Warhammer 40,000: Darktide’s Upcoming Talent Trees Explained in New Dev Post
Developer Fatshark has posted a new deep dive into the upcoming talent trees that will be coming to co-op shooter Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. The new talent trees will be part of patch 13 on PC, as well as Xbox release of the game on October 4.
Diving into some of the new talents and abilities the playable classes in Darktide will have access to, the studio goes into detail about its intent for the play style for each class. For example, while the Veteran class is largely about using their gun to shoot down enemies, the studio also wanted to give the class some room to offer support, while also giving players the option to play a more aggressive rush-down style.
As a result, the Veteran talent tree now has three lanes, each offering a different role for the class. Players will also be encouraged to zig-zag into the different lanes to pick out the talents they want, with abilities ranging from pure damage output, immunity to suppression effects and resilience, and options for melee combat.
The Veteran will have three combat abilities—Executioner’s Stance, Voice of Command and Infiltrate—and three blitz abilities—Shredder Frag Grenade, Smoke Grenade and Krak Grenade—with each ability filling the role of a different style of play.
The Zealot is seeing the addition of a bolstering style of play that relies on the character’s faith in the Emperor, as well as a new stealth-styled talent tree that will focus more on throwing knives and backstabs. The Zealot talent tree will offer plenty of key talents, like Until Death and Holy Revenant that will help the character avoid death, as well as more stat-focused talent, offering up a boost to wounds or toughness.
Zealot players will have access to Fury of the Faithful, Chorus of
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