#veteran-class

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gilded wraith
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Gotcha, unfortunate. Thanks for the information!

sudden cedar
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@carmine zealot This 2015 version could have, by Gav Thorpe's admission, been called "Nocturne", but was never official.

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And, as it would turn out, GW made it so that Vulkan, Primarch of the Salamanders, would work on this type of armour.

elder vessel
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his pauldrons are everything to him

sudden cedar
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What is in there i wonder.

formal hamlet
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Guys I need to do a Krak grenade kills penance, what's a solid build for someone who's still finding their footing in aurics/havocs so I can get my penance done while playing the higher difficulties?

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Also if I get to Havoc 40 myself some day, does it drop me back down at some point, like each week, or am I just forever on H40 after that?

sudden cedar
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You will stay at H40 until .. some point.

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I don't remember exactly what point that is.

formal hamlet
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Okay, for like a long time at least.

sudden cedar
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There is FatShark post about this somewhere.

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I'd say a decent amount of time.

ember nest
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even flak armored stuff

formal hamlet
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Is it true the weekly reward is the same regardless of which tier you complete? So just participating is good enough for resource gain?

sudden cedar
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Higher Havoc gives more.

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For most stuff complete H40.

formal hamlet
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Gotcha. If I complete it on someone else's H40 I get the max, or must I myself be H40?

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I don't see anything about this on the Havoc screen, just says I get a box, doesn't say how much.

sudden cedar
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That would count.

formal hamlet
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Noice, looking forward to that 25K diamantine.

sudden cedar
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Slow down your ambitions.

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For your own sake.

formal hamlet
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Aw, it's less? Someone told me 25K of each. Damn.

sudden cedar
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Rather, your prospect of easily clearing a H40.

ember nest
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^

formal hamlet
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Oh I've cleared H40 about 5-6 times already.

ember nest
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this week?

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damn

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gj

sudden cedar
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Well then, good work.

formal hamlet
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Yeah. I found some folks on this server who were willing to give me a shot.

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Died a lot first two missions, but they told me what I'm meant to be doing and I eventually got the hang of out and they said I was actually holding my own, apparently I even did some clutch saves. nodders

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Definitely gave me some confidence, I'm doing more aurics now casually.

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It's still pretty sweaty though, feels like I get a new gray hair each time. kek

sudden cedar
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Kind of understandable really, H40 is a lot about teamwork.

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While Auric.. most of the time.. is not.

formal hamlet
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Yeah I was worried I'd just be getting carried, or wasting the team's time by making them wipe constantly. They said once I go back to auric, I'm going to feel like a tank in comparison.

sudden cedar
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Just don't become complacent.

formal hamlet
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In what way?

gilded wraith
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What's a good combo for the PS Mk6 vs ragers?

hollow ibex
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Stagger them

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And cleaves

formal hamlet
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Those the unarmoured ones? I light spam since it staggers.

gilded wraith
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Gotcha!

hollow ibex
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Just need to make sure it’s powered as always

ember nest
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AHA
I FOUND IT

formal hamlet
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Yeah, if one blindsides you it can get a bit hairy trying to power it up.

ember nest
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THE ELDAR COMMENT

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it's not in brahm's memory that I'm talking about

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@sudden cedar

formal hamlet
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What's the usual play in that situation if my shout's on cooldown?

sudden cedar
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Thought as much.

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@formal hamlet The same as always. Shout or not. Having to rely on the shout is bad.

formal hamlet
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Toss a frag at my feet and accept I will take some damage?

sudden cedar
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it means you use shout as a crutch.

formal hamlet
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I'm sure I do.

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It's a pretty good oh shit button.

tame lodge
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If psword

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Just special light

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Ol

ember nest
formal hamlet
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Yeah specifically with power sword, so just tank some damage and get it powered up to kill, got it.

sudden cedar
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@ember nest Good for finding it. Interesting.

ember nest
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yeah whatever is going on it's not the first time this specific warband has encountered or spoken to the aeldari

formal hamlet
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We getting Eldar DLC yeah? kappa

ember nest
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who knows

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ratlings were talked about a ton but

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nothing

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arbites were mentioned once as holding wolfer

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arbites

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your guess is as good as mine on that front

formal hamlet
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I need to google how Arbites is pronounced because every YouTuber says it differently. kek

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Ar-bit-eez.

ember nest
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are bee tees

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as long as you have 3 syllables and don't call them

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"Are bites"

formal hamlet
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I figured it was something like ar-bit-ays but apparently not.

little path
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it is

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it's based on the word arbitrator, arbitration etc

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and they're pronounced ar-bit-tray-tor and ar-bit-tray-shun

formal hamlet
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Yeah, those I know since they're just regular words.

little path
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give it a few years when they're renamed to Arbitratum Criminalus

tame lodge
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Ordo Arbitratus

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Ordo Arbitus

plain osprey
plain osprey
grand perch
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ill just ask my next door ancient roman

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...he says i should kill all germanics

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yeah im gonna disregard that

plain osprey
sudden cedar
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There are more than a million worlds in the Imperium of Man and thus a myriad way of pronouncing it.

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Every single one of them are correct in their own way just like languages on our world differ even if they belong to the same family.

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I sure as hell wouldn't be able to understand someone speaking pure bavarian

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Even tho it technically is german.

plain osprey
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Well, they did come out and said they wanted the pseudo latinism way but then again, they also want me to pronounce Lieutenant as leftanant and i'll be dead before i do that.

