#veteran-class
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Seems like to be a mix of every +damage and +warp that psyker can stack
Oh sorry I was just making an inside joke I wasn't trying to intimidate you 💀
There is a very.......prolific Darktide Content Creator that made a statement
What is the process you do to cure hide again
dont worry bout that, tho I'd appretiate explaining if recon gun is best played keystoneless?
No
Focus Target is great
I prefer taking focus target
It really does help with the damage
And you get goodies along the way
Keystoneless is for onslaught Recon
But tbh
Onslaught Recon I think is a trap 💀
Seems fine with high fire rate no?
tho, taking it out would actually allow me to get focus target 
What was onslaught again?
brittleness on hit
Yes that’s perfectly fine
Yes it seems fine with high fire rate and allows recon to shoot carapace
But vet's best melees can deal with Carapace just fine
Ohh the meme-esque build for recon
The problem with onslaught is that it takes soo many points to grab for the benefit of only 2 situations:
1.) Crushers
2.) Bosses
duck n dive also bait? 
In all other situations, grabbing other nodes is better
honestly just idk what im doin here 
No, its just that it doesn't path well with other nodes
Yeah since if you’re taking itit you’re probably memeing with a deadshot build
And yeah pathing sucks
This is what I run on Havoc: https://darktide.gameslantern.com/builds/9da78034-dbda-4eff-aebc-f5660464fab7/vet-havoc-build?utm_medium=website&utm_source=gameslantern&utm_campaign=share_button
'preciate 
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
Check pins
why are the one trick weapons in the guide called that? Like whats their trick
Being shit 

chainswords have the fastest horde clear in the game if there are no ragers, maulers or anything else that is not a poxwalker in the horde
Ah so
Not Havoc
yea that doesnt seem much usefull
Who will win
Fastest horde clear in sedation
shredder autopistol hasn't been updated
it's a pretty alright weapon these days
mostly a zealot/psyker weapon tho
the fanning revolver has absurdly high boss damage rivaling the bolter
zarona shotgun has really high boss damage too
kantrael shotgun is decent at clearing mixed hordes
Mk IX infantry las takes less damage boosts to one shot elites and has better damage into reapers
it is a distinctly mid tier weapon
has genuinely pretty fantastic damage
and some of the most god awful horde clear in the game
so it's either the knife or the axe for me
Because for some reason Fatshark decided that to "balance" chain weapons the last time they buffed them
They implemented a cleave damage limit
Meaning that no matter how much cleave the Eviscerator or Chain Axe have they can only dmage a certain number of enemies
It's 3 for the Chain Axe and I think 4 for the Eviscerator?
Chain Sword doesn't have it
Chainsword is Warhammer's favorite child as usual
only 3 and 4?
It's the worst melee weapon in the game
imo
I would genuinely rather use anything else
It's a pretty versatile one
dclaw is more garbage
versatile at what
It is good at horde clear, and only horde clear
killing poxxers?
Against trash mobs
It cannot kill ragers, maulers, or anything wearing any type of armor
becaues that's all it does well, killing poxxers
Devils claw is also bad you wanna know a problem chainsword has that dclaw doesn't?
It can kill literally anything gamer
Ragers
Not amazingly but it can
Dclaw damn near removes ragers from the game it's so good at killing them
I'm the trashman
you could say that about any weapon no?
pretty much
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
Dclaw presses parry and the rager is erased from this reality
And it goes right back to clearing the horde
A good few weapons are worthless into cara or even boss
I was talking about in terms of chain weapons alone, anyway
Since that was the point of conversation
oh
It's also the worst of the chain weapons
Being bad at horde clear is not as big of a deal as being bad at killing elites
see: dueling sword, knife
best melees in the game
think im gon try out combat axe, im tired of the knife
make sure to check pins
caxe requirements are pretty specific
and you should be using the rashad

im looking at the build you sent me 
oh yeah that works
I'm aware
It is decent at both
Chainsword is not decent into elites
And it is actually very good at horde clear
Chainsword is the one weapon in this game that has the privilege
Of being so unbelievably shit that it feels bad to use on Gun Psyker
If we're talking about on either vet or zealot, I know at least on zealot it can deal with them well
Vet and Zealot woudl have it worse
I used to play chord on vet and it worked pretty well too
Psyker is the highest melee damage amp in the game
And Chainsword still just doesn't kill shit on them
If it isn't unarmored/infested it's not dying
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
Any non-crusher/monstro dies to one special on vet
great
special sucks tho
Bloodletter is nice no-commitment damage as well
go land that special in the middle of a horde
remember you cannot kill that enemy without the special
and you cannot kill the horde while that enemy is alive
Kid named cleave:
Unless you mean specifically crushers
Which make enough space around themselves for you to do a special
ok the axe seems fun
Works for my aurics 
Yeah it’s pretty braindead but just gets shit done. No nonsense.
