#veteran-class

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dry cloak
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yep

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and the train mission is best

royal pike
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or like be downed

dry cloak
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theres cheese for it

royal pike
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alr

agile forge
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Gold toughness op

tall torrent
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critical attacks from plasma gun generate x40% of the normal amount of heat (that is immediately gained from firing)

queen sky
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wait, why? surely that's a downside?

tall torrent
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the heat amount gained during the pre-fire delay is unchanged

tall torrent
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u can shoot more until overheat

queen sky
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oh, 40 percent

tall torrent
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it's 1-3 extra shots before forced venting depending on RNG

queen sky
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i read that as x40

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thanks

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is Infernus laspistol still good for melting tough targets?

tall torrent
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which targets

queen sky
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uhh, monstrosities, maulers, crushers

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ragers

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can you just dump a magazine into them and wait for the burn to melt them?

pseudo fiber
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You mainly used that on pus hardened enemies in havoc but theyre gone so

queen sky
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aah ok, so now it's just a hipfire hose?

tall torrent
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it's just "there"

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if u had to use it, use it on mk2

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mk2 is overall much better than mk10 as well

queen sky
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gotcha

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ty

gilded rock
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Do NOT crit on a plasma build, worst mistake of my life

unreal nova
manic badger
calm shard
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WS gives you ONE guaranteed crit

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the fire rate is the only thing that persists for your gun

tall torrent
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focused cooling works better if u shoot a few shots at a time

stoic thorn
manic badger
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I don’t think I have ever played a single other game that does as bad of a job at wording and elaborating upon mechanics as this game does.

frank basin
calm shard
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don't forget the ones that are outright wrong

unreal nova
gilded rock
thin minnow
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Best ability?

calm shard
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Voice of Command

quiet valley
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Talent point? Or Active Ability?

calm shard
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the other 2 aren't close

viral chasm
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any tips for getting long throw penance?

thin minnow
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And is there a DMR like weapon? Like a sniper that's not too slow

calm shard
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executioner's stance is usable if you are EXTREMELY good at the game

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But it'll still be worse than Voice of Command

viral chasm
calm shard
viral chasm
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too bad this game only have scope for lassgun

calm shard
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Oh yeah Mk VII lasgun is also adequate for a marksman-esque weapon

thin minnow
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Nothing else has a scope? Smh

calm shard
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Or the Agripinaa infantry autogun

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Also yes without mods the lasguns and laspistols are the only weapons with reflex sights

thin minnow
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Yeah this is all gibberish to me

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Not reflex, scope

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I want socpe

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Scope

calm shard
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no weapon in game currently has a scope

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(without mods)

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closest you get is the lasguns and laspistols that have reflex/collimator sights

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(red dot sight basically)

thin minnow
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Don't like those bleh

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What about pistols

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Any you can use for long range?

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Bolt pistol maybe?

calm shard
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I think every pistol in game has quite good range

thin minnow
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65% mobility autogun, nice

calm shard
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except for the blue revolver variant that doesn't ADS and instead fans the hammer

thin minnow
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Is that one any good?

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It looks cool

calm shard
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Shredder Autopistol cannot ADS

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It is best used as a secondary for a very melee focused playstyle

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So it's really more a Psyker/Zealot thing

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Heard it's pretty fun with Executioner's Stance though since it makes your spread much tighter

thin minnow
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Sad

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Looked like a broomhandle

distant plaza
thin minnow
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Seems to just refresh armor and stagger enemies

calm shard
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It's just much more versatile

thin minnow
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Just something very cheap and simple

atomic void
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golden toughness and stagger

calm shard
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The stagger and durability allows you to play much more aggressively

thin minnow
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I wanna go for an officer look with a pistol

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But pistol as the main weapon

calm shard
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And even if you're using your gun primarily the area stagger gives you plenty of breathing room to aim without having to dodge for a few seconds

tame lodge
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Aoe extreme stagger with normal toughness replenish that can be turned into golden toughness

viral chasm
tame lodge
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Golden toughness would be able to tank the black fortress and save Cadia

thin minnow
tame lodge
calm shard
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I would say as far as pistols being a primary go the Laspistol would be the best one followed shortly by Bolt Pistol

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Revolver doesn't have enough ammo

remote sonnet
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It is commonly used by officers and commissars. It has more ammo and versatility than bolt pistol in game.

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For vet especially, you get las weapon talent, which makes it even better.

warm idol
distant plaza
warm idol
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plus unlike zealot's beacon where you can't attack while using it and needs to pulse for the full effect VoC lets you go straight into the action since it instantly applies the effect and doesnt holster weapons

warm idol
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it's very versatile

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and each specialist you kill shaves off a part of the cd

distant plaza
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huh, well i guess i'll have to give it a try now

hollow ibex
warm idol
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exe stance and infiltrate require so much more effort to use

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it's kind of sad

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but atm voc feels like the only thing vet has going on in havoc outside of ammo and nades

remote sonnet
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VoC stagger also works on bosses.

warm idol
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yeah it's also amazing for that, and useful for things like getting teammates out of a chaos spawns grab

remote sonnet
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"If you can breathe, you can kill."

"If I'm dead, I can't kill."

Literally the Cadian vet voice line.

unreal nova
warm idol
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HAMMER OF THE EMPEROR

remote sonnet
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Basically, you kill more by the fact that you are alive.

warm idol
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NO DYING TILL I SAY SO

unreal nova
warm idol
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yeah it's kinda crazy how strong oggy is

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like yeah it's a fucking ogryn

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but you can run an fnp taunt build and still do great damage

hollow ibex
warm idol
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while having stuff like rumbler

unreal nova
remote sonnet
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GL is such a strong Orgryn weapon.

unreal nova
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Or goes tankier but also does even lesser than the avg oggy of equal skill.

remote sonnet
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I find it more versatile than the rumbler.

warm idol
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you mean grenadier gauntlet?

