The purpose of these builds is not to provide an optimal 'one and only build' for each career, but giving the general idea of how to build around every career's weaponry and talent, since all weapons are very viable on Legend difficulty.
Breakpoints in these builds are calculated for Legend difficulty with 650 hero power.

With the Stagger System introduced in Patch 2.0, most of the melee breakpoints become unstable and meaningless. The only exception in this guide is Slayer's Two-handed weapon build.
Other than that, only range weapon/charm properties should be followed strictly for good Specials/Elites breakpoint performance.

Builds & Items Spreadsheet for my Legend & Cataclysm Guides [docs.google.com]
Credit to RedBeardedGiant

To learn the best combo for melee weapons mentioned in this guide:
https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1821186836
To learn some Vermintide Mechanic including the lvl15 stagger system:
https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1816101198
To learn how to fight all Monsters:
https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1723437775
To learn how to tailor your build to your playstyle:
https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1834952691

As a melee frontline career, Mercenary should funnel enemies in front of you as much as you can and buy space for your range focused and squishier teammates. When there is a Boss on the field, focus on the weaker mobs first then help your team deal with the Boss. Or pull the Boss aggro onto you so your low-health teammates have a better chance surviving.

All range weapons are very viable on Mercenary. Only on certain builds, one range weapon can outperform others.

Horde focus build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/1/121222/34,4,3,6/14,3,8,7/2,3,1/1,4,2/3,2,2
Description:
This build is meant for horde damage focused playstyle.
With this build, you should prioritize on horde damage. When there are Elites mixed inside a bunch of mobs, try to peel horde mobs away from them and focus on mobs, so other Elites killing careers have more space to do what they are good at.

The core talent of this build is Level 10 talent Limb-Splitters and Level 20 talent Enhanced Training. Limb-Splitter can make your melee weapon hit around 50% more enemies per swing, and Enhanced Training boosts your attack speed more to increase your crowd control ability.

Recommend to pair with melee weapons like Two-Handed Sword, Sword, Mace and Sword, Spear. Or use it to boost other types of weapon’s damage on horde.

Elites focus build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/1/212122/18,4,3,6/14,3,8,7/2,3,1/1,4,2/3,2,2
Description:
This build is meant for Elites damage focused playstyle.
With this build, you should prioritize at Elites. When there are Elites mixing inside a bunch of mobs, try to find an opening and quickly kill them with your high single target damage.

The core talent of this build is Level 10 talent The More the Merrier and Level 20 talent Reikland Reaper. Both of these talents can increase your raw power, giving you up to 40% extra damage against Elites.

Recommend to pair with melee weapons like Executioner Sword, Halberd, Mace. Or use it to boost other types of weapon’s damage to Elites.

As a range damage career, Huntsman should always put Special killing as your first priority. Then depending on your choice of range weapon, focus on Elites or Horde Mobs until you reach a point where you need to use melee weapon to block or generate Temporary Health. When there is a Boss on the field, focus on it as soon as there are no other threats for you on the map. However, you still need to pay attention and help your team against Specials.

Weapons with good Temporary Health regeneration and good defensive capabilities work better on range careers like Huntsman.

Repeater Handgun build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/2/113212/34,3,4,6/14,3,8,7/2,3,1/6,4,1/3,7,2
Description:
With this build, you can one-shot Gutter Runner on body and two-shot rest of Skaven/Chaos Specials. Also two-shot most of Elites and three-shot Plague Monk/Savage. Chaos Warrior needs multiple headshots.

Your Level 10 talent Keep it Coming does not cosume nor require reloading for the free shot, giving you better ammo sustain and higher DPS, and reduce your vulnerability window. Level 20 talent Makin’ It Look Easy provides a better damage output and better ammo sustainability. Level 30 talent Concealed Strikes provides better survivability and helps you deal damage more safely.

Prioritize killing Elites/Specials first. Then melee the rest of the enemies.

Handgun build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/2/113112/34,3,4,6/12,3,5,2/2,3,1/5,4,1/3,7,2
Description:
With this build, you can one-shot all Skaven/Chaos Specials and all Elites on the body except Chaos Warrior.
*For Chaos Warrior, You need three headshots or two headshot with Hunter's Prowl.

Your Level 10 talent Keep it Coming does not cosume nor require reloading for the free shot, giving you better ammo sustain and higher DPS, and reduce your vulnerability window. Level 20 talent Thrill of the Hunt provides reload speed, which is very important for a slow reload weapon like Handgun. Level 30 talent Concealed Strikes provides better survivability and helps you deal damage more safely.

Prioritize killing Elites/Specials first. Then melee the rest enemies.

Longbow build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/2/133212/34,4,3,6/13,3,6,7/3,2,1/4,5,1/3,7,2
Description:
With this build, you can one-shot all Skaven/Chaos Specials and Stormvermin/Bestigor on the body with fully charged arrow. For Mauler and Plague Monk/Savage you need one fully charged arrow + one quick arrow on the body.
*For Chaos Warrior, You need two headshots or one headshot with Hunter's Prowl.

If you are confident with your aim, use Hunter on your range weapon instead of Scrounger for more damage.

Your Level 20 talent Makin’ It Look Easy provides a better damage output and better ammo sustainability. Level 30 talent Concealed Strikes provides better survivability and helps you deal damage more safely.

Prioritize killing Elites/Specials first. Then spam quick arrows to clean lined-up Horde Mobs. Switch to melee to kill Horde Mobs when they get close.

Blunderbuss build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/2/132111/34,4,3,6/11,1,5,7/3,2,1/4,3,1/3,7,2
Description:
With this build, you can one-shot all Skaven/Chaos Specials on the body at close range. You can also one-shot Mauler and Plague Monk/Savage on the body, but for Stormvermin/Bestigor you need two shots on the body or one with most of pellets landing on their head.

Your Level 20 talent Thrill of the Hunt provides reload speed, which is very important for a slow reload weapon like Blunderbuss. Level 30 talent Blend In provides better ammo sustainability since Blunderbuss is very ammo hungry.

Level 10 talent can use Keep it Coming, trading some Super Armor /Armor damage for better ammo sustain.

Prioritize killing high density Horde Mobs, Elites and close range Specials first. Switch to melee when enemies get too close.

As a melee frontline career, Foot Knight should funnel enemies in front of you as much as you can and buy space for your range focused and more squishier teammates. When there is a Boss on the field, focus on the weaker mobs first then help your team deal with the Boss. Or pull the Boss aggro onto you so your low health teammates have a better chance surviving.

All range weapons are very viable on Foot Knight. Only on certain builds, one range weapon can outperform others.

Shield weapon focus build
https://www.ranaldsgift.com/3/131121/21,7,3,3/11,1,5,7/3,2,1/7,3,2/3,2,2
Description:
This build is meant for shield weapons except Spear & Shield.
With this build, you should prioritize on crowd control. Utilize your Shield Push and Shield Bash to stagger all types of Horde Mobs and Elites so your team can safely dish out damage on them.

The core talent of this build is Level 10 talent Crowd Clearer and Level 25 talent Counter-Punch. Crowd Clearer increases your Shield Push-Shield Bash combo speed, boosts both your damage output and crowd control ability. Counter-Punch gives you free push after blocking which means free stagger for your team and free Temporary Health for yourself from push.

Recommend to pair with Sword and Shield, Mace and Shield.

Low push/push attack consumption build
https://www.ranaldsgift.com/3/222111/18,4,3,6/12,3,7,2/3,2,1/4,1,2/3,2,2
Description:
This build is meant for melee weapons/playstyle that don’t use push/push attack a lot in your combo.
With this build, you should utilize the high stagger moveset on your weapon or your career skill to stagger Elites from time to time in order to get the 15% power boost. If your weapon lack stagger power or Elites are out of reach, you can shoot them with your range weapon once which can stagger most of Elites.

The core talent of this build is Level 10 talent Have at Thee. With the long duration of Have at Thee and low cooldown of your career skill, you can receive 15% power boost basically all the time on high difficulty where Elites are very common across the whole map.

Recommend to pair with melee weapons like Two-Handed Sword, Executioner Sword, Two-Handed Hammer, Bretonnian Longsword.

High push/push attack consumption build
https://www.ranaldsgift.com/3/232111/19,4,2,6/14,3,8,7/3,1,1/4,1,2/3,2,2
Description:
This build is meant for melee weapons/playstyle that use push/push attack a lot in your combo.
With this build you should utilize your push/push attack to get an attack speed boost, which helps you to activate Swift Slaying and kill Elites faster. But you should still be conservative on stamina usage and stop unnecessary push spam if you have already activated Swift Slaying.

The core talent of this build is Level 10 talent Crowd Clear and using stamina as Properties on both melee weapon and Necklace. Trading your high stamina with a decent amount of attack speed to boost your damage output.

