#veteran-class

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hearty panther
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in terms of volume, sure

low yacht
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I am doubtful any other class has rending per shot as a free ability

somber axle
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I always feel like I'm doing Ogryn ranged wrong because every time I play it I am eternally annoyed at non-elite ranged trash enemies unless I'm Gunlugger + Twinstubber

low yacht
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I use gunlugger and kickback still

hearty panther
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it's not per shot

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actualy vet is the one that has rending per shot lul

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onslaught

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and vet still does it better on the whole

somber axle
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WATCH THIS

hearty panther
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and you could take rending on marksman's focus if

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you wanted to

somber axle
hearty panther
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for some reason

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cause pretty sure ogryn peaks at 40% with rending on elite and the gungryn node

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and thats a 10/30 split with the 30 being exclusively ranged

hidden torrent
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ladies and gentlemen

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I got it

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finally

hearty panther
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vet can do 50, arguably 70 with exploit weakness but odds are onslaught isnt happening in melee

tall torrent
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longer cooldown, not as much defense (TDR not as good as overtoughness)
it's an opportunity maker, less of a defensive option

hidden torrent
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@tall torrent I finally did it

hidden torrent
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Took me forever

somber axle
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the TDR node on Infiltrate is one of the weakest nodes imo

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Vet already has very strong TDR from other options in the tree

tall torrent
somber axle
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with Overwatch giving an extra charge the uptime can be neat for short bursts but at the same time it's less overall effective compared to a VoC Vet shouting frequently and having almost permanent uptime of gold toughness for like no trouble at all

tall torrent
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the TDR node is probably the 2nd best thing u can get

somber axle
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I always recommend Infiltrate, Low Profile and Overwatch for any Vet trying to do the On Overwatch penance because it makes that penance much easier

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Voice of Command is harder to do that penance with

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not impossible

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it's just much easier playing around stealth and threat reduction

tall torrent
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overwatch's extra charge is preference

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50% TDR is huge

somber axle
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overwatch's extra charge is very good for On Overwatch don't get hit penance

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if stealth is on CD and you're still in danger no it isn't

tall torrent
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yea but we're talking how to use it normally

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overwatch is not mandatory

somber axle
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it just becomes a game of managing stealth and low profile buff uptime to keep danger away

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yeah but even without the penance the same rule applies

tall torrent
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50% TDR hits several big defense breakpoints that u normally cannot get

somber axle
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uptime on low profile and stealth means less heat for the Vet for longer

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Voice of Command isn't getting the heat off for more than the 1-2 seconds of AoE stagger

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it's just making sure you can take any hits that follow

tall torrent
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VoC staggers them long enough that you can kill multiple enemies before they get back up

somber axle
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better to take 0 hits than to take hits but with toughness damage reduction imo

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only place Low Profile is having no value vs the TDR Infiltrate node is if your whole squad wiped and now you're solo

tall torrent
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infiltrate is not as high defense as VoC, especially when u don't take TDR

somber axle
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take away the gold toughness and no one ever uses Voice of Command ever again

hearty panther
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god i cant wait til they kneecap VoC

somber axle
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the defensive value in Infiltrate is the stealth + threat reset imo

hidden torrent
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I can't wait till they buff VoC chadgryn

somber axle
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you can safely nade a room, revive a squadmate and still have stealth up

pseudo fiber
hearty panther
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cant believe they ever buffed it

somber axle
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with the team mate at your side you now have 10 seconds of enemies just blatantly forgetting you exist

tall torrent
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even if u kneecap VoC it's still gonna be the default ability for veteran

somber axle
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freeing you to fight with your ranged weapon in melee if you wanted to

somber axle
hidden torrent
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Thanks I love you BJH2001 - 4139146270

tall torrent
somber axle
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base Voice of Command is just an AoE stagger

tall torrent
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because VoC is the logical pathing option through nade regen

hearty panther
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what the hell would anyone be using it for lol

somber axle
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without the toughness restore and gold toughness it's literally trash

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no one picks it for the revive

tall torrent
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and it still costs less points to play than exe or infil

somber axle
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it's just strong because of the low CD in tandem with gold toughness

tall torrent
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unless u change these conditions, VoC is going to stay as the default ability

somber axle
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it could keep low CD, lose gold toughness and overnight you'd have Vets raging about the nerf unending and Vets probably quitting the game over it too

hearty panther
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it would just be a repeat of pre-surv nerf with shit like agile engagement

somber axle
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the AoE stagger is a bonus but not why anyone picks it up

hearty panther
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"Oh the node is strong but it's not worth pathing through"

tall torrent
somber axle
pseudo fiber
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they could put it back to 45 seconds or... 60 or whatever it was at launch maybe that'd tune it down just a touch

hearty panther
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so two extra points to side over to get the 60s regen is not a deal breaker for most

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shit loads of people already do that

somber axle
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a lot of builds I've seen others post have a bit of leeway of a few points 3-4 left over

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to let someone spend them as they choose

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you could easily grab the nodes you value with that

tall torrent
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if u play entirely right side aura > infil

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then u can afford to not go that way

somber axle
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gold toughness + gold toughness uptime is what is carrying Voice of Command and if Fatshark decided to remove the gold toughness entirely no one would talk up Voice of Command as meta anymore

tall torrent
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u still need to dip all 3 branches in bottom half

somber axle
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people would probably hard swap into Infiltrate for defense/team support

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and you'd see more people running Exe Stance

tall torrent
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exe stance has worse pathing than infil unironically

somber axle
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AoE stagger on a 30 or 35 CD reduced by elite/special kills by 6 sec is kinda worthless on its own tbh

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if you want AoE stagger you've already got shredders to buy space AND clear rooms

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the AoE stagger is just an extra stagger on top of those

tall torrent
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is still very strong

somber axle
somber axle
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there's a reason everyone picks gold toughness with it

