#veteran-class

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somber axle
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I am 90% sure that Maniac is no longer considered mandatory or even recommended for combat blade

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I vaguely recall them talking about that

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Not sure what they would recommend instead

wild vortex
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yeh no Maniac

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he said Carapace

somber axle
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That makes more sense

wild vortex
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couple days ago

somber axle
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Unyielding/Carapace for perks then maybe?

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Or Elite/Carapace?

lime gyro
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So uncanny for the first blessing, mercy/riposte/precog/executor for the second

somber axle
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Yes

wild vortex
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my knife had unyielding already so he recommended cara to me

lime gyro
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Ty bro

rigid pilot
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Unyielding is definitely nice for bosses

bitter turtle
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Uncanny + flesh tearer/executor/mercy/ripsote/precog

somber axle
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Mercy Killer only if you grab Serrated Blade for the bleed on hit to trigger the blessing

bitter turtle
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Perks don't matter that much

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Carapace elite flak are all valid

rigid pilot
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I'll take unyielding / anything

bitter turtle
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Path (guide writer) started taking 2 stam even

somber axle
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Otherwise you will want one of the other blessings because your only other source of reliable bleed would be shredder nades and that's not worth

rigid pilot
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Unarmored might even be a good pick

bitter turtle
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Unarmored is ok

rigid pilot
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Dreg gunner / shotgunner oneshots are nice

lime gyro
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Im going to be a gigachad guardsman just my lasgun and combat knife

midnight totem
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wierd, without fireteam my knife can't one shot crit heavy headshot dred shotgunners

lime gyro
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Wish me luck brothers farewell i will either succeed or be sent to the warp

bitter turtle
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fwiw i talk to him fairly regularly about knife

bitter turtle
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honestly the perks are mostly whatevver unless you take literal trash

midnight totem
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I'm not going to roll unarmored for my knife

bitter turtle
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he even running +2 stam now lmao

bitter turtle
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bps on knife are fairly loose and to an extent dont matter too much as long as you can 3tap crushers

rigid pilot
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Yea I'll just take unyielding / anything

somber axle
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Back to work for another hour

bitter turtle
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important thing is just to have uncanny rly

rigid pilot
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Unless you are zealot and you don't have the good vet talents KEKW_ogryn

bitter turtle
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also

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penetration is not that importnat of a stat

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we found out

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as long as its above 50-60 you are fine

rigid pilot
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It's 20% range right?

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From 0 to 80

bitter turtle
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50-60 is the threshold to be able to 4 tap a crusher from nothing

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no uncanny stacks

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so

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i would just have it at least at 60 and call it a day

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the effect basically does nothing once you stack uncanny

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since pen is actually modfiying ADM

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which uncanny shoots you so far past 100 that it doesnt matter

rigid pilot
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Sounds right

bitter turtle
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basically

sleek garden
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i built my psyker with the unmodified shield wall with the shards its pretty funny

bitter turtle
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mobility > 16% so you dont lose a dodge (basically impossible to lose a dodge on knife tbh)

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penetration > 60%

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everything else to max

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and then perks, as long as you didnt roll

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idk

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groaner dmg or some shit

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it should be fine

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blessings, uncanny + whatever

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flesh tearer is my favorite

sleek garden
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does a well rolled knife one shot poxwalkers and groaners with a knife light

bitter turtle
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numbercat/path likes executor

tall torrent
bitter turtle
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in practice they wont have 80 in everything else usually

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so i just say 60 to be safe

tall torrent
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ok

bitter turtle
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esp if they'r erunning something like a 70 FT knife ro something

tall torrent
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usually yes?

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but only 1 per swing

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it won't deal with dense hordes well no matter what

rigid pilot
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Better off using your ranged

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I really like manstopper shotgun with knife

sleek garden
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personally i dont really use manstopper on my lawbringer but scattershot definitely

rigid pilot
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It's like a mini kickback KEKW_ogryn

sleek garden
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with full stacks of marksmans focus it still instantly cuts down 5-10 guys in a hord

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e

rigid pilot
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Manstopper lets absolutely delete a chunk of horde

sleek garden
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its really too bad it has no cleave

rigid pilot
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I run manstopper no respite because weapon spec

sleek garden
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but i guess the tradeoff is for range

rigid pilot
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Swap every 5 seconds to proc agile too

sleek garden
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also theres the times where you see like 6 scab shooters poke their heads over cover at once and its like

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my time is here

rigid pilot
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I really like MF lawbringer too

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The reload speed is real nice

sleek garden
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i usually go all the way down the left side of the tree

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so my shotgun has super spiky headshot damage in most cases

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if theres crushers or something you just put it away

rigid pilot
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I heard when you ads shotgun gets finesse boost

sturdy zephyr
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Whats shotgun you guys use?

rigid pilot
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Seems to be right from my experience

sleek garden
rigid pilot
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Only lawbringer?

sleek garden
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more than the other ones

rigid pilot
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Agripinna too

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I can kill gunners from 15m

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Normal shot, real nice

sleek garden
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I really like my lawbringer shotgun but i can't one shot certain guys without crits on headshot which is a bummer

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agripiinaa is nice too

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i like all the shotguns they're nice and chunky

rigid pilot
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Agripinna is my go to normal shotgun

sleek garden
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i just prefer lawbringer

rigid pilot
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Lawbringer is for the MF build scatter/manstop

sleek garden
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the range is too good to pass up

rigid pilot
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Kanty is for my knife weapon spec

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Because Beeg damage close up

sleek garden
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i have a 550 knife sitting in my inventory i just dont use lol

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i should take a look at it

rigid pilot
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Vet knife is really good

sleek garden
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i used knives when i was levelling up my classes but afterwards i stopped

rigid pilot
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All the buffs to headshot damage and elite damage makes you oneshot elites

bitter turtle
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lawbringer
more like
chaossender

sturdy zephyr
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Agrapina since it has bigger mag

sleek garden
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I'm pretty sure most headshot damage buffs go to ranged except for the one skill on the right tree

