Second Chance (perk)

Second Chance is a third tier perk in Call of Duty: World at War multiplayer that gives a player the ability to go into Last Stand or revive a friendly player in Last Stand. A player with the Second Chance perk will see beacons that show the locations of friendly players in Last Stand. In order for a player to revive a friendly player in Last Stand, a player must be near the downed player and hold the specified "use" button. While reviving a downed player, the player will go through an animation of preparing a needle (possibly filled with heroin or morphine) and injecting the downed player with the it. A player may move and/or crouch/go prone while reviving a downed player; moving too far from the downed player will reset the revival process. If the player is not hit again by enemy fire, they will stay alive for 30 seconds (10 seconds in Free for all).

The player will only get to use the Last Stand if they are downed by body shots from certain weapons; being killed by a headshot, Dogs, M2 Flamethrower, knife/bayonet, any explosion, or even body shots from powerful bullets such as those from bolt-action rifles will kill the player immediately.

Multiplayer Tactics
This perk can be used well when the whole team is using this perk, because everyone can revive other team members, making it harder for the enemy to get kills. One strategy for the enemy team is to snipe a enemy (best in open ground) at a safe distance and put them into last stand mode. Then wait for one of his team members to run out to revive him then shoot them both getting two kills. It's normally used by lower leveled players, as of Last Stand.

Another useful tactic is to combine this with Signal Flares, the Shades Perk, and preferably Special Grenades x3. If there is someone in Last Stand, you can rush to his position, set up some flares around the ally, and with Shades equipped, you can clearly see the downed ally and quickly revive him without anyone seeing you or the ally as a target.

Trivia

 * During a Hardcore Match, players put into Last Stand that were shot by a teammate can NOT be revived by another teammate. Therefore, this doesn't allow players to easily get points by just placing teammates into Last Stand and reviving them repeatedly.  It was obviously put this way for balancing issues.