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Chef is a long-range, high-damage robot cook inRisk of Rain Returns. Using his cleavers and oven, Chef can deftly glide around the battlefield on an oil slick, slicing through enemies and cooking others with fire.
The Chef is a relatively straightforward Survivor to get the hang of, but in his simplicity comes strength. Below, we’ll take a look at everything you need to know about playing and mastering the Chef, including his default and alternate skills, the best items to use, and some tips for learning him.
Mince(Second Helping boost)
Thow cleaver towards customers for 100% damage. Boomerangs back.
Throw 9 cleavers in a circle for 9x100% damage. Boomerangs back.
Sear
Flambe(Second Helping boost)
Cook customers for 250% damage until golden brown, knocking them away. Searing Glazed customers deals +78% damage and stuns.
Prepare a master meal, boosting the next ability cast.
Unlockable Skills
The following skills can be unlocked by completing certain challenges, and replace Chef’sDice,Glaze, orSecond Helping.
Stretch your arms and slash customers for 120% damage.
Collect 300 items as Chef.
Oil Jar(replaces Glaze)
Toss out a fragile jar of oil, spreading and slowing customers. Slide while in oil.
Simultaneously kill 15 oiled enemies using Sear/Flambe.
Cook(replaces Second Helping)
Rapidly prepare a meal out of customers for 6x80% damage. Slain customers become tasty temporary meal items. Cannot Crit.
Defeat 3000 enemies as Chef.
Cook Meals
With Chef’s alternate fourth skill,Cook, he willcook any meals defeated by the attack into a meal. Each possible meal and thetemporary effectsit grants are detailed below.
Increase health regeneration and movement speed.
Gain barrier and increased armor.
Slow nearby enemies.
Best Items For Chef
Chef has veryhigh innate attack speed, and each of his Dice cleavers hits the enemy twice as it boomerangs back, making items with on-hit effects very strong.
Increases overall damage and activation rate of on-hit effects.
Increases movement speed by 7.5% and attack speed by 6%.
Increases overall damage and mobility.
Lens Maker’s Glasses
Attacks have a 10% chance to Critically Strike, dealing double damage.
Increases overall damage and Critical Strike-based on-hit effects.
Grants health sustain.
Harvester’s Scythe
Gain 5% Critical Strike chance. Critical Strikes heal for 8 health.
Health sustain and increased damage.
Prison Shackles
Slow enemies on hit for -50% movement speed for 1.5 seconds.
Powerful slow effect, allows you to keep your distance from approaching enemies.
Predatory Instincts
Gain 5% Critical Strike chance. Critical Strikes increase attack speed by 10%, up to 30%.
Increases overall damage.
AtG Missile Mk. 1
10% chance on hit to fire a missile that deals 300% damage.
Increases overall damage through on-hit effect.
Thallium
10% chance on hit to damage by up to 2x500% damage per second and slow for up to -150% movement speed over the course of 3 seconds.
High increase to overall damage and slow effect.
Wicked Ring
Gain 5% Critical Strike chance. Critical Strikes reduce cooldowns by 1 second.
Increases overall damage and enables rapid use of skills.
As with any character, movement-increasing items likePaul’s Goat HooforHopoo Featherare great additions, allowing you to avoid attacks and get around each stage faster.
How To Play As Chef
The majority of Chef’s damage comes from his first attack,Dice. Although the base power of this skill isn’t very high, you can effectivelydouble its damage by hitting the same enemy twicewith the same cleaver. This will alsoincrease your chances of activating on-hit effects.
Always try toposition enemies between you and the returning cleaverfor added damage and chances to activate on-hit items.
Covering enemies in oil fromGlazebefore usingSearorFlambeon them will greatly increase your damage while alsostunning them for three seconds, allowing you to continue attacking safely or escape if you’re low on health. This combo is great for dealing with larger groups of dangerous enemies.
UsingSecond Helpingused with Dice will turn it intoMince, which will help when surrounded by enemies, especiallyflying enemieslike Jellyfish. Having a Wicked Ring will allow you to activate Second Helping more frequently, further increasing your damage output.
Mince can also be used to hit enemies withlarger hitboxeslike the Colossusmultiple times in a row.
Slice, which replaces Dice, is melee-ranged as opposed to Dice’s long range, butdeals more damage. Especially when used with Second Helping, which increases Dice’s power to a whopping625 percent. Stunning enemies with anoil into Sear combo, then smashing them with aSecond Helpingpowered-up Dicewill make quick work of almost anything in the game.
