Table of Contents
Class
Weapons
Branx Mk III Arbites Shock Maul
Transcendant
10-25% Damage (Carapace Armoured Enemies)
10-25% Damage (Unyielding Enemies)
Execution
+20% Damage Bonus vs Staggered enemies.
High Voltage
+25% Damage vs Electrocuted enemies.
Exaction Mk VIII Exterminator Shotgun
Transcendant
10-25% Damage (Maniacs)
10-25% Damage (Unyielding Enemies)
Full Bore
+20% Strength for 5s when every pellet in a shot hits the same enemy.
Deathspitter
+6.5% Strength for 3.5s on Close Range Kill.
Curios
Blessed Bullet
Transcendant
+1-3 Max Stamina
+2-5% Toughness
+1-4% Combat Ability Regeneration
+6-12% Stamina Regeneration
Blessed Bullet
Transcendant
+13-17% Toughness
+2-5% Toughness
+1-4% Combat Ability Regeneration
+4-10% Revive Speed (Ally)
Blessed Bullet
Transcendant
+13-17% Toughness
+2-5% Toughness
+6-12% Stamina Regeneration
+4-10% Revive Speed (Ally)
Talent Tree
Description
Overview
- Use melee for most situations.
- Use Charge liberally to stagger everything in front, and increase strength.
- Grenades to get yourself out of tight situations and stagger bosses.
- Ranged for taking out specialists and applying damage/bleed to bosses.
Melee
Branx Mk III Arbites Shock Maul
- Unyielding
- Maniac / Flak / Carapace (low stagger or no Relentless strikes)
- High Voltage
- Execution / All or Nothing / Relentless Strikes
- Combos
- Single: H1 -> L2/SP
- Horde: PA -> H1 -> H2 -> H3
- Safety: spam lights
- Dump Power Output
- Flak
- Elites / Unyielding
- Skullcrusher
- Slaughterer / Hammerblow
Rashad Mk III Combat Axe (good all-rounder weapon, worse TTK for single target)
- Unarmoured
- Carapace / Flak
- Brutal Momentum
- Headtaker
Ranged
Godwyn-Branx Mk IV Bolt Pistol (improves explosion radius for Arbites grenades)
- Maniac
- Unyielding
- Lethal Proximity
- Puncture
Exaction Mk VIII Exterminator Shotgun
- Maniac
- Flak / Unyielding / Carapace
- Full Bore
- Death Spitter / Execution / Fire Frenzy / Sustained Salvo
Judgement Mk IV Subductor Shotpistol and Riot Shield (great for counter-sniping, not as powerful as MKVIII so less ammo efficient)
- Maniac
- Unyielding
- Full Bore
- No Respite
Exaction Mk III Exterminator Shotgun (More up close damage, larger clip size, doesn't handle range as well)
Agripinaa Mk VII Combat Shotgun (Larger clip size, more ammo, feels weaker)
- Dump Mobility
- Flak
- Unyielding
- Full Bore
- No Respite
Curios
- 1 Max Stamina, 2 Toughness
- 3 Toughness
- 2 Combat Ability Regen
- 2 Stamina Regen
- 2 Revive Speed
- Gunner Resist?
Blitz
- Great for rescues
- Good combo: Shock mine -> BtL enemies into the mine
- Can stagger bosses
- Useful to get out of pinches
- Quick deployment
Flex Talents (2)
- Arbites Vigilant
- Ammo Belt (useful for shotguns)
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Reference
- Dron Crusher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMagRHgJiyo
- Darktide Discord #arbites-channel weapon guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I3UFI2hr2tKfDblEYYz44l8qbFqGRBn69U3s1WliLAo/edit?tab=t.0
- Tanner meta update (Bound by Duty): https://youtu.be/y5rekPhHryU?si=qULN9QEiRXctoOT5
- Reginald's Build (pre-Bound by Duty): https://darktide.gameslantern.com/builds/9fd37f27-05ef-4a30-b9a1-29f22b76c6f2/meta-lonewolf
- Reginald Meta Video (pre-Bound by Duty): https://youtu.be/ZjLTjpTUuVE?si=PYBuykz_bD0_5oBv
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