CARRY YOUR TEAM with this powerful Zealot Support build (Darktide Zealot Build Guide) 

My pleasure, happy cooking ;)

The beneficent emperor, guides your tongue!

Thanks so much mate, appreciate that

How'd it go?

@@Shinzon23 It went really well! This build is a complete monster at all things horde/trash related with a ton of support to keep your team alive in tough spots. It's not bad at dealing with big things either. As long as someone is able to take out ranged things from far away, it works great. There's only been a time or two that the short range of this build felt like a hinderance. Being able to laugh at hunting grounds events makes it all worth it. 10/10, would recommend!

Disgustingly optimal is my middle name XD i have weird parents

Thanks so much mate! Really glad you found some value in it :)

My pleasure mate. Hit that subscribe button if you're interested in more like this in the future

Really glad you like it mate

It's funny you should say that actually, I was sort of musing over this myself after spending a solid week looking at the tree. I'd personally be pretty okay taking that point out of Holy rev, taking the two points from Sustained assault and melee node, and using those 3 points total to take TWBS, which probably does a lot for the Flamer and Eviscerator. You'd lose a bit of melee dps but then I could always run Rampage to make it back up.

I've been a fan of Restoring faith since before patch 13. It wasn't as good as holy rev when you could full heal yet it also was totally passive and works really well for chip damage mitigation as well as big damage spikes. Also really extends down time. In patch 13 I think it is the superior choice actually.

@@Reginald-sc9tk it's sooo good in this patch. Btw nice work on your vids man, thanks for the comment!

Thanks! And likewise, its nice to see everyone having so much fun with all the new stuff. I've really been enjoying just dropping by other people's channels to see what kinda weird stuff they've cooked up. @@theactionwindow5008

Just letting everyone know if you have decent stamina you can reliably spam a block push while carrying power cells and while using the scanner on sample missions but it’s alittle buggy

I should have mentioned this in the guide, lol. It is super fun doing that!

Gasp

The Blazing Piety + ranged combo is something I am going to explore coming soon... Blazing Piety pretty amazing for weapons with high finesse values. Imagine, if all the IAGs were to suddenly get buffed :thinking:

Well i'm still sticking with my humble Bolter just to act as a Sister of battle type of build,still pretty efficient as well.

@@RPGHSGAMING bolt gun is a good weapow too, you just need to be more acurrate.

the stunlock on it feels ridiculous vs bosses XD

Yknow the more fun thing? if you happen to be on a map with edges that lead to insta-death drops, use it to push the Monstrosity off it. Insta-win XD

recently got nerfed, only first and last pulse stagger monstrosities now which hurts a bit

@@deving3134 and still it is an incredibly strong ability :)

@@theactionwindow5008 tru tru

Very true, I never take it so I totally forgot about that one. Still, a unique aura nontheless

Love this post! Thanks for your words brother

Same bro :D those talents are definitely good talents, I just found with how quickly I can cool down prayer I just never felt like I needed the passive toughness regen from EWEW, cause any time u get your toughness broken you can just... pray! Backstabber is unfortunately a bit of a tax talent in this build but imo worth it for Scourge. Hard to go wrong with current Zealot tree though! and glad this build could be of some help

Tried the flamer route and hated it, without a good team you may as scrap it completely. Saw your comment and tried the shotgun and auto gun and I completely tear shit up with this build

Nice man! I've had a great time with it, feels super safe which is what you want in pick up groups

@theactionwindow5008 super safe till your team ditch you and leave you to face 3 reapers and a angry hoarde xD then its just fun xD

@@alexanderdrago3905 Nothing some fire can't handle ;)

If you wanted to no soul S tier this build then a rashad with shred and bromentum would probably be the melee weapon pick. But that's so soulless and the eviscerator has been buffed so we're having fun. Also psyker strength is utterly meta warping right now but I don't expect that to last long

​@@theactionwindow5008yes you could pick an axe but when oversized chainsword are a) very good and b) exist then why would you?

@@chetmanley1885 Amen

You know that's one blessing I've never touched because it's had a history of being awful, but it's probably worth testing. My worry with it is RNG - you have no real control over when you crit other than stacking %. My instinct on this is it probably feels great when it works and really bad when it doesn't, but admittedly I would need to test this thoroughly to back this statement up, so I'll do that!

​@@theactionwindow5008 it is of course still RNG, but with how high crit chance you can obtain with the current zealot, it's honestly not really a problem at all now, I've been getting push-attacks all the way through big mixed horde like no tomorrow, max crit chance you'd get from Shred and skill tree would be like...75%, which is pretty much every hit. You just spam "push attack->light attack" and ur good.

