1. Dump stat is mobility. 2. MANSTOPPER: don't try to roll for it if you are at or above level 30. Instead check the armory on all available human characters and melk and get it that way. 3. Run n Gun improves accuracy of your ranged weapon while in use. I haven't confirmed if this improvement effects while not sprinting. Neither change my opinion dramatically on the best blessing choices as I'm not especially enamored with what Dance of Death does to the Hacker but it may make this blessing worth more than a garbage bin.

@vicidplays2088

Ай бұрын

FS needs to just make those blessings rank 3 or 4, so dumb. (Also, can you even roll Rank 2 blessings at around level 22 - when this shockgun unlocks?)

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

@@vicidplays2088 I don't think you can lol.

@someguy8443

Ай бұрын

​@Reginald-sc9tk That's how I got mine. Leveled a zealot up to 20 and rolled manstopper and flechette very quickly.

@Havokk

Ай бұрын

You can also check Brunt's for the random weapons every hour. I've gotten a couple tier 2 blessings from there on my human characters.

@Rex-qx2ko

Ай бұрын

@@vicidplays2088 ya i havent played in a while and wont until the itemization overhaul. at least theres something to look forward to though

Fun little side note: Veterans exe stance works great with the hacker. The 25% dmg bonus and spread & recoil reduction are just *chefs kiss*. I did a doom guy build on veteran with it (just to simulate glory kill possibilities xP ) and it can 1shot fairly reliably non-elite shooters from 25-30m range and with luck even at 40m. This gives a nice tool against them since they are now much more accurate & deadly.

@Earliersphere

Ай бұрын

only real problem with Exec stance is the green gas bomb or map effect glitches the tagging outline. Other than that yeah the Hacker on a long range build is hilariously good.

Heck of a video. The mad-lad has a spreadsheet with horde clearing times. I'm in the right place. I started playing this game about a month ago. I'm loving it so far.

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

Thanks! I actually have a spread sheet with kill times for a number of major enemy types. They're still valid as balance hasn't changed much in the last 6 months since patch 14. Welcome to the fold friend, hope you keep having fun.

@J.B.1982

27 күн бұрын

@@Reginald-sc9tk thank you. The game gets better the better I get.

@Reginald-sc9tk

27 күн бұрын

@@J.B.1982 and the skill cap is incredibly insanely high. That's why I keep playing, i still have improvement to do.

@GroBoiD7777

25 күн бұрын

Its good you missed game in a bad 1st year, enjoy...FOR THE EMPEROR

Fun Combo: The Always Prepared keystone modifier will always refill one bullet for the Hacker shotgun, even if you only get one kill. When combined with the crit bonus from Weapons Specialist you can repeatedly whip out a crit Hacker shot in combat, which is especially effective with Manstopper.

run and gun IMO is a must since it also significantly tightens the spread as well as allowing my build to hit some good breakpoints

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

It does tighten spread but only while sprinting and you only get two shots. Compare that to shorter range but clearing 6+ ragers in a single shot.

@oxmor

Ай бұрын

Agreed inexperienced gamers will not understand that this blessing is core to a standard performance hacker. I would not run one without run and gun unless with specialized build.

@oxmor

Ай бұрын

@@Reginald-sc9tklook at the reticle, all times it is tighter. Nearly by 50% while just standing. While sprinting and sliding it decreases by 75%. Play with this blessing and compare it. It’s best in slot for gun psyker.

@FrightenedFilms

Ай бұрын

Yeah I also have to agree, Run and gun + full bore allows my zealot to destroy units. Plus you can slide and reload keeping forward momentum

@snorristurluson5977

28 күн бұрын

@@Reginald-sc9tk Run n gun is a good blessing > damage buff, maintains mobility and reduces dispersion (even when stationary). With the zaelot's talent for reducing dispersion on a dodge, the reticle becomes smaller than the agripinaa shotgun. The only problem is that I have the impression that the dispersion depending on the reticul is not correct either on the zealot with this combo, or on the veteran with the appropriate talents/skills.

