But the data was suppressed by pro sword and axe manufacturers with their fingers in imperial politics who feared margin loss. Darktide is easy enough compared to VT, I don't need more easiness (if this is a word at all). The MK VII special has 2 hits in the chain. 5 seconds for the full damage to be dealt, during which the wielder is immobilized. I didn’t think they’d actually animate the parts of the chain you. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide has plenty of weapons to offer. 8. Wrath – For More Cleave to Take on Hordes. You can use the filters to specify your search within this page. The average power level of Equipment determines what can be purchased through the Armory Exchange. Great way to get killed via animation lock. Threat Level. Any weapons like. I played chain axe for hours last night. While I feel the Eviscerator is better, I think the. There’s a wide variety of primary weapon options for the Zealot, unlocked between trust levels one and 25. The MK IV special has 3 hits in the chain. To rev the chainsaw, simply press your Weapon Special Action button (one of the additional mouse buttons by default). Void strike heavy charges and empowered void like fireball attack. For the otherwise unaware, the Eviscerator acts as a two. Including the use of special attacks and light attacks to. Something to point out, the 2 handed power maul and the 2 handed chain axe have been in the game since we first got our hands on it with the Power maul being the weapon the assassination target sometimes uses and the. Used eviscerator and flamer/bolter for most of closed beta, they are great weapons. 1 / 7. If I ramp up some kills for those stacking bonuses, the chain axe still can't catch up on single target (where it should excel with those blessings) and can't come anywhere near the cleave power. Basically, devastating strike (which is only available on this particular chain weapon btw) is now decent on a chainsword, especially if you combine it with bloodthirsty or shred. But there are better blessings. IceNiqqa • 1 yr. While doing some theorycrafting, I think it's possible to god roll a chain axe with between 100% to 150% additional damage with the damage on hit and on kill blessings fully stacked. A lot of the DT sword/axe variants have no way to chain together horde sweeping attacks, and the density of enemies on difficulty 4 or even. On the indivdual weapon pages you can find more information about each weapon's stats. Chain axe IS bad ass, makes me feel like a ork bunny hopping towards a sniper or gunner revving away and then turning him into a fountain of gore and sparks. Bro ill take a sign post with concrete. Knife without bleed trait (+45% weakspot damage on bleeding target) sucks against armor too, and it still sucks against mauler because of the superarmor head vs. The Sword cleaves really well and has an overhead for elites. 5. r/DarkTide. This would put it in the same dodge category as the Chainsword. Liste de bénédictions. There’s a wide variety of primary weapon options for the Zealot, unlocked between trust levels one and 25. Screw the Boltgun. Ever since it got tweaked it's honestly the best chain weapon. So it isn't unreliable, you just gotta use the right setup =P. Press the buttom to get a detailed deacription of the weapon, and READ the text that talks about the. Antax Mk V Combat Axe. VETERAN CLASSMAP HAB DREYKO Transit Hub HL-16-11, “Chasm Terminus”Special condition - Ventilation Purge#gaming #warhammer #warhammer40k #darktideAbout the axe, i preffer because of the high damage (be heavy or light attacks), its a more defensive approach than the knife (which i think it suits best to zealot) when playing with veteran. 470 is super high too. Best two perks to have at the same time are infested and carapace. Oct 20 @ 7:03am Looking at the chain weapon stats confuses me - Chain Axe activation attack heavy (76%) 489 DMG - Chain Sword. . I initially figured that the different patterns were the same as weapon illusions (skins) from VT2. 470 is. Go to DarkTide r/DarkTide • by [deleted] View community ranking In the Top 1% of largest communities on Reddit. While using the Chainsaw in combat you can switch between light and special. I'd used chainswords, eviscerators, and now I get to try this axe. the atrox mk VII tactical axe has the crit chance bonus if you have that axe with Shred you get pretty high crit chance. M35 Magnacore Mk II Plasma Gun. I enjoy the chain axe and semi auto lasgun the most so ideally a build that works around that as a main weapons would be appreciated! Just kind of. Axe out DPS's chain weapons and while the chain weapons have more "burst" it comes with enormous risk of animation lock and is not something you can do all the time or in the middle of a horde. Locke Mk