Holy Microwave
 Skitarii Build - Warhammer 40k: Darktide 

This is a ranged-focused Skitarii build built around frequent Voltaic Emitter use and the Arc Rifle.

The main idea is to build and spend Capacitor Charges aggressively. Using the ability immediately restores all 8 stacks of Butchery Protocol, giving damage, melee attack speed, crit chance and damage resistance, while also activating the 12.5% Strength bonus for 10 seconds.

With three Capacitor Regeneration curios, the goal is to get the ability back as often as possible and keep these buffs running during major engagements.

Voltaic Emitter provides crowd control, attack speed for both melee and ranged attacks, and shuts down ranged threats, while the Arc Rifle does most of the heavy lifting. The build also applies Brittleness around the Skitarii, making armored targets easier to deal with.

Always use the Emitter with 2 charges.

The overall playstyle is:

control → create space → Arc Rifle → ability → repeat

The build sacrifices some raw damage talents, but honestly, the Arc Rifle doesn't really need more damage. In exchange, we get Strength, survivability, crowd control and very high ability uptime.

I chose Servo-Core Recharge Engine over Power Distribution Uplink because I find weakspot kills much more consistent than relying on crits, especially when clearing weaker enemies. It gives the build a more reliable source of Toughness recovery.

No Noospheric and no Galvanized Coating. Both consume too much Capacitance for this build, and keeping the Emitter cycling is more important.

I'm still experimenting and making changes to the build, so this isn't the definitive version yet.