Left 4 Dead

[becky]

Hunter Strats
-crank up your controller sensitivity to at least 75/75 or Higher on 360 so you have more control over your hunter while in midair(PC player get a huge + here, as the mouse allows them to semi-glide in the air and land on survivors)
- Be sure to pounce from high places whenever possible as the higher you are when you land on them, the more damage you get from the pounce, max is 25dmg.
- If your hunter catches fire, pounce on someone ASAP. The fire adds additional damage.
-If you are up against a group that has people in the red, and they still have their teammates alive. Try to run up behind them during a distraction and melee them and run away. The hunter has best melee(well, outside the tank)

Smoker Strats
-Learn where you can get death pulls. A death pull is when you drag them off cliffs or off/ out of bulding about the same height with a large gap between you and the victim.
-Annoy them from a safe spot. Constantly grab them and force somebody to go back for them. Do this when waiting for your teammates to respawn.
-Team up with other infected. Smoker + Boomer is a very deadly pair as can be a Smoker + Hunter.
-Stand in front/ on top of cars with alarms or behind a witch. Using your tongue you forcefully drag someone to their demise but if the others shoot you/at you then they are bound to cause all hell to break lose.

Tank Tips
-When the message for a Tank spawn pops up look around for it. Cause the tank will already be on the map before your/one of your teammates are given control.
-If you are in ghost mode(choosing where to spawn) and it says you'll be the tank...SPAWN ANYWHERE QUICK! This spawn will become AI controlled, the point is its another something the survivors have to deal with.
-Just cause your the tank, doesn't mean you are an insta win(in most cases). You still need teammates to be successful, however your presence does cause alot of constant watch and panic.
-The Tanks rock throw is glitchy, use it to your advantage. (Example, if you put a tank as close as possible into a wall where survivors are on the other side, on some walls you can somewhat safely throw rocks at them THROUGH the wall)
-Punchable objects = instant incaps(you can wipe an entire team out this way)
-When the tank FIRST comes into the field he is AI controlled, during that time if he spawns in front of survivors. There is a high chance he may be lit on fire, during this time you basically have less than 30 seconds to do something. Be smart about it.
- NEVER...NEVER! RUSH HEAD ON TO 3-4 HEALTHY SURVIVORS! Unless you have something to punch at them. Alternatively, snipe with rocks from a roof as long as you hit them with the rock the frustration meter resets. Remember gravity applies.

omg, this is bitchin. thank you so much!! did you write this or did you find it somewhere?

 

[Rekano]

I learned it elsewhere(and through playing alot) wrote it all out by memory.

 

[Ahrezmendi]

i just added a few of you on here. ahrezmendi, i'd love to take some of your advice in game (typically advice i get out of games doesn't stick with me). unfortunately blockbuster fails and 5/5 stores i went to didn't have it, so no left4dead for me right now. i doubt ill be on tonight for it because i believe the boyfriend is busy, but theres a good chance i'll be on tomorrow night or sunday night if anyone wants to team up :)

I got your invite. My current rented copy is from GameFly, you might try them.

Adding to what Rekano said -

Boomer:
- You are the catalyst for survivor doom. Even if you can only vomit on 1 of them, it still creates chaos, which allows your team-mates the chance to incap the other 3.
- Corners are your best friend. You only have 50 health, which means that 2 bullets will pop you in most cases. Wait around corners that you know the survivors have to go past, then get as many as you can.
- Melee attacks (from the survivors) do damage, and it only takes about 4 to pop you. If you can, set yourself up so that the survivors have little to no choice but to pop you where it will splash some of them.
- Your vomit has fairly long range, even though it doesn't look like it. It will also continue to cover survivors as long as the stream is going (approximately 3 seconds). Learn the range, and practice covering multiple survivors.

Hunter:
- Don't go out alone. This should be obvious, but I see tons of people do it, so I'm bringing it up. You're just asking to be hit by melee and then shot (or just shot outright). Wait until a chaotic situation, then try to grab a straggler.

Smoker:
- If the level permits it, try to grab a survivor from a higher level. This makes you a harder target, starts racking the damage up sooner, and when their friends break your tongue, gives you an easy retreat path.

Tank:
- Try to knock your victims into pits, off buildings, etc. Instant kills, and there are generally spots where this can be done on at least one level of each campaign.
- The Tank does not corner well. Be aware of survivors who try to lead you in circles around something.

 

[JayShadow]

Where'd you get that info? All the modes in L4D use the exact same maps.

From my eyes looking at the map directory on my computer. But also they've said so themselves which is why the others aren't available at launch, even though you can half ass the others on the normal maps. But mainly my eyes. Looking at files. All 30 of them. With 10 that have "vs" in the name. Want me to keep going on because I can explain this more all night.

 

[JayShadow]

-When the tank FIRST comes into the field he is AI controlled, during that time if he spawns in front of survivors. There is a high chance he may be lit on fire, during this time you basically have less than 30 seconds to do something. Be smart about it.

Also it's important for people to know that for that 30 seconds of life that you have left when on fire you're invincible so don't shy away or try to be sneaky, just go at them. Hopefully your opponent doesn't know this and is still trying to shoot at you.