Casual Psyker Talent Update Analysis | Unlocked & Loaded | Warhammer40k: DARKTIDE

[@rykenxiv]

Some learnings behind-the-scenes stuff on trying to make this video: - Almost gave up after 20+ takes because I kept flubbing and losing track - I keep adding more and more information than necessary (this is why I write my stuff down to help me filter...) - Voice is hoarse and breaking (can hear that towards the end) - I talk a lot faster when excited (need to smoothen out my pace) - It was actually pretty fun to do something different for a change! Hope you liked this new format (new to me at least...) I just really wanted to try something different and is kind of my first step to doing live content in the future. Any constructive feedback is welcomed! . _ . - Ryken

[@jafsrob]

i liked it, flaws and all

[@vahnn0]

@@rykenxiv I likednit, but definitely a less smooth experience than the usual videos. Maybe not necessarily use a script, but maybe an outline with key words to remind of all the points you want to make. Do a dry run before hitting record to see if saying stuff out loud makes any new points or info pop into your head, then add it to the outline. Then record. Just spitballing here, though. Either way, still full of good info.

[@joaco8009]

solo dame el maldito arbol de talentos!!1 no quiero la historia de tu vida !!

[@JackXombi]

Thanks for keeping it real homie. Good news is you're already charming, so the video will only get better.

[@RealKangarooFlu]

You can always just talk as you go and cut out parts you don't like before uploading

[@Beatnic7]

As a filthy casual, I very much appreciate your in-depth explanations. Thank you very much for your time/efforts. :)

[@hairballthegreat]

'Or five.. it doesn't matter.' - kruber 😊

[@swayback04]

Haha I was looking for this comment!

[@Chainsawhugs72]

Perfect "watch while eating lunch" content, I love you, keep it up

[@rykenxiv]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@Pyromaniac77777]

This gets me excited for Psyker again. We appreciate all the effort in making these

[@essentiallyeasy]

I do enjoy the little rambling-esque kind of video you've put out! I'm not a Psyker main, but I'm glad you've shined (...shone?) some light on this. I was wondering about the new nodes! Thank you very much. I've been watching your content since the Traitor's Curse update (when I first started playing) and I really enjoy your voice. Here's to some new awesome updates :)

[@rykenxiv]

Glad you enjoyed it :D

[@stone4524]

Love hearing your thoughts on the changes. I like this style of video, it's easier to watch while I'm doing something else like the dishes cuz it's mostly listening. Thanks for the vid Ryken

[@C4MG1RL]

Crystaline Will is not a training wheel: it's an opportunity. Dive bombing as a psyker. Get a bunch of wound and use your overload as a horde clear in an emergency! But yes: I need a petition ASAP to have Souldrinker and Perilous Assault swap places. It just doesn't make sense to me. The left side is your soulfire path and like the classic Psyker focused on staff play. Right side is mainly for crit and gun psyker play. So why is a perk that will mainly benefit guns on the left and a perk that will mainly benefit staffs on the right? It's just a point waster. I also feel like Mind in Motion should be available in the middle rather than on the right. It's a perk that would fit both playstyles

[@magicalmanfromwonderland]

What a crazy way to play! I love it! Martyr Psyker!

[@MarDaWarGod]

You are sacrificing an entire wound to in your words "overload as a horde clear in an emergency" on a class that is already the best horde clearer in the game. if your goal is to horde clear, just use your trauma/purge/void/illisi sword. Sacrificing a wound in "an emergency" to do what your toolkit is already good at is just cope and not a logical use case, you may as well just risk being hit to get off a spell cast as that at least won't eat up a wound. Any situation that calls for horde clear in an emergency, you can answer with one of the above listed weapons with far far greater efficiency at less risk of death than purposefully overloading. Example: One fully charged trauma cast has a larger radius(and one-shot any horde inside that radius) and a shorter cast time(1.3s~ for trauma cast before blessings) than an overload(3s explosion animation). It is primary use case is very much as a set of training wheels for noob psykers considering you could spend the talent points grabbing things that provide value in all situations instead of only when you fuck up your perils %. Anyone claiming that crystalline will is anything but training wheels doesn't understand use case/contextual analysis.