IIb Spearhead Boltgun. Ekon_omo. Block cancel and misses can reset the attack chain. Catachan Devil Claw MK IV - Level 8. From the developers of the best-selling and award-winning co-op action franchise Vermintide, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a visceral 4-player co-op action game set in the hive city of Tertium. Antax Mk V Combat Axe - Weapon Showcase Darktide WH40K. by Zn0nym0us. Rybka980. Blessings are split up between Weapon Types, you can use the filter to narrow down the search results. Not to mention the knife has innate 30% crit chance, and zealot tree is packed with "on melee crit" perks. ago. It does heavy single target damage, especially with Thrust and cleaves hordes just as well, even. Plus, if you spin it up and crank back a heavy swing it can one shot some pretty seriously armored heretics. From the developers of the best-selling and award-winning co-op action franchise Vermintide, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a visceral 4-player co-op action game set in the hive city of Tertium. Me, I like sharpshooter, running on boltgun/shotgun/recon las with a chain axe. Yeah I think give the thunder hammer more cleave on push and it's perfectly viable, it would be a midpoint between the evisc (S+ horde control) and the chain axe (S+ single target). This is my most used melee weapon in the entire game. Tactical axe/combat knife etc. 0. Best elite tac axe. But I'll take the broken barrel of a Leman Russ at this point. Void strike heavy charges and empowered void like fireball attack. 25 brought a ton of weapon tweaks alongside general bug fixes and improvements. Weapons List for Darktide (currently at 57) This is work in progress, right now we have 57 individual weapons in our weapons database. Hard to tell, given that the description on some of the blessings in the game appears to be outright wrong. ago. 547 atrox vii here. Playing as Zealot Preacher with the chainaxe on heresy difficulty. Its because the chain axe takes three hits to do what the regular axe can do in one. While I feel the Eviscerator is better, I think the light attack rev plus the push attack is the b. Switched to knife and Bolter, tactical axe and flamer occasionally. Scab Shooter saw a reduction of damage from shots by 20% and the base cooldown after shots are increased by 0. Zealot with combat axe V and brutal momentum is finally fun. From the developers of the best-selling and award-winning co-op action franchise Vermintide, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a visceral 4-player co-op action game set in the hive city of Tertium. Put the sword/pistol in the ranged slot so you can’t block with it and treat it similar to the GG. They also plan to add plenty more with new DLCs coming later. Savage Sweep makes horde clear better, though it still won't be as good as other weapons like BM axe or heavy sword. The only way i can think to balance it to be appropriately strong according to lore while being balanced with other weapons, is power supply. The special attack applies bleed to the enemy. Heavy weapons are the Zealot’s bread and butter, so grab yourself a Thunder Hammer, Eviscerator, or Chain Axe and get mauling, slicing, and. But hey, if you’ve got sith psyker or another zealot w/ eviscerator works pretty darn good. I assumed that it would follow the logical convention that chainsword, like sword = better at cleaving multiple groups of enemies, and chainaxe, like axe. Chain axe really doesn't even come close unfortunately, the dagger enables your 75% damage reduction talent to actually work somewhat reliably and. No matter how good you play, chain axe underperforms to a lot of weapons. ago. Tigrus Mark II Heavy Eviscerator is the best melee weapon for the Zealot class. Flak, and maniac are not needed since you will reach breakpoints on. All of the heavy attacks can be swung against heads of armored/elites once you adjust, and. Chainswords couldn't be born without it! 5. X Bleed Stacks from Special Attacks. It’s been hard for me to switch to chain weps cause they feel so darn slow after combat axe!Power axe would be good, any polearms, more force weapons, power/chain fists, I like chain hammers and chain flails despite how rarely they’re seen. They hit hard and feel great. On Carapace the Axe. The attack is very quick, so if the enemy attack sound happens, it's easy to react. Turtolsky Mk VI/IX Heavy Sword. Also consider Opening Salvo, as I believe others have stated that the whole first burst counts for the. Neither type of axe requires brutal momentum and you can do some serious damage with a crit build with shred and decimator/headtaker. Mission Board. TBH, just being able to cleave one additional poxwalker, with the current itteration. ago. Fun, but limited use. talent changes with