A double-barrel shotgun called Hacker just makes me want to play Cyberpunk.

cleave dakka sounds nice but no way i'm gonna give up my both barrels reload speed. makes the gun feel so much better to use

I don't think the new gunner buff is as "anti-fun" as a lot of people say it is. I get the anger from a swarm of bullets melting your health bar. Yet, I enjoy that FS made them more of AN actual threat, rather then trivial. Before, it was just the Mobeian and Scab gunners that are an issue. They all now do insane pop shots from across the map, but target priority, suprresion, and dodge sliding still topples them like they are pre-buff. Even Reapers are more of threat now.

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

I think you're mixing your shooters and gunners. Gunners are the machine gun elites in the psychaneum while shooters are just the random rifle guys. I agree the shooter buff was needed but the gunners also getting buffed was a weird call. They're more annoying than fun and spawn in strangely high numbers for "elites"

@flipsvstheworld

Ай бұрын

@@Reginald-sc9tk i keep confusing dreg and scab gunners like crazy

@agedgouda8809

Ай бұрын

@@Reginald-sc9tkwhen were gunners buffed?

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

@@agedgouda8809 This patch, they also received a narrowing of their firing cone so they're more accurate.

@infrared6973

Ай бұрын

@@Reginald-sc9tki havent played psyker since the patch cuz i dont wanna get shredded by some random ass dred that decided to spawn on a ledge above and behind me that instantly deletes me before I can even turn around and brain burst it. This happened to me a few days before the update so I cannot imagine how bad it is now. Also I wish enemies would stop spawning out of thin air and buffing gunners while the stun from them still exists was a bad move because a veteran has voice of command but a psyker does not and its just bad in general. We should not be getting stunned by gunners. Also idk if they did anything to shotgunners but it seems like they knock you back aggressively even if they arent close enough to do a ton of damage. Since the update shotgunners have been just shredding health but they could be the same for all I know.

One thing to consider, I think that each pellet of the shotgun can trigger the Psyker's Brain blast on hit. The amount of times it triggers for me is insane for it to not be the case, specially on the double shot, since there's more pellets.

My noob mind literally was going to choose the weakest belssings you mentioned haha Thanks for giving clarity on the blessings!

Love the super shotgun with the both barrels blessing. Solves my rager problem when using Eviscerator, so i can just go ham.

I feel like both barrels is a pretty bad blessing just because you lose so much value by firing both barrels and because the reload is not nearly as fast as "70% faster" should be. I think this is something similar to drg's double barrel where one of the mods increased the reload speed but not the delay time between the shot and the reload taking place. if anything that 70% feels like 20 or 30% at most to me

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

I'd say its 70% but that's still not amazing. I think its a good way to up DPS if you're running deathspitter into enemy groups.

@Batlord_Carcas

24 күн бұрын

By my experience unless you have your secondary fire queued while reloading it does do what it's supposed to do for rapid reload and fire of both barrels, I have only had trouble with how mine is paired with full bore it does kill yet feels like something was not full stopping power

My comment got deleted and I watched a bit further so I’m rewriting this. The loadout editor mod talked about at 7:26 is called loadout config and is only on the modding discord, I’ve used it myself and it makes testing so much easier especially when paired with bot spawner, definitely worth doing a follow up vid after trying it

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

Thanks. I'll wait for it come out on nexus then. But I was able to test everything that needed testing so I'm satisfied with the tutorial in its current state.

@infectedanimal9830

Ай бұрын

@@Reginald-sc9tkit might be useful in future for other weapons, the dev also seems to have up and left with no updates since February (for comparison the most recent message on the thread was in june asking when it’s coming to nexus) so it’s best just get, also believes it automatically allows access to new weapons/blessing etc but that could be my memory acting up Anyway thanks for the reply and best of luck on future vids

@pirx9798

Ай бұрын

​@@Reginald-sc9tkcorrect. Loadout config and monster spawner are tremendously useful and should be part of the psykanium. I also want to get it from Nexus, don't quite trust mods from discords.

Finally sum damn good food. awesome video dawg, This is the kind of content I've been desperately searching for!

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

I try to bring as much quality as I can.

Nice summarize, now I must try this doomstick with manstopper and flechette.

I fucking love how intricate and informative this video is i havent played in fucking ages and im gonna go in with this build and be able to kick ass thank you

@Reginald-sc9tk

29 күн бұрын

Happy to do it. I try to be precise but detailed, so I don't waste people's time.