I cannot stress enough that whole "the highest melee damage amp in the game does not make chainsword kill things quickly." point btw
takes 3 hits with a crit
takes like 7 without
send help
like jesus christ dude
i was kinda hoping activating the rev attack changes the moveset to be more single target focused
as opposed to the current iteration where its a big saw attack for "massive" damage
I'd like it if the special was a toggle that just turned all attacks into big saw attacks
Instead of needing to turn it on over and over
More like the relic sword
yeah thats what i would do too
mode switching would be really cool
chain weapons are so rad i just want them to be viable
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
how useful is hotshot on the helbore lasgun?
not very
you mainly take it because it applies to your melee weapon
but even then, not super useful
you mean the bayonet?
bayonet is pretty shit now these days
your actual melee weapon
i mean sure it applies to your bayonet too, but it's not helpful
i didnt know it works like that
is there any other blessing i can take on the gun that works for my melee weapon too
not sure
but bistol's lethal proximity applies to grenades
and bistol's puncture applies to warp slice on force greatsword (so i guess that's a melee wep)
oh so its a bug
not a bug, feature 🙂↕️
Warpslice itself is a ranged projectile so...
ranged projectile coming from a melee weapon...
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
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) 🙏
would synergise well with agile engagement
Anyone have a good executioners stance or stealth build? Tryna go through and finalize my builds and mostly everything is voc
https://darktide.gameslantern.com/builds/9ec8b89a-018e-4284-ad11-fb6bfbde25f8/infitrejthere my infiltrate. get which ever grenade you want, i use kraks to patch holes in my damage
you can use this as a base and change few things
do you mean you have to swap to the pistol immediately after doing the FGS special?
Yes. You need to swap while the slice is in the air.
Same with Assail, btw.
Now i get to mindless click over and over to make weapons for sacrificing
dont look at weapons
just use your own
oh im just making a bunch in general
aye
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
if you want a exe stance build i can give it to you
Should i use Headhunter or Dum Dum on the recon Lasgun? assuming Inferno is the other blessing
dumdum
personal preference
here general version
weapon suggestions? I pretty much never use any gun focused builds
for lasgun version loos rending strikes for shocktrooper
for exe stance?
prob recon las for exe eh?
yeah it works
lol i bet
revolvers. bolt pistol bolter, agripinna infatry autogun, all vigilant autoguns
even the shredder autopistol for the memes
i assume youre going to use this build at aurics
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
havoc is not for normal people
Idk if I would bother with marks focus on a recon though
The actual Finesse damage on them is only average, I'd probably rather have Focus Target for the burn damage
Marks focus is great on an IAG though
https://darktide.gameslantern.com/builds/9edec46b-39c2-4705-9e7c-7d813b98c72c/havoc-exe-stance-bolter I've been using this in havocs
Haven't gotten a 40 completion with this build, but I've done up to 36 with it
Absolute damage powerhouse, but you are super frail and slow so you have to have good awareness and positioning
but also being able to kill every gunner and specialist on the map by yourself in the blink of an eye is very fun
not just average, its subpar
man inspecting random vets on mourningstar is like
longshot everywhere
yeah I've tried it's not worth
make longshot great again so all these uninformed souls arent wasting that point
maybe don't look at my bolter build I posted a few seconds ago
yeah like a helbore or infantry autogun
on bolter for reload thats okay in my book
it also gives the tiny damage boost I need to make up for not having puncture
which lets me keep breakpoints at mid range that I would lose otherwise
youre not taking longshot for its own sake in a 1 point dip
MF is so misunderstood honestly
it's perfectly understood it's just unpopular
and only good on a few weapons that are also unpopular
No, I see people using it badly more than I see it being used well tbh
If I ever see somebody take it on an IAG I will recant that lol
nah not enough people realise how much damage boost 75% finesse bonus really gives
i mean its a popular build for vraks IAG
I push that build a lot
well i say popular but i dont see that many people with vraks iag anymore
I mean I'd expect a tac axe fan to understand it at least lol
popular build with a weapon few people use
Try this
H40
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
it's an executioners stance bolter
marksman seems overkill to have to sacrifice the ability to regen toughness for
You aint doing this without Marksman
and also having to take the worse reload speed node
well yeah because I'm not wasting my fucking ammo shooting into twins
???
