Generalist Melee Skitarius
 Skitarii Build - Warhammer 40k: Darktide 

This is a jack-of-all-trades melee build that's pretty comfy to play. It's reasonably effective against everything and has nice utility talents like Integrated Refraction Emitter to safely push gunner positions and apply on-demand stagger, Ablative Wards to negate the majority of corruption damage, and Evasive Servo Recovery for better stamina sustain. Integrated Refraction Emitter can be swapped for Artificer Servo-Skull and your choice of upgrades. Evasive Servo Recovery is a flex point; this can be moved to Hydraulic Impact, Flux Conduit Build-Up, or whatever you want instead.

I recommend dumping Power Output on the Branx Mk VI Mechanicus Power Sword because you only lose ~5% damage on empowered attacks by leaving it at 60%, whereas 80% Mobility gives an extra dodge and significantly better sprint speed. Blessings are personal preference. I like Decapitator + Chained Deathblow for some nice damage buffs with decent uptime. Devastating Strike + Chained Deathblow is an alternative for improved cleave with good uptime. Superiority is powerful, but I question the uptime on it since its duration is nerfed to 5 seconds, while on most weapons it has a 7 second duration. If you want to lean more into empowered strikes, you could look at the related blessings; I only use the special action situationally, so I prefer general-purpose blessings.

Branx Mk XI Phosphor Blast Pistol with Man-Stopper + Surgical is a solid specialist sniper that can pick priority targets within a mixed horde, soften up crushers and bosses/monstrosities with 15% brittleness, and deal solid damage into elite blobs with penetrating crits. If you tend to hipfire the pistol more often than aiming, Opening Salvo + Crucian Roulette is a good alternative.

Shockline Breach Protocol works well in this build since the Branx Mk VI Mechanicus Power Sword starts its cleave combo with a push-attack. Chordclaw Strike counts as a melee attack, so Axial Slash will benefit from Shockline as well.

Enhanced Capacitance Protocols is optional on Auric/Havoc, but I think it's worth taking since Flensing Protocols loses stacks on toughness damage taken, not just health damage. This build is designed to use Chordclaw Strike/Axial Slash on a regular cadence, so ECP will ensure high uptime on the buff.

Overcharged Refraction Emitter is also optional, since 8 seconds duration with 2 electrocution pulses will be good enough in many situations. ORE gives +50% duration and a 3rd pulse, so I'd say it's worth a point unless there's something else you really want.

SUGGESTED COMBOS:

• Cleave: push-attack > (light > heavy > repeat)
  OR use Axial Slash
  OR push-attack > spam light attacks
  Reset with push-attack as needed for stagger
• Single target: heavy > light x2 > heavy > repeat
  OR light x3 > heavy > repeat
  OR heavy > light x2 > special-heavy > repeat
• Single target (crusher): use Chordclaw Strike to the head
  OR shoot with Branx Mk XI Phosphor Blast Pistol for brittleness > special-heavy > light x2
  > special-heavy x2 > (light x3 > heavy > repeat)