Beginner Guide & Tips - Darktide

[@troller9838]

Dude really called Zealot a "ZEE LOT", lmao.

[@HansGrub]

Bro is a straight up noob. He also says, "Carapass." Lol.

[@Joubes]

He learned the word by reading. Not embarrassing. "zael-ot."

[@fu102]

@@Joubes also by your logic it would actually be ze-a-lot

[@fu102]

dude also says "leg-und" instead of ledge-end

[@JeremyNML]

@@fu102 I get the sense he's kinda autistic

[@jamesmee5212]

Saving this for when it launches on PS5 thanking you brother 💪

[@AdeptusRetardes40k]

Same

[@KageRyuu6]

As an Ogryn main, I honestly can't recommend it for new players, better off with Zealot or Veteran, as the Ogryn is not only slower and larger, but has a shorter dodge distance as well, meaning unless you know how to Dodge-Slide Trappers and Mutants are going to quickly become the bane of your existence. Also for the love of the God-Emperor, don't shoot diving Pox-Bursters, all you're doing is causing them to immediately explode ontop of your allies. And for you dodge spammers, rebind Dodge or Jump, there's a .2s delay between dodges when you have them bound to the same key that can lead you to jumping rather than dodging.

[@maxfrankel5139]

Came here to say this. Ogryn is awesome fun to play but gets steadily harder the higher you go in difficulty- it also teaches you some bad habits because of how easy it is to bully everything (you may never understand maulers or crushers at all unless you step off of ogryn). Not to say you shouldn't play it, but it's worth knowing that things change a lot once you get into aurics.

[@Reginald-sc9tk]

Ogryn is weirdly almost the strongest class while simultaneously being the easiest to screw up if you don't understand the mechanics. Once you know what you're doing he just Wkeys the game. But its really easy for newer players at high difficulty to think he's weak because of his downsides.

[@OhDough]

I've found ogryn to be the easiest to play. once I hit lvl 10 I was hooked to this class.

[@lightobliven]

@@OhDough Ogryn next to zealot are very tanky from just doing jobs right. Zealot may play a bit different, but it does have some good sources of toughness regen that make it near unkillable at times.

[@euromanijak]

I have most hours with ogryn ( around 150hours compared to other 3) and have never dodge slid trappers mutants and it never was an issue

[@bluelense7]

Fun fact: Darktide is built off the same engine as Helldivers 2

[@FierroAiden]

This was approved by real American patriots 🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Joseph-mw2rl]

Fatshark and arrowhead are both from Sweden as well

[@Geadly]

Another fun fact: This engine was created by Fatshark, who later sold it to Autodesk to make Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide

[@dbank6107]

Fun fact Helldivers dies after 6 months 😂

[@GameFuMaster]

@@Geadly and then they discontinued the engine lol

[@Bandit-do4ko]

Pick zealot. Grab a knife. Stab baddies in the name of the emperor. Thank you for attending my TED Talk

[@matthewcallow8971]

I approve of this message. Also make sure to stack as much movement speed as possible so you can get to the stabbing part quicker.

[@IsaacChoo88]

I like boinky though

[@Nickolai20599]

Good quick run through of good info! Small error though at 19:30 in the stims, yellow's ability cooldown reduction for its duration. The blue one actually increases reload speed, melee speed and stamina oriented stats, speed stuff in general

[@davidnemeth2061]

FYI... Darktide is part of Humble monhtly, so you can have it for like €12/$12. (PC Only)

[@fu102]

lulz,, humble wont ever get a dime from me ever again, wait for 11/29 sales on steam

[@Joseph-mw2rl]

Shrine of onision is CRAZY

[@Tenmo8life]

This Helldivers update looks sick! Wow!!!

