Bandit

 is a playable character in Risk of Rain 2.

A swift and sneaky fighter, the Bandit focuses on keeping on the move to catch enemies off guard and deal ruinous damage, before finishing the job with Lights Out. Between his daggers, smoke bombs, and gun attacks, the Bandit emphasizes mobility and versatility but also requires some skill to bring out his true potential.

Completing the Warrior challenge will unlock Bandit as a playable survivor.

Tips

 * Burst and Blast can be shot as fast as the player can click/press the corresponding button. Items increasing attack speed like only speed up the reload animation of the gun.


 * Burst and Blast reload faster if Bandit's gun is empty, rather than if there are bullets remaining in the chamber.


 * Burst does not pair well with items like and, because the  stacks wear off during his reload animation. However, it's possible to collect enough  or  to negate this issue.


 * Rapid-firing Burst and Blast drastically increases the spread of the weapons. Pacing shots is necessary for hitting targets at longer ranges.


 * Both Serrated Dagger and Serrated Shiv reset Bandit's aerial momentum, which can be used to prevent fall damage.


 * While from the Smoke Bomb, enemies will behave as if Bandit is still in the location he was when activating it.


 * Use Smoke Bomb to get the most use out of Bandit's Backstab passive, allowing the player to reposition behind enemies while they're unaware.


 * Since Smoke Bomb moves Bandit upward while in the air, it can effectively be used as an extra jump to increase mobility or to prevent fall damage.


 * Using a skill to exit Smoke Bomb early while airborne will make Bandit perform a mid-air jump from Smoke Bomb ending.


 * The explosive tar pots in the Abandoned Aqueduct can be shot with Lights Out or Desperado, and will activate the corresponding on-kill effect.
 * Shooting the tar pots with Lights Out makes completing the Classic Man challenge considerably easier.


 * Lights Out and Desperado are affected by . Increasing Bandit's attack speed will cause these attacks to come out faster, allowing for quickly dispatching many enemies consecutively.
 * As a result, temporary attacks speed buffs such as those from and  can actually become problematic for Bandit. They may cause inconsistencies with how fast these attacks fire and throw off the player's rhythm.
 * Lights Out and Desperado's on-kill effects are also granted to the . If an enemy is killed by the explosion generated from either skill (rather than the skill itself), the corresponding on-kill effect will still activate.
 * As a result, more than one stack of can be received with a single use of the Desperado.


 * Pair the with Desperado, as the Bandolier can compensate for the lost ability to reset cooldowns.


 * Given Desperado's low cooldown, it can be effective to pair it with a in the early stages to increase windows for stacking the skill, and overall damage. This comes at the cost of almost all chance-based effects, however.


 * Bizarrely, Smoke Bomb increases its number of hits the more players there are. One use of Smoke Bomb in 4-player game can hit more than 4 times, while it can hit only once in a singleplayer game. This is likely a bug.


 * Many void items are unusually strong with Bandit.
 * benefits both Lights Out and Desperado extremely well; in addition to simply recharging faster, Lights Out refreshes all of its charges on a kill, making it significantly more spammable with multiple stacks.
 * and deal their damage some time after being initially triggered, allowing one to more easily finish off an enemy using   Lights Out or Desperado without another effect "stealing" the kill.
 * As a bonus, the Singularity Band restricts enemy movement, holding them in place to line up the perfect shot. This also makes the Brilliant Behemoth even more effective, as a single shot will hit most if not all of the enemies caught by the Singularity Band.
 * can be taken without too much detriment, as Bandit can force critical hits using his Backstab passive, and thus still gain some benefit from most other crit items such as the.
 * makes Burst even more effective at procs, since it effectively adds 1.0 proc coefficient to each use (0.2 x 5). This is a much greater boost than the would have provided (only a 10% increase, or 0.25 proc coefficient).

Version History

 * PC Patch v1.1.1.2
 * Quality of Life
 * Updated challenges to have a short window of leniency
 * Bug Fixes
 * Fixed Bandit’s not properly masking limbs for items
 * Fixed Bandit’s secondary palette on character select not reflecting actual coloration
 * Updated item display on Bandit to properly display all items
 * Updated Bandit with idle breathing animations


 * Anniversary Update
 * Major Content
 * Added New Survivor: Bandit
 * Added New Survivor Skin:
 * Added New Class Challenge:
 * Added New Class Challenge:
 * Added New Class Challenge:
 * Added New Class Challenge:
 * Added New Lore Entry: Bandit

Trivia

 * Bandit's "Chilly" skin is a reference to Ibzan - the main antagonist of Hopoo's other game, DEADBOLT. The skin bears a close resemblance to him, the name refers to the constant cold that skeletons feel, the shotgun model is replaced with a Semi-Auto Shotgun and the knives are replaced with kitchen knives.
 * Before the Anniversary update, Bandit was in the game's files as an unused survivor. Notably, he was the most complete unused survivor.
 * 657 stacks of Desperado would be needed to rival the 's with 40,020% damage per shot.
 * Currently, there is a bug involving the where any extra charges of Lights Out or Desperado are wasted if the special key is pressed before the bullet from the first special use is fired. This makes spamming the special key detrimental to activating Lights Out or Desperado multiple times in a row.