Recommend to pair with melee weapons like Halberd, Sword, Mace, Mace and Sword, Spear and Shield.

As a melee frontline career, Grail Knight should funnel enemies in front of you as much as you can and buy space for your range focused and squishier teammates. Due to the lack of range weapons (most of the time), you need to try your best to Tag Specials and protect those range careers that can help you deal with them. When there is a Boss on the field, focus on the weaker mobs first then help your team deal with the Boss. Or pull the Boss aggro onto you so your low health teammates have a better chance of surviving.

2. Recommended Melee Weapon Choice

Recommend to use one Horde clear weapon + one Elites burst weapon. Or use one All-rounded weapon + a Shield weapon. For Level 5 talent option, unless you are playing with a lot of range careers or heavily rely on shield, Lady's Wrath is always better.

Power level build
https://www.ranaldsgift.com/16/312131/33,4,3,6/18,1,8,6/3,2,1/1,4,2/3,2,3
Description:
This build is meant for any weapon combos with an aggressive playstyle.
With this build, you should keep yourself at the frontline, keeping a good amount of pace and killing speed to top up your power buff.

The core talent of this build is Level 10 talent Virtue of the Ideal, increases your power by up to 30%, providing damage/stagger/cleave for both Horde Mobs and Elites.

Crit oneshot build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/16/322133/18-1-4-6/14-4-3-3/3-2-1/1-4-2/3-2-3
Description:
This build is meant for bursting Elites with random bodyshot and instant patrol delete with your career skill.
With this build, you can focus more on your own positioning than aiming. Your weapon's power attack crit bodyshot will instantly kill all Elites. Crit high cleave attack will also clear every Horde Mobs it touches.

The core talent of this build is Level 10 talent Virtue of Knightly Temper and Level 30 talent Virtue of Confidence. Knigthly Temper making your crit attack have the potential to finish high HP Elites, or clear all cleavable Horde Mobs. Combine with Virtue of Confidence you career skill will cleave through everything in front and one shot anything non-boss.

Heavy attack build
https://www.ranaldsgift.com/16/332131/14,4,3,6/17,4,1,6/3,2,1/1,4,2/3,2,3
Description:
This build is meant for weapon combos that utilize Heavy attack mostly.
With this build, you should use your weapon's Heavy attack mostly to receive the consistent buff.

The core talent of this build is Level 10 talent Virtue of Heroism, consistently increase your Heavy attack damage without worrying about maintaining buff.

As a range based utility career, Ranger Veteran should always put Special killing as your first priority. Then depending on your choice of range weapon, focus on Elites or Horde Mobs. However, due to your career’s feature and melee weapon choice, you should not hesitate to join the melee fight and give up your safe position to other pure range careers when it’s necessary. When there is a Boss on the field, clear the roaming mobs around your range DPS, help other melee career deal with Specials. Damaging Boss should be the last thing on your priority list.

Depending on your range weapon, Ranger Veteran should choose different melee weapons for different purposes.


Grudge Raker build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/4/123231/11,7,3,3/10,1,3,7/3,2,5/3,4,2/3,2,2
Description:
With Grudge Raker build, you can one-shot all Skaven/Chaos Specials on the body at close range. You can also one-shot Mauler and Plague Monk/Savage on the body, but for Stormvermin/Bestigor you need two shots on the body or one with most of the pellets on their head.

Your Level 25 talent Firing Fury provides good reload speed. Combined with Level 10 talent Master of Improvisation, your high utility career skill will cool down way faster. Level 20 talent Grungni’s Cunning provides the best ammo sustainability in the row, helping with the range spam play style and other range careers.

Prioritize killing high density Horde Mobs, Elites and close range Specials first. Switch to melee when enemies get too close.

Handgun build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/4/233121/37,4,3,6/9,4,5,2/3,2,5/5,3,2/3,2,2
Description:
With Handgun build, you can one-shot all Skaven/Chaos Specials and all Elites on the body.
*For Chaos Warrior, you need two headshots.

Your Level 20 talent Drunken Brawler provides enough ammo for your range weapon and attack speed/damage reduction for the whole team. If your playstyle is very range spam focus, use Grungni’s Cunning for the best ammo sustainability. Level 25 talent Exuberance can be triggered by your melee weapon, provides good tankiness for your melee duty.

Prioritize killing Elites/Specials first. Then melee the rest enemies.

Masterwork Pistol build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/4/233121/37,4,3,6/24,4,5,1/3,2,5/5,3,2/3,2,2
Description:
With Handgun build, you can one-shot all Skaven/Chaos Specials and all Elites on the body.
*For Chaos Warrior, you need three headshots.

Your Level 20 talent Drunken Brawler provides enough ammo for your range weapon and attack speed/damage reduction for the whole team. If your playstyle is very range spam focus, use Grungni’s Cunning for the best ammo sustainability. Level 25 talent Exuberance can be triggered by your melee weapon, provides good tankiness for your melee duty.

Prioritize killing Elites/Specials first. Then melee the rest enemies.

Crossbow build:
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/4/233221/37,4,3,6/6,3,5,2/3,2,5/3,6,2/3,2,2
Description:
With Crossbow build, you need two bodyshots/one headshot to kill all of Chaos Specials/Elites. Chaos Warrior needs multiple headshots. For Skaven Specials/Elites, you can oneshot all of them.

Your Level 20 talent Drunken Brawler provides enough ammo for your range weapon and attack speed/damage reduction for the whole team. If your playstyle is very range spam focus, use Grungni’s Cunning for the best ammo sustainability. Level 25 talent Exuberance can be triggered by your melee weapon, provides good tankiness for your melee duty.

Prioritize killing Elites/Specials first. Then spam your arrows to clean lined-up Horde Mobs. Switch to melee to kill Horde Mobs when they get close.

Throwing Axes build
Normal build:
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/4/233121/37-4-3-6/67-3-7-2/3-2-5/7-4-2/3-2-2
Last Resort build:
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/4/213121/37-4-3-6/67-3-7-2/3-2-5/7-4-2/3-2-2
Description:
With Throwing Axes build, you can one-shot all Specials on the body. Standard Bearer, however, needs multiple bodyshot or one headshot. For Elites you can only one shot all Skaven Elites and Savage on the body, the rest of them needs two shots except Chaos Warrior.
For Last Resort build, your last Throwing Axes can also one-shot all Elites on the body except Mauler/Chaos Warrior.

Your Level 20 talent Drunken Brawler provides enough ammo for your range weapon and attack speed/damage reduction for the whole team. Level 25 talent Exuberance can be triggered by your melee weapon, provides good tankiness for your melee duty.

For Normal build, prioritize killing Elites/Specials first. Then spam charged axes to clean lined-up Horde Mobs. Switch to melee to kill Horde Mobs when they get close.
For Last Resort build, keep only one axe in your hand to one shot most of Elites when you are pushing. When the horde is coming, throw away all your axes and leave one in front of you. Use Last Resort to boost your melee damage, and pick up the axe on the ground to kill specials.

As a melee frontline career, Iron Breaker should funnel enemies in front of you as much as you can and buy space for your range focused and more squishier teammates. Even with Drakefire weapon, you should still secure your teammate’s safety then start using Drakfire Pistol/Drakegun. When there is a Boss on the field, focus on the weaker mobs first then help your team deal with the Boss. Or pull the Boss aggro onto you so your low health teammates have a better chance surviving.

General Melee build
https://www.ranaldsgift.com/5/322221/8,4,3,6/6,1,3,2/3,2,1/4,1,2/3,2,2
Description:
Recommended Range Weapon Choice
This build is meant for normal melee playstyle.
With this build, you should prioritize on horde damage. When there are Elites mixed inside a bunch of mobs, try to peel horde mobs away from them and focus on mobs, so other Elites killing careers have more space to do what they are good at.

The core talent of this build is Level 25 talent The Rolling Mountain and Level 30 talent Drengbarazi Oath. Rolling Mountain can make sure that you always have your career skill for an emergency situation, and Drengbarazi Oath greatly boosts your whole team’s damage to help ease the situation.

Recommend to pair with melee weapons like Great Axe, War Pick, Two-Handed Hammer, Hammer and Shield, Dual Hammers, Cog Hammer.

Drakefire Pistol build
https://www.ranaldsgift.com/5/212213/5,4,3,6/7,4,5,8/3,2,5/3,5,2/3,2,2
Description:
This build is meant for Drakefire Pistol.
With this build, you should prioritize on horde damage with your range weapon. When there are Elites mixed inside a bunch of mobs, aggressively use Drakefire Pistol to peel horde mobs away from them and then focus on Elites.

The breakpoints of this build various with your heat level. On average, you can three shot-bodyshot Infantry Specials and Berserker Elites, four shot-bodyshot Packmaster and Mauler with left click. Armored Specials need three leftclick headshots. For Horde Mobs, you can 1~2 blast kill Skaven horde, 2~3 blast kill Chaos horde, 3+ blasts kill Beastman horde.

