It’s been said in several other posts on new enemies before, but we need enemy witches to hunt in Darktide. However, there has not been too much focus on how they would function combat wise, so here are two propositions on what we could potentially add.
Please note, that I am not 100% versed in 40k lore, so if the name I give these guys is already used, or breaks the mold in some way, it’s purely accindental. Also won’t object if someone has a better idea for enemy witch names.
The first enemy psyker I thought of is the Swarm-host (not exactly original, I know). The lore on them, such as I have come up with, as that these are psykers who have given in to the corruption of Nurgle and have become little more than walking hives for plague flies. As to how they would work combat wise, these disgusting fellows would essentially another type of disabler enemy. They would wander around the battlefield until they target a player with their plague flies to immobilize them, just like our old friend Nurgloth the Eternal from VT2. The good news? He would be a specialist, thus not as much of a pain to kill. And the method for freeing fellow rejects who are unlucky enough to get snared by him would be the same as in VT2, which is to swing a melee weapon at players caught by flies. The bad news? Nurgles gifts often grant extra resilience one way or another, for the Swarm_host, until it sends his little pets to attack someone, his plague flies will grant him extra resistance to most ranged attacks. So either wait until he sends out the bugs, or bring some specialized gear (psyker staves, flamer, explosives, etc.) to take him out at a distance.
As for what enemy witch number two is called, I have currently dubbed them the Bile-singer. They would be more a support type of enemy, using their power to toughen enemies. making it harder to push through mobs. Additionaly, Nurgles blessings have left them filled with vile slime that would make them more punch resistant. And upon death, they would explode in a disgusting shower of diseased viscera that damages and corrupts any player standing too close. Of course the timer would be slightly different so that its not just another poxburster.
