#veteran-class

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hollow ibex
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It’s ok. Not a high priority

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Usually don’t end up taking

tame lodge
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Seems like to be a mix of every +damage and +warp that psyker can stack

orchid hemlock
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Oh sorry I was just making an inside joke I wasn't trying to intimidate you 💀

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There is a very.......prolific Darktide Content Creator that made a statement

gilded rock
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What is the process you do to cure hide again

high token
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dont worry bout that, tho I'd appretiate explaining if recon gun is best played keystoneless?

orchid hemlock
gilded rock
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And you get goodies along the way

orchid hemlock
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Keystoneless is for onslaught Recon

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But tbh

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Onslaught Recon I think is a trap 💀

high token
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Seems fine with high fire rate no?

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tho, taking it out would actually allow me to get focus target thumbsup_ogryn

gilded rock
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What was onslaught again?

high token
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brittleness on hit

tame lodge
gilded rock
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Ohh the meme-esque build for recon

hollow ibex
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Especially if you plan to use your melee more

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Onslaught is a trap

orchid hemlock
high token
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duck n dive also bait? loregryn

hollow ibex
orchid hemlock
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In all other situations, grabbing other nodes is better

high token
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honestly just idk what im doin here staregryn

orchid hemlock
hollow ibex
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And yeah pathing sucks

hollow ibex
orchid hemlock
high token
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'preciate thumbsup_ogryn

umbral scaffold
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Sorry if this ain't the channel for it, but does anyone know where I can find the god roll stat sheets? Wanna check something

hollow ibex
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Check pins

orchid hemlock
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I'm also wondering is Killzone or 5% crit rate

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Better 🤔

high token
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why are the one trick weapons in the guide called that? Like whats their trick

high token
calm shard
high token
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yea that doesnt seem much usefull

orchid hemlock
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Who will win

hollow ibex
orchid hemlock
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500 pox walkers

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Or 3 maulers

calm shard
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shredder autopistol hasn't been updated

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it's a pretty alright weapon these days

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mostly a zealot/psyker weapon tho

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the fanning revolver has absurdly high boss damage rivaling the bolter

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zarona shotgun has really high boss damage too

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kantrael shotgun is decent at clearing mixed hordes

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Mk IX infantry las takes less damage boosts to one shot elites and has better damage into reapers

high token
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can I make assault chain axe work? loregryn

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they do look cool

calm shard
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it is a distinctly mid tier weapon

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has genuinely pretty fantastic damage

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and some of the most god awful horde clear in the game

high token
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so it's either the knife or the axe for me

calm shard
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Because for some reason Fatshark decided that to "balance" chain weapons the last time they buffed them

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They implemented a cleave damage limit

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Meaning that no matter how much cleave the Eviscerator or Chain Axe have they can only dmage a certain number of enemies

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It's 3 for the Chain Axe and I think 4 for the Eviscerator?

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Chain Sword doesn't have it

gilded rock
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Chainsword is Warhammer's favorite child as usual

high token
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only 3 and 4?

calm shard
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imo

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I would genuinely rather use anything else

gilded rock
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It's a pretty versatile one

calm shard
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No

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It is the opposite of vertsatile

serene bough
hollow ibex
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versatile at what

calm shard
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It is good at horde clear, and only horde clear

hollow ibex
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killing poxxers?

calm shard
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Against trash mobs

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It cannot kill ragers, maulers, or anything wearing any type of armor

hollow ibex
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becaues that's all it does well, killing poxxers

calm shard
gilded rock
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It can kill literally anything gamer

calm shard
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Ragers

gilded rock
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Not amazingly but it can

calm shard
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Dclaw damn near removes ragers from the game it's so good at killing them

orchid hemlock
high token
hollow ibex
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pretty much

calm shard
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Chainsword sees a rager in the middle of the horde and sighs knowing it won't be klilling shit for the next 8 swings it takes to kill them

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Dclaw presses parry and the rager is erased from this reality

calm shard
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And it goes right back to clearing the horde

gilded rock
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A good few weapons are worthless into cara or even boss

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I was talking about in terms of chain weapons alone, anyway

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Since that was the point of conversation

high token
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oh

calm shard
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It's also the worst of the chain weapons

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Being bad at horde clear is not as big of a deal as being bad at killing elites

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see: dueling sword, knife

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best melees in the game

high token
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think im gon try out combat axe, im tired of the knife

hollow ibex
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make sure to check pins

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caxe requirements are pretty specific

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and you should be using the rashad

formal ice
high token
hollow ibex
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oh yeah that works

gilded rock
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It is decent at both

calm shard
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Chainsword is not decent into elites

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And it is actually very good at horde clear

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Chainsword is the one weapon in this game that has the privilege

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Of being so unbelievably shit that it feels bad to use on Gun Psyker

gilded rock
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If we're talking about on either vet or zealot, I know at least on zealot it can deal with them well

orchid hemlock
calm shard
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Vet and Zealot woudl have it worse

gilded rock
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I used to play chord on vet and it worked pretty well too

calm shard
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Psyker is the highest melee damage amp in the game

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And Chainsword still just doesn't kill shit on them

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If it isn't unarmored/infested it's not dying

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It might die to the special, but that's slow and only does big boy damage on the final hit. Which is something I'm not likely to land because this is darktide

gilded rock
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Any non-crusher/monstro dies to one special on vet

calm shard
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great

hollow ibex
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special sucks tho

gilded rock
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Bloodletter is nice no-commitment damage as well

calm shard
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go land that special in the middle of a horde

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remember you cannot kill that enemy without the special

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and you cannot kill the horde while that enemy is alive

gilded rock
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Kid named cleave:

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Unless you mean specifically crushers

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Which make enough space around themselves for you to do a special

calm shard
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maybe on fuckin' malice and normal heresy