Hammer are +attack speed at lower health instead of +impact on 3, and +ranged damage in close combat instead of +damage on melee attack. It does great single target damage but is weirdly sticky. From the developers of the best-selling and award-winning co-op action franchise Vermintide, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a visceral 4-player co-op action game set in the hive city of Tertium. Here is the full list. The leaked 2 handed axe doesn't look like it was snatched from hands of world eaters. I'm not sure of the best way, but I got it on Throneside, Aegis Station. Use the Kantrael Lasgun XII. It could always be a variation as well (like how the Eviscerator is basically the Bretoniab long sword move set without the charge attack blocking mechanic). decimator/headtaker are situational. So I plunged into the new skill tree and min-maxed everything related to that play style: speed, stamina, dodge bonuses, loner etc. Their attacks are quite slow so you can avoid them by dodging. Fight together with your friends against hordes of enemies in this new Warhammer 40,000 experience. However, if you hit an enemy while it is revved, it will stick into them and inflict massive damage over the next second. A Tier Darktide Ranged Weapons Tier List. easily switch to it at a moment's notice and use it to create breathing room when under pressure (power-sword is bad at this) 3. Chainaxe will be killing lots of infested as your cc option and if you use thrust the carapace will allow you to one. And ghost, making you immune to ranged really helps even non-vets keep up a fire fight. This video will give a basic understanding of some of the important mechanics of combat in Warhammer 40k Darktide! Weapons are important yo!0:00 - Intro0:11. It has some upsides over a Thunder Hammer (faster speed, quicker to kill split up enemies) but more downsides. MK VII is a mix of the two and has more complicated combo chains that have to switch attacks a lot to (light → combo → light → heavy → combo etc. This is a lie, Eviscerater is two-handed, so is the thunder hammer. This special attack inflicts a lot more damage than base attacks. TIL blessings were designed with a malicious intent, so that 2 of them per weapon outperform the rest by a mile, a lot of them are. From the developers of the best-selling and award-winning co-op action franchise Vermintide, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a visceral 4-player co-op action game set in the hive city of Tertium. This will temporarily activate the weapon’s chainsaw. Khorne's Blood-Axe: Chain axe with light attacks that apply 1 stack of Khorne Bleed, heavy attacks cause 3, max stacks of 10. Flamer took care of hordes which was the axes biggest weakness. US$2. When the gun was empty I switched to the axe and messaged my group and never switched back to the gun, the passive auro ammo doesn't count. But any blessing that increases cleave on chainsword, damage in multiple hits, is good. The chainsword is terrible. Chain axe. ago. The builds will be displayed here on this page under "Most Recently Updated". #1 ♂TheBlasterMaster™ Dec 7, 2022 @ 11:05am I currently play with a tactical axe and was waiting for a chain axe or a chain sword to show up. I haven't tried the infiltrator build which MIGHT make it worth using, especially with all the crazy melee boosts you get out of it, but so far the buffs to it are definitely nice and make it actually pretty decent unlike before where it was kinda bad unless you had extremely. The majority of Darktide’s combat will revolve around cleaving through multiple enemies in a single swing, making this move fantastic for any weapon. The one mk. warhammer-40k-darktide; Share. I used the revolver and ran up and shot enemies in the chest, when a bulwark or mauler spawned I emptied the revolver into the shield. Personally I feel it's because they have a bit of an identity crisis. Wrath grants you a 10-20% Cleave on hit, stacking up to five times. Turtoisky MK VI Heavy Sword - Level 4. 12 Penguins for the Bloodgod. Extension Ladders; Ladder & Scaffolding Accessories; Multi Position Ladders;. You can also get the Indignatus Mauler as well, which is another two handed beast, that. So swapping weapon, blocking, pushing or waiting a bit will reset the buff. Like lots of Darktide outside the core gameplay loop it was a good idea with poor implementation. An Antax Combat Axe (that's the blue heavy axe) with 77% damage will do 224 damage on light attack and 291 damage on a heavy attack. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos News Guides Reviews. Plus knife is a different sort of fun but definitely equally as fun. The light attack and special attack don’t have it, and the heavy attack is just plain bad at it. Vanguard. I'm still exploring this new (to me) interaction. A key ingredient in these games is a roster of special enemies that challenge players in unique. One of the videos with datamines and leaks shows a chain axe much larger than the normal version, basically what the Maulers use. It's one of two 2handed weapons in the game thus far (supposedly there's a 2h chain axe). Bloodletting (rank ten): 10% melee crit chance for three seconds on melee hit against. The MK IV special has 3 hits in the chain. ), it is an all-round axe that is tricky to use but might be the best when mastered. It takes approximately 0. Antearz. Wondering if the decimator and shred blessing meaningless in this situation since it may not count as. The MK VII special has 2 hits in the chain. Perks to use - Exhilarating Takedown (10% toughness on ranged weak spot kill) - Sniper (20% bonus damage based on distance) - Covering Fire (Allies in range regain 10% toughness on your kill of ranged enemies) - Duck and Dive. Antax Mk V Combat Axe. Eviscerator would "stick" to enemy a little when hitting higher mass, elite enemies and give you a few ticks of that sweet. The damage resistance is nice but I prefer the axe DPS. ago. High base crit on the knife with the bonus allow you to have 100% uptime on faith restored without having to be in combat for a duration hoping to roll for it. At least on the Catachan sword and the Combat axe the attack patterns are quite different. As long as you keep attacking in a way that qualifies as an "attack chain" with no pauses or other actions like blocking or pushing. r/DarkTide • The difference in damage between using chastise the Wicked before doing a special heavy attack with an eviscerator against a crusher VS doing the special heavy attack first and then activate the ult in the process of sawing. BLESSINGS. Dreg Bruiser:. The Darktide Eviscerator is incredibly fun and satisf. 5 Cadia Mk IV Assault Chainsword. notice_me_senpai- • 9 mo. Brutal Momentum is also S Tier, arguably one of the best horde clear weapons in the game with it. Without further ado, here they are. I just ran one on an attack speed build, and it became a terrifyingly effective weapon in and out of hordes. Watch on. Decimator works like this - after the second hit, every additional consecutive hit adds a stack of +4% power, up until the stack cap. En outre, il y a une explication pour certains des mots-clés en dessous du tableau. Disregarding the effectiveness of it (it's a lighter weapon after all), the impact/sound effect of it hitting enemy still leaves much to be desired. On this Darktide website you can find Builds, create your own with the Build Editor and search for anything else related to Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. I didn't use the Autopistol in the Beta, but I did use the Revolver and the swap time is nearly instant. Hard to tell, given that the description on some of the blessings in the game appears to be outright wrong. Rashad Mk II Combat Axe. If you keep the pace of strikes up, the only strike that doesn't count is the very first one, even if you loop back to the first light or heavy attack in the chain. Twitch Chainaxe is a sleeper hit in the chain weapon arensal. On the flip side, if you block cancel to get back to a certain attack, you'll break the chain and your next strike won't count, only the one after. From the developers of the best-selling and award-winning co-op action franchise Vermintide, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a visceral 4-player co-op action game set in the hive city of Tertium. They have different purpose. chain axe has great single target damage but are horrendous for horde control/killing - the absolute worst weapon against hordes in factBuuuuuuuut, it is definitely more of a single target weapon, despite the killing power, we’re taking a little longer to clear hordes, and not doin a ton of cc. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos News Guides Reviews. strikedown on heavy 1 for amoured enemies. It's basic attack is too clunky to deal with hordes efficiently compared to chainsword. give the ogryn a massive fucking chain axe and i'll cream everywhere Reply. • 5 mo. Started with Psyker. I always play Darktide with my brother, who picks the AoE crowd control role (fire a plus) in. Pictures of two handed Chainaxes for imperial forces are basically nonexistent. I assumed that it would follow the logical convention that chainsword, like sword = better at cleaving multiple groups of enemies, and chainaxe, like axe = better at dealing with individual heavily armored elites. 0. #1. I use combat axes on veteran at T4 and 5 and the ability to just behead every normal enemy on light attacks and chain stun the elites is golden. 