The core talent of these builds is Level 10 talent Drakki Wrath and Level 30 talent Booming Taunt. Drakki Wrath provides the most consistent damage boost to your Drakefire weapons. For Level 30 talent. Booming Taunt makes your career skill more valuable than other options since with Drakefire weapon you can’t do too much other than blocking. 50% more free DPS time for your team is better than 20% damage increase.

Recommend to pair with melee weapons like Axe, Hammer, Great Axe, War Pick, Two-handed Hammer, Cog Hammer.

Drakegun build:
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/5/113213/11-7-3-3/52-4-5-6/3-2-5/5-3-2/3-2-2
Description:
This build is meant for Drakegun.
As an tanky Iron Breaker, you should still prioritize at staggering Elites with your melee, then focus on horde damage with your range weapon. If there are only couple Elites mixed inside horde, start charging your Drakegun and kill them with Horde Mobs. Otherwise switch to your melee weapon to stagger them.

Due to the lack of long range damage, you need to try your best to Tag Specials and protect those range careers that can help you deal with them.
With Drakegun, you need to use left click burst for single target damage, and charge stream attack for everything else. You need some practice to learn using as little charge time as possible to kill different types of Horde Mobs with your charge stream attack.

The core talent of these builds is Level 10 talent Drakki Wrath and Level 30 talent Booming Taunt. Drakki Wrath provides the most consistent damage boost for your Drakefire weapons. For Level 30 talent, Booming Taunt makes your career skill more valuable than other options since with Drakefire weapon you can’t do too much other than blocking. 50% more free DPS time for your team is better than 20% damage increase.

Recommend to pair with melee weapons like Axe, Hammer, Great Axe, War Pick, Two-handed Hammer, Axe and Shield, Cog Hammer.

Trollhammer Torpedo build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/5/322221/44-4-3-6/70-4-6-6/3-2-1/1-4-2/7-3-3
Description:
This build is meant for Trollhammer Torpedo.
With this build, you should prioritize on horde damage. When there are Elites mixed inside a bunch of mobs, try to peel horde mobs away from them and focus on mobs, so other Elites killing careers have more space to do what they are good at.

There core talent of this build is Level 25 talent The Rolling Mountain and Level 30 talent Drengbarazi Oath. Rolling Mountain can make sure that you always have your career skill for an emergency situation, and Drengbarazi Oath greatly boosts your whole team’s damage to help ease the situation.

Try to save your Trollhammer Torpedo for emergency situations, like fighting patrol/monster/lord/when surrounded. When fighting Boss/Lord, try to block their attack once to trigger Off Balance trait before shoot, to increase your damage.

Recommend to pair with melee weapons like Great Axe, War Pick, Two-Handed Hammer, Hammer and Shield, Dual Hammers, Cog Hammer.

As a melee frontline career, Slayer should funnel enemies in front of you as much as you can and buy space for your range focus and more squishy teammates. Due to the lack of range weapons (most of the time), you need to try your best to Tag Specials and protect those range careers that can help you deal with them. When there is a Boss on the field, focus on the weaker mobs first then help your team deal with the Boss. Or pull the Boss aggro onto you with so your low health teammates have a better chance surviving.

One-handed weapon build
Dual Hammers build:
https://www.ranaldsgift.com/6/112321/37,3,4,6/5,1,4,6/3,2,1/1,4,2/3,2,2
Dual Axes build:
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/6/211321/10-2-8-6/5-4-1-6/3-1-1/5-4-2/3-2-2
Description:
This build is meant for double one-handed weapons user. Use your first melee choice to kill Horde Mobs. Use your secondary melee choice to kill Elites/Boss.

Secondary melee choices:

With these builds, you should prioritize at horde damage. But Slayer can easily pick up one or two Elites mixing inside a bunch of mobs very quickly. Use push/career skill to stagger Horde Mobs first, or use dodge/movement to find an opening, then use your secondary melee weapon to pick up couple Elites.

For Dual Hammer build, spam light attacks on horde units.
For Dual Axes build, you can one shot-bodyshot fanatic with your Chaos Dual Axes light attack when you have full stacks of Trophy Hunter, so spam light attacks on Skaven/Chaos horde. You need to chain heavy attacks or push attacks on Beastman horde, however.

The core talents of this build are Level 20 talent Adrenaline Surge and Level 30 talent Crunch!. Adrenaline Surge can dramatically reduce your career skill cooldown and Crunch! can stagger all Elites’ all attacks except Chaos Warrior overhead. Combine together they provide the strong crowd control ability that one-handed weapons need.

Two-handed weapon build:
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/6/221323/8-3-4-6/7-7-4-6/3-2-1/1-4-2/3-2-2
Description:
This build is meant for double two-handed weapons user. Use your Two-handed Hammer to crowd control. Use your secondary melee choice to actually kill Horde. For Elites/Boss, depends on different situations, use different weapons.

Secondary melee choices:

With this build, you should prioritize at horde damage. But Slayer can easily pick up one or two Elites mixing inside a bunch of mobs very quickly. Use push/career skill or Two-handed Hammer heavy attack to stagger Horde Mobs first, or use dodge/movement to find an opening, then use your secondary melee weapon to pick up couple Elites.

For secondary melee choices, Great Axe can two shot-bodyshot Stormvermin with light overhead attack and three shot other Elites except for Chaos Warrior. War Pick can one shot all Elites in the game with a fully charged heavy attack and only Chaos Warrior need a headshot/crit shot. Cog Hammer is faster the War Pick, but you need headshot to achieve most one shot breakpoints.

The core talents of this build are Level 20 talent Adrenaline Surge and Level 30 talent No Escape. Adrenaline Surge can dramatically reduce your career skill cooldown. Combining with No Escape they provide great mobility that two-handed weapons need.

Mixing build
Weapon Characteristic Chart

Description:
This build is meant for mixing of one and two-handed weapons for the great synergy between them.
Recommend to bring a combo that provides good Dodge & Single Target. For Horde Clear & Crowd Control, you can just choose one of them.
With these builds, you should prioritize at horde damage. But Slayer can easily pick up one or two Elites mixing inside a bunch of mobs very quickly. Use push/career skill to stagger Horde Mobs first, or use dodge/movement to find an opening, then use your Elites focus weapon to pick up couple Elites.

Sample build: Dual Hammers - War Pick
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/6/231321/37-3-4-6/9-1-4-6/3-2-1/1-4-2/3-2-2
Sample build: Dual Axes - Two-handed Hammer
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/6/231323/10-8-2-6/8-1-4-6/3-1-1/5-4-2/3-2-2
With Dual Hammers - War Pick build, you should spam Dual Hammers light attack to clean Horde Mobs and use War Pick heavy attack to kill Elites. You can one shot-bodyshot all Elites except Chaos Warrior with fully charged War Pick heavy attack.
With Dual Axes build, you should spam Dual Axes light attack for Skaven/Chaos horde. When there are Elites mixing inside horde or it’s a Beastman horde, you should use two-handed hammer heavy attacks. With Dual Axes light attack you can one shot-bodyshot fanatic when you have full stacks of Trophy Hunter.

The core talents of these builds are Level 20 talent Adrenaline Surge and Level 30 talent. Adrenaline Surge can dramatically reduce your career skill cooldown. Crunch! can stagger all Elites’ all attacks except Chaos Warrior overhead, providing Elites crowd control for Dual Hammers - War Pick build. No Escape provides great mobility for Dual Axes - Two-handed Hammer build.

Throwing Axes build:
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/6/111323/37-4-3-6/67-3-6-2/3-2-1/5-4-2/3-2-2
Description:
This build is meant for Throwing Axes.
With this build, you can one-shot all Specials on the body. Standard Bearer, however, needs multiple bodyshot or one headshot. For Elites you can only one shot Stormvermin on the body, the rest of them needs two shots except Chaos Warrior.
Once you have full stacks of Trophy Hunter, you can one-shot all Elites on the body except Mauler/Chaos Warrior.

The core talents of these builds are Level 20 talent Adrenaline Surge and Level 30 talent No Escape. Adrenaline Surge can dramatically reduce your career skill cooldown. No Escape provides great mobility and gives you more room to recall your Throwing Axes.
Recommend Melee weapon choice:

1. General Playstyle
As a range damage career, Outcast Engineer should always put Special killing as your first priority if your weapon/career skill set allows, and then focus on Horde Mobs. Your melee weapon mostly serves as an anti-armour tool, create space and farm temporary Health. Even with some builds that are designed to boost your melee damage, your range weapons are still better against high-density enemies. When there is a Boss on the field, clean Horde Mobs and Specials, then help your team deal with the Boss.