@@sivel7493 I'll test it out today!

​@@theactionwindow5008how'd it go?

@@Shinzon23 still yet to roll an Eviscerator with both blessings XD classic. Stay tuned :P

Agree, it's a great blessing for controlling enemies.

What is considered the primary attack on the flamer?

Yeah that's the nice thing about the build, the core of it is only 22 points, and after that you can really play about with those last 8 to tailor it to your own tastes. I don't really rate the toughnness DR on Chorus, but I think there's something to be said for the damage buff if you've taken Scourge and a Shred weapon and have the 80% crit rate :D Imo the Zealot was the big winner of the patch, the tree is so fun and there are so many things you can do with it. Lots of strong stuff as well!

I definitely do wanna try a version with the knives once they've had their accuracy fixed, because atm I am fairly certain that they are inheriting the spread stat when they are wielded with the the gun you have equipped, and as the flamer has a fairly large default spread it can be super feelsbad when you quickthrow only to have the knife go wide lol. It does feel like a bug though and not intentional, and when it gets addressed I'll definitely be looking more closely at the knives as I think they are wicked. I think, like you say, the most "generalised" version of this build (i.e. take all comers setup) would use knives. I also think if you wanted to squeeze every last drop of efficiency out of it you should probably run a Rashad Combat Axe with Shred. You lose a bit of crowd control but do a lot better vs Crushers. With specialist vs generalist, i think it largely comes down to the party you're running with and then individual preference. With a party where everyone is staying close and working together, the specialised niche is really, really strong since you just have one area of the game locked down and your (good) team cover your weaknesses. But I think in PUGs, going a little more generalist is probably going to net a little more success overall just because WHO KNOWS if you'll get a PUG who knows how to play!

@@theactionwindow5008 Oh, that’s interesting. I heard something about a projectile weapon inheriting the properties of the weapon you’re wielding (I think I’ve heard it talked about with some of the ogryn’s thrown weapons?), but I thought it simply inherited things like +x damage to y enemy. I don’t know if I saw that phenomena, but I also didn’t test it out extensively I almost exclusively put and, yeah, I prefer a more generalist build in most cases. Builds that I know or think will fill a shortcoming of most pugs. Anyway, thank you for this video, very informative!

@@Vulcanerd no worries man, thank you for your support and your comments, appreciate it!

You've probably heard this advice already but... try T5 over T4. You'll find the quality of team mates (generally speaking) is so much higher that it might actually feel easier than T4 in some ways. It takes a little longer to kill things and you take more damage if you mess up mechanically, but so much of this game's difficulty revolves around team play and the important of having good team mates that understand that can't be underestimated.

One hundred percent. So frustrating.

Whaaaaaaaaat? Who's this?

@@theactionwindow5008 Nico! Guy with the hair long on one side, shaved on the other. Haven't been around for a hot minute indeed. When I found this video I hadn't even touched Damnation yet, and by now I'm a grizzled old bastard. I'm revisiting this vid to come back to this build and try it out with some better-rolled weapons. I also apparently need to change my notification settings because I didn't get mentioned about this reply!

After today's patch notes, the meta is absolutely wide open

Curios are kind of a preference thing for a lot of people. I generally run a mixture of HP and Toughness blessings on this build, with Toughness being a x2 and Health being a x1. For perks, my favourites are stamina regen, combat ability regen and gunner resist. +HP and +Block efficiency in some number is also decent.

After the last choice, I'd say the Lawbringer is actually a pretty decent choice in this build thanks to the Flechette blessing. The Revolver would also work but then you're relying entirely on Fire Grenades to stop big mixed waves

This is something I actually do but forgot to but in the guide like an idiot. Doh!

In this exact patch I don't love them but they are getting a big boost in the next patch and become MUCH better weapons with some pretty exciting builds :) so hang on to yours if you get a good one!

Revolver would definitely be my pick. Synergizes with Blazing Piety, synergizes with Emperor's Bullet (maybe one of the only guns that makes this usually bad talent half decent) has access to rending via Hand Cannon, hits like a truck. Can't go wrong! Ideal set up for Revolver is, Unarmoured and Maniac for perks, Surigcal and Handcannon or Crucian Roulette and Handcannon. Second combo probably a safer bet long term as I'd be very surprised if Surgical didn't get changed in a future patch. Just a guess but it seems a bit ridiculous in its current state.

I did very much forget about that talent when making this vid... probably fairly telling as I never take it on Vet and also forget it exists there XD I think that's a talent you either love and always take or u just... don't!