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for sure not on even aurics

high token
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ok the axe seems fun

gilded rock
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Works for my aurics huntershruggy

hollow ibex
calm shard
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I cannot stress enough that whole "the highest melee damage amp in the game does not make chainsword kill things quickly." point btw

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takes 3 hits with a crit

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takes like 7 without

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send help

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like jesus christ dude

pseudo fiber
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Chainsword needs some changes

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First one is linear sawing damage

serene bough
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i was kinda hoping activating the rev attack changes the moveset to be more single target focused

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as opposed to the current iteration where its a big saw attack for "massive" damage

hybrid token
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I'd like it if the special was a toggle that just turned all attacks into big saw attacks

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Instead of needing to turn it on over and over

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More like the relic sword

serene bough
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yeah thats what i would do too

left patrol
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chain weapons are so rad i just want them to be viable

wind grotto
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I still think the toggle should of always been trading speed for damage and rending on chain weapons, I understand why they made it what it is since it does feel satisfying to use but it's usefulness falls off even before aurics let alone auric maelstrom/havoc

nimble bridge
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how useful is hotshot on the helbore lasgun?

hollow ibex
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you mainly take it because it applies to your melee weapon

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but even then, not super useful

nimble bridge
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you mean the bayonet?

hollow ibex
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bayonet is pretty shit now these days

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your actual melee weapon

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i mean sure it applies to your bayonet too, but it's not helpful

nimble bridge
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i didnt know it works like that

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is there any other blessing i can take on the gun that works for my melee weapon too

hollow ibex
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not sure

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but bistol's lethal proximity applies to grenades

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and bistol's puncture applies to warp slice on force greatsword (so i guess that's a melee wep)

nimble bridge
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oh so its a bug

hollow ibex
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not a bug, feature 🙂‍↕️

unreal nova
hollow ibex
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ranged projectile coming from a melee weapon...

odd sparrow
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A lot of blessings count as long as youre holding the weapon.

Similarly zealots can gain rending on their throwing knives if they have an active rending blessing

faint wedge
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You get get rending on assail and hit 10+ enemies with a single dart

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It’s v funny

cunning haven
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oh Great Shark of Fat, hear my plea. since the bayonet is less stabby, please allow me to shoot or charge Helbore shots while stabbing. this would make Helbore more interesting and skillful. (or maybe bless our bayonet once more) 🙏

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would synergise well with agile engagement

tribal tangle
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Anyone have a good executioners stance or stealth build? Tryna go through and finalize my builds and mostly everything is voc

dry cloak
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you can use this as a base and change few things

manic badger
unreal nova
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Same with Assail, btw.

dry cloak
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just use your own

tribal tangle
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oh im just making a bunch in general

dry cloak
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aye

tribal tangle
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need to try out some different things, trying to get all of my build slots filled. Gonna do rng for character and builds for each game so I have to constantly adapt

dry cloak
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if you want a exe stance build i can give it to you

mighty willow
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Should i use Headhunter or Dum Dum on the recon Lasgun? assuming Inferno is the other blessing

dry cloak
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dumdum

mighty willow
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Faster firerate or more damage?

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Or is it a personal preference thing?

dry cloak
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personal preference

tribal tangle
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weapon suggestions? I pretty much never use any gun focused builds

dry cloak
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for lasgun version loos rending strikes for shocktrooper

tribal tangle
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prob recon las for exe eh?

dry cloak
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yeah it works

tribal tangle
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lol i bet

dry cloak
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all las weapons work

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but you take shocktrooper with lasguns

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for other weapons

tribal tangle
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yep

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so good

dry cloak
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revolvers. bolt pistol bolter, agripinna infatry autogun, all vigilant autoguns

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even the shredder autopistol for the memes

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i assume youre going to use this build at aurics

tribal tangle
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yeah this is all just for auric stuff, im gonna get havoc builds for each character later. Just haven't had the irl time to dedicate to havoc grind unforunately

dry cloak
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havoc is not for normal people

agile forge
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Idk if I would bother with marks focus on a recon though

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The actual Finesse damage on them is only average, I'd probably rather have Focus Target for the burn damage

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Marks focus is great on an IAG though

calm shard
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Haven't gotten a 40 completion with this build, but I've done up to 36 with it

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Absolute damage powerhouse, but you are super frail and slow so you have to have good awareness and positioning

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but also being able to kill every gunner and specialist on the map by yourself in the blink of an eye is very fun

grand perch
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man inspecting random vets on mourningstar is like

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longshot everywhere

grand perch
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make longshot great again so all these uninformed souls arent wasting that point

calm shard
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maybe don't look at my bolter build I posted a few seconds ago

agile forge
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Like I love marks focus

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But it needs the right gun

calm shard
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yeah like a helbore or infantry autogun

agile forge
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And it's still never a meta pick

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IAGs are my choice

grand perch
calm shard
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it also gives the tiny damage boost I need to make up for not having puncture

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which lets me keep breakpoints at mid range that I would lose otherwise

grand perch
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youre not taking longshot for its own sake in a 1 point dip

agile forge
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MF is so misunderstood honestly

calm shard
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it's perfectly understood it's just unpopular

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and only good on a few weapons that are also unpopular

agile forge
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No, I see people using it badly more than I see it being used well tbh

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If I ever see somebody take it on an IAG I will recant that lol

grand perch
grand perch
agile forge
grand perch
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well i say popular but i dont see that many people with vraks iag anymore

agile forge
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I mean I'd expect a tac axe fan to understand it at least lol

calm shard
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popular build with a weapon few people use

calm shard
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why would I do that for worse reload speed, worse sustain, and only slightly improved damage when having damage is not the shortcoming of the build

quiet valley
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Toughness dmg reduction

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Also not taking Marksmen = bad boss dmg on ur build

calm shard
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it's an executioners stance bolter