[@C4MG1RL]

@@MarDaWarGod We must have different definitions of what an emergency is or just imagining different scenarios. If you are using and have time to get a good charge and cast of a trauma staff off then it's probably not an emergency. From using it, unless it's some obscure bug on my end, you don't take damage while it's going off. So you lose 1 wound in a situation you probably would've died in anyway to gain a few seconds of no damage to do with whatever you want and an explosion that'll kill most enemies rather than just taking the L because "they're training wheels, I don't need those" It's not a main tool but it does give you an option rather than just die. Like Venting Shriek. It can be used as training wheels but is also just a valid tool on its own for damage, control, management, or just giving you some space in a rough spot.

[@Redditor6079]

Mind in motion is silly. The only time it's ever useful is when your actively quelling your staff, but Solidity is a much better option the few times you absolutely need to active quell. Excluding Elite death balls, psykers should try to passively quell, switching to their melee at high peril to maximize Warp Rider, then switching back to the staff when they have breathing room.

[@bwestacado9643]

​@@Redditor6079 Good advice, thank you

[@Sexploitsful]

Yeah, Psykers eating real good with this patch. The Perils Cleave talent especially is a very unique addition that can elevate weapons in some pretty interesting ways. If you haven't tried it out, the Recon XIV (formerly known as the 7a) is especially dirty with Warp Splitter. 3 base cleave pushes above 4 once you hit 35~% Perils and allows it to cleave Dreg Ragers, Shotgunners, and Gunners, which is a tremendous DPS boost.

[@vahnn0]

Perfect timing, right before lunch, just before i hit the road for 10 hour drive back home to play Darktide lol

[@joshizfly]

I'm playing as soon as I get home too. Lol. I lost all my progress switching from game pass to steam, I wanted to own the game though and it's a hell of a time to start over so I'm not mad

[@Indy2109]

@@joshizflywhy not just buy the game through the Microsoft store then?

[@joshizfly]

@@Indy2109 on sale on STEAM, it was a better deal than Microsoft lol plus it came with the soundtrack and skins Edit and the soundtrack alone was worth it and is bonkers

[@jakeogroton]

Something to mention with empiric resolve is that it opens up the ability to use sciers gaze with staffs. You can even double and triple down on peril generation reduction with the sciers gaze node and warp siphon

[@burnin8able]

I built a smite warp charge setup with empiric resolve to absolutely JUICE my smite's duration. I'm pretty sure at 0% peril and 6 warp charges I can keep a single plast of smite going for upwards of 45 seconds straight, and then I can venting shriek which gives peril resist stacks and smite EVEN LONGER.

[@Logan-tw7wv]

Unlocked and Loaded has been HUGE. I've been a stealth knife zealot since your video about it so long ago, but now I've actually been given incentive to experiment. Now for some extra motivation to break the Psyker back out!

[@schwerter_1053]

This is absolutely great Ryken, very detailed explanations and some greatly appreciated insight to the talents and their interactions, many thanks! Also I for one like this new format a lot, keep up the good work!

[@MrHanzSolo]

Recently came back and was excited to try out all the new psyker features. Your explanation and breakdown was just what I was looking for, thank you! Definitely keep doing more of this.

[@swayback04]

I've been looking forward to your takes on the update. Already messed around with the new psyker tree a bit, but got a lot out of this vid, thanks! And I'm all for the new style of video. If it lets you put out content like this quickly (and with less stress/overhead on your end) and gives you a chance to build a new skill, I'm here for it. Cheers!

[@Ebb0Productions]

format is totally fine, i have no complaints.

[@lumbearjack7372]

As a returning player who hasn't touched the game in months, this was a great way to catch up with the changes. As for the format, it may have taken several takes but the result is butter smooth. It's super informative, concise and flows really well. Would love to see more videos in this style

[@drkatz1192]

Late response, but in reference to your point about dialogue. I prefer this form of content. A conversation/dialogue feels more genuine and easy to follow than the role play stuff involving classes/etc. Both have their charm, but definitely appreciate this content!

[@senpai4338]

I like this format as well! Just enjoying the content!

[@rykenxiv]

Glad to hear it! :)

[@JohnJohnson-lr3ve]

Very helpful content as always and love the format, especially if it means more content from you!

[@craigpoltenovage9148]

I love your analysis and the details you provide in your videos. I will watch whatever style of video you put out, but I do appreciate these more open ended videos where you can get some of your personal opinions on patch notes and not just the effects of the patch notes.

[@silverthorngoodtree5533]

Empyric and the nodes is additive. Also it works with scries gaze ticks. Yeah. It also works with By crack of bone. It makes a dedicated Emp build VERY strong. Either a gun psy or a sword psy when you use - 5% quell on weak spot hit. That to is additive. You can stay in emp for a long time on auric during a massive swarm. Combined with warp charges -6% per charge, ...