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you can't use Voice of Command without it to any serious effect

tall torrent
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infil pays more talent tax and has worse travel nodes

somber axle
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people would think you're trolling legitimately

terse idol
tall torrent
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people that play infil are gonna stick to infil

terse idol
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Infiltrate toughness regen is only you

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VoC +

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Cdr

hearty panther
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voc is just 50 toughness

tall torrent
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people that play VoC won't necessarily change to infil

terse idol
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Even if there wasn't gold toughness or it got reduced

hearty panther
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for others i mean

terse idol
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You would still spam it out

somber axle
hearty panther
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its, again. The gold toughness that makes it

somber axle
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and how easy it is to destroy it

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remove the gold

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suddenly it's no longer the king

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smash the crown

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give it to the clown

hearty panther
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lmao

terse idol
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Ya think folks would give it up

tall torrent
terse idol
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Considering without gold toughness

tall torrent
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u can't change that status without major changes to vet tree

terse idol
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You could still instantly refill your team toughness bar

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🥺

somber axle
hearty panther
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really though most players arent even 100% sure what gold toughness is doing for them entirely

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so they'd keep using VoC but make posts about FatShark secretly nerfing vet

somber axle
# tall torrent nah

It's ok for us to agree to disagree on a silly hypothetical like this because Fatshark would never outright remove gold toughness entirely from Voice of Command

terse idol
somber axle
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I genuinely and wholeheartedly believe Vets would move on

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you think it's still got value without gold toughness to keep Vets on it

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I don't think we'll convince each other on this hypothetical

hearty panther
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move on from the skill in the tree, emotionally not so much

tall torrent
somber axle
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at best Fatshark will nerf gold toughness uptime

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reduce duration of VoC gold toughness and/or increase CD

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but it'll be kid gloves so the uptime will still be strong enough that most Vets use it anyway

tall torrent
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like, u rly are exaggerating how bad it would be without gold toughness when that's not the case whatsoever

somber axle
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like you'd have an argument if anyone used it without gold toughness but that node literally makes that ability immensely strong

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otherwise it's just ok

tall torrent
somber axle
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and no one cares about just ok

tall torrent
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make it make sense

somber axle
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look at Exe Stance

tall torrent
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lol

somber axle
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it's just ok and most people ignore it

last parcel
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exe stands on my nuts lmao

somber axle
hearty panther
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because gold toughness is fucking ridiculous

somber axle
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that's a buff I would wholeheartedly approve of for Exe Stance

hidden torrent
tall torrent
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but voc without gold toughness is still a very strong ability and ur straight up denying that

somber axle
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I will continue to deny that because it's not that strong without gold toughness

tall torrent
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30s CD instant toughness refill with forced heavy stagger on every enemy within 9m, and gives 50 toughness to all teammates

somber axle
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go into a match and remove your gold toughness node

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feel the difference like night and day

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your team support goes out the window

tall torrent
somber axle
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and your personal survivability is much worse too

tall torrent
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lol

somber axle
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yes exactly

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remove that and suddenly it's nothing

tall torrent
somber axle
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the node mandatory to make it so strong

somber axle
tall torrent
somber axle
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I wasn't born with the clown shoes but I fell into them after dropping myself on my head

somber axle
tall torrent
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read?

somber axle
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yeah but it's the only way to play the way you're implying

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the only way to play VoC without gold

somber axle
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and it's literally trolling to take VoC without it

tall torrent
somber axle
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I still have the scar on the side of my head as an adult too!

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very visible

hearty panther
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did they ever remove the glass

somber axle
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nah it didn't break the table

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just the clown

somber axle
# tall torrent ?

sure and in that scenario where you remove only gold toughness and not the entire node that gives team toughness restore then it is still fine, not strong but passable tbh

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gold toughness makes it strong

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otherwise it's kinda basic

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can we petition them to do that

hearty panther
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i mean if we're talking rework, at that point i'd make the node a team-wide toughness restore

tall torrent
somber axle
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just remove gold toughness from Voice of Command entirely

hearty panther
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because 50 toughness is nothing

somber axle
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just delete it

inland orchid
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"kinda basic" my brother in the emperor we are a army man

somber axle
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Vet doesn't need it

inland orchid
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we are the basic

somber axle
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leave the node alone otherwise

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Vet can keep it as a team support tool

somber axle
inland orchid
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you know thats not what i meant staregryn

last parcel
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imagine if we were acidic

hearty panther
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hey you cant have that pumpkin spice

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cocks gun

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it's out of season!

inland orchid
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the only reason why the acid aint eating u from the inside out is a layer of mucus in ur stomach

last parcel
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mmm i

hearty panther
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we are perpetually shitting out ourselves

last parcel
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thats why i got a tube

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reduce reuse recycle

terse idol
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Our Blood is Acidic

last parcel
terse idol
hearty panther
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fucking finally

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chaos gives me a darkness

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like 15 runs just to get the one ive been missing

midnight totem
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Zzz... trying to make 3 different infiltrate builds

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The one running survivalist, I hate

velvet storm
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When they adding long las and hellgun

midnight totem
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When 12th edition comes out

velvet storm
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And big plasma gun

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And stubber

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So many guardsmen weapons

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Not enough in game

wild vortex
hidden torrent
velvet storm
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ur wrong

hidden torrent
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Long-Las is in files since Beta dog

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2 years ago

last parcel
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o damn they cookin

junior needle
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Hotshot volley gun is literally wielded by in game enemies already

wild vortex
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I'd like to see some kind of dual pistols

hidden torrent
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If they were gonna add it, they would've

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I imagine it was conceived to be added, but they could've drip fed weapons pretty easily to make people happier though they didn't, I wouldn't expect it

junior needle
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Brain never made the connection

hidden torrent
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It would feel incredibly good to use too of it had the same sound

woeful ibex
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I just want hellgun already

junior needle
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It's added to the game, but inferior in every way to the helbores

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Also the recoil is even worse than the ilas for "immersion" purposes

exotic spade
shadow aurora
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If veteran gets melta zealot gets power fist

iron marten
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by the god emperor

junior needle
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Swap one of the blessings for dumdum and you're good to go

shadow aurora
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Keep fire frenzy imo

junior needle
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Deathspitter stacks to 5 btw

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Just like ff

shadow aurora
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Ik

junior needle
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And power gives you impact and cleave

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Also power isn't subjective to "close damage" efficacy falloff over range

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Saying it for ruben just in case

trim steppe
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Finally found a great roll

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Perfect and ready for Hadron to brick

iron marten
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cheers for tips

velvet storm
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Is this a good plasma g un

midnight totem
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replace glory hunter with gets hot!

