Saccharine Dogs Militarum (Veteran Massive Everything Clear - INSANE Frags & Bleed )
 Veteran Build - Warhammer 40k: Darktide 

"Nihil nisi perfide manet"

- Saccharine Dogs mantra

Synopsis:

UTILIZE THE MASSIVE STACKING POWER OF YOUR BLEEDS AND EXPLOSION BUFFS TO QUICKLY DELETE ENTIRE ROOMS OF CRUSHERS USING JUST A SINGLE FRAG GRENADE!

• WEAPONS: Catachan Mk VI Combat Blade & Godwyn-Branx Mk IV Bolt Pistol
• Uses the Godwyn-Branx Mk IV Bolt Pistol with Lethal Proximity to make Frag Grenades Ogryn Nuke Sized in range!
• Uses Uncanny Strike on the Catachan Mk VI Combat Blade to apply +120% Rending after 5 hits, which applies to our Bleed DOT!
• Uses Skirmisher Exploit Weakness & other Talents to raise the Bleed DOT from all sources
• Uses Onslaught to quickly stack 40% Brittleness on all targets in a room, raising Bleed even further!
• Uses the Infiltrate ability with Overwatch to raise the Bleed DOT by another 30%!
• Uses Focus Target! and Focused Fire to raise Bleed DOT yet another 30%!
• Uses Grenadier Demolition Stockpile Grenade Tinkerer to give us bigger, better and more Bleed grenades!

Lore:

The Saccharine Dogs are whispered of even among hardened Atoman regiments. A battalion whose methods almost led to their disbandment, due to their closeness in heresy of Khorne cultists; if not for their carnal efficiency, they surely would have been found guilty. 

Their Godwyn-Branx Mk IV Bolt Pistols bark only once or twice per target - just enough to punch ragged, bleeding vents into flesh - before their combat blades slip in to worsen the wound, carving channels meant not to kill outright but to prime bodies for the true execution to come. 

That's when their final artistic flourish comes: an unlicensed illegal Shredder Frag Grenade stealthily dropped following the cuts and shots, causing the weakened forms of their prey rupture like overripe fruit; the munitions’ delayed second detonation reducing whatever remains into a fine red vapor.

Entire rooms of Daemonhosts - creatures that would tear squads apart - have been erased by a perfectly timed cascade of Shredders, their corrupted forms shredded and scattered in less than a heartbeat, their immaterial form returned to the Webway in less than a thought. 

Where the Saccharine Dogs pass, nothing remains but red.

Breakdown of Curios:

BLESSINGS:

- 2 +16%-17% Toughness Curios:  to get tankier - Toughness is king in Darktide

- 1 +2-3 Stamina for more mobility: however if you find it's not enough sustain you can instead use another+16%-17% Toughness Curio in the final slot. 

PERKS:

• 3x +5% Toughness - Toughness is king in Darktide, hard to beat an extra +15% Toughness through Curio perks
• 2x +4% Ability Regen - +8% Ability Regen is great for helping us eek out our Ability just a little faster during moments where we can't proc our Talents
• 2x +12% Stamina Regen - 24% Faster Stamina Regeneration makes us faster and therefore more survivable
• 1x - 20% Gunner Resist - helps when you get randomly bursted by a gunner out of nowhere
• 1x - 20% Bomber Resist - helps when you don't have an escape route from bombers

Breakdown of Weapons:

- Catachan Mk VI Combat Blade Everything about this weapon works great for this build: it let's us move around fast, applies bleed, has innately higher Crit Chance%, and can apply +120% Rending, all of which tie  into giving our Frag Grenades and all other sources of bleed even higher damage output. While this weapon and the Godwyn-Branx Mk IV Bolt Pistol aren't great at dealing with Crushers, these perks alongside the grenades turn these weapons and entire build into one of the strongest and most fun builds I've ever played.

• 4-10% Melee Critical Hit Damage & 4-10% Increased Melee Damage (Specialists) since we will constantly be getting Crits with the knife we might as well buff the damage, and we take incresed melee into Specialists so we can hopefully 1 shot some of them.
• Uncanny Strike: This blessing is amazing, as it allows us to apply +120% Rending after 5 hits, which applies to our Bleed DOT!
• Flesh Tearer : Gives us a way to apply Bleed through our melee attacks by landing Crits

- Godwyn-Branx Mk IV Bolt Pistol: This weapon is great, it has two fantastic Blessings that synergize incredibly well with this build. The only downside is like the Catachan Mk VI Combat Blade the Bolt Pistol does not have great Carapace armor penetration, so Crushers are a little tanky. However, you can shoot a few times to stack Brittleness with Onslaught which should help cut down on TTK using only this from a distance, but overall I would use this tool to remove ranged specials and apply statuses to enemies from a range.

