Havoc 40 | Zealot | 1.5M Fury Martyr Medic - Relic Blade
 Zealot Build - Warhammer 40k: Darktide 

HAVOC 40 | FURY MARTYR MEDIC - RELIC

Here is my default H40 Zealot build. You will be a melee, boss killing and CC powerhouse using the Relic Blade, Flamer, and Martyrdom. In addition, you will be able to revive and rescue teammates just as if you're running Chorus without the Chorus. 

BUILD CONSIDERATIONS

MELEE

• Relic II (or X)
  • Carapace, Unyielding
  • Cranial Grounding, Heatsink
  • Moveset for II (My preference of Marks)
    • Elites & Bosses
      • Light > Light
      • Light > Light > Heavy / Heavy x Repeat
      • Light > Light > Heavy / Light x Repeat
      • Block Push > Light > Heavy x 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.

TALENT SWAPS

Good Balance & Second Wind are your flex talents. 

• Backstabber - For better Elite & Boss backstabbing damage.
• Punish Impiety - For better horde clear

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
    • 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

• Fury of the Faithful (FotF)
  • Reserve specifically for killing Elites, or see next.

• Frontlining & Pushing Gunner Lines
  • Sprint+sliding will be the name of the game to close distance.
  • IF you start taking damage > FotF

• Rotten Armour
  • The Relic II strikedowns actually cause a good amount of stagger.
  • If surrounded, play whack-a-mole with the horde as you dance around to help stagger and pick them off.

• Boss Fights
  • As Zealot, you will be able to solo any boss in the game. Sure Nurgles will be annoying but you have dodges, heavy attacks, parries, and any corruption will be cleansed away via Beacon of Purity.
    • If any Special shows up, peel away and knife them. And go back to the boss.

• Clutch Revives
  • With 45% Revive Speed, you are the uber-clutch revive class in the game. 
  • 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. 

    • 3 Revives & 4 Rescues and still hitting 1.5M damage. 

      • If you are downed you can just revive people in front of several enemies
      • If timed right, you can revive while a Crusher or Boss approaches, winds up, finish the revive and dodge away.