I'm doing a Grimdark run with the build you are wanting to use. Some notes: * Build more for bladedancer than pyro early. You only need a few pyro spells to make it work. * Blood Oath + the talent to move when you lose HP to a skill will give you a ton of movement. * Get at least 15 heretic points for the special that triggers psychic phen on enemy kill * Rush Psykers Beastplate * Use Malpin Shroud and two force swords You'll usually end up with 10+ psy rating and do crits in the range of 300 in act 3. To now break the game, give Pasqal Grand Strategist and the Missionary Oath neck item. You should be able to wipe out enemies before they even get a turn. Up to you if you want to use it -- don't really have to. You should be able dominate without this cheese, but it is kinda fun to wipe an entire map starting with just 1AP.
Eh. You don't want to trigger Perils of Warp in a Grimdark run. Nothing like an Act 1 Shrieker to end the fun. I expect the Underhive optional boss to wreck some folks too.
@@shawngillogly6873 it's just the minor perils of the warp like "the air gets frostier". I haven't had this effect trigger a major peril for me the entire run.
Bladedancer pyro into executionner. You can use the bladedancer ability to i.flict bleeding with pyro powers, add biomancer for the toxin and you can send a pyro power with the 3 dots for +30% damage for dots all times 3 with ignite (or 2 if you use firestorm) ... it's just insane.
@@SyfearMaestrI did a death world war priest blade dancer on unfair. Though I got my rt beat tf up so I had like 168% dodge in act 2. Sadly my ps5 version keeps crashing at the worst times
Great to find your name between streamers making this contest :-) GL, HF, looking forward to it! Rogue Trader is my favorite game with easily most game hours played on steam :-D
I've gotten to Act 4 on Daring (Not ironman though) and here's what my pain points were (I may not remember the names well oh and also spoilers): 1) Auora was hard as he just sprayed my team down with burst fire, but I was able to kill him once I've separated my team well enough so he wouldn't be able to burst attack more than 2 people at once. 2) The first boss of the DLC genestealers where the guy psionically nukes you was hard before I first realized the mechanic, but I just went slowly with it, hiding everyone behind except for the tankiest character to run in front of the bunkers and destroy it 1 by 1 and then rush him with the fastest characters. Kibellah really helped since with "Acrobatic Maneouvers" she can get out of the priest's bubble so you effectively just keep poking him and getting out and running loops around him. 3) The giant space base that follows after the aforementioned fight, it's really hard and I would recommend skipping it altogether, or just skipping the DLC content altogether it causes a lot of pain points. 4) The chaos machine at the wreck didn't cause me as much trouble as the fights prior once I realized the only way to kill it without wiping was through sniper attacks or psionically nuking it but the fights prior to it were harder since I only had Pasqal who could deal reliably with machine servitors and everyone else couldn't do much damage to them due to their armor and the speakers also didn't help. 5) Act 3 wasn't as bad for me as first thing I did was unlock Ulfar and he carried the act for me, the only thing which messed me up was the Yrelessis fight since on Daring she is the first ever boss to have more than 1k HP in the game but I was able to get through it by going downstaris and bunkering there. 6) Act 4 was pretty chill overall there's nothing much there except there's a rumour where there's a chaos dreadnought waiting for you and that almost wiped me. 7) DLC wise in Act 4 the things which were really hard for me was "The Sire" bossfight, "The Fifth-Vizier" and "The Undying Emperor". The only reason I survived that fight was because Abelard had a parry build and Ulfar had high parry with his chainsword and was able to get through the spinners' dodge for some reason unlike the rest of my team. The Undying Emperor killed me so many times it's not even funny so I would recommend skipping that quest even if it's the last one of the DLC. And that's where I've got to on 90h of gameplay, of course this would be a speedrun so I assume you would go much faster considering you've already beaten it. I still have to do the bossfights at the end of Act 4 so that will probably be another pain point and yeah there's a few things to consider for "Daring" difficulty: - Have a really tanky or parry build character, for me it was Abelard as Vanguard archetype and Ulfar with his high parry chance - Have someone who can lower veil degradation like Cassia, really important in some fights where you really can't afford an ad becoming a Chaos Spawn - Look up the rewards the factions give you and focus on one where you will need their items in Act 4. Prior to Act 4 their rewards don't fully unlock but here are some items of worth from them: Drussians: Power Armour and Chrono trinket which makes you always go first, those are really good. Kasballica: Last tier gives you a really good trinket for sniper characters Fellowship: Last tier gives you the "Improved Heavy Bolter" which is a fantastic weapon for Argenta/Ulfar Techpriests: Early on there's a power drill which makes 4 attacks with 20-24 damage each which is great for Executioner characters Also there's an overpowered backpack on the planet where you meet Winterscale which nullifies recoil for weapons with higher fire rate than 5 and there's also some gloves which do the same but add some more fire rate but I'm not sure where I've found them, it was more at the end of Act 4, probably Winterscale planet or Humonculus bunker
Sounds like a lot of fun! I probably won't watch the streams, as I don't have the patience for unedited content, but if you put out an edited story of it / highlight reel kind of thing, I would love to watch that!