I use mods. There are some good videos on RU-vid that explain how to install and turn them on!

its a mod called Crosshair hud and custom hud

Thank you! And ya exactly that man. I got lucky, i have a friend who subscribes to Warhammer+ and he just sent me his code as he doesn't play Darktide.

The Flame grenade probs has a higher overall ceiling with what you can do with it, whereas the Stun grenade is more of a clutch/reversal kind of tool. They're both good, but I think the Stun grenade is more consistent and the Flame grenade has the bigger value potential.

I use mods, namely these 3 to achieve that look: Custom HUD Crosshair HUD Numeric UI

enjoy brother

Blessings, I run 1 health 2 toughness. Works well for me. Perks, lots of good options. for this build specifically: S tier - Gunner Resistance, Stamina Regen A tier Combat Ability Regen, Health, Toughness, block efficiency B tier Revive speed, Toughness Regen Then everything else is varying degrees of situational/bad

Lawbringer with Flechette and Scattershot would be really fun in this build. Perks, classic Flak/Maniac for that one. Curios I run 2 toughness 1 hp. You could do that the other way around. Then for curio perks I like Combat Ability Regen, Stamina Regen, Health and Gunner Resistance as my top picks.

@@theactionwindow5008 Thanks B

Should just work on allies in coherency. It doesn't cure wound corruption (i.e. going down) but it will clear dog bounce, burster, tox flamer, BoN and Poxwalker corruption

@@theactionwindow5008 oh, so only cures certain kinds of corruption? That’s good to know thanks! Is it just wound corruption it does not cure?

Blessing wise, I run 1 HP and 2 toughness ones. Perks, i have: x2 Stamina regen x3 Gunner resistance x2 combat ability regen x1 Toughness regen x1 Block efficiency. I'd rather the toughness regen be another combat ability regen or block efficiency, but it's fine for now. You also can't really go wrong with +HP as a perk, imo

thanks so much

It's a mod called Creature Spawner, very very handy tool that I use to test damage and breakpoints/train with. Would recommend!

You could run the knife if you wanted, but it wouldn't be to get faster coolddown. Prayer cools down incredibly quickly with the talents shown + Shred blessing. So if you wanted to run the knife it would be a preference thing. As for me, I don't really like the knife but if you want to use it, go ahead. I'd run Flesh Tearer and Uncanny Strike on it in this build, probably. Or Mercy Killer and Uncanny Strike. You'll find your melee clear will be much slower so you'll have to lean on your Flamer more for that role, but you'll have better mobility and be better at killing Crushers.

@@theactionwindow5008 gotcha yeah I only thought of the knife might be good for this build because I thought it would have the fastest cooldown reduction but if the evis is faster or about the same I'd rather use that lol. I want my mouse's left click to actually last a while lol but I will definitely have to try mercy killer and uncanny strike at some point since I've only ever ran lacerate and mercy killer and I do really like the combat knife tbh. Thanks for the quick and helpful response though man I appreciate it. ♥️

@@yadunknow3436 all g mate!

It's kind of hard to assess what is better in a vacuum, I feel like the Corruption Aura is so unique in what it does - which is turn "definite death" situations into "non-death" situations. E.g. You have a Veteran in your party and they take a Poxburster blast. If they take a second poxburster blast, they will instagib from corruption damage, whether or not they'd lost a wound. With the corruption aura, the poxburster blast would NOT instagib because the corruption from the first blast would be healed. I think the Corruption aura is more subtle perhaps on the situations where it saves you or a party member because people don't really think about how corruption makes the game harder to play long term. But it's really strong.

The left click gives u a very fast spritz of fire with high stagger, so it's good to use it a couple of times to buy the time you need to open the torrent. Another thing is sprint sliding into open torrent (right click) into fire. You can also dodge slide (dodge left/right/back then very quickly tap crouch) to buy a bit of extra time to open the torrent. Just about learning the various movement tricks you can do to keep your movement momentum up.

@theactionwindow5008 ah this is fantastic knowledge! Thank you. Also is the video sped up? Cause the spritz of fire seems more like a single torrent but also the ammo counter is going down faster in the single fire mode as well.

@@Gabriel-Kazu nah not sped up

It's a mod, there are some good tutorials on RU-vid of how to get them set up

custom_hud crosshair_hud NumericUI All synergistic with each other, really gives you a lot of customisation options. hope this helps!

TY kindly sir!

I use some mods, they are: custom hud crosshair hud NumericUI All synergistic with each other, really gives you a lot of customisation options. hope this helps!