[@braddahoz9551]

I think there is definitely room for both kinds of content, I would love to hear your initial reaction to changes, then when you cook something up it would be cool to have a focused video on a build or something you discovered.

[@N4N15]

I like this type of video. Don't overthink it too much IMO, you're good !

[@rykenxiv]

Thank you!! Its a struggle for someone who needs to pen down thoughts prior...

[@HansGrub]

I like these live commentary vids. Not every video needs heavy editing. Especially when you're going through the nodes in real-time. A combat demo from a build is different, but this type of breakdown vid benefits from minimal editing and more real-time commentary.

[@Valyn]

Great video! Love the format. I love the casual movement back up to previous nodes that are related. Too many lazy vids purely point out changes, rather than how and why those changes matter.

[@rykenxiv]

Glad you like them!

[@Vityanvityan]

About weapon swap speed and soul drinker i absolutely agreed. Swapping them around just makes more sense. On the same page, i think its time to move auras around as well. Cooldown reduction on left, its good with staff builds and also good with more middle ground mix builds. Move crit to the middle, so you could puck it on on both staff and gun psyker variants, and move elite dmg to the right side. I think this way its much more interesting. I also think all of those new talents scaling with peril should give you small bonus by baseline or scale fasted and higher. Like 5% swap speed, cleave, rending on 0 peril and go up wih it.

[@jafsrob]

empyric resolve gonna be INCREDIBLE for scriers gaze

[@streven1331]

It is!!!

[@troller9838]

Crystalline WIll needs a buff so it's not useless to veterans. Make it give +1 wound and double the peril explosion radius and damage in addition to what it already does, that way we can make funny explosion builds.

[@GoobieTheGoob]

Shotgun. Get the extra cleave per peril; get the rending over 75% peril, get Scrier’s Gaze and leave it on the whole game since it doesn’t turn off currently. Gun Psyker divides crowds of enemies with a shotgun. ✨

[@jacksons9546]

I enjoyed this format. Honestly I’d love a similarly done vid just going over some basic builds for psyker/other classes. I really enjoyed getting the inside scoop as someone who’s been away from the game for many many months

[@rykenxiv]

Coming right up!

[@LukasGwara]

Good video, i didnt paid any attention to psyker changes, but now im intrested in playing some head poper

[@hathunter164]

Hadn't realized that's how Surety of Arms works, I'd written it off as kinda useless, so glad to hear your thoughts on it. Also, I didn't find this to be too rambly or anything and it gave all the useful stuff about node synergies etc.

[@paidplayermerc4240]

For whatever reason whenever I use any staff under the effect of "Warp Unbound" I still explode from perils, it's probably meant to say "prevents overloading from blitz abilities"

[@Crusx]

This was one of the first things I tested when the patch dropped. I was so sad when I still blew up.

[@PallyChan]

I could NOT figure out wtf electrocute was doing. Thanks Ryken!

[@DaezenHaast]

GIVE ME ALL THE RAMBLES! I just like listening to you talk stuff

[@Aycid_Snake]

With the buff of "Malefic Momemtum" force swords are now better than ever. They can proc themselves with the Special "Warp" attacks and normal "non-warp" attacks. Really easy to max out. Enjoy. :)

[@josephcola9662]

Crystalline Will definitely makes me want to try a build where I max wounds and just go absolutely insane with warp stuff.

[@rykenxiv]

HAHAHA Thats such a meme build! If I do make something of it, I'll be sure to include your comment in the video as the source of inspiration for such madness !

[@josephcola9662]

@rykenxiv Thanks! I'm looking forward to all the new psyker content you'll make. If I had the extra loudout slots, I also had another idea for my own Cinder Mage where I paired Blazing Spirit and Shred plus some extra crit related talents to just push soulblaze stacks to their absolute max, but not only do I not have the loadout slots for that, but the utility of deflector (plus kinetic deflection) and uncanny strike is just WAAAAY too good to give up. I've lost count of the number of times I saved myself or even a run by being a discount slab shield with my deimos and deflector (stepping in front of the team and just eating sniper shots with my sword never fails to be awesome), and uncanny strike gives me an option for crushers.

[@Joseph-mw2rl]

Yes inquisitor, this witch right here

[@tuesss]

@@josephcola9662 Are you already using the mod which increases the number of loadouts?