Its called LEUTNANT chadgryn

sudden cedar
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Its a different word for the same thing.

plain osprey
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But only my pronunciation is the right one. Von Clausewitz said so KEKW_ogryn chadgryn 💀

sudden cedar
little path
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Still wild that the official language in 40k is latin

plain osprey
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I see, my Landsmann is completley impenetrable regarding my humor

plain osprey
little path
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people who speak high gothic: No one, not even primarchs

plain osprey
little path
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people who speak low gothic: Everyone including the fucking xenos

sudden cedar
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@plain osprey High Gothic is High Gothic and Low Gothic is Low Gothic.

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Low Gothic is not English.

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It is simply presented to us in this way so that we can understand it

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And of course so that GW does not have to make a compendium of what Low Gothic actually is.

plain osprey
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🤷🏻

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Ive heared lore channels say that high Gothic is latin, low Gothic english

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I dont care enough about it to make a comprehensive source analysis

sudden cedar
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Those Lore Channels aren't accurate enough.

plain osprey
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🤷🏻

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40k is the land of headcanon

strange crow
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🤔

plain osprey
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Mine is as stated above

sudden cedar
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As long as it does not contradict or violate official material, yes.

plain osprey
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Until GW actually comes out with a definition. Which they probably wont

sand zealot
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did they get rid of the mortis trial ability where if you kill enemies in executioners stance you don't consume ammo? i've played 10 consecutive matches and haven't seen it

sudden cedar
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I guess you got unlucky.

sand zealot
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insane

hollow ibex
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I would check games lantern

formal hamlet
plain osprey
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Welcome to humanity 🫠

formal hamlet
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So with power sword does the rule of dodge > block still very much count? I hear it has less dodge distance and such.

spark canopy
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for general horde clear I'd also like to know, is the Achlys or Scandar a better better?

spark canopy
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my Helbore is my elite yoinker

spark canopy
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preciate ya

hollow ibex
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Achlys?

spark canopy
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yeah, Achlys is the 6, Scandar is the 3

formal hamlet
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I don't think I've ever used anything but the mark VI since day one. aPES_Think

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Wonder how the other one feels.

spark canopy
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well considering just about every build i've seen on gameslantern utilizes the 6 and not the 3

grand perch
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havent used mk 3 in ages

spark canopy
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i'd say it's outclassed

grand perch
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no reason to use 3 really

hollow ibex
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Yeah

formal hamlet
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What's the main difference?

hollow ibex
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Fun but straight up worse

grand perch
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no awesome push attack stab

formal hamlet
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Oh damn, yeah that's big.

grand perch
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honestly forgot what the one upside to mk 3 was

faint beacon
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I do Sunder PC on it when I play Mk3

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Mainly cause id rather keep them staggered seeing the downtime is

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Noticeable…

hollow ibex
spark canopy
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JUST GIVE ME A FUCKING DUMPSTAT MOBILITY POWER SWORD

hollow ibex
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but might be less damage idr

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still does fine against crushers

spark canopy
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FINAFUCKINGLLY

warm schooner
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why would you want a dumpstat mobility power sword?

hollow ibex
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main things are: worse horde clear due to dependencies on heavies (lights are usable but the angle is worse), no hidden sprint efficiency buff, can't block cancel, and worse PA single target combo

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for all thta

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you get the ability to charge while sprinting

strange crow
hollow ibex
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it still slows you down anyway iirc

warm schooner
strange crow
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Yeah that’s what I was thinking

grand perch
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it is their 1 weakness

warm schooner
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especially in high density situations

grand perch
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mobility and the charge up but the latter can be lessened with block cancelling

spark canopy
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wait so

spark canopy
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is the dumpstat for the power sword

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not

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mobility

orchid hemlock
grand perch
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cleave targets

spark canopy
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like every single other melee weapon

hollow ibex
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it's cleave targets

orchid hemlock
warm schooner
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it's not mobility

grand perch
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cleave targets doesnt really make you cleave more. so you dump it

hollow ibex
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i mean you can dump mobility, it's just that cleave targets is the better dump...

spark canopy
strange crow
orchid hemlock
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In fact, mobility on the Power sword is one of the few examples where it is actually somewhat beneficial 💀

tame lodge
# formal hamlet What's the main difference?

Mk3 is slightly and I mean slightly behind on everything that mk6 can do
Except mk3 might and I mean might deal with pack of ragers better because of sunder + perfect horizontals

spark canopy
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i have had a had a dumpstat cleave targets power sword

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for ages.

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and i thought it was subpar.

warm schooner
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congrats on setting fire to dockets

spark canopy
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i'm touching someone.

warm schooner
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you have alleviated yourself the burden of having things

orchid hemlock
strange crow
faint beacon
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Cleave targets

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Cause the difference is literally .3 in powered iirc

hollow ibex
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something like that

orchid hemlock
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PS also has pretty bad mobility so any amount does help 😭

warm schooner
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absolute dogshit mobility

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combined with how slow it is to operate, makes spacing a real challenge when in melee. which is compounded by how the vet cannot trade at all in the higher difficulties

faint beacon
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Basically with PS you have to balance pushing

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4 dodges

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And whatever frag you have to ensure you don’t get obliterated

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VOC also if you’re running it

spark canopy
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okay so i'm bad at finagling how to properly melee in situations, when to block/dodge/push

sand zealot
spark canopy
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is it generally a good idea to do a couple of lights, block and push, couple of lights, etc?

grand perch
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like, 7 matches i got it 7 times?

dense river
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I am loving the boltgun for the veteran but I recently unlocked the plasma gun. I am trying not to spend all my money but is it a good purchase?