Had a blast with a double master tactician, archmilitant argenta, and abelard comp on my last run. There's still no real danger outside of your aforementioned act 1 sticking points unless you feel like getting spicy and poke the forgefiend right at the start of act 2, which I like doing. Hardest fights are the ones that have forced enemy turns at certain hp thresholds, because otherwise basically nothing survives a hail of heavy bolter fire. I respect wanting to play with the shiny new toys for variety though, hope to catch some of your run!
I just finished the game on Hard, with easy ship combat. I found the boss fights at the end of act prologue, 1 and 3 were the toughest along with one fight at the start of act 3 with no gear or allies. Some of the DLC if you hit them at the wrong level can be nasty. In act 4 & 5 I was so high level compared to my previous daring run they were not bad at all. I did finish a couple of fights with one guy standing & a couple more with 2-3, TBH they are more fun than one rounding everything although the 25 turns at the end of Act 3 did drag a bit! I managed to lose a very early ship fight even on easy, the one you mention I think, after that it was trivial and still a bit of a drag. I optimise but only casually, using my own builds. The extra XP seemed to make a difference here as I ended max level instead of 5 or so under.
Hey Mortim, just recently finished a playthrough on "Daring". Let me give you a tip: Sanctioned Psyker, telepathy + Soldier. Then add Cassia (of course), Idira and Heinrix on telepathy as well. I also used a "life drain" staff for the couple enemies that are immune. That was the easiest playthrough I had, combat-wise... Don't worry, the RNG on warp rolls can still prove a challenge, but man...this random pick and customization of companions of mine was spot on for powerful party.
Nice one, man. I've been extremely selective on the content of this game, waiting for the right time to buy and not wanting too much "spoilage" but I'm thinking this run of yours will be essential watching. Damn the torpedoes!
I just can't wait for this to be content complete. I played through it once right after launch when it was a buggy mess so now I'm saving my 2nd playthrough for all the dlc. BG3 was the only CRPG to beat this in quality but imo I think if Larian had been the ones to make this game it would be better than BG3. It's that thought that makes me want Larian to go Sci Fi with whatever they do next.
Obviously play it if and when you want, but if bugs are your only issue, that's not an issue anymore. I'm on a third playthrough (picked it up with the new DLC) and I think I've had maybe two bugs total in 100+ hours. (Also, Owlcat sometimes takes years to stop making DLC for games, so it may be a long wait...)
@@eb9782 If bugs were the issue I wouldn't have kept playing the first time. The issue this time is the next time I play it I want the game to have ALL the content it's going to have. So long as they stick to their roadmap and don't extend it the wait won't be too long.
you can very reliably force a melee kick from aurora by spreading out and putting 2 people up at the boxes in the middle 1 tile apart. I assume its because he could then only hit 1 person with a burst at a time but not sure. in 10+ loads he didn't melee 1 time and i think it was because i put the people in the back next to each other that time. might be worth a test if its a worry point. He will also skip an attack if the last person to hit him and has the mark is close but kinda blocked off since he is 4 tiles big either by cover or other units. He walks over to melee but is just out of range and stands there.
So I failed my Unfair Grim Darkness run yesterday right near the end of act 2, Drukhari nuked me in space combat. Other space combat fight I recommend over preparing for is the asteroid base space combat fight from the DLC, its a lot harder than most of the other space combats unless you are fully equipped. Its actually hilarious how easy ground combat is in comparison lol. Blade dancer / pyro / executioner is what I'm playing and it is insanely busted. Pyro is also stronger earlier compared to 1.0, and blade dancer is insane by itself so early game is pretty easy in my experience. From what I've heard its not going to be on unfair, so it should be easier than what I just failed at lol. I watched your WOTR run back in the day so will be good to see another one of these. Good luck Mort!