[@josephcola9662]

@@tuesss I'm on console

[@punkypony5165]

I like this kind of video. I still enjoy the edited videos as well though.

[@CGEE_Music]

Having Souldrinker on the Melee side of the tree works really well with Force Sword's Blazing Spirit blessing, that's the main(only?) reason I could think that it's on the right hand side of the tree. I assume it's to encourage Force Sword use with Charged Strike also assisting in benefitting Force Swords charged attacks w/ special charge

[@denodagor]

I'm loving the new right side nodes like Souldrinker, Warp Splitting and By Crack of Bone with the Illisi (Using Bloodthirsty and Blazing Spirit blessings), peril never goes too high even spamming special attacks and recover a lot of toughness, especially using Wildfire to spread DoT to more enemies.

[@Axehilt]

What about the horizontal minor nodes? I'm serious, it's a huge change that psykers aren't locked in as much in their builds anymore. The fact that I can take that 'up to 33% toughness reduction' talent on a mostly-right-side build now is awesome! So having these nodes be more horizontally connected makes a lot more build variation possible, and is one of my favorite changes this patch!

[@RealKangarooFlu]

I really enjoy this video format. Do veteran next!

[@SecretPurpleQ]

just a small note, crystalline will making you not go down from overloading lets you use it strategically as a grenade with the explosion, and you can erase the corruption damage instantly with a med stim, and psykers dont have any other grenade, and while its not a GREAT idea, you CAN like in an emergency blow yourself up to stagger a monstrosity or whatever, or blast back a ton of dudes off a cliff.

[@ThePigKnight]

I like the new psyker spells. I came back after a year and the new spells are very interesting and different. Head popper is our classic sniper play style, Yandu arrows is a fun aoe, and smite is a cool cc grenade

[@Keepler22b]

perilious assult should have been on the right side of skill tree, and soul drinker on the left. Ty for explanations:) it really put things in place for me. Only thing I miss is a movement speed node on the left side.

[@Reddotzebra]

As someone who has been sitting on void strike/smite/dome for way too long this will be interesting. I got sick of the veterans stealing all the specialist kills when I was leveling up, and after trying out the class myself I feel desperately like I want something like a bolter, the sniper staff does this, but by the time I finish charging, a proper veteran will already have skit the guy I'm aiming at and four more to boot...

[@quantum2330]

How -Peril Generation Works Perks of the same type (like multiple -5%) add together. Perks of different types (like -15% and -40%) multiply together. Here’s your setup: 3x -5% perks → -15% total 1x -40% perk 6x -6% perks → -36% total The Math Convert the percentages to decimals and subtract from 1, where 1 = 100% of normal peril generation: (1 - 0.15) × (1 - 0.40) × (1 - 0.36) = 0.85 × 0.60 × 0.64 = 0.3264 This means in ideal situations peril builds up at 32.64% of the normal rate. Alternatively, you could say that you’ve reduced peril generation by 67.36%. In Practice If your spell originally lasts 5.67 seconds (tested with smite) before hitting 100% peril, the math predicts: 5.67 / 0.3264 ≈ 17.37 seconds In my testing, I got 17.02 seconds. The small difference is likely due to minor timing inconsistencies in my testing method.

[@rykenxiv]

Thanks for sharing! Now I have a rule of thumb number to work with :)

[@basedx.]

Hope you do the same for the Ogryn and Vet trees 😊

[@sirgaz8699]

Charge Strike also amps the shock mace things perk that does +25% damage to electrocuted enemies, then again if you're using the shock maul it already electrocutes on any sweeping attack.

[@maiapetersen9092]

THE TABLES MAN IS BACK!

[@Vulcanerd]

I think the purgatus/inferno staff would be nasty with empyric shock... (oh, nm, I got to the section right after where you talk about this). Lol, guess I'm taking that out of my purgatus/inferno build.

[@aon2780]

I listen to ur vids while doing chores :3

[@Gandaug]

I personally prefer this style of video as compared to the scripted videos.

[@GabbeMan123]

nice that gun psyker is even better

[@sturmmagnunstein1008]

Ive always done scriers gaze with a force staff. Critmaxing soulsblazing trauma gang.

[@lightobliven]

You make a good point about the the new soulblaze and weapon swap boost passive, I thought it was really weird too... I guess they are trying to lean into the crit boost aspect of the soul blaze? Although, the question then is where do you get soulblaze from? All of the fancy soulblaze skills are on the left! Then it get's awkward... whereas the damage boost on warp/non-warp damage kill would be perfect for swapping speed with peril. Feels weird for sure.