• 10-25% Damage (Maniacs) & 4-10% Ranged Damage (Elites) will help us get through Breakpoints in a shot or two less on some of the beefier targets that our Boltpistol usually struggles into. 
• Puncture: Allows us to apply Bleed to enemies from a range!
• Lethal Proximity: This perk is amazing for any and every grenade/explosion based build, increasing the Radius of every explosion in your arsenal, even when the weapon with the blessing isn't out. 

Breakdown of build path:

Rest of the Tree:

- Confirmed Kill: Meta on every build, always take

- Out for Blood: Since we get 5% toughness on every kill, including sources we normally wouldn't, so we take this Talent on builds that specifically specialize in getting lots of kills outside of precision headshots, or melee. In this case, it's using the insane amount of bleed we are applying to give ourselves a wild amount of Toughness every time we throw a grenade once we have buffs going. 

- One Motion/Longshot : Since we will be swapping between our weapons constantly, I prefer the 50% swap speed from One Motion. However, you can get another free 10%-25% Ranged Damage if you instead would like to go Longshot.

- Shredder Frag Grenade (Blitz): Frag with all our buffs is great for helping clearing out literally everything: Hordes filled heavier Carapace enemies or a Daemonhost. Just try to apply your Rending from Uncanny Strike before throwing to get some of the most value quickly when you don't have time to apply other buffs. 

-  Iron Will: Incredibly strong, essentially buffs your effective toughness by a ton once you are over 75% total toughness, making it harder to fall below 75% toughness. META pick for every build. 

- Field Improvisation: Good support passive, cleansing corruption for all teammates and giving yourself grenades on crate.

- Survivalist (Aura): This is the only thing in the entire game that passively regenerates ammo for you and your entire team. This is in a category of it's own, run this on every single Vet build unless another Vet is (inevitably) running it. If so, bring Fire Team, 

- Grenadier: Gives us an extra grenade to carry and a 20% chance to throw an extra grenade for free. With how many grenades we will be throwing, this will be worth it. 

- Demolition Stockpile: 1 grenade every 60 seconds is awesome, in the middle of the tree so you can go to any Ability from it, every minute is a grenade. META pick for every build.  

- Grenade Tinkerer: +25% to damage and radius on all grenades is a no brainer for our grenade heavy focused build. 

- Infiltrate (Ability): Since this gives a +30% buff to all Damage sources, it also applies to our Bleed. 

• Overwatch is great, it just gives us an extra charge of Infiltrate so we can be more flexible with our Ability useage.

- Demolition Team: We will be killing lot's of these enemies, so we will constantly be getting more grenades. Very good talent. 

- Tactical Awareness: This Talent is one of the main ways you will generate Ability CD on every Vet build. META pick for every build. 

- Reciprocity: Stacks up to 25% Critical Hit Chance by simply dodging, which you will always be doing. Amazing Talent, take if you are running crit builds and can afford it. 

- Agile Engagement: Loops a +25% Damage buff between the melee and ranged every time you swap weapons after getting a kill with the last. Not necessary for this build, but easy to proc constantly so we take it for just a little more damage outside our bleed. 

- Bring it Down!: +20% To all damage on Ogryns & Monstrosities is a great choice by itself, but it also applies to the bleed in our build as well!

- Skirmisher: Adds up to +25% to all damage sources, including our Bleed DOT, making it an amazing Talent for this build 

- Exploit Weakness: You will be proccing this occasionally, giving you yet another 20% damage buff to all sources (Including bleed) when you land crits

- Focus Target! (Keystone): This allows us to put yet another 20% all source Damage buff on a target, yet again working with our bleed. 

• Focused Fire brings Focus Target! up to a 30% Damage buff on a target lmao
• Redirect Fire! brings another 15% total damage buff to us and our teammates on tagged target death for 10 seconds, yet again impacting our bleed DOT