2. Recommended Melee Weapon Choice
Depends on your build, Outcast Engineer should choose different melee weapons for different purposes. Only Axe is not recommended since it has poor temporary Health generation and low crowd control ability.


3. Build Frame
Range Build - Crank Gun focus
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Description:
Recommended Range Weapon Choice
This build is meant for high uptime horde damage focused Crank Gun.
Use your Crank Gun for Horde mobs, close range Infantry/Berserker Elites, Infantry Speicals and Hookrat. Use your range weapon for Armoured Elites and Armoured Specials/long range Specials.

With this build, you should prioritize on horde damage. When there are Elites mixed inside a bunch of mobs, peel horde mobs away from them and focus on mobs, so other Elites killing careers have more space to do what they are good at.

With Level 20 talent Perilous Overclock, you can trade your THP/HP for extra Crankgun bullets, provide extra firing power.

The core talent of these builds is Level 20 talent Perilous Overclock and Level 30 talent Linked Compression Chamber. With Level 20 talent Perilous Overclock, you can trade your THP/HP for extra Crankgun bullets, provide extra cooldown, and Linked Compression Chamber allows you to turn your career skill cooldown into damage very quickly.

Range Build - Explosive Focus
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Description:
This build is meant for high uptime horde damage focused Crank Gun and have enough explosive to delete any types of high threat situations.
Use your Crank Gun for Horde mobs, close range Infantry/Berserker Elites, and most specials. Use Trollhammer Torpedo/Bombs for emergency situations, like fighting patrol/monster/lord/when surrounded.

With this build, you should prioritize on horde damage. When there are Elites mixed inside a bunch of mobs, peel horde mobs away from them and focus on mobs, so other Elites killing careers have more space to do what they are good at. If there are many elites/specials around, use any explosives to delete them.

The core talent of these builds is Level 10 talent Bombardier and Level 20 talent Superior Gaskets. Bombardier gives you 2 bombs from start, and making all your bombs more effective, greatly improves your bomb damage. Superior Gaskets provides power level, increases all attacks damage/stagger/cleave, and most importantly one of the few buff in the game that affects explosives.

Range Build - Drakefire Pistol focus
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Description:
Drakefire Pistol Breakpoints

Crank Gun Breakpoints
This build is meant for Drakefire Pistol.
Use Drakefire Pistol left click for close range Infantry Elites/Infantry Specials and when Horde mobs lined up. Use Drakefire Pistol right click for spread Horde mobs. Use Crank Gun for Armoured Elites/Armoured Specials.

With this build, you should prioritize horde damage with your range weapon. When there are Elites mixed inside a bunch of mobs, pull back and use Crank Gun if your team can provide enough space. Otherwise, keep using the Drakefire Pistol Blast to peel horde mobs away from them and then focus on Elites.

For horde units, use left click when they lined up, and right click blast when they are close and sptreaded. With left click, you can one shot kill Skaven horde units, 1~2 shot kill Chaos horde units, 2 shot kill Beastman horde units. With right click blast, you can oneshot Skaven horde units, 2~3 shot Chaos horde units and 3 shot Beastman horde units.
For Elites, use Drakfire Pistol left click for close range Infantry/Berserker Elites, and Crank Gun for Armoured/long range Elites. Drake Pistol left click can three shots all Infantry/Berserker Elites at effective range. Crank Gun can two shots Storm Vermin/Bestigor and three shots all Infantry/Berserker Elites.
For Specials, use Drakfire Pistol left click for close range Infantry Specials and Hookrat, and Crank Gun for Armoured/long range Specials. Drakefire Pistol can twoshot Assassin and threeshot rest Infantry Specials and Hookrat. Crank Gun can oneshot Assassin/Armoured Specials and two shot rest Specials.

The core talent of these builds is Level 10 talent Armour Piercing Slugs and Level 30 talent Gromril-Plated Shot. Armour Piercing Slugs provides high horde clear efficiency to the Drakfire Pistol left click, and boost your Patrol damage of Crank Gun dramatically. Gromril-Plated Shot gives Crank Gun anti-armour property, perfectly covers the weakness of Drakfire Pistol.

Range Build - Drakegun focus
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Description:
Crank Gun Breakpoints
This build is meant for Drakegun
Use Drakegun for Horde mobs and stagger multiple Elites. Use Crank Gun to kill Specials and Armoured Elites.

With this build, you should prioritize horde damage with your range weapon. Focus on horde damage with your range weapon. If there are only couple Elites mixed inside horde, start charging your Drakegun and kill them with Horde Mobs. You need some practice to learn using as little charge time as possible to kill different types of Horde Mobs with your charge stream attack. If there are only Elites left or when you need to focus on Specials, switch to Crank Gun.

For Elites, your Crank Gun can two shots Storm Vermin/Bestigor and three shots all Infantry/Berserker Elites.
For Specials, your Crank Gun can oneshot Assassin/Armoured Specials and two shot rest Specials.

The core talent of these builds is Level 10 talent Ingenious Ordnance and Level 30 talent Gromril-Plated Shot. Ingenious Ordnance plus trinket trait Explosive Ordnance can provide decent control on crowded enemies. Gromril-Plated Shot gives Crank Gun anti-armour property, perfectly covers the weakness of Drakegun.

As a range damage career, Waystalker should always put Special killing as your first priority. Then depends on your choice of range weapon, focus on Elites or Horde Mobs until you reach a point where you need melee weapon to block or generate Temporary Health. When there is a Boss on the field, focus on it as soon as there are no other threats for you on the map. However, you still need to pay attention and help your team on Specials.

Depends on your build, Waystalker should choose different melee weapons for different purposes.

Longbow build
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Description:
With Longbow build, you can one-shot bodyshot all Skaven Specials and Storm Vermin with one charged arrow. The rest of the Specials need one charged and one quick arrow on the body. Rest Elites except Chaos Warrior need two charged arrows on the body.

Your Level 10 talent Serrated Shots adds good damage to all types of units, providing much better breakpoints against Armoured unit. Your Level 25 talent Asrai Focus and Level 30 talent Kurnous’ Reward gives you amazing ammo regen to spam your range attacks.

Prioritize killing Elites/Specials first. Then spam your charged arrows to clean lined-up Horde Mobs. Switch to melee to kill Horde Mobs when they get close.

Swiftbow build
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Description:
With Swiftbow build, you can kill all normal armour Specials/Elites under 3 charged arrows, and Infantry/Monster/Berzerker armour Specials/Elites under 3 quick arrows.

Your Level 10 talent Serrated Shots adds good damage to all types of units, providing much better breakpoints against Armoured unit. Your Level 25 talent Asrai Focus and Level 30 talent Kurnous’ Reward gives you amazing ammo regen to spam your range attacks.

Prioritize killing Specials and units with Infantry/Berzerker armour first. Hold your mouse left click to spam quick arrows at them. Then you can choose to either kill Armoured units with your melee weapon or charged arrows. Most of the time a melee weapon with high armour piercing ability can do it better than your Swiftbow.

Hagbane Shortbow build
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Description:
With Hagbane Shortbow build, you can kill Gutter Runner/Packmaster with 1 charged arrows, and kill the rest of all Skaven/Chaos specials and all Elites except Chaos Warrior with 2 charged arrows.

Your Level 10 talent Blood Shot helps you kill all Specials and most of Elites with one shot since it makes your next shot fires two arrows. You Level 25 talent Asrai Focus and Level 30 talent Kurnous’ Reward gives you amazing ammo regen to spam your range attacks.

Prioritize killing Specials and units with Infantry/Berzerker armour first. Use your charged arrow all the time, since it also leaves an AoE poison cloud, dealing tremendous damage to grouped up enemies. Try to melee kill a low health unit before shooting so you can save ammo and kill them efficiently, but you should never hesitate to shoot them without Blood Shot if it’s necessary. Then you can choose to either kill Armoured units with your melee weapon or charged arrows. Most of the time a melee weapon with high armour piercing ability can do it better than your Hagbane Shortbow.

Moonfire Bow build
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Description:
With Moonfire Bow build, you can kill Gutter Runner and armoured specials with 1 quick fire arrow, kill most other specials and most man sized Elites with 2 quick charged arrows, and kill Mauler with two full charged arrows.

Your Level 10 talent Blood Shot helps you reach two shot breakpoints, and the extra arrow you fire is free. You Level 25 talent Asrai Focus and Level 30 talent Loaded Bow gives you extra horde clear ability or kill multiple Elites in quick session.

Prioritize killing Specials and Elites first. Use your career skill to clean high density Horde Mobs or multi Elites/Specials situations. Switch to melee to kill Horde Mobs when they get close.

Briar Javelin build
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Description:
With Briar Javelin build, you can one-shot bodyshot all Skaven/Chaos Specials and Storm Vermin with one Javelin Throw. Rest Elites except Chaos Warrior need two javelin throw on the body.