[@J.B.1982]

Could be a balance thing but that is odd.

[@solbenjib7580]

Blaze force sword soul blaze blessing😎

[@thehazellator]

@rykenxiv there's a bit of synergy between the charged strike node and the stun batons (i forget what theyre called). they have a perk that increases damage to electrocuted enemies. haven't tested if works but i assumed they would work together

[@TempoTrack]

Deffs enjoy the ramble fromat🎉

[@themur880]

Wield speeds biggest issue is yeah the side of the tree. But it's not bad in a vaccum. If you blend melee and staff play a lot it's VERY noticeable.

[@semi-useful5178]

I have been enjoying nearly infinite toughness with scrier's gaze illisi sword.

[@SoraTheKobold]

i finished leveling my Psyker again after the update (for the second time because no cross progression from game pass ;-;) the build variety from this update on Psyker is so SO fun, i decided to make a melee build and it feels so fun to run right now, that mixed with the weapon leveling and mastery system has made re-leveling characters feel so much less annoying

[@rykenxiv]

Indeed! If only the game was like this from launch... But, better late than never I suppose!

[@gabzsy4924]

​​@@rykenxiv better late than never for some. For others it's just too late 😅

[@Shajirr_]

7:29 Bad place for Lightning Speed node. Its melee-only, meanwhile it is gating the nodes that will work not only on melee. So if you're after those nodes, Lightning Speed kinda makes the proposition of getting them worse, if you don't use melee much.

[@OrAngelicBlitz8633]

The changes were very node-icable this time.

[@fyng.1582]

Empyric resolve took me from very rarely going down even in Auric to taking chip damage all the time and going down multiple times per mission. I feel like this talent is gonna make matches absolutely rough with psykers who think they can handle it but can't.

[@Malgana]

The Perilous Assault talent doesn't do what you think it does and is poorly worded because a lot of people are making the same mistake with it. The +50% is for your force staff melee attack speed, not the swapping between weapons. Weapon swap speed is its own stat.

[@rykenxiv]

Thanks for the clarification! This revelation make it even worse as a talent node...

[@MrSwaggington]

I was kinda hoping crystaline will would help you gain ability charge back or maybe make you explode in a larger Radius. It would have been fun to work with a new gameplay style that would encourage something weird like wounds and such.

[@GuyNameBob25]

I, too, am an avid Psy lover.

[@Reginald-sc9tk]

it was helpful to me

[@rykenxiv]

[@nicholasanderson9788]

When Ryken speaks we listen

[@Living_Target]

Souldrinker needs to go on the left side for sure. I wish they condensed the upper tree a little for these new nodes, it's hard to justify taking toughness on quell AND toughness on crits AND toughness on generating peril and you need wildfire; when you also want souldrinker and quell on melee weakspot, and kinetic deflection. Staff builds feel like early patch 13 vet with node starvation now. Feels bad man. Somehow they buffed gun psyker with more variety and made staff psykers need a PhD to build. Then again other than melee speed I thought the last patch psyker was fine so I dunno.

[@Moosesquatch]

what is bro yapping about??? (very good video, i love your content. keep it up)

[@Earliersphere]

So a note on Crack of Bone the 5% quell doesn't happen, it only gives -20 peril gen rate not sure if it's a bad tool tip or they forgot to implement the -5% quell.

[@rykenxiv]

I'm testing it right now, and it seems to be working fine! I get both the -20% Peril reduction and I do quell peril on hit! (Using an Illisi Force Sword to check)

[@VolciGamer]

Yo, if you do start streaming i'd tune every time i could. What platform were you going to use? Stay here on YT? Love that your back

[@rykenxiv]

Probably on KZbin - but I'll explore Twitch too and weigh my options!

[@kinggrimmjow8980]

Are you sure that the extra cleave makes the assail shards go theu more targets? I thought it was just limited by the number it states and has nothing to do with cleave. But im unsure

[@rykenxiv]

Yeap! I tested it out to check! Also had another friend do the testing before me too! In my case, I observed Assail (with only Etheral Shards) hit 3 Scab shooters. After getting to like 90 peril or so, it could hit 5!

