#veteran-class
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It can like
Melt captain shields
And open bulwarks
And besides that its just Weapon
Yeah, I’m just experimenting and trying to play with stuff that’s not just “the meta”
Yeah I just learned that on the Karnak twins lol
The issue with that is smaul isn't even very fun
Its just
Completely mid
In every single respect
What do you like? Melee wise, on veteran
Not even because it's probably the worst at boss killing.
On everyone
I don’t think I’ve played with the chainaxe at all yet, I need to try that
It just
I genuinely don't think there's a worse weapon for that.
Isn't a fun weapon
Try shovelllll and the axes
Yeah I’ve been enjoying the shovel a lot. That was a pleasant surprise
What blessings do you like on the shovel?
Thanks
They both affect your damage the more you hit enemies in the head
What exactly is the “power” stat?
Try not to swing randomly since if you miss your decimator stacks reset
Something someone more knowledgeable than me can explain but iirc it's the best kind of damage boost
That’s the most I’ve ever understood it
Thank you
Decimator can stack a ton so it's good for long engagements with hordes and can deal decent carapace headshots
Use the push attacks for single target
Skullcrusher is also good
Or spam lights
Because its skullcrusher
Yeah you can run skullcrusher + uncanny just as well on the good shovel
Special into push attack
Spam heavy for hordes
Sleep
Wake up, realise you play darktide all day and are miserable
Idk I've been enjoying myself playing this game recently
I'm joking, i love darktide
ah
If the servers ever crash or something i put my head through the monitor, hence decapitating myself
objectively wrong
Darktide bad
Oh true actually I didn't think of that
power isn't a stat in dt. it's what strength used to be called. strength = damage, cleave, stagger
I think only one blessing has power and it just means damage there
Thank you
Uncanny+Skullcrusher is what I was using
Oh and take trench fighter drill and serrated blade
Always!!!

Is infantry autogun + power falchion a good combination?
Everything is a good combo when ypu are good enough
But havoc viable or not, that's an entirely different story
Havoc has its own rules
It's fine You'll not be exactly great at carapace but kraks exist so whatever
what are some h40 viable weapons atm apart from dueling sword
for a primarily melee build
Mk1 Shovel and power sword
for primarily melee builds
you're looking at
Power sword is probably better than DS
Combat Axe, Tactical Axe, Power Sword, and Shovel Mk1/Mk3
Power Sword is almost certainly better than dueling sword
And it's not even a contest
how come?
I like PS but the constant charging feels so ass
Like Power Sword is the hydrogen bomb
Better into mixed hordes and can still kill crushes with ease
also main single target dmg requires you to charge - push - push attack
feels like I get left vulnerable and spent a bunch of stam doing it
You can block cancel the charge
oh?
So you can charge > block cancel > push > PA > light > light pretty quick
what would be the hord clear combo with that
Horde clear on power sword is just charge then light 3 times
charge, block cancel and just light spam
Yup
Oh then yeah just tap block
and what about the shovel is it any good?
shovel sucks
shovel is a good generalist with good blessings, good damage into potentially everything, and good safety
It's a safe weapon!
not great for any specific thing, but does nothing okay or worse
You can also knock crushers out of overheads with the poke
safety
gives you a means to avoid giving up ground
without needing an ability or anything
what is the best mark and the single target/horde clear combo for it?
mk1 is the one im bias towards, which has the stab we're talking about
the other two have the folding heads which stab into an enemy and get yanked out for 2 high damage hits
the mk1 has stupidly easy combos tho
the heavy attacks are perfect horizontal cleaving attacks for horde clear
the light attacks are strikedowns for single target (despite their angles)
the push attack is a single high damage overhead that naturally deals good damage to everything
it's very safe against dogs
ty
Shovel is nice but nowhere near the meta
Snek
Apparently i do not
He does not know the shovel...
What happened with the shovel for it to be considered meta
Nothing
There's nothing special about shovel, but at the same time, there's nothing bad about the shovel
Yeah
Its nice
But not enough to be meta
Meta for what? havoc?
Because its competing with shit like pord
looks at Cole's Avg gameplay footage seems meta enough for me
Just because it isnt meta doesnt mean its dogshit
Both one of my favorite builds to play, and one of the best builds in the game (though still super slept on somehow)
Fast paced, versatile, and loads of damage, with even higher damage potential in a good game, all while still requiring you to be engaged so the playstyle is rarely ever dull
It falls behind power sword in damage, but not in safety
Power sword has some of the worst dodges in the game, which already can be extremely unsafe
And you cant deal damage if youre dead
Good luck meleeing that trapper shooting at you while dodge capped from your horrendous dodges
3 million flamers
KILL this man
I know Cole is motivating people to play shovel because it'll be buffed on the next update due to "Trenches of Atoma"
I just can't prove it
I can

Woohoo, we got us a flamer 🗣️
Wave of flamers would be fun
Waves of shovels 🙏
You'll find them in mortis trials
Oooooh
I remember now
I also remembered that they weren't threatening at all
Because mortis

is anyone playing with falchions?