For my new run I went for : Argenta close combat Flame thrower & shotgun Master tactician ( versatile, good damage, can buff allies, cause flame stacks) Kibella assassin, a lot of mobility, can shred big enemies and avoid damages, Main Character useless sniper with some utilities ( operative and bounty hunter) Heinrix melee psyker with executioner big damage, big tanking and big healing, Idira executioner Pyro +bio Kill everything big damage and spread dots. Cassia grand strategist with a build focused on big buff. I have been oneshoting nearly anything combining 2 executioner/psycher is just really too strong... Though I must stay that idira with only first base psychic attack and full buffed was crazy on my first run, just boring to have to click same spell again and again :)
my current playthough is a pyromancer soldier/master tactician on daring difficulty. fights go bit like this... first turn cassia does some stuff (demon tool is great on lidless stare for incinerating stuff) then gives bring it down/extra turn to my main character. now almost everything is dead... kibellah goes off and finishes off loose ends. at this point in act 4 I don't think there's anything that can kill me in combat. most fights I dont even use all my party members. And I think the executioner combo is even more powerful. So you should be good to go. void ship fights can be tricky though. especially that base attack from the DLC. also the DLC had 2 fights that can be a bit tricky especially the end boss of kibellahs quest.
i saw your video on rogue trader and played the game. now im a 40k fan and ordered some books. playing mechanicus right now. planning on replaying dawn of war 2
Honestly, voidship combat is the absolute scariest part of Grindark Unfair. That is, in my opinion, the most important aspect to plan around. Colony management can give you some huge boosts in that regard. For Aurora, theres enough XP in Act 1 now for you to potentially already be level 16. A couple debuffs with a well built Psyker or Bladedancer can take him down before he takes an action. I was terrified about facing him and it ended up being a complete non issue. The biggest threat to my party early on was Idira summoning demons and wiping out my team. Death World Bladedancer/Executioner with Pyro is very powerful early and just becomes unstoppable around level 30. Turning traumas into buffs is silly and very useful.
I'm curious what made you decide to focus on speed more then quests completed in Kingmaker given that you obviously knew the latter would beat the former?
yeah, the voidship fights are the real challenge. there is a correct order to do them. and there are no random battles to level up your ship to beat them.
"Pyro - Executioner" is bonkers. Pyro single target is way to strong. You can deal with a fresh lvl 21 (start of Act 2) around 3500 dmg to a boss on "unfair" and later with "Carnival of Misery" you literally can oneshot all enemies in the fight. In my last run I used "Ignite" on the Herald of Tzeench and nuked his 9000 HP with that one ignite. You need to set up the dmg a bit, but still. So if you use an additional "Executioner" like Kibellah (on a Blade Dancer) you can duo most encounters if you don't get killed in turn one. Well, for that you normally get a frontline (Abelard/Heinrix/Ulfar) and Cassia has 99% the first move anyway. There is a nice necklace that gives your psyker a ton of dodge (when not wearing body armour). For the end game I had in fight thanks to that item and a few talents 130% armour, 95% block and over 500% dodge, while having 400 HP. That said. There are two fights in this game that can be a huge problem: 1. is the end boss of the entire game. If you nuke 10000 HP in on ignite he spawns like 20 of his copies and his "I kill you with my spear trap" thingy is still ass. 2. and probably hardest fight in the entire game is the "Sire". Not because his damage is insane, not because it takes multiple waves to clear the bridge, nope... because you start the fight surrounded by enemies and his KI is so "interesting" that he often jumps perfectly in a spot where half of you team will get deleted. But "daring" could be what saves many ppl from dying in these two encounters. Space combat can be tricky, BUT literally ignore every single fight after you left Footfall until you got the second ship from "Janus" (project) and abuse the ship upgrades. Especially the small fighters you can place instead of torpedoes are really good. On "unfair" space battles become really trashy in Act 5, but on "daring" besides 2 fights it's pretty easy to deal with them, but I think many ppl underestimate some of the upgrades.
@@spellandshield Executioner has some good stuff going on, but the core of this build is "Ignite" and "Inflame". "Inflame" is basically a buff/debuff you apply on ANY creature (enemies/companions) that increases fire dmg. So you stack "Inflame" and then you just cast "Ignite" on a boss and he explodes. Executioner basically multiplies that, but it's still OP without.