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what mag size is the agrip

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i have 11 shots in my lawbringer

bitter turtle
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13

sturdy zephyr
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Mine 13

sleek garden
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dang

rigid pilot
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The left one buffs melee damage too, doesn't it?

sleek garden
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no left side is all out ranged

rigid pilot
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Melee headshot damage*

somber axle
bitter turtle
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anything that isnt explicitly "ranged damage" buffs melee as well

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so if you mean precision strikes

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yes

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it buffs melee

somber axle
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Delete hordes in the most efficient way on Vet

bitter turtle
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in fact

rigid pilot
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There's one talents that's 30% to precision strikes

bitter turtle
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most of ht time you need to take it

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because of melee

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not because of your gun

rigid pilot
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Yea it's great

somber axle
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Not even melee weapons can clean up hordes as well as the meme Lawbringer build LMFAO

rigid pilot
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Since it's on the way to elite damage too

bitter turtle
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its a fairly significant melee dmg buff since melee tend to have good headshot modifiers

sleek garden
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the 30% weakspot damage?

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that's good to know

rigid pilot
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Also free 25% ammo

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Vet so good KEKW_ogryn

bitter turtle
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so you end up picking it up even on guns like recon or brauto with relatively poor finesse

sleek garden
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also lasguns and iags really shine on the elft side skill tree

bitter turtle
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just because your melee probably wants it

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even if your gun doesnt

somber axle
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Power Sword with Power Cycler IV might be close but you need the horde bunched up for your swings vs Lawbringer just needs to fire at the horde and deletes them in a cone

midnight totem
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made a much reduced in power knife build in order to have survivalist on this infiltrate build

rigid pilot
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Lawbringer is better the further the horde is

sleek garden
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i take sniper so this is true

somber axle
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Yes

bitter turtle
sleek garden
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let me look at my tree

bitter turtle
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its way too much of a point drain

somber axle
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Now I want to do a Lawbringer meme run

rigid pilot
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If the horde is on the far side of the corridor your specials is hitting everything

bitter turtle
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wat are you even running that you need surv on

midnight totem
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it is absolutely a point drain, it makes me cry lookin' at it

rigid pilot
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With manstopper it's pogryn

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It's not even meme

midnight totem
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nothing

rigid pilot
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Nah it's amazing

sleek garden
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people complain about the speedy aura but i feel like i need it sometimes

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zealots are so fast

bitter turtle
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speed yaura is based

rigid pilot
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Speed aura is good

tall torrent
midnight totem
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I don't need survivalist at all

tall torrent
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they're meant to work together

sleek garden
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i had one psyker start screaming at me for using fireteam once

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not cool

sturdy zephyr
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I use speed aura for my melee vet.

midnight totem
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its just a "non selfish" build for scab melee maelstroms

bitter turtle
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speed aura = casually walk away from horde

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no spee daura = die

tall torrent
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5% move speed is fun and based

rigid pilot
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The zealot now goes even faster

somber axle
rigid pilot
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It's just harder to use than peegun peesword peeshout

sleek garden
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on scab melee i usually bring a risky helbore/bolter/chainaxe/combat axe build

bitter turtle
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another person put it well, its hard to quantify but speed aura is basically:
dmg done +
dmg taken -
stamina +
its just hard to quantify

somber axle
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Baltimore Challenge Pissing meta

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😔

bitter turtle
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but the effect is real

sleek garden
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and i was like huh wasnt my last game like 40

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it must work

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speedier feet=speedier mission made sense in my mind

bitter turtle
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ya I made that recording just to show it snot an insignificant bonus

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at the very least i feel a major difference dropping it even speeding around with knife

sleek garden
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im glad they nerfed survivalist really

somber axle
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Agreed

sleek garden
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it needed it

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the only time i really miss it is melee only scab

somber axle
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Surv Aura nerf was very warranted and the overall balance of ammo economy on Vet and other classes can now be properly reigned in without being chained to this single aura for conversations

bitter turtle
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its still broken on no ammo modifier anyway

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frankly

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they shouldnt have nerfed it

rapid palm
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I wouldnt have minded it staying the way it was, but it doesnt bug me, what does bug me is that the other two auras are still trash and only taken to save points

bitter turtle
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they should have outright deleted it

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but im sure that would lead to moaning

sleek garden
bitter turtle
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even more moaning i mean

sleek garden
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but since everyone uses a revolver yes

somber axle
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If a weapon is underperforming on ammo economy the weapon can be looked at without the shadow of Survivalist Aura looming behind it

sleek garden
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its still busted

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okay i know weapon balance is difficult

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but like

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i really think the bolter should just do way way more damage to carapace

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like the revolver shouldnt outclass it

bitter turtle
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revolver outclasses everything

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shouldnt compare it

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bolter is mid but usable enough rn

sleek garden
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i love the bolter but even in my most spiky headshot build it does like 800 damage to a crusher

bitter turtle
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it is a flavor fail though

somber axle
bitter turtle
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since the best way to play it is sniping and almost never hipfiring

sleek garden
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I'll try mine out

bitter turtle
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it honestly resembles the agri revolver more than anything else

tiny summit
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Just gib ammo restore from elites/specials off melee as a core mechanic instead of this special from the warp free ammo from 1 class

bitter turtle
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but nobody wants to play a bolter like a sniper

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they want to go unga bunga hipfire im a beeg spess mehrine

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which is fair

tiny summit
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Thumpiest dmr

bitter turtle
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just a bad way to play it rn

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you need to land headshots

somber axle
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When I get home I will begin the Crusher killing tests in Psykanium again

sleek garden
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i do both

bitter turtle
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the finesse value on bolter is extremely high

somber axle
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Time to chew up more Crushers

sleek garden
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it actually feels great to dump a bolter mag in a horde even though its not the best way to use it

rapid palm
bitter turtle
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that is how you are supposed to do it rn