All I see are old powerswords, dueling swords
and SHOVELS
Yeah its just not „meta“
Its still decent tho
It's mid so it fell off
Anything you want to know about it?
nah
I don't play vet
Was just wondering if I dreamt falchions up and they never existed
Because I don't think I ever saw them except right on release
I see more shovels and axes and knives than falchions
But more cleave and less single targwt
Because I don't see any at all
I just dont like the falchion moveset or id play it more too
Axes are goated
Knives are goated
Shovels are mid but has bonk.sfx
Midchion is mid but no bonk.sfx
Yeah exactly
I fckn hate it
Couldve made em more different atleast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3bcDPlsVRs&t=24s Man Ghost on inf Lasgun is so bussin dude
Build at the end.
The OG inf lasgun Exec Stance point and click setup, and honestly pretty damn amazing...even BETTER if the user actually can aim, unlike me lol. Ghost helps you A LOT at just simply NOT getting shredded, just dont get too tunnel-visioned and actually use your melee, then you're golden.
And actually, Exec Stance is pretty damn...
also OG exec stance lasgunning
tis good
Wait why is your vraks have a attachment?
There are mods that let you customize your weapon.
Yeah
Basically every mod on Nexus is green lit
Yea, but some are just small QoL changes, others are somewhat op.
like game breaking op?
Oh you have no idea
I didnt know, cause the game is online-multiplayer
and i thought modding the game might get you banned
In a sense. Some are just genuinely extremely helpful.
INSTALL 50 MACROS AND ANIMATION CANCELER RAHHHH
Games like Helldivers 2 and SM2 allow modding as well.
There's a mod that automatically marks enemies for Arbites dog to attack
It is op
Then there's Servitor one which is Bosco from DRG
Then there's mods that just add a red background to maxxed weapons lol
Yea it’s just that the mod makes power 500 transcendent weapons look red.
And referred to as “sainted” instead of transcendent iirc
what would yall put on this beauty
depends, do you want to magdump or be more marksman with it?
shoot elites mostly
Not terrifying barrage
just upgraded it i didnt put that on there
im changing it all
also if i just dump whole mag i miss half of the shots if not more due to this bs double fire bursts
Iirc flak, maniac, puncture, surgical
the mod of weapon customization is hidden
if you're magdumping, you can run calvacade and pinning fire
damn
if you're being more precise with it, you can run surgical and puncture / pinning fire / shattering impact (if you're really focusing on like a boss or something)
but yeah for both you can run flak and maniac
oh yea this thing deletes bosses
For bosses you'll want unyielding perk
they have unyielding armor?
Monstrosities are all unyielding
Yeah, as ilas said monstrosities are full body unyielding, captains are full body flak
what blessings/perks do you use on psword
Power cycler and sunder
power cycler at the minimum. Personally I pair it with Sunder
Power cycler is mandatory for the extra energised hits and sunder gives you an insane amount of effective cleave
and perks?
I do maniac and carapace
Flak maniac
Unyielding carapace i think?
Flak maniac will help u lots with most enemys
sunder also works well with serrated edge talent given all the crazy cleave you get
Can also go slaughterer or the other one instead of sunder
Forgot name
Unyielding is only good for bullwarks reapers and bosses
Brutal momentum?
Yes thank you
Why slaughterer
Horde killing
Yes brutal momentum is better hurrdurr
But slaughterer is also good
Eh im pretty sure sunder is better
Sunder is better for carapce
To kill crusher fast
Brutal momentum is better for miced horde
Sunder is the gigacleave blessing
once you clear a horde with Sunder and heavy attacks, it's hard to go back
so if you're running sunder on mark 6
should you be spamming heavies to horde clear instead of lights
Mark 6 is light spam for horde clear
Isnt mark 6 just better either way?
