First of all, you will need a timer to check the time. Use
rd_draw_timer 1 in the game console,
to change color of timer use:
rd_draw_timer_color 255 255 255

Wildcat is the fastest character in the game (She has a speed bonus), so if you need to press a button, burn the biomass, kill eggs and etc. as fast as possible, use it. For example, in the campaign Jacob's Rest on the maps Sewer Junction and SynTek Residential Wildcat is a good with cleaning the right side of the map. She has a damage bonus to many types of weapons.



Faith is the second fastest character in the game. Can be used as an assistant Wildcat. For example, while Wildcat cleans the right side of SynTek Residential, Faith can clean the center, or kill the eggs on the left side of the map.




Bastille has a bonus to adrenaline. Adrenaline is used if you need to easily pass a hard part of the map. Adrenaline is very often used to hack panels to help a tech with a hack. The bonus is given to everyone, if the Bastille is in the team, so the adrenaline strip will be a little longer.




Jaeger is most used member of the team when passing any map in any mode. Usually used with mines to cover the team. Has a bonus to the explosion, so in combination with hand grenades has a strong explosive power. For example, on Lana's Escape: Lana's Sewer can use hand grenades to kill the shild quickly. Also has a melee damage bonus which gives a small increase in damage when using a saw. Using this skill allows you to destroy doors and tough drones quickly.

Vegas is a tech, used on maps where you need to hack a panels. Has a melee damage bonus, Vegas has the maximum damage among all characters, when he is using a saw . Can be used to destroy doors and tough mobs. Also has a bonus to welding, it is used to open doors more quickly. For example, Jacob's Rest: Landing Bay, the second door opens much faster when using multiple welds with tech.


Crash is a tech, also has a welding bonus. In addition, he has a bonus to reload and bonus to damage to many types of weapons.






Sarge is an officer, has a less explosion bonus than Jaeger, but has the greatest health value in the game. Can be used to go solo on separate parts of the map, for example, he can use mines to stay alone and wait until the team completes the task on one side of the map so that Sarge can perform its task on the other. (Example Paranoia: Hostile Places)



Wolfe is a specialist, he doesnt have any features for speedrun. Used to support and help the team.

AVK-36 Marksman Rifle has the ability to pierce through doors. Can be used on Jacob's Rest: SynTek Residential or on Tilarus-5: The Factory to kill the eggs through the door.

The M868 Flamer Unit is used on maps such as Jacob's Rest: SynTek Residential, Operation Cleansweep: U.S.C. Medusa, Tilarus-5: Arctic Infiltration, where there is biomass. Biomass burns faster if you use it during some time. It is a good weapon to do solo on some parts of map.

Desert Eagle has a high damage and does not slow down the character during the shooting

M73 Twin Pistols has a good damage, do not slow down a marine during the moving. If in the control settings to change the shooting on the wheel, then you can achieve a very high rate of fire.

Model 35 Pump-action Shotgun has very high damage and almost does not slow down during the firing, useful when you want to kill several mobs at once.

Grenade Launcher is one of the most useful weapons in the game, does not slow down during the shooting, has a high damage, you can hit a group of mobs. Also allows you to stop the mobs (when shooting at the location next to the mobs: walls, pipes) and run further to the target.

Adrenaline is slow down the time, is useful when hacking, passing hard part on the map.





Freeze Grenades stun the enemy for a few seconds. Useful when there is no time to kill the enemy, but you just need to run further.





Hand Welder allows you to open doors that are welded. If used by a tech or 2 techs at the same time, then the door opening speed is significantly increased.



Hornet Barrage allows you to destroy the door quickly if you stay close to it.







V45 Electric Charged Armor is used if there are a lot of parasites nearby and there is no time to kill them, also reduces the amount of damage when V45 (ECA) is on. Also it can stun enemies.





MTD6 Smart Bomb is used in places of large group of mobs, for example, when you need to run the corridor on Jacob's Rest: Cargo Elevator.





X33 Damage Amplifier gives double damage bonus to weapons (except saw), used to kill doors and heavy drones quickly.







Assault Jets can significantly reduce the time of the map, using a shorter route by the jump. For example, reduces the time spent on the maps of Jacob's Rest: Deima Surface Bridge and Jacob's Rest: Timor Station.





Blink Pack works similarly to Assault Jets. It can be used in combination with Assault Jets (Jacob's Rest: Timor Station has both of these items).

1) Avoid collision with drones, do not let them hit you, it slows down. Your goal is to reach your target as soon as possible.
2) Try to use a weapon that does not slow down your movement during the shooting.
3) It is much more comfortable, and therefore faster to hack panels under adrenaline.
4) Use the split of the team, it greatly decreases the time of map.
5) On maps where there are several hacks use two techs. While one is hacking the panel, the second one is already tend to the next.

"Alien Swarm Reactive Drop Area9800 Landing Zone Speedrun 2:04 (with bots)"
Using a sentry as a bait.