ONLY 3 DAMNATION TIPS you NEED!!! New Player guide to MASTERING Darktide! | Warhammer 40k: Darktide 

Quick addon, dodge sliding is not free, as it costs a dodge count extra, so If you have 5 with the knife, you'll use 2 to dodge slide

Snipers actually do have a spawn noise - a staticky crackling noise like a walkie talkie, but it's quiet and definitely not global. Another fun fact, Mutants will only do their punches if they have enough space after they grab you. If you only get grabbed into a wall, they'll keep throwing you away.

Positional tip. If you have a lot of range units firing at you but you also have a lot of melee pull back a room to fight the melee units as they rush in. Range units will often hold position or take a while to repossession. Too often i see people fighting in the open getting chewed up by range units.

One little tip: snipers don't tape their gear so they jingle like a Christmas tree when they reposition.

Not even halfway through and can already tell you made a much better 'Damnation Tips' video than some of the other, larger Darktide RU-vidrs I've seen. All they do is say 'learn to dodge' or 'learn enemy SFX' in a rather "This is obvious, don't be stupid" kinda tone, and then move on. You actually show how YOU dodge in hopes it helps others, and go over the important details about enemy specialists and elites. Also, when dealing with Trappers, always save your teammate FIRST. The Trapper tends to stick around long enough that both you and your teammate can start shooting them as they run away, often killing them quickly.

the circular movement for waves is so important, I started playing 2-3 weeks ago and when i started applying the circular motion to my hordes i noticed my horde survivability went up drastically

I’d chuck in there that, similar to being aware of people prepping to push a poxburster, be aware of the blue glow on enemy heads that show when your psyker is trying to brain burst an baddie. The brain burst sets up a whole host of beneficial effects. However, if the baddie dies before the brain burst goes off, not only do you not get the extra aoe damage/team buffs, you’ve also likely left your psyker at high peril taking them out of the fight for a few seconds while they quell.

Use the tag button, this thing is so damn OP, here are a few benefits. Easy headshots Movement tracking scanning hordes for hidden Ragers/Flamers etc. trivialize snipers in low viz enviroments pointing out priority targets to your team etc etc etc Seriously way more people should use it, I do it out of habit because I play a lot of WHC in Vermintide 2, but even without an associated buff tagging is insanely good.

A crafting tip I'm glad I learned is that you should always do Sire Melk's challenges because he almost always sells weapons with tier 4 blessings. even if it's a bad weapon or bad roll, you can still buy it and scrap it to get a guaranteed blessing if it has the one you want

Couple of other general notes.: - Poxbursters can be pushed by any attacks with enough stagger, this includes things like bullets from weapons, weapon specials like the gun bumps or ogryn punches and some melee weapon hits that don't kill them in 1 hit like the power maul light 1 attack. This can be useful if you need to sprint backwards to deal with a poxburster behind you and you may forget to stop and regen stamina. - Yellow and red barrels have got different uses and are incredibly useful tools, particularly if you are down a few teammates or clutching. Yellow barrels cause a large amount of stagger and flat damage to anything around, good for knocking over big elites like crushers, maulers and bulwarks so you can kill them easier. They also do flat damage through your toughness, so be careful of them if you're low on health. Red barrels also explode, but don't do any damage and a much lower amount of stagger to anything close, instead they cause fire damage to anything that walks through their flames. These are best used to thin out hordes but do note that if you blow them up too early, the horde will path around the flames.

For those who aren't aware, in the top right corner of the character screen (shows loadout, cosmetics, and talents) there is a button that will allow you to create loadouts. You can even right click on those to add a different icon to differentiate those loadouts at a glance.

Definitely one of the most frustrating things in the game is players who don't understand that freeing someone who's been netted takes a fraction of the time that reviving someone does, and try to fight through stuff first instead of freeing a teammate on the ground next to them until the teammate _actually_ goes down

Another useful tip about the trapper dodge timing is that the sound effect of them shooting the net is played slightly early, so if you dodge the instant you hear it you’ll still get trapped. Wait half a second before you dodge and you’ll reliably dodge trappers every time. My favourite method for dealing with them is a simple dodge + headshot with an MG XII. Also all dodges are only effective if you actually have the space to do so, so making sure that you have space to manoeuvre without getting clogged up with minor mobs is very important

I'ts mind boggling how many other players don't know the "don't shoot pox bursters" on auric damnation. Very frustrating when I get blasted with damage and corruption as another player shot them when I went to push them.

