5 more "underrated" Darktide weapons.

[KTVindicare]

Link to my first list here: [https://old.reddit.com/r/DarkTide/comments/108bd1i/my/_list/_of/_5/_underrated/_weapons/](https://old.reddit.com/r/DarkTide/comments/108bd1i/my_list_of_5_underrated_weapons/)

So plenty of changes have happened since I made my first list and the meta has shifted quite a lot, so there are plenty of reasons why I think these 5 weapons are underused by most of the players in the games that I've played. So if you've seen tons of players using these weapons and want to tell me I'm wrong, go ahead but in my experience these are weapons that I think are great that I don't see other players running that often.


1.) Laspistol: Zealot/Veteran Sharpshooter

I've been sleeping on the Laspistol I'll admit but I've started using it recently and I'm amazed at how well it performs when properly rolled. It's like a Recon Lasgun that doesn't suck. High rate of accurate fire, high mobility, high ammo capacity. If you want to use a Recon Lasgun or Braced Autogun I highly recommend you give this gun a try as well. It does what those guns are supposed to do, except better because of how quick you can shift in and out of melee combat with it. Pair with an armor piercing weapon like an AntAxe or Thunder Hammer as Zealot and you have all your bases covered.


2.) Kantrael MK12: Psyker

How can this weapon ever be underrated? Well apparently it is by Psyker players because I'm one of the few players I've EVER seen using this gun as Psyker and I cannot understand why. Do people not understand how ridiculously strong this gun is combined with Warp Charges and Brain Burst? It's insane! Its high ammo efficiency means you never need to worry about running out of ammo, and unlike Veterans who use this gun, Psykers have a built in counter vs the enemies this weapon does suck against like Crushers and Bulwarks with Brain Burst.

With 4 Warp Charges this thing one shots shooters, flak or unarmored alike, and deals SERIOUS damage vs specials, especially Maniacs. It can also proc Kinetic Flayer for even more burst damage. Seriously if there was ever a gun for you to try with Gun Psyker this is it. It's stupid strong for everyone that can wield it and Psyker is no different. It also comes with a Light for Blackout missions just as a bonus.


3.) Trenching Shovel: Ogryn

So the MK3 is amazing vs hordes but SUCKS vs Crushers. The Bully Club I listed in my first list is amazing vs Crushers and Bulwarks and bosses but isn't great vs Hordes. How do you get to that sweet spot of a weapon that is good vs everything? Enter the Shovel. It's got solid armor piercing that benefits from Thrust blessings for your Ogryn pounding needs but it also deals great with hordes. What it doesnt kill, it knocks down. You can play with bleed builds if you want too since its wide swings makes for great mass bleeding in a crowd. There's never any situation that I find myself in where I'm not able to handle it easily thanks to the Shovel. It doesn't have the horde clearing power of the MK3 Butcher's Cleaver or the LOL SMACK power of the MK1 Bully Club but it's an all rounder that can handle everything very well.



4.) Vraks III Headhunter Autogun: Veteran Sharpshooter

So this gun made my list last time, and that was BEFORE it got buffed and that was on Psyker before. But honestly in the current state of the game this gun is HEAVILY slept on. It does absolutely INSANE damage especially vs Flak, especially when rolled properly. So one thing that sucks about the Infantry Autoguns is their lackluster blessing options. The Headhunter autoguns get access to some of the best ranged blessings you can find. It'd just be easier to link you a screenshot: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2966768298 of the Vraks III I'm using to give you an idea of what you can do with this gun. That's right you can double up on Crucian Roullete and Surgical like this gun is a karking revolver only with a much higher ammo capacity and clip. On a nearly empty Mag while aiming that's a nearly 45% extra crit chance. That's nearly 300 damage a shot, on a 3 shot burst for nearly 900 damage on 3 crits (which happens more than you'd think) and that's BEFORE factoring in volleyfire.

This gun slaps dude. It's just as good as the MK12 now except on ammo economy. It's better vs Flak, much better vs bosses if rolled the way mine is, and worse vs Maniacs. I almost never see any Veterans using this gun and I can't understand why.



5.) The Eviscerator: Zealot

Somehow this weapon has fallen out of favor with Zealot players, I rarely see anyone using it anymore. I can sort of understand why, it's not an easy weapon to use, but if you know what you're doing with it, this is another all rounder weapon that is literally good vs everything. It has great cleave and crowd control for hordes, it does MASSIVE boss/monstrosity DPS, and it absolutely shreds armor especially when paired with Bloodletter. It almost doesnt matter what ranged weapon you pair with it since it's so good vs everything. You can run with a Pistol for added mobility, a Bolter for added punch vs armor and bosses, or with a Flamer if you don't like how it handles vs Hordes. It's just an amazing general purpose weapon that I don't see as often as I think I should anymore.

[ArterialSpray1066]

Las pistol and dueling sword. Best psyker combo.; :p

[Repentance†]

Still garbage weapons, prime example Eviscerator, why when you can do better with a Mark V axe? Sure Eviscerator has CC but why use CC when you can kill out right with an Axe and CC just as well.

Laspistol under performs from a lasgun in every aspect.

