AUTOPISTOL PSYKER : a guide to the wildest gun psyker build 

Here is a small update for the build after Tools of War and Patch #7 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f5n10k09cCY.html

You got to love when a meme build actually becomes a strong viable build. Great video explaining the details.

Love that lots of other people had also been playing around with the autopistol on psyker. I was enjoying this build just due to the high fire rate and kinetic flayer but the pinning fire affecting DOT really takes it to the next level... Thanks for the build keep it up!

I've been running this build for a while now.. But actually had no clue that Pinning Fire affected non-gun damage.. Just knew I was layin' pipe. Thank you for the video!

I'm already getting hatemail from Veterans for stealing their Ogryn kills and eating up all their precious ammunition, I love it!

Funny enough, the auto pistol with pinning fire works really well with zealot too. Zealot's "stacks" and damage perks interact with pinning fire in a weird way, so if you're at half life and have full stacks of pinning fire after shooting an enemy or two, you're hitting for 250-300 damage per shot with the fastest firing weapon in the game. Zealot's ult also gives 100% armor penetration, so you can kill crushers easily _with a machine pistol._ It's stupid good.

love the build! going to try it out as soon as I can

Nice build breakdown, cool vid. Thx.

Outstanding video. I have nothing to contribute to the greater build discourse, but I want to boost your #EngagementMetrics. Great work. Never stop, King.

Nice, been using that build since the last patch. Absolutely love the idea of rejecting main psykers weapons in favor of funny little lead generator. 8:12 nice transition :)

After watching this video, I put the staves on hiatus to give the shredder a try, so I brute-force-upgraded Brunt's until I made a 379 with pinning fire IV, Raking fire 3, and 25% Maniac/25% flak. I've paired it with a solid 543 MKV duelling sword for the enormous +15% dodge distance and the natural blocking synergy with Kinetic Deflection. It's actually _unbelievable_ how well it performs at the sheer amount of damage you can pump out while utilizing the entire Psyker kit. Other than ammo without a Veteran on the squad, I've yet to find a weakness to the synergy in this build. Wrack & Ruin used to feel simply useless, but with the shredder it feels like you're tenderizing meat before you cook it - not to mention Wrack & Ruin can trigger off of Kinetic Flayer to spread even more soulfire around the target. This build is simply phenomenal.

Will deffo give this a go

Now you are an american wizard Harry.

inspiring barrage needs to work like confident strike as currently it's probably the worst blessing out of all of them (yes even worse than blaze away on say kickback as it's pretty much just 'more toughness regen when you're already regenerating toughness'). cool build - maybe in a year when i manage to drop that t4 pinning fire i'll be able to test it xD

Hey, saw you in a random game yesterday running this build. Forgot to mention that it also works with slaughterer from force swords for this interaction, that's how I already knew this would work ;)

What do you suggest for the melee wep for this build?

I did use the autopistol before (I just like the weapon and its a good secondary for force sword), so now that stagger build might make my instincts with the shooty damnation worthy.

I've been playing with almost this build the past few days. Only difference is I used Kinetic Barrage. I'll try out Ascendant Blaze

Hide this from FS before they nerf Psyker again LOL but seriously, this build looks incredibly fun!

I have started to run this build a few days ago (although I was not aware of pinning fire so I was running with Kinetic Barrage). It's amazing.

Great video! I need to get a good autopistol for my psyker. Just one question, what does the 0/3 numbers mean?

how do you think this build fares after the global flame DoT nerf? 6 warp charges are required to kill shooters now, so you still need to 1 tap them with a gun if using 4

you also useing a mod to change the layout of your Ui? as my buffs dont show up in the middle like yours do

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hey just outta curiostiy, whats your opinion on the new wildefire trait in regards to this build?

This is an interesting one even in 2024, as well as how it's considered a meme build, reminds me of how in WH40K Dawn Of War Cyrus can obtain the Mark Of Exitus Sniper Rifle (I believe it is) where it says 0 damage yet instakills targets with an explosion causing collateral to nearby enemies lol, and the DoW 2 Retribution Imperial Guard campaign where there is an autocannon that calls in an airstrike-- those were total trolling weapons lol

E: As stated by WitnessAndFitness, "wrack" is actually an archaic alternative spelling and not a typo. Off-topic, but "Wrack and ruin" is a pretty funny typo by the devs. It's obviously supposed to be wreck, unless it's somehow related to "any of a number of coarse brown seaweeds which grow on the shoreline".