Seems like void combat will be the hardest one, since you can't get ship parts fast enough in act 2. And assassin in act 3 is straight up RNG, if you are the officer. Other than that daring is easy if you played the game 1-2 times before
The combat changes made it much more enjoyable from my perspective. Kibellah trivialises a lot of base game content on daring if you pick up any kind of Drukhari swords. The hidden bleed lets you stack bleed into the hundreds. The DLC fights are a different beast IMO. Especially the last two fights were the hardest part of the game for me. The rest of chapters 4 and 5 were a cakewalk afterwards.
Daring only? Should be easy enough right? If you know what you are doing Voidship or exceptionally bad RNG are the only things that should be a ble to get you
My question is kinda related to this game. I apologize if I have missed it but have you done a review of "Warhammer 40k: Battle Sector"? It looks like a good tactical game but I appreciate your reviews in this genre and the game is on sale right now.
I decided to quit my run today and wait till next dlc after i discovered at the end of act2 that a dogmatic choice at the liege of footfall just plainly locks you out off two quests in the shadow quarters. You get no clear warning and you are kinda forced to approach unlocking that area in a very specific way without clear indication. On a previous run iconoclast approach i did unlock the area.
I'm sad I don't qualify for the challenge, I am finishing my 5th playthrough of this game for Void Shadows and on Normal, I never been even remotely close to failing. My main is a Pyro/Executioner. Incredible single target damage (aoe doesn't seem that strong). Worst combat had 2 party members down, and it was one of the toughest of the DLC. My previous runs were on Daring and Hard, and I don't think I'm particularly good at the game, just have some experience on it. Daring should be pretty doable. The absolute worst scenario would be incredibly bad RNG rolls back to back, especially with Aurora. Second worst would be fighting the Comissar or Malice at beginning of Ch3. I suggest not doing Dogmatic but Iconosclast, Dogmatic shoots themselves in the foot sometimes with the dialogue choices. For the party my humble suggestion is Abelard as tank, Cassia (of course) and Argenta with the heavy bolter (there's an improved HB at the end of the Fellowship of the Void purchase tree now), Jae as skill monkey and grand strategist, last slot maybe Kibellah (but she didn't scale as well as the others in lategame, at least imho). Looking forward to seeing your run!
Aurora is nerfed. I reached her prior to the nerf and got one shot mercilessly. Then the DLC came out I loaded a save prior to and got back and it was a cake walk
If you are completionist with regards to questing i would suggest Space Marine 2. Rogue trader is still slightly messed up with regards to quests being bugged or easily locking you out by accident.
@@juerfe it is minor things though, i stopped my last run yesterday cause one single dogmatic choice locked me out of an area in footfall with about 3 quests that you have to finish before act 2. If you choose a dogmatic reply it makes the area unavailable in this act and in the dialog in the game there is no real implication this would be the case. So if you wanna play this area you have to force yourself in just to get it unlocked with slight delay instead of not at all. In my first run I avoided this by chance cause i was playing iconoclast.
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I'm doing a Grimdark run with the build you are wanting to use. Some notes:
* Build more for bladedancer than pyro early. You only need a few pyro spells to make it work.
* Blood Oath + the talent to move when you lose HP to a skill will give you a ton of movement.
* Get at least 15 heretic points for the special that triggers psychic phen on enemy kill
* Rush Psykers Beastplate
* Use Malpin Shroud and two force swords
You'll usually end up with 10+ psy rating and do crits in the range of 300 in act 3.
To now break the game, give Pasqal Grand Strategist and the Missionary Oath neck item. You should be able to wipe out enemies before they even get a turn. Up to you if you want to use it -- don't really have to. You should be able dominate without this cheese, but it is kinda fun to wipe an entire map starting with just 1AP.
Eh. You don't want to trigger Perils of Warp in a Grimdark run. Nothing like an Act 1 Shrieker to end the fun.
I expect the Underhive optional boss to wreck some folks too.
@@shawngillogly6873 it's just the minor perils of the warp like "the air gets frostier". I haven't had this effect trigger a major peril for me the entire run.
@@shawngillogly6873is that the basement dweller on Rykad? I usually have no problems against him
Bladedancer pyro into executionner. You can use the bladedancer ability to i.flict bleeding with pyro powers, add biomancer for the toxin and you can send a pyro power with the 3 dots for +30% damage for dots all times 3 with ignite (or 2 if you use firestorm) ... it's just insane.
Excited to catch the streams! Good luck!
Pyro Santic Soldier>Master Tactician, Nuke everything and don't even have to move.
Pyro Sanctic Bladedancer>Executioner. A lot of fun.
