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Distorted Guide

Distorted can close the distance with short teleports. Keep room to retreat and find the target again after each teleport before reloading or healing. The Hunter variant has different tracking behavior, covered below.

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At a glance

  • Recognize the dark humanoid shape and black spike growth before it enters close range.
  • Back into open, cleared ground so a teleport cannot force your camera into a wall or another enemy.
  • The Hunter tracks targets differently from a normal Distorted. The 250 Shades of Liberty update increased its echolocation radius to 100 meters.

Prepare the space before firing

  1. Move away from dense plants, narrow rooms, ledges, and other monster groups.
  2. Keep hard cover to one side and at least one open retreat lane behind you.
  3. Count visible targets and identify whether one has Hunter behavior or a different objective marker.
  4. Begin the fight only when you can turn after a teleport without losing the full route.

Find the target after each teleport

  • Stop firing when the target disappears. Move your aim to the most likely open landing space.
  • Use audio and movement at the edge of the screen instead of continuing to shoot the previous position.
  • Find the target and create some distance before reloading or healing.
  • Against multiple Distorted, damage is less important than keeping all targets in the same forward arc.
  • If the pack separates around cover, reverse to the previous landmark and reset the contact.
The Distorted Hunter has a hooded human outline, a covered face, and long black spikes extending from its hands and upper body.

The Hunter variant in the official spotlight: a hooded outline, obscured face, and long spikes around the hands and torso. Use these details for recognition, not to judge teleport timing.

Source: Active Matter, Changes to the Distorted HunterView full size

Sources: 250 Shades of Liberty · Changes to the Distorted Hunter

Correct these Distorted mistakes

You keep firing after the target vanishes.Release the trigger, reacquire the new position, then fire controlled follow-up shots.

You back into a second enemy.Move the fight to open, already cleared ground before the first shot.

You reload while the target is missing.Create distance and locate it first. Use cover or distance to give yourself time to reload.

Sources & references

  1. DistortedWiki

    Visual appearance and short-teleport reference.

  2. Update GigastructureOfficial

    Current Distorted and Hunter behavior context.

  3. Changes to the Distorted HunterOfficial

    Official visual reference and changes to vision while an Operative takes Hunter form; not a complete description of hostile Hunter AI.

  4. 250 Shades of LibertyOfficial

    Current 100-meter Hunter echolocation radius.