also marksman didn't do that
Killing twins fast prevents 90% of wipes
ogryn with assumedly skullcrusher+thunderous did that
actually you can see when skullcrusher kicks in that amps the damage
because if you had kept doing the damage your first ~4 shots did
you would have done less than half their health with your entire magazine
skullcrusher is what killed the twin there
not marksman
Marksman still always out DPSes longshot pick
i'm not picking longshot for longshot
Better reload isnt worth the shit longshot talent tax
I'm picking it to get the better reload
The problem you have is bad TDR
weird I've never noticed that before
Your chara is mega squishy
too used to playing gun psyker and having almost 0 anyways ig
iron will is more than enough TDR for me personally given my usual taste in playstyles
Pskyer has empathic
but I understand the sentiment
Also pskyer has real toughness regen options XD
I have out for blood I swing my power sword 2 times and am at full toughness
or throw a shredder and get back to full
You could drop long shot point tax, take Tac reload, and get Marksman
target down helps more too
might as well give it a shot
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
Who knows maybe my opinion will have changed in the...week? Since I tried that
Volley Adept is bad only because Longshot is essentially a wasted point
Really a shame the Close Range change shafted Longshot
melee vet still performs better and its better into a variety of teams
Yeah but why play melee vet when you can play Ogryn/Zealot
just learn how to aim 
golden toughness while still being able to do damage
or dont aim and play Rumbler and out DPS every vet without hitting a single headshot XD
most annoying teammate to play with unironically
Rumbler DPS is outta pocket rn
you give ammo
dont worry tho, new Vet weapon 2025 guys
Vet = Ammo Twink atm
only in havoc tbh
vets still do crazy work in an actual balanced mode
(aurics)
havoc is just ping bong wahooo land
Vet balanced for Malice smh
malic the cannon difficulty
i played a malice game the other day trying to help a friend level and my god 😬
3 0 brain lobbies in a row
2 handed shovel
vets fine on havoc you just gotta land every headshot and barely make mistakes
veteran third keystone fits zealot better 
Gun zealot propaganda
You can pump dmg on any class
It depends how long the mission takes/how long your teammates are downed XD
i mean it's a melee focused talent that wants you to stay in melee longer than ranged
it's entirely the opposite of what veteran should be about, which is guns with maybe a side of melee
theres no way to be guns with a side of melee when ammo is so limited
its melee with a side of guns
unless your running a shocktrooper build
I was already typing shocktrooper XD
yeah thats the one exception and even still you still need some pickups
Nope
Deadshot gaming
You should only need ammo pickups on shocktroop build if something has gone terribly wrong in a run
also I never get those 1 hr+ games, it's either we lose or win in like 35-40 mins
greetings fellow deadshot enjoyer
🤝 
honestly I wish havoc ammo economy wasn't so awful
Yea depends how many downs/how much room you have to kite horde to clutch
it feels like it just makes a lot of weapons feel awful to use because of it
yeah it makes whole classes and subclasses gimped
Every Vet ranged weapon is viable in Havoc except Combat Shotguns, Inf Autoguns, Braced Autoguns, and Autopistol
Oh and revolver sucks too
So like half
that's my main beef with havoc since otherwise the modifiers (well except cancer ones like the corruption pool) and more enemies are fun
well i'm not a fan of the DH modifier either
having 2 rituals just appear when a horde spawns is somewhat cancerous
blight spreads in almost a non modifier with a beacon zealot
Rituals are fine, if they aren’t bugged
rituals is yeahh buggy
could be the easiest run of your life, could have two rituals going fast at the same time
my least favorite is still encroaching, it just makes other modifiers even harder
Final Toll is the worst for me, so many teammate overheads eaten
final toll is so painful
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
Yeah both are pretty bad
or a healing boss with a pack of armor 💀
Purple DHs exist
final toll is reinforcing my belief that bulwarks should never be able to benefit from stagger resistance or immunity
staggering them is literally the only consistent counterplay to them
why can they be immune or resistant to it
facts
bulwarks need to have a destructible part of their shield added
add vt2 wargors with banners so the healing bulwarks can heal while they heal
wiping b/c somebody shot a banner to stop the entire mixed horde from healing and knocked everybody off a ledge owns
just as planned...