[@Eldenwarhammer]

Helldivers 40,000

[@swissarmyknight4306]

-Zee-lot...triggered. -Recommend Ogryn to beginning players for at least the first few rounds, by far the easiest to learn the game mechanics with. -Tier 1-3 Toughness curios are best, T4+ keep your own council. -Teamwork is OP, stay with the group and support your teammates. -There's no benefit to waking the Daemonhost, and I've seen many a team of randos get wiped because they aggroed the DH and a horde showed up. Don't wake mommy. -Darktide isn't about killing heretics, its about going to the diamond and doing the objective. No amount of killing will get you through the mission, you have to do the objective. -If a teammate goes down, everybody needs to converge on them and get them up. Not doing this is how wipes happen.

[@beastmode7988]

OhDough! I used to watch your Dauntless vids all the time back in the day. I have about 1.3k hrs in Vermantide 2. Im very excited for Darktide (PlayStation). It’s awesome to see you making content for this game! Im looking forward to getting up to speed with the help of your vids!

[@dumbname1961]

yellow stim is ability cool down reduction, but other than that Gread video :D

[@Antarr_]

Locking down swarms of everything as a Smite Psyker and watching my team mow everything down is just really satisfying to me. I love that you can play an actual support class that is worth bringing in this game.

[@alexandreparent5754]

If you really like this playstyle, if you havent yet, you should try out the trauma staff, it does a ton of damage, one shot the horde and knockdown Elites like nothing. This staff is just broken beyond belief especially when built well with shout/soulblaze synergy, your damage output and Crowd control is broken beyond belief. Your sole existence removes melee elites and horde from the game

[@atomicscout7676]

That crafting guide might help me if i play the game again. Thanks !

[@Absolutely_should]

I got about 2000 hours in the game, something i noticed while playing is that you can tell if a special or boss is coming for you just by the sound of it spawning. For example, a special that comes after you may have a louder sound when it spawns or if it isn't after you it may have a slightly quieter sound(This is what I experience, if you don't well you don't). Mutants or muties are, in my opinion, the easiest to tell if it's after you. When it's coming for you, it tends to make louder footsteps even if it is still a decent way away. Another thing if a mutie is coming what looks like at you but looks slightly to the right or left it may not be after you but still dodge just incase and don't be like me who runs right past it ignoring its existence.

[@StoicismIsDaWay]

But have to remember, game has bugged sound and when there is a lot of action there might be no sound at all for disablers like dog, trapper or even boxbursters. And some maps have spots where sounds are bugged aswell.

[@Absolutely_should]

@StoicismIsDaWay oh i know all the spots that tend to have slient specials, I always check every flanking spots the specials could take while in those areas and in general. The amount of times I have been jumped by silent hounds has me on edge

[@Fat_Rat_______28]

Yippee Darktide content, also check out Psychanum on the ship, I believe the mode there is called “slaughter” or smth like that, the last one in list, where u can check weapon fire and see actual stats of enemies, theur armor types and etc, like in a real match in different difficulties, this helps to find weak spots of certain enemy types and see which armor in enemy is which, bc sometimes carapce and flak on them visually looks the same🥲

[@alexandreparent5754]

Yellow syringe is cooldown reduction on ult tho, it doesnt affect damage AFAIK. Red syringe also gives rending which means you can hurt armored enemies with weapons you couldnt before or just do so better.

[@ahmadjavedaj]

Hmm might have to pick up this game now. I love the last scene go from laughing to WHAT?!?!?!

[@Heavynaut]

If you’re a PC player it’s in this month’s humble bundle. 12$ USD for Darktide plus like 4-5 other games

[@ahmadjavedaj]

@Heavynaut might have to pick it up thanks 😊

[@Heavynaut]

@@ahmadjavedaj happy to help! What you’ll be looking for is Humble Bundle Choice November 2024. You got until the end of the month roughly to grab it before it’s not in cycle

[@SenorCerveza]

Good to see you at Darktide. As a VT2 vet really enjoying this in its current state ❤

[@kylelang2552]

I would add that there is another fundamental to the combat in this game: toughness management. Although dodging, blocking, pushing, and sliding all help to prevent taking toughness, when you inevitably take toughness damage you need to have a way to replenish it because its the only thing preventing you from taking permanent health damage from damage bleed through, which scales up the less toughness you have. I believe managing toughness is one of the most important skills to have, and this is generally managed through real time combat but the strategy to replenishing toughness is primarily based on the talents/blessings your build has. Pairing all of these things together, of course, creates an extremely cohesive experience that makes you feel very powerful and is extremely fun.

