12-24% Rending on Enemy Weak Spot Hit for 3.5s. Stacks 5 times.
12.5-20% Critical Chance for 6s on successful Dodge.
Ranged hits add 1-4 stacks of bleed to enemies.
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.
After 600h of Darktide, I can safely say that this the strongest build possible without sacrificing your teammates and ultimately being a detriment to the team because you play solo (looking at you 90% of knives zealots). It is also way more fun.
This build make you virtually invulnerable against 85% of what the game throw at you and has no weakness.You can have up to 110% toughness damage reduction, incredible DPS and amazing mobility.
It take some time to master and you need some advanced knowledge of the game for it shine to the fullest (like all good builds).
The build depend on two things : CRITs and dodges
CRITs : 5% base + 5% weapon perk + 20% riposte blessing + 15% blazing piety = 45% CRIT chance that will be active 95% of the time
+ up to 30% CRIT thanks to scourge that will happen a lot depending if the enemies take multiples hits or your team (if they apply bleed too).
So a 75% CRIT chance maximum.
With this "Enduring Faith" will give a permanent +50% Toughness damage reduction, making you the tankiest class in the game (sorry ogryns)
Dodges :
The Duelling Swords give you excellent dodges, and you should always be doing it every few seconds.
It gives you : +50% damage boost to weak-spots and CRITs, 15% toughness back and +25% Toughness damage reduction.
With this you are not dependent on other to survive if things go south or you need charge ahead to eliminate threats to the team.
Maccabian Mk IV Duelling Sword
The perfect melee weapon in my opinion, it has an answer for every situation :
- you are attacked by a horde ? Use "fury of the faithful" for the +20% attack speed and spam light attacks on their heads. You will do so much CRITs that it will be recharged by the end of its effect thanks to "invocation of death"
-You are attacked by elites? use charged attacks on their heads and see crushers die in two hits faster than any other melee weapons could hope to do.
"Cleave Damage" is the dump stat and should be at 60%, the difference is negligible on this weapon and "Mobility" is too important to sacrifice.
Boltgun
Your answer to a squad of crushers/maulers or bosses.
While changing weapon, throw a dagger to be able to instantly fire. Once you have decimated/thinned the enemies, don't be shy and finish in melee. Reloading is long and you will be vulnerable while doing it.
It can also be good for long range if needed, but this will be rare.
"Mobility" is the dump stat and should be at 60%.
Tips :
- If cornered, continue to dodge even if you are blocked by the crowd, you will be surprised how the generous the window of dodge is and that the distance of it doesn't impact the bonus our build give if successful.
- Blades of faith : aim a little higher to do head-shots, it takes practice, but the reward is fantastic, I no longer miss the immolation grenade that was a staple for me for a long time. Perfect for snipers and dogs.
- don't dodge the dogs, block and push and then use a heavy attack.
- max your character height, it facilitate aiming for the heads on enemies with melee.
- sliding count as a dodge ! Always slide when charging or escaping if you don't use your ability.