Your Level 10 talent Serrated Shots adds good damage to all types of units, providing much better breakpoints against all types of units. You Level 25 talent Asrai Focus and Level 30 talent Loaded Bow gives you extra horde clear ability or kill multiple Elites in quick session.

Prioritize killing Elites/Specials first. Then spam your javelin throw to clean lined-up Horde Mobs. Switch to melee to kill Horde Mobs when they get close.

Piercing Shot build
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Description:
Piercing Shot is a high-risk-high-reward and high skill expression build. Has the potential to be the highest damage Waystalker build, capable of delete all types of units in the game. But upon missing headshot it's extremely punishing.

Your Level 10 talent Drakira's Alacrity allows you to pull off more Piercing Shot with limited time frame, essential for faster boss kill. Level 25 talent Asrai Focus and a level of security in case you miss.

Prioritize killing Elites/Specials first. Then spam your Piercing Shot to clean lined-up Horde Mobs. Switch to melee to kill Horde Mobs when they get close.

As a melee based utility career, Handmaiden should always put Special killing as your first priority. Then depends on your choice of melee weapon, focus on Elites or Horde Mobs. Use your low cooldown career skill and Level 30 talent as a utility kit to boost your ability. When there is a Boss on the field, clear the roaming mobs around your range DPS, help other melee career deal with Specials. Damaging Boss should be the last thing on your priority list.


Invisible build
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Description:
This build is meant for melee weapons that have a fair amount of horde clean speed and high single target damage.
With this build, you should utilize the high burst damage on your weapon and use the low cooldown invisibility to safely delete Elites, even they are mixing inside other units.
The core talent of this build is Level 10 talent Asrai Alacrity and Level 30 talent Gift of Ladrielle. Asrai Alacrity gives you a good DPS boost, and Gift of Ladrielle gives you the ability to safely delete one Elite/Special every time you have your career skill.
Recommend to pair with melee weapons like Glaive, Dual Daggers, Sword and Dagger, Spear.

Bleed build
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Description:
This build is meant for horde damage focus playstyle.
With this build, you should utilize the high bleed damage from you career skill. Dash through as many Horde Mobs as possible, and get back to your teammates to recharge your career skill faster. You can easily peel Armoured Elites off bunch mobs and focus on them later.
The core talent of this build is Level 10 talent Asrai Alacrity and Level 30 talent Bladedancer. Asrai Alacrity gives you a good amount of DPS boost, it also increase your Bleed damage from Bladedancer, and Bladedance is your main source of Horde Mobs damage.
Recommend to pair with melee weapons like Sword, Dual Daggers, Sword and Dagger, Elven Axe, Spear and Shield. Or use it to boost other types of weapon’s damage on horde.

Crit build
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Description:
This build is meant for Elites damage focus playstyle.
With this build, you should utilize the high crit chance increase from your career skill. Dash through 5 units give you 25% crit chance, and with the low cooldown of your career skill, you can almost keep that crit boost when there is a horde. Use the high crit to kill all types of units faster, especially when you can focus on one of them.
The core talent of this build is Level 10 talent Asrai Alacrity and Level 30 talent Power from Pain. Asrai Alacrity gives you a good amount of DPS boost, and Power from Pain can give your up to 30% extra crit chance.
Recommend to pair with melee weapons like Two-Handed Sword, Dual Daggers, Sword and Dagger, Dual Swords, Spear, Spear and Shield. Or use it to boost other types of weapon’s damage to Elites.

As a melee based utility career, Shade should focus on melee combat. Depends on your choice of weapon, you should focus on killing Elites or Horde Mobs first. And always utilize your career skill in deleting high threat enemies (multiple Elites inside horde, high threat specials). When there is a Boss on the field, If you are using a build with Dual Daggers/Sword and Dagger, focus on it as soon as possible. If you are using a build with other melee weapons, clear the roaming mobs around your range DPS, help other melee career deal with Specials, and then start damaging the Boss.


Boss killer build
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Description:
This build is meant for high Boss damage.
With this build, you should utilize your high movement speed from your talent and high dodge ability of your weapon to focus on Elites. When there is a boss on the field, stack Barrage with your Hagbane Shortbow or Hunter with Moonfire Bow then use you career skill to kill it fast. Even without career skill, Hagbane Shortbow itself can do tremendous Boss damage.
The core talent of this build is Level 10 talent Cruelty, Level 25 talent Spring-Heeled Assassin and Level 30 talent Cloak of Pain. Cruelty can increase your damage against all types of units. Spring-Heeled Assassin gives you super mobility to adjust your position and look for backstab opportunity. Cloak of Pain provides the highest burst damage in this row. making you oneshot Chaos Warrior and high burst damage on Boss.
Recommend to use Dual Daggers/Sword and Daggers with this build.

Patrol delete build
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Description:
This build is meant for elites focusing/patrol deleting playstyle.
With this build, you should serve your team as a patrol deleter and elites focus career. Shimmer Strike allows you to chain backstab kill all man-sized elites. And with correct breakpoints plus Dual Dagger heavys/Sword & Dagger 2nd heavy attack, you can even chain kill Chaos Warriors.
The core talent of this build is Level 10 talent Cruelty, Level 15 talent Assassin and Level 30 talent Shimmer Strike. Cruelty can increase your damage against all types of units, along with Assassin to boost your crit damage, while Shimmer Strike allows you to chain backstab kill all types of elites; even include Chaos Warriors if you use Dual Daggers/Sword and Daggers.
All types of weapons suit this build. With Dual Daggers/Sword and Daggers and has 10% Power vs Chaos or 10% Power vs Armour on your charm, your Dual Dagger heavy attacks/Sword & Dagger 2nd heavy attack can crit backstab oneshot Chaos Warrior even.

As a melee based utility career, Sister of the Thorn should always put Special killing as your first priority. Then depends on your choice of melee weapon, focus on Elites or Horde Mobs. Depends on your Level 30 talent, either use the wall to block dangerous enemies and create a choke point for your teams or use it as a stagger/burst ability to solve groups of enemies.

Bleed build
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Description:
This build is meant to be used with fast hit or high cleave weapons.
With this build, you should utilize your melee weapons to apply Bleed to as many targets as possible.

The core talent of this build is Level 10 talent Atharti's Delight and Level 25 talent Recursive Toxin. Atharti's Delight provides the bleed applying tool, and Recursive Toxin helps to provide your Bleed damage.

Recommend to pair with weapons like Sword, Two-handed Sword, Dual Swords, Sword & Dagger.

AoE Poison build
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Description:
This build is meant to be used with fast hit or high crit chance weapons.
With this build, you have higher crit chance to constantly apply Poison and trigger mini-stun very often.

The core element of this build is Level 10 talent Briar's Malice, Level 20 talent Bonded Spirit and Level 25 talent Lingering Blackvenom. Combined together this build allows you to crit often, and crit will trigger Lingering Blackvenom to both poison and stagger mobs.

As a melee based utility career, Witch Hunter Captain should always put Special killing as your first priority. Then depends on your choice of melee weapon, focus on Elites or Horde Mobs. Use your passive Killing Shot and Witch-Hunt to Tag and delete high health targets. When there is a Boss on the field, clear the roaming mobs around your range DPS, help other melee career deal with Specials. Damaging Boss should be the last thing on your priority list.

All range weapons are very viable on Witch Hunter Captain, with Brace of Pistols and Crossbow perform better than others most of the time.

Horde focus build
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Description:
This build is meant for horde damage focus playstyle.
With this build, you prioritize at using the stackable bleed to clean Horde Mobs. However due to the unique passive of Witch Hunter Captain, you still have very high Elites damage.

The core talent of this build is Level 10 talent Flense and Level 20 talent Heretic Sighted. Flense provides great damage potential to all types of units, especially cleavable Horde Mobs. And Heretic Sighted can help you crowd control by increasing attack speed.

Recommend to pair with melee weapons like Flail, Falchion, Two-Handed Sword, Rapier, Axe and Falchion, Billhook. Or use it to boost other types of weapon’s damage on horde.

Elites focus build
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Description:
This build is meant for Elites damage focus playstyle.
With this build, you prioritize at picking up Elites with your high headshot damage. Combing with the unique passive of Witch Hunter Captain, you are one of the best Elites killer in the game.

The core talent of this build is Level 10 talent Deathknell and Level 20 talent Wild Fervour. Deathknell provides great damage potential in all conditions, especially on single target DPS. And Wild Fervour can boost the damage of your whole team in tight situations when there are multiple Elites.

Recommend to pair with melee weapons like Axe, Rapier, Axe and Falchion, Billhook. Or use it to boost other types of weapon’s damage on Elites.