Recently, I have died twice two crushers one shotting me even after I thought I dodged. so knowing that they lunge forward when I dodge backwards explains why. And I also did not know you could slide under dogs. I think I will much rather push them since I’ve gotten pretty good at it, but it is good to know when emergency. Are usually play veteran for the Mark 12 las gun so finding a way to deal with the heavy armor berserkers and ogryns has been my main optical.

Isn't it the "tick tick tick tick" that singles the flamer spawn? The sound like when you light a gas stove.

I only just started playing on Heresy regularly. I've been so intimidated from anything higher but this is really helpful!

So ive known about warhammer a long time, used to play the vermintide games alot. Only now am i as an adult getting into the lore, and so i knew id love darktide as much as vermintide. although i knew id suck at both equally, im nominally better now because of this video. Very nice

Dodging - While you have an effective count, you can still do 1-2 when you hit the weapons limit. The counter actually drops into the negatives and while zero and below drop your dodge distance a fair bit, it usually not until -3 in that you basically have no dodge, but try not to hit the limit when possible obviously. An important note is that dodge sliding will also cost 2 dodges (1 for the dodge and 1 for the slide) so don't go crazy with them, especially if you are using a weapon with a low dodge count. Dodging also halts your stamina regen for a second as well, so don't use it thinking you can dodge around waiting for your stamina to refill. Enemies - I like your tip on trappers, learn to make dodging a habit in general when you hear them getting ready to fire (just be sure you know the direction to dodge lest you dodge into a net aimed at somebody else). The only thing I'd add is to tag elites and specials. Tagging a shotgunner for example lets everybody know there is probably a group of them, tag a bomber as they can be hard to spot at range, tag flamers so you can see them through their wall of fire, etc. It can be a FAR bigger help to the team and can even save runs (tip: you can tag when downed, trapped, or grabbed). The more info the team has, the better prepared for the fight they will be. Hordes - Hold down your position if possible. If you have a good area you can fight them in, hold there and stick together. Remember that they will start coming from other areas during the event, so having somebody keep an eye on the sides and rear ready for that surprise group is key to not becoming encircled. In that same situation, make sure to pay extra attention for special and elite spawns and try to get them tagged (as an example: Getting stuck by a horde in a tight space, a bomber spawns, you manage to tag it, a vet notices and uses voice of command to give them team a second of breathing room, and somebody takes out the bomber before it traps the team in a horde while on fire). If you are free to take them out, take the shot, but don't get tunnel visioned on them and forget about the horde and your teammates. Downed teammates - A teammate going down can put the others in a tougher spot, but don't just tunnel vision to revive them right when they go down. It may result in you becoming the target of what downed them and the same thing happening to you all while you may have left the others in a worse situation. Try not to res them if they are being smacked by something large either. If they only have 1 wound left, you don't want to revive them right as a crusher or mauler is about to land an overhead swing on them, trust me, it sucks more than dying on the ground. Oh, and sometimes hounds refuse to get off of somebody when shot, so just be aware a quick shot at one on a teammate may not always do the trick. Confusion - While DT has given us more info than any other game in the Tide series, there are still a lot of confusing words, stats, descriptions, etc. If there is something you don't understand or need help with, use RU-vid, the steam discussions, or the Fatshark Forms, or other sources to ask for help. Even with nearly 800 hours, I still get confused and need to search or ask for answers.

I've played so much Vermintide and Darktide I sometimes try to dodge when I'm watching someone play the game and I hear a sniper, trapper , or regular attack audio cue. Responding to audio cues automatically really is so key to surviving some run-ending events. You will have situations where you can't drop your attention from what's ahead of you but need to dodge that trapper or sniper in the middle of the chaos without giving it a second thought.

3:25 Another good tech is while charging your weapon you can sprint slide forward, thus nullifying the downside of being slowed down when charging a heavy attack 6:39 you can't crouch the net, but you can slide the net as long as the trapper is slightly elevated (like on stairs) 7:56 the flamer attack acts like a projectile, so if you are close enough (like 10m) you can just run at him and slide under his flames

Amazing video, for a beginner that has a lvl 15 character, it's of so much help. I wish the public players learn to chill and explore the game, all of the matches I have play feel, like an Speedrun attempt, always rushing and running the map, never stoping in search for the books, and resources.

Snipers have a tinkling sound when they move, like a ring of keys clinking together, not quite as heavy of a metal sound as the bomber. This is the sound that always gives them away for me and my squads. There is also a comm static spawn sound for the Snipers game mode.

