Arbites Shock Maul make the Comat Axe pointless

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide General Discussion
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Please give the combat axe a target cap of 4 baseline so I can put a real blessing on the 2nd slot.

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There are few more heartwarming sights than a Vet, axe held high overhead, running straight at a group of Elites.

But I kinda like that the current state of the axe makes Brutal Momentum de rigueur. It’s a flavorful, fitting way to give them anti-horde capability.

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But Brutal Momentum is a real blessing, its a big game changer for axe…back in my day… we only had 1 blessing and it was always swift slaying or perfect block for the pros.

… I suppose i could go without BM and rely more on range/nades to handle horde.

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Arbites shock maul doesn’t hold a candle to the normal shock maul.
Shocking, right?

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They finally get that power whatever should not have an activation button pushing animation but keep it for the new dlc only …

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Literally every weapon in the game after 2024 can hit at least 3 targets baseline. Combat Axe is the only weapon still living 2023. The +15% weakspot damage basically might as well read +5% general damage, which makes the blessing nothing more than a tax for horde clear, and frankly not even a good one given it doesn’t even work without a killing swing.

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Ever think that FS maybe testing the waters with the non activation skill with the new class? But boohoo I need to push one more button, ohh woe is me!

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Not when it’s been a problem for other weapons, especially for ogryn’s power maul for 2 and a half years. It’s not only pushing the button, but also the animation lock, the random movement speed decrease, the random deactivation when being hit, the arbitary charged state timer and everything else that is jank with almost every activation-type weapon special in the game.

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But isn’t that server side, not the skill it’s self? Same issue when you want to reload a ranged weapon, or throwing grenades/mines.

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No, there are two issues; the one you’re thinking of is when you press the button and does the animation but it doesn’t take effect, there’s another one where the effect ends prematurely if you get hit.

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Combat ax is terrible

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yeah lets buff rashad

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In the past, the combat axe was really good—there were even a few people crying for it to get nerfed. I remember it was one of my favorite weapons after they killed the hammers. But since the class rework, it’s become a bit obsolete. Though, with the Decapitator perk and a crit build on the Zealot, it’s somewhat usable again. Maybe if it had more cleave or some kind of AoE attack, it could be good again, at least for horde clearing.

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Combat axe with Brutal momentum and Headtaker is still incredible, it only falls off in Havoc once you reach the point that you can’t 1 shot dudes any more.

it’s still overtuned for the other 99% of the game

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Combat axe already had its time in the spotlight. It’s fine.

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You mean to tell me Combat Axe is outclassed by a weapon that has access to +45% damage in near perpetuity from two Blessings alone, thanks in large part to how the Arbites Concussive Talent interacts with them?

I’m shocked.

Also the special attack deals Electrocution DoTs and they stack very quickly.

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Absolutely not, I think they focused on releasing the DLC for the summer steam sales and before summer holidays and changing existing activating mauls didn’t fit in that timeline.
Good luck.

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I really do not understand how the axe is great, it is for sure not the worst weapon, not even close, but it could use a buff.

For me I would love to see a remake that focuses on making it what (I believe) it should be, a single target high damage dealer, with good armor pen and medium-high stagger, brutal momentum totally changes the weapon, making it a horde destroyer, I think brutal momentum should be removed, or targets reduced from 3 to 1.

Also for the record, no one uses the axes, almost never, I rarely see them in auric maelstroms, I never see them Havoc, so what do you mean it is fine? do you mean it is possible to clear high difficulty missions with it? if so, you can do that with anything if you are good enough, you will struggle more with many weapons, but it’s possible, I guess all weapons are fine exactly how they are now if a good player can win with them.

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