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but other then that, yes

velvet storm
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Is volatile good

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I mean, I cant change it

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But just curious

hearty panther
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think of it as reduced draw time

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its alright

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does exactly what it says

velvet storm
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okay

hidden torrent
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I'm so happy I got the penance thing done tbh

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feel like I can relax and do what I want now

tall torrent
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Ideally u want gets hot + gloryhunter/blaze away

bitter turtle
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Which is absolutely stupid

languid dune
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Full Bore or Deathspitter?

bitter turtle
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For what

languid dune
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Kantrael shotty

bitter turtle
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Prob full bore after i found out deathspitter doesn't proc on fire

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Shoot fire round and then run up to something and shoot it for full bore to buff the dot

languid dune
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What about the Agripinaa?

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Full bore I'd imagine due to the tighter spread and slug

midnight totem
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whew

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new build came in super clutch on that maelstrom

bitter turtle
potent iris
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I'm more of a 3/4 bore guy myself

midnight totem
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power sword and revolver on a specialist and weakened monster maelstrom, build worked pretty good

bitter turtle
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Might be worth doing demo team over stockpile to save a point

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Could let you go frags

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Or switch to smokes and save another point to grab elite damage

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P close to what I do for laspistol infil though

midnight totem
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I do like the other grenades

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but kraks with bring it down let me take out bulwarks with ease

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unless they have nurgle buffs

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in a mixed horde, they're honestly one of the biggest dangers

bitter turtle
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Well

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Demo team to stockpile would let you take always prepared at least

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Even if you stay with krak

midnight totem
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true

bitter turtle
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Only suggested nade switch since you're running 2 armor piercing weapons alr

midnight totem
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three!

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oh wait, yeah two

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thought you meant the kraks too xD

bitter turtle
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I think

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You can drop rending strikes too

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Test it but i really doubt it's doing much

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Unless you're not running handcannon on your revolver

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Cause 60 percent rending from handcannon likely puts you over 100 adm already

midnight totem
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my handcannon is only 50

bitter turtle
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So it's like a 2.5% dmg boost

hearty panther
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man i wish helbore had cooler blessings

midnight totem
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plus, occasionally I weave in unpowered sword swings

hearty panther
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deadly accurate would be so dope

bitter turtle
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I just doubt that is as significant as getting elite dmg

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For both weapons

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Regardless of the target

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Except maybe unpowered swing vs carapace or something insane

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That you prolly don't do

midnight totem
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and and my previous build, the rending hit some kinda ridiculous extra bit of damage I needed to one shot headshot scab shotgunners which was very wierd

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I can easily swap it out for always prepared with my new power sword

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since it does hit that breakpoint without needing the rending'

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anyway, I don't need the elite damage

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this build and sword and revolver hits all the breakpoints I want

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two tap crushers and maulers

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single tap any shotgunner

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heavy tap any gunner

bitter turtle
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That's fine, was just suggesting it bc you were already taking rending strikes

midnight totem
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crit heavy tap any rager

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I know, ty though!

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I can make a similar build with elite superiority and fully loaded, hit all the same breakpoints

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I'd sacrifice agile engagement in the process

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I don't need it, to be honest, but it makes my neurons fire

bitter turtle
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I forgot but are you the infil player I talked to that doesnt like on overwatch

midnight totem
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probably not

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but I don't use it

bitter turtle
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Cause if you already hit all the bps you want I'd probably move rending strikes to always prepared and demo team to save a pt to go into on overwatch

midnight totem
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Not because I don't like it, I just... never bothered to use it

bitter turtle
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I think it's a really strong node for stealth so I'd suggest giving it a try at least

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Makes running 3x combat ability regen on curios worthwhile

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And tac awareness becomes more efficient

midnight totem
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true

bitter turtle
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Since you'll probably never overcap with 2 charges

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Also I just think it fits the gameplay of stealth well, since you always have a 2nd charge to fall back into your team if your dive went wrong

midnight totem
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I got two other different infil vet loadouts to play with, I'll see

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this one is power sword and revolver

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next is chainsword and plasma gun

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last one is knife and vraks 3

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different auras on all of them

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all of them use kraks, because, I guess I just like kraks

stuck gorge
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never used the plasma gun before, whats its dump stat

hidden torrent
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My last 2 Brian cells game ended doing penances, my I'm pretty sure it's charge rate

stuck gorge
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then i just got myself a pretty decent base

midnight totem
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Dump stat for a pg is usually thermal resistance

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Although you can have middling charge rate and ammo as well

terse idol
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Dumping Charge rate isn't bad

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It really isn't gonna like

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Change how fast or slow the weapon fires in a way that matters

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Least imo

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I've argued with someone else otherwise

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Probably still want min 60 but it'd be worth a test

gilded rock
terse idol
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At most

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1 or 2 shots

midnight totem
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eh, just remember to stutter in a venting when you can

terse idol
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Like because you can vent at 99% charge

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To fire a shot anyways

gilded rock
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That's fair, I suppose it's really preference on what you want to be slightly worse

terse idol
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I am unfortunately starting to think that TR matters very little

midnight totem
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I suppose a high tr can get away with more blaze away

