Auric Maelstrom - Heavy Attack Bleed Tank
Build for Darktide
Weapons
Confident Strike
+5-8% toughness on Chained Hit.
Momentum
Hitting at least 3 enemies with an attack, restores 12-15% toughness.
Shattering Impact
Target receives 1-4 Stacks of 2.5% Brittleness on direct projectile hit. Debuff lasts for 5 seconds and can have a maximum of 16 stacks.
Adhesive Charge
Your Grenades stick to Ogryns and Monstrosities. +6-15% Damage vs Ogryns and Monstrosities
Curios
+13-17% Toughness
+13-17% Toughness
+17-21% Max Health
Talents
Description
build
primarily focused on toughness generation, damage reduction, and heavy attack damage+bleed.
cleaver
tears through hordes with light into heavy while applying bleed to keep DR up.
the rumbler
will deal with carapace and specials at range. it is also useful weapon against bosses because it applies both brittleness and soften them up.
cluster bomb
is versatile, big aoe for mixed hordes and decent single target for boss.
charge
is primarily used as either attack speed buff+stagger to destroy hordes/boss or as reposition+knockdown tool to save downed ally.
alternative weapon loadout
that trades offensive power for ridiculous amount of defense is shield + gorgonum. you lose your ability to kill hordes quickly but gain shield to block bullets and better special sniping. recommended for newer players trying higher difficulties out for the first time.
your job
is to make space for your allies to use their ranged weapons and occasionally switch to rumbler to deal with distant threats and apply your damage increasing effects to boss/elites. use either heavies or charge to simultaneously stagger enemies, regen toughness, and apply bleed for damage + DR.