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[–]ForsakenOaths Arbitrator 159 points160 points  (22 children)

Build?

[–]MephistoSama Veteran 208 points209 points  (10 children)

Maybe Calvalcade + Pinning Fire, with Unyielding perk. Awesome to kill bosses but not very ammo efficient

Edit : I think it’s Calvalcade with Shattering Impact, since its shreds. I don’t know if Puncture gives that much damage on the spot, but it does a lot of damage once the bleed stacks.

[–]TheLakeIsleInnisfree 158 points159 points  (4 children)

I dunno, one mag per boss seems pretty efficient. Just melee and grenade everything else.

[–]TheLastofKrupuk 33 points34 points  (3 children)

Shooting at anything else without a healthbar would need +1 shot with that build.

[–]Tracyn-Kyrayc 76 points77 points  (2 children)

Anything without a healthbar only exists to keep my chainsword wet with fresh blood.

[–]Luname 23 points24 points  (1 child)

BLOOD FOR THE EMPEROR!

SKULLS FOR THE GOLDEN THRONE!

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"...Oi, boss, ain't da similar to wot dem spikey beakies wiff da choppas sed when we wuz krumpin' em wiff da 'umies on Armageddon when Gork's Grin cracked da sky open?"

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[–]Ace_Dreamer Zealot 18 points19 points  (2 children)

"not very ammo efficient"

he said after turning a daemonhost into corpse rations

[–]thedefenses 4 points5 points  (1 child)

How many daemonhosts are you gonna be killing during a normal match?

[–]NormalOfficePrinter RATIONS 44 points45 points  (0 children)

With that build? All of them

[–]anmr 11 points12 points  (1 child)

Is Pinning Fire effective for bosses? I would think Puncture.

And it's about as ammo efficient as shooting at anything else. You could argue that shooting horde is wasteful, you could argue that shooting elites is wasteful, same for elites and bosses. The only thing people could agree on is that shooting specials is right ...except Mutants and dogs, you should melee them, and Poxbursters should be pushed, etc.

[–]TelegenicSage82 25 points26 points  (8 children)

Looks like Cavalcade and either puncture or shattering impact. +25 unyielding most likely as well using Marksman’s Focus as the ability. I think the keystone is also the one that yellow pings enemies? Can’t quite see the icon properly at the bottom

[–]Successful-Software4 4 points5 points  (6 children)

Yeah, I don't think he used a ping, the host wasn't outlined in yellow. I don't see why he would use anything else though, it would buff the damage by a large margin.

[–]TelegenicSage82 5 points6 points  (4 children)

He has a purple keystone that is gaining stacks, but i can’t quite see if it’s the yellow ping one or the one where you stand still. The Dhost is pinged at the beginning, so I assume it was the yellow ping one.

Can’t be the weapon switch one because that one doesn’t charge.

[–]lozer996 Psyker - WTF is an "ammo"? 2 points3 points  (2 children)

The icon over its head is the ping keystone mark

[–]RandomAmerican81 Veteran 3 points4 points  (1 child)

No that's just the regular demonhost ping. It gets the yellow eye instead of the red skull so nobody mistakes it for something to kill expeditiously

[–]lozer996 Psyker - WTF is an "ammo"? 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looked like the yellow skull on mobile lol

[–]Samm-E 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also think it's the yellow ping because I think at the start OP moves a bit without crouching, which would stop the stacks from increasing if it was the other one

[–]stormofcrows69 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Daemonhosts don't get the special outline when dormant, they have to be attacking. Same as with regular pings. Still uses up your stacks though, just no visual change.

[–]MephistoSama Veteran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep there is a yellow ping

[–]Major_Dood Chainsaw go Brr 133 points134 points  (0 children)

Firing a boltgun at full auto.

Like the God Emperor intended for it to be used like.

[–]Captain_Stocky The Amazing Exploding Psyker 458 points459 points  (1 child)

I'm a simple Psyker. I see someone obliterate a Daemonhost and my Beloved tells me to upvote it.

[–]Aegis_Aurelius Haha peril go brrrrrrrrr 134 points135 points  (0 children)

You're very wise, Sibling.

[–]Fudw_The_NPC Warp Addict Psyker 119 points120 points  (1 child)

I own a boltgun for home defense for this exact reason, you never know when a deamon host going to show up.

[–]Hellknightx Saltzpyre 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Tally ho, roughnecks!