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surgical/pinning

sleek garden
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also just to be clear

bitter turtle
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with deadshot

sleek garden
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the bolter does insane damage to anything that isnt carapace

bitter turtle
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hipfire magdump is only for monstrosities

bitter turtle
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i disagree on that

sleek garden
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but not enough to one shot most maniacs for some reason

bitter turtle
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i think it could do a little more

somber axle
bitter turtle
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to ragers

sleek garden
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yeah

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manianc

bitter turtle
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if there is one thing i'd buff about it

sleek garden
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maniac

bitter turtle
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just a teensy bit more rager dmg

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nah

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the flak one too

rapid palm
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I really, really dont like deadshot

bitter turtle
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its just short of oneshotting both fo them without pinning stacks

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which is kinda eeeh

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i mean like

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forget revolver

sleek garden
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try deadshot with an all or nothing tac axe

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its fun

bitter turtle
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v7 can oneshot scab rager at least

somber axle
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I yearn for Boltpistol

rapid palm
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it has way too much downtime compared to its uptime, and during that downtime your fucked in melee

sleek garden
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im worried really

sleek garden
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pistols in this game are really powerful

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its gonna smoke the bolter

bitter turtle
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bolter needs to unads to unfuck its recoil either way

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deadshot bolter rly shouldnt be a pr oblem to manage

somber axle
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I will use it whether it is trash or treasure because I am a clown and I already do that with basically every gun in the game

sleek garden
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for what its worth the bolter bash has a lot of stagger

bitter turtle
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esp since i imagine most bolter builds will go tag keystone and you can grab target down

sleek garden
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im in the pyskhanium and my bolter two shots maniacs to the body

bitter turtle
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the slow swap can be nullified as well

sleek garden
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thats fine really

rapid palm
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I dont really care if something is OP in most situations in a PvE game, I just want everything to be at least useable

rapid palm
bitter turtle
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bolter is usable

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perfectly usable

rapid palm
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I know

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I was more talking about the bolt pistol being OP

sleek garden
rapid palm
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ah okay

bitter turtle
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no

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not exec

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witness my black magic

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👻

rapid palm
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okay how does that work?

last parcel
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A PSYKER

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THROW THEM IN THE CAGE

bitter turtle
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  1. have 1 round in your mag missing
  2. swap to bolter
  3. cancel swap animation with reload animation
  4. cancel reload animation with sprint
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missing 1 round is p easy in practice, i barely think about it

sleek garden
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are you guys catachan sword heads

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i love those things

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they go with everything

last parcel
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i love them for their flak cleave damage

rapid palm
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im personaly a power sword 6 guy cuz im a scrub and think poking ogryns in teh head is funny, but catachans are fun

sleek garden
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if you bring savage sweep with it its pretty devastating in a horde

bitter turtle
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ngl

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i think dclaws suck

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but that's just me

sleek garden
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thats fine

bitter turtle
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the flak dmg is just

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way too bad

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and i dont understandn what they're good for

rapid palm
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okay so 2 of them kind of suck, but the last one is great

sleek garden
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they're a do all weapon type

bitter turtle
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the parry seems

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eh

sleek garden
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you have to be into those

bitter turtle
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they are

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atrocious vs flak

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cannot kill crushers unless you slowly parry them to death

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how is that do all

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do all is rashad

sleek garden
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but i dont want to use brutal momentum rashad

bitter turtle
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well

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knife is also do all

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good dmg vs every armor type

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shovel is also do all

rapid palm
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knife has a bit f trouble with hordes but aside from that it kinda wrecks everything

bitter turtle
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i dont understand how a weapon that is awful against 2 armor types, 1 the most common one, could possibly be do all

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or rather

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personally

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i dont understand the point of running d claw at all

sleek garden
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it is a sword

bitter turtle
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it just means your gun HAS to be able to match into crushers

sleek garden
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its not really meant to do mutch to armor

bitter turtle
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and i dont really see what you gain from it

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yes but that's a legitimate downside when every other melee weapon is good vs armor

sleek garden
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i tend to just leave crushers to my teammates honestly

rapid palm
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D claw is kinda like the heavy sword of vet

sleek garden
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the catachans make hordes easy mode

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i like to bring autoguns and thigns that dont do damage against crushers

bitter turtle
sleek garden
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they are my weak spot

bitter turtle
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either you hit their bodies or suffer the shitty flak dmg

tall torrent
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Major flak & carapace weakness

bitter turtle
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im not sure which is worse

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but

midnight totem
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fuck it

bitter turtle
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either way its not exactly a great choice to be making

midnight totem
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I'm deleting my survivalist infiltrate build

tall torrent
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Just because it can parry crusher doesn’t mean you should actively go parry every crusher overhead

midnight totem
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Nobody's getting ammo from me. Ever

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BETTER LEARN AMMO CONSERVATION

bitter turtle
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just slap uncanny on dclaw and now its god tier :^)

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works for ever yother weapon with uncanny

somber axle
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Dclaws are very fun weapons but they're not good for Crusher killing and when Scab Brusiers/Dreg Bruisers enter the mix their flak armour will make the cleave feel awkward. It's still very fun for clearing through your average horde until the flak comes out though

sleek garden
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ive never really noticed a weakness to flak

last parcel
sleek garden
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but it normally staggers a wide crowd

somber axle
sleek garden
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so that might just be how i use it

tall torrent
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You can try cleaving through Dreg bruiser to hit another enemy in meat grinder

somber axle
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My Recon:

sleek garden
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i do use savage sweep to cleave through lots of enemies

tall torrent
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Savage sweep does not improve cleave dmg distribution

sleek garden
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in bruiser hordes if i can hit at least one enemy head its enough

bitter turtle
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ill just record to show you what i mean

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sec

hallow parrot
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I have the data

sleek garden
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true but it still activates vicious slice

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which staggers a little

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at the very least it can manage a horde and i never feel like im losing out when i use it

somber axle
hallow parrot
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I mean I've used a DC for a while and I like it, don't get me wrong