[BrutalBeast]

Originally posted by KTVindicare:

5.) The Eviscerator: Zealot

It has great cleave and crowd control for hordes,

It really doesn't. It does hit a lot but only deals damage to 3 enemies per sweep. You can make do, but it isn't good.

[Pain]

Originally posted by Mudcrab:

Still garbage weapons, prime example Eviscerator, why when you can do better with a Mark V axe? Sure Eviscerator has CC but why use CC when you can kill out right with an Axe and CC just as well.

Laspistol under performs from a lasgun in every aspect.

Laspistol is fun as a vet. You are as the joke goes "I'm fast as ♥♥♥♥ boi". It's good for really hairy shooting as you bob and weave during a horde. thats were it shines, chaotic "oh ♥♥♥♥" moments where mobility is more important then firepower. It's a weird weapon that only is good if you are an absolute deadeye of a shot and can paste heads like no ones' business.

[Pain]

I use the recon lasguns and people sleep on them. They and the laspistols are balanced around headshots. if you are not good at headshotting, then they absolutely suck. If you are a deadeye, then the things actually work and slap serious ass. It's more that they are not generalist weapons and people have a bad habit of trying to weight the "worth" of a weapon by how good it is as a general rule.

Fatshark purposely designed them to fill a niche and they do it well, it is just very strange compared to everything else. It's like a sidegrade that plays different.

[Ethical Lune]

"So the MK3 is amazing vs hordes but SUCKS vs Crushers-"
You mean the Basher club? It's actually really quite good against crushers as well, you just need to do the shove-attack + light attack combo to do a double strikedown which does the full damage of a heavy strikedown to flak and 60% of that to carapace, it's almost a little busted how good this club is with this trick but yeah.

If you meant the cleaver then yeah I agree there.

[KTVindicare]

Originally posted by Ethical Lune:

"So the MK3 is amazing vs hordes but SUCKS vs Crushers-"
You mean the Basher club? It's actually really quite good against crushers as well, you just need to do the shove-attack + light attack combo to do a double strikedown which does the full damage of a heavy strikedown to flak and 60% of that to carapace, it's almost a little busted how good this club is with this trick but yeah.

If you meant the cleaver then yeah I agree there.

I meant the Cleaver. I don't have much of an opinion on the MK3 Club yet, maybe for the next list.

[SH41TAN]

Originally posted by ArterialSpray1066:

Las pistol and dueling sword. Best psyker combo.; :p

...for being a dead weight for the team.

[SH41TAN]

Originally posted by Pain:

I use the recon lasguns and people sleep on them. They and the laspistols are balanced around headshots. if you are not good at headshotting, then they absolutely suck. If you are a deadeye, then the things actually work and slap serious ass. It's more that they are not generalist weapons and people have a bad habit of trying to weight the "worth" of a weapon by how good it is as a general rule.

Fatshark purposely designed them to fill a niche and they do it well, it is just very strange compared to everything else. It's like a sidegrade that plays different.

Recon lasguns suck on Heresy+ and Infernus blessing is overrated to the oblivion. But sadly every other blessing is just awful. No Blaze away, no Cavalcade, no Inspiring barrage, no Gloryhunter, you cant even have Terrifying barrage for suppressing enemies close to you. Fatshark designed them to be a filler weapon, just look at their laughably bad blessings. And then some clown goes into Damnation with this "underrated niche weapon for deadshots" and just eats every ammo pack dealing 0 damage to bosses and not killing specials fast enough.

[Ishan451]

Originally posted by KTVindicare:

5.) The Eviscerator: Zealot

Somehow this weapon has fallen out of favor with Zealot players

Wait, you are saying it ever was in favor with Zealot Players?

[KTVindicare]

Originally posted by Ishan451:

Originally posted by KTVindicare:

5.) The Eviscerator: Zealot

Somehow this weapon has fallen out of favor with Zealot players

Wait, you are saying it ever was in favor with Zealot Players?

Yes, once upon a time it was a Flamer/Evisc meta. That was around January/February of this year.

[Vicid]

>2.) Kantrael MK12: Psyker

Tried this, and it's better than most guns available, but not seeing a point in long range when Autopistol/BB exist

[ToucanSafari]

just lol at the laspistol
"b-but it's good if you headshot 100% of the time on enemies"

if you're truly headshotting 100% of the time on enemies, use literally any other weapon. laspistol and the recon guns are all garbage.

[Ishan451]

Originally posted by KTVindicare:

Yes, once upon a time it was a Flamer/Evisc meta. That was around January/February of this year.

I quite frankly never seen this meta.. i mean aside from the Flamer, but the Eviscerator was always hot flaming garbage in comparison to the Axes and the Knife. Knife was very much the meta back then.

Edit: I mean back then we had Tier videos like this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkFRYg-Buoo

Rating the Evicerator as C-Tier weapon (and yes, i disregarded the Tier list of the guy that made videos about how awesome the Plasma Gun is)

[JizzJamboree]

You have to take into account, one reason people don't experiment with weapons more often is simply because of the RNG timesink that is the game's progression. It can take a considerable amount of effort to get a decently rolled weapon that you actually want.