sand zealot
faint beacon
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You can block cancel the start up animation on MkVI by tapping block

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MkIII cannot

dense river
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Oh sweet theres a anointed plasma gun for sale too so that works : )

faint beacon
strange crow
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Especially with limited funds

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Just go 60 charge speed for now

grand perch
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@tired egret

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i love pinging myself

dense river
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Any good melee for dealing with metal targets up close? I am finding the catachan sword which is great for unarmored isnt really doing anything to armored foes.

strange crow
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Combat axe is also good

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Duelling sword and knife yes but the crazy mobility they have can be a crutch

red fox
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I am getting my ass kinda wooped in Auric hi int, when the they just come rushing at you i feel like after using up my bolter i just don't have the stamina or dodges to kite and kill everything :/ frustrating

dense river
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I dont want to use dueling swords since it will probably catch a nerf soon and I am trying to learn the game still so I want something fun/skill developing instead of just plain effective

drifting oak
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I go between powersword and the OG chainaxe myself

faint beacon
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@faint beacon I fucking hate you

drifting oak
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both are awkward and immobile in their own unique ways

dense river
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Power sword tho now that is something I want : )

drifting oak
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but both have insane kill power when it counts

strange crow
uncut pebble
strange crow
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Duelling sword will not help you learn the game as much

faint beacon
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@grand perch they’re talking about reliable melees on veteran

narrow frost
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Taxe

faint beacon
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Begin the power point propaganda

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About the Taxe

grand perch
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did you know taxe has awesome stagger PLUS mobility and also makes your assorted appendages shrink or grow in size by your preferred amount???

red fox
sand zealot
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whats ur melee?

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try use ur dodges more efficient and take out the elites first if u can

faint beacon
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Invest into Taxe stocks

tame lodge
red fox
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Closed the game but bolter vet with rashad (or ps) exec stance (want to learn to play without relying voc) no keystones

red fox
spark canopy
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don't rely solely on dodges

ember nest
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trying to get used to IV helbore

spark canopy
sand zealot
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keep ur stamina and dodges and just be more efficitne

spark canopy
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missed shots don't punish at much and with the right perks it's as good as the IV, if not better

quiet valley
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MkIV is the best mark, MkIII is close second

spark canopy
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hm

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to each their own i suppose

ember nest
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@faint beaconwhats ur strats

spark canopy
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i just like the MKV, it hasn't done me wrong

faint beacon
spark canopy
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i'll give the 4 a try

ember nest
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ye

grand perch
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mk V doesnt have the convenient breakpoints mk IV has

faint beacon
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Unyi/Cara
WOF + Surgical

grand perch
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or mk 3 for that matter

faint beacon
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Anything remotely at ranged will get beamed

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Anything that gets close gets hit by a Tac Axe

red fox
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Maybe tired

grand perch
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tac axe has stupid block efficiency for some reason

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i didnt mention that

faint beacon
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Don’t let them know

grand perch
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dont worry i blocked them

quick seal
faint beacon
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More MkIV propaganda

grand perch
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not propaganda if its objectively true

red fox
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I'll try and upload something at some point

normal bay
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You pick the IV because it hits like a truck.

I pick the IV because it hits like a truck and has the best sights.

We are not the same

faint beacon
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I turned mine into a rail gun

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We are not the same

spark canopy
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i honestly like the V because it's a bit more forgiving for minor mistakes

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and also more ammo efficient

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(and also faster firerate)

faint beacon
faint beacon
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Running surgical and shock trooper you barely lose ammo

grand perch
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eyes a meter apart

spark canopy
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what's the mod you got that gives you that sight?

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i might have to cop that

faint beacon
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Ext Weapon Customization though it’s notorious for crashing after a bit

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That being like 3-5 hours

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Literally just remind yourself to restart your game lmao

little path
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what does the clip demonstrate

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I'm lost

spark canopy
normal bay
spark canopy
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and damage i believe

grand perch
spark canopy
faint beacon
normal bay
faint beacon
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It’s cropped on my end by loads the full vid instead

spark canopy
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i run a crosshair mod

calm shard
spark canopy
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adds a customizable crosshair to your standard iron sights

calm shard
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doesn't stop crashing

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but makes it take longer

ember nest
faint beacon
little path
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Sights make the gun not feel like dogshit

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I slap on sights on all the guns, especially autoguns

ember nest
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I would very much also just like the game to stop freaking out

spark canopy
ember nest
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I love disconnects I love disconnects I love

spark canopy
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i've barely used them at all, i might look into that

little path
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They're fine

faint beacon
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Deci HT

little path
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I like using the chaxe

faint beacon
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Shockingly on that build when playing with Ainz was consistently not taking a lot of damage

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Though Tbf I was playing more passive and was just ensuring ranged units would get shut down immediately

spark canopy
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i'm assuming that the dumpstat is mobility?

calm shard
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be passive because you are fully capable of killing every elite/specialist in the game by yourself

calm shard
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as long as you don't keep getting harassed by poxy boys

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veteran is especially good at it

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they are the best elite/specialist killer by like a lot

little path
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not really

spark canopy
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Veteran, if left unchecked, is great at elite sniping

calm shard
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and they get some of the best boss damage too

spark canopy
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fuck you arbitrators

little path
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most characters can snipe an elite

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all characters can snipe an elite

calm shard
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veteran is the best at it because they can snipe crushers/maulers too