Or rather activate->block cancel->light->light->light repeat
Iirc yes
Like the cleaves are barely different
Unfortunately
If you're using heavies on power sword 6 you're playing it wrong
so the heavy attack part of sunder is wasted then
Ig
Yup
But thats not the point of running sunder
Could allways pick brumentum instead cough
You run sunder for the cleave
I see
Unyielding
Carapace
Power cycler
Sunder
BM is a more horde oriented blessing
Sunder is significantly better mixed horde clear
Slaughterer is good but not as good as these 2 above
Maybe one day when Psword gets 3 charges baseline
We'll run Rampage
(or just sunder BM lol)
It’ll just be sunder + BM
Or still power cycler
5 atk per activation is still good QoL
Fuck, it truly is
Not almost reverting the original nerf by accident 😭
exe stance on melee?
Ya
full stun immune
tis not bad
but MAN i wish they give you 100% switch speed instead of insta-switch to gun
exe stance getting turned into hybrid ranged and melee would be fun
It already was
slay man sized enemies on headshot
There's just more sauce to be gained these days
it would still be ranged dmg focused, but being also able to use melee a bit more comfortably with it would be nice
i like meleeing in exec stance, but the insta gun switch sometimes screw me a bit xD
You honestly really can if you're just close enough
skriers gaze
It already is
The ranged damage aspect is entirely secondary to its use atm
Sg only allows you to go up not stay on.
And is full of modifiers and supplementary talents to make peril gen less immediate
holy crap louis
Well someone else can win jackpots.
(I have now lost 10 million dockets searching for the godroll)
So how often does the Karsrkin outfit usually rotate in the store?
i know it's not good but i like braced autogun on veteran
back in the beginning of the game it actually was a lot funner to use
I feel like gunlugger ogryn fits that more now tbh exe stance is more precision
i will play "acuracy by volume of fire" on every character
(Aiming is humie behaviour)
alway hesitating between the MkIb and MkVIII tho
4 is literally the dakkaest of them all
does anyone actually uses exec stance these days
its just more ranged damage p much isnt it
and i guess highlighting enemies
which you dont really need
90% of vets are shouters
Its been sleeper good for a while tbh.
The new patch made it stronger by significant margin as well as other talent pathing changes and mergers.
Exestance is an ability that gets better the better the pilot using it actually is. This has always been the case even when voc was even easier to be more liberally used. The entire left tree for vet got better.
Information and free gun damage is the entire reason why vet has had heavy duty exestance builds that delete problems for free. Plus depending on the build you can have an effective sharpshooting vet whose kills translate to a steady font of toughness. It's undeniable in-game especially at this point.
Plus, being able to shutdown shooters has always been a valuable thing to do since closed beta. Exestance just had to compete eitj a fundamentally powerful and far more accessible ability since they pivoted to the talent tree system forever ago
what even was the other one again
some stealth thing which no one has ever used in the history of ever basically
Infiltrate. People use it and have used it. It falls behind often because playing with stealth, even if it provides a way for players to not be attacked, still requires the player to perform without it. That takes time and most people getting better aren't rounded out in their basic play so the risks that can come from misuse of infiltrate happen more frequently. Up to aurics however, is where it can absolutely perform well. Can't speak for havoc but I imagine most totally ignore it in favor of voc or exestance.
And it was more popular than what you're saying. Certainly overshadowed and more narrowly built.
That's different now by many respects but it could still use some minor buffs. The right tree for veteran has mainly found use as a staple for the talents in the final tier of talents. This has been the case for the majority of generally good all-rounder meta builds on vet because it's inherently an all-rounder cornerstone of a class long before this major patch.
thats true, but I think its mostly because people haven't realized how much better exe is now theyre still stuck on the old meta
I use exe on h40 and it works even better than old shout
im sure the others are good its just that they lean into the ranged vet more which relies more on having good team mates to cover you id say
Nope
There's more than that under but the main thing is stun/slow immunity
Which pairs well with problematic weapons like Power Sword
Which is also the best melee generalist in the game
You don't need their cover explicitly. This is a false notion. It's helpful yes but tunneling isn't always necessary nor the best idea. And any kill earned from exestance extends the duration so all options are always available.
While also generating toughness
This as well
Totally forgot exe does that now
its always done it
The survivability of exestance has gone up after some needed quality of life changes so it's easier to use and get used to
And no it didn't passively provid toughness
That's a new thing. Any toughness you gained was from your own actions and anything else that feeds toughness.
oh I meant the stun immunity
Mm. Got you
voc: low skill ceiling + team utility
exe: medium skill floor + depend on user to get value
Medium to high depending on the range weapon chosen, yeah.