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they have different uses tbh

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rumbler is more versatile with it's group killing and monstority damage while gg is better for specialists

unreal nova
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Rumbler also is better at higher ping cos AoE anyway.

elder fiber
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Rumbler is more versatile in that its broken

unreal nova
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GG at over 50 ping, GL hitting anything.

thin minnow
unreal nova
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Projectile direct hit weapon + 300-400 ping = ...

tame lodge
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More dps than mk10

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Similar everything

thin minnow
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Made a zealot for fun lol

arctic rampart
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zealots are an investment in insanity

red robin
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Speaking from experience

remote sonnet
# thin minnow Which one?

For the lore, the Mk10, powerful slow shooting.

For gameplay Mk2, fast firing, high dps, benefits more from blessings.

sharp epoch
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A lot of zealots swapped to ogryn

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strongest braindead class to the next strongest

agile forge
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I love the talent that makes ogryn not slow down while prepping a heavy

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With the speed boost from bullrush

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Feels like I'm figure skating, swinging a cruise ship's anchor around

remote sonnet
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Zealot talent tree needs some change, but zealot itself is pretty strong.

worldly coyote
sharp epoch
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Zealots were the most popular class, but h40 meta is looking like 2 ogryns, 1 psyker, and a zealot/vet

agile forge
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Havoc is a specific thing though

sharp epoch
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Well anything below that there really isn't a meta because any comp will do

sharp epoch
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its really about having the most ogryns without missing anything important, golden toughness and bubble

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unless the ogryns are just good emough to do without those

hollow ibex
red robin
faint beacon
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though veteran when not in a good scenario of killing things

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will fold far faster than Zealot

red robin
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Like, which of the two requires more thought and work to situate themselves in a bad situation

quiet valley
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Zealot tree is just boring, Vet tree is just bad

faint beacon
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Psyker when its not an OP Build or Vet

red robin
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Even that wording has my bias in it

faint beacon
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thats honestly my opinion

quiet valley
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I'd agree Zealot/Ogryn are the two easiest classes to play

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They have a lot of safefy nets for bad players to make mistakes and not get punished

red robin
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I’d say I try harder with aiming on vet, but on zealot I just hipfire or spam shots I barely use

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Lmao I got way better ammo management playing zealot than I do on vet

spark cipher
red robin
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Yeahh

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Psyker is really just breathing room management

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If you can independently manage that without requiring teammates to babysit you or be overdependent on smite, you in the upper echelons of psyker playing

spark cipher
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granted I'm running brainburst shriek for that authentic glass cannon experience

red robin
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True

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I love the aoe explosion staff

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Ty sienna training in vt2

warm idol
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is it just me or is the fps on hourglass maps absolutely awful

red robin
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Uhh

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Idk abt that

warm idol
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like i'm on a 4080 and it still drops to below 60 there

hollow ibex
red robin
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But maybe delete your shader cache and verify game files to clean out the bloat

red robin
hollow ibex
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assail is affected by puncture?

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i knew warp slice was

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if it's the same thing, then yeah you need the bistol in your hands while the shard hits the enemy

red robin
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I think so

spark cipher
red robin
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Lmao ain’t the zealot throwing knife immediate so puncture would just apply on throwing knives?

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If you have the weapon equipped of course

spark cipher
hollow ibex
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it's a braindead enough class already

spark cipher
hollow ibex
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same with mettle on the right setup

agile forge
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Venting and SG both quell 50%

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And dome at least regenerates toughness while standing in it

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Which helps so much if you're having hits slip through in melee

faint beacon
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Psyker's only weakness when it comes to the class in general is if you generally dont know how to manage your toughness you will go down a lot, but they do have a handful of safety net talents that being very ease of access Toughness Gen talents and Empathic which turns off the biggest threat to taking chip damage in the game

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that being ranged enemies

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Veteran just recently got a Talent that can let them ease against ranged chipped which is Catch a Breath's change but admittedly its not the best for the sole purpose of even if you block an attack it goes down on Cooldown

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I'll admit the Psyker's skill floor is the highest cause people get funneled out by how squishy it is

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but it literally can nuke maps when you know how to play the class correctly

spark cipher
faint beacon
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Which I think is stupid imo

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Cause Relic Blade is the one rare melee where blocking is generally useful in a handful of scenarios

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Its stamina consumption on block is incredibly low thats the big reason

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that and Activation-Deactivation is counted as a blocking state

spark cipher
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ogryn and psyker are the only classes I really end up ever blocking with, and most of that blocking on ogryn is just the autoblocking during a revive

faint beacon
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Zealot can block a bunch as well

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the reason Veteran is discouraged heavily from it is cause

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Low stamina and High Delay on stamina

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so you generally dont have much up time with stamina outside of your keystones

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Honestly that and the 2 delay decrease nodes vet can pick up are really the only big things helping with keeping your stamina topped off outside of Duck and Dive and thats not incredibly helpful in dire scenarios

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its an okay talent

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but why path that way when Reciprocity is right there

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Its honestly a big reason I've been viewing veteran very much as a class that's "All or Nothing"

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cause if you cant get kills you will feel incredibly weak

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but if you are getting kills you actually feel useful

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Keep in mind this is keeping VOC out of the question cause thats probably the one big glaring issue Veteran has

spark cipher
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I feel like the only class that isn't hard bottlenecked in ability choice is ogryn tbh

faint beacon
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Zealot is ancient and the other choices massively kneecap your DPS

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Zealot is probably the biggest Bottlenecked by Ability choice followed by Veteran

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Ogryn and Psyker are probably the only 2 that genuinely can choose their 3 choices and still be incredibly useful and or have a really good build

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the only issue Psyker has is probably the tax on trying to reach a Far Left/Right keystone

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Like shriek into Disrupt if you're trying to run that for some reason

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I Guarantee right now if the tax on Veteran's tree was trimmed we'd see a lot more EStance and Infil users but also consider that VOC is just so fucking strong

quiet valley
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Vet rework 2026

faint beacon
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2040 Scabs

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trust

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2040 Veteran Rework

quiet valley
faint beacon
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Dead serious they should return the Instant reload to Estance and give it either like TDR on ADS or Regen on ADS so it can at least compete with VOC

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Infil?