These videos are great. Thanks for all the info.

My VERY first roll was run and gun. I immediately made a sprint build and it is the most fun i have had in darktide since I got my first heavy evicerator

@Reginald-sc9tk

28 күн бұрын

Hell yea

Manstopper and run n gun feel so good on all 3 classes. Havent rolled flechette yet.

Thanks for the vid reg, and yeah I'm stuck waiting on seeing the manstopper. you going to do the shock mual next?

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

That's what I'm thinkin, yes.

Your videos are top tier

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

Thanks very much! I'm trying to do them faster but maintain the same level of execution. Its tough so if there's things that were obviously misses I'll take the feedback.

Fwi run and gun tightens the bullet spread and gets more shots on target. W blessing

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

It does, but I think the weaknesses i mentioned are the real make or break.

@oxmor

Ай бұрын

@@Reginald-sc9tk You have improperly assessed the blessing, its functions, and capabilities. Review the blessing further and address the misunderstandings.

I don't know why it's called manstopper instead of horde-cleaver

I feel like so often the Hacker fails to kill a single special or elite when you shoot both barrels to the point where I just feel like I'd rather use the Revolver. I think it needs better spread at the very least, and perhaps a bit of a damage bump as well.

@Reginald-sc9tk

26 күн бұрын

It really is like a sub 15m weapon. Its good for what it is and provides a new play style but little competes with revolver right now so its a bad comparison. Revolver is literally SSS tier and plasma is like S tier and then you have all the other guns. Columnus IAG is probably S or better.

@kronosDking

26 күн бұрын

@@Reginald-sc9tk Fair enough. What tier would you place this weapon then? It's feeling like a B to me.

@Reginald-sc9tk

25 күн бұрын

@@kronosDking B

oooohhhh man I might need to reinstall darktide just to try this beast out

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

Its fun, but if you don't want to play roulette with your mats maybe just wait for the crafting update lmao.

@Gobeldeg00p

Ай бұрын

@@Reginald-sc9tk haha fair nuff might be worth it to be a little more patient

I've managed to BUY a decent blue Hacker with Man-Stopper from the shop. Unheard of.

The one I’ve been having the most fun with is with my veteran: +8% ranged damage elites +10% reload speed #4 both barrels #4 speedload

@Reginald-sc9tk

28 күн бұрын

Ironically I am also liking it more on my vet than my zealot.

Another CLASSIC Reginald post! Real ones remember

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

He remembers!

The fuck anything too close to me gun and I love it

Im waiting to test anything else.. used up so many mats trying some of the other new stuff.. I will hold off till they make the crafting changes before II try this out, but it looks fun.

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

Honestlt DON'T craft it. Instead just keep an eye out for manstopper in the armory. Then craft a good roll, slap manstopper on, and run a crit build. It'll be good enough to enjoy if you do that.

@Cederlof_Ink

Ай бұрын

@@Reginald-sc9tk Ill definitely do this I think. I got excited with the new crap and spent so much materials I had piled up and kinda burned out remembering why I hate the crafting system haha. Ill give the manstopper crit build a go, haven't played Vet in a while. I will say, the new pickaxe on Ogryn has be playing him again, and its pretty awesome having a new weapon on them lol.

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

@@Cederlof_Ink I really like the picks, they're really fun weapons.

@Cederlof_Ink

Ай бұрын

@Reginald-sc9tk I was playing last night on my ogryn, Tiny. Was basically able to just stand my ground against waves of enemies and almost never die. Definitely love the heaviest pick, slow, but hits hard and staggers most stuff. I did play a game with a vet using the shotgun, made me want to try it again haha. I'm waiting for that crafting update though.

now you can cosplay Doom Slayer xD

My fav firearm in Darktide now. Become one with the shells. 🚀✨️ Thanks! Kommissar Reg.

@Reginald-sc9tk

29 күн бұрын

Always happy to help a loyalist blast heretics.

@PCKodachi

29 күн бұрын

@@Reginald-sc9tk Unspike the Spiky Ones!

