Varangian Veteran | Shredder Frag Grenade | Voice of Command | Weapon Specialist | Auric Ready
Build for Darktide

Varangian Guard

So everyone kept talking about how good the Rashad axe was. I tried it. It sucked. Then one day I got a god-roll Axe and tried again. Oh my goodness. The Rashad Mk II Combat Axe is unique on that a bad one is one of the worst weapons in the game, whilst a good one is one of the best weapons in the game. Bear this in mind when making your build as tipping that scale is heavily reliant on blessings and stats. I certainly would not recommend this as your first build. 

Playstyle

This is through and through a close combat, melee focused build. Whilst Zealot and Ogryn are known as the melee classes, Veteran has a huge number of skills that make them deadly in close quarters fighting. We rely heavily on maintaining uptime of yellow Toughness by making use of Voice of Command. This combined with Iron Will and Close Order Drill, makes us virtually invincible, allowing us to tank hit after hit without suffering any health Damage. Compared to Zealots and Ogryns, our health pool is comparatively low. As a result we rely on avoiding health damage altogether by buffing our toughness to ludicrous levels, and maintain our yellow Toughness for as long as possible with cooldown reduction. Our Rashad Mk II Combat Axe deals with most threats in melee.