What is the best Skitarii Build in Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

Praise the Omnissiah, the Adeptus Mechanicus got in Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. The Skitarii are ruthless, efficient cybernetic warriors who rely on their superior weapons and technology to defeat their enemies.

Perhaps the most customizable and versatile class in all of Darktide, Skitaria boasts a massive skill tree that allows players a level of customization unlike any other character. Because of this, it can be overwhelming to know what to build in because there are so many options available.

Due to how adaptable the Skitarii class is, there really isn't one build that is objectively better than the others. It really depends on what role you want to fill in the team, as Skitarii are fantastic for ranged, melee and even support roles.

The best Skitarii Chordclaw build

For those who prefer to be fit, Chordclaw is a surprisingly powerful ability that deals both high damage on a single target and can cut through a whole wave of normal enemies. In this build, we will rely on handling up to five charges of Chordclaw strike to increase our damage and survive.

Before we get into how the build works and general playstyle, here's a list of all the talents we'll be using.

The heart of this set are the Chordclaw Strike and Redline capacitors. The former is a powerful ability that allows us to deal a surprising amount of burst damage. This is due not only to the fact that the base damage is quite high, but also due to the skills Slice and Dice and Moebian Conductor, which improve the damage of abilities when used.

Since we'll have a maximum of five Chordclaw charges available at any time, this will allow us to deal tons of burst damage to tanker targets like bosses, ramparts, and crushers. Where it gets really crazy is when we unlock Axial Slash, which makes Chordclaw swing in front of us. This drastically increases our kill potential as we can kill multiple elite level units like Ragers or Maulers in one go.

Related to this is the Redline Capacitors Keystone, which gives us stacks that improve our Toughness and Capacitance regeneration every time we either use or gain an ability charge. We can further enhance these benefits with Keystone modifiers such as Surge-Extension for better survivability, Advanced Power Management to increase our damage and Capacity Limit Override which gives us 15% Rending if we have three or more stacks.

As for our Blitz, this is a bit of a flexible spot as you can use Arc Grenades or Integrated Refraction Emitter if you want, but I've had the most success with the Artificer Servo-Skull. While the base damage from the floating servo is nothing to write home about, we want access to the Medicae and Purgator servo skulls.

The former allows us to pick up downed or captured teammates, giving us a nice boost when fights get hectic. The Purgator variant can spew flames in a circle or in a straight line, allowing for better crowd control or just thinning out enemies if you're overwhelmed. Plus, being able to use the Servo-Skull to bypass the entire hacking minigame is a nice bonus — especially on higher difficulties where you can't afford to distract the entire player.

Rounding out our build is a nice collection of useful and survival skills. Some perks include Sureshot Cogitator Sync, which improves our Weakspot damage by 25%, and Reactor Coil Recharge, which gives us 2% Weakspot skill capacity. Since most Skitarii unique weapons are pretty accurate, this just rewards us for using them on a regular basis.

Ammo-Cell Augury isn't absolutely necessary, but both the Phosphor Blast Pistol and Galvanic Rifle don't have a ton of ammo supply, so it can help alleviate this pain point. Foe-Render Creed's Cleave and Rend bonuses work well with our melee weapon, plus we get an extra 25 Toughness, which is always handy.

Skitaria builds weapons

Speaking of weapons, this design is flexible enough that you can really use whatever you want. I personally prefer Phosphor Blast Pistol and Paired Transonic Blades for their general utility and damage. The Phosphor Blast Pistol can easily wipe out most Specialist enemies, which can be further enhanced by equipping it with the Ranged Weakspot (Specialist) and Ranged Weak Spot Damage perks.

When it comes to blessings, there are some solid options, but I like that Gloryhunter gives us even more survivability and a Man-Stopper to make the most of every round we fire from the weapon. Surgical and Hand-Cannon are solid alternate boons if you want to lean more on critical hits when using this gun.

For your melee weapon, I really can't recommend Paired Transonic Blades enough. Offering both great slashing potential and single target damage, these swords are extremely versatile. This comes from their unique ability to alternate the direction of the master sword's vibrations. If you see blue lines going up, you'll be swinging your blade horizontally, which is great for groups or unarmed enemies. Activating the special ability reverses the direction of the lines, giving her an overhead attack pattern that crushes armored heretics.

When I blessed this weapon, I picked up Rampage to further increase our damage when we chop three or more enemies and Shred, which increases our chance to crit the more we chain attacks. Both reward us for using these blades to cut through hordes of enemies as we can rely heavily on our Chordclaw Strike to deal with any heavily armored Elites or Specialists.

Skitarii Build Curios

Finally, we're not looking for anything out of the ordinary for our Curios. Prioritize increasing damage and overall durability to ensure higher survivability in tougher content. Blessings are largely vendor choice but I like to focus on fighting ability regeneration and better stamina regeneration on all threeas it leads directly to our focus on constantly using and earning ability fees.

There's also an argument for even more durability and better resistance against ranged enemies that will be harder to kill with the Chordclaw, such as Snipers or Gunners. Again, a lot of this is largely down to your personal preferences outside of the main Blessing, as the main priority should be to increase damage and our Tenacity.