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marksman seems overkill to have to sacrifice the ability to regen toughness for

quiet valley
calm shard
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and also having to take the worse reload speed node

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well yeah because I'm not wasting my fucking ammo shooting into twins

quiet valley
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???

calm shard
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also marksman didn't do that

quiet valley
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Killing twins fast prevents 90% of wipes

calm shard
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ogryn with assumedly skullcrusher+thunderous did that

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actually you can see when skullcrusher kicks in that amps the damage

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because if you had kept doing the damage your first ~4 shots did

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you would have done less than half their health with your entire magazine

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skullcrusher is what killed the twin there

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not marksman

quiet valley
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Marksman still always out DPSes longshot pick

calm shard
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i'm not picking longshot for longshot

quiet valley
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Better reload isnt worth the shit longshot talent tax

calm shard
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I'm picking it to get the better reload

quiet valley
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The problem you have is bad TDR

calm shard
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weird I've never noticed that before

quiet valley
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Your chara is mega squishy

calm shard
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too used to playing gun psyker and having almost 0 anyways ig

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iron will is more than enough TDR for me personally given my usual taste in playstyles

quiet valley
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Pskyer has empathic

calm shard
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but I understand the sentiment

quiet valley
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Also pskyer has real toughness regen options XD

calm shard
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I have out for blood I swing my power sword 2 times and am at full toughness

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or throw a shredder and get back to full

quiet valley
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You could drop long shot point tax, take Tac reload, and get Marksman

calm shard
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target down helps more too

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might as well give it a shot

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it's how I was initially running it before deciding "damn tactical reload is mediocre on its own" and deciding to eat the 2 points for volley adept

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Who knows maybe my opinion will have changed in the...week? Since I tried that

quiet valley
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give it a shot

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You will feel Marksman as soon as you run it

slow spade
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Volley Adept is bad only because Longshot is essentially a wasted point

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Really a shame the Close Range change shafted Longshot

sharp epoch
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melee vet still performs better and its better into a variety of teams

quiet valley
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Yeah but why play melee vet when you can play Ogryn/Zealot

atomic void
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just learn how to aim Haha

sharp epoch
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golden toughness while still being able to do damage

quiet valley
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or dont aim and play Rumbler and out DPS every vet without hitting a single headshot XD

atomic void
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most annoying teammate to play with unironically

quiet valley
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Rumbler DPS is outta pocket rn

quiet valley
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dont worry tho, new Vet weapon 2025 guys

quiet valley
atomic void
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only in havoc tbh

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vets still do crazy work in an actual balanced mode

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(aurics)

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havoc is just ping bong wahooo land

quiet valley
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Vet balanced for Malice smh

atomic void
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malic the cannon difficulty

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i played a malice game the other day trying to help a friend level and my god 😬

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3 0 brain lobbies in a row

calm shard
atomic void
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give vet sm2's power fist

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"melee" weapon with 20 meters range

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and massive AOEs

sharp epoch
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vets fine on havoc you just gotta land every headshot and barely make mistakes

calm shard
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hey that's just like gun psyker

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wowie a class made for me

sharp epoch
sullen jackal
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veteran third keystone fits zealot better colbert

tame lodge
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Gun zealot propaganda

quiet valley
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You can pump dmg on any class

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It depends how long the mission takes/how long your teammates are downed XD

sullen jackal
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it's entirely the opposite of what veteran should be about, which is guns with maybe a side of melee

quiet valley
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Vets are Hybrid tbh

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Pskyer is true ranged chara

sharp epoch
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theres no way to be guns with a side of melee when ammo is so limited

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its melee with a side of guns

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unless your running a shocktrooper build

quiet valley
sharp epoch
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yeah thats the one exception and even still you still need some pickups

quiet valley
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Nope

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Deadshot gaming

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You should only need ammo pickups on shocktroop build if something has gone terribly wrong in a run

sharp epoch
# quiet valley

also I never get those 1 hr+ games, it's either we lose or win in like 35-40 mins

heavy rover
warm idol
quiet valley
warm idol
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it feels like it just makes a lot of weapons feel awful to use because of it

sharp epoch
quiet valley
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Every Vet ranged weapon is viable in Havoc except Combat Shotguns, Inf Autoguns, Braced Autoguns, and Autopistol

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Oh and revolver sucks too

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So like half

warm idol
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that's my main beef with havoc since otherwise the modifiers (well except cancer ones like the corruption pool) and more enemies are fun

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well i'm not a fan of the DH modifier either

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having 2 rituals just appear when a horde spawns is somewhat cancerous

sharp epoch
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blight spreads in almost a non modifier with a beacon zealot

quiet valley
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Rituals are fine, if they aren’t bugged

sharp epoch
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rituals is yeahh buggy

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could be the easiest run of your life, could have two rituals going fast at the same time

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my least favorite is still encroaching, it just makes other modifiers even harder

quiet valley
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Final Toll is the worst for me, so many teammate overheads eaten

heavy rover
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final toll is so painful

sharp epoch
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final toll you can somewhat control by bursting whatever target, encroaching sometimes you got a bulwark healing a pack of ragers and crushers and its pain

quiet valley
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Yeah both are pretty bad

sharp epoch
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or a healing boss with a pack of armor 💀

quiet valley
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Purple DHs exist

calm shard
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staggering them is literally the only consistent counterplay to them

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why can they be immune or resistant to it

hollow ibex
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fuck bulwarks

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all my homies hate bulwarks

quiet valley
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facts

loud belfry
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bulwarks need to have a destructible part of their shield added

elder fiber
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add vt2 wargors with banners so the healing bulwarks can heal while they heal

dry cloak
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those annoying enemies

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bu they shook up the pacing in a good way

elder fiber
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wiping b/c somebody shot a banner to stop the entire mixed horde from healing and knocked everybody off a ledge owns

slow spade
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just as planned...