As a range based utility career, Bounty Hunter should always put Special killing as your first priority. Then focus on Elites. However, due to your career’s feature and melee weapon choice, you should not hesitate to join the melee fight and give your safe position to other pure range careers when it’s necessary. When there is a Boss on the field, If you are using Level 30 talent Double-shotted, focus on it as soon as possible. If you are using a build with other talent, clear the roaming mobs around your range DPS, help other melee career deal with Specials, and then start damaging the Boss.

Depending on your build, Bounty Hunter should choose different melee weapons for different purposes.

Brace of Pistol build
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Description:
With Brace of Pistol build, without Blessed Shot or crit, you can one-shot bodyshot Gutter Runner, two-shot bodyshot most of Specials and Elites. For Bestigor you need three shots on body, and use your melee weapon or career skill to kill Chaos Warrior.
When you have Blessed Shot or crit, you can oneshot bodyshot all specials except Wargor.

Your Level 10 talent Weight of Fire gives you good range power for breakpoints. Level 20 talent Blessed Combat plus Level 25 talent Salvaged Ammunition gives you the best ammo farm ability, and you always have a couple ammo in the clip to kill Specials.

Prioritize killing Elites/Specials first. Then melee the rest enemies.

Volley Crossbow build
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Description:
With Volley Crossbow build, your non-crit arrows can one shot-bodyshot all Gutter Runner Horde Mobs. Rest of Infantry Specials need two arrows and Armoured Specials need three. Your crit arrows can one shot-bodyshot all Infantry Specials and Packmaster, and one alt-fire volley shot kill Armoured Specials and most of Elites, except Chaos Warrior.
*You also one shot-bodyshot all Horde Mobs with non-crit arrow.

Your Level 10 talent Weight of Fire gives you good range power for breakpoints. Level 20 talent Blessed Combat plus Level 25 talent Salvaged Ammunition gives you the best ammo farm ability, and you always have a couple ammo in the clip to kill Specials.

Prioritize killing Elites/Specials first. Try to melee kill a low health unit to get generated crit before shooting Elites. Then spam your arrows to clean lined-up Horde Mobs. Switch to melee to kill Horde Mobs when they get close.

Repeater Pistol build
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Description:
With Repeater Pistol build, your non-crit left click can two shot-bodyshot Gutter Runner, three shot-bodyshot rest of Infantry Specials, four shot-bodyshot Armoured Special and Packmaster. Your crit alt-fire shot can one shot-bodyshot Special and Elites at close range, including Chaos Warrior.

Your Level 10 talent Open Wounds boosts both your range and melee damage. Level 20 talent Prize Bounty gives you the luxury to run Hunter on range weapon to increase your overall damage.

Only use alt-fire shot when you have guaranteed crit. Use it to kill Elites or shoot at Horde Mobs to give you Hunter to boost your melee damage. But you should never hesitate to shoot specials with left click.

Griffon-foot build
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Description:
With this build, you can one-shot all Skaven/Chaos Specials on the body at close range. You can also one-shot Mauler and Plague Monk/Savage on the body, but for Stormvermin/Bestigor you need two shots on the body or a crit shot.

Your Level 10 talent Open Wounds boosts both your range and melee damage. Level 20 talent Blessed Combat plus Level 25 talent Salvaged Ammunition gives you the best ammo farm ability, and you always have a couple ammo in the clip to kill Specials.

Prioritize killing high density Horde Mobs and unarmoured Elites and Specials. Try to melee kill a low health unit to get generated crit before shooting armoured Elites and Specials. Switch to melee when enemies get too close.

Crossbow Range Focus build
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Description:
With Crossbow Range Focus build, your non-crit arrow can one shot-bodyshot all Infantry/Armoured Skaven units and Packmaster. The rest of Special/Elites need two shot-bodyshot. Your crit arrow can one shot-bodyshot all Special and Elites except Chaos Warrior.

Your Level 10 talent Open Wounds boosts both your range and melee damage. Level 20 talent Prize Bounty reduces your overall reload time, and it allows you to kill two targets in a short period since when Prize Bounty is ready you don't need to reload for the second shot.

Prioritize killing Elites/Specials first. Then spam your arrows to clean lined-up Horde Mobs. Switch to melee to kill Horde Mobs when they get close.

Crossbow Melee Hybrid build
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Description:
With Crossbow Melee Hybrid build build, your non-crit arrow can one shot-bodyshot all Infantry/Armoured Skaven units and Packmaster. The rest of Special/Elites need two shot-bodyshot. Your crit arrow can one shot-bodyshot all Special and Elites except Chaos Warrior and Savage.

Your Level 10 talent Steel Crescendo boosts your melee DPS heavily. Level 20 talent Blessed Combat provides extra damage as you will switch between melee and range fairly frequently.

Prioritize killing Specials first, then use your melee to clear everything. Use range weapon on Elites if it's a Storm Vermin or if your Blessed Shots is ready.

As a melee frontline career, Zealot should funnel enemies in front of you as much as you can and buy space for your range focus and more squishy teammates. When there is a Boss on the field, focus on the weaker mobs first then help your team deal with the Boss. Or pull the Boss aggro onto you so your low health teammates have a better chance surviving.

The breakpoint list here is when Zealot has 6 stacks of Fiery Faith passive. All range weapons are very viable on Zealot, with Brace of Pistols and Crossbow perform better than others most of the time.

Low push/push attack consumption tank build
https://www.ranaldsgift.com/12/112233/31,4,3,6/19,1,5,7/3,2,1/1,5,2/3,2,2
Description:
This build is meant for melee weapons/playstyle that don’t use push/push attack a lot in your combo.
With this build, you should utilize your high tankiness good damage reduction to absorb trash damage, minimize your melee weapon downtime.

The core talent of this build is Level 20 talent Holy Fortitude and Level 25 talent Calloused Without and Within. Both talents provide great tankiness to the career. Combine with Necklace Trait Barkskin you can easily take most of the trash damage without dying.

Recommend to pair with melee weapons like Flail, Axe, Two-Handed Sword, Holy Great Hammer

High push/push attack consumption tank build
https://www.ranaldsgift.com/12/211223/39,4,3,6/19,1,5,7/3,2,1/1,5,2/3,2,2
Description:
This build is meant for melee weapons/playstyle that use push/push attack a lot in your combo.
With this build you should utilize your tankiness to take some trash damage, and abuse the stamina from damage taken to push/push attack. With a weapon with strong push attack, you can use the infinite stamina to crowd control and dealing high damage.

The core talent of this build is Level 20 talent Holy Fortitude and Level 25 talent Redemption through Blood. Holy Fortitude provides good tankiness to the career. Combine with Necklace Trait Barkskin you can take some of the trash damage to trigger Redemption through Blood. And Redemption through Blood gives you the stamina to spam push/push attacks.

Recommend to pair with melee weapons like Falchion, Rapier, Axe and Falchion, Billhook, Skull-Splitter Hammer, Paired Skull-Splitters.

Smite Volley build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/12/321213/39-1-3-6/65-3-7-6/3-2-1/3-4-2/7-3-3
Description:
This build is meant for a volley crossbow focus playstyle.
With this build you should utilize the guaranteed critical strike from Smite to trigger powerful volley crossbow shot on high value target. Combine with Scrounger, you have infinite ammo on your range weapon and have to option to run & gun when it's more efficient or it's not safe to melee.

The core talent of this build is Level 10 talent Smite. Each bolt from the volley crossbow will add a Smite stack, while when the crit triggers all 3 bolts from the volley shot will be critical attacks.

Recommend to pair with melee weapons like Axe and Falchion, Billhook, Paired Skull-Splitters.

As a melee frontline career, Warrior Priest should funnel enemies in front of you as much as you can and buy space for your range focused and squishier teammates. Due to the lack of range weapons (most of the time), you need to try your best to Tag Specials and protect those range careers that can help you deal with them. When there is a Boss on the field, focus on the weaker mobs first then help your team deal with the Boss. Or pull the Boss aggro onto you so your low health teammates have a better chance of surviving.

2. Recommended Melee Weapon Choice

Recommend to use one Horde clear weapon + one Elites burst weapon. Or use one All-rounded weapon + a Defensive weapon. For Level 5 talent option, use Second Wind if you use shield bash attack a lot, otherwise Carve is always better.

Damage build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/19/221113/81-1-4-6/77-1-4-6/3-2-1/1-5-2/7-2-3
Description:
This build is meant for damage focus playstyle. Use one horde clear weapon and use one elites burst weapon(Holy Great Hammer) to provide damage on all types of units.
With this build, you should keep yourself at the frontline all the time to get higher uptime with your passive Righteous Fury and take out high threat elites/funnel horde.

The core talent of this build s Level 10 talent Rising Judgement, which increases your heavy attack damage, and since all weapons used for this build utilize heavy attacks in all situations, this talent will have close to 100% uptime.