25 brought a ton of weapon tweaks alongside general bug fixes and improvements. Free One handed Chain Bardiche. ), it is an all-round axe that is tricky to use but might be the best when mastered. Pretty sure an axe also gets more stagger to make your heavy spam safer than chainsaw attack. Blessing. At which level does the Orestes Mk IV Assault Chainaxe unlock for the Veteran Sharpshooter in Darktide? The Orestes Mk IV Assault Chainaxe unlocks for the Veteran. r/DarkTide. Neon1024 Neon1024. . What is the ingame use for the chain axe? I’ve used it and the power sword and the power sword seems to cut through hordes and elites alike but the chain axe has me fixed on. Go to DarkTide r/DarkTide •. From the developers of the best-selling and award-winning co-op action franchise Vermintide, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a visceral 4-player co-op action game set in the hive city of Tertium. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. Reply Legitimate-Elk-3627 •. Chain weapons are synonymous with Warhammer 40K so, of course, there needed to be at least a few of them in Darktide. Now when you press the key, you can finally rev your Chainsaw. This is not what I have experienced in testing. If you hit an enemy while it’s revved though, it. Poxwalker: The second most common type of enemy in Darktide, the Poxwalker is slightly more dangerous than the Groaner and often spawns behind your squad to ambush. Comes in three flavors: MkII favors constant use of heavies, Mk IV favors constant use of lights, MkVII requires you to be flexible and know your chains (Heavy 1 to Light 2 chain, Light 1 to Heavy 2 to Heavy 1) but is. Have a look at this summary table below for the best Melee Weapons. All you have to do is press your weapon’s “Special Action” button to rev your chainsaw. Fight together with your friends against hordes of enemies in this new Warhammer 40,000 experience. Trasen56. Use. This stat is extremely helpful when you face hordes of strong enemies. Out of all of the weapons available in Darktide, three of them offer chainsaw capabilities. Still semi-auto. It does great single target damage but is weirdly sticky. Kettmando. What the chainaxe could really use is Brutal Momentum - it's very difficult to hit a rager in the middle of a horde - but I'm fairly sure that blessing cannot roll on a chainaxe at all. The ability to always be dodging, with long, fast dodges drastically increased my survival. If you kill a dude with a weakspot hit your attack keeps going. Antax V for combat axe. ugh, Did some testing recently, on chain axe, it only applies to next attack, and then I'm not 100% sure about this, but I think the cooldown is until you're out of combat, or it's very wonky because of the saw rip mechanic. DARKTIDE Zealot Eviscerator and Flamer Purgation gameplay with the biggest Chainsword in Warhammer 40k. Go to DarkTide r/DarkTide •. The two blessings I’m looking for are Bloodletter and Shred, to try a Zealot crit/bleed build that would not involve the knife moveset. ago. Flamethrower deals with crowds and chain axe deals with small groups and individuals. I bought a 500 chain axe from melk yesterday with head hunter AND thrust. Loose the %8 Increased Melee Damage and put Flak or Unyield/Carapace for extra damage to Bulwarks/Crusher and you'll be good to go. notice_me_senpai- • 9 mo. This means that, depending on your current level, you have a ton of grinding to do before you have a high enough level to get it. Filter by class, type or range/melee. Best two perks to have at the same time are infested and carapace. The bonus sprint speed, dodge distance, and stamina benefits make the Psykinetic feel much more 'kinetic' and improves. How to Activate Chainsaw Weapons in Darktide. Thunderous. The chain axe does around 3. 2. The first heavy attack is a horizontal slash that cleaves until it reaches its cleave limit (whether that is armour, high density single target or a ton of horde enemies) like a normal attack. Escapissed • 6 mo. SPOILER. . . So las guns or pistols. Also give ogryn literally any two-handed melee weapon. . Welcome to the Builds section of Darktide Warhammer 40k. Axe saw darktide. Weird to be using the same weapon for so many levels. Go to DarkTide r/DarkTide •. Locke Mark IIb Spearhead Boltgun and Artemia Mark III Purgation Flamer are the two best heavy weapons for. ago. sometimes one is better than the other. 10/12/14/16. Reply AngryChihua Harakonari an tellika regala. Limbsplitter is great if blocking or push attack spamming a lot. Killing an enemy that is Bleeding will spread all stacks to nearby enemies. Decimator is also incredibly strong if you don't use push/push attacks regularly. Reply more replies. When you get to use it, it’s a blast. 1K Online. It’s pretty good. I'm sure some have noticed but it took me a little while to. These are your primary source of damage. 