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and also have infinite ammo

spark canopy
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yeah

ember nest
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electostaff m1s:

spark canopy
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they're like the only class that has the capability to reup on ammo

little path
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Zealots with a revolver:

faint beacon
little path
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Bistol Boys:

faint beacon
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solely run that in Purple + Red

scenic vapor
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guys lets admint it vet fell off

normal bay
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I struggle to go back to exe stance bolter after castigator stance bolter. Just so easy lol

little path
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Arbitrators with wallhacks on every elite and specialist that spawns ingame:

faint beacon
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My hatred for healing carapace is justified enough to have that be there

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Purple + Red btw

spark canopy
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i love when the simple discussion of how veteran is just the best range class comes up

little path
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Limited duration, on cooldown

spark canopy
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some thin lipped nerd is like "ermmmmm akshually"

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and spouting off on specific builds

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whereas veteran excels at range in just about any build

little path
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specific builds

calm shard
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even the regular veteran build is very good

little path
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exec stance

calm shard
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since vet is 3 for 3 for having the best guns in the game

spark canopy
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yep

calm shard
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Helbore, Bolter, and Plasma

calm shard
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And they have by far the best perks for bolter builds

grand perch
little path
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weapon swap speed and reload speed

spark canopy
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Veteran isn't the best for every situation

little path
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He can be

spark canopy
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but fuck me sideways if it isn't the best for ranged engagements in 90% of cases

calm shard
spark canopy
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you got a sniper? lemme just pop their head.

calm shard
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veteran will never be the best for any situation that is not shooting something

little path
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vet is very strong and can be on par with any class (except ogryn)

calm shard
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though they are also the best support class I suppose

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no they really can't

little path
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just run a shout vet with a plasma gun

spark canopy
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i detest plasma gun users

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i wouldn't trust them with my drink

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helbore on top

little path
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you can hate them, spit on their name, curse their famlies

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but that doesn't change that plasmagun is still the most versatile gun in the vet arsenal

spark canopy
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the humble Helbore lasgun:

little path
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high carapace damage, swap speed, insane cleave

spark canopy
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you can shoot what, 6, maybe 7? shots with the plasma before you have to reload or you explode?

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helbore lasgun can goon on 'em for days

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don't explode with helbore

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can get ammo back with crits

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has a special ability

little path
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8 shots to reach 100% then you just press lmb and it auto vents a bit

spark canopy
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and best of all, it isn't meta

little path
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and you keep tshooting

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combined with shout vet, the damage you take to toughness doesn't matter

spark canopy
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let me guess you run the DS 4 too

little path
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you sure do love relying on insults to try to win arguments

spark canopy
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oh no i'm just saying you're a meta clinging nerd

little path
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I'm just here pointing out plasmagun is still the best gun

spark canopy
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play the game that's fun, not what's optimized

scenic vapor
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man lets be honest hellbore while beeing cool is kinda dodo

spark canopy
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wrong

little path
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it's no longer doodoo

spark canopy
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i'd prefer a helbore over a plasma gun

little path
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it was buffed to be like

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kinda okay

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pretty okay

tame lodge
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Smh

little path
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the swap speed buff was very nice

normal bay
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Helbore fucks

little path
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it's one of those guns that people will call S-tier no matter what state it's in

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people called it S-tier before the buffs, people call it S-tier after

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and it's usually always at least pretty fun and pretty strong

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but man does it kinda suck to use if you don't have the right teammates

normal bay
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It's great if you have the support to blast away in the back

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If you're getting harassed all the time or have to clutch its pain

little path
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if you have teammates that love to rush forward, not fully clear rooms or knock everything around then not clean up the mobs

faint beacon
little path
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then you can get games where you just constantly get harassed by a few pox walkers endlessly

spark canopy
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a plasma gun has a lower skill floor and a lower skill ceiling which is why a lot of players flock to it
a helbore has a higher skill floor and a higher skill ceiling which is why people don't like it

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if you consistently hit heads with the helbore

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it will fuck

little path
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strawman argument

spark canopy
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am i wrong though

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that the helbore has a higher skill ceiling

little path
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by definition yes

faint beacon
little path
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oh, on that

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no you're absolutely correct

narrow widget
faint beacon
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Cause I’ll straight up do that and dodge accordingly whilst sniping

narrow widget
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💔

little path
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helbore requires more skill to use but that does't make it better

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ogryn out here proving that in spades

faint beacon
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Helbore kinda became better Vigil I hate to admit it but like

little path
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more skill required does not mean better

faint beacon
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Yeah…

spark canopy
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but it has a higher chance of being the best for a situation

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not the uncontested best

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but i'd much rather have a helbore lasgun player who knows what they're doing

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as opposed to a dime-a-dozen plasma gun user

scenic vapor
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ight i was wrong then haven't used the gun for a while. Gonna test it rn

little path
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I don't actually see many plasmagunners anymore

spark canopy
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thank god

little path
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Most people who use it are usually playing high havoc

hollow ibex
little path
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because the game is easy enough that at auric and auric maelstron

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you can just run whatever

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I've just been running chain axe and las pistol

scenic vapor
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@spark canopy may i lend a build? gonna go try it on some havocs

spark canopy
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keystoneless vet gaming

little path
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Shout vet but you dip into the left keystone instead of the right one

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Or not at all

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Vets keystones are kinda whatever

scenic vapor
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makes sense

spark canopy
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i just focus on elite and specialist munching

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a tauntgryn or book zealot is generally best because they keep the chaff off you

scenic vapor
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its still surgical and weight of fire?

hollow ibex
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on mk4 yeah

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the others have a wider variety of choices

spark canopy
calm shard
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so when chorus runs out you just get mobbed because they don't kill anything

spark canopy
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might try WoF though

proper delta
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maybe a stupid question but sometimes firing plasma at high heat vents and one time i exploded whats the rule

little path
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Just only use uncharged shots on plasma gun

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And always aim for the head

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You cannot explode except on a charged shot at critical jeat

faint beacon
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Surgical WOF is disgustingly good on IV

proper delta
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kk ty

faint beacon
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The V and IIIa

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Don’t

calm shard
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IIIa also wants the same

hollow ibex
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machinegun helbore does not exist. machinegun helbore can't hurt you.