Get a good burga psyker for purple modifier.
Having a hard time parsing the keystones. Are any particularly good or bad?
A lot of them are not worth/mid I just take the keystone of WS and none of the subnodes
Vet is the funny grenade spam or double barrel ADHD guy for me
Or hlasp head clicker every now and then
Good to note. Kinda the gut feeling I had.
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
Focus Target is good for certain weapons that are breakpoint hunters, the 8 stacks modifier isn't really worth it
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
Weapon Specialist is generally good, but basically only the Always Prepared modifier is worth something
Or consistent fire shooters where extra damage is just lower TTK
I like the toughness on swap for DB as well, good sustain for running at a gunner line
yeah tougness regen on vets is pretty inconsistent unless you run confirmed kill
Weapon specialist took me thr longest time reading to understand
thankfully actually playing it is easy b/c its really just doing what you should be doing in matches anyways
and making that better
What's the max level?
character level? 30
You might find players with 31-40 on their name, but that's their havoc clearance level
wow you're new new, you should try out every class before you "main" one
drop the build on this, been looking for a good hammer build like this
Hey the plasma gun for havoc is a good weapon?
i mean kinda ish
not good to panic with but it does really good damage
and it fucks anything up with a couple shots
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.
I know it can kill everything with one shot because I've tried it with the Ogryns.
Plasma is arguably best ranged weapon for havoc
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
Maybe recon
i would recommend recon lasgun for havoc
Last moments on H40 Exec Helbore before triple server D/C wipe
there's no cons to the recon other than low damage
Plasma's main benefit is its penetration and log-sized hitbox
Would have been peak
helbore is BROKEN in havoc
nope haha
Draw time, charge time, dodge distance etc
Hellbore is a good weapon?
eh
Helbore exe can do damage
very niche
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
But it has a high skill ceiling to use
Its good, it just takes a lot of effort for it to perform better than other options
all of them have the same shit drawtime
Idk the Heavy one
not really it's like a second to draw
MkIII i think
i only run mk iv
if i have to spend most of my talent points investing into the gun, i expect it to deal with carapace
lemme see what one i run
because mine is really op in general
yeah, MKV
yeah drawtime on mkv is literally a second
it has literally the worst draw time in the game
a second is an eternity in a game like DT
One of the best ranged weapons in the game
Behind a really long draw time, bad iron sights, charged shot dependant and servers hit reg
not really i mean its actually not bad to panic with
The server hit reg is so tough for helbore
yeah it is really mean on hit reg but past that i mean its broken
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
What I was using with Exec H40
the iron sights i don't really mind as it's just a dot
i don't recommend it if you're new
why hs1?
Its the mkV
oof no weight of fire on mk iv
that's rough
Its for surgical stacks
i mean true
ahk
It's bugged so t1 gives more benefits than t4
but for specialists i think weight of fire is still very helpful
Yep
Does hotshot not have a t4 blessings
personal las i run
?
Is it good?
Bugged?
Yeah Hotshot is bugged to hell
It does
But it's bugged
Ah
Run T1
So t1 gives more value
How does fatshark even manage to do that lmao
The bug is that the values are inverted
T1 Hotshot I can kill 4 dreg gunners in 1 shot, T4 Hotshot I can only kill 2 in 1 shot
i just can't pick a good melee on vet which is why i only run havoc's w my recon las
(there's also the bug that makes hotshot apply to your melee weapon but that's uh side effect)
i never tried hot shot but then again i go for more hitting the people than aiming for headshot
just use powersword
Duelist or power sword is a good melee for havoc
it's not like you have options on vet lmfao
Powersword for mixed horde, knife for mobility safety stick, and DS for obv reasons
or so they say
most exhilarating recon las gameplay
Rashad?
i mean axes are ok
No, low charge rate
they're not good but not bad
Rashad is fine for Auric, falls off hard in Havoc
chainaxe my beloved
i personally run a assault chain
Do they not cleave any more?