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I honestly never saw a difference?

stuck gorge
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3 shots with 78 Theraml resist before hitting 100%

midnight totem
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but thats more because plasma guns are powerful enough as it is

terse idol
bitter turtle
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Just mash left click

terse idol
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Never explode yourself

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If you only left click

bitter turtle
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No need to think

terse idol
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And then when you're max charge vent and then left click

bitter turtle
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80 stopping 80 dmg left click forever

midnight totem
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I wish we could turn into a bomb

bitter turtle
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Do I have the build for you

terse idol
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(Honestly this brings up the question that, you could dimp TR and CR and get a high functioning plasmagun pretty easy when you only need,80 damage, 80 sp and 80 ammo)

terse idol
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The 420 build

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Legendary

white minnow
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nerf when

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and to think that vets can do this TWICE per pickup, and perhaps even FIVE times

bitter turtle
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3 wound curios op

white minnow
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my god

iron marten
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Vet (plasma) martyrdom

stuck gorge
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i just realized plasma gun shoots through bulwarks

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lol

late hatch
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plasma shoots through cover and walls too

uncut token
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Which helbore is the good one?

tame lodge
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Mk3

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Good for what?

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Stabbing? 1 and 2

uncut token
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Shooting, good for shooting

tame lodge
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Shooting fast? 2

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Shooting really hard but slowly? 3

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All-around? 1

uncut token
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Very helpful, thank you

tame lodge
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1 and 2 have the best bayonets btw

uncut token
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What’s the difference?

tame lodge
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They both stab, good damage, spammable and you can hold the special button to charge

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The Mk3 one is a vertical slash, not as spammable and you can't charge

bitter turtle
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i suggest doing 1

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bayo has poor cleave but very high dmg and stagger

pseudo fiber
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what's up with axes I've been wanting to try something new

wild vortex
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worth trying to upgrade?

tall torrent
wild vortex
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just haven't been able to find / buy a good one yet

tall torrent
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u can use it to farm blessings

wild vortex
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another one I have has 55 stability

pseudo fiber
wild vortex
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though damage / ammo / stopp are all good

tall torrent
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better atk pattern but less dmg & atk speed

pseudo fiber
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this achyls feels TERRIBLE

tall torrent
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achlys axe is pretty meh

pseudo fiber
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It's so slow

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bromentum headtaker?

tall torrent
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yea

pseudo fiber
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I'll see what I got in my inventory

tame lodge
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Speaking of axes

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Decapitator blessing

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Why isn't popular pick?

tall torrent
tame lodge
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But how does it suck?

tall torrent
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u want bruiser 1 tap breakpoint

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which u need decapitator stacks to achieve

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u don't gain decapitator stacks unless u 1 tap an enemy from full health

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do u see a paradox here

tame lodge
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Figured it would be the way it procs

supple stag
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Headtaker and Bromentum is way to go

tame lodge
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Is the finesse bonus good though?

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Well it is finesse

pseudo fiber
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2 okay axes

tall torrent
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both are bricked

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rashad needs +unarmored, BM and headtaker

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needs 3/4 roll to be right

pseudo fiber
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I'm just pissing about to see if I vibe with it

trim steppe
trim steppe
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I'd rather have stamina or anything

pseudo fiber
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this antax push attack is goated tho

pseudo fiber
trim steppe
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You already 1-shot poxxies and dogs

bitter turtle
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infested are poxbursters, dogs, and poxwalkers

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pretty sure you dont wanna be uh

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meleeing poxbursters

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so yeah its pretty much nothing

pseudo fiber
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also do you do unarmoured flak or maniac?

last parcel
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chop the poxburster in half

bitter turtle
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for rashad?

pseudo fiber
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ye

bitter turtle
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unarmored flak or unarmored carapace

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dont think maniac really does much

trim steppe
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Ideally you want unarmored and flak but I'd take unarmored over flak

pseudo fiber
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Nothing good in my rolls dang it.
Unrelated but I'm so used to my chainsword attack speed love that thing

bitter turtle
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jfc

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game spawned 400 specialists in one game

pseudo fiber
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Histg?

bitter turtle
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monstrous pox gas mael

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also why there was a ton of boss dmg lol

pseudo fiber
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Zamn nice

bitter turtle
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like every room would spawn 2 boss at least

pseudo fiber
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Plasteel count is lacking though afraid to say.

bitter turtle
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i picked up as much asi could while making sure ppl didnt die to something lel

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the psykers weren't doing their part >:(

sinful swallow
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Id take plasteel income in a curio slot not gonna lie

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Would you guys take exec stance more if it also refreshed toughness

pseudo fiber
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Idk I just wanna be able to use my melee weapon in it for now.

wanton dawn
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I dont care about plasteel pickup in auric whatthefuck_heresy

sinful swallow
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Fair enough though, auric is pure gameplay

iron marten
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I used sustained fire pre-patch 13

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30 ammo bolter my beloved

sinful swallow
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Ill still swear by bolter but it's a precision weapon now

chilly cobalt
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Magdump crusher patrol magdump crusher patrol do it do it do it

midnight totem
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Missed frenzied killer 3 by 5 kills

crude fiber
sturdy zephyr
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Whats blessing should be fit for plasma gun?

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For melee cadia have better crowd control for light attack?

rocky jacinth
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blaze away + gets hot

agile forge
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Don't get what you are asking here sorry

sturdy zephyr
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Melee weapon chainsword much better for crowd control using light attack?

agile forge
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XIIIg likes to kill hordes with light spam

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IV uses heavies

sturdy zephyr
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Ahh fit well

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Thx you

agile forge
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Well more accurately the best pattern for the IV is H H L H or H L L H but all heavies works well too

sturdy zephyr
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Oh I should combo mix

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No wonder I kinda struggling clearing horde

agile forge
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It might be a blessings thing too

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Assault chainswords always end up with a weakness in one regard or another

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You can get a cleavey one that shreds crowds, kills most elites with revved heavies, but struggles a lot on Crushers and bosses

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Or you can get a bleedy one that murders bosses and Crushers but isn't as good on hordes

tough tiger
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how viable is bloodletter tho?

odd sparrow
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makes revs way better against tougher targets

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its ok

sturdy zephyr
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What's blessing should I looking into for crowds.