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machinegun helbore

tame lodge
#

Hey
No full auto in the building

little path
#

Yeah something I always forget when using the helboer is that uncharged shots kill normal shooters in 1

hollow ibex
calm shard
# hollow ibex

people will see this damage output and watch me evaporate a plague ogryn before it even reaches the team in havoc matches

#

and then still blame me when we wipe to ragers xd

scenic vapor
calm shard
#

sounds like V

tall torrent
# spark canopy trust

This for helbore?
U don’t need rending for it unless u specifically rely on it to kill crushers

calm shard
#

even without it's kinda not awful (IIIa)

little path
#

Does the rending help with any breakpoints?

tall torrent
#

No

little path
#

I used to take it just for my melee weapon but realise it wasn't changing much

tall torrent
#

Helbore’s ADMs are pretty high

#

Like

#

One tap scab rager in base game

#

And only needing maniac perk to 1 tap flamer

#

It also auto generates crits with surgical which hit incredibly hard on weakspot

#

It’s one of the few guns where crit weakspot hits actually push the breakpoints straight into havoc’s health pool

calm shard
#

yeah it hits a little hard on crit

#

just a smidge

calm shard
#

shit can keep breakpoints in havoc through pus hardened skin

#

just by doing so much damage

tall torrent
calm shard
#

I am a damage juicer

#

some things are just too satisfying to let down y'know?

#

also does +maniacs matter for helbore now that the maniac ADM is better?

#

I kinda like running cara+unyielding

calm shard
#

armor damage modifier

#

how much enemy health types reduce (or boost) the weapons damage when you shoot them

little path
#

Adm is complicated on the surface

#

But really just know if you want your weapons to be better and killing ogryns, ragers or monsters

#

Or just follow the pinned guide

ember nest
#

what are the battle forged weapons

calm shard
#

old weapon skin set

#

they had battle damage, black paintjobs, and more skull motifs

ember nest
#

ah kk

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since I'm running mk IV is

#

is heavy sword a good idea

normal bay
#

That's what I've been running it with

calm shard
ember nest
#

would you got into like

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an h30 w/ it

calm shard
#

yeah

#

I go into h40 with heavy sword

ember nest
#

aight bet

calm shard
#

+helbor IV

#

it works as a melee if you never need to kill crushers or maulers with it

ember nest
#

I need something a little more immediate into chaff than powersword

calm shard
#

and what a coincidence the helbore dumpsters them both

ember nest
#

and I'm already using the helbore like

#

yeah

#

foor that

spark canopy
#

i just used the plasma gun

ember nest
#

it took exactly 2 auric tests to go "oh okay I like this"

spark canopy
#

dude this thing is so broken lmao

ember nest
#

everyone here knows about that

spark canopy
#

no i wasn't sure if they nerfed it yet

#

i hope they do

tall torrent
calm shard
spark canopy
#

damn

ember nest
#

like i don't mean to be rude but ion care abt plasma I already got one

#

ideally it stays strong but it's charge mechanics matter

proper delta
#

is plasma best roll still 69 thermal resist 71 charge?

ember nest
#

idk give me aoe explosion upon hitting a solid object if I fully charge it

hollow ibex
#

yup

proper delta
#

lmao

ember nest
#

when I care the least about it

#

this mf

#

I hope whatever change happens in the future just introduces a better dump stat

#

wise mystical damage dump sstat plasma when

#

finally caved and grabbed weapon customimzation

faint beacon
grand perch
#

thats tarantula food

#

hand it over

ember nest
#

nah a katy that big will eat the fucking spider

#

do not put that thing near one if you value it's existence

orchid hemlock
grand perch
#

i have tarantulas bigger than my hand

#

thats tarantula food

ember nest
faint beacon
#

Fun fact I used to care for a few of them

#

Really cool bugs

grand perch
#

not a bug fan

faint beacon
#

Katydids and Beetles are cool

#

Everything else

#

Eh

ember nest
#

one day we'll get a helbore with sights that make this mod not feel literally necessary for them 😩

dense river
#

Any advice for getting more diamanatine for a rookie? I cant really do higher difficulty yet

hollow ibex
#

some of the skins have better sights

#

p2w

hollow ibex
#

and explore more

#

that's basically it

dense river
#

Damn thats going to be somewhat tough but thanks

#

Lucky for me I have a decent enough boltgun : )

long dove
#

anyone got an Autogun build?

grand perch
#

which kind of autogun, theres 3

#

infantry braced vigilants

formal ice
proper delta
#

nothing has made me hate dog as much as intentionally grinding penances

calm shard
#

despite having the fixes ready

#

because they went on holiday

shrewd flax
#

here is the list of mods that i use. Any more recommendations?

wheat stratus
#

I just want some smoke nade and ammo, and this is what I have to route through

calm shard
shrewd flax
calm shard
#

yeah

grand perch
#

@manic cloak

tall torrent
orchid hemlock
tall torrent
orchid hemlock
marble yew
#

Maybe the smoke grenade could be more competetive if it was an impact smoke grenade and also maybe extinguished enemy flames 🤔

distant plaza
#

does anyone have any tips/build/weapons for getting the killshot ready penance?