No 1 shots for Brutal Momentum in H40
some modifiers you cant even one shot the bruisers heads
This kills the caxe
i run it for panic mobility and honestly cause it's fun
Pls no
literally the only reason i would use chain weapons is for rev it up so I can run batshit crazy
i mean if I roll up to a h40 with a helbore 90% of the time im getting kicked anyway
We need more chainaxe gamerers
If you enter a H40 lobby with this you are getting kicked too tbh haha
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
Knife with weapon specialist and trench drill fighter <3
i might try knife, what mk
Well 3 is for single target and 6 is for more AOE
However 6's push attack is extremely good for single target
i like aoe more than single target
6 is better 90% of the time
Lemme make one
Well yeah cuz I'm on the phone
I need to make it
- Just 6.
Nu, still 6.
I mean shroudfield builds, rather than the sensible fury/chorus knife users
Even for those.
Just pust atk your pop out hit.
shroudfield knife is just literally broken
i personally run a 3 shroudfield knife with lac and fleshtearer and oh my god it is broken
This is what I always run
now give me one for the mk6
I don't use mk6 myself
goodness gracious fartshart
guess im running ripo and flesh tearer
The combos for knife are pretty generous
Riposte/Preog
Uncanny/Precog
Uncanny/Riposte
or if you want bleed that bypasses armor
Uncanny/Lacerate or Flesh Tearer
Lacerate gang
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?
Today I will throw my 8 morbillion times finesse modifier down the drain for four stacks of bleed
That makes sense yes
Is it good? Sort of
Nah
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
It’s literally a 3.5 second uptime when you’re juggling heads a bodies
And lacerate always procs
Lacerate discourse in the year of our lord 2025 
The curse of lacerate is just not disappearing
Lacerate is dog shit unless you’re pairing it with Uncanny that’s literally it
lacerate's back baby
well i'm not sure it was ever truly gone
Barely back
but it's unironically pretty good rn
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
and serrated blade got buffed 
honestly bleed knife is still the bleed club at home though
because ogryn is ogryn
Lacerate is dog shit unless you’re pairing it with Uncanny that’s literally it

skill issues
Hmmm yes it is a skill issue
Since I can't hit bodies
lacerate mentioned?

you guys use scoreboard?
I don't
no excuses smh
ogryns got really noce bleed synergy like what 32% free tdr at all times and 2-4 bleedstacks per hit
^
how do you see weakspot rate I just see weakspot amount
Yeah I'm talking shit about lacerate (deserved)
You mean Serrated Blade
o ya
Used too till the game consistently crashed cause of it
Simply used it for build feedback
I don't, because I'm lazy, but I probably would enjoy being able to validate my vibes with randoms.
"this feels oddly difficult"
checks score
i take both
"that explains it"
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
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
uncanny shovel might be decent but shovel
You don’t take Serrated for anything it’s just not worth it
You might even kill the targets before Bleed does anything useful

Outside of Mercy Killer knife
There’s a lot of straight up useless talents
muh lacerate knife tho
good thing zealot's next in line for their rework
Zealot chat members will need to get therapy after the rework to erase the accursed The Build pattern from their minds
Last to get keystones, last to get rework 
yeah, i'd be down if fatshart would let me 
ngl vet feels like the most shafted class
also where the hell is my hotshot lasgun fatshart
it's just that compared to other classes outside of voc
I don't feel like i'm bringing much to the table
Well it’s mainly cause you have to put a lot more effort in with other abilities if it isn’t VOC
are they balancing the game around havoc or auric?
lol
lol
they're balancing around ~vibes~
is it tho
they're balancing around may 2025 rumblergryns somehow going down in aurics
considering the lower playcount
wouldn't be surprised if they delegated balancing to chatgpt
I do not have the numbers for players
i'd assume most people still playing are people doing aurics/havocs
but I would not be suprised
The fact that go down in the first place is wild
Lmao
might happens if they ran out of ammo in the first thirty seconds and a knife shouty takes all the ammo
i mean what do you expect a rumblergryn to do withotu ammo?
ogryn without ammo is literally unplayable!
tripping face first over a dozen DR + damage buffs into instant d/c
by rumblergryn you mean the one with the free bullets from the bottom right keystone?
