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Class
Weapons
Atrox Mk VII Tactical Axe
Transcendant
10-25% Damage (Flak Armoured Enemies)
10-25% Damage (Unarmoured Enemies)
Headtaker
+5% Strength for 3.5s on Hit. Stacks 5 times.
Brutal Momentum
+15% Weak Spot Damage. Weakspot Kills also ignore Enemy Hit Mass.
M35 Magnacore Mk II Plasma Gun
Transcendant
10-25% Damage (Maniacs)
10-25% Damage (Flak Armoured Enemies)
Gets Hot!
Critical hit chance scales by your current heat level up to +10%. Also increases critical ranged attacks damage by +10%.
Rising Heat
Up to +20% Strength scaling with Heat Level.
Curios
Blessed Bullet
Transcendant
+13-17% Toughness
+1-4% Combat Ability Regeneration
+4-10% Revive Speed (Ally)
+6-12% Stamina Regeneration
Blessed Bullet
Transcendant
+13-17% Toughness
+1-4% Combat Ability Regeneration
+4-10% Revive Speed (Ally)
+6-12% Stamina Regeneration
Blessed Bullet
Transcendant
+1-3 Max Stamina
+1-4% Combat Ability Regeneration
+5-20% Damage Resistance (Gunners)
+6-12% Stamina Regeneration
Talent Tree
Patch
Skitarii Class
Old patch
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Equipment & Combat Strategy
Atrox Mk VII Tactical Axe (Horde & CC)
- Role: Primary horde clear and defensive staggering.
- Special Attack: Use the "Poke" to the head to interrupt Mutant charges or stun Ragers.
- The Combo: Spam the special attack to create a gap in a Rager line, then swap to your Plasma Gun to finish them.
M35 Magnacore Mk II Plasma Gun (Special Sniping)
- Role: Priority target deletion
- In order of priority: Bombers, Gunners, Flamers, Snipers, Trappers
- Efficiency: Stick to primary fire for most targets. Only use charged shots to cleave through heavy armor or dense clusters.
- Crowd Control: Headshots on Crushers, Maulers, and Reapers provide a reliable stagger.
- Reload Tech: Cancel the end of the reload animation by sprinting or weapon swapping as soon as the ammo counter updates. [See video at the bottom of the guide.]
Krak Grenades (Anti-Armor)
- Save for: Groups of Crushers/Maulers or Monstrosities.
- Bosses: Always Tag the boss first to trigger damage buffs before sticking them with a grenade.
Talents & Ability: Focus Target!
- Focus Target!: Keep this active constantly. Helps if using the Auto-tag mod.
- Aura Swap: Use Survivalist as your default. If another Veteran already has it, swap to Fire Team for the flat damage increase.
Node Customization
- Withering Fire → Swap to Agile Engagement for better melee-to-ranged damage synergy.
- Target Down! → Swap to Tactical Reload to significantly improve Plasma Gun uptime.
- One Motion → Swap to Grenadier if you need more Krak grenades for heavy armor waves.
- Field Improvisation → Swap to Born Leader to support team toughness if another Veteran already has Field Improvisation.
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