grizzled pebble
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Get a good burga psyker for purple modifier.

boreal void
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Having a hard time parsing the keystones. Are any particularly good or bad?

tame lodge
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Niche/good/good

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Respectively

sharp epoch
gilded rock
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Or hlasp head clicker every now and then

boreal void
tame lodge
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But yeah to be more specific
Marksman Focus is the niche one, doesn't synergize with most weapons and basically funnels you into ranged only

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Focus Target is good for certain weapons that are breakpoint hunters, the 8 stacks modifier isn't really worth it

sharp epoch
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Also vet tree itself just limits the amount of talent points you have by the time you reach the keystone so not much options for subnodes

tame lodge
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Weapon Specialist is generally good, but basically only the Always Prepared modifier is worth something

gilded rock
gilded rock
sharp epoch
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yeah tougness regen on vets is pretty inconsistent unless you run confirmed kill

boreal void
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Weapon specialist took me thr longest time reading to understand

elder fiber
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thankfully actually playing it is easy b/c its really just doing what you should be doing in matches anyways

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and making that better

boreal void
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What's the max level?

sharp epoch
boreal void
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Wasnt sure

tame lodge
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You might find players with 31-40 on their name, but that's their havoc clearance level

sharp epoch
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wow you're new new, you should try out every class before you "main" one

tiny junco
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drop the build on this, been looking for a good hammer build like this

severe lark
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Hey the plasma gun for havoc is a good weapon?

tiny junco
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and it fucks anything up with a couple shots

severe lark
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I know that, it's very good and against gunners it's very good because you can stop them all if you hit one, but I've seen people saying that it's not a very good weapon.

hollow ibex
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wat

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it's one of the few ways vet can be competitive, even if it's boring as hell

severe lark
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I know it can kill everything with one shot because I've tried it with the Ogryns.

serene bough
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Plasma is arguably best ranged weapon for havoc

tiny junco
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here's my opinion
good at bulwarks and hordes
good at boss damage
good with ammo economy
bad at panic defense
bad at response time
takes really long to reload

serene bough
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Maybe recon

tiny junco
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i would recommend recon lasgun for havoc

quiet valley
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Last moments on H40 Exec Helbore before triple server D/C wipe

tiny junco
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there's no cons to the recon other than low damage

serene bough
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Plasma's main benefit is its penetration and log-sized hitbox

quiet valley
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Would have been peak

tiny junco
quiet valley
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nope haha

tiny junco
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there is really no cons to the helbore gun

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which is what i simp over

quiet valley
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Draw time, charge time, dodge distance etc

severe lark
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Hellbore is a good weapon?

hollow ibex
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eh

serene bough
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Helbore exe can do damage

hollow ibex
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very niche

tiny junco
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the base variant does everything perfectly
draw time is barely noticable, charge time is ok on the base variant, dodge distance is meh but i never noticed it

hollow ibex
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and heavily gimped in its current state

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"draw time is barely noticable" wtfgryn

serene bough
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But it has a high skill ceiling to use

quiet valley
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Its good, it just takes a lot of effort for it to perform better than other options

tiny junco
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you running the uh, MKV?

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MKV is my go to

hollow ibex
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all of them have the same shit drawtime

quiet valley
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Idk the Heavy one

tiny junco
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not really it's like a second to draw

quiet valley
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MkIII i think

hollow ibex
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i only run mk iv

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if i have to spend most of my talent points investing into the gun, i expect it to deal with carapace

tiny junco
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lemme see what one i run

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because mine is really op in general

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yeah, MKV

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yeah drawtime on mkv is literally a second

hollow ibex
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it has literally the worst draw time in the game

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a second is an eternity in a game like DT

tame lodge
tiny junco
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not really i mean its actually not bad to panic with

quiet valley
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The server hit reg is so tough for helbore

tiny junco
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yeah it is really mean on hit reg but past that i mean its broken

severe lark
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I see, then I'll try it to see what it's like, which by the way came out like this, I don't know if it's good

quiet valley
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What I was using with Exec H40

tiny junco
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the iron sights i don't really mind as it's just a dot

hollow ibex
tiny junco
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why hs1?

severe lark
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Its the mkV

hollow ibex
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that's rough

quiet valley
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Its for surgical stacks

hollow ibex
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i mean true

tiny junco
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ahk

tame lodge
hollow ibex
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but for specialists i think weight of fire is still very helpful

quiet valley
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Yep

serene bough
tiny junco
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personal las i run

tame lodge
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T1 hotshot is a 80% reduction

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T4 is a 50% reductions

serene bough
severe lark
serene bough
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Bugged?

quiet valley
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Yeah Hotshot is bugged to hell

tame lodge
serene bough
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Ah

quiet valley
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Run T1

tame lodge
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So t1 gives more value

serene bough
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How does fatshark even manage to do that lmao

tame lodge
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The bug is that the values are inverted

quiet valley
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T1 Hotshot I can kill 4 dreg gunners in 1 shot, T4 Hotshot I can only kill 2 in 1 shot

tiny junco
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i just can't pick a good melee on vet which is why i only run havoc's w my recon las

tame lodge
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(there's also the bug that makes hotshot apply to your melee weapon but that's uh side effect)

tiny junco
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i never tried hot shot but then again i go for more hitting the people than aiming for headshot

severe lark
hollow ibex
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it's not like you have options on vet lmfao

serene bough
severe lark
#

or so they say

elder vessel
agile forge
#

Rashad?

tiny junco
#

i mean axes are ok

tame lodge
tiny junco
#

they're not good but not bad

quiet valley
#

Rashad is fine for Auric, falls off hard in Havoc

elder vessel
#

chainaxe my beloved

tiny junco
#

i personally run a assault chain

agile forge
#

Do they not cleave any more?

