Meta Relic Blade Build
 Zealot Build - Warhammer 40k: Darktide 

Build Notes:

• Thy Wrath Be Swift can be taken if you drop the two nodes under Sustained Assault. This will make you more tanky, but you will lose a fair amount of cdr
• Boltgun is used because it can one-tap ranged enemies and also magdump 3-4 crushers or a pack of Dreg Rager's , making it a good all-around sidearm to the best horde clear melee in the game. Throw a knife to cancel out the long draw animation.
• Boltgun can be taken with different damage oriented blessings, but puncture and shatter synergize very well together as the armor reduction affects bleeds damage.

Playstyle Notes:

• This build trivializes hordes. You will chew through them with the battery powered lawnmower in your hands.
• 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:

• Activating the sword during a slide causes immense lag time (1.5s+) before you can begin performing actions again. Either don't do that, or cancel it with a throwing knife.
• Your sprinting thrust does alot of damage. Abuse that on ogryns and other tough enemies.
• With Elites on your sword, your dash -> thrust will one-shot crushers. You don't need carapace damage to hit that breakpoint.
• Sometimes I take Unarmoured damage on my sword, just to increase it's already top-tier horde clear.
• Your horde clear combo is to spam lights using the Mark X. Use the third poke to target higher-hp enemies. The massive overkill damage from IJ, cranial, sustained assault, scourge/piety crits, duelist, and rampage will turn them into a blender superior even to the Rashad axe.
• Use overhead heavy attack spam for single target damage on bosses.