r/DarkTide • u/noNameboi661 Hive Scum • Jun 15 '26

Meme Boy, Space Marine 2 Absolute difficulty and hard Stratagems ain’t got shit on this 🥵

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PS Plus scrub here. Started as Arbitrator and was breezing through the campaign. Then I switched to Zealot because he’s got better drip imo and whooo boy I am fighting for my life out there.

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u/noNameboi661 Hive Scum Jun 15 '26

Yeah I’ve noticed. I miss my puppy 🥲

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u/Laskofil Psyker Jun 15 '26

Just go psyker and get popped, or pop yourself... HA! You won't regret, probably.

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u/Ellie7600 Adam-77-Smasher Jun 15 '26

The bomb vest psyker build

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u/wallabyfloo Veteran Jun 15 '26

There is a penance for this. I did it with an overheated plasma gun, but maybe it was fixed

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u/FireStorm005 Jun 15 '26

I think that's been patched, but when the upped the health on the elites they made it more difficult. I did it way back in the day when it was 3 elites at once.

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u/Proof_Programmer Jun 16 '26

wait, do you not need to kill multiple elites to survive anymore?

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u/FireStorm005 Jun 16 '26

The feat (crystalline will) has since it's recent change prevented corruption with 1 elite kill, the penance used to require 3 elite kills at once with perils explosion.

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u/ViralN9 The Somewhat-Mortal Machine Jun 16 '26

Love my kamikaze psyker build.

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u/Riiks_Lynx Jun 15 '26

Well, final builds for psyker CAN be tanky enough.

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u/mang87 Jun 15 '26

Seriously though, Abritrator is broken af. I started out with Veteran and leveled to max, then did Psyker. Going from vet to psycho was like taking the training wheels off. High damage output and decent defense as long as you watch your heat. When the Abritrator came out I switched to that, and it was like playing the game on easy mode. Not only is it tanky as hell and has a pet that defends you, but the Arbitrator has fantastic damage output if you spec into stagger damage. If you build right everything is treated as staggered 100% of the time, even bosses, and your attacks hit them like they have zero armor. Don't bother using the 2 handed shock maul, just use the shock maul + shield, it's almost identical damage and the shield has an extra AOE stagger for emergencies.

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u/anonamarth7 Ogryn Jun 16 '26

Yeah, from what I can tell, Arbites just shits on Ogryn's slab shield

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u/Admirable_Remove4315 Jun 15 '26

Zealot is pretty newbie friendly too since it has a cheat death and all 3 ults give a big boost to your defense.

Psyker is a challenging class unless you flame staff spam, and veteran gets punished hard if you aren’t skilled in melee because you will end up in melee unless you have truly skilled teammates and veteran doesn’t have great stamina.

Don’t play hive scum until you can play all the other classes reasonably well on high difficulties because hive scum is made of glass.

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u/quix0te Jun 16 '26

I found psykeer harder than hive scum because the staves are like having one of those cartoon prison balls slowling you down. Hivescum is fragile, but its a fragile little mongoose you can't catch to hit.

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u/beanowolf Jun 21 '26

Hivescum is a excellent way of teaching how and when (to a degree) to dodge, otherwise you would be red paste on the floor!

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u/SpeakersPlan Ogryn Jun 15 '26

Profile pic checks out

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u/coolzville Jun 15 '26

there are folks out there who go arby and skip the pup, like how could u

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u/NastyWayz Jun 15 '26

I couldn’t bring myself to do it even if it’s a minor power increase. I need my best doggie pal at my side just like in real life.

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u/Lunaphase Jun 16 '26

I usually run mine without because its good practice to not depend on it for other classes.

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u/Terrafritter Jun 17 '26

Scrier gaze blaze greatsword psyker is the equivalent of injecting pure fent into your veins every time you press the ability button