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v4nd4hl

Oct 19, 2023 @ 12:57am

A Gun Psyker's love letter to survivalist aura Veterans

I don't care about the meta
(Maybe I'm secretly a beta)
That's why I use a gun.

It's just way more fun!

And - my friends - a laspistol's crits
Are almost as attractive and devastating as Hadron's ....

But there is a major drawback!
In terms of of ammo, my gosh, a severe lack!

That's where you come in my veteran friend.
A very helping hand you lend.
Granting me ammo on elite kills...
... this givin me the chills!

I know I know Pykers and Veterans had a difficult past
But... at last...

How about dying next to a friend?
(Instead of a filthy elf main that stupidly chooses a mesely +3% damage
over solving the party's ammo problems :O))

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Calv

Oct 19, 2023 @ 1:12am

I run Assail and Laspistol so that I can be hated by both sides.

v4nd4hl

Oct 19, 2023 @ 1:24am

Originally posted by Calv:
I run Assail and Laspistol so that I can be hated by both sides.

I'd brain rupture you if it weren't totally ineffective!!!

(jk ;))

Mulqueeny

Oct 19, 2023 @ 1:39am

"Form up Psyker, Give me some fire discipline!"

v4nd4hl

Oct 19, 2023 @ 5:02am

Originally posted by (Mulqueeny):
"Form up Psyker, Give me some fire discipline!"

But pew pew?

Selunevis

Oct 19, 2023 @ 5:58am

But... isn´t it the best aura ATM so almost everyone use them?

Besides, psy with shredder/automatic lasgun VId to proc the headburst was a thing even after 2.0, so real vets (not the one only in class) are used to it.

Calv

Oct 19, 2023 @ 6:06am

Out of curiosity, what kind of build are you running with your gun psyker?
Specifically what blitz/ability/keystone?

v4nd4hl

Oct 19, 2023 @ 6:14am

Originally posted by Calv:
Out of curiosity, what kind of build are you running with your gun psyker?
Specifically what blitz/ability/keystone?

I'll write a somewhat memey guide tomorrow

Kinda simple tbh: Laspistol with Scrier's Gaze (Because Laspistol is a crit beast), Dumdum and Infernus Blessings (fun fact, infernus damage ticks trigger dumdum effect, might be bug idk)
Empowered Psionics with Brain Rupture against Bulwarks and Crushers (and nasty far away hard to reach snipers and stuff)
True Aim passive because Melee Hits trigger it too. Might be bug too. Heck even Brain Rupture triggers 2 stacks of True Aim passive. So after melee encounter / and or brain rupture usage you have guaranteed ranged crits. But as I said, might be buggy. I find it super fun and it should stay ingame tbh.

Melee wise I go with Catachan MK I because it is very strong against hordes in general and I find it fun to use (parry special against ragers as well as aiming light attacks against elites after two heavies) But that's me. Blessing wise: Shred and Devastating Hit because the whole build is crit based after all. Weakspot damage and Crit damage on perks. Because I like hitting heads in melee. Basically take a weapon that can deal with hordes.

A fun alternative to laspistol is a revolver. The true aim guaranteed crits after melee encounters are really something else :D.
But ammo is a problem on revolver unless some nice vets have survivealist aura and / or are not shootie shootie pew pew people , so there's ammo for you to collect.

Laspistol is more self sustained.

I also find Kantrael IV finally has a usecase - on this psyker. Its basically a weaker laspistol but with better ammo sustainability (efficency blessing says hallo) and somewhat slightly stonger long range punch and less need for good aim. Something a bit redundant because Brain Rupture.

Kind regards

A diehard gun psyker main since the game's release :P I only play staff psykers when I'm to drunk/high/tired to bother with having to aim :D

Last edited by v4nd4hl; Oct 19, 2023 @ 6:20am

Calv

Oct 19, 2023 @ 6:22am

Cheers.

That sounds very similar to what I was putting together. Looking forward to trying it.

v4nd4hl

Oct 19, 2023 @ 6:28am

Nice!

I'm personally looking forward to the balancing changes with patch 14

I mean, Kantrael IV will receive a damage buff. Interesting to see how this will play out.
Also stuff like the Columnus and Graia autoguns will have a noticeable higher ammo reserve then now - so i'll be playing around with them too.

But the most intereting thing to test out - at least to me - will be a surgical blessing crit vrak headhunter. Since their shots now do more damage than ever (albeit with less ammo available than now). I guess they'll be a fun and unique way to play a crit based offense gun psyker.