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but jesus christ good luck handling a single scab mob without charged attacks

midnight totem
hallow parrot
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rest of squad just looking at you wailing on that poor mfer

radiant chasm
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and plasma and revolver both pierce armor

sleek garden
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i dont use mods but i wish i could check the damage of the parry attack

tall torrent
bitter turtle
sleek garden
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it doesn't need to be great, I use it for the stagger

bitter turtle
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like honestly

radiant chasm
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yea the flak hurts but if you go say, sweep rampage, you can, brute force it

sleek garden
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savage sweep with vicious slice slows people

bitter turtle
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if you dont call this dmg vs flak terrible

radiant chasm
bitter turtle
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then what is terrible

sleek garden
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i dont have rampage

radiant chasm
bitter turtle
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you can make any loadout good

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by just

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"using plasma or revolver with it"

radiant chasm
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it's a fun weapon and it's not terrible, it's better than taxes imo

bitter turtle
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maybe on vet

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taxes are pretty legit on zealot though imo

hallow parrot
radiant chasm
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taxes break your finger on zealot

radiant chasm
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i remember old dclaw, the parry was useless and the flak modifier was somehow even worse

bitter turtle
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i play wep special laspistol

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im used to it

radiant chasm
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but yea, it's basically all in the parry for power, it can do silly things with the timing down

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like parrying overheads

bitter turtle
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i dont know

midnight totem
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Fine, clown. If you run recon then... sigh, I will run recon as well, and my recon build has survivalist aura

bitter turtle
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at that point

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id rather just

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kill them

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rather than wait for them to atk

somber axle
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Perfect

bitter turtle
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and then kill them

last parcel
somber axle
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Clown shoes it is if I meet you in quickplay

midnight totem
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Anyway

hallow parrot
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recon did nothing wrong

sleek garden
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can you try adding a bunch of scab guys in the psykhanium and just parrying them to death

midnight totem
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I like dclaws

somber axle
midnight totem
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I ran one on my trauma psyker build for the longest time

hallow parrot
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I will defend the honor of my meme laser hose.

somber axle
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It's nice to not be the only Recon user in chat

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But also

midnight totem
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If I ever got ambushed by rager mobs I just danced through them and parried everything

last parcel
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RISE UP

bitter turtle
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its not even like the parry deletes a crusher anyway

last parcel
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RRRRRRRRRRRRRRISE UP

rapid palm
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recons are fun but the vlad is not all its cracked up to be

last parcel
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TALOS THE MIGHTY

rapid palm
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imo the MK II is better

bitter turtle
last parcel
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TALOS THE UNASSAILA

last parcel
tall torrent
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It’s more awkward on vet than on zealot & psyker imo

sleek garden
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i had no idea it did that much damage to a crusher actually

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i thought it did way less

tall torrent
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Because vet actually doesn’t have that many ranged weapon options to kill carapace

sleek garden
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also the follow up to a parry attack is a downward strike that does more damage to carapace

tall torrent
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U have plasma, HB3, 2 revolvers, boltgun (kinda)

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Anything after that is usually lower efficiency than ideal

rapid palm
hallow parrot
sleek garden
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i think the headhunter guns should do more damage to crushers

hallow parrot
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however lasguns in general are in kind of a weird spot rn

midnight totem
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Sneaky Cat's recon kills crushers pretty quickly

sleek garden
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recon lasguns are actually the only guns in the game that i dont really want to use much

bitter turtle
sleek garden
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i try them periodically and i dont really like them

midnight totem
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So does mine, a little less quickly, but it does

rapid palm
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lasguns are solid, you just have to build them for crits

sleek garden
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oh i do like lasguns

rapid palm
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recons included

sleek garden
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bring them with sniper for some pretty serious midrange damage

hallow parrot
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I mean hey, I don't even think recons are as shit as consensus indicates

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but they are also kinda bad

bitter turtle
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imo

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7 is a passable and mid gun

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the others are pretty shit

hallow parrot
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and if you compare them with the really meme stuff like plasmas, it's just no contest

rapid palm
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it depends on how ya use them

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yeah its low tier, but they are viable with the right setup

bitter turtle
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everything in the game passes the minimum bar of viability

hallow parrot
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I really like the mk6. I can melt elites consistently at all ranges and look good doing it.

radiant chasm
hallow parrot
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and infernus is probably the most enjoyable perk I've taken in a gun, to me personally

midnight totem
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Anyway, infernus +onslaught is a funny combo

bitter turtle
#

anyway

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about Headhunters vs cara

radiant chasm
hallow parrot
#

but then again you can also (somewhat) do the same on an agripina IAG and not run out of ammo nearly as often

radiant chasm
#

mk3 with deadly accurate headhunter will just spam crit heads into crushers

sleek garden
hallow parrot
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or an ILG (even though I find them jankier to keep on target)

radiant chasm
#

and mk7, is a bit weirder and slower but it can work in a pinch

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it's all about the deadly accurate crits

sleek garden
radiant chasm
bitter turtle
hallow parrot
lime gyro
#

now the only thing fatshark has to do is give me a hotshot lasgun

hallow parrot
#

and if the burst doesn't get them, infernus will. Eventually but

lime gyro
#

i keep being told im worthy of a hotshot in game >:((

radiant chasm
last parcel
#

eat the corpse starch

lime gyro
#

No u

hallow parrot
sleek garden
#

i really really wanna use recons for specifically firing into hordes at head level but strangely they suck at that

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it just feels like thats what they should do

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they feel like lmgs

lime gyro
#

Ive been gigachadding with recon lasgun for too long cuz theres no other full auto lasgun alternative

rapid palm
#

recons just do what lasguns already do, which is get rid of specials and shooters

lime gyro
#

Now me angery

hallow parrot
#

I mean they're good at that but their ammo economy dictates mag dumping into a horde is a gigantic waste of ammo most of the time.

sinful swallow
hallow parrot
#

but I do like spraying a horde just to set half of it on fire as I strafe through them

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it's like a long distance flamethrower

lime gyro
#

recons r best used as a support playstyle imo

hallow parrot
#

and the fire probably doesn't do shit but I'm lighting heretics on fire and it's cool and fun

lime gyro
#

Melting crowds suppressive fire all that

sinful swallow
#

Do they do decent suppression?

rapid palm
#

no

bitter turtle
#

the only thing you're gonna melt

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by hsooting into a crowd with a recon

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is your ammo supply

lime gyro
#

I have the suppression buff so its ok

twin cipher
#

Is this decent?