Saw some other commenters talking about stagger, but didn’t see this mentioned: diffferent enemies are easier to stagger from different directions. For example, it’s much easier to stagger Pox Bursters with gunfire from the back or sides since they are leaning forward. Crushers and Bukwarks are the same way, stagger from behind knocks them down more reliably, especially with Trauma staff or other high stagger weapons, but an Antax heavy to the face will always stagger a Crusher or Mauler. And Pox Hounds are easier to stagger from the sides as well.

I've had a lot of trouble with console players lately, purposely triggering daemonhosts, speed running and generally playing like it was old school l4d. The airlock tip is good, I've had so many say "just rush the hatch" but triggered enemies follow and shortcut to next area.

This is the best video on youtube relevant to this content. I've seen about 12 'beginner guides' and not a single one mentions these mechanics. Which is something I was intentionally looks for. I want information that will allow me to advance my own skill - not necessarily 5 quick tips that I probably already know if I was paying attention in the game. Thank you for this.

Everyone playing this game should watch this, if for nothing else but the poxburster tip... so many times im moving to push one away, and someone shoots it..

This is such a well made video. Great info and good pacing! Subbed for more future content.

A more character specific note, Smite and Surge staff will push back a Pox Burster, you can use a quick zap to save teammates from a blast from range (just make sure you don't kill it with the staff)

Ive been playing for a while and some of your tips were new even to me, thank you!

I personally rebind my dodge to my space bar so its easy to spam without accidently pressing other buttons. Jump I rebind to left alt, as if were being honest, you don't need to jump that often, so having it on your biggest and easiest to press button on your keyboard is a bit of a waste. Only really need it to vault over some obstacles/dangers, or if you're really speed running bridges deploying towards you.

thanks for the great video, just started playing this game and this helped a lot

Incredible tips, thanks for putting this together

Sprint slide/dodge slide when carrying objectives or healing station parts to be as fast as sprint speed & dodge attacks

I want you to know how much I appreciate you for making this video. So many precious tips, may the Emperor protect you!

Very nice tips. I must say as a day 1 player I did learn a few new tricks watching this. We didn't have the stats screen back in the first 6 month's or so. So I think it got added recently. Would be great to see it in the end screen.

Started playing Darktide about 2 weeks ago now. Wish I saw this video back then. It's all very good advice.

Great advice! Solid general tips for the game and even though I'm a vermintide and darktide veteran you taught me two new things! I have been waiting for the pouncing hound to be near my face. I had no idea they could be pushed WHEN they start their jump! Awesome! That plus the bunny-hop-thru-fire trick. Nice!

Combine a dodge with a push has been my consistent counter to dogs, you can stagger them if they run by or knock them out of the air when they jump.

the pleasant chuckle and good sense of humor gets a sub from me good sir. You're doing the god-emperor's work.

I think a good tip is to have 2-3 builds set up for your character, play with them and familiarize yourself with it so that when you join a match, you can look at your squad composition and pick something that benefits them. Never assume your squad will work around you, bite the bullet and play something that you might find a little less fun for a smoother run. If you see you've got two sharpshooters and a psyker, maybe drop your crazy one-shot build and go for the support/buffer build.

On the topic of ragers, it's extremely effective to use a Devil's Claw - I prefer Mk 1 - with the special attack counter. This not only blocks their relentless attacks but also deals high damage. And it's very spammable. When a rager attacks me, I just dodge backwards once, pull out my trusty sword, and then spam mouse 4 until the rager is gone. I love this sword so much, I main it on all three classes that can wield it. And if Ogryn could, I would. The perfect no nonsense horizontal swings are beautiful and destroy hordes extremely well while the defensive capabilities are amazing. Not so good against armored targets, but hey, got a grenade and primary slot to do that :)

Very well put together!

1:13 elite controller, I bind ‘A’ (jump/dodge) to back left paddle, associatively same hand side as the ‘move’ joystick, it feels nice and I mostly only swap out ‘A’ for something too frequently utilized. Sometimes a game would allocate d-pad commands or left or right bumper to some of these examples.

Thank you so much! I had just returned to the game after a long lay off. This helps alot! n_n

Gotta say I appreciate this video. Was having a rough Darktide day, getting salty--and learned a lot from this. Turns out I was part of the problem. Humbled, and now salt free. Thanks so much!

This is honestly the best guide in general I found so far.