orchid hemlock
#

In havoc they completely shut off shooters and gunners, they also stop Karnak bosses

orchid hemlock
#

The problem with smokes is that it's very hard to grab them and survivalist for Havoc

But if you play any other game mode, they can be cracked in gunner heavy malestroms

hollow ibex
#

smokes would be a lot more viable if they made me high IRL

orchid hemlock
gilded rock
#

Strange

#

Fatshark loves their unlisted effects don't they

orchid hemlock
ember nest
faint beacon
tall torrent
faint beacon
#

Makes their attack combos slower

ember nest
#

What if smoke grenades got the enemies lit

faint beacon
#

Highlighted?

ember nest
#

Amd if they inhaled it it cleaned their lungs and they died becauae-

faint beacon
#

Oh nvm

ember nest
#

Highlighted

sleek garden
#

I am sad people remove all the effects from the game that make it look cool

marble yew
#

Maybe some attack speed slow of enemies inside the cloud too but thats just overdoing it i feel like

tall torrent
marble yew
#

What more do u want lol, would be op if u went much further

tall torrent
#

first off it should just block LoS for bombers

#

so they can't bomb u in the first place

#

instead of this "putting out fire/gas" thing

marble yew
#

You cant expect the grenade to impact the bombers iq

#

He knows some dudes are in the smoke so he just lobs it into there anyways

tall torrent
#

make his accuracy throwing into smoke worse at the very least

marble yew
#

Just the impact nade change would be big

gaunt hare
#

what’s the dump of the chainaxe and shovel?

calm shard
#

they should be shit throws

#

since they're untrained cultists

#

not having 20 extra meters of range over regular scab bombers, and being able to bounce shit off walls

umbral scaffold
gilded wraith
#

Does one of the helbore models stand out as best?

heavy rover
#

it's pretty much down to preference and setup between the two

gilded wraith
faint beacon
gaunt hare
#

thanks

tame lodge
carmine zealot
long dove
#

I am wanting to scream

#

failing my mission 3 times cause teams are idiots

surreal rune
#

how should i build around the hellbore?

#

im running a very scuffed setup atm

plain osprey
long dove
steel veldt
#

Hard to get used to Weapon Specialist... I constantly switch weapons so I lose the buffs xd

long dove
long dove
plain osprey
steel veldt
#

I am running lasgun

carmine zealot
plain osprey
#

Ah ok

hollow ibex
#

yeah it's the heavy one

spark canopy
plain osprey
#

I use the pokey one because bayonet go stabbymacstabberson

spark canopy
#

i think i've been running the lowest secondary damage one

long dove
spark canopy
#

MKIV?

long dove
plain osprey
#

Ah ok

long dove
#

I love me MK IV

spark canopy
#

i like the MKIV, definitely the closest we have to a marksman rifle

#

MKV is a lot more forgiving and faster firerate

#

also the pokey special action is nice

carmine zealot
#

I can't use the Helbore. Too many loose poxwalkers. And ping.

hollow ibex
#

bayo can deal with loose poxwalkers

spark canopy
#

i use the helbore as my precision weapon

surreal rune
hollow ibex
#

and the swap speed buff makes killing hordes much less painful

spark canopy
#

taxe 7 or power sword for hordes

heavy rover
long dove
carmine zealot
#

Do you ADS or not most of the time?

long dove
spark canopy
#

it helps with actually hitting where you're aiming

#

(less bloom)

#

like 90% of the time when i shoot i'm ADSing

#

only time that's not the case is when a scab bruiser (the ones with the mace looking weapons, not the elites/specialists though) is right in my face

carmine zealot
#

I feel like every time I ADS a random poxwalker takes all my health.

spark canopy
#

listen for the audio cue that you're about to get hit

#

or just toss a shredder down at your feet

#

you'll still get hit occasionally but you can dodge whilst ADSing

#

i think the helbore has 3 or 4 effective dodges

carmine zealot
#

Ah ok.

long dove
#

I know in Meat Grinder set to Auric, if I pop exec and Focus Target the crusher, I can one shot it in the head with my Mk IV Helbore

spark canopy
#

yep

#

it's fucking insane

#

it's why i prefer it over the plasma gun

#

though plasma is pretty good in it's own right

surreal rune
long dove
spark canopy
#

for the MKV Helbore i flex between WoF and Armorbane

#

i haven't used the MK III enough to know what's it great at

long dove
carmine zealot
#

Helbore in Darktide is interesting. On the TT it's just another lasgun. But here it's closer to a hotshot lasgun.

heavy rover
steep flower
long dove
#

if you also wanna meme a bit, grab some lvl 410 +3 stamina Curios and go Deadshot. You drain Stamina but higher crit

heavy rover
#

hey now i used to run deadshot before helbore buffs. Ran it for infantry las and it got me through havoc KEKW_ogryn

carmine zealot
#

Is the rending strikes talent no good?

steep flower
#

Yet the situations where it shines keep popping up; i dunno man KEKW_ogryn

long dove
long dove
heavy rover
carmine zealot
#

I guess the base armor pen is good enough?

long dove
heavy rover
#

yeah

carmine zealot
# long dove for what?