Stagger Focus build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/19/111323/79-1-4-6/78-7-3-3/3-2-1/1-5-2/7-2-3
Description:
This build is meant for stagger focus playstyle. Use one all-rounded weapon for damage purposes, and use one defensive weapon for crowd control.
With this build, you can use your defensive weapon for high density and dangerous enemies, as all of them have attacks with have high stagger power moves that can interrupt Elites overhead attacks. And use your all-rounded weapon for DPS purpose.

The core talent of this build are Level 10 talent Unstoppable Force, which gives you more stamina to use high stagger push/push attack from your defensive weapon, and Level 25 talent Prayer of Might, which provides important stagger breakpoints for this build.

As a range damage career, Battle Wizard should always put Special killing as your first priority if your weapon/career skill set allows. Then depends on your choice of range weapon, focus on Elites or Horde Mobs until you reach a point where you need to vent. Or you have to switch to melee weapon to block or generate Temporary Health. Even with some builds that are designed to boost your melee damage, your range weapons are still better against high-density enemies. When there is a Boss on the field, clean Horde Mobs and Specials, then help your team deal with the Boss.

Depends on your build, Battle Wizard should choose different melee weapons for different purposes.

Fireball Staff build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/13/132113/2-4-3-6/46-4-5-6/3-2-1/5-4-2/3-2-3
Description:
With Fireball Staff build, you can one shot-bodyshot all Skaven/Chaos specials with a fully charged fireball.

Your level 10 talent Lingering Flame is the most consistent one for Fireball Staff. And level 30 talent Burnout can give you more time and space to charge them when enemies are rushing towards you. Or use it to chain stagger Elites/Boss twice in a row.

Prioritize killing Specials first. Then focus on Horde Mobs with your staff. Use quick charged fireball on horde/infantry enemies, and full charged fireball on armoured elites. For Boss, use full charged fireball first to apply max DoT, then use quick charged fireball. Use your melee weapon to generate Temporary Health when you have no health to vent. Or clean up some left alone armoured units. So choose melee weapons that have high damage against Armoured units. Use the double Firewalk to stagger high threat units, or reposition yourself.

Flamestorm Staff build
https://www.ranaldsgift.com/13/132113/2,4,3,6/3,4,5,1/3,2,1/5,4,2/3,2,3
Description:
With Flamestorm Staff build, you need to learn the least amount of charge time you need to kill different types of units, so you can optimize your damage uptime. And try your best to Tag Specials for your team.

Your level 10 talent Lingering Flame is the most consistent one for Flamestorm Staff on this row. It also makes your damage against Armoured units and Boss very consistent. The level 30 talent Burnout can give you more time and space to charge them when enemies are rushing towards you. Or use it to clear a path and stagger Specials, chain stagger Elites/Boss twice in a row.

Prioritize killing Horde Mobs and Elites with Infantry/Berserker armour first. Then melee Armoured units with your melee after they have fire DoT on them, so choose weapons with high damage on armour. Though it is still better to use your staff when there are multiple Armoured units unless they are Chaos Warrior. Use the double Firewalk to stagger high threat units, get close and safely kill Specials and reposition yourself.

Conflagration Staff build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/13/133113/3-4-3-6/48-4-5-6/3-2-1/5-4-2/3-2-3
Description:
With Conflagration Staff build, you need to stagger Elites that mix inside the horde for your teammates, and stop Specials like Gutter Runner, Ratling Gunner and Warpfire Thrower with your long range geyser attack.

Your level 10 talent Lingering Flame is the most consistent one for Fireball Staff. And level 30 talent Burnout can give you more time and space to charge them when enemies are rushing towards you. Or use it to chain stagger Elites/Boss twice in a row.

Prioritize staggering Specials and Elites with low charge geyser attack first. Then charge your attack as much as you can to kill Horde Mobs more efficiently. Use your melee weapon to generate Temporary Health when you have no health to vent. Or clean up some left alone armoured units. Choose melee weapons that apply a good amount of DoT since it can benefit from your talent. If the density is too high, use your career skill to instantly kill most of them.

Bolt Staff build
https://www.ranaldsgift.com/13/113113/3,4,3,6/5,4,6,8/3,2,1/1,4,2/3,2,3
Description:
With Bolt Staff build, you can one shot-bodyshot almost all Elites and Specials with level3 charge attack, where Standard Bearer needs two shot and Chaos Warrior needs three. Your level1 charge attack can one shot-bodyshot Skaven/Chaos Horde Mobs and two shot Beastmen Horde Mobs.

Your level 10 talent Volcanic Force boosts your fully charged range attack greatly. And level 30 talent Burnout can give you more time and space to charge them when enemies are rushing towards you. Or use it to chain stagger Elites/Boss twice in a row.

Prioritize killing Elites/Specials first. Then spam your level1 charge attack to clean lined-up Horde Mobs. Use your melee weapon to kill Horde Mobs when they get close, so choose a melee weapon with high horde damage. Use the double Firewalk to stagger high threat units, or reposition yourself.

Beam Staff build
https://www.ranaldsgift.com/13/123112/3,4,3,6/1,3,8,1/3,2,1/5,4,2/3,2,3
Description:
With Beam Staff build, you can two shot-bodyshot all Skaven/Chaos specials with instant snipe attack. The blast attack can kill Skaven Horde Mobs in one shot, Chaos/Beastman in two shot.

Your level 10 talent Famished Flames increase both your range and melee damage by a lot, but you are locked to use DoT apply melee weapons since it reduces other types of damage. Combine with level 30 talent Kaboom!, you can easily kill most of enemies on the field with the press of a button.

Prioritize killing Specials first. Then use your blast attack to kill the rest of the enemies. Use your melee weapon to generate Temporary Health when you have no health to vent. Or clean up some left alone armoured units. Choose melee weapons that apply a good amount of DoT since it can benefit from your talent. If the density is too high, use your career skill to instantly kill most of them. Your Beam Staff also melts Boss very quickly, just press left click at them.

Coruscation Staff build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/13/123112/3-4-3-6/73-3-6-6/3-2-1/3-4-2/3-2-3
Description:
With Coruscation Staff build, you can one shot-bodyshot all Skaven/Chaos specials and all Skaven/Chaos non-chaos warrior elites with left click at close range.

Your level 10 talent Famished Flames increase both your range and melee damage by a lot, but you are locked to use DoT apply melee weapons since it reduces other types of damage. Combine with level 30 talent Kaboom!, you can easily kill most of enemies on the field with the press of a button.

Prioritize killing close range Specials first. Then focus on Horde Mobs with your staff. Always try to fully charge your Coruscation Staff. Use minimal charged fire pit attack to make sure most enemies are stand inside them. Use your melee weapon to generate Temporary Health when you have no health to vent. Try to put fire pit under Armoured Elites and Monster, it does massive damage to all types of units.

As a range damage career, Pyromancer should always put Special killing as your first priority if your weapon/career skill set allows. Then depends on your choice of range weapon, focus on Elites or Horde Mobs until you reach a point where you need to vent, or when you want to switch to melee weapon. Even with some builds that are designed to boost your melee damage, your range weapons are still better against high-density enemies. When there is a Boss on the field, clean Horde Mobs and Specials, then help your team deal with the Boss.

Depends on your build, Pyromancer should choose different melee weapons for different purposes. Only Flame Sword is not recommended since it has poor temporary Health generation on Pyromancer.

Caster build:

Beam Staff build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/14/231112/40-4-3-6/45-1-5-2/3-2-5/5-4-2/3-2-3
Conflagration Staff build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/14/231111/40-4-3-6/48-1-5-2/3-2-5/5-4-2/3-2-3
Fireball Staff build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/14/211112/40-4-3-6/46-4-5-1/3-2-5/5-4-2/3-2-3
Flamestorm Staff build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/14/211212/40-4-3-6/47-4-5-3/3-2-5/5-4-2/3-2-3

Description:
These builds are meant for casting focus playstyle.
With these builds, you should prioritize killing high density Horde Mobs with your staff. Use your Temporary Health to vent to keep casting and keeping rotating yourself to a safer place. Use your melee weapon to generate Temporary Health when you have no health to vent. Or clean up some left alone armoured units. So choose melee weapons that have high damage against Armoured units. Your career skill can regenerate tons of Temporary Health, bursting down high health Elites or picking up Specials in long distance.

With Beam Staff build, you can two shot-bodyshot all Skaven/Chaos specials with instant snipe attack. The blast attack can kill Skaven Horde Mobs in one shot, Chaos/Beastman in two shot.

Your level 10 talent Spirit-Casting helps Beam and Conflagration Staff most since they all heavily benefit from Heat Sink. Ride the Fire Wind boosts Fireball and Flamestorm Staff more because these two staff doesn’t spand a lot of heat each channel and need to be cast constantly.
Your level 20 talent Deathly Dissipation helps most of the staff here. With 10 seconds of infinity heat, you can burst out tons of damage and crowd control. For Flamestorm Staff, you lack the ability to kill Specials and require long channelling time which is a total waste of that 10 seconds window. So use On the Precipice instead since you can manage your heat high without exploding with Flamestorm Staff easily.

