Assassin Sniper build: What to do with hordes?

[Tharbad08]

Hi,

I'm playing a Sniper Assassin. My main gun is Exitus.
I like the ranged play but I don't have an anti horde weapon.
I find shotgun a mediocre solution.
Since they tend to outrun me and gather around me make melee weapons an option.
I prefer something with DoT as I thought about taking the DoT passive tree.
But currently I'm checking the Ark sword and Null rod. Ark sword is not so good as I thought (As also stated here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1421755715).
Null rod has the anti psyker and have problem with those. So the Null rod might be even better than I thought.

Any ideas?

Thanks

[Wolfilein]

If you want a melee-weapon-set i can recomend dual arc-blades. It's very satisfying to use the whirlwind-skill(3 skill on arc-blades) to maw through big hoards of small enemys. The 4 skill(aoe-jump attack) is also nice against the little annoying ones.

If you prefere to stay true to your sniper build, i would try the needler-sniper. It's aoe-attack has a bigger aoe radius than most other sniper-aoe-skills and most of its attacks deal poison-dot.

In addition i can only suggest to get some relic-items with enchants that let enemys explode on-stun/on-kill/-on-shock. There are some psalm-code-doctrines that have similar effects. These are devastating for hordes. Ofc your char needs to be lvl-50+ to get sockets on gear and you probabaly need to unlock some crafting-techs and get the needed psalm-codes.

But this game offers you a lot of ways to cope with different situations. It helps to read some guides (even to only get some inspirations) and the compendium is pretty useful to look-up pslam-code-doctrines. https://neocoregames.com/en/community/warhammer-40k-inquisitor-martyr-compendium

I hope this helps a little bit.

[Tharbad08]

Thanks. It's my second play as assassin. I abandoned the previous one due to morality choices (77 lvl).
I'll read the guides. The needler gun is too automatic for me and it's AoE has high cool-down.
Tried the arc blades. Not for me. Null rods is better. I'll keep experimenting.

[Wolfilein]

The best way is to figure out your own build. Thats part of the fun for me.
My first character "failed"(was a sniper-assassin too).
The second was ok(psyker that managed up to +6 missions).
The third is awesome(crusader that can do every mission up to +10).
Currently working on my 4th(this assassin will be better^^).

Never tryed null-rods... maybe i should¿

[Tharbad08]

Maybe. Null rod has 3 AoE attack and the anti psyker tag.
With the previous build I lost ~5 intel missions due to enemy psykers. The problem is you need to get close to them. It works OK so far but I haven't tested yet on horde + psyker where you need to get close more than once (2-3 times to clear the crowd + assassination of the psyker). Works good with stealth suite.

This is my first time with melee weapons so I might play as a crusader after all (So far had also a ~50 lvl Tech adept).

[bullse]

Needler sniper rifle, better yet, a Needler sniper build.

[Azrael]

Who needs needler if you can run a exitus rifle. ;)
https://youtu.be/j1D9DauVtYU

[Tharbad08]

@-=Azrael=- What are those armor and addon? And where does the mines come from?
This armor is nice way to deal with hordes

[Azrael]

Distortion Armor(moral/puritan with 2sec invulnerability on kill) and stun mines as belt.
I'm also using ancient purity seal with stunned enemies explode on kill.

[Tharbad08]

Nice. Will try.