BLO melee keystone:
rumbler is the nade launcher that's currently laughably busted rn
Oh also also
yeah rumbler is quite good
CS Club with both melee toughness gain talents
confident strike is also
Unkillable
really funny
Didn't they have a sale recently? Rogue Trader & Darktide as a bundle with a hefty reduction in price?
its if shredder vet build was gated solely by ammo or getting melee kills for free shots sometimes
you provide voc (as you mentioned), ammunition, and "protect the weak guy" vibes. AAAAND you can use the grenades on the ground. Not like anyone else is gonna use em, throw more shredders yeehaw
yeah I think the basekit adjustment to toughness on heavies just being less for lights was the right call
but now lmao cstrike
It’s the fact that Veteran grenadier has to kill elites or specials for a chance
so i'm basically relegated to being an ammo whore
Ogryn has to hit like what
correct
10 chaffe enemies for a freebie
you need 9 kills to guarantee free shot
It’s vile
b/c its 10% chance at base and +10% per stack
I don't play this game muhc anymore, is it still 2 out of 4 people are vets average in randoms?
Dorn upload
4 ogruyns
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
cstrike needs complete gutting/rework and rumbler should be killed but it probably won't b/c steam reviewbomb meta
What is there to be shocked about lol. The entire psyker tree got through balancing.
As well as the ogryn tree simultaneously
And then also gunker buffs
They must be looking at play% instead of real balance, I guess
But dw, this was all offset by nerfing bayonet, crusher and chorus
Cause psyker and ogryn seem quite strong. Not like vet & zealot are weak though
Wdym they nerfed crusher?
What did they nerf?
vet unfortunately punches downwards at maelstrom and below v hard
Veteran is the “Weakest” of the 4 in Havoc
(Everybody does I know but remember Vet press shout button, easy class for babies and all)
not looking so great in terms of #s though
Mainly cause you have to play incredibly specific builds to make Veteran work and be useful for the team
Idr the details, I think it was attack speed
ded game
That’s normal
Update day is 10k most
Usual activity is 5-3k
its because you used the tac axe. if you would use a REAL weapon we'd have 10,000 players
My main beef rn with Vet is just melee options for havoc
ded weapon
You will use Power Sword
jk, I like it too. at least the M1 spam version
take psword or ds or take fucking hotshit1 helbore with smth else ig
I really do like power sword. But I don't play havok, that mode is stupid and unfun
I don’t need block canceling
Tragic
what is confident strike again
a blessing?
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
And you can proc CS on bulwark shields
works best when missing 6 of 7 wounds
I forgot about that
Yeah can we like-
Not have it do that
thats why its so fun

havoc has made other modes unfun for me
sad
what pin am I looking at
the google doc?
nevermind there's two google docs
I looked through both but i still idk
nevermind there's three google docs
Ignore them
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?
they gotta be unpinned so as to not waste the next person's time lol
Yeah prob
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?
H e l m e t
Finally
Mobility is only ever not the choice of dump stats, if there is another stat that does actually nothing/detriments.
still worse than mobility
I'd dump mobility over defenses on that one, but in every other case yes
what weapons work best with a build around marksman focus?
Vraks Infantry autogun is good with it
I like it on high RoF weapons with strong Finesse modifiers
Infantry Autogun
Helbore
Vigilants
Probably good on laspistols and infantry lasguns too
Revolvers struggle to gain stacks no?
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"
fire head level into a horde
instant max stacks
With the Zarona you end up with the full revolver ocelot reload experience though
easy game
Without WS
Oh yeah Bolter weapons are there on the finesse side
what a coincidence MMF makes you reload faster
Oh it applies on cleaves?
Tac axes are bad
That being said
CRIT build with with Shred Brutal Momentum or Shred Headtaker or Headtaker Brutal Momentum
Flak Unarmored
Avoid the mk4
Learn the combos
Mark 4 is a fake Rashad
Because with a tactical axe you should not be dying to ragers
tac axe ruins ragers almost as much as dclaw sword does
so unbelievably easy to kill them
It's a shame to hear they're still not great overall, but thanks I appreciate the advice
tac axe can be quite good on psyker/zealot
they get better melee crit
and more melee damage in general
Tactical axes heavy/push attack/specials are usually used to stagger ragers
whats the best helbore type+blessings?