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I Have no fucking clue I dont play it enough

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but it does need its tax nodes trimmed a bit

hollow ibex
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instant reload definitely

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idk what to do about durability

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maybe make it like FOTF

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50% toughness restore

faint beacon
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I dont think thats necesarry

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it needs something to encourage

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Focusing on Aiming

hollow ibex
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nah durability is def an issue

quiet valley
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Instant reload I sleep

hollow ibex
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esp with the way the tree is currently set up

quiet valley
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Ranged TDR is what it needs

spark cipher
calm shard
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stacking TDR and toughness regen for weak spot kills during exe stance?

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and that persists shortly after it ends?

quiet valley
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like crazy ranged TDR during ability

calm shard
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or just the old 75% TDR it used to give on activation

faint beacon
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Personally I just like the idea of if you're actively aiming you get rewarded with regen

quiet valley
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I should pop Exec stance and be able to peek gunners on H40

faint beacon
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and TDR? Could either be very high when ADSing or just like 50% or under if its static the entire time the ability is up

quiet valley
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VoC should not be better at picking gunners than Exec lol

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TDR only for ranged attacks

spark cipher
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Like infil is great for res and objectives, I just think the cooldown is a bit too high (considering voc is 30 seconds) and there's too many tax nodes

faint beacon
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45 seconds, gives max Toughness and drops all agro on you

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that and its longer than shroud its pretty fucking good

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just VOC literally does what it does better

quiet valley
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Stealth is just bad in Havoc thats all

faint beacon
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Its bad mainly cause you're fucking your team over

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it really serves like 1 purpose and 1 purpose only

quiet valley
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Shit needs to die on havoc

faint beacon
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Objective

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thats it

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thats literally it

calm shard
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(and also 10 seconds instead of 5)

spark cipher
faint beacon
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yeah its 8

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shroud is 4?

quiet valley
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OMG let me underhand stick Kraks while keeping stealth

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that would be huge

calm shard
faint beacon
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Underhand Smokes and Shredders but not kraks

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fml

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lmao

quiet valley
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Also make Kraks do dmg XD

spark cipher
calm shard
faint beacon
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Honestly Idk how to explain Veteran

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he's "weak" cause he's just old

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very dated

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There's a lot of things he has that could use the most minor changes and a handful of actual talents that need reworks

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and then the obvious tree shuffle to help with the insane point tax

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and boom

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Fixed

quiet valley
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Covering Fire dead since release

faint beacon
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Smoke needs some sort of gimmick to encourage you or your team to stay inside of it even against melee

spark cipher
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Demolition stockpile being a 100% pickrate KEKW_ogryn

calm shard
faint beacon
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I know path said it should give you massive stamina buffs inside of it

calm shard
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shit was even on the pre class rework talents and still useless

quiet valley
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Smoke is mostly fine, just needs to remove ground effects/gas

faint beacon
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Call me insane but you think this should get changed to "You and your Team"

quiet valley
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that would be nuts

faint beacon
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Instantly makes it Viable against VOC

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hell I just realized that lmao

sonic kayak
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Let him cook

spark cipher
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We'd need shit to be ogryn rework levels of broken to compete with VoC

faint beacon
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Kindaish?

dry cloak
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remove voc

faint beacon
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Its more like they just nerf VOC

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and raise the bar for Infil and Estance a bit

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and its fine

dry cloak
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just place normal plus 10 tougness node

faint beacon
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but remember

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a majority of players play Veteran on Malice

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they will freak the fuck out if VOC gets nerfed

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as much as I want it to happen

hollow ibex
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if ogryn and psyker can exist

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so can voc in its current state

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and this is coming from a guy that doesn't play voc

warm schooner
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been looking at builds in havoc party finder to see what people are playing

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oh no

quiet valley
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Post the treee

warm schooner
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he had agile engagement AND serrated blade

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I just noped out after that

hollow ibex
quiet valley
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Dclaw serrated blade 💀

orchid hemlock
tame lodge
faint beacon
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give DC uncanny

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trust

grand perch
faint beacon
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Im getting behind Skirmisher when im specifically running more stamina focused builds mainly cause im constantly keeping stacks above 2+

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that and bless every keystone for having at least an option of being able to get stamina back from doing X thing

spark cipher
faint beacon
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Heavy sword without the Good against Flak

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LMAO

grand perch
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time to try out shredder pistol exec + mmf build

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which im sure isnt meme at all

faint beacon
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but yeah it destroys Bosses

tame lodge
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Plus extra impact on exec

grand perch
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it destroys ragers as well

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ngl its kinda fun but mmf is so hard to keep up

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you need like all the ammo on the map

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those unholy ammo pickups

void dragon
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It's not an anti sniper but that's the only thing I feel it doesn't outperform

hollow ibex
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Agri is ok tbf

sharp epoch
hollow ibex
sharp epoch
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Wait you got 5 ammo crate charges wtf

grand perch
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2 psykers and an ogryn that didnt need em

sharp epoch
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I've had a bolter zealot take 7 charges while I was vet could be worse