40. It’s like those old video games where button mashing punishes the player and it’s about timing more than big swings. Squishytoaster • 5 mo. backstab isn't bad, but i like the combo'd bleed blessings more extra cleaning power. It's pretty beautiful. Even before Cruxian nerf. memester230 •. Horde-Clear,Though, honestly, if you really want to use a Bromentum Tac Axe on Psyker then a Mk2 would be better IMO; the heavy attacks on the Mk2 are both better suited for hordes (the swings are more horizontal, whereas the Mk4 and Mk7 both have at least one vertical swing / single target attack in their combos). it doesn't work: - Currently the eviscerator can't hit more than 5 enemies. also I only have one friend playing the game with me, that could work out builds to synergies togther but they currently play psyker. There are limited options for increasing damage through blessings on Eviscerator, so Bloodletter is probably your best option for killing hard targets faster. Tac axe if you go with a crit build. Doing this will activate the weapon’s chainsaw for a few seconds. 25, courtesy of Steam: Ogryn. Antax MK V Combat Axe - Level 3. If you want a crit build, then use a speedy weapon. On Heresy Threat or higher, kill 75 Elite or Specialist enemies with Powered Melee Attacks (Chain or Power weapons). Free LEGION CHAIN AXES. It should one hit the mutant. I would love to use a chain axe but it's God awful at the moment. Needless to say, everyone died because 3 knife zealots all running off in their own direction while I'm at the back, realising the chain axe is not as good as the chainsword. Kuoni Trahho. This would put it in the same dodge category as the Chainsword. All around very weak. < > Also chain axe. At which level does the Orestes Mk IV Assault Chainaxe unlock for the Veteran in Darktide? The Orestes Mk IV Assault Chainaxe unlocks for the Veteran at level 15. More or less, give or take a handful of weapons, this is what the launch day arsenal for Darktide is going to. Since day one of Darktide I wanted a chain axe because it's cool. Chainaxe Tip: Block Push Followup Attack for Horde Management. r/DarkTide • Chain weapons need love, and an identity. Unless you hit an enemy in that time, the chainsaw will stop revving, and you’ll need to press it again. The 'Traits' on a weapon in Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a system comprised of two things. If you had a build focussed around crit procs you could find a list of viable. The chain axe is utterly brutal. Usually go with confirmed kill, sniper, bio-optic targeting, camo. This weapon blessing is one of the best Blessings in Darktide to take if you love Cleave and use either the Assault Chainsword or the Devil’s Claw sword. 7. Otherwise I actually prefer combat axe mk 3 & 5 which has some cleave for survivability and hit hard on light. Having Headtaker/Slaughterer on that weapon on top of Zealot's Rising Conviction and Martyrdom just feels so good. It's amazing damage, cleave, and safety. ago. From what I understand it doesn't lose to the Power Sword by much and it also has a special. Evi/Chaxe: 80-90% D-Distance 3-4 limit. The Most Versatile Sharpshooter Build and Tips - Trash your Boltgun. Turtolsky Mk VI/IX Heavy Sword. Only usable chain axe build rn is getting the 16 bleed stacks and Thunderous as blessings. Chain axes and power swords . I bought an Axe thats 40 Points higher in its rating than my Chainsword. Feels slightly more maneuverable than the eviscerator. From the developers of the best-selling and award-winning co-op action franchise Vermintide, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a visceral 4-player co-op action game set in the hive city of Tertium. The best melee weapon is the combat axe, specifically the Rashaad. Warhammer 40K: Darktide combines two great bits of tech into a single weapon on many occasions and to incredible effect. As soon as you stop attacking, this resets. Reply nihilus_rex •. If you found something that is missing please report it either here or in our discord in the feedback section. It can do anything, but worse than a. DARKTIDE Veteran Boltgun gameplay with the best Bolter in Warhammer 40k videogame history. Dec 15, 2022 @ 6:37pm Chain Axe camera. The Zealot Preacher is a melee-based class that performs its best in close-range combat. In the case of the axes, an improvement in their base cleave would have been welcome, while a nerf to Brutal momentum such that they are still less powerful than before would have made other axe blessings more viable, while still preserving the benefit of BM. Zealot doesn't really need faster saw kills since push attacks already set up safe sawing, but you can probably run a damage reduction/cooldown-resetting gimmick with just Bloodthirsty.