As the official mascot for the Risk of Rain franchise, the Commando is a jack-of-all-trades survivor with a solution to almost every problem. Here’s the best Commando build and items to choose in Risk of Rain Returns.
Best Items for Commando in Risk of Rain Returns
The best items for Commando focus onon-hiteffectsto utilize the survivor’s rapid-fire normal attacks along with health and utility items to increase Commando’s survivability and mobility. We’ll go over the best items to pick up in the tables below, divided by item type.
Best Damage Items for Commando
The most ideal Damage items for Commando focus on delivering constant on-hit effects.
Best Utility Items for Commando
The most ideal Utility items for Commando center around increasing your attack speed while inflicting crowd-controlling effects on enemies.
Best Healing Items for Commando
The most ideal Healing items for Commando revolve around passive, on-hit, and on-kill health regeneration as well as shield generation.
Best Loadout Skills for Commando
Commando is a great all-rounder survivor in Risk of Rain Returns, and their extra unlockable skills allow them to exceed both at long-range and short-range combat. As such, the best loadout for Commando depends on your preferred playstyle, and whether you like to dish out consistent damage from afar or unleash in-your-face burst damage up close.
I prefer keeping my distance with Commando, so I use the survivor’s default skills with the exception of theTactical Slideability. This allows me to provide sustained damage while being highly mobile.
The Tactical Slide skill is unlocked by completing the Providence Trial “Slide to the Finish!”
That’s all for the best Commando build and items to choose in Risk of Rain Returns. If you found this guide helpful, make sure to check out our other guides, likehow to find a Beam Drone in Risk of Rain Returns.
Matt Vatankhah
Matt’s writing career began when he joined Prima Games in 2022. As Managing Editor, he tries to make sure everything you read looks as pretty as possible. He’s had a passion for video games all of his life and really loves Final Fantasy, retro FPS, roguelikes, and metroidvanias. He will absolutely stomp you in Tetris.
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