Send out 55 more crushers
I've been trying to find good off meta vet builds for a while now, which is why im asking about other stances but every time i try it feels like im just a detriment to my team because im not easily running around killing all the crushers with a dueling sword and 1 shotting everything else and bailing the team out with VOC
dueling sword is OP af imo
your better off playing book zealot if thats the value you want
try ps6
upgraded shout and better with a DS

the most real WWE match
It is but it's also boooooooring
And the horde clearing aspect isn't amusing
I love hacking and slashing through hordes on my horde game
🗣️
Internet double send moment
Try helbore builds
Instead of 1 shotting crushers with DS you'll 1 shot them with Helbore
DS vet with shout is way superior than DS book zealot
book is way better than shout
What weapons should I use if I wanna use infiltrate?
Well yes taking the ability alone that's true
But that's not what I said
I said DS shout is better than DS book
I use it in havoc for the passive toughness gain and stagger immunity, I have insane uptime with it. I dont even use a gun with it
I just use tactical axe
Vet can pump damage with no downtime
Zealot can't when casting book
Which means losing all scourge stacks garanteed
with their cooldowns considered, class talents, and the ability themselves I still think book is better than shout
shout is up every 20-30 seconds while book you can get every 30-40 seconds more consistently than shout because it doesnt require you to kill specialists only
then you look and see that book also gives 30% damage to the team which makes up for not being able to hit stuff
Doesn’t matter but infil does synergize with frags. So take frags if you can.
Stealth bomber build is pretty funny
What’s everyone’s opinion on the Headhunter/vigilant autoguns?
amazing
I love them, probably the best chill sniper playstyle weapon
single shot is good general, double can be build for anti carapace, 3 burst is best dps but worse handling
all can hold up in havoc too
Interesting, i’ve been avoiding them for some time but need to level it for mastery. Yall talking about exe stance being good got me thinking about it lol
dont need stance with them but it helps the 1-2 shot marks
Lovely dmr
best one is 3r burst (Mk III)
VII has really bad 1 tap breakpoints which massively lowers its kill-per-mag potential
IX is not as good at 1 bursting as III
Nah that's not realistic
For shout at least
Shout will probably be ready every 20s worst case scenario
It's impossible to not find any special during that time
Shout realistically takes between 12-24s to be ready
Book requires 25 (tho if you're running book you're probably using PCT, which would make it 30)-52s
Everyone and their mom run triple combat ability curio
Goober ^
this would require you to be killing every single special at the pace that they spawn
With triple combat ability it already drops it down to 24s
No specials killed
So just 1-2 specials killed during that time it garantees it to take less than 20s
26.4s
youre spending 3 curio slots to save just over 3 seconds
that will likely already go to waste unless youre spamming it off cooldown, which is even more of a waste
Best nodes for exe stances?
Ohhh oki
due to the duration increase
So the damage is just gravy?
none of the subnodes change its damage
Meh not like there are many other options
3s comes clutch tbh
its just whether it highlights shooters, ogryns+duration, and if it marks them for your team
Oki
and every time cdr procs the value of the perks drops
like lets assume you had tact awareness up 100% of the time
15s with no curios ya
your 30s cooldown now takes 15s
with perks, your 26.4s cooldown now takes 13.2s
saving not even 2 seconds
okay but what about my 45 second infiltrate
granted thats unrealistic, but my point is to show how they get less value the more cdr rate you have
and theres plenty of good curio perks
Also what's the calculation done for cdr curio
toughness
gun resist
hp
stam regen
revive speed
Nvm I remembered it
nah I don't think it's worth outside psyker tbh
theyre multiplicitive with each other like all dr
I find weird to play anything without cdr
these all better yea
Maybe arbites with charge tho
nah it really doesn't make much of a difference now
But for the rest wut, it comes clutch
cuz most CD talents are CD rate
it saves so little
closer to like 5-4s
it's not 8s unless u skip all 3 CD talents on zealot
cuz of cdr
and chances are
youre not popping book within 4s of it coming off cooldown often
Not exactly like I can win cdr while casting book tho
So i'd say it's more of 6s-7s of benefit
or any ability for that matter
I don't think they are actually
yes they are
3 curios is 12%
u save 3.6s for chorus from using triple CDR on curio, if u get crit CD talent
When book CDR so bad you run CDR on curios
yeah thats cdr
i said dr
💀
26.4s vs 30s
it's meh
nah they asked how dr was calculated on the perks as a followup to other perk options
DR is usually multiplicative with each other
crit CDR with book
not always the case
wat
what are you confused about
any weapon with piety
or any weapon with a crit blessing
or any weapon with inherent crit chance
I also always assumed that cooldown rate wasn't dependent on the flat cooldown
The default rate is 1s per... second. But if you have 100% rate you get 2s per... second
and scourge
easy 35-45
piety setup, getting a crit hit every 3s is not a particularly hard ask
That's still just 30% a
thats nearly 1/3 hits
roughly every 3 hits reprocs it
thats why book zealot is better you can consistently get your cdr
if your fighting a boss as vet your not getting cdr modt of the time
If you're fighting a boss as vet, said boss is already dead

(krak OP)
Lacerate knife with scourge
doesn't even need lacerate
I think martydom book zealot would be interesting
Yeah

Went from living with 22 seconds on fury after a CRIT to a permanent 20 seconds on fury

Sorry if this has been asked already, but is there a bug where tagging and com wheel just don't work?