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Just have to swap glory right?

bitter turtle
#

if you like it

lime gyro
#

Not as much as like the mg iv and shit from my own personal experience but its still pretty handy

twin cipher
#

What’s the alternative

bitter turtle
#

blaze away

twin cipher
#

Cus I have a glory 4

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What’s that do exactly?

rapid palm
lime gyro
#

Its just recons r in a shitty state rn

bitter turtle
#

ngl

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id just swap your perks imo

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unarmored might be ok?

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idk

sinful swallow
bitter turtle
#

i like elite+flak/maniac though

rapid palm
#

yeah perks mean A LOT more than blessings on plasma

twin cipher
#

Oh I’d like that

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Might try to get blaze

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And lemme c the perks to swap

sleek garden
lime gyro
#

i just want more full auto lasguns >:((((((((

rapid palm
#

prioritize good base stats and getting +flak and +maniac

sleek garden
#

blue infantry lasguns with marksmans focus and sniper and precision strikes

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difference at close vs midrange

hallow parrot
#

Granted, most I've ran with it is Malice

twin cipher
#

Most of the stats are good just ammo is kinda mid but it’s aight

lime gyro
#

i use hh and infernus on my recon lasgub

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Lasgun*

twin cipher
#

For perks should I grab unyielding and flak?

rapid palm
lime gyro
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I can run damnations but i gotta be super tryhard with it

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Using my MG IV or IA is usally my go to for dams n mael (auric) but theyre still doable w recons

radiant chasm
bitter turtle
twin cipher
#

Maniac and flak perk are really best for plasma?

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Ok ty

sleek garden
radiant chasm
#

like, the law and kant shotguns, agri brauto has good cleave through horde

sleek garden
#

I'm not actually sure what weapons are good for that

tall torrent
hallow parrot
tall torrent
#

Elite is first priority

twin cipher
#

Even tho it’s just 10%?

bitter turtle
#

i have elite+maniac on mine

radiant chasm
#

and then there is weapons that just ignore a bit of horde even if they aren't made for horde clear, like the plasma or revolver

bitter turtle
#

what does flak do

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just wondering

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i only mention it bc i know you run elite/flak

bitter turtle
radiant chasm
lime gyro
tall torrent
lime gyro
#

I still dont have the right one till this day btw

radiant chasm
#

agri brauto with FF DS fully ramped is SO juicy god damn

twin cipher
#

Ok gona out elite and flak

radiant chasm
twin cipher
#

Put*

hallow parrot
lime gyro
radiant chasm
#

maybe i'm just weird tho i don't care for the laser guns much besides the hbs

hallow parrot
#

at least I got rank 4 dumdum out of it

lime gyro
#

Bro my recon is 523

radiant chasm
#

total score doesn't matter

lime gyro
#

That was the best i could get my hands on w fhe right blessings n perks

radiant chasm
#

it's not vt2 where it gives stat adjustment the more ilvl you have

lime gyro
#

N damage n shit

tall torrent
# bitter turtle what does flak do

1 shot bodyshot scab gunner
1 shot bodyshot dreg gunner with AE/(LS + tag + RF) active
Better 2 shot consistency vs reaper (1HS + 1 bodyshot can 2 tap, instead of having to do 2HS)
1 shot headshot scab rager with AE active
Slightly better 2 shot consistency vs scab mauler

sleek garden
#

Graia shoots way faster

twin cipher
#

Oh I’m dumb

radiant chasm
lime gyro
twin cipher
#

I forgot u can’t records it if u refine it

#

Rebless*

lime gyro
#

They nerfed it toooooo hard

twin cipher
#

Ugh I hate this stupid as system

bitter turtle
rapid palm
#

blessings dont really matter a ton on plasma

radiant chasm
#

shooting faster doesn't give you better horde clear, especially compared to things like cleaving and damage

bitter turtle
#

i take maniac for that and bodyshotting flamers

twin cipher
#

At least I have gets hot ig

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I wanted blaze away lowkey tho

tall torrent
bitter turtle
#

ic

tall torrent
#

I don’t consider Dreg rager 1HS to be the most important breakpoint

twin cipher
tall torrent
#

Or if I have LS & enough distance I also hit it

twin cipher
#

It sucks ass that refinements aren’t separate from blessings :\

bitter turtle
#

fair

hallow parrot
bitter turtle
#

mostly i keep maniac bca its locked anyway

twin cipher
#

Hopefully that new update gets rid of locks

radiant chasm
#

that's the issue

tall torrent
radiant chasm
#

"control and skill" doesn't mean anything when you just hover over the enemy head without even worrying about recoil

hallow parrot
radiant chasm
hallow parrot
#

or at least a couple of ILGs

hallow parrot
lime gyro
hallow parrot
#

I mean the gun sure bounces around when you shoot it

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but hold down that mouse button and you're nailing the same stamp on the wall

tall torrent
hallow parrot
#

(approximately)

lime gyro
#

esp against ranged scab its just a light show of lasers going back n forth

radiant chasm
#

sure it's not kicking like a mule cause the ads bug, but it's something

tall torrent
#

Mk1 IAG also has pretty low firing uptime

somber axle
# rapid palm recons are fun but the vlad is not all its cracked up to be