Mk IV Surgical/Weight of Fire
it would seem it gets the highest single shot damage, but looses the bayonet charge...
yeah the bayonet sucks but also it consistently 2 shots crushers with standard damage talents on the skill tree
so
4 is the heaviest hitter ranged weapon in the game
And mk5 is the fast charge lower damage one
Because it charges fast it doesn't need Weight of Fire
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
IMO it has the best hit feel of the helbore family, if you get me
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?
3 and 5 bayo are able to stagger Ragers
What is the best looking ranged weaponm
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
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?
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
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?
cleave is reduced every time it hits an enemy, based on the enemy's hitmass, until there is no cleave. if
oh boy, short for now?
there is still cleave, it will go through
Look up, they got there before me
i gave the short version
There's a bunch of extra factors that can also affect cleave but thats the long version
yeah feel free to give the long version 
Skirmisher propaganda
WHAT DID YOU DO!?!?
camoflage or long range assassin?
camo
MMF feels like ass without camo
well actually it feels like ass either way
but camo makes it somewhat less ass
camo every time
makes MMF so much more usable
noted...
Purge staff just too OP
Also still did top dmg
Dmg total was 2mil
Oh right with boss damage
High skill gameplay
on another passive I see mixed opinions on: is deadshot worth it? if so, what weapons benefit the most?
It’s a meme
and only on those 2 if you are literally not investing in the right side of the tree at all
You use it with low rpm high alpha guns
to maximize your ranged damage
Helbore Deadshot is a trap
howso?
The RPM is good for deadshot, but you are staying ADS for the charge time so its unsustainable
it looks like it can minimize the amount of time charging up surgical
you can charge a shot then go into ads
I mean I guess, that sounds horrible tbh
you don't need the full charge time on helbore IV for any enemy that isn't an ogryn
I was typing before you ediited XD
does the amount of ammo used on charge shot scale or is it allways the same?
it scales yes
Its better to rely on Surgical if you are taking the slow IV anyway
It scales ammo usage
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
It depends, I honestly full charge for 80% of my shots since shit in H40 is so chunky
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...
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
No, super niche
Slow fire rate weapons (that don’t require staying in ADS all the time) that hit high damage with high crit bonus
if its visability, wouldnt the highlight effect counter the fog?
nothing to do with the visibility
hey where did all my skill points go
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
Point understood! and it was funny lol
Yeah ok after using the chainsword, it is fucking awful. Can't deal with armor, bad mobility, bad everything
I thought like, with the chain, you can chew through armor. Nope
And it used to be worse :c
Had such a hard time dealing with scab maulers
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
chainsword actually has some of the fastest horde clear of any weapon in the game
I think it is actually the fastest
It just cannot kill anything other than horde trash enemies
Ah I experimented with it but I suppose I didn't look hard enough
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)
still giving it a shot... may be worth going down the middle to buff smoke duration and to save some points. using one of the saved points for shock trooper can counter the lack of ammo regen.
Ah ok
I don't remember which mark I was using sadly
Tbh I wrote it off pretty fast
yeah vet has maybe 4 good melee weapons
not even in the top 5
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"
I wish the Chainsword could swing horizontally
Mk4 heavies swing at a slight angle but are mostly horizontal.
Its an X
Is Deadshot worth taking on Veteran
I’m using Vigilant Autogun and Kantreal Infantry LasGun
only for the memes
no
no
Is there a way to chain the Horizontal Heavy?
What does this actually do? does it purge heat?
this is why I've been using Scandar III for Power Sword
shit feels so good cleaving an entire horde and only slicing heads
if only it could block cancel...
I dont need to block cancel, Like you
Ohoho
Shits just too much fun
newbie me used to run deadshot on literally everything cause i assumed it would still give the bonus even at 0 stam
an axe with all or nothing blessing was my best friend
if u run 3 stamina curio stamina regen from tag, headshot markman, or dodge range atk is enough to sustain the stamina
Deadshot stam sustain is ez with Target Down from Focus Target Keystone
or quick swap from weapon specialized after ranged kill
im talking release veteran
That one kinda ruins the flow ngl
wasnt no fancy schmancy focus target, duck and dive or anything
there was only deadshot
I'd rather just hold the trigger than swap to get stamina back
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
On crits it reduce the heat build up
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 
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
gng do you guys have any tips for on overwatch
shout and dont get hit
theres not a lot to it
check #vox-lfg-lexicanum and find a group
thanks
can i do it on any map
also find a taunt ogryn
