Alexis
Spelled Alexis Purcell on the game’s character-select screen.
Eight athleticism and a maxed personality, bought with the lowest capability shown anywhere: two.
Read on the numbers: One of the sharpest spreads on the roster: eight athleticism and maxed personality, with the lowest capability.
About
Alexis is the second Digital Deluxe civilian and the most extreme build on the visible roster. Eight athleticism is second only to Jennifer Aarons's nine, and ten personality ties Tanya Harrison and Thomas Armitage at the cap. Two capability is the lowest on the roster, and no stat anywhere goes below two.
The fiction places her at Strode Realty, working as an assistant to Mr. Strode after an attempt at modelling in the city did not work out. That ties her directly to the Strode residence, one of the named 1978 film locations the developers used as anchors when building the town.
Popular, Panic Contagion and Smooth Talker are her three traits, and all three work through residents and the police call, which is exactly what a maxed personality is for.
Every civilian carries three signature traits, shown on the character-select screen next to their stats. They are separate from the perk deck, which is built from cards unlocked in the graveyard and is not tied to the character.
| Trait | What it does |
|---|---|
| Popular | Your followers take 90% less damage, gain 50% less fear and fight harder to protect you.Pre-launch builds had 20% less fear. |
| Panic Contagion | Helping a resident escape raises your movement speed by 2%.Called Savior Stimulant in pre-launch builds. |
| Smooth Talker | The perfect zone of the dispatch-call skill check is 10% larger.Pre-launch builds had it 50% larger. |
How to play Alexis
Alexis is the roster's clearest specialist: two capability and five resourcefulness mean she is not the civilian you send to finish work, and eight athleticism with maxed personality means she is the one you send to be seen and to move. Run her alongside Marcus Navarro rather than alongside Tanya Harrison, who duplicates the personality and adds nothing Alexis lacks.
Alexis’s four values add up to 25 out of 40. Treat that as a rough shape, not a power ranking: a maxed column is worth more than a spread if the thing it feeds is what your group keeps losing to. The Loadout Lab sorts every civilian by any single column.
Alexis’s Craftswoman Progressive Challenge is one of four IllFonic singled out for fixes, along with Linebacker, Superstitious Tools and Quick Thinking:
We are also investigating reports of certain challenges that are not tracking properly under certain conditions.
Patch 1.0.3 lowered the goal to 30 blinds, disorients or stuns on Michael using items, and those effects now count toward challenges more easily. If your progress was already past the new goal, any further progress toward it completes the challenge.
Craftswoman is the one people ask about, but all of Alexis's Progressive Challenges and their goals are worth a look before you pick her deck.
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