It's really just good for a very specific clown's preferences. I like turning a Recon into a Crusher killing gun. The Mk II and Mk VIIa just can't be juiced into doing it anywhere near as effectively. But if you ignore Crushers then the Mk II and Mk VIIa are both very comfy weapons for general use. The Mk II does feel very good to use even if it is the weakest damage-wise compared to the other two

orchid hemlock
radiant chasm
#

the clown rending meta where vets were running headfirst into a crusher mag dumping into his head was absolutely dumb to watch

sleek garden
#

Yeah I did notice the iags do kinda low body shot damage

somber axle
#

Can just bring a melee for Crusher killing and bring a Mk II or Mk VIIa

lime gyro
#

Yea i know but like actual new guns (hotshot now 😠 )

bitter turtle
#

ciag does it better

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than recon ever did tbh

rapid palm
bitter turtle
#

if you want to build it like that

tall torrent
radiant chasm
bitter turtle
#

that too

#

v3 was complete meme during that patch

sleek garden
#

I heard the bolter does less damage at close range because it doesn't explode but I don't know if it's true

bitter turtle
#

that most ppl didnt realize

sleek garden
#

Guess I should try it

radiant chasm
#

i didn't see any vraks users run up to crushers melee range

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i saw half a dozen different recon vets do that

#

it just looks silly

tall torrent
#

V3 was hilariously broken in patch 13

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1 mag plague ogryn easy

lime gyro
#

Im sfill gonna download that mod tho just so i dont need to keep spamming lmb on my kantrael lasguns

radiant chasm
#

vraks looks and feels like an impactful gun

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yea LMAO v3 patch 13 was so OP

somber axle
rigid pilot
#

Unlimited crits

somber axle
#

13 ammo used in this gif and now I have a better Recon that can kill Crushers in as little as 7 ammo spent

lime gyro
#

man those were fun days

bitter turtle
rapid palm
bitter turtle
#

they had to nerf the finesse a crapton

somber axle
tall torrent
bitter turtle
#

id get the clip but crab privated th eir videos or something

last parcel
#

target down enjoyers chadgryn

rigid pilot
#

I have one

somber axle
#

Should I do the clown speech again

bitter turtle
#

nvm

#

found it

somber axle
#

I only JUST got off work

bitter turtle
#

very balans

lime gyro
last parcel
#

tomorrow

lime gyro
#

Thx

radiant chasm
somber axle
radiant chasm
#

i just don't like it thematically it seems goofy

lime gyro
#

Oh no way

#

What r u running on ur recon and skill tree?

radiant chasm
#

sounds like a kid's laser gun you'd get from the value toy section

somber axle
#

Ok here I go again

bitter turtle
# lime gyro Oh no way

if you juice any automatic with onslaught and executioner stance it can do the sam ething

rigid pilot
tall torrent
lime gyro
#

:/

somber axle
bitter turtle
#

that is still slower than current patch ciag

#

look at that maniac kill time

rigid pilot
#

But unlimited ammo

#

As long as there are heads

#

That whole clip was one mag KEKW_ogryn

somber axle
#

Here is the talent tree set up I use, the Recon I originally used to make the gif and a Scoreboard of a Damnation run where I outdid a Columnus Infantry Autogun Vet and a Plasma Vet. The CIAG Vet only did 9k more damage but had less kills. The Plasma user had 2 more Ranged Elite kills. I blew them both out of the water on all other metrics and used less ammo too

#

I have a better Recon now and run Aurics

lime gyro
somber axle
#

AND NOW FOR THE DISCLAIMER

bitter turtle
#

i thin kthat is a fair tradeoff

#

at lesat not one worth nerfing

#

lul

last parcel
somber axle
#

(!) WARNING (!) YOU MAY SUFFER IF YOU TRY THIS

lime gyro
#

Chad recon enjoyers thumbsup_ogryn

tall torrent
sinful swallow
#

Just use hellbore and wait for surgical

tall torrent
#

MG4 also has faster ads move speed

sinful swallow
rigid pilot
#

Hellbored

radiant chasm
rapid palm
#

so, I forget, does savenger matter more or less with high firerate weapons?

radiant chasm
#

you have to normalize builds to a normalize skill level

bitter turtle
#

it depends on the weapon in question's ammo economy

rigid pilot
bitter turtle
#

surv scales off your total ammo reserve

#

some automatics have good economy

#

some automatics are 6d recon

#

some semi autos have good ammo economy

#

some are agri revolver

rigid pilot
#

Shotguns have good economy too

radiant chasm
#

some shotguns

#

i think the kanty is a bit ammo starved

rigid pilot
#

Yea maybe not kanty

bitter turtle
#

agri shotgun is not really good ammo econ

#

its one of the few gun si still run surv on

tall torrent
#

Worst ammo case is Agripinaa shotgun in my experience

somber axle
#

This build is done with three Stam curios each with +3 Stam for a total +9 Stam from curios alone with an additional +1 Stam from the talent node under Confirmed Kill to give better Deadshot uptime

This build will benefit from you moving to the frontline and baiting enemy shooters into firing at you to regen stamina during fights to help Deadshot uptime

You need to get used to consistently pinging Specials/Elites with Focus Target to benefit from Target Down. This improves damage, toughness regen and stamina regen. The stamina regen helps Deadshot uptime

You need to be used to aiming heads with Headhunter blessing to keep crit strings rolling in combination with Deadshot to get free shots through Shock Trooper

Even after all that stamina regen you still need to watch your stamina bar because longer volleys will eat your stamina and you need to swap back and forth between aiming down sights for Deadshot and hip firing to let stamina regen

radiant chasm
#

ehh, it's jsut a bit worse than revolver

bitter turtle
#

just a bit worse than a gun that already is not really stellar in terms of ammo econ is not a good recipe imo

tall torrent
bitter turtle
#

that too

#

not nearly as reliable at 1tapping

radiant chasm
#

yea but agri shotgun is a shotgun

#

and therefore more fun

bitter turtle
#

unless youw ant to load slugs constantly

#

well

#

we were talking about econ

#

not fun value

somber axle
tall torrent
#

And vet doesn’t have throwing knives to hard carry ammo economy

radiant chasm
#

they should however, buff it's fall off since it's the sniper

tall torrent
#

For zealot the situation is different

bitter turtle
#

otherwise i would just say agri revolver > zarona because fun

somber axle
#

The other Vets in that squad were good players

#

They did not require anyone to carry them and they pulled their weight accordingly