[@TheNewOrchard]

I can't play till the 27 unfortunately lol

[@convergence1point]

Crusty derptide veteran here: Here are some lifehack tips. Separate your jump button and dodge button. This lets you use side dodges at will, rather then needing a tricky movement input then spacebar input (that makes you jump in the air like an idiot if you time it wrong) Two, dodges have s, like..Dark Souls s, you can just about anything so long as you dodge at the time. Mastering dodges will increase surviveability substantially, as even ranged shots can be d. This goes back to tip one, using side dodges as a lateral movement while charging heavies. Crabwalk toward you victim while charging a heavy, using a side dodge to close and prevent any hits that would cancel your heavy charging, then enjoy a confirmed hit. The melee is more in depth than beginners’ realize. And the most important values you will want on a weapon is cleave, which lets you hit more enemies through (hit mass) which is how thicc a given mob is. Some weapons completely ignore this under certain conditions. Others, are nearly useless without a *certain blessing* that ignores hit mass. I wont really elaborate as most of my fun and experience with the game is learning just how deep, the deceptively complex melee combat actually is. Final tip, just because it's a hybrid shooter, don't forget to consider positioning, shooting is an important of the game, a bad position out in the open can end a game near instantly. Praise the Emperor, Warband initiates

[@dbank6107]

In brace the learning curve and please don't start off on Auric

[@d34thnote79]

As someone who started playing the game 2 weeks ago, I wish I found a writeup of tips as nice as this (and even longer)

[@patricioolivero5032]

@@d34thnote79I agree

[@Dougieeeee90]

Highly recommend rebinding the dodge key so you're not caught accidentally jumping when you want to dodge

[@imsweetthanks7677]

tfw my boltgun in darktide shreds through everything but in space marine 2 it only tickles the smallest enemy

[@liquididentity101]

"Marks change how the weapon feels to use and what its good at." Well, marks can sometimes significantly change the weapon's special attack. e.g. shotgun marks change the special loaded round to either a slug, a wide horizontal spread, or incendiary.

[@docuzi]

Pre ordered mine for PS. Im so excited to play it!

[@hecc7906]

Glad to see Dough finally playing a good game 🙏

[@benbai5808]

360 block and push applies to all characters. You just need the stamina to absorb the hits and hits from the back consume double the stamina (and hp but unsure on exact number) if I'm not mistaken. Only really important when you're run-sliding from a horde and a dog is on you. Just block while looking forward and you're good

[@veera473]

THE MOST HELPFULL GUIDE BRother THX YOU

[@Reginald-sc9tk]

OhDough playing DT? I did not expect this. Time to get you into duos.

[@torm0]

Tanner Lindberg, Torinator, Mister E and Telopots are good to watch if you want to improve. Your gunner Ogryn build is pretty good but I would consider swapping lynchpin (coherency) for Steady Grip (bracing) and also be aware that Soften Them Up also increases bleed and burn damage. If you go for more of a melee build something to know is that Too Stubborn to Die works on all toughness gain whilst the replenishment from Stay Close! and Feel No Pain only effect coherency.

[@SergeantGadriel]

This game overall is way better than Space Marine 2

[@Brazilian_ninja29]

Great video , helped a lot

[@eleosiluvatar7828]

YES. Darktide is the way.

[@ragingmonkey4592]

It's about fkn time he came over to Darktide.