[@kinggrimmjow8980]

Your right. Thank God assail got a buff

[@samuelmuise5633]

@@rykenxiv and with empowered psyonics, your shards deal double damage and go through 6 base + cast 3 for free (that also includes total number of shards). I'm really excited to try and make an assail build now

[@Xariann]

What a weird bug for Scryer's Gaze! I do not get that, but I have used it with Voidstrike and guns, maybe it's something to do with the Purgatus/Inferno? Tranquillity through Slaughter is really good, with something like a Recon Lasgun I basically quell my peril to 0 as long as I can keep shooting. This means I can get max Scryer''s Gaze stacks fairly easily.

[@rykenxiv]

I've read reports of Surge and Purgatus causing this issue, but I still explode even using blitz... I have so much Scrier's Gaze stuff to explore but I need to fix my bug first lol.. Gonna try a suggestion to turn off some mods that may or may not be messing with me here..

[@randomhero6365]

The electric staff has been really good. Combo it with smite and absolutely nothing gets through the cc and dmg

[@rykenxiv]

The Surge Staff is the highlight weapon for me this patch and I can't wait to share the updated Storm Witch build I have for it!

[@PaiSAMSEN]

Been using that too. Unintended side effect include being vote-kicked by your teammate because you made the fight too boring (Actual complaint I've seen on reddit. Yeah, I wish I made this up.) and the inability to resist shrouting "UNLIMITED POWER".

[@nobswap]

​@@PaiSAMSENbasically, people complain that using smite makes fighting boring, which I get. Don't use smite on a regular horde, which your team can easily dispatch usually. I often see psykers spamming smite and only smite, and while I don't really mind myself, I can see that some people get annoyed by it. What I don't get is people just being angry at smykers before the mission even started...

[@peterstedman6140]

​@nobswap to clarify (I'm a pretty new player) you want to be using smite on mixed hordes or big groups of elites right? Not a bunch of chaff

[@locket9160]

@@peterstedman6140 mixed hordes with ragers in it, large group of special gunners/shotgunners, dog packs, crusher/mauler packs are all great to use smite on

[@debaucheddolphin2962]

Don’t have that Scrier’s Gaze bug, but I haven’t tried it with the Purgatus staff.

[@JohnMcKinley117]

Hey man, love the content. Was just curious if you’ve been playing Space Marine 2, and if so are you going to make any videos on it? Regardless keep up the good work 👍

[@rykenxiv]

I have! I was gearing up for a deep dive with the Tactical (I have been working on numbers - which the games lacks a lot of) but have been utterly overwhlemed by the sheer amount of content coming out this month! I wonder if my Space Marine 2 stuff would even been interesting by then...

[@Einbrock]

I can't replicate the Scrier's Gaze in this video bug but Warp Unbound is a bit weird in my testing. During the 10s after Scrier's Gaze stopped and with Warp Unbound enabled, half charging voidstrike, surge or trauma staves won't cause overloading at 100% peril but fully charge those staves do, purgatus on the other hand overload regardless of charge level like the talent doesn't even exist

[@rykenxiv]

The Warp works in mysterious ways...

[@andremariaribeirodacunha3695]

Hi, so quick question: Does the increased cleave affect the secondary fire projectile of the voidstrike staff?

[@rykenxiv]

It does! You can bowl through more meatier enemies with more cleave!

[@andremariaribeirodacunha3695]

@@rykenxiv But doesn't the secondary fire projectile explode on hit? I dont quite get it

[@axmil1286]

How often does By Crack of Bone proc? Does it have a cooldown betwen procs?

[@rykenxiv]

From my testing, it does not appear to have a cooldown! As long as you keep lopping off heads, you'll quell Peril with each swing that scores a weakspot kill!

[@LeadbelcherPaintPot]

Maybe I’m crazy, but my purget- infernus staff build is the exact same. I couldn’t branch out for any new nodes if I wanted the same amount as my pre patch toughness. A little lame but oh well

[@souljasky999]

How did you get that psyker armour it’s so cool

[@rykenxiv]

Its from the premium shop (which regrettably, rotates for stupid fomo reasons..)

[@KeetSeel]

Using shriek from time to time is a crutch. But spamming it aggressively makes it a real weapon.

[@IIDrebelin]

Is the distrupt destiny tree broken right now or am I stupid? The 10s perk for example just wont work

[@Shajirr_]

4:09 That is super confusing for Souldrinker. If you did a test for people without any knowledge about the node, vast majority of them will say that it requires killing a target with Soulblaze damage.

