What are you running as mid-late game squad build?

[jmotivator]

After much frustration I'm come around to the build that apparently most people are running. I'm including only the gear that I rely on.

#1 - Librarian - Specced for group teleport, geared for high WP. (I know, boring!) and Warding Stave w/ 100% chance to cast Aegis.

#2 - Justicar - Specced for Honor the Chapter, Rend and Terminator. Geared for max Armor, WP.

#3 - * Apothecary - Specced for Bleed and Seed farming. Geared for Heal and range-modded Storm Bolter

#4 - ** Interceptor - Specced for Teleport Strike and Support Fire

#4 - ** Purgator - Specced for Crit. Geared for Crit

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* - The Apothecary is a hold over from an attempt at a bleed build, but the bleed was not as effective as I thought, and so I specced into seed farming and, honestly, they are pretty much a melee bad ass. While my intention was to swap him out, he is very good as clearing out squishies in melee so he stays.

** - The interceptor usually is in slot 4 just because the Librarian build favors melee, but I recently got a Storm Bolter that allows targeting body parts on ranged crits, so I built a purgator for high crit and put it in his hands and really, he pretty much kicks ass. With an empowered normal shot I have an 85% crit chance, and can disarm enemies at range... I might end up having to move him to primary in slot 4.
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The game did get a lot easier once I got the Librarian and started building a melee team. With the way AP resets on patrol triggers it's almost not fair to the enemy that I just appear behind them with all of my AP in every encounter.

And I'd feel bad if they hadn't been kicking my ass all over the place in the early game.

TL;DR -

1) Take a Librarian at your earliest convenience,
2) Spec him to Group Teleport as fast as possible,
3) Make a melee team around him.
4) Profit

[Free Luigi M.]

I run every single class mixed and matched. Depending on the mission deed or who I want to level up. You really do not need to min-max squad composition to win.

[Player]

Librarian for teleport is definitely a game changer, you can bring anyone in the other slots, for a while I was using 2 purgators to AOE and a melee had 3 AP to clean up. Found an AOE halberd too which was great

But by mid late/late game I tried the stun/execute spam that people were upset got nerfed and its still OP with the right items and didnt play it "properly" with straight damage items. I always ended up killing packs with like 5+ AP leftover lol

Apothecary for the stun biomancy but hes not needed if you find stun weapons/grenades, eventually replaced with a ranged unit

Chaplain for that litany that gives more AP on execute, tried 2 in a group and it stacks

+stun weapon could go on anyone, Apothecary w/ self biomancy, Paladin for +stun, Interceptor for +stun crits, justicar has a stun charge but i didnt try that

stun grenades with +area effect armor/talents are OP, tried this on purifier, the chaplain since you have to bring him anyway, anyone that could wear the armor except librarian because i wanted +WP for teleport spam

[rasabt]

Originally posted by Player 379:

I run every single class mixed and matched. Depending on the mission deed or who I want to level up. You really do not need to min-max squad composition to win.

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a well setup purifier can clear bloomspawns alone, but so can an intercepot, or justicar, or purgator
paladin seems a bit situational, he's a stun beast, but slow on the poke.

what's kinda funny is running 4 of one class, turns out rather well with certain classes.

[jmotivator]

Originally posted by rasabt:

Originally posted by Player 379:

I run every single class mixed and matched. Depending on the mission deed or who I want to level up. You really do not need to min-max squad composition to win.

this
a well setup purifier can clear bloomspawns alone, but so can an intercepot, or justicar, or purgator
paladin seems a bit situational, he's a stun beast, but slow on the poke.

what's kinda funny is running 4 of one class, turns out rather well with certain classes.

I had entertained building a squad of 4 Justicars with HtC for huge AP buffs... but maybe 3 Justicars and 1 Librarian would be fun.

[Bazinga]

Librarian, Interceptor x2 & Justicar

[Theaus]

what Bazinga said, use healing skulls to replace Apoth

[HozzMidnight]

For late game I like Librarian, Grenade Purifier, Interceptor and Justicar. Justicar is interchangeable with a Purgator though. Pre WP per kill nerf and Honor the Chapter nerf I would run two Justicars and my Interceptor would just clean house.

[Bazinga]

Originally posted by HozzMidnight:

For late game I like Librarian, Grenade Purifier, Interceptor and Justicar. Justicar is interchangeable with a Purgator though. Pre WP per kill nerf and Honor the Chapter nerf I would run two Justicars and my Interceptor would just clean house.

Purifiers just seem a bit limp compared to Purgator with Astral Aim for me... being able to snipe seeds/body parts early on is a real game changer, especially with a free AP on crit..

[HozzMidnight]

Originally posted by Bazinga:

Originally posted by HozzMidnight:

For late game I like Librarian, Grenade Purifier, Interceptor and Justicar. Justicar is interchangeable with a Purgator though. Pre WP per kill nerf and Honor the Chapter nerf I would run two Justicars and my Interceptor would just clean house.

Purifiers just seem a bit limp compared to Purgator with Astral Aim for me... being able to snipe seeds/body parts early on is a real game changer, especially with a free AP on crit..

Astral Aim is great. Purifiers get it but it is gated behind the Incinerator tree which does not work with Astral Aim. Terrible effort there by the devs.

That said, I love grenades and Purifiers are the best at them. The Cleanse tree at the top is pretty fun too even though DOTs are terrible in most cases.

[orangesobe]

Double purgators most missions, the purgator psilencer tree is insane, melee cant even get close enough before everything is dead, when they do it's just to mop up.

[HozzMidnight]

I love the Psilencer too. Not sure why it seems like most people go with Psycannons here.

[Fail Tank]

I mean, I run Psycannons because two Onslaughts can wipe a mob of cultists and one can melt a pile of walkers from range 10 blast 4, instead of having to rely on scattershot's cone ending at range 7.

Anyway:
Justi
Interceptor (MVP)
Purgator
Librarian

And I'm tempted to drop the Justi for another Interceptor.

[MercytheMad]

Originally posted by Bazinga:

Librarian, Interceptor x2 & Justicar

Yeah I usually run the same: Librarian, Interceptor x2 & Justicar.
I swap out one Justicar so I can feed kills to a newbie on easy missions.