Patriot (Item Set)

Patriot is a mid-to-late game item set. It consists of overtly Americanized-themed items.

Items

Patriot items are available in Epic and Legendary quality. The set includes the following items:

	Cup	Knife	Watch	Book
Sprite
Name	Top Gun Cup	Liberty Knife	Freedom Watch	Patriot's History

Set Bonus

This set provides an additive damage bonus equal to 7% of the wearer's main damage, for each ally that died on the field when they were present there too. The damage bonus is calculated independently per instance of a unit. Destroyed support items do not trigger the set. The bonus can stack infinitely.

Analysis

This set works best with ranged units, as most melee units aren't expected to live for long. Considering that Hunter is an end-game set, Patriot acts as a weaker but still effective alternative to it, since units like Policeman Diaz and Sonya can stay in battle for a long time. However, it needs to be considered that Military can be just as effective, if not better of a substitute, and that it's accessible much earlier than Patriot. Not to mention that the same goes about Hunter's epic-tier items, available at location 3. In general, Patriot is not a useless option, but it's later availability and slow-paced method of buffing make it a questionable choice, especially for more fragile ranged units.

Interestingly, Patriot has some powerful, albeit gimmicky applications. Since its bonus can stack infinitely, this set can be used to one-shot Cephalopods with maxed out Sniper Polina. If you are willing to strategize around this, and have a lot of time to spare, then it's a serious strategy to consider against it.

When taking team focused strategies into account, Patriot can prove to be highly useful on Sonya and Carlos. With the former, she can get the most out of the set as a member of either Marines or Northerners, since they have access to Private Rodriguez and Worthy – both highly expendable units. The latter gets most use out Patriot as a member of Rednecks, since Redneck himself is also available in it, and is extra spammable thanks to the team's tier 1 power.

Location

The table below displays which Supply Runs have the Patriot set in their reward pool.

Epic

	Easy	Normal	Hard
Location 1
Location 2
Location 3
Location 4
Location 5
Location 6
Location 7
Location 8

Legendary

	Easy	Normal	Hard
Location 1
Location 2
Location 3
Location 4
Location 5
Location 6
Location 7
Location 8