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Melee Weapon ( Catachan MKIII Or MKVI Combat Blade)

Both the Catachan MKIII and MKVI Combat Blade are viable in this build.

First Target

Damage

Mobility

Finesse

Penetration (throw away stat)

These will make up for any lost Penetration.

Due to the bulk of the Momentum tree buffs and protections being gained through Dodges and the increased dodge from Swift Certainty the 20% crit increase from will be up essentially the entire fight. Some people prefer precognition but I find that it works better when you have a high cirt output to begin with like a Blazing Piety build.

I find is more versatile as opposed to Backstab since in some fights it is not an option to get behind a target. Also, s having a buff time of 3.5 seconds it allows you to load up on stacks by hitting lesser enemies and transition to a larger target. s also translate to your Blades of Faith making them extremely powerful against enemies that would otherwise give you a blue hit indicator without it.

Key difference is the MKVI and MKIII is found in the attack breakdown. The MKVI has the ability to power attack and perform Vanguard Strikes which will hit more than one target while the MK3 only can do Strikedown which hit only one target unless the initial target is killed and you swing through them to the next.

Ranged Weapon ( Blades Of Faith )

What you run as your ranged weapon with this build is really up to you. I prefer to run a revolver because I have trust issues with other players killing ranged special and with the ability to shoot through multiple enemies its perfect for shooting through a pack to kill a disabler.

Crit Bonus

Damage

Penetration

Reload

Mobility

The whole idea behind the revolver is a quick way to dispatch a disabler in a pack or a sniper at range. While reloading you can still maintain some mobility unlike a bolter and the option to reload a single round is substantially quicker than a bolter and can be done in a pinch. More importantly you can utilize Shoudfield with it in the event you need to make shot uninterrupted.

Your Blitz ability is you real ranged weapon which you recover through ammo pick ups and from making kills with your melee weapon. These are capable of one-shotting unarmored Ragers, gunners and shotgunners. Counter to what the tooltip says because we are running Uncanny Strike on the dagger become exceedingly powerful against Maulers, Crushers, Reapers and armored Ragers after loading up on Uncanny Strike stacks.

Keep in mind these knives do penetrate so it is possible to throw at a special behind another mob and still hit them.

Curios

Stamina is the wonder stat. Sprint longer, jump more, parry stronger attacks, parry more attacks while reviving a teammate and most of all you have a lesser chance running out of stamina and getting stuck in a stagger from a groaner tapping you.

The Corruption Resistance can be swapped out but lately I have been enjoying it especially in fights like the Twins.

Momentum Build

This build buffs through damage avoidance. By dodging incoming attacks and movement in general you gain buffs and damage reduction. This works in harmony with the Riposte on your dagger as well. Yes no Holy Revenant. Since the health returned was reduced to 25% I find that you very rarely can recoop that amount without putting yourself in more danger of going down. When your Until Death pops it should be a wake up call that what you tried to do was not a good idea and to be more cautious, I can already hear the groans. Yes Loaner is an important piece to this build. Loaner allows you while being off solo to count as being in coherency and benefit from the Toughness Regeneration on your Curios.

Movement Guide

As the name implies this build is only as good as you can move around in a fight.

Both the Slide and Strafe Dodge inherit whatever your current movement speed is. So if you are not sprinting and crouch you will notice your character doesn't slide as far or as fast The Combat Blade when winding up a power attack will greatly increase your speed for a short moment.

By triggering your Slide or your Dodge at the peak of the power attack speed boost will allow you to maintain that speed into your Slide or Dodge. Repeating this pattern will allow you to move about the fight at incredible speeds.

The same principal applies to other movement speed buffs you gain from Thy Wrath be Swift, Shroudfield and Swift Certainty

Using the same power attack movement slide pattern described before you can reach gunners actively firing on you and take minimal damage.

This build arguably has a very steep learning curve and it is a very intensive play style that might not suit everyone but after you have the movement mechanic figured out you can do some awesome things and its incredibly satisfying.

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