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I use gun for special unit.

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Melee I found really struggling since I'm not tanky enough

odd sparrow
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chainsword has savage sweep i believe? which gets you a lot of cleave

dire olive
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Rampage too, which also gives damage

sturdy zephyr
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Savage sweep and rampage

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Addon perk for unarmored and crits?

dire olive
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If you want crits go for Shred otherwise I'd go for something more consistent

sturdy zephyr
dire olive
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Not really sure what breakpoints need getting tbh

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I would just go to psykanium with a grey and see what needs the damage

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If you just want horde clear check you can kill bruisers in one hit

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Then check all the usual flak/maniac enemies

candid agate
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sefoni just told me to go away, im so sad

agile forge
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Savage sweep for the IV, Wrath for the XIIIg

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And rampage on both

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Makes a good cleaving chainsword

somber axle
# agile forge Or you can get a bleedy one that murders bosses and Crushers but isn't as good o...

Hello! As it turns out through the magic of CLOWN SCIENCE using a chainsword you can one shot a Crusher with a single rev'd attack and you do not need bloodletter either. You just need to crit. There's a blessing called Bloodthirsty that guarantees the next attack is a crit after a rev'd attack kill which will make sure you can kill Crushers on every single rev'd swing. To do this you need a decent stat roll of Damage, Finesse, Shredder and Penetration with your talent tree grabbing Desperado, Bring It Down, Rending Strikes, Precision Strikes and Superiority Complex but tbh I need to experiment more to see how much of all that is actually needed. You do not need Focus Target 5 stacks or Focus Target 8 stacks. You do not need Redirect Fire. You do not need For the Emperor, Marksman or Close Quarters Killzone. You do not need Agile Engagement. You do not need Fire Team. None of those damage buffs are necessary. Pretty easy Crusher breakpoint to hit as long as the Chainsword has +Carapace perk and crits the target

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I used Focus Target here because I was testing things in the Psykanium but later discovered it is entirely unnecessary

agile forge
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I feel like Bloodthirsty is a bit gimmicky for the assault chainswords though

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I'd consider it on an evis more

somber axle
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It is really just there to guarantee you will kill Crushers consistently tbh. Because if you 1HKO a Crusher, you can 1HKO every single Crusher you rev the sword into after

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It MUST be a crit rev attack to kill

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No crit means you fall short of the one shot breakpoint unless you do both Carapace AND Elite perks on your Chainsword

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You could mix in Focus Target and one of the other buffs I mentioned that I did not use in order to guarantee a Crusher kill on rev attack with or without crit though

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Even just Marksman active is enough to ensure the kill

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This is with Focus Target 8 stack buff but no crit

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This is no crit no Focus Target

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This was the Chainsword I used for testing

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but yeah if you're building your Chainsword for better Horde clear you can go Rampage + Shred to maximize the weird no crit damage falloff on cleave or go all in on cleave through Rampage + Sweeping Strikes (Mk IV variant) or Rampage + Wrath (Mk XIIIg variant)

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you CAN build a Chainsword to kill Crushers consistently but do keep in mind that you are stationary and vulnerable while doing a rev attack into a Crusher, and you need the entirety of the rev attack animation to finish because the last tick is what will kill

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Bloodletter is entirely unnecessary unless you want to use the bleed to close the gap on that last bit of health remaining per Crusher

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At that point I'd just recommend Bloodthirsty instead because it's more consistent and kills faster vs Bloodletter

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Only benefit to Bloodletter over Bloodthirsty would be extra damage on Plogryns, Burgles, Chaos Spawn and Daemonhosts

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just more boss DPS

bitter turtle
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At the cost of horde killing speed of about 30%

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I tested it and it goes from 13 seconds to about 22

bitter turtle
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I honestly think it's pointless to rev most things besides like mutants without it

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That being said, since you were testing a 13, that thing is unplayable without both blessings to upgrade its light attacks, so you can't even afford to stick bloodletter on there sadly

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4 is a lot better than 13 for vet

iron marten
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Should the 2nd blessing ideally be Rampage if you run Bloodletter?

bitter turtle
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No

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Savage sweep

iron marten
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Ah

bitter turtle
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I tested both

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Rampage is significantly worse as a solo blessing

iron marten
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Cleave blessing, I seeee

bitter turtle
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This was tested against the chart the zealot chat made of naked weapon kill times, only the blessings, no tree boosts

somber axle
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I'd personally run Shred + Bloodthirsty after my new revelation that a Chainsword can be built to kill Crusher squads

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All in on crit for funny clown times

bitter turtle
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13 seconds for 100 poxes is for both blessings dedicated to hordes

somber axle
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But yeah if you have your heart set on Bloodletter I'd probably go with Wrath for the XIIIg or Sweeping Strikes for the IV

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Shred is nice for playing with the funny no crit damage falloff for cleave attacks on the Chainswords, a thing exclusive to just the Chainswords not counting the Eviscerators, but more cleave is more consistent for horde clear

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My testing with Bloodthirsty has put it as a top tier blessing for me because I can chain Rev kills to 1HKO literally every single special and elite

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Going to keep Bloodthirsty going forward for sure

bitter turtle
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If you only need bloodthirsty to make it work

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You can prob keep it fairly decent for horde too tbh

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It should still be around the same 22ish second clear since you only have to sac 1 perk to carapace from what I saw you said

somber axle
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I can't remember who it was but a Zealot recommended I try Bloodthirsty a long time ago and after finally trying it I can see why he did LOL