tiny junco
quiet valley
#

No 1 shots for Brutal Momentum in H40

sharp epoch
agile forge
tiny junco
#

i run it for panic mobility and honestly cause it's fun

serene bough
tiny junco
#

literally the only reason i would use chain weapons is for rev it up so I can run batshit crazy

quiet valley
#

Anything Auric and under you can run anything you want

#

Like actually grey weapons

tiny junco
#

i mean if I roll up to a h40 with a helbore 90% of the time im getting kicked anyway

elder vessel
#

We need more chainaxe gamerers

quiet valley
# tiny junco

If you enter a H40 lobby with this you are getting kicked too tbh haha

tiny junco
#

i run chainaxe on zeal

#

yeah either way you're getting kicked especially if you're running a helbore

#

atp it doesn't matter your melee so long as I can run from the specials and go get more ammo and come back to my team to cc

trim badger
tiny junco
#

i might try knife, what mk

trim badger
#

However 6's push attack is extremely good for single target

tiny junco
#

i like aoe more than single target

quiet valley
#

6 is better 90% of the time

trim badger
#

I just love 3 myself

#

Being able to run to someone and stab their head is good

agile forge
#

3 tends to be a Zealot toy

#

6 is the practical one

tiny junco
#

give me a good built knife

#

i mean i have ds i just don't wanna run ds

trim badger
#

Lemme make one

tiny junco
#

no just gimme the one you currently run

#

because i might run lac and flesh tearer

trim badger
#

I need to make it

unreal nova
unreal nova
agile forge
#

I mean shroudfield builds, rather than the sensible fury/chorus knife users

unreal nova
#

Just pust atk your pop out hit.

tiny junco
#

i personally run a 3 shroudfield knife with lac and fleshtearer and oh my god it is broken

agile forge
#

Prefer Uncanny over Lacerate but it's pretty fun

#

Needs a flamer

trim badger
#

This is what I always run

tiny junco
#

now give me one for the mk6

trim badger
#

I don't use mk6 myself

tiny junco
#

goodness gracious fartshart

trim badger
#

Dw just get good with mk3 you'll see :)

#

Stabby stabby knife

tiny junco
#

guess im running ripo and flesh tearer

faint beacon
hollow ibex
#

Lacerate gang

agile forge
#

Lacerate means hitting the body though

#

knife never wants to do that on purpose

#

I think on veteran it can make sense to go uncanny/mercy kill with serrated blade too right?

#

or is that poop?

gilded rock
#

Today I will throw my 8 morbillion times finesse modifier down the drain for four stacks of bleed

tame lodge
#

Is it good? Sort of

hollow ibex
#

You’re not going to be hitting the head all the time anyway

#

You still aim for the head, but lacerate will constantly proc from attack angles

#

Mercy killer isn’t worth it on vet

faint beacon
#

It’s literally a 3.5 second uptime when you’re juggling heads a bodies

#

And lacerate always procs

elder fiber
#

Lacerate discourse in the year of our lord 2025 wtfgryn

tame lodge
#

The curse of lacerate is just not disappearing

faint beacon
#

Lacerate is dog shit unless you’re pairing it with Uncanny that’s literally it

hollow ibex
#

well i'm not sure it was ever truly gone

faint beacon
#

Barely back

hollow ibex
#

but it's unironically pretty good rn

faint beacon
#

But it’s only good with Uncanny

#

Outside of that don’t touch it

#

Basically rending buff bleed against enemies with armor and makes it deal a lot more damage and Lacerate is a guaranteed source of bleed vs a chance too

hollow ibex
#

and serrated blade got buffed uwugryn

#

honestly bleed knife is still the bleed club at home though

#

because ogryn is ogryn

tame lodge
hollow ibex
#

skill issues

tame lodge
#

Hmmm yes it is a skill issue
Since I can't hit bodies

narrow frost
#

lacerate mentioned?

tame lodge
hollow ibex
#

post your weakspot rates for the last five matches

tame lodge
#

25% (I played purga last 5 matches)

narrow frost
#

you guys use scoreboard?

hollow ibex
sharp epoch
#

ogryns got really noce bleed synergy like what 32% free tdr at all times and 2-4 bleedstacks per hit

tame lodge
#

Ogryns

sharp epoch
sharp epoch
tame lodge
#

Yeah I'm talking shit about lacerate (deserved)

sharp epoch
#

plus lacerates in a bad spot

#

competing with agile engagement it could never win

agile forge
sharp epoch
#

o ya

agile forge
#

I think you take both if you want SB

#

Standard veteran bloat

faint beacon
#

Simply used it for build feedback

lusty ether
#

"this feels oddly difficult"

#

checks score

hollow ibex
lusty ether
#

"that explains it"

hollow ibex
#

though i can only afford that on my infil build lol

#

naturally

sharp epoch
#

I was brainstorming a serrated blade* ps 3 sunder build but really theres no point cause it doesn't synergize with anything except the inf cleave

hollow ibex
#

yeah that sounds... painful

#

i think SB's really only use on vet right now is to complement mk3 lacerate knife

#

MK isn't worth it

#

idk what else you'd use it for

sharp epoch
#

uncanny shovel might be decent but shovel

faint beacon
#

You don’t take Serrated for anything it’s just not worth it

tame lodge
faint beacon
#

Outside of Mercy Killer knife

sharp epoch
#

most useless talent in game ✅

#

actually its unlucky for some

faint beacon
#

There’s a lot of straight up useless talents

hollow ibex
gilded rock
#

Glances at zealot tree

#

Nooooo...