@@SyfearMaestrI did a death world war priest blade dancer on unfair. Though I got my rt beat tf up so I had like 168% dodge in act 2. Sadly my ps5 version keeps crashing at the worst times
Great to find your name between streamers making this contest :-) GL, HF, looking forward to it! Rogue Trader is my favorite game with easily most game hours played on steam :-D
Grandfather Nurgle likes this. More corpses to fertilise his garden. Extremely Squish squashed ones.
Rooting for you! Long time watcher of your videos.
Let's Go!!!! Team Mortismal Gaming 🎉
Thanks for the video. Good luck. The invite is well deserved. Onward to 400k. All glory to the algorithm.
I've gotten to Act 4 on Daring (Not ironman though) and here's what my pain points were (I may not remember the names well oh and also spoilers):
1) Auora was hard as he just sprayed my team down with burst fire, but I was able to kill him once I've separated my team well enough so he wouldn't be able to burst attack more than 2 people at once.
2) The first boss of the DLC genestealers where the guy psionically nukes you was hard before I first realized the mechanic, but I just went slowly with it, hiding everyone behind except for the tankiest character to run in front of the bunkers and destroy it 1 by 1 and then rush him with the fastest characters. Kibellah really helped since with "Acrobatic Maneouvers" she can get out of the priest's bubble so you effectively just keep poking him and getting out and running loops around him.
3) The giant space base that follows after the aforementioned fight, it's really hard and I would recommend skipping it altogether, or just skipping the DLC content altogether it causes a lot of pain points.
4) The chaos machine at the wreck didn't cause me as much trouble as the fights prior once I realized the only way to kill it without wiping was through sniper attacks or psionically nuking it but the fights prior to it were harder since I only had Pasqal who could deal reliably with machine servitors and everyone else couldn't do much damage to them due to their armor and the speakers also didn't help.
5) Act 3 wasn't as bad for me as first thing I did was unlock Ulfar and he carried the act for me, the only thing which messed me up was the Yrelessis fight since on Daring she is the first ever boss to have more than 1k HP in the game but I was able to get through it by going downstaris and bunkering there.
6) Act 4 was pretty chill overall there's nothing much there except there's a rumour where there's a chaos dreadnought waiting for you and that almost wiped me.
7) DLC wise in Act 4 the things which were really hard for me was "The Sire" bossfight, "The Fifth-Vizier" and "The Undying Emperor". The only reason I survived that fight was because Abelard had a parry build and Ulfar had high parry with his chainsword and was able to get through the spinners' dodge for some reason unlike the rest of my team. The Undying Emperor killed me so many times it's not even funny so I would recommend skipping that quest even if it's the last one of the DLC.
And that's where I've got to on 90h of gameplay, of course this would be a speedrun so I assume you would go much faster considering you've already beaten it. I still have to do the bossfights at the end of Act 4 so that will probably be another pain point and yeah there's a few things to consider for "Daring" difficulty:
- Have a really tanky or parry build character, for me it was Abelard as Vanguard archetype and Ulfar with his high parry chance
- Have someone who can lower veil degradation like Cassia, really important in some fights where you really can't afford an ad becoming a Chaos Spawn
- Look up the rewards the factions give you and focus on one where you will need their items in Act 4. Prior to Act 4 their rewards don't fully unlock but here are some items of worth from them:
Drussians: Power Armour and Chrono trinket which makes you always go first, those are really good.
Kasballica: Last tier gives you a really good trinket for sniper characters
Fellowship: Last tier gives you the "Improved Heavy Bolter" which is a fantastic weapon for Argenta/Ulfar
Techpriests: Early on there's a power drill which makes 4 attacks with 20-24 damage each which is great for Executioner characters
Also there's an overpowered backpack on the planet where you meet Winterscale which nullifies recoil for weapons with higher fire rate than 5 and there's also some gloves which do the same but add some more fire rate but I'm not sure where I've found them, it was more at the end of Act 4, probably Winterscale planet or Humonculus bunker
Sounds like a lot of fun! I probably won't watch the streams, as I don't have the patience for unedited content, but if you put out an edited story of it / highlight reel kind of thing, I would love to watch that!
I was so hoping you would do this!! I LOVE your Last Azlanti challenge gameplay (though idk if I actually finished it but that's besides the point)!
Good luck, its really nice of you that you give a little headstart for the others. I really wait your Veilguard review next week (wink,wink) :)
Had a blast with a double master tactician, archmilitant argenta, and abelard comp on my last run. There's still no real danger outside of your aforementioned act 1 sticking points unless you feel like getting spicy and poke the forgefiend right at the start of act 2, which I like doing. Hardest fights are the ones that have forced enemy turns at certain hp thresholds, because otherwise basically nothing survives a hail of heavy bolter fire. I respect wanting to play with the shiny new toys for variety though, hope to catch some of your run!