yes
Yeah after some minutes it goes back to normal
easy fix press alt+f4
I cleared my first h40 with Marty book zealot
I feel like it might be the sleeper build of book zelots, just takes more skills
I've been touting that its good since before the rework and I got told that I have to relegate to being fully support with book zealot
To which, I said no 
That's a boring way to think in my opinion.
And a bad way because then what happens when you're possibly the only one alive and all you have is your chorus to survive with no real offense?
does bleed dot ownership work like flame staff?
Same thing happened to me yesterday then fixed itself mid match randomly it was annoying as heck I was also on my vet
whats crit max cdr
30s
what CDR keystone you take?
cdr nodes arent keystone, but I was talking about martydom keystone and cdr node
which cdr NODE did you take
On zealot, I've had crit since forever, but I think weakspots is more consistent for melee heavy builds and martydom is actually decent if you want to use your ranged a little
How does one build a combat shotgun these days? Perks/Blessings?
I run flakaniac with full bore and no respite on my agrippina
Depends on which one and what build. There’s a lot of ways to build it
But all combat shotguns actually have some genuine options
I'd like to run the slug one (Agripinaa?). But I wouldn't mind having a build for the fire shell mk either.
Same thing for accatran or
Accatran's kinda bad :(
You can also run manstopper and flechette
Also, is Stab or Mob the dump stat for shotguns now?
But you need weapon spec for that.
I thought Accatran was the best shotgun? (Or it used to be a year ago)
And it's arguably worse than double barrel but it doesn't need always prepared.
Yeah back when it had infinite cleave on fire shells
And when they went through walls
They don't anymore?
No they haven't for like a year at this point
But the Zarona is good now? That's surprising.
Accatran's like
Entire purpose
Is being an objectively inferior double barrel that has more ammo, and better accuracy at range
Imo it was always at least decent but very weird
Now it's still weird but also good
It's the only gun in the game that has an entirely different damage profile when you ADS compared to hipfiring
Sounds like Agripinaa is the best now tbh... Since Accatran is just a worse DBS, and Zarona is awkward to use for it's special shells.
Because scattershot + flechette with the node that gives you cleave on high peril gets very stupid.
You don't use Zarona for its special shells
You use it because it has the highest damage regular shells by quite a lot
Its special shell is okay tho
I thought Accatran had higher damage regular shells?
The special shells can work quite well on some setups tbf
On paper yes, in practice not even close
Accatran barely saw buffs
Simply because Zarona has vastly higher crit/weakspot damage on regular shells than the other two
Idk if it’s much higher than agri
Hard to tell
Stat card on shotguns are just totally wrong
Here's a simple little breakpoint for you then
Zarona can one shot bodyshot auric maulers with regular shells
Agri has to load slug
What's the recommendations for an Agri build? No Respite, Man Stopper?
I'd say Full Bore+Manstopper for agri all the time
Full Bore is free +20% strength
The agri is super accurate, and the slug counts as "every pellet" as well
Won't No Respite only work on targets you hit twice?
Well you don't have to hit them yourself if they're staggered by anything it counts
Or does it apply on the first hit when the enemy isn't staggered yet?
Also No Respite is fucking lying it is not 20% damage
It is 20% per level of stagger up to...100 or 120% I can't remember how many there are
And Flak and Maniac for perks?
Also, why not use Stab for the dump stat?
Zarona wants crit+unyielding imo
Seems the fire rate is low enough that you don't care about Stability rolls.
I mean I except Zarona to do more damage but agri does have way better ergonomics
Hey I like both of the combat shotties 
Question: you folks think that Kraks needed the ammo pool increase when they now have easy access to another charge + 20% chance for a 2x1 in the perk tree and the other damage buffs vet got?
Yeah
and I think it needs to just instakill crushers
Instead of having to rely on buffs
Tinkerer is basically a havoc Krak tax
Should it also have the damage aoe diameter of the frags?
I run FB + DS
manstopper without deadshot on this gun kinda low value
even with WS's guaranteed crit
That increase singlehandedly made them actually viable to use.
