Table of Contents
Class
Weapons
Rampage
Hitting at least 3 enemies with an attack, increases your damage by +36% for 3.5 seconds.
Cranial Grounding
Reduces Heat buildup by -6% and increases weakspot damage by +4% for 3s on chained weakspot hits. Stacks 5 times.
Puncture
Ranged hits add 4 stacks of bleed to enemies.
Cavalcade
+5% Critical Chance for every 10% of magazine spent during continuous fire. Stacks 5 times.
Curios
+1 Wound(s)
+1 Wound(s)
+13-17% Toughness
Talent Tree
Description
THE SAINT is a melee-focused build which combines the Chorus of Spiritual Fortitude ability's invaluable CC & utility with the plethora of buffs the Martyrdom keystone gives us. The Saint brings CC, utility and decent damage to any team composition.
RECOMMENDED WEAPONS:
Melee: Heavy Eviscerators, Relic Blades, Thunder Hammers
Ranged: Bolt Pistols, Bolters, Flamers, Shotguns
This variant of The Saint opts for the Relic Blade Mk II with Cranial Grounding & Rampage blessings. Cranial Grounding gives us more of what the Relic Blade does best, by increasing the uptime of our empowered mode and Rampage gives us a substantial +36% damage buff when cleaving multiple targets, a strong overall boost to our melee prowess.
The Relic Blade is a formidable weapon and the Mk II variant encourages learning some simple combos to really make the blade sing.
Start your horde clear combos with a PA to trigger our Punish Impiety talent giving us +10% attack speed. Follow this with a L or H which can then be looped for wide, sweeping attacks, perfect for separating heretics heads from bodies.
For single target, play around with L > L (> H) as a combo starter for 2x rapid strikedown lights which can be followed by H > L/H - this can also be looped. Our highest burst damage comes from our sprinting/sliding stab attack, ideal for poking Burgle (aka Sally) pimples & captain heads.
BLITZ: BLADES OF FAITH
Regenerating throwing knives that are just oh so useful and fun to use. An excellent tool for popping bursters (WHEN IT'S SAFE... RIGHT?) and occasionally styling on snipers, aim permitting.
ABILITY: CHORUS OF SPIRITUAL FORTITUDE (CHORUS)
Chorus is an incredibly powerful control tool, combining on demand CC with strong team buffs. Chorus can be used reactively to buy time and boost our team's defensive capabilities with gold toughness, or offensively to take space or reposition. We take Ecclesiarch's Call for the +30% team damage buff for 10s.
Tip: Chorus often gets a bad rap at the higher levels of gameplay due to the channeled nature of the ability (the opportunity cost here is that you're not doing damage when you're channeling Chorus, plus it can be less engaging to play) however the value and comfort it can bring to both new & experienced teams cannot be understated.
KEYSTONE: MARTYRDOM (MARTY)
Marty is a monster of a keystone. At max stacks, we get +50% melee damage, +30% attack speed, and +37.5% TDR. All for maintaining low hp. VT2 Zealot fans rejoice! We take Maniac for the attack speed and I Shall Not Fall for the TDR, both significant boosts to melee prowess and survivability.
Tip: Fire barrels (red) and explosive barrels (yellow) are tools to help you build Marty stacks. Make sure it's safe before you detonate them :) Play to your comfort level and take healing when necessary. Your passive Until Death should influence your tempo.
ALTERNATE TALENTS:
This talent tree is 30/30 and is my preferred way of running this build.
To free up talent point(s), I'd suggest dropping: Riposte / Hubris.
CURIOS:
The curios listed above are my preference for this build however this is based on how I like to play.
Use whatever best fits your playstyle however I find the most value in the set ups below, YMMV:
2 x Toughness / 1 x Stamina
2 x Toughness / 1 x HP
3 x Toughness
(Minor node priority picks are +toughness / +gunner res / +revive speed / +stamina regen).
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