Thank you for a more in depth explanation about dodging. Most vids I've come across just say dodge, duh...My problem is physically being able to press the dodge button while operating WASD. I tried rebinding dodge to Space, but fingers still don't like it:-/. I'll give the mouse button a go:-).

This is the most informative and helpful video I have seen. I am on a mission to play a better Zealot. Thanks for the tips

Oh boy, this needs to be put on the Darktide start-up menu. I have found that I end up teaching, during or after a match, than actually playing. Case in point, there are still A LOT of players who never knew taking the net off another player was faster And/or that the flashlight actually causes the DH to get up.

something to consider is the block push is 360° (full circle) so you can push everything, including pouncing dogs, if it's behind you... but yeah kinda hard but helpful if you're too surrounded to dodge properly 👍

These tips have helped improve my general survivability in a way. My squad not so much.

very well made video! . Kudos!

I love your sly but witty humour in this video, good job mate 🤝

Your last note on not needing the best and most op gear is great advice too. Even if its "off-meta" I find darktide to be well balanced enough that being a good player comes above good equipment. Lately I've been having a lot of fun with Point-Blank Barrage ogryn or laspistol veteran, even if it confuses other players.

i have spacebar my dodge and one of my mouse side buttons the slide, works really great for me, plus with some melee weapons i can slide towards an enemy while activating its secondary, making for geat flank and backstab attacks.

Great video!! Getting a serious Dr Hibbert from the Simpsons-vibe from his chuckle 😂😂

Rangers: ahhh ima get youuuu Maulers: ahhhhh here I come Mutants and Pox Hounds literally everytime: IM COMIN FO YO ASS

I hear the mutant scream and footsteps coming toward me in my nightmares

i love how the first 2 categories are 100% tips that apply to vermintide. helpful video for friends when im annoyed to explain how to dodge. i feel like to many people are used by the souls series and use dodges rarely and only for heavy attacks. specially dodge dancing half circles is THE BEST METHOD to kill hordes, friend of mine in vermintide with 2x of my playtime calls me weird for doing it, well its simple, effective and i press less buttons than he does haha.

Thanks for all the tips. Still struggling with Heresy but maybe one day I'll get to damnation. I am a bit miffed that going through a checkpoint doesn't eliminate/lock out the enemies you left behind.

I started playing this game last month, I had no idea the gameplay was this deep when I first started. Darktide is such a fun game to lose yourself in.

3:54 Insert throat chainsaw imitation The funniest sound they ever make

This is a really good video,I'm going to show all my friends

Best video I've seen yet for Darktide

Subscribed. Oh wait, I already am. Excellent video as always.

The sniper does actually have a callout, it's a low burst of static that's VERY easy to miss.

GREAT VIDEO! I hope you get more subscribers

I also have dodge on my front thumb button :) i also have sprint on it, since they dont conflict, so its for fast moving in any direction

Great video. I seem to have a relatively easy time as a zealot on damnation with pretty much any build but get wrecked as a vet. The lack of coms in pubs is rough but its definitely my fault for picking the wrong time to try and pick off specials/shooters when weve got a huge horde and melee units. Any chance on videos for some quick tips for each class or role clarity? And yes i am working on getting gud.

Flamers: WaNNa KiSs mE!? (I know what they really say XD )

I always place jump and crouch on my mouse thumb button and dodge only is on space that way I can run with my left pinky and slide with my right thumb and have my left thumb for the sole purpose of dodging.

Biggest reason I stay out of high level play, is I don't want the responsibility of a run being dependent on me. I don't play games to be stressed out and then get yelled at for a mistake.

Your team is also a key to this if the team doesn't know basic tactics and also team comp can make a huge difference.

Great video, thank you

One little add on I have for Ogryns as an ogryn player. It's that when I push into melee, or through a tight door/hallway I try real hard to keep tabs on where ppl are and strafe to the side of the fight so that I'm not bodyblocking sightlines. I'll push hard into a mob flank so I can mash up stuff but give everyone else free range to join in and not wind up blasting me in the back, wasting good ammo

dandy shovel tips: vet shovels can stop muties when you shovel poke em in the head, neat little party trick. crushers, maulers, ragers all get interrupted by the shovel poke no matter where you hit them, so if you're caught in an undodgeble over head, poke em get into the habit of shovel poking pox bursters too, uses zero stamina, useful in a pinch shovels have a very short pullout to use delay, so you can quickly switch from melee into a shovel poke in a severe emergency

This isn’t just damnation tips, but in general for Darktide. Good tips.

