Hacker Akimbo Crosskill Pistol
HackerA high-mobility dodge build running Akimbo Crosskill Guards as primary with the STRYK 18C as a full-auto pistol secondary. Hacker's Pocket ECM stuns packs and refunds health on every kill during its 6-second uptime, while detection-3 concealment stacks Low Blow crit and Hostage Taker plus Joker conversions provide passive health regen in place of Doctor Bags.
Damage
Akimbo Crosskill at +30% Low Blow crit, +35% Unseen Strike crit, +120% Trigger Happy, and +15% Underdog. Heavies fold in 2-3 hits.
Survivability
70%+ dodge stack from Hacker deck + Duck and Cover Aced + Two-Piece Suit. Hostage Taker Aced regens 4.5% health per 5s. No medical bags needed.
Boss
Bulldozers melted in 2 ammo bag windows. Captain Winters cleared via Pocket ECM stun + Crosskill akimbo dump.
Hacker
Perk deck unlocked by the Hacker Pack DLC. It hands you the Pocket ECM, a self-charging throwable that stuns nearby enemies for 6 seconds in a feedback burst, and stacks dodge and health-on-kill bonuses through its cards. The deck swaps a traditional grenade for stun control, which is what enables an all-pistols dodge style on DSOD.
Dual-wielded Crosskill Guard pistols slotted as the primary weapon. The 30 concealment caps Low Blow's crit scaling and the 34-round combined magazine carries you through a Trigger Happy refresh loop without reloads in the middle of a burst window.
Mods
- ▸Monolith Suppressor— Silencer slot, keeps detection low and pairs with The Professional Aced and Optical Illusions Aced
- ▸Accuracy Boost— Boost slot, stacks with Steady Grip Aced to push pistol accuracy past 80
- ▸Micro Laser— Gadget slot, lowest concealment penalty option. This is what holds the build at detection 3 for max Low Blow crit
- ▸Bling Grip— Grip slot, +concealment with minor stability cost
- ▸Extended Mag— Magazine slot, takes the akimbo combined magazine to a longer firing window before reload
- ▸Milled Slide— Slide slot, extra concealment to keep detection at 3
Alternatives
- Flex: Polymer Flashlight (instead of Micro Laser)
How to Obtain
Mandatory choice for a dodge build. The Two-Piece Suit gives 30 concealment, the highest possible, which is what powers Low Blow's full +30% crit stack and lets the Hacker deck's dodge bonuses actually matter.
How to Obtain
Granted by the Hacker perk deck's Code Glitch card. During a loud heist it stuns enemies in a wide radius for 6 seconds. While the feedback is active, every kill by you or the crew restores health, which is the build's main panic-button sustain.
How to Obtain
Handheld contact taser. Every hit guaranteed-stuns the target for ~3 seconds, which forces a surrender and lets you cable-tie any non-special cop into a Joker on demand. This is the cleanest way to keep Hostage Taker active.
Alternatives
- Base-game alt: FistsWiki
How to Obtain
Two ammo bags via Extra Lead Aced, each holding 600% ammo. Bullet Storm Basic adds a 5-second infinite-ammo window after touching one, which converts a long DSOD assault wave into a Trigger Happy machine gun loop on the Crosskills.
How to Obtain
Combat Strategy
- ▸Equip the Hacker perk deck. The Pocket ECM appears in the throwable slot once Code Glitch is unlocked.
- ▸Confirm both pistols are silenced and total detection sits at 3. Anything higher and Low Blow drops below the +30% crit cap.
- ▸Drop one ammo bag near the start of the objective so the Bullet Storm infinite-ammo window is in range when the first wave lands.
- ▸Tase the first non-special cop with the Buzzer to force a surrender. If you're on Fists, drop a Pocket ECM to stun a group instead.
- ▸Cable-tie the surrendered cop. Forced Friendship cuts the tie time so the convert lands before the next assault wave.
- ▸Activate Joker Aced on the cable-tied cop. Hostage Taker and Partners in Crime kick in immediately.
- ▸Keep the Joker within ~10m so Partners in Crime stays active. Move with the convert, not away from it.
- ▸Dump Akimbo Crosskill auto-fire into headshot lines. Trigger Happy refreshes on each hit for permanent +120% damage during firefights.
- ▸Swap to the STRYK 18C for tight rooms or when a Cloaker closes range. Equilibrium Basic makes the swap fast enough to interrupt the Cloaker animation.
- ▸Touch your placed ammo bag to start the Bullet Storm 5-second infinite-ammo window, then dump Crosskill akimbo fire on a Bulldozer or Captain.
- ▸Drop a Pocket ECM into a heavy spawn group. The 6-second stun feeds team-wide health regen and adds Kluge's +20 dodge stack for the next 30 seconds.
- ▸Combine the two: ECM the room, then immediately ammo-bag the squad and dump on the stunned heavies for ~5 seconds of guaranteed crit damage.
- ▸Hostage Taker Aced ticks +4.5% health every 5 seconds as long as a Joker or hostage is alive. This is the build's main HoT replacing Doctor Bags.
- ▸Bullseye Basic refills 5 armor on each headshot kill as a secondary gating layer behind dodge.
- ▸When armor breaks, Second Wind grants +30% movement speed for 5 seconds. Use that window to disengage and let the Hacker deck's dodge stack keep you alive.
- ▸Save the second Pocket ECM charge for Captain Winters phases. The 6-second stun is the cleanest way to clear his shield wave without losing dodge stacks.
- ▸If you don't own the Buzzer DLC, lean on the Pocket ECM as your stun-source for converts. The 6-second window is enough to cable-tie 2-3 cops back to back.
- ▸Don't bother with Doctor Bags. The build is designed without them, and Hostage Taker plus ECM kill regen covers all sustainable damage.
Sources
Verified: 2026-04-27 · All content is original with full credit to original creators.