Meta Knife Build
 Zealot Build - Warhammer 40k: Darktide 

Build Notes:

• Thy Wrath Be Swift can be taken if you use Piety -> Stalwart and drop the four nodes under Sustained Assault. This will make you more tanky, but you will lose damage and dodge distance. (the IJ keystone gives you stats that the tooltips don't tell you about. Thanks FatShark!)
• Boltgun is also a decent ranged options if you aren't having horde clear issues or you have Assail / Purgation Staff Soykers who are going to evaporate all the chaff in the room.

Playstyle Notes:

• Abuse the knifes deadly headshot/crit multipliers using Riposte and Precog to 1-2 shot dangerous enemies while still having reliable horde clear.
• Knife has ABSOLUTELY BROKEN dodge counts and distances. You can't die if you space correctly. Learn to kite backwards without cornering yourself.
• The Mark III Combat Knife has a lethal push attack (rmb+lmb). You spam it for both your single target damage and horde clear.
• If you suck at killing Scab Mauler's and Crusher's, try using Uncanny and Riposte with IJ or Uncanny and Precognition with Piety.
• If you're out of stamina, use light attacks for horde clear and heavy attacks for single target.
• YouTubers and silly tierlists lied to you, bleed blessings are bad when compared to uncanny/riposte/precog.
• Gunner resistance curio are good, you are not Neo, you are not going to dodge hitscan bullets all of the time. All the other damage resistances can be dodged or outplayed much more easily.
• Stamina regeneration is better than sprint efficiency. You will get more 'actual' value out of it. You are not sprinting everywhere in a fight, and when you are, you usually aren't in a ton of danger.
• The flamer can melt even the largest horde in seconds. Annoint in Blood applies to your flame DoT, which is why you dump damage. It's useless.
• The throwing knives replace any need for a revolver or similar ranged weapon. They one-shot all specialists and ranged elites like shotgunners and gunners.

Weapon Notes:

• Push Attack (Rmb+Lmb -> Lmb) for everything you can.
• If you're running low on stamina:
• Light Attack for hordes.
• Heavy Attack for single target.
• Move Tech: Sprint slide and use the momentum from your heavy attacks to sprint slide over and over without losing speed.