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crit becomes very funny on Chainswords

wanton dawn
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Man I hate when ogryn play as if they were transparent

somber axle
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I miss playing Veteran

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SOON

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literally just two penances left on Ogryn

stray stream
#

What about eviscerator XV ? Is it a good weapon ? Which blessings should i run with ?

agile forge
agile forge
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very very good single target damage

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it looks like it'd be great for hordes since its lights are all perfectly horizontal but it only damages 4 at a time no matter what you do with it

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uh, unless you rev light

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but that's slower again, just an opener really

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but those juicy overheads, unf

trim hemlock
somber axle
stray stream
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Thx guys

somber axle
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Perfect Strike and Shred are the blessing combo I use because I can slap through hordes all day every day and ignore bulwark shields, maulers and crushers stopping the blade

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it just keeps swinging

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never stop

hidden torrent
tame lodge
hidden torrent
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I'm more of Crusher fella

crude fiber
tall torrent
bitter turtle
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crit and +carapace perk yes

crude fiber
tall torrent
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I’m wondering if mk2 evicerator can get the same 1 tap crusher without FotF

tame lodge
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Nope

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Not enough shredder damage

crude fiber
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Isn't mk2 single target worse?

tall torrent
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Not even with +carapace and +elite perks?

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Welp

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Ok yea I remembered

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It’s rly low

tame lodge
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I'm fairly sure the Mk2 has better carapace penetration, weird huh

tall torrent
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Does bloodletter apply to all enemies hit by XV’s cleave, or just the 4 enemies that take dmg

tame lodge
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Only the ones that take damage

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A revved light will go through 6 targets

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And sink its teeth on the 7th

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Also, the Mk2 L1 has insane Flak adm

crude fiber
tall torrent
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I’m rly considering bloodthirsty + bloodletter + carapace for an XV rn

tame lodge
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It's been a while since I checked but yeah

tall torrent
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Bloodletter + scourge probably allows me to bypass taking shred on XV

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Since it’ll be super consistent crit chance boost uptime

exotic drum
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When did they change Onslaught to Weight of Fire and is it still the go-to?

tall torrent
crude fiber
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I never bothered with bloodletter on evis, figured 6 stacks wasn't anything special. Am I sleeping on it?

exotic drum
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o7 thank ye

tame lodge
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And an extra 5% from zealot

somber axle
hidden torrent
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The mocking you always wanted KEKW_ogryn

tame lodge
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Plus 6 stacks from bloodletter isn't impressive

tame lodge
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Could help chipping enemies down but eh

tall torrent
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Plus bloodletter had better horde clear time than other blessings

tall torrent
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Bloodletter (6) + scourge (2) should be 8 stacks of bleed on every dmg-able enemy hit if it doesn’t outright die from a crit

hidden torrent
somber axle
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Discord is send me to the circus

tame lodge
tall torrent
tame lodge
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The revved light will stop at any elite hit, so you might find problems with mixed hordes

tall torrent
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Carapace + bloodthirsty for crusher 1 tap without FotF

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Bloodthirsty for guaranteed crits

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Bloodletter + scourge for consistent crit chance boost & 8 stacks of bleed

tall torrent
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I’m still taking FotF for elites in horde

bitter turtle
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you can just dodge out of a bad rev anyway

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also here, you can nsee the 2nd swing procs 2x scourge at once

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@tall torrent

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im sure it would proc 3x all at once if i didnt already get a proc on teh first swing

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not sure why but i get it consistently

tall torrent
tame lodge
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My concern is more the "consistent crit" part, bloodthirsty will guarantee a crit so you don't really need the extra chance and to kill Crushers you need a rev heavy preferably on the head

tall torrent
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Ok so we get:
Consistent 60% melee crit chance
Guaranteed crits on top of the high crit chance
6~8 stacks of bleed on demand
One shot every enemy without FotF

bitter turtle
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here, all 3 stack at once

tall torrent
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And it has better horde clear speed than normal build without bloodletter

bitter turtle
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actually the real problem im seeing is that

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you need to dodge out of the rev for rev -> light light light

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even on a trash horde eventually it gets stuck and an im locks you

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so it needs rev light (dodge) light light

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over and over

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idk if its an issue for dodge limits but yeah

tame lodge
#

Here's the cool part, Duelist

candid agate
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i cant wait for the crafting rework, hadron has done nothing but ruin perfectly fine MKIV knives

tall torrent
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Worst case scenario u take momentum over BP

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For better dodge

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But since u already can guarantee crits on this build it’s not the biggest loss

bitter turtle
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too bad you cant block cancel a rev

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that would be ideal

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bc the 2nd light swing is from the opposite direction

tall torrent
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And since u alrdy have crusher 1 tap without FotF, CDR is less of a problem too

bitter turtle
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on a partiuclarly dense horde you might not get the scourge proc utnil 3rd swing

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if you could rev -> L1 -> block cancel -> L1 that would be the best

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also would solve dodge limit potential issues

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but not possible

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hm

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cant qq out of a rev either

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guess the only thing that cancels a rev is a dodge

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tknife is no good either

tame lodge
bitter turtle
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in this case

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you dont really care about the "big damage" at hte end

crude fiber
bitter turtle
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he's trying to rev to proc bloodletter on a horde

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nuking the last poor poxwalker in the row is not really a priority

bitter turtle
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not really sure what that accomplishes yeah

tame lodge
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Well yeah, but if he does take duelist, the crit will kill and not the bleed

crude fiber
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It pointless I know lol, just something I never thought to do

tall torrent
bitter turtle
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actually

white minnow
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if you're a pro gamer, revving doesn't interrupt a slide

bitter turtle
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you could even do rev -.> light -> rev -> light lul

tame lodge
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So while it could work, I'm kinda skeptical

white minnow
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though you're probably 2 blocks away from the enemies after a slide

bitter turtle
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10 poxwalkers just get 2shot

tall torrent
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That’s the plan

bitter turtle
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you're gonna run otu of dodges fast no?

