Payday 3 Escapist skill tree

Escapist

The Escapist skill specializes in agility and rapid maneuvering. By sprinting for a short duration, players gain RUSH, enhancing their combat readiness. This skill is further amplified by the ability to consume RUSH through sliding to acquire EDGE, providing a tactical advantage in engagements. Additionally, the Escapist's heightened sprinting speed while masked on and the ability to breach doors swiftly make them adept at evading and engaging enemies with finesse.

BASIC

Whenever you sprint for at least 3 seconds, gain

ACED

If you have

available and slide, it's consumed, and you gain or refresh

.

Escapist

Balanced

As long as you have

and an enemy or effect would stagger you, instead consume

and ignore the stagger.

Escapist

Move & Cover

If you have

available and vault or mantle, it's consumed, and you gain or refresh

.

Escapist

Slide Tackle

If you have

and slide into one or more non-Special enemies, you consume

and stagger those enemies.

Escapist

Battering Ram

As long as you have

,

or

, you can sprint through doors to breach them as though you had shot the lock.

Only effective on doors that can be shot open.

Escapist

Swift

Your base sprinting speed when masked on is increased by 10%.

Other Skills

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