[@Not_a_name_HERE]

iam glad i got everything in the game before the latest update, having to grind to get max perks and blessings is not fun

[@RPGandFPS]

Green stims give you either 100hp or a full wound, whichever is larger

[@kevin-jm3qb]

what helldivers should have done with rpg element

[@StoicismIsDaWay]

The most important skills to learn are, Dodge Block Kite, Dodge Stamina managment.

[@carlosvicenty-9856]

Yeah, it’s crazy what fat shark was able to do with for years of improvement I need the game go from mid to Goated time in dedication can make any game good

[@marvinr8280]

The shrine of WHAT? The omnissiah, DUDE

[@quintonlim4275]

Tips at the DoughJo

[@elpoyoyolo]

Zee-lot? OhDough my boy, it's Zell-et.

[@monolithmask3910]

ogryn is the squishiest class in the game

[@windrider970]

definitely shoot daemonhosts as they're very strong in melee.

[@convergence1point]

@windrider970 Nonsense, the true gigaminded know that demonhosts are defeated by ladders.

[@Creamy.Commander]

Zee Lot. Beautifully pronounced like a Canadian would

[@Tefratogon]

Still can't wrap my head around spending so much resources on gacha rolls so early on, except ludomaniac considerations

[@OhDough]

I spent something like 500k shekles on gamba

[@Crimnox_Cinder]

but can i play solo? or do i HAVE to play with others?

[@Eldenwarhammer]

There’s bots

[@photosyntheticzee9915]

the shrine of onision

[@vahnn0]

It's not "zee-lot," it's more like "zell-it." Like you're saying "sell it." But with a Z.

[@convergence1point]

Idk why people say, Zealot wrong. While “Zeal” is said as “Zell” “zealot” is not. So I always cringe when I hear people stress the “zeal” in “zealot” when thats actually the wrong stressing in the word. There are two Ls, in “zealot” so its not to be stressed.

[@yelloeplague]

they literally say zealot all the time in the game

[@ghoulbuster1]

zoolet

[@hmm-h2l]

Lmao, dark tide doesn’t rake in the same views as Helldivers 2. You’re gonna be stuck with Helldivers for god knows how long 😂😂😂

[@OhDough]

I'm not expecting this vid to get views. I just wanted to make a video on the game.

[@hmm-h2l]

@@OhDough im speaking on the fact that u need helldivers 2, a game u currently dont enjoy to be relevant and pay ur bills, its just funny

[@thatguygrey]

Weird place you’re spreading democracy at

[@SchockerX69]

Ogryn tha best sah!

[@B0ombastix]

Oh sweet, 17% toughness!! Also, WTF does toughness do?!?

[@nolankelly4506]

Legundery Zeelots

[@thePatryn]

OhDough's abilities to understand, comprehend and transmit game mechanics easily are to be praised, every video away from Crapdivers is a win for gaming community overall

[@TreborLightning]

zeeeelots XD

[@theratman2169]

ogryn together strong

[@ToLazy4Name]

Dodge

[@berserkerpride]

A ton of players recommend gunner resistance on all your curios. Gunners spawn in hard to reach places and can shred your toughness bar in a couple seconds. Unfortunately this only applies to scab gunners but not the basic peon gunners. Which makes no damn sense. But the scab gunners are the more dangerous ones.

[@bigsmoke167]

Gunner resist is not good, if you're gonna take it anyway you should only take 1 cause of diminishing returns

[@Roberta-yf4ge]

If someone recommends gunner res it's best to stop listening to them

[@berserkerpride]

@@Roberta-yf4ge If you're an ogryn melee build, gunners are a threat you can't easily avoid. Might blast a couple, but your guns are pretty inaccurate.