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compared to rev -> 3x light

tall torrent
tame lodge
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Are you talking Invocation of Death?

bitter turtle
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i guess if you do illsi gameplay

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you can even drop the aspd node

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completely pointless now

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saves 1 pt

tall torrent
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I only rly take atk speed for very slow atk speed weapons

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Combat axe, crusher, thunder hammers mainly

tame lodge
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So you're okay with the Mk15 atsp, interesting

bitter turtle
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im trying to figure out wihat actually can interrupt rev besides dodge

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since path's intent is to play XV like an illsi force sword

tall torrent
bitter turtle
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rev light rev light rev light

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lol

tall torrent
bitter turtle
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well

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maybe a very

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tiny amount

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but not worth a point

tall torrent
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I consider FotF’s 20% atk speed buff enough personally

tame lodge
tall torrent
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The only thing I don’t like about XV’s moveset is the push atk

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Wish it had the same horizontal slash like Mk2

tame lodge
tame lodge
tall torrent
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I still mix in light atks

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It’s just that for this build, rev gets much higher value

tame lodge
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Is the push attack speed the only difference? It shouldn't be, right?

crude fiber
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could you FOTF spam with cooldown on crit for the stagger so you wont have to dodge out of every rev?

bitter turtle
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so

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im trying it in practice

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actually

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doesntn get stuck very often

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hordes just dont clump up the way they would need to

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maybe if its a narrow passageway

tame lodge
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And if you fury towards them you also create space

crude fiber
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zealot chat 2.0

tall torrent
tall torrent
bitter turtle
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i think getting stuck is more of an issue if you fight a grou pof bruisers

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you get stuck on the 5th guy

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so

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its much easier

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to get stuck i mean

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might be better to do powersword gameplay (rev->LLL)on them

tame lodge
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Well I still don't feel like approving the build
But I also don't want to rain on your parade

tall torrent
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On XV

tame lodge
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Are you going Piety? Your bloodthirsty gives you crit, wouldn't you be "wasting" the keystone

bitter turtle
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you can just take another keystone th en

tall torrent
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You can take momentum with it

bitter turtle
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since you can benefit from invocation even without bp in this case

tall torrent
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I take piety because I play laspistol and crits go hard with it

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I can play momentum if I was gonna take braced autogun or flamer

tame lodge
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So now you have 30% crit from scourge, but BT gives 100%, I know the plan is to bleed so I know it won't change

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Now, should Duelist be part of it, considering you'll be dodging to cancel the rev

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Or that you'll be sweeping at weakspot level

bitter turtle
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you could even skip scourge thinking about it tbh

tall torrent
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Best case scenario is me taking ghost + dum dum + laspistol and try to farm for duellist procs

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It’s prob not a bad idea to run that

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Like, for this
I could go anoint in blood + second wind + duellist/purge the unclean

bitter turtle
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i would take second wind

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too

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not swap but just taking it too sounds like a good idea

hollow ibex
#

what happened to vet chat 😭

bitter turtle
tall torrent
tame lodge
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While I'd say you don't need Second Wind, I'm not sure if you'd like to rely on Fury to replenish toughness

tall torrent
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Second wind is just always nice

hearty panther
#

the heck u tryin to do

tame lodge
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Bleed Evis15

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It could work

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But I think it's kinda meh

bitter turtle
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rev light rev light rev light

hearty panther
#

what would that accomplish that it doesnt already do by left clicking

tame lodge
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6 targets instead of 4

bitter turtle
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i think in a vacuum left clicking is slower from what ive tried

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at horde killing

tame lodge
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100% crit

tall torrent
bitter turtle
#

but if your rev gets stuck you are forced to dodge out

tall torrent
#

And a bit better horde clear than shred

bitter turtle
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i can imagine you run out of dodges at some point tbh still

hearty panther
#

is it actually faster when you have to throw a rev inbetween your swings

tame lodge
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Fun fact, despite not damaging anything past 4-6 target, every target procs crit cdr

tall torrent
hearty panther
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hmmm

tall torrent
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And since the dmg-able target cap is there I don’t think rampage makes the biggest difference on horde clear speed

tame lodge
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So while cleave blessings are meh on the 15 they still have some gimmicky build

tall torrent
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Bloodthirsty allows u to chain guaranteed crits together which could 1 tap crushers without FotF

hearty panther
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but rampage is still 36% power

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hmm

bitter turtle
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i imagine having actual 100% crits is probably still gonna be better than 36 power on avg

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since you're almost guaranteed to kill something every swing

hearty panther
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maybe i have one lying around

bitter turtle
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it even lets you drop BP

tall torrent
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Due to the dmg-able target cap

hearty panther
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yea but horde clear imo is just

bitter turtle
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my only worry is jsut the dodge limit thing in pracatical scenarios

tame lodge
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Damage, cleave, stagger
Lights are bugged so only the last one staggers iirc

bitter turtle
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its not a big deal on poxwalkers since you actually dont get stuck in them very often

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but its much easier to get stuck in bruisers

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if there is a bunch

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gets stuck on the 5th one

hearty panther
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idk sounds cute i guess

tall torrent
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Bruisers it’s easier to light spam anyway

hearty panther
#

ill see if i can try it

tall torrent
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They atk faster so it’s better to go for a safer combo

hearty panther
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but ill probs stick to my all attack speed martyrdom build lul

tame lodge
bitter turtle
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kinda defeats the ponit of it then

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im guessing doing psword combo is better for bruisers though

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just to conserve dodges

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rev light light light rev light light light

hearty panther
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yeah theres a lot of conditionals here

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that im just kinda not seeing it

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but i do see the potential funnies

tame lodge
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Same

bitter turtle
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i think the nice thing is

