Tempestus Scion | Frag Grenade | Voice of Command | Focus Target | Auric Ready
Build for Darktide

Tempestus Scion

It is no secret that the Plasma gun is busted, able to eliminate anything smaller than an Ogryn with a single, well-placed headshot. Charged shots should rarely, if ever be used and this baby can clear out a multitude of high-priority threats before it gets close to overheating. The Munitorium Mk III Power Sword is similarly broken, although admittedly, only with the right blessings. Until you can get Power Cycler IV, Your better off going with another melee weapon that you feel more comfortable with. So what happens when you combine two of the most broken weapons in the game? You get the Tempestus Scion.

Playstyle

Bind your tag ability to left-click. The Plasma Gun has a slight delay in its firing. This allows you to tag a target, apply the damage buff, kill the target, and give your whole team some lovely buffs. Re-tagging the same enemy will not use up our stacks. The only issue comes if you target two separate enemies and keep going back in forth. We kill everything smaller than an Ogryn in one hit, so this will not be an issue. Will this mean that during hectic melee fights, you will constantly be tagging elites and annoying our team? With this build, not really. Yes if you're running around with a knife it might, but since you want to power up your sword before swinging, there's a natural break.