#

Every talent is good and deserves its placement

hollow ibex
#

good thing zealot's next in line for their rework

grand perch
gilded rock
#

Zealot chat members will need to get therapy after the rework to erase the accursed The Build pattern from their minds

faint beacon
#

Veteran QOL rework in 10 years

#

Trust

hollow ibex
#

Last to get keystones, last to get rework thumbsup_ogryn

grand perch
faint beacon
tribal tangle
#

Vet already had a rework

hollow ibex
#

me looking for the rework

formal ice
grand perch
hollow ibex
warm idol
#

also where the hell is my hotshot lasgun fatshart

hollow ibex
#

well it was fine

#

but it's def been powercreeped

warm idol
#

it's just that compared to other classes outside of voc

#

I don't feel like i'm bringing much to the table

hollow ibex
#

i used to be an advocate for nerfing VOC

#

now i'm like hell no

faint beacon
#

Well it’s mainly cause you have to put a lot more effort in with other abilities if it isn’t VOC

warm idol
#

are they balancing the game around havoc or auric?

elder fiber
#

lol

hollow ibex
#

lol

narrow frost
#

malice

#

honestly

hollow ibex
#

they're balancing around ~vibes~

narrow frost
#

since thats where the majority of players are

#

malice/heresy

warm idol
#

is it tho

elder fiber
#

they're balancing around may 2025 rumblergryns somehow going down in aurics

warm idol
#

considering the lower playcount

hollow ibex
#

wouldn't be surprised if they delegated balancing to chatgpt

narrow frost
#

I do not have the numbers for players

warm idol
#

i'd assume most people still playing are people doing aurics/havocs

narrow frost
#

but I would not be suprised

faint beacon
#

Lmao

hollow ibex
#

i mean what do you expect a rumblergryn to do withotu ammo?

#

ogryn without ammo is literally unplayable!

elder fiber
#

tripping face first over a dozen DR + damage buffs into instant d/c

warm idol
#

by rumblergryn you mean the one with the free bullets from the bottom right keystone?

faint beacon
#

BLO melee keystone:

elder fiber
#

rumbler is the nade launcher that's currently laughably busted rn

faint beacon
#

Oh also also

warm idol
#

yeah rumbler is quite good

faint beacon
#

CS Club with both melee toughness gain talents

warm idol
#

confident strike is also

faint beacon
#

Unkillable

warm idol
#

really funny

severe jolt
elder fiber
#

its if shredder vet build was gated solely by ammo or getting melee kills for free shots sometimes

arctic rampart
elder fiber
#

yeah I think the basekit adjustment to toughness on heavies just being less for lights was the right call

#

but now lmao cstrike

faint beacon
warm idol
faint beacon
#

Ogryn has to hit like what

warm idol
#

such is the life of a guardsmen I guess

#

lore accurate

hollow ibex
faint beacon
#

10 chaffe enemies for a freebie

elder fiber
#

you need 9 kills to guarantee free shot

faint beacon
#

It’s vile

elder fiber
#

b/c its 10% chance at base and +10% per stack

hollow ibex
#

high skill gameplay

arctic rampart
#

I don't play this game muhc anymore, is it still 2 out of 4 people are vets average in randoms?

faint beacon
#

Dorn upload

narrow frost
#

4 ogruyns

faint beacon
#

I’m gonna stress whenever it’s a super specific thing like that it’s cause he’s in sheer shock how it got through balancing

#

Lmao

elder fiber
#

cstrike needs complete gutting/rework and rumbler should be killed but it probably won't b/c steam reviewbomb meta

faint beacon
#

CS before the toughness change was alright it just

#

Needs a massive nerf now

hollow ibex
#

As well as the ogryn tree simultaneously

#

And then also gunker buffs

arctic rampart
#

They must be looking at play% instead of real balance, I guess

hollow ibex
#

But dw, this was all offset by nerfing bayonet, crusher and chorus

arctic rampart
#

Cause psyker and ogryn seem quite strong. Not like vet & zealot are weak though

signal cypress
elder fiber
#

vet unfortunately punches downwards at maelstrom and below v hard

faint beacon
#

Veteran is the “Weakest” of the 4 in Havoc

elder fiber
#

(Everybody does I know but remember Vet press shout button, easy class for babies and all)

arctic rampart
#

not looking so great in terms of #s though

faint beacon
#

Mainly cause you have to play incredibly specific builds to make Veteran work and be useful for the team

hollow ibex
grand perch
#

ded game

faint beacon
#

Update day is 10k most

#

Usual activity is 5-3k

arctic rampart
#

its because you used the tac axe. if you would use a REAL weapon we'd have 10,000 players

elder fiber
#

My main beef rn with Vet is just melee options for havoc

grand perch
#

ded weapon

faint beacon
arctic rampart
#

jk, I like it too. at least the M1 spam version

elder fiber
#

take psword or ds or take fucking hotshit1 helbore with smth else ig

faint beacon
#

And you will like it

#

See I play the Scandar

arctic rampart
#

I really do like power sword. But I don't play havok, that mode is stupid and unfun

faint beacon
#

I don’t need block canceling

grand perch
faint beacon
#

Like you

#

Ohohoh

signal cypress
serene bough
#

a blessing?

hollow ibex
#

yeah

#

like 4% toughness back on light attack iirc

serene bough
#

wild lol

#

wonder when we'll see the next balancing patch

faint beacon
#

7% at IV iirc

#

And stacked with the others you’re getting like what 20% per swing?

#

Around there

#

Still pretty fucking insane

#

Well that and we also have to take into consideration the mountain of DR talents Ogryn has

tame lodge
#

And you can proc CS on bulwark shields

supple laurel
faint beacon
#

Yeah can we like-

#

Not have it do that

calm shard
#

sad

quick seal
#

What does the optimal chainsword look like?

#

what am I rolling for?

quick seal
#

what pin am I looking at

#

the google doc?

