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The threats against the Imperium inDarktideare many.
There are untold millions of souls that have turned from the God Emperor’s light and have embraced Chaos.
The Daemonhost is the most dangerous enemy in Warhammer 40,000: Darktide.
What Is An Elite?
Theyrepredominately melee-focusedlads but they can wield somenasty ranged weapons.
On higher difficulties or certain Mission Modifiers multiple mobs of Elites will spawn.
Dreg Gunner
Dreg Gunners are a pretty annoying Elite to deal with.
Theyrezealots armed with fast-firing auto guns that enjoy pinning you under constant suppressive fire.
If youre caught in the open they can chew through your Toughness and health pretty quickly.
Theyrevulnerable to headshots, so hit them when theyre reloading or if you have a clear shot.
Theyre relativelyunarmored and are vulnerable in primarily the head and the chest.
They also yell a lot as they approach, so you will see and hear them coming.
They can be pretty tricky if youre not packing anything thats good against armored foes.
Their weapons do a lot of damage and they recover quickly from Stagger-based attacks.
Thankfully these large lads are pretty slow and lumbering so you’re able to outpace them easily.
Reaper
The Reaper is the Ogryn equivalent of the Scab and Dreg Gunners.
Elites are very vulnerable to the Psykers Brain Blast move.
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What Is A Specialist?
Specialists are the slightly scarier lads to watch out for.
Certain classes are weak to them, but others are perfect for sniping them before they get too close.
Classes that can counter Specialists and Elites arethe Psyker and Veteran Sharpshooter.
Dreg Tox Flamer
First up we have the Dreg Tox Flamer.
Tox Flamers tend to attack from behind, so watch your back.
Scab Flamer
A slightly morearmored variant of the Flamethrower Specialists.
The Scab Flamer works the same as the Tox Flamer, but hes a bit tankier.
Anything that canchew through his armor or shots to his head and Flamer Tankswill take him down pretty quickly.
Just like the Tox Flamer, this lad willstop and commit to his attack in one particular direction.
The Poxbursters bomb pack will tick and beep as he runs towards you.
If you hear one, take it out fast.
Scab Sniper
Scab Snipers are very dangerous Specialists to encounter, especially in big open areas.
Theyll target you from afar, usually behind enemy lines, and willsnipe you with highly damaging hits.
Thankfully thetell-tale laserthat they use to aim their shots gives them away right before they fire.
However, verify you kill them fast as theyll reposition once you start getting close to them.
Normally one or two shots from a Scab Sniper is enough to down or kill a player.
So dodge and seek cover if you see their laser lining up.
Scab Trapper
The Scab Trapper is a high-threat target on the battlefield.
They dont take a lot of damage to kill, but its their weapon thats the big problem.
Once they get in range theyfire their net gun either point-black or from a few yards away.
Once it hits itpermanently incapacitates a teammate in electric netting.
The downed team member will need to be rescued whilst the Trapper moves on to another target.
If youre unlucky,one Trapper can take down an entire Squad.
So kill this Specialist as soon as it pops up.
The Trappers net also works on Ogryns, so nobody is safe.
Mutant
The Mutant is basically likethe Charger from Left4Dead 2.
Hes a roided-up lad thatcharges right into the midst of your squad to cause all sorts of chaos.
The Weak Point in the majority of Specialists is the head.
So have a Sharpshooter focus on them whenever they appear.
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