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Adrenaline

See this thing in the upper right hand corner of your screen?

That is adrenaline. You fill it up either by walking over the pill pickups scattered across the map (which give 2 adrenaline) or by getting kills (which give 5 adrenaline). Once you get 100 adrenaline, you can activate a powerup. There are four powerups:

• Speed
• Booster
• Invisibility
• Berserk

The Speed powerup is activated by pressing your forward movement key (default w) four times rapidly. It boosts your move speed and jump height for 18 seconds, less if you’re carrying a flag.

The Booster powerup is activated by pressing your backward movement key (default s) four times rapidly. It regenerates your health up to 199%, and then your armor shield to 150%. The actively regenerating value accumulates at 5 points per second. It lasts 27 seconds.

The Invisiblity powerup is exactly what it sounds like. Tap your left strafe key (default d) twice rapidly and then your right strafe key (defauly a) twice rapidly immediately after, and the ability will activate and stay active for 27 seconds.

The Berserk powerup increases the rate of fire and knockback of your weapons. This isn’t terribly useful on some weapons, but amazing on others. Activate it by pressing your forward movement key (default w) twice rapidly and then your backward movement key (default s) twice rapidly immediately after. It lasts for 27 seconds.

Shock Combo

One of the more famous weapon quirks of UT, the shock rifle has a 1-2 punch with it’s alternate and primary fire. First, fire a shock orb with alt fire, then hit that orb with your primary fire.

The clip speaks for itself.