Auric Maelstrom - One-Hit-Kill Bosses
Build for Darktide

build 

is primarily focused on ridiculously high burst damage for instant elimination of bosses and carapace elites using shroudfield's guaranteed crit with thunderhammers special+heavy.

shroudfield

invis to help reposition, huge crit damage buffs and one guaranteed crit. this ability is what makes the build work.

thunder hammer

good weapon for horde management and exceptionally high single target damage with special + heavy.

laspistol

good weapon for dealing with shooters/gunners and other specials. solid damage with infernus and survivability with ghost.

immolation grenade

great for throwing at hordes, dropping in chokes or on downed allies to help clear enemies.

maximum damage 

is achieved by hitting x 5 to stack headtaker and sustained assault, dodge an attack for duellist, drain stamina for desperation, pop shroudfield, then special and fully charge your heavy attack for thrust and make sure you land a backstab. in reality, you'll never be able to do ALL this. the most realistic combo is 5 hits -> shroud -> hammer special -> fully charged heavy backstab, as that should be enough damage buffs to either outright kill or come close on any boss.

your job

is to stand in the front and spam heavy attacks with your hammer to create space in hordes while using your laspistol to deal with ranged threats. use immolation grenades to think mixed hordes and soften the armored targets. when an armored elite or boss enemy spawn you should use MAXIMUM DAMAGE to delete it immediately.