It would still be awkward with all of that more accessible grenade retention if you could only have two and grenadier would become a tax node for using kraks.
needs an instakill override baked into the grenade itself baseline
and grenadier prob can use a rework
20% chance to not consume blitz rather than throwing 2 at the same time
krak twinned's homing is wack
frequently both stick on same enemy and it's just wasted dmg
There is also the god moment where it tags different crushers and they both blow to pieces
yea that's just rare
u gotta throw a twinned first then hope they stick onto diff enemies
Is there a way to manipulate if the extra base comes left or right?
20% chance to not consume a charge is just more versatile
I wish
Would make smoke setting more fun imo, tossing 2 smokes sometimes is a waste
Yeah, even on open arenas one should be enough
It’s gambling. You like gambling right?
frag twin gamble is worth
krak twin gamble is meh
it's just for +1 nade to cope with rot armor
i dont bother with it
back when krak had 2 max capacity it was mandatory but 3 is a good sweet spot
from what ive seen if you get a twin proc they both diverge equally
Just git gud at gambling
not necessarily
Im more talking about the trajectory without the lock on
like with shredders too,
they wont go where you throw them they split equally from your hand
yea they do diverge but the homing still fks it over
I think they need to make it 20% chance to not consume charge ngl
the best way to get a good homing is throw them from far thats the only time ive got it to work right
making it more consistent like every 2-3 throws would also be a decent change that way you can change the way you throw the twin one
they could make krak not home onto enemies already stuck with krak but that to me seems like a more complex change than to make it not consume charge
idk if that would work considering they home in at the same tome
they're not fully the same
like, u can tell 1 explodes before the other
it would require something to check every millisecond if something is homing in on a certain target
its probably too complicated for one grenade interaction
yea better to just make it have % chance to not consume charge
alright, tested finesse on CS
vs. Scab Flamer
Agri
Bodyshot: 639
Headshot: 1574 = 2.46x
Headshot Crit: 2197 = 3.44x
Zarona
Bodyshot: 856
Headshot: 1656 = 1.93x
Headshot Crit: 2190 = 2.56x
agri has some insane finesse
zarona has higher base damage
i knew agri had high finesse
but yeesh
3.44x damage multiplier on headshot crit... is pretty insane
Agri shotgun right 😈
yeah
which stats should be at 60 for helbore?, Stability?
Cause I compared to a 80 stability helbore to a 60 stability helbore
I couldnt tell the difference between the two other than my shitty aim
Start giving it cybernetics
that looks like a floyds
Yo don't dox me 😞

Which melee is better for vet, rashad or Mk1 shovel?
Been trying the shovel more and it seems decent
rashad
rashad requires specific builds though
also did a more fulsome test of shotgun finesse vs. dreg gunner at point blank rage
TL;DR agri has insane finesse, accatran finesse is laughably bad
Any specifics on talents or the build overall?
you need both trench fighter (attack speed), 10% melee damage on the bottom right-ish
and you need to run unarmored (carapace is recommended as second perk) and brumentum + heaadtaker
all of these are mandatory
for damnation/auric breakpoints
but if you have all of these, rashad's prob the second or third-strongest melee for vet
What would be better? DS and pSword?
power sword is number 1
i think some people would rate dsword about rashad
but i personally would not
Fair, I just do not like power sword so rashad is good for me
Like i dont want to be super slow and press a button anytime I wanna attack
Haha
Appreciate the info, thx
stability
Yah psword is jank incarnate
power sword mogs almost every melee weapon in terms of dps atm
take every talent that apply to melee +dmg
I will fully admit its powerful but I just hate the feel of it
it's more rhythm based than other melee weapons for sure
It’s a good weapon to force yourself to learn melee fundamentals
So there’s that lol
hey guys just wanted to ask a quick question, do you guys think focus target or marksman's focus is better for a infantry lasgun build?
Sounds like its a skill issue on my part lol
if u play more hybrid playstyle, FT
if u really want to focus on ranged, MF

with that said WS is generally better for hybrid
whats MF?