#

We worked well together as a squad

#

This is not a massive skill gap moment

#

I have helped ducklings and carried homeless people

rigid pilot
#

Zealot - throwing knives
Psyker - magic knives
Ogryn - concrete knives

Vet - Sitgryn

somber axle
#

These people were neither

#

I think the Plasma Vet was still adjusting to the Survivalist Aura nerf tbh

bitter turtle
somber axle
#

Probably why they ate so much ammo

rigid pilot
#

Frag knives

sinful swallow
bitter turtle
#

it would look like

#

frag grenades

sinful swallow
#

Grandes Regen anyways in most build

bitter turtle
#

my imagination is unparalleled

rigid pilot
#

Bring back BH shot from VT2 KEKW_ogryn

sinful swallow
#

How about this

#

Epic games sells the rights for the lancer to GW and we get an assault rifle with a mounted chainsaw

somber axle
# lime gyro Tyvm im gonna try this out tomorrow

Anyway yeah you want Headhunter and Infernus for blessings on a Recon Mk VId. Pair it with Carapace perk and it cuts down Crushers. A Plasma gun, Revolver or Columnus Infantry Autogun will kill faster. Compared to meta weapons this build just makes the Recon more viable/competitive at the cost of survivability and utility since no Voice of Command or Infiltrate

sinful swallow
#

The most 40k gun and it can't be in 40k because copyright

rigid pilot
#

Just wait for Microsoft to buy james

#

It's gonna happen

#

Then James will fold and be closed KEKW_ogryn

somber axle
#

Be very careful because you are squishy and rely on Confirmed Kill, Close Order Drill and Iron Will to survive from the tree in combination with positioning and dodging

#

Target Down does help offset Toughness woes though

#

Also I use whatever melee I want tbh

#

You can too

sinful swallow
somber axle
#

I swap often between Chainsword Mk IV, Chainsword Mk XIIIg and Combat Blade Mk VI lately though

somber axle
#

I should check my Boltgun build to see how similar it is

sleek garden
#

it's crazy how much bonus damage comes out of headshots in this game

#

shooting a scab gunner in the chest vs the head with my build is nearly a 7x headshot multiplier

#

and thats without marksmans focus

#

or executor stance

bitter turtle
#

depends on the gun

#

headshot bonus damage is contingent on finesse values

#

some guns dont really see a big improvement

sinful swallow
#

Some guns have better innate modifiers even if it's not a stat you roll

bitter turtle
#

brautos and recons for example

#

other guns

#

well

#

its like you described

#

go from taking 2 shots to 10 if you dont hit head

#

like v7

sinful swallow
#

V7 my beloved

bitter turtle
#

that being said, you prolyl still wanna hit heads with recon

#

headhunter and all that

sleek garden
#

its so closeee

somber axle
#

this is what my Boltgun build looks like

twin cipher
#

What niche yall think bolt pistol is gona play into

sinful swallow
#

You can drop determined, no?

twin cipher
#

Just discovered the power of the agropina today

bitter turtle
#

is that a niche

twin cipher
#

:((

bitter turtle
#

jk

#

ill be positive

twin cipher
#

I hope it’s decent lol

bitter turtle
#

itll be better than revolver

hollow ibex
#

10 shots to open bulwarks

sinful swallow
#

IMAGINE IT GETS HANDCANNON

bitter turtle
#

1 shot everything

twin cipher
#

Bolter is in a weird place rn so I mean I could c it

somber axle
hollow ibex
somber axle
rocky tendon
bitter turtle
#

alt action is you throw the bolt pistol at the enemy like a boomerang

sinful swallow
#

How often are you trying to shoot it outside of exec stance

bitter turtle
#

stagger them

sinful swallow
bitter turtle
#

and then it comes back

#

and you catch it

rocky tendon
twin cipher
somber axle
twin cipher
#

I want that ripper pistol

#

Wouldn’t mind the outfit too lol

tall torrent
rocky tendon
sinful swallow
#

I guess it's auric syndrome for me, exec is always ready to go and when it's not I've just used it and mags empty anyways

tall torrent
twin cipher
#

The day I can be this is the day I can die happy

tall torrent
#

The fact that he does not have volley adept to reload the thing

somber axle
#

I hope we do

twin cipher
#

I’ve been wishing for it since day 1

tall torrent
#

What’s the point of getting shooter highlight for boltgun if u don’t have volley adept to reload it fast enough to chain refresh exe stance on shooter waves

twin cipher
#

At this point I’ll take just a power fist tho

wild vortex
#

Weapon Specialist Vet is really a vibe man

twin cipher
#

I can see how dual wielding would be a difficult task

wild vortex
#

Trigger happy axe murderer vibe

tall torrent
twin cipher
#

Man I’d legit uninstall

radiant chasm
#

dual wielding melee def in the future, give it a year or dozen

twin cipher
#

I want my freaking sergeant/commissar cosplay

#

Oh yah for sure melee

#

But melee/ranged

somber axle
twin cipher
#

Other than a reskin of pistol/rapier from vt idk how it would work

radiant chasm
#

melee ranged? idk, the specials as is seem pretty set in stone

somber axle
#

If I swap off of Confirmed Kill/Close Order Drill to hit one of the reload talents I'm sacrificing a lot of survivability

last parcel
#

rel*ading 🤮

radiant chasm
#

imo dueling sword should have had a finger magic bullet instead of the stagger jab

somber axle
#

If I take points from elsewhere I'm losing damage

twin cipher
#

Maybe the power fist has the attack side for killing and the plasma pistol is just a stagger? Idk lol

radiant chasm
#

since it's psyker only

twin cipher
#

Tough to work out

tall torrent
#

It’s very funny to me that the turtolsky heavy sword (used by the vostroyan firstborn IG regiment) and the maccabian duelling sword (used by the maccabian janissaires IG regiment) are not available to veteran

