Dartkide Ogryn Skullbreaker Class Guide: The Tank Build: Guide

Master the Ogryn Skullbreaker tank build in Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. Learn about the best weapons, feats, and strategies to dominate hordes and protect your team.

The Ogryn in Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a formidable force, excelling as a tank with high damage reduction and toughness. This guide focuses on the Skullbreaker subclass, optimizing it for survivability and crowd control.

Ogryn Strengths:

• Exceptional damage reduction and toughness.
• Extended melee attack range.
• Powerful Blitz ability (grenade box) for hitting weakpoints and armored enemies.
• Aura provides allies with 10% heavy melee attack damage.
• Passives include Thick Skin (20% toughness/health damage reduction), 35% bonus melee stagger, and Loyal Protector for easier revives.
• Faster movement while carrying objective items.
• One extra wound compared to other classes.

Ogryn Weaknesses:

• Lacks ranged capabilities.
• Limited build diversity compared to other classes.

Recommended Ogryn Tank Weapons

The cornerstone of the tank build is the Slab Shield. Its special ability allows you to block incoming damage in a 90-degree arc, negating toughness and stamina drain. It also draws significant aggro, aiding in crowd control. The Slab Shield excels at melee clear, especially when combined with the Ogryn's stagger bonus.

For ranged options, consider the Twin Stubber for sustained fire against hordes or the Ripper Gun for close-range annihilation, particularly after a Bull Rush.

Ogryn Feats for the Tank Build

Level 5: Situational

All three feats offer toughness replenishment. The choice depends on your weapon's strengths:

• Aura Buff: Recommended when using the Slab Shield, especially if allies are in coherency range.
• Single Enemy/Cleave Heavy Attack: Useful for leveling or if your weapon excels in these areas.

Level 10: Level Dependent

• Heavy Weight: A strong defensive choice against specialist enemies.
• Bombs Away: Adds extra damage and AOE to your thrown grenade box, beneficial on higher difficulties with Carapace armored enemies.
• Bleed Talent: Applies bleeds with heavy attacks. Works best with the Slab Shield and becomes more effective later.

Level 15: Preference

• Coherency Radius Buff: Enhances team support.
• Movement Speed Buff after Bull Rush: Useful for repositioning and engaging targets.
• 10% CDR on Elite Kill: Good for frequent ability usage, especially with the Lynch Pin aura.

Level 20: Bloodthirst

Grants +10% damage resistance per bleeding enemy in melee range, stacking up to 5 times. This synergizes exceptionally well with the Slab Shield's heavy attack, providing a significant and consistent damage reduction buff.

Level 25: Payback Time

When damaged by an enemy, gain a +20% damage bonus against that enemy type for 5 seconds. This offers a substantial DPS increase, especially when deliberately taking hits from larger enemies. While Raging Bull offers better horde control, Payback Time is generally superior for personal damage output.

Level 30: Bull Gore

Adds +2 bleed stacks to enemies hit by Bull Rush. This feat allows the Ogryn to quickly apply bleeds to shooters or spread them through hordes, further enhancing survivability by keeping toughness up while tanking and spanking.