Marksman's Focus
oh
WS?
oh wait nvrmind
weapons specialist
the only gun I would consider running MF for is helbore
because MF takes 3 extra points to reach on bottom left
and u can usually get 70~80% of its dmg bonuses for ranged (which also applies to melee & grenade & DOT) by taking all dmg talents on right side
do you guys think ill get my arse handed to me if i try to do havoc with the infantry? and if i do (i already have a maxed one out), what melee should i bring alongside for it?
the opportunity cost is pretty high
what havoc rank
pg, boltgun/bistol, laspistol, combat shotty all work incredibly well on MF
is it cuz the charging you can do and the pinpoint accuracy you can achieve with it?
that rending modifier goes fucking nutters too but u dont really need it
no, just because helbore gets real 1 taps
yeah the only thing it won't onetap is a crusher
and just to be clear, the best inf las blessings are headhunter and deadly accurate, right?
ofc ofc
atm prob ya
they're ok but MF's problem is still opportunity cost
I run them with FT / WS
what melee should i run with it? i was thinkin power sword / falchion but idk
i outright prefer it over weapon specialist
up to u, prob can't afford it anyway
power sword is strongest vet melee for dps atm
i mean my build currently has it i think?
wat is ur build
crit shock troop las build with kraks, all the usual toughness stuffs, and focus target
which gun? ilas or helbore
Is melee focused vet a bad idea out of curiosity? Haven't seen vet tree since the rework/update
do u have anything on bottom right
i meant to reply to deadshot comment
ilas, specifically MK7
ok if you're running ilas, just ditch deadshot
not worth it since the firerate can't keep up with the stamina drain
all i have is reciprocity for more crit chance
hybrid playstyle is optimal
ok then ur losing out on a lot of dmg
tell me what i gotta fix then please
any specific ones in mind?
Makes sense!
skirmisher + exploit weakness is like
non-negotiable for hybrid builds?
i lean more for ranged
agile engagement is really strong too
but fair
if u play ranged focus I still think those are like, not really negotiable
off topic but
both skirmisher and EW are better than superiority complex for example
should i swap to Ex Stance rather than VoC
not runnin sup comp rn
both abilities are good
ok then idk wat ur build even is lol
i went straight down the first 2 paths
Picture picture picture!!!
Wait you can just use this too
it was ok
Wait what?
?
?
he prob sent over DM
Floof
is weapon specialist the most optimal keystone for these? feels very situational but I don't know what else would be less bad on a melee vet
yeah revolver and knife both love WS
is there is more safe and quick way of kill hoard mix with rager enemy than this with the combat knife?
That's an easy WS pick
i have play many amount arbite and now fight with combat knife is hard
When you are in safe distance, which is easy to reach via combat knife's dodges, use the occassional heavy/push attack. Do not spam these though, it's easy to get guardbroken or stunned. Also, you have executioner's stance, it's very easy to upkeep it via mowing down the ragers, and you'll have passive toughness gen from it to prevent chip damage
Don't use stance sparingly
It's so easy to upkeep it now
i am bad at to using the ability at good time
how come its quick😆
i do heavy attack but is recovery is bad and i get hurt many amount
slow as grandma
what this is meaning?
Don't worry too much, it'll play out easier than you think. Anytime you feel it's getting packed with elites do it. Rarely ever do you need to worry so much about ability activation, in darktide overall.
thank you
You're welcome. Also feel free to send your build here, there might be some changes to assist you better
i only have 23 level amount
That's okay. It's up to you, whether you start worrying about it now or at 30 (maximum)
only character to have 30 level amount is arbite
i love arbite
i am many amount more good with arbite
it's a fun build and I do my best at juggling the stacks but it feels like I'm not being as useful as dedicated ranged vets
this is happen many time when am using heavy attack
i holding block but recovery is slow and is impossible for avoid hit like this
this is not happen with light so i only do light with combat knife so this is not happen
is more safe but slow
i thing safe is more important than quick but i try for make balance
Yeah, you have to play according to the situation, here, since you're dealing with a mixed pack, you'd use your knife's horizontal heavies mixed in with lights. Spend some more time with the weapon to learn combos better, play around with its moveset more
i know how it works i was just showing example
Not necessarily. Knife with serrated blade and mercy killer is insane by itself. Revolver is easy to reload and can one tap on vet with ws
i was trying for make this happen in the video
it happen many time without trying though
is make heavy attack is dangerous because enemy sometime is do big lunge that can not block even if react to it if in recovery
I'd send a video but i'm not home. Later i can show you a little better
thank you
it is 20 scab bruiser and 5 dreg rager also
so can copy
Now that i had time, give this a shot, see how you feel @digital escarp
that's exactly what I'm doing, one-tapping specials with the revolver and using the stacks to cut hordes or stab crushers in the head with knife, rinse and repeat
idk it just doesn't feel as good, I'll have to notice damage done more
ty for the tree, will take a look
Yeah
Knife may not be king of horde density but with WS and serrated that does not matter as much
Not to mention, catachan MkVI has 2 horizontal heavies and horizontal lights
Has you covered, in that sense
Though i will say, my favorite knife build is knife + plasma WS
shotgun
i am not want to use resource
why
i want to practice for when i have none
Survivalist
that makes sense, but on veteran you're rarely ever out of resources
i want to being prepared
and i like to take as little from team as possible
you don't take anything from your team. free ammo from survivalist, free grenades from all your grenade talents
it is small ammo
Yes but very additive
it help?