I just finished the game on Hard, with easy ship combat. I found the boss fights at the end of act prologue, 1 and 3 were the toughest along with one fight at the start of act 3 with no gear or allies. Some of the DLC if you hit them at the wrong level can be nasty. In act 4 & 5 I was so high level compared to my previous daring run they were not bad at all. I did finish a couple of fights with one guy standing & a couple more with 2-3, TBH they are more fun than one rounding everything although the 25 turns at the end of Act 3 did drag a bit!
I managed to lose a very early ship fight even on easy, the one you mention I think, after that it was trivial and still a bit of a drag. I optimise but only casually, using my own builds. The extra XP seemed to make a difference here as I ended max level instead of 5 or so under.
Hey Mortim, just recently finished a playthrough on "Daring". Let me give you a tip:
Sanctioned Psyker, telepathy + Soldier.
Then add Cassia (of course), Idira and Heinrix on telepathy as well.
I also used a "life drain" staff for the couple enemies that are immune. That was the easiest playthrough I had, combat-wise...
Don't worry, the RNG on warp rolls can still prove a challenge, but man...this random pick and customization of companions of mine was spot on for powerful party.
I'll be catching both yours and Remortis's streams!
We'll be with you brother !!
Good luck with the challenge!
Nice one, man. I've been extremely selective on the content of this game, waiting for the right time to buy and not wanting too much "spoilage" but I'm thinking this run of yours will be essential watching. Damn the torpedoes!
I just can't wait for this to be content complete. I played through it once right after launch when it was a buggy mess so now I'm saving my 2nd playthrough for all the dlc. BG3 was the only CRPG to beat this in quality but imo I think if Larian had been the ones to make this game it would be better than BG3. It's that thought that makes me want Larian to go Sci Fi with whatever they do next.
Obviously play it if and when you want, but if bugs are your only issue, that's not an issue anymore. I'm on a third playthrough (picked it up with the new DLC) and I think I've had maybe two bugs total in 100+ hours. (Also, Owlcat sometimes takes years to stop making DLC for games, so it may be a long wait...)
@@eb9782 If bugs were the issue I wouldn't have kept playing the first time. The issue this time is the next time I play it I want the game to have ALL the content it's going to have. So long as they stick to their roadmap and don't extend it the wait won't be too long.
@@InMaTeofDeathHow much content is coming out for it??
@@dannycarroll9518 If I remember right I think there's 1 or 2 more DLCs, the roadmap should be on their steam page or website.
@@dannycarroll9518 At least one more paid DLC, but they might release more like they did with WotR and the Season Pass 2
Good luck! 💪
you can very reliably force a melee kick from aurora by spreading out and putting 2 people up at the boxes in the middle 1 tile apart. I assume its because he could then only hit 1 person with a burst at a time but not sure. in 10+ loads he didn't melee 1 time and i think it was because i put the people in the back next to each other that time. might be worth a test if its a worry point. He will also skip an attack if the last person to hit him and has the mark is close but kinda blocked off since he is 4 tiles big either by cover or other units. He walks over to melee but is just out of range and stands there.
This is crazy timing I literally just started playing rogue trader tonight for the firs time, come to bed and you upload a rogue trader vid 😅
So I failed my Unfair Grim Darkness run yesterday right near the end of act 2, Drukhari nuked me in space combat. Other space combat fight I recommend over preparing for is the asteroid base space combat fight from the DLC, its a lot harder than most of the other space combats unless you are fully equipped. Its actually hilarious how easy ground combat is in comparison lol.
Blade dancer / pyro / executioner is what I'm playing and it is insanely busted. Pyro is also stronger earlier compared to 1.0, and blade dancer is insane by itself so early game is pretty easy in my experience.
From what I've heard its not going to be on unfair, so it should be easier than what I just failed at lol.
I watched your WOTR run back in the day so will be good to see another one of these. Good luck Mort!
excited for this. gl.