One more tip. If you notice a psyker with the purg staff or a zealot with flame thrower (they will do alot of crowd control but not much damage besides to hordes) bring some kind of ranged to deal with enemy rangers. Trust me we all lost too many fights because we got supressed and couldn't shoot back or just got out gunned.

Good tips! :)

Trappers tend to get me when I'm surrounded by poxwalkers and don't have space to dodge. Those bastards have ended so many damnation runs. Also had a run end because a poxwalker spawned on a platform above the team and was going to fall down and be in that stunned animation where it gets up slowly. The guy instead of pinging it simply explodes it while it's falling and sends half the team falling off the map and destroys his and the other guy's health. I don't get it. He was going to explode anyways, not shooting it/pinging it gives your partners a chance to shove it, at least lol

Nice guide ❤

About dodge counte - there is mod/addon on nexus mod that shows ammount you have and left.

Great tips so far! About 3 minutes in

I've not been playing for that long but the Trapper/Dog/Bomber Sound Cue PTSD is so deeply burned into my brain at this point, its like someone janking me on a leash.

The shouting sound/audio cue for hordes is often preceded by a sound like buzzing flies that starts playing several seconds earlier. This can give you even more time to find a good spot

The most important tip, is good team mates. I have experienced teams that save you on hazard 5 and teams that kills you on hazard 3, just by their reckless actions. (even not counting triggering the demon host, in the middle of another fight)

Excellent tips

Thank you for the great video! How do you see the stats screen?

Funny enough I just started running T5 missions so this is perfectly timed 💜

Also a general tip. You are not entitled to safety, just bcs your class is not a frontline class doesn't mean others have to protect you. This also applies the other way around, just because your class is not a ranged specialist doesn't mean it's also not your job to take care of specials and ranged enemies. On Damnation everyone is supposed to be a generalist WITH a specialisation, you have to have the capacility of soloing entire hordes, elite patrols, waves of specials and 2 monstrosities at the same time, in case your 3 teammates go down.

Sometimes hounds don't pause, and dodging is unreliable due to the industrial strength magnets embedded in their faces. With Poxbursters, if there's something behind them, like a Poxwalker, the direction they get shoved can sometimes send them sideways. Just a couple caveats.

another tip for avoiding dogs is standing on a box/console/(higher surface) not good for all situations , but if your team seems to have trouble with hunting grounds( poxhound waves) that might be the tip that saves you.

Great video for people getting into harder difficulties. Also don't rush into a group of enemies with no stamina left as you'll struggle with blocking and pushing. When it comes to positioning look for alternative paths to flank ranged enemies.

Hi, great video. How can I see the dmg done chart? I didnt know it existed.

1:05 I have G502 mouse with the side buttons and after 100 hours I just naturally binded those exact same keys to the the same buttons its like it’s natural

One fact ive notice is that certain specialists enemies damage other enemies, like if a bomber or sniper hit a stage 2 deamonhost they can trigger it and they will aggro on the intended target, same can go for dogs it you get hit by an enemy they can knock the dog off you wont happen always but sometimes it can clutch a run

Great video! I've started to realize this through my own play but it's nice to see I'm on the right path. How did you get the scoreboard at 0:27?

A tip my partner gave me when I started playing that immediately helped: don't be afraid of the melee and don't try to avoid it, it is a BIG part of combat. A big issue with my friends was feeling overwhelmed in hordes and/or dumping bullets into hordes and then struggling with ammo. There can be exceptions but the general rule is horde = sword. I feel like it's something easy to overlook for new players. Just try using your melee more :o) Very nice video!! I'm looking to try Damnation soon & this really helped

Here's some of my own tips to add on: As soon as you hear an inactive daemonhost, locate and ping it ASAP. I've had plenty of runs go to shit because someone innocently shot at, or threw a grenade at, some enemies near a host that they didn't know was there, and ended up triggering it. They're voicelines may be loud but while they're laying on the floor they can be very difficult to spot. Pinging it highlights exactly where it is for the team so it minimises the risk of accidentally triggering it. Despite their size, you can block most attacks from monstrosities. Daemonhosts eat your stamina real quick so its less effective on them, but against a plague ogryn and especially a chaos spawn, blocking a lot when you're fighting it in close quarters will save you a good chunk of health and prevent you from being knocked around as much. Sometimes one of your characters will shout something about a nearby specialist without you having pinged them. If there's a sniper about, you'll often hear a "sniper! get down!" from someone on the team. These voicelines dont show up in on screen so listening out for them can give you an extra warning.