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shredder ap is pretty ammo hungry I guess

calm shard
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brother you are a melee class with a fucking dueling sword

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the best anti-elite melee in the game

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why do you magdump your bolter into literally everything that isn't a poxwalker

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what are you D OING

sonic kayak
void dragon
atomic void
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dueling sword is boring

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me boltah helps me kill armor better

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shrimple as

mossy monolith
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something wrong with my vet

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i can't put my finger on it

thin minnow
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of course you cant, there is nothing there

mossy monolith
tame lodge
mossy monolith
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mr arm

unreal nova
heavy rover
primal scarab
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Hello, what blessings to take for the tactical axe?

tame lodge
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Shred Headtaker
Shred Brutal Momentum
Headtaker Brutal Momentum

primal scarab
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Thank you

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trying new weapons, wondering if it's the same for the regular axe

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gonna try them out yet, dont know which does what.

tame lodge
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For the Combat Axe is Headtaker Brutal Momentum

remote sonnet
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Columbus is lower, but it has better ammo eco.

agile forge
tall torrent
hollow ibex
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Once the range is long enough it will uwugryn

void dragon
elder vessel
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Tac axe is slightly better. Still CBT

narrow frost
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Guh?

slow sky
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If by cbt you mean cock and ball torture
Whar

elder vessel
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imagine not cleaving in this meta

narrow frost
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What

elder vessel
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what's not clicking

narrow frost
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Do you know what Brutal Momentum does?

slow sky
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Bm exists

elder vessel
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Needing a blessing for basic functionality

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cring

narrow frost
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Even without it, it'll cleave

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Besides maybe mk4 taxe because moveset

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And BM also adds extra damage

slow sky
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I mean yeah in the case of caxe
But that blessing kinda instantly makes whatever weapon that has it OP

narrow frost
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Imagine 1 shooting 4 shotgunners in 1 swing

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In havoc

slow sky
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Bm/db moment

tame lodge
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🤓

slow sky
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Wholesome 1.5 cleave

pseudo fiber
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blessed 1.5 cleave

tame lodge
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Even the chain axes that have no cleave in some attacks have cleave in another

faint beacon
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Achlys Caxe moveset be so good till you realize everything else about it is doodoo-dogshit

tall torrent
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Needs rework

slow sky
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Mostly overhead lights meaning it can't make any use of bm
Lole

supple laurel
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deadass my dumbass made the dumpstat cleave without noticing 🥀

remote sparrow
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how tf do i complete on overwatch

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killing me rn

narrow frost
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do not take hp melee damage

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you can take toughness damage

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so run center ability on a low intensity malice mission

frank basin
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Or lfg someone will guard you for extra measure

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I done with my friend doing over watch penance

remote sparrow
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fair enough

narrow frost
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and keep spamming ability to keep up gold toughness

faint beacon
supple laurel
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nvm

faint beacon
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Power Sword tends to prefer Mob seeing its a lot more helpful on veteran

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@narrow frost Your Favorite

narrow frost
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yes

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but leveling people in vt

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dorn and egg

primal scarab
# elder vessel cring

I did 2 maelstorms with the tac axe using the second mark, I am more concerned with the weapon's armour pen dmg than the cleave itself to be fair

cobalt lance
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I have the ghost blessing on my vigilant autogun

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Yet whenever people shoot at me while im clicking heads I get damage indicators

remote sonnet
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It lets you know that something is trying to kill you.

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Same thing with Psyker invul to ranged attack on crit hit.

void dragon
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really not love how weakspot hit dependant is the inf Lasgun, on averanges it CAN deal comparable damage than a Recon but its lowest of body shots are DREADFUL when compared to the ones from the recon, you NEED to land headshots or you have a nerfed weapon, whch would be fine if the recon and infantry had the same recoil on shot, but spaming shots on its makes quite easy to miss

narrow frost
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Wait till you see it's maniac damage

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Sadly it's just a niche weapon

faint beacon
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2027 las weapon buffs

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trust

void dragon
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really im physically struggling to play veteran, its just doesnt feel right

void dragon
narrow frost
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Always has felt lacking but I might be thinking of vigilant auto

void dragon
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recon and infantry do averange same damage, but recon stacks fire MUCH faster (woncer how much that is carrying the weapon)

hollow ibex
narrow frost
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Not much outside havoc

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Fire really only helps against unyielding

faint beacon
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Las and Vigil are inverses oddly

narrow frost
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I see

faint beacon
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Vigil is better with Flak and Las is weaker against Flak

void dragon
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close and with headshots it deals LESS than a recon what in the actual HELL?!!

faint beacon
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but Vigil is god awful against Maniac

void dragon
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obesefish plz

faint beacon
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and Las is good against Maniac

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Idk why its like that

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but it is what it is

remote sonnet
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Manstopper round. Lore!

hollow ibex
faint beacon
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Sirosky

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its a pistol

hollow ibex
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but that's just laspis

void dragon
faint beacon
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of course its going to be bad

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LMAO

hollow ibex
remote sonnet
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Laspis has damage drop off instead of reverse drop off...

faint beacon
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Pistols usually deal less damage at the cost of more ammo and just good burst damage

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in games that is

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hence I think Deadshot Lasp X is honestly

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pretty damn good

quiet valley
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LasX propoganda lets goo

faint beacon
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I've always wanted an excuse to use LasX for ages

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I just never found the way to harness it and then Deadshot is just

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right there

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LMAO

quiet valley
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XD

faint beacon
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Deadshot helps with Vigils but I'll admit

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seeing I've dumped what

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2k hours now into that gun alone?

