Is there any way to make other weapons good on Purgator?

[⸸ Neon Dog ⛧]

Hi there, I leveled up 3 Purgators. 2 of those are focused on the Psilencer skills, and they are kinda good. The other 1 I tried something different, but he seems to be lacking a lot.

Is there any viable build without using the Psilencer?

[Dukenukem117]

What? psicannon is fantastic. Does huge AOE damage with a basic non-upgraded cannon as long as you have the right perks. Some T3 psicannons are incredible by inflicting raged, pinned, stun - that all apply to the AOE. Psychic blast has no friendly fire either so you can get stuck in with melee and clean up with it without worry.

[Harukage]

Psy Cannon IS the single best Purgator weapon. Damage and Psyhic Onslaught alone make it better than Psilencer. Onslaught tree also gives you acess to automatic reloads that are kind of usefull for better AP management.
Psilencer is only better in early game due to its range and Distrupting shot.
Incinerator is not really viable. Only Purifier has skills for it, to make it a good weapon.
It is best with Purgator to train in Psy Cannon and Grenades or Astral Aim.

[Dukenukem117]

Psicannon -> grenades is a perfect 1-2 punch since the AOE has no knockback.

Psicannon (and all AOE) only sort of fall off later into the game as you start running into solo 'boss' enemies and less clumps of trash.

[Harukage]

Trash? Packs of 2-3 terminators with some plague marines, or pack of 4 plague bearers with champion are a common thing. Onslaught is as effective against them as ever. Better to get a Psy Cannon with armor rend at that point though.

[Dukenukem117]

Assault terminators have 38 hp + 13A on legendary. Psychic assault barely does anything. Much better to go stun comp and stun it in 2-3 hits/execute. Plague marines have like 20-30 total? Stun comp is just so much stronger late game.

Cannon is also garbage vs bloom since it has no super high single target damage potential. Any melee with crit build can do 15 dmg an attack by comparison, and bloomspawn often have cloud of flies reducing dmg even more. Also cant cast vulnerable on them.

Purgators are fine. They have a role. But their AOE does fall off.

[⸸ Neon Dog ⛧]

Alright it seems I've been playing him wrong... Gonna try the Psicannon next mission

[Harukage]

I would not call it wrong. Psilencer's range is still a good thing. It is often nice to outrange everything. I am myself using 1 Purgator trained in Psilencer.

[Dukenukem117]

Psychic onslaught + grenades hard carries early game when you are mobbed by cultists and zombies. Eventually spamming vulnerability and grenades tend to do more work. What purgators could really benefit from is an 'unload' ability that dumps their entire magazine into a target (unless it dies first).

[Magni]

Psycannon and Psilencer are both viable IMO. It depends on mission and team setup really, and what traits you get on your Purgator and his gun.

Psilencer with support fire and it's stupidly long range and ability to ignore half cover are great for messing up single enemies and generally being the longest-range fire support you can do. And you can still mess up crowds of chaff at close range with Scattershot.

Psycannon meanwhile is the crowd mulcher that excels at pouring out maximum damage overall especially with upgrades to Psychic Onslaught.

Originally posted by Dukenukem117:

Psychic onslaught + grenades hard carries early game when you are mobbed by cultists and zombies. Eventually spamming vulnerability and grenades tend to do more work. What purgators could really benefit from is an 'unload' ability that dumps their entire magazine into a target (unless it dies first).

Well, Psilencers come with that stock, in a sense.

[Dukenukem117]

Originally posted by Harukage:

I would not call it wrong. Psilencer's range is still a good thing. It is often nice to outrange everything. I am myself using 1 Purgator trained in Psilencer.

So far I've found T3 versions of the psicannon that can apply enraged, pinned, and +2 stun - and all works with onslaught. I havent seen any psilencers with particularly good debuffs like that. Without special debuffs and sustained single target damage potential, shooting is just kinda eh.

[UR|Dialetheia]

Likely there was an explosive map object in the blast area. Psycannons don't do friendly fire.

[orangesobe]

Psilencer is the king of weapons for the purgator, equip crit chance gear or crit damage, astral crit the big boys to instantly disable large threats from range 22 and just mop up the chaff while your melee brothers close the gap...

[⸸ Neon Dog ⛧]

Okay it seems I am lucky enough to get the "construction suspended for infinite days" bug... I guess I'm not gonna test my purgator today.
I hope they'll fix this soon, can't play without upgrading my ship...

[Harukage]

Originally posted by stræf:

my purgator uses auto-reload on his psilencer, and with high focus, purgie don't give a f#(<!

i keep my psycannons on my justicars wearing terminator armor.

Good job on wasting a skill point on a passive that does not benefit Psilencer only to reach auto-reload.

[UR|Dialetheia]

Originally posted by Harukage:

Originally posted by stræf:

my purgator uses auto-reload on his psilencer, and with high focus, purgie don't give a f#(<!

i keep my psycannons on my justicars wearing terminator armor.

Good job on wasting a skill point on a passive that does not benefit Psilencer only to reach auto-reload.

And it is entirely worth it to be able to spam Scattershot.