Auric Mealstrom tier list

[Snobby Hobo]

Auric Mealstrom requires at least a half-dedicated team. Some observations on min-maxing builds so far in the form of a tier-list:

S tier

Undeniable top dogs at the moment. Having one of these in your team can make the game WAY easier.

• Psyker perma smite and bubble shield
  
• Zealot knife crit with cooldown reduction on holy idol

A tier

Really solid picks with some downsides.

• Veteran Krak grenade, Survivalist, Executioner's stance, Marksman
  
• Ogryn Heavy Stubber full auto build
  
• Psyker Smite and Shriek
  
• Psyker Smite and stun barrier

B tier

Niche picks. Can be good, too many and iyou're probably losing.

• Veteran Krak grenade, Survivalist, Infiltrate + revive speed, Marksman
  
• Ogryn Cleaver trash clear and tank build, no taunt because it's positively awful
  
• Psyker Assail plus bubble shield
  
• Zealot stealth Hammer 1 shot build

Bad tier

Picks I've seen a few times that have proven an actual detriment. Will make you lose games in soloqueue.

• Veteran without Survivalist. Positive detriment to the team, constantly out of ammo
  
• Veteran with Voice of Command. Literally Walmart junior hut version of Zealot
  
• Any other Ogryn build. Taunt Ogryn especially. Ogryn is kinda bad in general
  
• Psyker crit melee build, Psyker Assail without shield

[Kao]

SS tier : good players with whatever build they feel comfortable with

[Snobby Hobo]

Originally posted by Kao:

SS tier : good players with whatever build they feel comfortable with

Yea no.

[ionkiller]

Veteran with Frag, Survivalist, Infiltrate + Revive using Plasma Gun and Shovel. Take it or leave it.

[Dr.Shwarc]

Any links to the bulds? Some of them looks fun to test.

[Snobby Hobo]

Originally posted by Dr.Shwarc:

Any links to the bulds? Some of them looks fun to test.

They're builds I've seen used then mimicked. Which do you want to know?

[Dr.Shwarc]

Originally posted by Snobby Hobo:

They're builds I've seen used then mimicked. Which do you want to know?

Zealot knife, cause all knife builds I've tried so far are not really impressive, so I want to know if I've missed something.
and Zealots range weapon preferences in general for bot builds.

[Snobby Hobo]

Originally posted by Dr.Shwarc:

Originally posted by Snobby Hobo:

They're builds I've seen used then mimicked. Which do you want to know?

Zealot knife, cause all knife builds I've tried so far are not really impressive, so I want to know if I've missed something.
and Zealots range weapon preferences in general for bot builds.

Relies on spamming the support ability. You spec into crit chance, then go for the left tree into "reduce active ability by 1.5 seconds on a crit". This allows Zealot to spam the ability every 10 or so seconds.

Best general weapon for the Zealot I think is the Laspistol. Otherwise just the Kantrael. The advantage of the first is primarily that you can swap to it when running when equipping a heavier weapon. Both do exactly what the Zealot wants: pick off enemies you must but can't reach without worrying too much about reloading or ammo economy.

[Crayzus]

Originally posted by Snobby Hobo:

Auric Mealstrom requires at least a half-dedicated team. Some observations on min-maxing builds so far in the form of a tier-list:

S tier

Undeniable top dogs at the moment. Having one of these in your team can make the game WAY easier.

• Psyker perma smite and bubble shield
  
• Zealot knife crit with cooldown reduction on holy idol

A tier

Really solid picks with some downsides.

• Veteran Krak grenade, Survivalist, Executioner's stance, Marksman
  
• Ogryn Heavy Stubber full auto build
  
• Psyker Smite and Shriek
  
• Psyker Smite and stun barrier

B tier

Niche picks. Can be good, too many and iyou're probably losing.

• Veteran Krak grenade, Survivalist, Infiltrate + revive speed, Marksman
  
• Ogryn Cleaver trash clear and tank build, no taunt because it's positively awful
  
• Psyker Assail plus bubble shield
  
• Zealot stealth Hammer 1 shot build

Bad tier

Picks I've seen a few times that have proven an actual detriment. Will make you lose games in soloqueue.

• Veteran without Survivalist. Positive detriment to the team, constantly out of ammo
  
• Veteran with Voice of Command. Literally Walmart junior hut version of Zealot
  
• Any other Ogryn build. Taunt Ogryn especially. Ogryn is kinda bad in general
  
• Psyker crit melee build, Psyker Assail without shield

Bad list and opinions. I have cleared auric with things you call bad.

[ionkiller]

Originally posted by Crayzus:

Bad list and opinions. I have cleared auric with things you call bad.

Then give a better list and opinions. I'm sure anyone can beat any difficulty using some of the worst tools in the game, doesn't change the fact some are better, some are worse.

[boss_429s]

When neither of the 2 best ogryn builds are listed.

[GUNN4EVER]

nop

[Kao]

Originally posted by Snobby Hobo:

Originally posted by Kao:

SS tier : good players with whatever build they feel comfortable with

Yea no.

Sorry this post isn’t going the way you wanted it to go.

[EyeDissTroyKnotSeas]

Boomgryn can hard-carry all but the most incompetent group of PUGs.

[Snobby Hobo]

Originally posted by ionkiller:

Veteran with Frag, Survivalist, Infiltrate + Revive using Plasma Gun and Shovel. Take it or leave it.

Literally not seen a single plasma gun so far, so can't judge. Since you would be using it I suppose Krak isn't completely mandatory. Outside that niche situation there's no reason not to just go Krak instead of anything else (unless there's some hidden tech to smoke grenades, not seen them used much either).

[ionkiller]

Originally posted by Snobby Hobo:

Literally not seen a single plasma gun so far, so can't judge. Since you would be using it I suppose Krak isn't completely mandatory. Outside that niche situation there's no reason not to just go Krak instead of anything else (unless there's some hidden tech to smoke grenades, not seen them used much either).

I like to go for things people don't like to use. :)

Anyway, yeah. Plasma really doesn't need much to scale, so you can focus on whatever is weakest on your melee-side. I picked Frags since they stagger bosses (and they're free CC during horde).

I *would* use smokes to make up for not being the one to shoot ranged-trash. But in every way I've tried to make them work, they do basically nothing. Sadly no hidden tech or off-meta usefulness. At best they're there to let you not waste another point on grenades, and/or lean on the third tree.