KF2: Stop Raging the Scrakes - Team Etiquette

The author of this Steam guide says it looks short for something aimed at all perks and weapons, but the message is one sentence long: stop raging the Scrakes. It is written mostly for humour, with a real lesson behind it.

The source of your woes

The Scrake, the subject of the lesson.

The Scrake is an enemy, but hit, shoot, burn or blow him up too much and he flies into a rage and charges. That may not bother players who spray carelessly, but it infuriates the perks that can deal enough damage in a 2-3 second window to kill him: Demolitionist, Sharpshooter, Support and others. They would rather deal with him calmly.

The routine

1. See the Scrake.
2. Call it out to your team.
3. Avoid damaging the Scrake as far as you can control it.
4. (Optional) Apologise if you accidentally did too much damage. Your team will forgive you.
5. Wait for the heavy hitters to handle the problem.
6. Win the game.

Closing statement

The author stresses this is not a witch hunt against particular perks (apart from a jab at Firebug), and that the guide is mostly for laughs. The purpose remains: stop raging the Scrakes.

What the comments argued

• Some players said Firebugs should ignore Scrakes and Fleshpounds, because the fire makes them panic and complicates aiming, and they will let a Firebug die who starts the stumble.
• Others replied that the Firebug stumble is a useful tool and that only weak players refuse to handle large ZEDs.
• Several commenters joked that raging every Scrake at once is part of the fun, and one pointed out the familiar pain of a Firebug in a Scrake-heavy Endless wave.

For more serious advice on dealing with these ZEDs see Scrake and Fleshpound takedowns.