Havoc 40 | Zealot | 1.5M Shroud Martyr Assassin - Relic Blade
 Zealot Build - Warhammer 40k: Darktide 

HAVOC 40 | SHROUD MARTYR ASSASSIN - RELIC

Here is my H40 build for a stealthy Boss killer, CC Zealot using the Relic Blade, Flamer, and Martyrdom.

BUILD CONSIDERATIONS

MELEE

• Relic II (or X)
  • Flak, Unyielding
    • Flak is needed to hit the breakpoint for 1 shotting captains. 
  • Cranial Grounding, (Heatsink, Wrath, or Rampage)
  • Moveset for II (My preference of Marks)
    • Bosses
      • Impale Killshot
        • Block Cancel > W + Sprint > Shroudfield > Stab
        • The most common error made when mastering this is that people will dodge backwards/sidewards and not Block Cancel and move forward. 
    • Elites & Bosses
      • Light > Light
      • Light > Light > Heavy / Heavy x Repeat
      • Light > Light > Heavy / Light x Repeat
      • Block Push > Light > Heavy x Repeat
      • Block Cancel > W + Sprint > Shroudfield > Stab / Light x Heavy Repeat
    • Hordes
      • Heavy > Heavy / Light > Heavy x Repeat
      • Block Push > Heavy > Heavy > Heavy / Light > Heavy x Repeat

RANGE

• Purgation Flamer

  • Unyielding, (Maniac or Carapace)
  • Blaze Away, (Overpressure or Penetrating Flame)

   

CURIOS

• +1 Wound - Revive, Toughness, Stamina
• +1 Wound - Revive, Toughness, Gunner
• +17% Toughness - Toughness, Gunner, Stamina

The combination of Enemies Within, Enemies Without, plus 3x 5% Toughness Curios basically gives you two +17% toughness curios, Restorative Verses, Faith's Fortitude and the 2 Wounds allow you max out Martyrdom stacks granting all the Damage Reduction.

You will be very tanky, and very clutch.

H40 TIPS

A few tips when playing the character

• Martyrdom Stacking
  • Ideally, you obtain all Martyrdom stacks without corruption. This will be done via hitting barrels ASAP.
    • Hit a barrel, stand in fire, or get exploded into the air to take damage to start getting stacks up.

• Relic Blade Heat Management
  • Micromanaging this is key. The Blessings will help mitigate heat build up. But you will still have to be mindful of things
  • A few strategies here
    • Get used to swapping back and forth while moving to turn off the weapon and trigger cooldown (It's faster than pressing the button to deactivate)
    • Once maxed out Martyrdom stacks are achieved
      • Prioritize the following for activating the weapon
        • Carapace Elites
        • Reapers
        • Bulwarks
        • Gunners
        • Specials
        • Trash mobs
      • It's important to note that Specials and Disablers die very quickly to a non-activated Light > Light OR Light > Light > Block Cancel x Repeat
        • Don't waste heat if you don't have to
      • Trash mobs can be killed fairly easy without heat
        • Don't waste heat if you don't have to
      • 1-3 Gunners, Specials, Trash
        • Don't waste heat if you don't have to
    • Mixed hordes
      • If you do overheat
        • Retreat > Switch to Flamer
          • By about 50% done with Flamer you should be back to using your Relic Blade if you have to

• Boss Fights

  • Boss Identification, Boss Attacks, Teammates and Positioning will be key to demolishing any boss in the game.

    • Nurgles
      • The most important thing when killing a Nurgle is: what are your teammates doing to prompt the stomp attack?
        • The most common thing that happens is that a Shroud Zealot sees the weakpoint, gets tunnel vision, then tries B-Lining towards it only to get stomped by the Nurgle sending them flying and wasting their Shroudfield.
          • And why did that happen? Your teammate triggered an attack and you ran right into it.
      • Before attacking, evaluate your surroundings, and what your teammates are doing. And know that it's okay to wait a few seconds before smoking the Nurgle. 
    • Monstrosities
      • Unfortunately, even in H40, most of your teammates seem to be unaware that you can block all attacks, unless it's an overhead. 
      • Once you identify the boss get into position.
      • Then immediately identify what your teammates are doing.
        • If they keep running, then don't even bother. Just chase after them and the boss. Wait for the boss to trigger an attack animation before beginning the attack sequence.
        • If they retreat back and stop. Immediately pursue because they are baiting the boss into a kill shot. 
    • Captains
      • The most important thing to pay attention to is their shield and how quickly your team is killing it.
        • Once it hits 25-33% get into Position
          • Make sure you have space to avoid getting staggered by the shield explosion
          • The Captain animation very much resembles that of WWE professional wrestling. It gets knocked over, gets up, and oversells it's dazed and confused state.
            • You want to wait for the Captain to stand up. You in this case are John Cena, The Rock, Goldberg etc. waiting to perform your special move. 
              • Once he's up you attack.
              • Block Cancel > W + Sprint > Shroudfield > Stab
    • Twins
      • Same idea as Captains with a couple different notes
      • Know which Twin is which
        • One twin (sister) is aggressive and melee oriented. 
        • The other twin (brother) is ranged, and trap oriented, but very slow. 
      • Always try to split them apart by B-Lining it backwards across the map. 
        • Then you can gangbeat the sister with ease

     

• Clutch Revives
  • With 45% Revive Speed, you are the uber-clutch revive class in the game.
    • Spare using Shroudfield on these as much as possible. If not, burn it to get someone back up.
  • As noted in several of my builds - Even though I present many as damage dealer builds, I pride myself (as should you) on being a good teammate. 
    • 1.5M Damage + 2 Revies + 4 Rescues