[@rykenxiv]

After doing some testing - I can confirm it works as I described! Generally, most things that require a soulblaze kill just means 'has soulblazed' debuff applied! The only I didn't mention was that the Critical chance you get is on a seperate cooldown and can't be refreshed after its proc'd. So you can't have a permanent +5% crit on Inferno Staff, but you can come really close to it!

[@KingKhalid888]

Are you going to do a video about all the new blessings?

[@rykenxiv]

I could - but I'm going to need to play with all the other classes first! Been focusing entirely on Psyker the last few days for this video!

[@NaturallySelected]

Crystalline Will + Beacon of Purity combo?

[@rykenxiv]

Beacon can't heal corruption that consumes an entire wound - which Crystalline does (otherwise it would make you functionally immortal!)

[@Zwaluu]

You might want to check your modlist, my Scriers Gaze is not bugged, even when I took the exact same talent path and same weapons (blessings/perks not the same) and scriers is not infinite in either psykanium or a real game.

[@rykenxiv]

Could very well be a mod problem... If so... I wonder what might actually be causing it haha

[@OCGreenDevil]

Does Penetration of the soul help any with DOT fire from staff? Or is it pointless

[@primedestroyers2170]

it should apply to all damage so it would help fire dot

[@rykenxiv]

Yes, rending will help you on flak, maniac, unyielding, and Carapace (much less so on Carapace since dmg resist is stronk)

[@vahnn0]

One thing I've hated about warp siphon since they first changed to the new talent trees a long whole back is that it now has the cooldown aspect baked in. Which means it will always consume your warp charges when you use your ability. I'd rather they split that into a separate modifier node and have the 4% damage per charge baked in to warp siphon. Maybe it's done for balance reasons, but I still hate it. Also I've seen another video where someone said the Surge blessing (newly added to the surge staff, or whatever it's called now) does NOT proc an additional shot on the secondary attacks. Only the primary. I've been away from home since before the patch. Have you experienced this?

[@rykenxiv]

Yea - this was something I didn't like as well... I preferred when it just increased damage at base and then you could decide how else to augment the node.. But I guess I'm used to it now. As for Surge - yea, this was the expected outcome. I think the code behind is simply designed for projectile based attacks and since the lightning and voidblast aren't projectiles, it can't proc.

[@zmseddon]

My fellow Psykers and I have discovered a new build of insane power for psykers. I'd like to share it, and discord is the best method. Is there a discord associated with this channel?

[@rykenxiv]

I don't one specifically for this channel - though I am thinking about it... I'm found on the Darktide SEA server, so if you'd like to join that, you're free to do so (we're all from SEA though, so your ping might be bad playing with us >

[@zmseddon]

@@rykenxiv Struggling to find an invite link to the SEA server. Point me in the right direction?

[@IroskTheOrc]

Just fyi, souldrinker procs even when another player kills the affected enemy or if another psyker "owns" the soulblaze making it incredibly strong.

[@kris2601]

So with that bug Gaze, gun psyker OP?:D

[@TrickyJebus]

they still did not fix the Surge blessing on Trauma Staff and Storm Staff

[@LegateSprinkles]

Soul Drinker's placement seems so odd. It does offer the crit chance for a gunker on that side of the tree but all the soul blaze talents are on the left side.

[@apoptosine1598]

Any idea what "weapon weild" applies to? I slapped it on thinking it might apply to trauma's charge ups on secondary... I can't tell the difference after a few games, but I might be wrong. Re: your informal approach: You escell at both and nobody does the dives as good as you!

[@rykenxiv]

Thank you! Weapon Wield Speed is how fast you can swap between melee and ranged weapons! Given that Psyker's have weapons that swap very fast already (not like we have a Bolter to pull out), this node is kind of pointless...

[@MrVictor1227]

Hey man

[@rykenxiv]

Hey!

[@zmseddon]

I regret to inform you that Enfeeble does NOT work with the new talent. Testing reveals that Enfeeble is actually it's own separate debuff and is only applied by the actual smite blitz, which is a real shame because the Electrokinetic staff (formerly surge) ALSO applies the electrocuted status.

[@rykenxiv]

Further testing indicates that you are right! Electrocution affect is applied by Enfeeble is not. I think I might drop a post on the forum to get clarity on the interactions. And yes, I was also aware of the how Surge (and even the Telekine Shield!) also applies electrocute status but doesn't interact with anything. Truly a Fatshark moment.