build effective DPS sets.
These are the features of the Survival Specialist:
- The unique weapon: With the Survival Specialist, you gain access to the crossbow. This weapon fires bolts that explode after a short time and can cause area damage.
- The unique skill mod: The specialization includes a mod for the seeker mine. This now has a healing effect for armor. You can have the mine follow either yourself or your teammates.
- Grenade type: The Survival Specialist has access to incendiary grenades.
- Unique outfit: Each specialization has its own outfit, which is unlocked upon activation.
However, the grenade type and the seeker mine must first be unlocked in the skill tree with specialization points.
The best perks of the Survival Specialist
These perks are particularly recommended: With enough specialization points, you can complete the entire skill tree. However, it takes a while before you have enough points.
Therefore, we show the perks that are the best and should be skilled first:
- Elite Defense (3 Ranks): Up to +15% protection against elites
- Triage Specialist (3 Ranks): Up to +15% additional healing for teammates
- Critical Times: +10% cooldown reduction when in cover
- Tactical Link: Your group deals +10% more damage against enemies with status effects
- Incendiary Grenade: All enemies in a certain radius are ignited
- Individual Weapon Damage (4 Ranks): Up to +145% damage for your unique weapon.
- Shotgun Ready (3 Ranks): Up to +15% shotgun damage
- E.M.I: Up to +15% assault rifle damage
- Flicker: Seeker mine follows either you or a manually marked ally and heals armor
- Distributed Repair: Armor kits heal over time, the healing effect also affects teammates within a radius of up to 10 meters
- Group Supply of Individual Ammunition: When your group members kill enemies affected by a status effect, they have a chance to gain ammunition for their individual weapons.
To complete a skill tree, you need 160 points.
How do I get skill points for my specialization? Complete tasks where the faction Black Tusk is your enemy. They reward you with specialization points after completion.
You always get points for the specialization that you currently have active.
An overview of all talents can be found in our guide:
Are you interested in the other specializations? Check out our guides on the
Overall, the Survival Specialist is more balanced than the other specializations. The crossbow does not deal as much damage as the grenade launcher, but it is more precise.
Additionally, with the appropriate skill strength, you can create a strong healer build that keeps your teammates and yourself alive. The armor kit that can heal you and your team over time is very helpful.
However, the skill tree also allows you to combine the Survival Specialist with pure DPS sets. You essentially have free choice, as your equipment mainly determines how your set functions.
With the crossbow, you can still deal enough damage, and the incendiary grenades are extremely useful in combat.
A more offensive build variant is shown in this video by LethalvD:
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What are your experiences with the Survival Specialist? Do you have any additional tips?