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Deadshot is more of a huge QOL buff

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but can go without it

hollow ibex
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i was thinking about taking deadshot on agri

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and running all or nothing shovel lol

faint beacon
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Its pretty good but dont run MMF

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you dont get enough stam uptime

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FT is better for it

quiet valley
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Deadshot is dmg and ammo efficiency for LasX

faint beacon
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So if you do, run Deadshot on Vigil do FT + Target Down!

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cause its way better Stam Effeciency for it

hollow ibex
faint beacon
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even though MMF is insane on Vigils

hollow ibex
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maybe i'll try deadshot instead

remote sonnet
#

Deadshot on recon las is so funny.

#

Almost no ammo consumption for 2 seconds.

faint beacon
quiet valley
#

You can out pace stam drain with FT on the XIV Recon

faint beacon
#

GTAV infinite money glitch?

#

Deadshot paired with XIV LMAO

remote sonnet
#

I wish that they buff the slow firing laspis.

faint beacon
#

I think its honestly okay

#

but thats how I feel with the Vigils

#

they're fun to play when built correctly

remote sonnet
#

It should get the actual HEAVY laspistol title.

tribal owl
#

I cant seem to stay alive as vet is there anything that gives good toughness regen? or do i just need to not be dogwater?

faint beacon
#

but idk if its cause they've been powercrept or if they're just niche choices that I happen to like

quiet valley
faint beacon
#

dying to melee or ranged is my question

faint beacon
#

Also yeah what Scab said

tame lodge
faint beacon
#

veteran is very much a class of Drought or Drown with toughness

#

if you cant kill you're in a drought of toughness and you'll tend to get hit more

#

if you're killing, you'll be set

tribal owl
#

fair

void dragon
#

the guide suggest ghost and desperado for the blessings of the lasguns, i take inferno while useful isnt great for the ammo econ of the weapon?

narrow frost
#

Depends what you are using it for

#

And where

#

If you already using Deadshot and opening salvo, you probably don't need more crit so you can use burn. But burn doesn't do much outside havoc besides unyielding. Unsure on how much it does in havoc

grand perch
#

Burn is good in havoc

narrow frost
#

Considering the density of unyielding yeah

quiet valley
#

Infernus only really gets value on Unyielding and Maulers for H40, It will save you a couple extra shots randomly but the main thing is the non weakspot boss dmg which is so good

narrow frost
#

Do bulwarks take unyielding burn damage?

#

I forgor

quiet valley
#

Yes iirc

grand perch
#

You know what would be fun? Giving vet the ADS mobility of laspistol on every weapon as a passive

quiet valley
#

Vet cope 2026

faint beacon
grand perch
#

Zoom around with bolter aimedchadgryn

hollow ibex
grand perch
#

Yeah that's the thought behind it

hollow ibex
#

(in addition to having shit stam)

void dragon
#

still quite shocked how dreadful the stamina regen of vet is

#

what's Path's posture on Infernus for laspistol?

quiet valley
#

yeah Vet is old or smth

void dragon
#

current one i mean

faint beacon
#

Old man Vet

#

needs his cane to keep up with the common Ogryn and Psyker player

grand perch
#

look cadian vet just doesnt get to jog and build consitution a lot anymore, on account of the planet being gone. cant run on space dust

void dragon
hollow ibex
#

shredder's good on vet too

faint beacon
#

Live image of veteran players waiting for any new weapons

void dragon
umbral scaffold
#

5_joe_thinking1 what should I be running on duelling sword for perks and blessings

uncut pebble
frank basin
void dragon
void dragon
# frank basin Tbh I’m bored of Darktide for now

Kinda same, Psykers and Orgyn feel quite neat to try some variations of builds, but not only wish that smite and Brain burst on Psykers were more engaging, zealot and veteran are genuinely not much fun to play imo

frank basin
#

Skill tree is same corner I was uninterest at first seeing

#

Keystone zealot is okay and some node kinda boring

#

Veteran keystone need make more interest to play rather snipe yell dodge and shoot

#

Looks to me like wannabe zealot

#

Except the snipe and shoot

#

I get guardsmen is marksmen infantry

void dragon
frank basin
#

I wanna play veteran like ogryn

#

You know machine gun

#

Dakka dakka

#

But ogryn took vet job after talents rework

#

Now he’s just sniper zealot commander

void dragon
#

I want to play Tank paladin zealot and Rambo machinegun Vet, absolutely they should have weapons like that (the braced A guns should be slow but be kings of dakka

frank basin
#

Seeing on talent art on left

#

He shooting machine gun

void dragon
#

Yeh

frank basin
#

I still have machine gun Rambo loadout is keystone less

#

My ogryn is a tank machine gunner with ammo hungry but vet is sort fitting for machine gun role since survivalist

#

That were nerfed

void dragon
#

They really need to fix the perk tree of that 2 classes, I want to use the lil bro zealot, I think I have figured enough orgyn builds for a while, from grenadiers to leman Russ tanks

#

Meanwhile zealot has...oops, they are basically all the same carp

umbral scaffold
frank basin
#

I do have ogryn run GG with PBB

#

Just funsy meme

umbral scaffold
#

Getting back into the game seeing so much has changed lol

#

Vet still suffering with barely any new melee

frank basin
#

Just the maul

umbral scaffold
#

💔

frank basin
#

The maul is cross class new melee

umbral scaffold
#

Yeah Is it any good or meh

frank basin
#

Not really my kind

void dragon
frank basin
#

Single

#

Is a mace

umbral scaffold
#

But never fully dived into it

frank basin
#

Yeah they the same

#

Except the

void dragon
#

Imo vet only has Knife and power sword as melee options (I don't and never will count DS)

frank basin
#

Shredder pistol got good now

#

It has run and gun as base trait

#

And finesse dmg

void dragon
#

The Shredder is legit scary on a psyker

frank basin
#

True

umbral scaffold
#

Heavy sword still trash?