I was asking why rending strikes isn't worth it for helbore build. Is it because the Helbore already does well against armor?

long dove
scenic vapor
spark canopy
#

yep yep

#

if you hit heads

#

it fucks

#

it fucks hard

#

it asks for consent first but nonethless

heavy rover
#

helbore is my go-to for havoc

spark canopy
#

unfortunately the infantry lasgun is just

#

sad

#

it's such a shame because it was one of my favorite guns when i first started playing

carmine zealot
# spark canopy sad

Even on launch it was annoying with the need to spam the fire button constantly.

spark canopy
#

okay so i am devising a perk tree for a helbore focused build

#

i avoided any skills that focus on rending, because the helbore renders that obsolete

#

i'm thinking field improv

#

that or determined, the suppression immunity skill

long dove
spark canopy
#

maybe deadshot? i do run triple stamina regen for my curios

heavy rover
#

I don't think helbore needs determined

#

it's got pretty low spread already

spark canopy
#

i'll probably do field improv then

long dove
#

and you dump stability on it

spark canopy
#

get all the ogryns to love me

heavy rover
#

I'd say extra grenade, gives you more opportunitity for breathing room

spark canopy
#

this is my helbore

long dove
#

I'd replace The Bigger they Are... with Counter-Fire

carmine zealot
long dove
#

eh I wwent low stab since I fire slow enough even with WoF that I can just re-acquire heads

spark canopy
dense river
#

How do I use the power sword? The power mode keeps turning off after a second or two of beng charged

spark canopy
long dove
spark canopy
#

dodge and block + push as needed

carmine zealot
spark canopy
#

Achlys Mk VI is better for horde clear, make sure to bring Power Cycler Blessing

long dove
dense river
carmine zealot
spark canopy
#

so you turn on power, swing three/four times, turn on power again

spark canopy
#

i guess it's hard to miss the ogryn sized enemies lol

spark canopy
#

i do have a question though, does them not being outlined exclude them from receiving the extra critical damage bonus? or are they just no longer outlined?

long dove
steel veldt
#

Does melee attack speed affect charged attacks too?

spark canopy
#

oh? so killing ranged minor enemies that are outlined, not just elites/specialists also extends your time?

#

damn.

dense river
long dove
spark canopy
long dove
carmine zealot
hollow ibex
long dove
#

I will say nothing makes me feel more like a badass than being in Exec Stance just one shotting everything with a Helbore

tall torrent
#

charged attacks are kinda weird

spark canopy
steel veldt
#

so with weapon specialist I should just spam lights?

tall torrent
#

attack speed in this game affects the interval between attack actions can be performed
the charging period for charged attacks (ex: helbore's charged shots) are not part of this interval

#

so what u'll see being kinda weird is that

#

WoF for helbore IV, doesn't actually make the interval between inputs faster
but it will make charging noticeably faster

tall torrent
steel veldt
#

killing shit

#

if they are unarmored

tall torrent
#

I meant, which weapon are u talking abt

steel veldt
#

knife

carmine zealot
#

Does melee attack speed affect ranged weapons? Or is charged attack supposed to be heavy melee?

tall torrent
#

knife doesn't have charge attacks?

steel veldt
#

I meant heavies

tall torrent
#

heavy attack is not the same thing as charged attack

tall torrent
#

heavy attacks are improved by attack speed

#

charge attacks are not

steel veldt
#

ty

calm shard
#

I think arbites is the only class currently that has just regular old attack speed that improves both ranged weapons and melee weapons

calm shard
#

right

#

martyrdom

#

forgot

tall torrent
#

no

#

martyrdom is melee attack speed

#

FotF and IJ are total attack speed

calm shard
#

why those two?

steel veldt
#

oh hi breadstick

#

I remember you

tall torrent
long dove
surreal rune
#

is there any use for marksman's focus?

long dove
#

I'm still wondering what makes a good Autogun build

#

No

surreal rune
#

noted

long dove
#

I mean, niche cases but you really don't wanna be sitting around anymore

narrow frost
narrow frost
long dove
narrow frost
#

and helbore likes it

long dove
narrow frost
#

dont need to

#

hit heads

long dove
#

unless you're getting headshots every 6 seconds

unreal forge
#

but accept that you'll spend most of the match locked onto its power up animation.

#

fucking hate it

hollow ibex
#

the weapon is so good that it has a tax blessing KEKW_ogryn

unreal forge
#

genius FS as usual

surreal rune
#

you can make the animation faster if you cancel with a block

#

still clunky as shit

proper delta
#

which heavy sword for horde clear / what combo

long dove
long dove
heavy rover
surreal rune
#

not to mention that the power sword has terrible mobility, even at max

long dove
#

@spark canopy I just remembered something! If you hold to ADS with the Mk IV Helbore as you swap from melee it'll ready to fire faster than if you switched and let it complete the animation

hollow ibex
#

yup

#

mk3 does not have block cancel

long dove
#

Idk if Im doing it right but I feel like I just wave my sword around like an idiot lol

hollow ibex
#

charge and block immediately

#

you'll get into the flow of things

#

or charge and push

#

that works too

calm shard
#

very easy to stack to maximum damage off common enemies

long dove
calm shard
#

yes

#

but it's equally easy to get max stacks so

#

only time it isn't easy is during bosses when the game doesn't spawn enemies

#

if it's horde+boss just shoot at vaguely head level into the poxboys

tame lodge
surreal rune
long dove
#

Is Close Quarters Killzone better than Duck and Dive for Recon Lasgun shout build?

hollow ibex
#

Generally yeah

long dove
#

Just asking

lucid pike
#

Whats the current best setup for helbore lasgun?

past stratus
#

as in? Stats? Blessings?