For my new run I went for : Argenta close combat Flame thrower & shotgun Master tactician ( versatile, good damage, can buff allies, cause flame stacks) Kibella assassin, a lot of mobility, can shred big enemies and avoid damages, Main Character useless sniper with some utilities ( operative and bounty hunter) Heinrix melee psyker with executioner big damage, big tanking and big healing, Idira executioner Pyro +bio Kill everything big damage and spread dots. Cassia grand strategist with a build focused on big buff. I have been oneshoting nearly anything combining 2 executioner/psycher is just really too strong... Though I must stay that idira with only first base psychic attack and full buffed was crazy on my first run, just boring to have to click same spell again and again :)
my current playthough is a pyromancer soldier/master tactician on daring difficulty. fights go bit like this... first turn cassia does some stuff (demon tool is great on lidless stare for incinerating stuff) then gives bring it down/extra turn to my main character. now almost everything is dead... kibellah goes off and finishes off loose ends. at this point in act 4 I don't think there's anything that can kill me in combat. most fights I dont even use all my party members. And I think the executioner combo is even more powerful. So you should be good to go.
void ship fights can be tricky though. especially that base attack from the DLC. also the DLC had 2 fights that can be a bit tricky especially the end boss of kibellahs quest.
i saw your video on rogue trader and played the game. now im a 40k fan and ordered some books. playing mechanicus right now. planning on replaying dawn of war 2
Looking forward to this.
Best of luck with this one, Mort.
Honestly, voidship combat is the absolute scariest part of Grindark Unfair. That is, in my opinion, the most important aspect to plan around. Colony management can give you some huge boosts in that regard.
For Aurora, theres enough XP in Act 1 now for you to potentially already be level 16. A couple debuffs with a well built Psyker or Bladedancer can take him down before he takes an action. I was terrified about facing him and it ended up being a complete non issue. The biggest threat to my party early on was Idira summoning demons and wiping out my team.
Death World Bladedancer/Executioner with Pyro is very powerful early and just becomes unstoppable around level 30. Turning traumas into buffs is silly and very useful.
Good luck!
free comment for the emperor ofcourse, as stated before.
I'm curious what made you decide to focus on speed more then quests completed in Kingmaker given that you obviously knew the latter would beat the former?
Good luck on chapter 4
yeah, the voidship fights are the real challenge. there is a correct order to do them. and there are no random battles to level up your ship to beat them.
"Pyro - Executioner" is bonkers. Pyro single target is way to strong. You can deal with a fresh lvl 21 (start of Act 2) around 3500 dmg to a boss on "unfair" and later with "Carnival of Misery" you literally can oneshot all enemies in the fight. In my last run I used "Ignite" on the Herald of Tzeench and nuked his 9000 HP with that one ignite. You need to set up the dmg a bit, but still. So if you use an additional "Executioner" like Kibellah (on a Blade Dancer) you can duo most encounters if you don't get killed in turn one. Well, for that you normally get a frontline (Abelard/Heinrix/Ulfar) and Cassia has 99% the first move anyway. There is a nice necklace that gives your psyker a ton of dodge (when not wearing body armour). For the end game I had in fight thanks to that item and a few talents 130% armour, 95% block and over 500% dodge, while having 400 HP.
That said. There are two fights in this game that can be a huge problem:
1. is the end boss of the entire game. If you nuke 10000 HP in on ignite he spawns like 20 of his copies and his "I kill you with my spear trap" thingy is still ass.
2. and probably hardest fight in the entire game is the "Sire". Not because his damage is insane, not because it takes multiple waves to clear the bridge, nope... because you start the fight surrounded by enemies and his KI is so "interesting" that he often jumps perfectly in a spot where half of you team will get deleted.
But "daring" could be what saves many ppl from dying in these two encounters.
Space combat can be tricky, BUT literally ignore every single fight after you left Footfall until you got the second ship from "Janus" (project) and abuse the ship upgrades. Especially the small fighters you can place instead of torpedoes are really good. On "unfair" space battles become really trashy in Act 5, but on "daring" besides 2 fights it's pretty easy to deal with them, but I think many ppl underestimate some of the upgrades.
@@spellandshield Executioner has some good stuff going on, but the core of this build is "Ignite" and "Inflame". "Inflame" is basically a buff/debuff you apply on ANY creature (enemies/companions) that increases fire dmg. So you stack "Inflame" and then you just cast "Ignite" on a boss and he explodes. Executioner basically multiplies that, but it's still OP without.
Imperial jazz is best jazz.
Abelard, cheer for this man
That's a giga gamer event! I'll watch the streams :D
good luck!