frank basin
#

Is for horde

#

Is good for horde wit Death blow

void dragon
frank basin
#

Yeah

#

Carapace is your enemy

#

Flak is okay

#

It can one heavy slash on mutant

void dragon
#

Idk why the overhead swing doesn't have ok caparace damage, it's not that easy to chain and its not like it's horde clearing is SOO good, it should deal more damage imo

frank basin
#

How heavy sword got little outperform to devil claw?

umbral scaffold
#

For power sword is there a big difference between its marks or nothing really

frank basin
#

Eh I run Taxe when I use plasma

narrow frost
#

Mk6 is PA into lights

#

PA can 1 tap anything outside boss and crusher

#

But the follow up light will kill

void dragon
umbral scaffold
#

Hmmm

void dragon
#

The capacity to turn it on for immense cleave AND being able to combo from 100 to 0 a crusher in the right build is valuable

umbral scaffold
#

What perks should I be running on it?

hollow ibex
#

(hammer of the emperor guide)

void dragon
#

The guide is quite accurate for today's Darktide until ObeseFish decides to make changes to the weapons on a significant way (probably would still be usable even on a Zealot and veteran post perk rework)

formal ice
narrow frost
#

There are some outdated things

#

Path is working on the newest one

formal ice
#

Its the universal sword balance

narrow frost
#

If you need something from the newest one I can check it

stoic thorn
#

Is the shock maul good

narrow frost
#

Mid in every way

#

It's not good

#

It's not bad

#

Mid

stoic thorn
#

Only good in like

#

Smykers?

narrow frost
#

No

#

It has decent mixed horde clear

#

And it can apply skull crusher pretty easily

dry cloak
#

shockmaul is better than chainsword in my experience

#

it will serve you well

#

try it

#

just done expect miracles

#

also tazing crushers balls is fun

faint beacon
#

An extremely low bar to climb admittedly

tame lodge
#

But you know

#

It's charged strike

#

But just thinking about it
You won't have boss damage at all on psyker if you go smite shock maul

#

No sustain for a gun

#

No Assail for long range DD fishing

stoic thorn
dry cloak
#

ok

#

skochmaul does cara bettern and stuns everything into oblivion

grand perch
#

chainsword is so sad but tricks people into liking it by having easy horde clear and a seemingly good single target

native ocean
#

Loose cannon vet trying to call out something

tame lodge
#

💀

cobalt lance
#

Cutthroat vet is the best

#

He likes Cadia

umbral scaffold
grand perch
#

autopistol with exec and MF is really silly fun. if only they gave you more max ammo

severe jolt
#

Shock maul is great because it can straight up punch through a bulwark's shield with the special attack.

deep bone
#

Rashad axe is my baby

#

Love chopping heads off

agile forge
#

I can see E stance being good to tighten up the spread though, at least

grand perch
#

It's about 1.5 finesse modifier now I think

cobalt lance
#

That's it

#

Im going into the sedition

#

With autopistol

#

!!!!

balmy flume
finite carbon
#

Hey, is desperado an additive buff to your finesse, or a multiplicative buff?

calm shard
#

additive with weak spot damage/critical damage, multiplicative with other sources of finesse

#

at least I think that's how the crit mods stack

dry cloak
#

yeah ammo in the only probelm

grand perch
dry cloak
#

agripvolver is in its own league

lime pendant
#

Is it crit percent chance and elite dmg?

#

Oh wait I was misreading the chart. It’s flak and maniac. Nevermind.

lime pendant
#

Just ran a match with that build, it IS fun.

grand perch
#

well ive done this

#

unyielding instead of flak. no flak bonus damage hurts but not too bad

lime pendant
#

Wouldn't it be better to substitute flak for maniacs as maniac classified enemies are also flak armored plus including a few others like the various gunners?

#

Genuine question, still learning.

#

Or is this specifically for "I fucking hate ragers" type of build

dry cloak
#

maniac damage is for specials mostly

#

thats it

#

it has enough flak damage

grand perch
#

maniac type enemies arent flak armored, theyre maniac armored

dry cloak
#

yup

grand perch
#

shredder has bad flak armor damage, so +25% on top of that wasnt that much

dry cloak
#

if you hit heads it aint that bad

#

this is not agrip iag territory but still something

hollow ibex
#

i wonder if i should dump collat on it instead of mob

lime pendant
#

I thought they were flak torso and carapace heads?

hollow ibex
#

scab ragers are flak heads, caparace torso, dreg ragers are just maniac

lime pendant
#

Ah thank you for the correction!

#

So damnation and auric would likely benefit from carapace and flak reworks

midnight wyvern
grand perch
#

theres a variant where you go marksmans focus instead of FT, which can do more damage but is very hard to pull off, Ft is more consistent

#

its really meme though, due to overspecialisation

umbral scaffold
#

Does the pinned guide say what curios set up we should be using? And what perks we should use on it

hollow ibex
#

should cover what you're looking for

fossil creek
#

aye yo? warhammer gun slinger?