[@saltygabe5016]

Yeah gunner res is not very great get the cdr/toughness/stamina regen/ sprint efficiency etc

[@torm0]

Not true at all. Gunner resist is just training wheels. Any experienced player knows how to dodge slide and position correctly. The meta is combat regen, stamina regen and +5 toughness. I tend to swap out some toughness for sprint efficiency though as a personal preference

[@ascxri]

imma be fr

[@Tenkes07]

Dear OhDough Since you are an influencer and have a lot of followers, maybe they will pay more attention to your word and pay more attention to what you say. Could you please draw attention to the fact that some of the Ogryn talents are not working as intended or not at all in some case. For example, the crunch does not give 40% damage on heavy attack and the aura does not give 10%, but rather a flat 10 for the heavy attack. Feel free to test it in the game training area, but its a shame if you ask me.. Main aura and best dmg node is useless basicly. Thank you.

[@naivedays5421]

:😊

[@espresso-n1h]

zeeeelot

[@Mookie313]

It’s pronounced ZEH-LET

[@volksmanzo6213]

👍

[@crushavg]

It's great seeing more new players getting into Darktide, but please understand the game better before trying to make guides or give advice. The amount of misinformation in here is embarrassing.

[@char_name]

He didn't state with authority anything that was wrong. The basics are correct and that's what he's presenting. Ive got 1k hours and am just happy new content creators are doing fresh and helpful content for this game.

[@crushavg]

@@char_name Veteran is about shooting guns more (wrong - it's the high weapon damage class in general, including melee). Scab Ragers have Carapace heads and are best dealt with by using melee on their heads (double wrong - Maulers do, and they're best dealt with by hitting them in the body where they're just flak). Toughness depletes before HP unless you get hit by specific things like fall damage (completely glossed over melee bleedthrough, the most essential thing to understand about toughness). You can dodge diagonally forward by holding W + A or D (wrong - only diagonally backwards). Completely failed to mention dodge-sliding, arguably the most important movement mechanic in the game, in the part that included dodging and sliding. His gameplay honestly looks fantastic for a new player and the future looks bright, but this is not a good beginner guide beyond the parts about how to craft weapons.

[@char_name]

Ya ok, you are right. Still happy :)

[@torm0]

I have 2000 hours and came here to dump on him for making a guide when he's only just picked up the game but I don't think there's anything to argue with, it's a very basic.

[@rymd1875]

"zee" lot

[@Ace11Sky]

Zealot used to be pretty decent at ranged if you built for it until they nerfed it to the point that 3 weapons outshine everything else. I miss the player choice to make any class work well with any role.

[@teapouter]

Agripinaa Mk VIII and Bolt Pistol work great as a ranged zealot

[@Ace11Sky]

@@teapouter that'd be two of the three, yes.

[@bluelense7]

I prefer health curios for ogryn because 21% more of 300 health is way more than 17% of 100 toughness that ogryns can easily keep topped off already with the right talents.

[@torm0]

Doesn't matter. Having more toughness will mean less bleed through from 2nd/3rd hits. I generally run around 190-210 toughness and sometimes run a single health curio.

[@mysticalseapotato8303]

I have over 450 hours in the game, I do not need to watch this, but I will

[@MaximusErectusDingalingus]

Nobody cares

[@Reginald-sc9tk]

I care. Then again I have 1,500 hours so maybe I'm a bad sample.

[@twizted6967]

stop

[@cjallenroxs6239]

This guide is so damn terrible I shouldn’t have to wait till 12 minutes in the video to start hearing beginner shit

[@aarepelaa1142]

Bit weird to have a beginners guide on a game that you started last week? Idk well it is a beginners guide not an advanced guide.

[@oakaroc95]

Maybe he meant it’s a guide from the perspective of a beginner? I’m not sure maybe that is something he would clarify. Whatever the case, he’s a gamer, and game mechanics across PvE games are similar enough that I would trust his judgement grains of salt included. Now I definitely don’t trust him over Tanner Lindberg, but that’s a bit like comparing a sparrow to a lion, it’s not fair.

[@snow7728]

This guy is insufferable.