#

nevermind there's two google docs

#

I looked through both but i still idk

hollow ibex
#

Hammer of the Emperor guide

#

It’s the second pin

quick seal
hollow ibex
#

Ignore them

quick seal
# hollow ibex Hammer of the Emperor guide

Is this relevant to the most recent update? It says that the google doc doesn't get updated but I hope this is still accurate.
I'm not sure what a lot of this means (+0% Crit chance) but I'm sure it's not important because the other two google docs don't mention it.
"Hammer of the emperor" says shred is good for both marks. "melee weapons" says wrath is good for both marks. "Guardman's survivalist guide" says Rampage, Shred, and Savage sweep are good for both marks.
So basically I cross referenced all three, it basically says I should look for a 60% mobility but 80% everything else chainsword with wrath(?) and shred?

quick seal
#

I can't believe I spent all that time reading lol

hollow ibex
#

hammer is THE vet guide

#

You can ignore the rest

quick seal
hollow ibex
#

Yeah prob

quick seal
#

ok whatever I'm gonna go roll for a 60% mobility roll now. Wish me luck

#

Any particular reason why mobility is bad on a chainsword?

hollow ibex
#

Everything else affects damage

#

And chsword is already sad enough as is

humble sparrow
#

H e l m e t

agile forge
#

Mobility is only ever not the choice of dump stats, if there is another stat that does actually nothing/detriments.

calm shard
#

or it has one of the worse stats

#

like defences

agile forge
#

Some weapons use defenses pretty well

#

Push attack focused ones like chain axe 4

calm shard
#

still worse than mobility

agile forge
#

I'd dump mobility over defenses on that one, but in every other case yes

valid steeple
#

what weapons work best with a build around marksman focus?

agile forge
#

Vraks Infantry autogun is good with it

#

I like it on high RoF weapons with strong Finesse modifiers

tame lodge
agile forge
#

Probably good on laspistols and infantry lasguns too

tame lodge
#

And also big CRIT weapons like the revolvers

#

Although those have better option

agile forge
#

Revolvers struggle to gain stacks no?

tame lodge
#

Not quite
If it's the Zarona, just big cleave big hitbox heads

#

Now the cowboy one eh

tender sable
#

Been a really long time since I played Vet, did they make the tac axes any good or is it still just "use power sword or die to Ragers"

calm shard
#

instant max stacks

agile forge
#

With the Zarona you end up with the full revolver ocelot reload experience though

calm shard
#

easy game

agile forge
#

Without WS

tame lodge
#

Oh yeah Bolter weapons are there on the finesse side

calm shard
#

what a coincidence MMF makes you reload faster

agile forge
tame lodge
#

Flak Unarmored

#

Avoid the mk4

#

Learn the combos

agile forge
#

Mark 4 is a fake Rashad

tame lodge
#

Because with a tactical axe you should not be dying to ragers

calm shard
#

tac axe ruins ragers almost as much as dclaw sword does

#

so unbelievably easy to kill them

tender sable
#

It's a shame to hear they're still not great overall, but thanks I appreciate the advice

calm shard
#

tac axe can be quite good on psyker/zealot

#

they get better melee crit

#

and more melee damage in general

tame lodge
#

Tactical axes heavy/push attack/specials are usually used to stagger ragers

valid steeple
#

whats the best helbore type+blessings?

calm shard
#

Mk IV Surgical/Weight of Fire

valid steeple
#

it would seem it gets the highest single shot damage, but looses the bayonet charge...

tame lodge
#

Mk3 is the all arounder

#

Or even "the medium version"

calm shard
#

so

tame lodge
#

4 is the heaviest hitter ranged weapon in the game

calm shard
#

it fuckin' keeps that 2 shot on high havocs too

#

actually ridiculous weapon

tame lodge
#

And mk5 is the fast charge lower damage one

#

Because it charges fast it doesn't need Weight of Fire

calm shard
#

hotshot value

#

use gun to make sword better

#

yes yes

tame lodge
#

I'm really biased towards the mk4

#

But it's definitely up to preference

#

Also the default skin of Mk4 has different iron sights than 3 and 5

sonic kayak
#

IMO it has the best hit feel of the helbore family, if you get me

valid steeple
#

the main reason I like the bayonet charge is due to the increased speed it allows if you start running

#

will do some testing to see what works. Is the bayonet slash/charge good for anything besides 1-shotting dogs?

tame lodge
#

3 and 5 bayo are able to stagger Ragers

thin minnow
#

What is the best looking ranged weaponm

tame lodge
#

I don't remember if 4 bayo is able to stagger Ragers

#

But it has slightly better cleave and cleave damage distribution

#

Not that it matters much

#

Lol

valid steeple
#

JUST TESTED: does not stagger ragers

#

so 4 is the anti-tank rifle but looses bayonet QOL, 5 is the DAKKA varient, and 3 is in the middle of the 2?

#

also stability is the dump stat right?

tame lodge
#

Yup

#

Weapon so stable

#

It is basically immune to suppression

#

(minimum sway under fire, not actually immune)

#

And because of surgical+shock trooper it basically has infinite ammo

#

So ammo is the alternative dump stat

valid steeple
#

noted! also how does cleave work for the weapon? does it "hit" 3 enemies before disapearing, or is it like 3 meters of punch through before stopping?

austere mica
#

More complicated then that

#

Want the short or long version

hollow ibex
valid steeple
hollow ibex
#

there is still cleave, it will go through

austere mica
hollow ibex
#

i gave the short version

austere mica
#

There's a bunch of extra factors that can also affect cleave but thats the long version

hollow ibex
#

yeah feel free to give the long version KEKW_ogryn

quiet valley
#

Skirmisher propaganda

valid steeple
#

WHAT DID YOU DO!?!?

hollow ibex
#

if you didn't take skirmisher, you could've top fragged

#

rip

valid steeple
#

camoflage or long range assassin?

hollow ibex
#

camo

#

MMF feels like ass without camo

#

well actually it feels like ass either way

#

but camo makes it somewhat less ass

calm shard
#

makes MMF so much more usable

valid steeple
#

noted...