You will encounter many such enemies in a match
Yes, very much so
I haven't taken an ammo box as vet in a long time
Survivalist is a very good pick
The only good pick
Try it; you'll feel it
yay i will try
i am use movement speed thing i think
Yeah that's fun to use but sadly doesn't give the amount of value survivalist does
Your.mind is tricking you to believing it actually does anything
You take movement speed if another vet on your team has survivalist; for example
i just use it because other i thought is small amount
i think it is only thing i use before
it adds up.
especially for high value per shot weapons
Give it a shot you'll see. It counts for both elites and specials, and either you or your teammates can proc it
is good for revolver?
i like quick draw stub revolver
like the best weapon in the game - Double Barrel Shotgun
yay
It's pretty good
i never play in above uprising difficulty as veteran yet
and there is not many specialist
Oh
it works for elites too
i have play damnation as the arbite though
The more you push up difficulty wise the more you'll see it
It's literally always active
i am 1 mission away from have auric but i think arbite is too much easy
i think am bored
i like gun most
Arbites has a lot more cushions as a class yes
Easy survuvability and damage output
it fun when i start but i never am take damage and is feel boring
Though other classes can do more damage wise. It's difficult to beat a good plasma/double barrel veteran, for example
it is like if survival horror game like resident evil is give infinite ammo
i think i never use double barrel before
is hard for shoot far away enemy?
or is like subductor pistol
is accurate
sniper is small health
No subductor pistol though that's a little much
i like subductor pistol
That thing is literally a pocket sniper
pistol sucks ass
the best thing about double barrel vet is that you almost never have to reload
shistol is reload animation simulator
how to not reload?
It's aight. If i want to take tight spread i'd go for executioner shotgun, that one mk of it
weapon specialist
what is it do?
specialize in weapon usage
it's good for revolver too
Its modifier gives you ammo back in magazine whenever you switch weapons (activating ranged specialist). 3.3% seems small but calculations are out of the window when you have 2 bullets in your magazine
This with double barrel is the doomguy build
It's 3.3% rounded up so yeah very good
i am excited for high level to try
that is amazing i love the revolver
i am excited
i will try when finish other game i am playing
i will do many amount ammo with aura thing
A meme node
waht is this meaning?
Not really worth it
You'll playing an entirely different playstyle with it but its eh
Can be neat with helbore but thats about it
Its for guns that has low fire rate like helbores, plasma and what not
If it didnt consume stamina per shot it wouldve been nice for recon
True
It doesnt work with plasma btw
Oof
Like at all
it is ok with revolver?
I played Executioner Stance with Kantrael and exec stance in Havoc 40 with it, you do need to get a stam regen on your keystone to ue it reliably tho
Ehhh maybe?
Cshotguns the universal gun
Theres much better talents for you to spend your points on than deadshot though
Specially for ws builds
idk, I feel like you more or less needs deadshot with combat shotgun, if you're going for manstopper builds
What
Twas already corrected
TWAS ALREADY CORRECTED.
This cannot be forgiven we stick krak grenade to your groin now
May a DH accidentally touches you.
either way, deadshot can be great for a lot of weapons, but not all
True
It's great for vraks infantry autogun 
I tried it in H40, too fast for it to be reliable tbh
Use a Shredder autopistols guys, its the best guys, its even better with marksman and is best at counter snipers
Lowkey shredder felt good this patch
Idk maybe it's because vet finally has a good talent tree
fucking why an arbites player uses that over his shotgun hunting snipers, i will never know
shredder is lowkey more or less a great utility weapon xD
tbh, high crit chance, fast fire rate, it aint so bad for picking off weak ass snipers, but yeah
I ran it with knife it's kinda also good at actually killing stuff
Esp ragers or other maniac specialists
But I assume good at killing part is exclusive to vet
if you're up close yeah, but its dps still aint the best at killing, even with blaze away and calvacade. Still serviceable tho
I appreciate its high stagger
After all I did a dumb idea of knife + ius and thought no way it'd be good
Turns out it is if you make it WS
thank you
is devils claw sword is good for use?
We wish it was good
It's not bad... Until you encounter anything armoured
Well dclaw is probably not the pick then
thank you
why critical chance is say 20 when have pull out gun or sword
but when i shoot or swing attack it change to high number
i do not have any tallent that do this
Vet base crit chance 10%
You prob have desperado +10% melee weapon’s crit chance
35% is prob with knife