long dove
#

lotta helbore talk tonight. I like it

past stratus
#

I think it can at times outperform the Plasma after the buffs

remote sonnet
#

+5 crit +Unyielding. Armour bane/Infernus/Weight of fire + Surgical are popular.

tame lodge
#

Armourbane still icky

remote sonnet
#

Depending on mark

past stratus
#

at Mk IV I think Surgical + Weight of Fire is the optimal setup

remote sonnet
#

Each of the 3 goes with one different trait. Surgical is generally the only constant.

austere mica
#

Woe

#

Accurate documentation be apon ye

past stratus
#

on Mk III I can see Armour Bane being ok but even then I prefer infernus, for noob reasons. If I miss a headshot but get a crit body shot, I sometimes can kill an enemy with the burn

sleek garden
#

The slash bayonet has better cleave

#

Also I would never get rid of stability

tame lodge
#

6.5 cleave

#

Less 1st target damage than the others

#

Higher 2nd target Dmg than the others

long dove
past stratus
#

I think I'm currently using Carapace + Maniac on mine

long dove
spark canopy
#

this is my helbore 4

remote sonnet
#

Armour bane mostly good if you hit repeatedly.

past stratus
#

yeah but I don't really know if the math works for the Mk III and there is no reason to use it on the MkIV unless you really want to do damage to bosses

remote sonnet
#

No, it is not worth it on mk4.

long dove
#

Yeah 4 hits like a brick to the teeth

past stratus
#

I changed mine to Mk III today, I'm going to run a few games with it tomorrow and test some shit to see if I like it

sleek garden
#

maybe I am crazy

past stratus
#

but generally I just prefer Mk IV

remote sonnet
#

I'm mk5 enjoyer.

past stratus
#

I used that once and my conclusion was that it was just a bad version of III and IV but that was just my first impression

#

idk if it is actually good for something

calm shard
#

it is way faster than either of them so if you REALLY hate gunners

#

and want a gun that does damage unlike the infantry lasgun

past stratus
#

I always felt that was Mk III, it's good to use when you want to play the Infantry Lasgun but then you remember the Infantry Lasgun is not good. So you play Helbore Mk III and you have that fantasy of having a functional laser rifle.

tall torrent
#

after 3hrs of looking at code I've decided to scrap stagger detail values for chain weapons' saw-rip attacks because the code there is too complex for the avg player to ever consider needing to calculate

#

they're just as fked as charged attacks' and pellet-based attacks' stagger scaling

tame lodge
calm shard
tall torrent
#

But their stagger values are pretty complex

#

By complex I mean they’re listed as like 4 different values

#

There’s the attack itself
The sticky damage of the attack
The special activated version of the attack
And the sticky damage of the special activated version of the attack

#

And since the attack itself might not do saw-rip

#

I don’t get what the normal sticky damage is for

#

And I also don’t know what the special activated version’s difference with the sticky damage of the special activated version

#

There’s also last-tick damage for special activated attacks which is its own damage template

carmine zealot
tall torrent
#

Only 3 of them do

carmine zealot
#

I was wondering if it did anything or just cosmetic.

calm shard
#

it is actually a seperate hit

tall torrent
carmine zealot
#

I was using the chainsword on Arbites and it felt so much better than on Veteran for some reason.

hollow ibex
#

because arbi's broken good lol

tropic notch
#

Me when I don’t need crit to build the crit weapon

#

Thank you tac axe Arby

sleek garden
#

Why do people say the infantry lasgun does no damage

strange crow
sleek garden
#

It can 1-2 shot just about every important enemy that isn't in carapace

strange crow
#

Less damage at close range

sleek garden
#

It's actually easier for mine to one shot a scab gunner than a dreg gunner

#

Also it can clear out all the baby shooters

remote sonnet
#

ILG is good

#

Not Havoc meta, but still good.

tropic notch
#

The vigilant auto is just a better infantry las

tame lodge
#

Real? Real? Real?

hollow ibex
#

helbore is a better ilas

tame lodge
#

proceeds to 2 shot body mauler with Vigi 7

remote sonnet
#

For other class, maybe. For vet with shock troop, I disagree.

tropic notch
#

Unless you’re doing a specific build you typically path to get CaB

calm shard
#

because they all have more health

hollow ibex
#

stupid scab gunners

#

wearing all this armor

#

when you just be taking axes and las shots to the head

calm shard
#

how long did it take for scab ragers to not be directly inferior to dreg ones

tropic notch
#

Why is unarmored the tankist type

#

Das supposed to be unyielding

calm shard
calm shard
#

while 1.00+ is very common into maniacs/flak to make up for those enemies (usually) higher health

tropic notch
#

What has the highest

#

Heavy sword?

calm shard
#

since the most common unarmored enemy is of course

#

groaners

#

who have 200 health

calm shard
tropic notch
#

I know who does

#

@tall torrent help meh out

gaunt hare
#

what’s the magnacore plas dump stat

calm shard
#

@tired egret

tropic notch
gaunt hare
#

oh

#

wait wouldn’t it be charge since the playstyle is primary spam?

calm shard
#

yes but

#

charge affects primary fire too

gaunt hare
#

it does?

calm shard
#

mhm

gaunt hare
#

damn

tame lodge
# gaunt hare it does?

Yeah the whole weapon is charge based
Primary just charges it to around 52% before shooting

gaunt hare
#

oh

tame lodge
#

It's why blessings with "charge" on it works with primary

gaunt hare
#

damn i found a 60 charge one

calm shard
#

slow fire rate