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How to get and use a Darktide Psyker Staff
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

How to get and use a Darktide Psyker Staff

Learn how to get and use the Psyker Staff in warhammer 40000 darktide. Unlocks around level 13, with different variants like Trauma, Voidstrike, Surge, and Purgatus.

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Learn how to get and use the Psyker Staff in warhammer 40000 darktide. Unlocks around level 13, with different variants like Trauma, Voidstrike, Surge, and Purgatus.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    The Psyker Staff is a weapon that unlocks through the leveling process of the Psyker class.
  2. 2
    You can typically start finding one at level 13.
  3. 3
    Staves begin appearing in the shop and the Requisitorium when you start grinding weekly challenges and currencies.

Psyker Force Staff Variants:

  • Trauma Force: Heavy attack charges an explosion on the ground, with its size growing over time.
  • Voidstrike: Heavy attack sends forth a white void ball that explodes in a small area on impact.
  • Surge Force: Heavy attack charges lightning attacks that lock onto nearby enemies, stunning and dealing damage. It can potentially fork to other nearby enemies, dealing minor damage and stunning them while they are electrocuted.
  • Purgatus Force Staff: Throws volleys of fire from the staff, similar to a Flamer.

How to Use the Psyker Force Staff:

  1. Once acquired, the Psyker Staff is used as a ranged weapon.
  2. Your primary ranged attack sends out a white-ish ball that detonates on enemies and surfaces.
  3. This primary attack has a fairly slow rate-of-fire but offers decent damage.
  4. Each primary attack costs around 5 peril.
  5. This cost is offset by the Psyker class's lack of ammunition.
  6. You can spend peril using the weapon's special attack for an Area of Effect (AOE) attack.
  7. The special move is a circular radius attack that detonates instantly, effective against groups of enemies.
  8. You will build peril while channeling the special move, and then gain a burst of peril when it explodes. In the October beta, this was around 35 peril per cast.
  9. The primary fire is a decent tool for picking off enemies at range, saving you from engaging in melee and risking low toughness and HP.
  10. Use the special move primarily for hordes, as its detonation range is somewhat grenade-like and makes a great horde clearer.
  11. A combo involves using the special move, building high peril, and then using your class ability to dump that peril into another staff special move, allowing you to control peril, clear enemies, and CC them.
  12. The flamethrower and lightning variations are similar and likely ways to get cleave damage using different damage types.
Tips
  • Use the primary fire for picking off individual enemies at range.
  • Save the special attack for when large groups of enemies (hordes) approach.
  • Consider the combo of using the special attack, building peril, and then using your class ability to unleash another special attack for maximum effect.
  • The different staff variants offer unique ways to deal damage and control crowds.

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