Melee build:

Beam Staff build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/14/121312/2-2-3-6/45-1-5-3/3-2-1/5-4-2/3-2-3
Fireball Staff build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/14/121312/2-2-3-6/46-4-5-3/3-2-1/5-4-2/3-2-3
Bolt Staff build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/14/121311/2-2-3-6/49-1-4-3/3-2-1/5-4-2/3-2-3
Coruscation Staff build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/14/121311/2-2-3-6/73-3-6-2/3-2-1/1-4-2/3-2-3

Description:
These builds are meant for melee focus playstyle.
With these builds, you should prioritize gaining high heat with your staff, trigger the Hunter trait during fights, and kill rest units with your melee. So choose a melee weapon with all-around ability for all types of situations. However your range weapon still performs better when you are at low heat or Horde Mobs are grouped up, so don’t hesitate to retreat a bit and switch back to staff for a while. Use your career skill can regenerate tons of Temporary Health, bursting down high health Elites or picking up Specials in long distance.

With Beam Staff build, you can two shot-bodyshot all Skaven/Chaos specials with instant snipe attack. The blast attack can kill Skaven Horde Mobs in one shot, Chaos/Beastman in two shot.

With Bolt Staff build, you can one shot-bodyshot almost all Elites and Specials with level3 charge attack, where Standard Bearer needs two shot and Chaos Warrior needs three. Your level1 charge attack can one shot-bodyshot Skaven/Chaos Horde Mobs and two shot Beastmen Horde Mobs.

With Coruscation Staff build, you can one shot-bodyshot most Special with left click, but all Skaven Specials except Assassin/Gas Rat need close range and 2 shots.

Your level 10 talent Martial Study and level 20 talent One with the Flame gives you a great melee damage boost. The higher heat you have, the more melee damage you deal. If you can keep your Temperory Health high, you can choose Spirit-Casting on level 10 instead for more DPS.

As a range based utility career, Unchained should always put Special killing as your first priority if your weapon set allows. Then depends on your choice of range weapon, focus
on Elites or Horde Mobs until you reach a point where you need to vent, or when you want to switch melee weapon. Even with some builds that are designed to boost your melee damage, your range weapons are still better against high-density enemies. When there is a Boss on the field, clean Horde Mobs and Specials, then help your team deal with the Boss.

Depends on your build, Unchained should choose different melee weapons for different purposes.

Caster build:

Fireball Staff build
https://www.ranaldsgift.com/15/113223/2,4,3,6/2,4,5,1/3,2,5/5,4,2/3,2,3
Flamestorm Staff build
https://www.ranaldsgift.com/15/113223/2,4,3,6/3,4,5,1/3,2,5/5,4,2/3,2,3
Conflagration Staff build
https://www.ranaldsgift.com/15/113223/2,4,3,6/4,4,5,8/3,2,5/5,4,2/3,2,3

Description:
These builds are meant for casting focus playstyle.
With these builds, you should prioritize killing high density Horde Mobs with your staff. Use your Temporary Health to vent to keep casting and keeping rotating yourself to a safer place. Use your melee weapon to generate Temporary Health when you have no health to vent. Or clean up some left alone armoured units. So choose melee weapons that have high damage against Armoured units. Most of the time you want to save your career skill to prevent exploding, so it is not a very reliable option for Temporary Health generation and save it for emergency.

With Beam Staff build, you can two shot-bodyshot all Skaven/Chaos specials with instant snipe attack. The blast attack can kill Skaven Horde Mobs in one shot, Chaos/Beastman in two shot.

Your level 20 talent Conduit makes your Temporary Health more valuable when venting. Level 25 talent Abandon allows you to stay at high heat without worrying about blow up accidentally, providing a much more aggressive playstyle.

Melee build:

Beam Staff build
https://www.ranaldsgift.com/15/113123/2,4,3,6/1,3,5,8/3,2,1/5,4,2/3,2,3
Fireball Staff build
https://www.ranaldsgift.com/15/113123/2,4,3,6/2,4,5,1/3,2,1/5,4,2/3,2,3
Bolt Staff build
https://www.ranaldsgift.com/15/113123/2,4,3,6/5,4,5,8/3,2,1/1,4,2/3,2,3
Coruscation Staff build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/15/113123/2-4-3-6/73-3-6-6/3-2-1/1-4-2/3-2-3

Description:
These builds are meant for melee focus playstyle.
With these builds, you should prioritize at gaining high heat with your staff, and kill rest units with your melee. So choose a melee weapon with all-around ability for all types of situations. However your range weapon still performs better when you are at low heat or Horde Mobs are grouped up, so don’t hesitate to retreat a bit and switch back to staff for a while. Most of the time you want to save your career skill to prevent exploding, so it is not a very reliable option for Temporary Health generation and save it for emergency.

With Beam Staff build, you can two shot-bodyshot all Skaven/Chaos specials with instant snipe attack. The blast attack can kill Skaven Horde Mobs in one shot, Chaos/Beastman in two shot.

With Bolt Staff build, you can one shot-bodyshot almost all Elites and Specials with level3 charge attack, where Standard Bearer needs two shot and Chaos Warrior needs three. Your level1 charge attack can one shot-bodyshot Skaven/Chaos Horde Mobs and two shot Beastmen Horde Mobs.

With Coruscation Staff build, you can one shot-bodyshot most Special with left click, but all Skaven Specials except Assassin/Gas Rat need close range and 2 shots.

Your level 20 talent Dissipate can help you manage heat and prevents you from exploding, especially when you are fighting multiple Elites. Level 25 talent Abandon allows you to stay at high heat without worrying about blow up accidentally, providing a much more aggressive playstyle.

Recommend to pair with melee weapons like Mace, Dagger, Sword, Flaming Flail.

As a range based utility career, Necromancer should always put Special killing as your first priority if your weapon/career skill set allows. Then depends on your choice of range weapon, focus on Elites or Horde Mobs until you reach a point where you need to vent, or when you want to switch to melee weapon. Use your Skeleton summons to help establish frontlines, or sacrifice them to ventilate overcharge so you can use some extra range attacks. When there is a Boss on the field, clean Horde Mobs and Specials, then help your team deal with the Boss.

Depends on your build, Necromancer should choose different melee weapons for different purposes. Only Flame Sword is not recommended since it has poor temporary Health generation on Necromancer.

AoE Caster build:

Beam Staff build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/20/122133/40-4-3-6/45-5-3-6/3-2-1/5-4-2/3-2-3
Conflagration Staff build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/20/122133/2-2-3-6/48-3-5-2/3-2-1/5-4-2/3-2-3
Fireball Staff build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/20/122133/1-4-3-6/46-4-5-1/3-2-1/5-4-2/3-2-3
Coruscation Staff build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/20/122133/2-2-3-6/73-3-6-6/3-2-1/6-4-2/3-2-3

Description:
These builds are meant for casting focus playstyle that prioritize killing high density Horde Mobs with your staff. Use your Temporary Health to vent to keep casting and keeping rotating yourself to a safer place. Use your melee weapon to generate Temporary Health when you want to generate some THP, or clean up some left alone armoured units. You can also sacrifice Skeleton for extra heat for range weapons, and with level 25 talent Lost Souls doing so will also provide you a lot THP.

With Beam Staff build, you can two shot-bodyshot all Skaven/Chaos specials with instant snipe attack. The blast attack can kill Skaven Horde Mobs in one shot, Chaos/Beastman in two shot.

Your level 5 talent Death Ascendent helps your range damage directly, level 20 talent Cursed Blood provides extra AoE and stagger control on the horde, and level 25 talent Lost Souls allows you to constant spam range attacks without worrying about THP.

Snipe Caster build:

Bolt Staff build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/20/113132/2-2-3-6/49-1-4-6/3-2-1/5-4-2/3-2-3
Soulstealer Staff build
https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/20/112132/2-2-3-6/83-1-4-6/3-2-1/5-4-2/3-2-3

Description:
These builds are meant for meant for casting focus playstyle that prioritize killing Elites and Specials. You should use your range weapon to focus on all tagable enemies until you reach a point where you need melee weapon to block or generate Temporary Health. When there is a Boss on the field, focus on it as soon as there are no other threats for you on the map. However, you still need to pay attention and help your team on Specials.

Both Bolt Staff and Soulstealer Staff can oneshot all Specials and Elites with their strongest attack, except super armour units.

Your level 20 talent Cursed Blood combine with level 30 talent Barrow Blades provides extra AoE and stagger control on the horde, and level 25 talent Lost Souls allows you to constant spam range attacks without worrying about THP.