Problem with short-range guns in a Tide game is you have a dedicated short-range option in your other hand already, and this Tide has many dangerous long-range enemies. Seems logical that the best class pairing is one that has innate ranged abilities like throwing knives. I will have to chase the Manstopper blessing somehow.

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

I totally agree with you but like anything in the tide games, you can make it work if you figure out the more shooting gallery areas.

so many people saw the doom super shotgun but might i suggest an alternative. Scout from tf2

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

Its just effective branding. I thought of something entirely else, personally.

@it_Nexus562

Ай бұрын

@@Reginald-sc9tk fair nuff. Tho speaking of scout, the gun works well with a scout vet playstyle. Basically high speed shotguns

I wonder if full bore is extra useful with the spread reduction skills veteran has, or if anyone else has any better

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

You certainly can use it more if you have something like dance of death. But I'm not sure its worth it specifically on this shotgun.

@michaelkolano8686

Ай бұрын

I have a bit of a soft spot for reducing spread on shotguns as much as possible in all sorts of games. Not only does it make your range a bit longer in practice by only being affected by falloff, but taking a weapon that's designed around hitting every enemy in a room, and putting every instance of damage between a person's eyes often has spicy results

What are you PC specs? Saw your frames are great even in heavy combat

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

I dont have them on hand but its an RTX 4090 and an I9 on a top shelf rig.

@IVIOLDY

Ай бұрын

@@Reginald-sc9tk oh sheeit very nice

My build can one shot all enemies but a carapace but it knocks down carapace completely and for them I have a chain saw

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

You can certainly build for that with the right talents but its highly niche and feels bad compared to other options I feel.

@Jester4460

Ай бұрын

@@Reginald-sc9tk i often work best with niche

Okay so it wasn't just me. Why did they buff Gunners? Kind of wanna know the reason for buffing one of the most aggravating enemies in the game.

@Reginald-sc9tk

18 күн бұрын

I think it was incidental to buffing shooters. Shooters need the buff, maybe not stalkers. But gunners didn't. They need other things.

@mizranozahara968

17 күн бұрын

@@Reginald-sc9tk Ah, I see. Also, I didn't realize there was a mechanical Distinction between Stalkers and Shooters other than in name and appearance. Wonder if we'll ever see Dreg Stalkers.

@Reginald-sc9tk

16 күн бұрын

@@mizranozahara968 Technically speaking dreg shooters are dreg stalkers repurposed. Scab stalkers will walk around while firing and move to melee. Scab shooters will generally retreat and try to fire from covered positions.

2:50 I think you can find nicer wall in the game for testing

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

why don't you just tell me which one.

Manstopper, 80% damage 25% carapace hacker + a spike shoval special can one to 2 tap crushers and maulers I tested this myself

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

Doesn't the folding shovel handle crushers all by itself, there's no real reason to shoot them first?

@gemmahilton1271

Ай бұрын

@Reginald-sc9tk the shot helps stagger and takes a good chunk of health Helps speed up taking them out as vet

@gemmahilton1271

Ай бұрын

@Reginald-sc9tk plus I seem to find my self in the situation of "why emperor when I'm out of krak grenades do you spawn a crusher hoard on me while my team is busy off doing nurgle knows what"

I personally feel this could use more spread and more damage

Where did you come from. Subbed

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

I've just been lurking in the dark corners of youtube for an age. I appreciate the sub!

I thought you'd given up on Darktide

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

Only while there was no content. I'm apparently not the only one enthusiastic about it.

Not ogryn double barrel i wanted.... but it's better then nothing...

100 Dudes!!!

Love your vids. Have my babies.

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

Thanks! I can't! But I can make more videos.

WHY NO MELTA

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

WHY NO MELTA!!!!!!!!????

If only it was available on playstation.

@Reginald-sc9tk

29 күн бұрын

I hear it could be on the docket.

It's fun but not as viable as plasma or the new bolt pistol as far as I have tested.

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

Can't say I agree. The bolt pistol is pretty mid and the shotgun does some things the plasma gun does better than even it. Though plasma is obviously goated. For many reasons. Manstopper is insane.

