New Assail Psyker is Dominant Force - Auric Maelstrom Gameplay｜Darktide 

Lore wise they would need to fight a beast of nurgel now if i remember correctly

And yet .... 3 minutes and 48 seconds in ... they get cocky and die.

what is the slide slash thing that they do and how do you do it?

​@@NimootDid all that snd still chose to hate witcha lame ass

@@zinivixthey didnt

​@@Nimootcocky?? Fuck you mean cocky? He was doing so good throughout that fight. Only reason he got knocked is cuz his peril reached 100% and wasn't quelled.

Choco turned me into a demon on vermintide 2 I did the same thing

And both will soon share same bruises from the nerf bat thanks to morons being unable to use them in moderation on lower difficulties lmao

bad player fear of nerf? cant play with toys that a not not totally broken OP? May be find some actual skill or leave?

@user-gk6gf1lq9x assail is a problem in the highest difficulties. I think the damage is fine, but it recharges way too often. You can go most of the mission without using any of your weapons even in maelstrom and get 30-100% more damage than teammates depending on how you play it. Weapons are not balanced when you can constantly steal your teammates' kills.

yeah but illisi was also busted. and gun psyker was busted with shredder, and general psyker stuff wasn't terrible

@russellpierce3987 illisi was very strong, not busted. Shredder psyker was a problem. I think assail and voidstrike are comparable to shredder pre patch. Which is to say they need to be brought down so we don't have to rely on teammates not abusing those builds if we want to also have fun.

I mained psyker from launch and always found it funny when people said silly stuff like that.

@@Gray_87 same stuff. From the start it felt as the most powerful class for me. Much flexibility, easy waves, etc. For now i tried a few builds after rework and very surprisingly i noticed that pistol+FSword with 1+1+3+3= the most stronk >< ever. on the paper it looks as dog>

​@@isiltarexilium798i felt like launch psyker was just a worse veteran. The staffs did low damage, brain burst wasn't that great for me, and gun psyker just ate up the teams ammo supply. I'm loving the current psyker a lot more, not for the power as much as for how fun it is to play now

Never had issues clearing mad difficulty on psyker since launch i smell a skill issue

But ya know what that's ok. It's PVE and fun as hell. Psykers should be on the strong side afterall they're risking their souls virginity everytime they use powers

I think it's good this way, even with good builds you can die from massive waves or maniac spam

I play Psyker myself and i can say im miles away from playing like that and moving like that 🤣 So its pretty much a skill issue,not everyone can play like that like this dude.

​@@maltheri9833i actually don't agree with this. If this were a solo pve game then yes, but since its multiplayer I don't want someone on a specific overpowered build playing the game for me. I would also like to participate. Pre patch vets with bolters or autopistols had this same issue, they'd just flatten everything because they were so overtuned. Its why you see so many vets complaining their new skills suck.

​@@maltheri9833😂

because having psykers with assail completely ruins other's fun. some amount of struggle is good fun, but having everything die before you even do anything is not fun

I've heard people say that those Warp for Toughness perks are overrated, and that Toughness DR is much stronger, since without it, Auric just shits all over your toughness. You have enough regeneration from other sources without those, apparently.

@@FlyingButterHorse Thank you for the response and explanation :D

I mean in 40k a psykers mainstay has always been warp lightning or warpfire for offense(also telekinesis) , so makes sense. The ice crystal thing is kind of odd though, does seem out of place.

​@@ivankacic2808They're kineblades, which are an established psyker weapon. They're unique in that they're made of crystal, but that was probably just a design choice so that they could recharge, having the psyker summon/create more of them with the warp.

With some weapons, typically finesse ones, the first heavy is a charge attack. This is easily displayed in the combat knife's heavy-1 attack. When you initiate the attack, you run faster with that weapon, and incorporating a slide covers about the same distance + invuln + saves stamina

Psyker for a caster CC playstyle, zealot for melee

Oh damn I didn’t know they announced miss BBQ’s last class. Wasn’t expecting it to be necromancy

@@energyvanquish Yeah, neither were quite a few people including myself. There were some rumors circulating about something to do with Myrmidia, but in truth I’m glad that the devs opted for something unique from the Wind of Aqshy altogether.

Perhaps. I think that was a bug to begin with.

It’s just power attacks with the duelist sword kind of lung you forward, add in movement and you can kind of dash in and out

General builds most often use axes on vet and cleavers on ogryn, but there's also the shield and club ogryn that's pretty great right now. I like using shield ogryn because if my teammates decide to fight a daemonhost i can take aggro and block everything while they kill it

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Wow, you can't solo absolutely everything on the highest difficulty. How come nobody ever realized?!?!

yo

Its pretty easy to blow yourself up using assail, as ive done it myself countless times despite being probably the most comfortable playing the psyker. An insurance of kind, i assume. Also vent goes through wall so it allows for some insane clutch saves for pounced teamates behind a wall.

