specty's Plasma Veteran
 Veteran Build - Warhammer 40k: Darktide 

A mostly standard shout plasma build, I've ran this build primarily in Aurics and Auric Maels and the build works as well as you'd expect from a plasma build but I believe you can bring this as is into high Havocs and do perfectly fine too.

The way the build plays is also very straightforward:

• Use your Voice of Command when advancing in the map or during fights, this keeps you and your team alive by CC-ing enemies around you and providing the whole team with gold toughness.
• The M35 Magnacore Mk II Plasma Gun is for picking off specialists and elites, these would be trappers, bombers, flamers, gunners and ragers. You should prioritize taking out specialists over elites whenever you can, but if advancing into a room and you notice a gunner squad they take priority.
• Your melee is primarily for taking down tougher elites like maulers and crushers, so there's some flexibility to what you can bring along. A strong alternative to the Maccabian Mk V Duelling Sword would be the Achlys Mk VI Power Sword, if you want to go all-in on having a powerful anti-armor melee while trading away mobility. If you do intend to run the power sword I'd suggest swapping out Shredder Frag Grenade for Smoke Grenade since the power sword makes up for the frag's horde clear as well as providing additional team utility by bringing smokes.

That's about it when it comes to this build, you can copy and swap some nodes around in the build if you wish but here are a few core talents I could never go without on veteran:

• Confirmed Kill is your main source of toughness regeneration, if you're doing your job as a veteran well you'll almost always have your toughness full.
• Superiority Complex, Iron Will and Trench Fighter Drill are all must-have talents on veteran and I'm glad the tree rework last year made them more accessible.
• Demolition Stockpile, Demolition Team and Tactical Awareness are your main source of grenade and ability spam.
• Reciprocity and Desperado are veteran's best melee talents, the former rewards you for having good melee fundamentals and the latter passively makes your melees better.

I guess that's about it, go have a fun time vaporizing some heretics.