As a battle royale,Supervivestands out by letting you upgrade your gear solely by eliminating enemies in both PvE and PvP. You start with a fixed pair of boots and your choice of equipment — two blades, two helmets, or one of each — determining your initial AP and HP. As you progress, you can upgrade each piece of equipment up to six times into different variations, each with its own perks.
The real challenge comes when choosing your variants and sub-variants for the first and third upgrades, respectively. When you include the different boots, blades, and helmets, you get 32 unique types of equipment in the game. As such, knowing the best ones can give you a blueprint for the ideal progression.
This list only includes the 24 evolutions after each equipment’s third upgrade and the exotic equipment found during a match.
8Amplifier
Equipment Type: Blade
If you’re someonewho regularly uses Active Powers in Supervive, the Amplifier is a beastly piece of equipment. In several instances, you’ll likely find optimal Powers by the end of the mid-game phase, so you’ll stick with them until the end. This is where the Amplifier shines —using them repeatedly can reduce the cooldown by up to 50 percent.
This equipment works best with exotic Powers,like Fate Rewinder and Mega Cluster Nuke, where the faster refresh can be a dramatic windfall. For Power builds, the Amplifier is arguably better than most exotic equipment, and it’s certainlymore efficient than other variants of the Tech Blade.
7Vive Infusor
Equipment Type: Helmet
Retreating from a firefight to reinforce yourself is a common strategy, and the best equipment for this is the Vive Infusor. Whether you just got done from a firefight or withdrawing from one, ittremendously reduces your vulnerability window. You essentiallyreceive a Vive Bean’s worth of HP in four seconds, excluding the bonus regeneration from dashing.
Although the Tech Helmet is clearly designed for tanks, the Vive Infusorpairs wonderfully with nimble agents, too, since most of them have an HP disadvantage in a 1v1. In a final encounter, this equipmentexcels when you periodically trade blowswith the other team.
6Soul Drain
Equipment Type: Boots
Soul Drain is a fairly easy choice when picking the right upgradable boots for the late-game phase. Unless you’re frequently using mana-dependant hunters,like Ellunaor Zeph, thekey resource you need is HP, and these boots offer it at the time you need it most. Granted, you are vulnerable when stomping or executing wisps, butthe healing afterward is usually enough to regain the HP you lost mid-animation.
This can bespecifically good for characters withenough incentive to knock enemies or eliminate wisps,like Hudsonor Shiv. However, because Soul Drain is so versatile,it’s easily compatible with any hunterand extremely powerful in Squad matches.
5Overdrive
Omnivamp is already a powerful ability in Supervive — you receive heals for a certain percentage of damage dealt with any attack or ability. Overdrive not onlygives you three percent more Omnivampthan other Vampiric Blade evolutions, butthe extra shield you get adds another layer of reliable protection.
Myth has the lowest base HP of any hunter in the game — 932, to be exact — so killing her while you’re at full HP with Overdriveshould give you a shield worth over 120. For reference, that isten percent of a normal shield, which is quite substantial for shrugging off a few hits, especially as a low-HP hunter.
4The Soulstealer
If you manage to secure The Soulstealer in the early-game phase, you’ve arguably gotthe best offense-based weapon in the game. Although you need player kills to make it truly effective, the permanent AP boosts with each unique elimination meanyou’ll objectively have higher damage output than any mirror hunter.
Unfortunately, there is an underlying caveat:The Soulstealer gets worse the longer it takes to find it. As hunters get eliminated and the total survivors drop, you’ll have fewer targets to trigger the equipment’s passive ability. You’re basicallygetting it for the stats alone if you find it towards the endgame, making the entire ordeal capricious.
3Perseverance
If you’re using a helmet,there’s a good chance you’re using a tank hunter, like Hudson, Felix, or Oath, whose LMB attack has a quick fire rate. With Perseverance, you can use that attack to gain a boatload ofexcess damage, health regeneration, and max HP.
The additional damage output is notably useful since it essentially lets youregain the AP lost when picking the helmet over a blade in the first place. In the heat of battle, these stats stack up considerably well and canmake tanks ultimately become an unbreakable wallthanks to the permanent HP buffs.
2Glide Boots
Similar to any solid equipment, theGlide Boots' passive ability works well with any hunter in Supervive. However, as the only exotic-tier boots, this equipment’s35 Movespeed is more than double that of any other boots, making it the obvious top-tier pick.
The additionalagility boost from the full-gas glider is roughly ten percent, so it’s still noticeable even after a massive base speed. For pure mobility, the Glide Boots certainly has no competition. Itspremium stats outshine any variant of boots, but the only issue is finding them because of their incredibly low drop rate.
1Endless Reaper
Of the two exotic-tier blades, the Endless Reaper feels significantly more consistent. With it equipped, you can comfortably spend all your abilitiesknowing their cooldown will reset after you knock an enemy. This can be a lifesaver against a team encounter, letting youspam your non-ult abilities and eliminating hunters individually.
Like Soul Drain, the Endless Reaper is agreat addition for hunters already compensated for knocking enemies. However, when you also include the +200 Attack Power, there’s no denyingthis is apremium choice for any aggressive build.