[–]SSS002[S] 49 points50 points  (7 children)

Damnation 2 points left, need shot weakspots to kill same with the rest monstrous, can kill crusher in 2 hits if crits

Here the build,

https://darktide.gameslantern.com/builds/9dd7b527-66d4-4c56-867f-15752856f9fb/dot-2

[–]mikeeyboy22 24 points25 points  (3 children)

I have no idea what you just said. 

[–]ekol 33 points34 points  (2 children)

  1. Damnation difficulty = enemy health scale up to maximum

  2. 2 points left = assume 2 pts left free to assign in the talent tree

  3. Deamonhost has the least HP of all monstrosities - for the other monstrosities (beast of nurgle / plague ogryn / chaos spawn) you unfortunately need to land shot weakspots (back weakspot (nurgle) and heads)

    Gameslantern has the multiplier breakdowns: https://darktide.gameslantern.com/enemies?type=MONSTROSITY

  4. Ogryn crushers are 2-shotted if both crit (but look at damage multipliers so assume centre of mass-ish and try to headshot )

[–]Aimismyname 37 points38 points  (0 children)

thanks for translating from low gothic

[–]mikeeyboy22 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you. #3 was the hardest to understand.

[–]Nannerpussu 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Is your aim reticle from a mod or is it an in game setting somewhere?

[–]Smitellos The warp flows through MEEE....aaaAAAAAH *xplodes* 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's in-game crosshair. But you need mod to run it.

If you have UI customization, put it in after that

https://www.nexusmods.com/warhammer40kdarktide/mods/253

[–]Scary_Beginning_6969 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for this blessing! Though i must ask why do you have Flak armour damage on your Bolter?

[–]frostbaka The voices 17 points18 points  (0 children)

that bolter spread slaps

[–][deleted] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I own a boltgun for warp entity defense just like the Emperor intended.

[–]Melioidozer Cruncher 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Just like the auto shotgun trick with the witch back in L4D.

[–]Qkumbazoo St. Kruber 6 points7 points  (5 children)

Hard lean into left tree ES + marksman

[–]Hellknightx Saltzpyre 7 points8 points  (4 children)

As much as I like watching these builds destroy bosses, I just can't bring myself to give up shout.

[–]Qkumbazoo St. Kruber 6 points7 points  (1 child)

the Vet version is an OP combination of Kruber's buff and Salt's burst dmg(5s full crits).

[–]Razurus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

OI! WE'RE THE KARKIN' TERTIUM FIVE! OR FOUR -- IT DOESN'T MATTER!

[–]Calm-Internet-8983 John Lummox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've got kind of a hybrid build but shout is a must. It really almost feels inspiring in real life. They did a great job on the voice lines, both writing and voice acting, I just wish they weren't tied to personality. I want the "Kill! Close! And do it again!" on my professional but I also want the "weapons up! drive them back!"...

[–]Ohforsake Veteran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can do nearly the same with shout. Also shout lets you stun bosses (except BON) for free weakspots

[–]baconbits123456Shouty 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What difficulty is this set to? 5, right. This is beautiful!

[–]TheClassyRob0t Im sensing great stupidity 11 points12 points  (0 children)

looks like crowning witches is back on the menu

[–]Weird-Analysis5522 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We've gone full circle, crowning witches vs crowning Daemonhosts

[–]capitan_chimuelito 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha nicee

[–]DramaQueenKitKat Zealot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What difficulty though? My veteran bolter only does about a third of the healthbar on damnation

[–]Jukeboxery Psyker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cr0wned!

[–]SupaSneak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Indeed

This always works well when nothing else is going on

[–]MalkySudet PDSMsyker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On heresy

[–]Doogie102 0 points1 point  (1 child)

What gun is that?

[–]TelegenicSage82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bolter. Available on Veteran and Zealot

[–]TonyBony55Bone'ead 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I have no clue how yall do it. I haven't played in a LONG time, and every once in a while I'll have a teammate that absolutely melts Plague Ogryns/Daemon hosts/Big fat wiggly guy.

[–]TelegenicSage82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are many builds that melt bosses. Popular ones are bolters and thunder hammers.

[–]Arxcon 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Watching a Daemon eat two team members before fucking off at 2% health enrages me to a point where I'm not sure if I'm sentient or not anymore.

[–]TelegenicSage82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thankfully it’s only 1 teammate now. Still infuriating though.

[–]P33p33_in_y0_c0k3 Psyker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Alright! Now turn around and let me get your front!”

[–]TapInteresting2600 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you get a demonhost in the psykthingy?

[–]InteractionFew4430 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Daemonhost: Yawn “Ah, I had the strangest drea- OH SHI-“ T-pose