Combination of two mods, custom UI and crosshair hud I think it's called. Will double check

do you have a video you used to install those? I've never heard of mods for darktide lol@@theactionwindow5008

@@theactionwindow5008 yoo thanks. been missing the more centralized hud from vermintide

Blessings, I run 1 health 2 toughness. Works well for me. Perks, lots of good options. for this build specifically: S tier - Gunner Resistance, Stamina Regen A tier Combat Ability Regen, Health, Toughness, block efficiency B tier Revive speed, Toughness Regen Then everything else is varying degrees of situational /bad

Legend cheers @@theactionwindow5008

Hello mate, I will be dropping a video on EXACTLY this this weekend, detailing both how to install mods if you're new/never done it before and then how to achieve the UI I have here. Make sure to hit subscribe and turn on the bell notification if you haven't already. It's not a quick answer but I do intend on making it as clear and as easy as possible.

It is good! The issue with it at the minute is that Inexorable Judgement is overtuned and encroaching on on Martyrdom's design space. When IJ gets tuned down, Martyrdom will shine. I still run Martyrdom in some builds as well :)

Yes sir!

Death Korps of Krieg premium cosmetic

@@theactionwindow5008 damn.

@@CannibalLecter i know mate. i hate how the good cosmetics in this game are pay walled. it's kind of disgusting imo

Dash and flamer is a nice combo for the AP

@@theactionwindow5008 very much a hulk smash build... not sure if there is a better capstone for the hammer though, maybe momentum, feels good with the crits so far though

@@smashingbrown I think the Hammer is good with all of them, but my fave with it is Martyrdom

@@theactionwindow5008 will try it out

Hello mate, I'd look at 2 toughness 1 health blessing or 3 toughness curios for this one. You have a LOT of health damage resistance so you can't really go wrong with more health but toughness gives you more shield vs gunners. Perk wise, I like Stam regen, combat ability regen and gunner resist on this, a bit of block efficiency is good too. Good luck Pilgrim.

@theactionwindow5008 thanks for your help loving the build so far and just starting out being able to tank bosses is crazy hahahhaa

@@Chr1sTh3Ripper no worries dude my pleasure

Quite a few, but the ones you're probably curious about are: custom_hud crosshair_hud NumericUI I use those 3 combined to get the UI looking how it does. All 3 are fully synergistic with each other. Hope this helps!

Blessings, Health x1, toughness x2 is what i run. Tier list of perks would be: Best - Gunner Resist, Stamina Regen Good - CA regen, Toughness, Health, Block Eff Alright/Niche - Corruption, Grims Everything else is pretty bad for zealot

triple toughness on this build, with Block/Stam regen, Gunner efficiency and Combat ability regen.

I can't stop ya!

darktide.gameslantern.com/builds/9a6dce7b-fc49-42dd-add5-a61a02fd929a/the-retributor?

Watched the gameplay video and also used the view of the weapon at 1:09 and I'm pretty sure he's using the Mk II. The MK XV has bigger "teeth" on the side chassis also the Mk II used a side sweep for heavy attack

​@@CaptainMetal92 yes but if you put a skin on it it changes the look of the weapon depending on the skin.

@@slayerofthenine8445 I've only seen skins that change the color palette, not the actual model. What I also noticed after posting, the icon of both weapons is different. 100% sure it's th MkII in the vid

I didn't cover curios in this video. But what I use on this Zealot build is 2x Toughness blessing, 1 times HP blessing. My preferred perks are: Gunner resist, Combat Ability Regen Stamina regen Block Eff Health In that order of priority.

Oh wow thank you so much lol, the build is fun so I've been experimenting with them gunner resist is essential! Good video!

@@Purp69420ty mate glad ur vibing it!

Sometimes it is utterly hopeless. One of the things this build relies on is people staying in Coherency. PUGs sometimes feel like I'm playing with 3 cats who are all incredibly skittish and distrustful of each other. Absolute nightmare in those situations lol

Its a support build, not a specialist build etc. If you and your team is in trouble just use prayer and let your team handle the rest.

Assail is absurdly broken atm with how OP it is. Can't imagine it will stay that way for long.

Yeah, it got nerfed in patch 14 down to just yourself. Warranted tbh, it's still ridiculously good

It's a mod!

lol, can we install mods? omg, didn't knew Thanks!!! @@theactionwindow5008

As someone who's been played with the next patch version for hours already, I can tell you with absolute certainty that it's still incredibly strong.

Totally fair man it's an S tier gun that's insanely fun to play with :D

Can't say I've personally had any issues playing it on Maelstrom, it's actually boosted my win rate fairly significantly. But to each their own!

If You're having a problem doing any of this just bring the kantrel shotgun.