quiet valley
#

Also still did top dmg

#

Dmg total was 2mil

hollow ibex
#

Oh right with boss damage

hollow ibex
valid steeple
#

on another passive I see mixed opinions on: is deadshot worth it? if so, what weapons benefit the most?

hollow ibex
#

It’s a meme

calm shard
#

deadshot is only worth it imo

#

on Mk IV Helbore, and Bolter

#

nothing else is worth

quiet valley
#

Deadshot is based best Vet Talent

#

9 stam gaming

calm shard
#

and only on those 2 if you are literally not investing in the right side of the tree at all

hollow ibex
#

You use it with low rpm high alpha guns

calm shard
#

to maximize your ranged damage

quiet valley
#

Helbore Deadshot is a trap

valid steeple
quiet valley
#

The RPM is good for deadshot, but you are staying ADS for the charge time so its unsustainable

valid steeple
#

it looks like it can minimize the amount of time charging up surgical

#

you can charge a shot then go into ads

quiet valley
#

I mean I guess, that sounds horrible tbh

calm shard
quiet valley
#

I was typing before you ediited XD

valid steeple
#

does the amount of ammo used on charge shot scale or is it allways the same?

calm shard
#

it scales yes

quiet valley
#

Its better to rely on Surgical if you are taking the slow IV anyway

#

It scales ammo usage

calm shard
#

waste of time when I am not using full charges on anything but thick boys

#

not gonna wait for a crit when I need to shoot something now

quiet valley
#

It depends, I honestly full charge for 80% of my shots since shit in H40 is so chunky

valid steeple
#

ok, I know shredder nades are the goto, but wouldnt stance combo well with smokes? toss smoke down to hide yourself from swarms while being able to tunnel vision enemies more easily...

calm shard
#

it would that's a good point

#

go make a build with that and you'll find the problem very quick

#

before entering a match even

tall torrent
valid steeple
calm shard
#

hey where did all my skill points go

valid steeple
#

OH WAIT

#

smoke counters ranged, not melee.... my b

calm shard
#

anyways the problems with smoke being blunt in case me trying to be funny with it wasn't clear

#

it takes a shitload of skill points to take smokes+exe

#

and means you're guaranteed to be down 1 or 2 of veteran's essential skills

valid steeple
quick seal
#

I thought like, with the chain, you can chew through armor. Nope

quick seal
slow spade
#

If it had cleave to be the "hordeclear" chain weapon and Chain Axe being the damage one it'd have a niche

#

But rip chainsword

calm shard
#

I think it is actually the fastest

#

It just cannot kill anything other than horde trash enemies

slow spade
calm shard
#

So one rager shows up and it's over

#

Use the XIIIg

#

It has the unique quirk of having 0 finesse cleave falloff

#

(Which means that the bonus damage from a critical hit doesn't get reduced by hitting multiple enemies)

valid steeple
slow spade
#

I don't remember which mark I was using sadly

#

Tbh I wrote it off pretty fast

hollow ibex
tall torrent
#

combat axe is faster
power sword is faster
pickaxe is faster
cleaver is faster
shield is faster

#

relic blade is faster

#

etc etc

#

chainsword 10.4s for 50 pox

#

combat axe 7.5s

#

power sword 8.4~8.9s

#

pickaxe 8.7s

#

10.4s is high but not that high up there and definitely not "best in game"

quiet valley
#

I wish the Chainsword could swing horizontally

uncut pebble
quiet valley
#

Its an X

deep bone
#

Is Deadshot worth taking on Veteran

#

I’m using Vigilant Autogun and Kantreal Infantry LasGun

hollow ibex
elder vessel
narrow frost
elder vessel
#

you swing diagonally, then horizontally

#

repeat

quiet valley
#

Is there a way to chain the Horizontal Heavy?

manic badger
#

What does this actually do? does it purge heat?

faint beacon
#

shit feels so good cleaving an entire horde and only slicing heads

deep bone
#

I use Rashad Combat Axe

#

Goes well with my Graia Vigilant Autogun

hollow ibex
faint beacon
#

Ohoho

#

Shits just too much fun

grand perch
#

an axe with all or nothing blessing was my best friend

lost frigate
#

if u run 3 stamina curio stamina regen from tag, headshot markman, or dodge range atk is enough to sustain the stamina

quiet valley
#

Deadshot stam sustain is ez with Target Down from Focus Target Keystone

lost frigate
#

or quick swap from weapon specialized after ranged kill

grand perch
#

im talking release veteran

tame lodge
grand perch
#

wasnt no fancy schmancy focus target, duck and dive or anything

#

there was only deadshot

tame lodge
#

I'd rather just hold the trigger than swap to get stamina back

lost frigate
#

yeah the early day i only use DS on hellebore

#

but during that time executioner stance is goat af

#

just pop it and walk through horde of shooter like nothing

grand perch
#

instant reload bolter

#

#neverforget

frank basin
grand perch
#

first maelstrom today:
about 10 people coming and leaving throughout whole mission: check
3 people dead within the first 3 minutes: check
bot triggers DH then gets replaced, DH targets teammate who goes down but leaves before he dies so DH targets me: check
having to solo a chaos spawn in an enclosed space while 3 teammates fail to keep arriving mixed horde in check but die slowly enough so i can kill spawn while they quit and get replaced: check

yeah i wasnt gonna skip on ammo pickups for others on this one staregryn

stoic thorn
#

Chat

#

When I spam fire the bolter in mortis trials with Death Dealer with full WS stacks it should be infinite ammo right?

#

Because it's not for me

#

It's free crits but

#

No ammo refills

dreamy spade
#

Wait why do i have 2 vigilant autoguns in brunt

royal pike
#

gng do you guys have any tips for on overwatch

dry cloak
#

shout and dont get hit

#

theres not a lot to it

royal pike
#

can i do it on any map

dry cloak
#

also find a taunt ogryn