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from what i tried

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you can p much get super value out of invocation of death without even needing bp lol

tame lodge
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Yes

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I run martyr Invocation

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Bloodthirsty

hearty panther
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BP sucks and I will continue to stand by my shitty opinion

tame lodge
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Lemme see, I don't think I have anything new to say against this build

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So

white minnow
hearty panther
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please, ill be dead after one

bitter turtle
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so

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a rev light kills 7 poxwalkers in one swing

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with bloodletter

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takes like 1 or 2 ticks of bleed

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which you probably will end up waiting out since you gotta rev again lul

tame lodge
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Keep in mind that a revved heavy feels like a strikedown against any fodder

bitter turtle
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why would you be using a heavy on fodder though

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anyway

tame lodge
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By fodder I mean shooters stalkers

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I guess I need a better word KEKW_ogryn

bitter turtle
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yeha but again

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why would you use a rev heavy

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on a shooter

hearty panther
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its faster than regular heavy if you have the space

tame lodge
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But only if they are isolated, kill fast af

hearty panther
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kind of a funny quirk

bitter turtle
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i think you;''d just spam more rev lights no

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in this build at least

hearty panther
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the weapon will stay stuck for less time

bitter turtle
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it onetaps them

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and no stuck

tame lodge
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Keep in mind the amount of enemies, if it's one a revved heavy will be faster than a revved light

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If it's a bunch, lights are safer

zenith hinge
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hey so for the brittleness blessing for power swords, how much is it per stack?

bitter turtle
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its shit

agile forge
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Supercharge?

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it's bad

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not sure what the actual value is

zenith hinge
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what's the % though?

agile forge
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nobody really uses it because it's garbage

bitter turtle
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we are talking about these dudes right

agile forge
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brittleness stacks are usually 5%

hearty panther
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the value is irrelevant since you already have loads of armor pen on the charge

agile forge
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apart from the special extra one that right leg veteran gets which is 10 iirc

bitter turtle
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last guy lived bc the fucker was ducking

hearty panther
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lemme see if i can find a #

tame lodge
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I did mention to pay attention to their numbers, you kill one faster with a rev heavy

bitter turtle
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ok but i mean

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if its just one guy

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its just literally

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one

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trash mob

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why would you even rev

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at all then

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you one tap with a unrev light

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no?

hearty panther
bitter turtle
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im just confused in what scenario would you rev heavy a single trash shooter

hearty panther
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with a 5% margin of error

tame lodge
bitter turtle
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wait wait

hearty panther
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yea

bitter turtle
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i mean more like

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if u have one trash mob coming at you

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when would you not just light and kill him

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and instead rev heavy

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besides sending a message

hearty panther
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because there is space

bitter turtle
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i guess if you really hate that guy

tame lodge
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It's faster

hearty panther
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if they arent in light swing range and you got nothing else going on

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rev heavy for when they get in range

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is actually faster

tame lodge
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Even if slightly, save you some time

hearty panther
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but its not really important

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other than their radoll folds under you and it's hilarious

zenith hinge
bitter turtle
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that sounds very awfully specific but ya

zenith hinge
hearty panther
tame lodge
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And plz, plz rev heavy a Bulwark shield and dodge cancel once it opens

zenith hinge
tame lodge
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I don't want to see Mk15 players dancing around the Bulwark

hearty panther
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in that case tier 4 supercharge is 10%

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and idk the lower ones

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cause i only checked the top

tame lodge
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And if it's 3 Bulwarks, you can lock one in the recovering animation and deal with the others

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Of course it gets messy during hordes

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But I'll be happy as long as you keep yourself alive

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Yeah, I think that's all I have regarding the Mk15, at least for now

bitter turtle
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im still confused why you would need to pre rev for the shooter

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why not just do a normal heavy then

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unless you meant the inherit rev

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is rev heavy faster than just heavy staregryn

hearty panther
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its not that you would walk up to them, rev, and then heavy

bitter turtle
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i know you mean pre rev

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before you get up

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but like whats the point

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does it add anything

hearty panther
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yea

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its faster

hearty panther
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and it makes them deader

bitter turtle
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i see

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ill uh

tame lodge
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On shooters, stalkers, bruisers I think

bitter turtle
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keep it in mind if im ever in an empty room with 1 shooter mob

hearty panther
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oh see

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thats the misunderstanding

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cause with spread out shooters

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sprinting around, sliding, doing rev heavies

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will be faster

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unless there are two or more standing within light swinging range

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if you get the tempo right you even keep most of your sprint momentum inbetween the hits

bitter turtle
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i c

tame lodge
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Does a rev heavy also kills flamers, bombers and trappers faster? I can't remember

hearty panther
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dunno i just throw knives at em

tame lodge
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Crap, I can't test rn

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Gimme 5 minutes to confirm

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Oh

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Shooters, stalkers, bruisers, poxwalkers, groaners, flamers, bomber, hounds and snipers die slightly faster to a revved heavy compared to a normal heavy or a normal rev light

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That doesn't mean you'll always find them isolated

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And really puts the single target in Eviscerator Mk15

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Good to know I guess

bitter turtle
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What is a normal rev light

tame lodge
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The Bloodthirsty bloodletter one

bitter turtle
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Isn't that just a rev light

tame lodge
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Hold up

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A normal one is not critical bleed

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That's what I mean

exotic drum
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Does the Plasma gun trigger on aim effects when holding down alt-fire? or is that considered charging and not aiming?

bitter turtle
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Oh you mean not critting by normal

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I was confused how you can do a normal rev swing at first lmao

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Like isn't a rev swing special by default

tame lodge
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Ah, I got it

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My bad I guess

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But yeah, the crit bleed rev light that we discussed has some potential

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Even if I'm not really into it

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Welp, off to test martyrdom decapitator axe

somber axle
exotic drum
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Thank you very much!