#

so glad i got this game

calm shard
orchid hemlock
#

brother was holding on to dear life

floral flicker
#

anyone got a good plasma/power sword buuild for me to spring off of. havoc 30+ ready that is

paper totem
sonic kayak
floral flicker
#

always frags

sharp epoch
floral flicker
#

ty

#

combat regen on cuurio im guesssingg

sharp epoch
#

2 combat regens 2 stam regens 2 toughness uhh 1 block efficiency 1 spring efficiency 1 revive speed I forgot what else

lime pendant
sharp epoch
hollow ibex
slow spade
#

Voc rez is a noob trap

tame lodge
warped ruin
#

hallo convicts

#

i has question for 2025 veteran

#

Does power cycler not stack as a blessing anymore. (for the power sword of course)

slow spade
hollow ibex
#

max you can get is 3 powered attacks before recharging

warped ruin
#

ahhh

#

So i need higher blessing for any stacking

hollow ibex
#

yeah 2 powered attacks with PC3

#

3 with PC4

warped ruin
#

Is it worth as a blessing or would you recommend something else

hollow ibex
#

PC is mandatory

warped ruin
#

Ty praise the emperor

hollow ibex
#

unless you enjoy being far less effective, and enjoy suffering that is KEKW_ogryn

warped ruin
#

xD

slow spade
#

I always find it funny Power Sword has one of the widest selections of useful blessings but you can only really use 1 because Power Cycler is mandatory

sharp epoch
royal pike
#

what does a plasma gun god roll look like

loud belfry
#

68.x (where x is an unseeable decimal value where you can shoot 8 times without it overheating) thermal, 72 charge

#

aka 68 thermal 72 charge but not all 68s are created equal

grand perch
#

@tired egret

floral flicker
grand perch
#

now if only that kind of ammo usage was sustainable

torpid grotto
loud belfry
#

dont think so

#

last time i saw someone mention themselves having a 68 that could fire 8 times without damage was just a month ago

grand perch
torpid grotto
#

Tell me lies tell me sweet Reddit lies

tall torrent
#

the bug was charge rate affecting damage (has been patched)

#

but the godroll distribution is same because it gives u max number of hipfire shots before venting, while giving u lowest possible pre-fire delay so it feels more responsive to shoot

torpid grotto
#

I see

loud belfry
#

i wonder what the value needed to get 8 shots is. is it 69.01 or some shit like wtf

void dragon
#

hey @tall torrent can i ask you about what you recomend for the Hlas pistol? i know what the guide suggest but want your PoV on stuff like infernus and concentrated fire

tall torrent
#

infernus just exists

#

dum dum basically mandatory

#

ghost is super strong for dealing with infantry

#

mk2 is a lot better than mk10 (much better dps and handling)

void dragon
tall torrent
#

I tested boss dps between the two

#

dum dum + infernus

#

mk2 hit better boss dps than mk10, even when mk10 is using deadshot

#

both mainly aiming for headshots (mk2 is hipfiring for headshots)

#

mk2 has instant sprint to fire (which mk10 doesn't have)

#

mk2 has slightly better sprint bonus and aim movement speed (because it dumps stability so it has max mobility)

void dragon
#

how much dps is lost on non infernus ones?

tall torrent
#

if u had to use infernus, mk2 still uses it better because it shoots faster

#

it doesn't matter for any particular "breakpoint" or "shots to kill" case against priority enemies

void dragon
#

think will give ghost a permanent spot, it has saved me some times in havoc, again thanks mate

tall torrent
#

infernus stacks burn up to 12

#

which is not that much dmg

#

it'll help boss dps a bit but that's about it

quiet valley
#

MKII has better burst DPS than MKX but its not nearly as ammo efficient

#

Burn ticks are good value, you can get them to tick for 400/500 a sec in Havoc with debuff/buff stacking

#

You don't have time to burst a boss 1-100% all the time with weakspot dmg, so the consistent 12 stack ticks are very comfy in high pressure situations

#

You apply stacks and deal with something else

tall torrent
#

yea mk10 has better dmg-to-ammo ratio

#

slightly better

quiet valley
#

I think generally MKX is better for full ranged build, MKII is a better sidearm for melee builds

tall torrent
#

mk10 base total dmg is 46.13k

#

mk2 base total dmg is 43.5k

#

both with +25% reserve ammo

#

mk10 has a 6% lead there

#

but it's worse in pretty much every other metric

#

mk10 also has 10m better falloff

#

ig that sorta matters

quiet valley
#

The main draw for me is better Deadshot stam eco, and the handling feels better when you can 1-tap most shooter/specials

tall torrent
#

but both are pretty bad at long range

tall torrent
# grand perch

would have been a very different story if those were scab ragers KEKW_ogryn

void dragon
#

would be crazy to make the Auto pistol have better dodge speed/distance and sprint prorfiles than the Infantry? pistols are supposed to be more handly and fast, but the gun is basically the same in those stats

#

i think it has even worse dodge distance than the bulky hand cannon that is the bistol

#

yeah just checked and even worse sprint speed, what the hay?

formal ice
#

What are you talking about

#

Never heard of any auto pistol

mossy monolith
#

finish a achievement, tho why is it so tiny

void dragon
willow canyon
#

Is there a blessing or node that makes it to where I restore ammo on elite melee kill

narrow frost
#

yes

#

left side aura

void dragon
#

the "Survivalist" aura has exactly that effect

willow canyon
#

Ty

quartz river
narrow frost
#

a classic ip grabber

#

shrimple as

charred dome
#

what do you guys prefer on the rashad?

narrow frost
#

BM HT

#

really the only combo that makes it excel so much

#

BM is that strong

#

Brutal Momentum

charred dome
#

Oh I am using bruhmentum

#

I just noticed decimator and was like I wonder if I want this over headtaker

#

what perks? I've been using cara and elite

narrow frost
#

cara unarmoured

#

or flak unaromured

charred dome
#

why unarmoured?

narrow frost
#

BM breakpoint

#

for dreg gunners and bruisers

charred dome
#

I'm trying to test the breakpoints and I keep critting death

#

bruisers die in oneshot at max headtaker stacks, I can't even test it on gunners because it keeps critting lmao