I built the same weapon for my veteran it melts everything, apart from Crushers But can still stagger them somehow

which mod are you using at the beginning to see when the blessings activate/stack?

This is a very cool interaction, but the autopistol is a solid pick even when you do not opt for it. The Psyker is notoriously weak at mid-range and easily the slowest class to be able to kill things like muties/flamers/hounds. The Autopistol completely negates this weakness, making the class an excellent generalist. It's exactly as you stated around 3:00; you do not sacrifice what you already excel in.

Stupid question, I saw that your game shows buff icons from blessing, is that a special addon or an interface option?

What mod do you use to see your stacks? That's so incredibly useful and such an obvious concept that it's a little insulting that Fatshark hasn't put it in vanilla.

so 6 charges destroys most hordes but obviouysly u use a diffarant abillity .. nice Ill keep a look out on my google chrome plug in to seee when a smg comes up to try

Good video! Really enjoyed your explanations and the detail you provided - I run a build similar to this, but even so I learned a lot from your analysis of pinning fire interactions with Ascendant Blaze. One note: I would avoid using "spastic" in that context as it is likely hurtful to some people and there are a lot of good alternative words to get the same feeling across without punching down. Keep em coming!

What do you mean with "Making me sound like less of a spastic" at 10:48 ?

Is this build still work after resent update?

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Kinda disagree with parts of the details here, maybe because im late to it. First : the talent that gives bonus damage isn't only for force weapons. Maybe that was changed recently, but it means you are looking at a 10-25% damage on EVERYTHING; including DoT and that gun. That's important. Sure you need high peril for that... which leads to the second point : Illisi and Deimos are incredibly good weapons. Illisi is very very neat to get rid of hordes EVEN FASTER. I know it can seem overkill, but hi int gauntlets are a thing and you don't wanna be submerged in trash when a trapper comes. Deimos is also a very legit option, being able to delete crushers or specials quite quickly. Aside from that; I've been toying with the build for a few days and I must say, the main difference with staves is how fast and proactive you feel comparatively. With staff it's very passive imho, you move forward and spray flames or lightings; while the gun/BB/sword are highly versatile. Being able to just brrrrrtkill a bulwark that came a bit too close is really nice too.

havent played the game in awhile, is that the new HUD?

so how did you alter your UI ? you get alot of HUD info that i don't ingame, like.. what ? have you somehow modded a multiplayer game ? Without getting banned, what ? So confused, i have not seen anything in the menus to enable any of this.

Wait dude hold on.... how do yo u get that actual icon to show what perks have started kicking in??? because there is so much wording that I dont understand on weapons and its really annoying :(

Some one told me bout this. Tbh I prefer psyker with staff I understand this build has a lot of power. I prefer to protect the team n make their life easier. I will say this build is fun n interesting outside of power n horde clear ill say I'll pass not useing ammo is a big deal for me n surge can kill mutiple Orgryn if you're fast. I will say hitting elites n getting brain burst is fun.

This is t5 right?

is this still viable?

This Is how I played Psyker for my first 200 hours or so. Its good and viable but not BIS , obviously

It's cool until you load into a game with 3 veterans and they hate you because you are now dipping into their resource pool 😂

I see that playing psyker is a lot more complicated than it looks.

Do you want to get subs? Pumping out quality videos like this is how you get subs. Any curios recommendations for this build? Also maybe add timestamps. :)

Crazy they added guns to dark and darker even weirder wizards can use it

Why psyker? I play pistol vet! I need ammo 😅😂

I gotta disagree about gun psyker being bad. Being able to deal with shooter enemies is very nice. For the ammo issue just pick a las weapon and get good with melee.

Still looks like a meme build to me

but why not just use purgatus and decimator + headtaker on axe to get +100% burn with 6 stacks and not use ammo at all XD kill all gunners ez

not taking a staff on psyker is trolling. don't do this in damnation.

No one plays this game anymore.

Will deffo give this a go