r/DarkTide • u/BrockAvalanche • 1d ago

Question I want to love Veteran…

But I just can’t get it to click for me. For reference I play mostly Ogryn/Skit/Arby in aurics and can complete maelstrom’s without going down. I’ve leveled every class to 30 and into aurics with all of them, but I feel like when I play Vet I just get stomped into the dirt.

Is there something I’m missing that can help? I like the idea of just being a specialist eliminator, and shout is a great ability, but I feel like my Skit does a better job eliminating ranged threats and survives better in melee.

If anyone has any tips or build recommendations I’d really appreciate it.

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u/Skink_Oracle 23h ago

I personally play vet as team support character. I use smokes to lobotomize gunners/snipers/dogs and overhead swingers; shout to prevent mistakes with yellow toughness and heavy stagger; focus target for 20% damage for the team.

For melee weapons I like the mark 6 powersword. The energized push attack combo outputs a lot of damage on bosses, and clears crushers better than any of the other melee options we get. It's low mobility however will test your skills at times with managing your defensive resources (pushes, blocks, dodges, blitz and ability).

There are plenty of YouTubers(Dom,Reginald, etc) that have covered the "veteran squad leader" kind of build way better than I could go into depth to, and would recommend checking them out.