#

I'll try flak unarmoured

umbral scaffold
#

For power sword what perks should I be using on it?

formal ice
#

The one that lets you charge attack 3 times

#

The most obvious one to take

umbral scaffold
#

I have my blessings done

#

I just wasn’t sure what I should do for the perks

formal ice
#

Perk and blessing

#

Potato and broccoli

#

All the same thing but one is worse

#

Anyways its carapace and maniac

umbral scaffold
formal ice
#

What is it

calm shard
#

👍

formal ice
#

Eh

#

Sure

sharp epoch
#

cara unyielding gang

tall torrent
tall torrent
#

gives u best breakpoints with minimal talent dependency

#

can also 1 combo (2-hit) crusher and bulwark in h40 with red nodes active

orchid hemlock
#

No Rashad in Havoc Sitgryn

umbral scaffold
#

Time to get back into the game for havoc and mortis trials

formal ice
#

I was the one who suggested carapace first

#

He is just copying me but better

umbral scaffold
formal ice
#

Yeah that's right

#

Payment will come next week

#

Be sure of that

sharp epoch
#

is that rampage brutal momentum on it?

serene bough
#

been considering running unyielding on psword for boss DPS

#

wish i could test breakpoints in H40

magic trout
#

Dump stat for helbore?

sharp epoch
sharp epoch
magic trout
#

Thanks

tall torrent
tall torrent
tall torrent
#

losing elite means no more dreg rager 2-hit (base game) or 3-hit (havoc)

manic badger
#

Is there something I don't know are Kraks considered bad or non meta?

tame lodge
#

Something something only purpose deleting bulwarks something something

manic badger
#

it deletes clusters of maulers and crushers all the time

tame lodge
#

Current meta melee deals with that with ease

manic badger
#

the dueling sword instantly deletes 8 maulers stacked on top of each other?

tame lodge
#

So, do you need crushers stacked for Krak?

#

Why not go frag with an uncanny weapon

#

No need to stacking

#

See?

tall torrent
#

but they do achieve what they're supposed to be good at

tame lodge
#

In case you go with a melee/ranged incapable of carapace damage

hollow ibex
#

they're way too niche righ now

tall torrent
#

because it still removes whatever u chuck it at

#

I just think they need to be a lot better for single target crackdown, specifically bosses

tame lodge
#

Classic darktide
Niche competing with all arounders

#

🚬

manic badger
#

I just bring them on havoc seeds that have crusher/mauler spam with the empwoered enemies that heal

hollow ibex
#

they realy need to do meaningful boss damage without tossing 3 of them

#

and explode much faster

manic badger
#

They should apply stacks of brittleness with grenade tinkerer similar to how shredders get increased radius

slow spade
#

A faster detonation would be nice

tame lodge
#

Real

tall torrent
#

people grossly misunderstand what brittleness actually does

manic badger
#

is it not just team wide rending?

tall torrent
#

do u know what rending does then

manic badger
#

interacts with whatever armor damage modifiers a weapon has

#

so low ADM gets more benefit

tall torrent
#

yes, so

#

attacks that have high ADM don't benefit nearly as much

#

40% brittleness is only 10%dmg for attacks that have 100% or higher ADM against that specific armor type

calm shard
#

waow 40% damage

#

huge

#

wait

manic badger
#

yea but if the explosion applied brittleness in its radius things like bleed and burn would benefit alot

#

and soulblaze

tall torrent
#

not necessarily

#

because soulblaze and burn both have 100% or higher ADM against everything but carapace

manic badger
#

on carapace it would no?

tall torrent
#

and you're not counting on it to kill carapace basically ever

#

it'd be a lot better if krak applied a x%dmg taken effect to all enemies hit by its explosion

#

that's a much more transformative increase to dps

tame lodge
#

Aoe Skullcrusher huh

manic badger
#

I don't have any hope of seeing any changes inside of a 5 year period

tall torrent
manic badger
#

I think they've washed their hands of the trees

tall torrent
#

skullcrusher code is wack

#

but it's +%dmg

#

not x%dmg taken

#

x%dmg taken would be soften them up

tame lodge
tall torrent
#

focus target

#

etc

tall torrent
#

in terms of weapon balance changes

tame lodge
#

Need a bingo chart

sharp epoch
#

new vet weapon this year

serene bough
serene bough
tall torrent
#

just x1.5 to every elite and specialist
x1.7 to every monster (not captain)
x1.35 to every chaos faction horde enemy

serene bough
#

every now and then if you have extra you toss at a reaper whos harrassing your team, but otherwise thats their only niche

serene bough
#

ive actually come to appreciate kraks a bit more in higher havocs

void dragon
tall torrent
#

it applies to neither havoc nor mortis due to increased enemy health pool

slow spade
#

found that out the hard way :c

#

also depending on your setup, you can also 1 hit mutants with a heavy attack on the weak spot

slow spade
#

Focus Target + Precise Strikes lets me get it on the Mk6

#

but without talents, needs the funny blessing.

hexed wave
#

Marksman's Focus should be replaced by an ability that let's you temporarily wield a specialty weapon I.e Hellgun, Grenade launcher, Longlaz selectable as a ability modifier

void dragon
#

MAN, i tried a build without any of the nade regen perks and it REALLY itch not having them, veteran struggles to get off situations where masses are immense, and not even mention bulwark congas, when you dont have shout for it or it spawns too frecuently is quite opressive.

slow spade
#

yeah that's why frags + nade regen are an easy go-to pick

void dragon
slow spade
#

one of the few true "crowd control" abilities Vet has

void dragon
#

thinking of, making execute stance more of a keystone and replacing it with a skill to bring a heavy cc weapon for a small time (from a light machine gun from the art to the grenade launcher) would be really cool

grand perch