Dragonborn Psyker
Build for Darktide
Weapons
Slaughterer
+5-8% Power for 4.5s on Kill. Stacks 5 times.
Deflector
This weapon Blocks both Melee and Ranged attacks. Additionally, Block Cost is reduced by 22.5-30%.
Warp Nexus
Gain between 3.5-5% and 14-20% Critical Chance based on current level of peril.
Warp Flurry
-8.5--5.5% Charge Time on Chained Secondary Attack. Stacks 3 times.
Curios
+17-21% Max Health
+1 Wound(s)
+1-3 Max Stamina
Talents
Description
“They say Ulfric Stormcloak murdered the high king with his voice! Shouted him apart!
The Dragonborn psyker is an extremely versatile and high-winrate build that will save the team from bad situations while still offering lots of offensive power facilitated by high peril resistance.
The Surge Staff
Surge staff is the core of this build. It deals very high damage to a small number of targets, and is more effective against armor but will still 1-shot many specials at range. Use it against Elite/Armor packs that are not overwhelming your team, specialists, and shooters.
Smite
Smite is there as a panic button. It makes up for Surge's weakness against large groups. High peril resistance and venting shout make smite last much longer. You can alternatively use brain burst to save a perk point, but you'll struggle against large groups of elites.
If you find yourself using Smite a lot, you may be better off using a build with Empowered Psyionics instead of warp charges.
Enfeeble is currently bugged and only works on the primary attack. Even once it's fixed it may not be worth the opportunity cost. I think the best thing to give up for it is Battle Meditation since that peril quelling on kill tends to happen all at once and can sometimes prevent you from getting high peril when you want to use another venting shriek.
Illisi
This sword has the best horde clear. Use it instead of Smite when you can, you help your team more by killing the enemy than stunning them unless the team is overwhelmed or there's lots of specials mixed in.
Deflector is not necessary for this build and you can easily roll without it.
You can also use a dueling sword to great effect. It can be built for great boss damage or to be functional for horde clear.
Other force swords work fine too. Deimos and Obscurus are both better against brutes but weaker against hordes.
Venting Shriek
If you're using it for damage, try to get to 90% peril so you generate the full 6 stacks of soulblaze. You can also use it for an emergency stagger, or if you have no Warp charges use it on whatever you can if you think you'll get it back in time.
In Fire Reborn will give you stacks for anything that dies while having stacks of soulblaze, they don't have to die directly to the soulblaze damage. This lets you pretty reliably get multiple stacks any time you hit 30+ enemies. Psychic Vampire is also an option and has higher overall WC generation but when using it players tend to hold onto their skill to not lose stacks which isn't as useful.
Trauma Staff
This build also works very well with a trauma staff, ideally with Blazing Spirit and Warp Nexus for reliable soulblaze application. You won't kill specialists as fast but it works fine if you spam primary fire at them.