As others have said, the reason for retaining it is a kind of insurance against self-destruction. I would use it in a situation where you are stuck or in danger, but if you can afford to be subdued, it is better to use that and retain the vent. In the end, it depends on the situation, and if it self-destructs, that's it. Of course, this is only if you're the last man standing, and usually I'd use it to support your allies.

The only time I've blown myself as a psyker was when i was trying out scriers gaze. The peril build up was to fast that on malice difficulty and higher it's a death sentence to be at 100% peril while a horde is coming for them cheeks

you could take the dmg vs unyielding perk and aim for the head and its not terrible against monstrosities. also it staggers them after a couple headshots, which is really useful

I don't really care if assail is "op" rn, it's fun so I'm using it pre nerf, post nerf, whenever lol

Well no point in me typing this exact same dang comment lmao. I'll say I've been having the most fun with Zealot by far, it's not even close and while Psyker used to be my favourite I must confess I was kinda falling asleep in my chair with just HOW oppressively good and easy to utilise some builds can be.

I mean yeah it's a co-op game vs AI, you don't need to balance weapons to be terrible let players have nice things for once.

I think the Psyker blitzes are more kit defining than Zealot's, and thus deserve to be more powerful. If you wanna talk overtuned, you should look at the Voidstrike staff. Voidstrike can cleave or stagger hordes, stunlock monstrosities, and 2-shot crushers. All while having infinite ammo and minimal peril generation.

@@The-Enemy-Medic Well, even for PvE game there has to be balance, you'd then just end up with this situation where it boils down to "use THIS or don't have fun". Imagine queueing up into the game with some random loadout, wanting to try your hands at stuff but you simply don't get to do anything because the other 2-3 players are Assail Psykers... That's literally what happened to me, went into a mission with a TH and Flamer as zealot, my other teammates were psyker with Assail, needless to say, I was BARELY able to even lay eyes on an enemy that wasn't a Crusher or Bulwark. At the end of the day, only the people who use Assail would be the ones that have fun, there will be ppl who'll appreciate being carried but that's not gonna be good for the game, in the long-run.

@@OhLookItsTekona I did play A LOT ton of Voidstrike before the update, didn't check it out when the update hit yet but I just did and man...ur right, it's pretty bloody insane how much damage it deals right now. I wouldn't mind if they at least increase the peril generation of it more...and here I thought Surge Staff was the one that got the best As for Psyker's blitzes...I think Brainburst and Smite are perfectly balanced right now in terms of power...I think, compared to those 2, Assail is kinda a bit strong for what it is, compared to them. I agree that perhaps Psyker Blitz should probably be better than other classes' blitzes...but they should at least be on par with each other (to the level of BB and Smite at least)

Thinking Soulblaze is useless is a wild take.

@@Whorecultist it's not useless, it's like writing a letter to fatshark expressing a wish that the enemy you are focusing would die, and waiting for the response, but only half as effective. It's a complete joke.

​@@Whorecultistits not that good atm because the enemies have increased hp across all difficulties yet the damage from soulblaze doesnt seem to have changed. Its certainly not as strong as before.

thinking assail with empowered psionics is the most overpowered thing psyker has in its kit is another wild take.

@@Lucas92191 wrote this was before I realized smite can be cast infinitely with empowered psionics. Proves my point even further, basically trivializes the entire game.

I understand and respect your opinion, but it appears to be your subjective opinion. I am uploading some gameplay that I am personally satisfied with, that's all. There is no bravado there. But of course it needs to look good to some extent, so scenes like this are just more likely to be employed. As you say, it is luck that the team collapses, and it is also luck that you were able to rescue them. As you said, this game is more focused on teamwork. I think you are overestimating the clutch scene, it is just a part of the process of the game, and for me the most satisfying moments are when I have a great team and a challenging match. It's just hard to consistently make it a content thing. The length of the video, the structure, etc. If, for example, I am playing extremely fast-paced and ahead of my teammates without being alert to their position and surroundings, I can understand your opinion, but I think it would be rash to judge me for abandoning my teammates and playing selfishly just based on the information in this short, edited video. However, I generally agree with your opinion. Better team play in more intense scenes is ideal, but I am not good enough to do that all the time.

@@chocoB777 You're ok, sorry for misjudging you. Clutches are one of the most intense situations in Darktide. If people continuously watch them and like them, then of course it's in your best interest to provide the same content. If this may look like loner gameplay to some, so be it. Your answer was really thoughtful and in depth, so no problems on my side again. The aforementioned "loner" gameplay is not the same as an experienced player like yourself, but it does look like it if in nearly every video you are the only one standing. So I presumed it would be something of self-esteem problems on your side, to be always the person rescuing everybody and craving the reward. The hero complex, basically. But as it seems that's not the case and who am I to judge people so openly. Have a nice day.

If chocoB is the last man standing, it normally means someone else has screwed up and would normally result in an entire party wipe. However, chocoB is just so much better that he isn't being wiped with us and can actually survive and potentially clutch a terrible situation. He just skill diffs so hard that he is the only player capable of surviving those situations which is pog af