twin cipher
#

Pretty much just described rapier/pistol I’m dumb

tall torrent
#

But the bot veterans in game can use heavy sword for some reason

somber axle
twin cipher
#

Meltagun

somber axle
#

At least we're getting Boltpistol soon

radiant chasm
#

just have it do the pistol/rapier except finger gun cause hahah funny space wizard. why is it just a different kind of stab xd

twin cipher
#

I want 2h sword on psyker badly too

somber axle
#

A new toy at last

sleek garden
somber axle
#

Can't wait to see what sorts of weapon skins the Bolt Pistol get

last parcel
#

25 meltabombs taped to a suicide vest

sleek garden
#

i also add reload speed

#

as a perk

twin cipher
#

I hope the double barrel isn’t like a scrap gun lol

#

I want my super shotty

somber axle
sleek garden
#

i wonder if its zealot only

sinful swallow
#

I'm not on PC rn to load my build but

sleek garden
#

it doesnt sounds like a thing veteran would use

twin cipher
#

True

sleek garden
#

or psyker

twin cipher
#

The first set vets got tho was a shotgun skin

sleek garden
#

actually it depends on what they do with it i suppose

#

is it gonna be a hunting rifle type deal

#

really long range

#

or is it gonna be a super wide point blank shot

twin cipher
#

I think it’ll be Cqc

#

Boom stick

tall torrent
#

If the double barrel shotgun is competing vs Kantrael shotgun for zealot then it’s gonna be a hard sell unless it cranks out absurd burst dmg with decent reload speed

sinful swallow
twin cipher
#

Which makes me think zealot tbh

rigid pilot
twin cipher
#

If we ever get a powerfist/claw bolt pistol combo that’d be sick

sleek garden
#

but i just prefer marksmans focus for a few reasons

sinful swallow
#

And I feel like you give up too much to get reload speed, but I mega value having both .25 stam regen delay nodes

sleek garden
#

mainly that it works on everyone

twin cipher
#

We just need a good commissar outfit now

sleek garden
#

and the reload speed is a bonus

#

not that the bolter really needs bonus damage on everything but it might push it to one shot a few extra things in the head

twin cipher
#

If this doesn’t drop when bolt pistol does with a proper rigging and gloves I’ll be so sad

bitter turtle
#

reloads TWO special shells

#

👻

#

everything else is the same

#

now it competes

#

:^)

twin cipher
#

Also need a commissar cap with a bionic eye badly

radiant chasm
#

anyways templars, i must go to rest. you should really try out the chaxe and getting skulls for the emperor and blood for the golden throne

sleek garden
#

maybe itll be like the shotgun from battlefield v where it has a third barrel for a slug round

twin cipher
#

Freaking hate that face/hats aren’t separate

sinful swallow
#

I oneshot everything but maulers crushers pox busters muties and monsters

sleek garden
#

either that or the special is you whacking them with the stock

sinful swallow
#

Maulers are 2 and crushers are 3

tall torrent
radiant chasm
#

oh hot take, what if the double barrel shotgun was psyker exclusive?

#

since they don't have the normal ones

bitter turtle
#

what if psyker staves were usable by ogryn

#

and that's the new two handed ogryn weapon

tall torrent
sinful swallow
#

Vet needs the stubbers

midnight totem
#

Vet needs

sinful swallow
#

Slow walk like the gunners except we get to bless it

sleek garden
#

im curious how a psyker would build around that

last parcel
#

imagine an ogryn with surge staves between his fingers like wolverine

sleek garden
#

they dont have a lot of range talents just crit stuff

last parcel
#

and then he staff bangs wolfer to submission

bitter turtle
#

dual wield staves

hallow parrot
#

kickback for psykers chadgryn

bitter turtle
#

left click voidstrike

#

right click trauma

last parcel
#

both are the small projectile

sinful swallow
#

Doesn't the vet have art of gunning stuff down with a stubber lmao

tall torrent
bitter turtle
#

no

midnight totem
#

That is a rotor cannon

rigid pilot
#

Mini gun
Mini gun
Mini gun

twin cipher
#

Catachans built different

midnight totem
#

It is a standard heavy weapon for imperial navy voidsmen

hallow parrot
#

catachan edc

midnight totem
#

We are on a rogue trader's ship

twin cipher
#

Casually wields heavy bolter

midnight totem
#

She has voidsmen

sleek garden
#

not really related to any of this but do any of you know why the windows store version of the game doesnt let you interact with ragdolls

twin cipher
#

Chad

twin cipher
#

Pretty sure he killed a tyranid with his teeth too

sleek garden
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i am kind of sad i cant shoot the guy in the head after ive shot him in the head

tall torrent
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Or in missions

sleek garden
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no in missions

somber axle
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Hey weird question I'm using Plasma for the first time in a while is it better to have Blaze Away or Gets Hot? I want to get Glory Hunter on this gun for funny tank memes

tall torrent
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Huh weird

radiant chasm
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when are we getting the winterhome regiment cosmetics that barely exists in lore except it's an iceworld and their colors are grey/greyish pink

sleek garden
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it seems to be a windows store exclusive thing

somber axle
radiant chasm
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i need to match with my twitch drop camos

tall torrent
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Gloryhunter is not a meme on plasma

tall torrent
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It’s highly effective

bitter turtle
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i dont think blaze away really matters that much tbh

somber axle
bitter turtle
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honestly

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im inclined to think

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gets hot/glory

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is actually better

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than gets hot/blaze

sleek garden
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not to be a sadist but it was funny in vermintide 2 to chop up a corpse of a rat monster after you lop their head off if you are bored

sinful swallow
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Blaze encourages bad trigger discipline staregryn

sleek garden
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but that was the steam version

bitter turtle
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you should pick up born leader

last parcel
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volatile glory with infiltratechadgryn

bitter turtle
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for the medic vet meme

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instead of for the emprah

sleek garden
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im playing through game pass and it doesnt let you interact with corpses at all