Seems like void combat will be the hardest one, since you can't get ship parts fast enough in act 2. And assassin in act 3 is straight up RNG, if you are the officer. Other than that daring is easy if you played the game 1-2 times before
The combat changes made it much more enjoyable from my perspective. Kibellah trivialises a lot of base game content on daring if you pick up any kind of Drukhari swords. The hidden bleed lets you stack bleed into the hundreds. The DLC fights are a different beast IMO. Especially the last two fights were the hardest part of the game for me. The rest of chapters 4 and 5 were a cakewalk afterwards.
I am going to to do a run with those exact rules just to see how I do compared to the streamers for fun.
Daring only? Should be easy enough right? If you know what you are doing Voidship or exceptionally bad RNG are the only things that should be a ble to get you
My question is kinda related to this game. I apologize if I have missed it but have you done a review of "Warhammer 40k: Battle Sector"? It looks like a good tactical game but I appreciate your reviews in this genre and the game is on sale right now.
I have not
I decided to quit my run today and wait till next dlc after i discovered at the end of act2 that a dogmatic choice at the liege of footfall just plainly locks you out off two quests in the shadow quarters. You get no clear warning and you are kinda forced to approach unlocking that area in a very specific way without clear indication. On a previous run iconoclast approach i did unlock the area.
Mort I know this is not your type of game but have you thought about checking out Amber Isle
I'm sad I don't qualify for the challenge, I am finishing my 5th playthrough of this game for Void Shadows and on Normal, I never been even remotely close to failing. My main is a Pyro/Executioner. Incredible single target damage (aoe doesn't seem that strong). Worst combat had 2 party members down, and it was one of the toughest of the DLC. My previous runs were on Daring and Hard, and I don't think I'm particularly good at the game, just have some experience on it. Daring should be pretty doable. The absolute worst scenario would be incredibly bad RNG rolls back to back, especially with Aurora. Second worst would be fighting the Comissar or Malice at beginning of Ch3. I suggest not doing Dogmatic but Iconosclast, Dogmatic shoots themselves in the foot sometimes with the dialogue choices. For the party my humble suggestion is Abelard as tank, Cassia (of course) and Argenta with the heavy bolter (there's an improved HB at the end of the Fellowship of the Void purchase tree now), Jae as skill monkey and grand strategist, last slot maybe Kibellah (but she didn't scale as well as the others in lategame, at least imho). Looking forward to seeing your run!
Very cool.
Did anyone else get wrecked when you had to fight alternate versions of yourself in act 5? That was one of the toughest in the game for me.
The Emperor Protects!
Argenta on right Kybella on left and masacre ahead
CRPG bro's Pyro>Blade>Exec lol
Can you make a vid on the game Depersonalization?
Glory to the Emperor TH-cam Jazz 🎶
I hope you stream it
It has to be streamed so yes I will
pyro/bladedancer/executioner is op right now in my opinion
I wanna play this game but think I will wait until Owlcat has released all DLC.
So... Dogmatic, Heretic or Iconoclast?
Edit: Well should have watched till the end before commenting. Anyways Good luck with the run.
Aurora is nerfed. I reached her prior to the nerf and got one shot mercilessly. Then the DLC came out I loaded a save prior to and got back and it was a cake walk
I wish paradox would do a warhammer.
Gronk!
Whats going on mortim? Everybody here 👋
As long as you have Cassia, Abelard, and Argenta on your team, you're Gucci lol
Guys you know if the performance on ps5 is ok now? I wanna buy this but my laptop is not too strong, Thanks
It's fine on PS5. Not instant but loads faster than Space Marine 2 initial load.
I quit the game in act 3 where my companions were split.
My favorite CRPG
Bro got veilguard early access
Pyro/Bladedancer/Executioner made most, if not all fights a complete joke for me.
Total 40k noob not sure if I should get this game or Space marine 2!!!
If you are completionist with regards to questing i would suggest Space Marine 2. Rogue trader is still slightly messed up with regards to quests being bugged or easily locking you out by accident.
@@hanli5416 oh man I thought they solved all those big issues!
@@juerfe it is minor things though, i stopped my last run yesterday cause one single dogmatic choice locked me out of an area in footfall with about 3 quests that you have to finish before act 2. If you choose a dogmatic reply it makes the area unavailable in this act and in the dialog in the game there is no real implication this would be the case.
So if you wanna play this area you have to force yourself in just to get it unlocked with slight delay instead of not at all. In my first run I avoided this by chance cause i was playing iconoclast.
aaay first sup mort! oh goodluck!
I don't care about c RPGs. But Mort is ganugster
doing this on daring after you already finished the game at least once will be a walk in the park too easy go for unfair bro
Good luck!