@JohnWick-kb5jr

Ай бұрын

I think the bolt pistol is better due to being able to snipe shooters, specials, and elites(as a veteran). The shotgun can be devastating, but I find it lacking when you come across a bunch of shooters/ gunners that are out of range. I’ve had a lot of fun moments with the double barrel, but also some frustrating ones when my team isn’t built to deal with shooters.

@spectre722

Ай бұрын

Why do people always compare everything to the Plasma Gun. Of course it's viable - it is the most overpowered weapon in the game.

The people designing these guns are gun nuts aren’t they?

@Reginald-sc9tk

29 күн бұрын

Definitely. I am one so I feel like they know their stuff.

worst wall for pellets testing )

@Reginald-sc9tk

25 күн бұрын

Tell me a better one. I couldn't think of a single bright smoothe wall in darktide

Percentages and spreadsheets, real fun game. Might as well play Excel.

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

The game involves none of this, just go hit heretics. The spreadsheets are so people can understand the large volume of often undetailed stats that are at play so they can get better.

Damn shame the Ogryn shotgun still sucks.

@Reginald-sc9tk

28 күн бұрын

Kickback is one of the strongest guns in the game though

@mileator

28 күн бұрын

@Reginald-sc9tk Man, is it? Because it does not one-shot mutants like the double barrel, double pump does. I'm level 19 with my Ogryn (His name is "Handsome"), and I'm still struggling with getting consistent matador kills against mutants.

Too bad the double barrel shotgun is a weak weapon, it suffers from video game shotgun syndrome, meaning the devs are scared to make it powerful, so you just end up with a mediocre or bad weapon. Like the effective range is way too short to deal with specials in 1shot (can't even kill poxbursters with both barrels lol), the damage looks good on paper, but doesn't seem to be enough and half the blessings are dog water. I think all the new weapons are mediocre apart from the Pickaxes which are a solid A or S tier depending on which one you use. Hopefully the devs will buff the new non-pickaxe weapons in the next update.

@darkdwarf007

Ай бұрын

I think it's merely a game design thing, not devs being scared or something

@Tyrgalon

Ай бұрын

Its very powerful at closer ranges, there are a ton of (veteran) weapons that are specifically good at long range already.

@troller9838

Ай бұрын

@@Tyrgalon Yeah it can be good sometimes, but other times it's just feels like a sneeze gun. I think I'd put the double barrel into high C tier, maybe low B tier, but it's got quite a lot of limitations compared to other weapons. I hope it sees a small range buff and small damage buff to make breakpoints more consistent, then it will be perfect, a true super shotgun. Some of the blessings could use a looking at as well.

@Tyrgalon

Ай бұрын

@@troller9838 Its best for a close quarters vet build that does a lot of melee and swaps between them a lot. It shines with the talent that loads ammo after a melee kill allowing you quickly pull it out and blast anything in front of you with 1 shot. If you want a dedicated gun shoot good at more than close range then the other shotguns are for that.

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

I don't agree that it's weak at all. Running a pretty typical shout-specialist vet build you can easily top frag and top damage. It does have weaknesses but its fun that weapons have down sides. If you want a shotty with range try the agripinaa or law bringer.

shotguns are trash in DT and the double barrel is no different.

@Robert-wf7xu

Ай бұрын

Yeach, you need to have ranged option to eliminate elites harassing your team. Double Barrel is bassicly second meele option lol

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

Weird take.

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

@@Robert-wf7xu You don't even need a gun to beat auric maelstrom.

@CharlesRichelieu-hv7sn

Ай бұрын

@@Reginald-sc9tk cope.

@Tyrgalon

Ай бұрын

This is the definition of "skill issue" Im afraid.

Leave it to fatshark to drop the ball on a stupid easy weapon. This game sucks.

@Reginald-sc9tk

29 күн бұрын

Why do you think they dropped the ball exactly?

Imagine spending 9 minutes on explaining shit tier weapon 😂

@Reginald-sc9tk

Ай бұрын

Thats my brand.

@Tyrgalon

Ай бұрын

OR you could get good at the game so its stops being bad in YOUR hands? ;)

@Robert-wf7xu

Ай бұрын

@@Tyrgalon sorry I have life and don't have time to put another full time job into making two shot low range low penetration weapon good I just take revolver and poop heads mid combo