In the world of Darktide, there are a huge arsenal of melee weapons, each with its unique uses, purpose, and combo in combat. This guide gives you the lowdown on all these weapons, with basic info and some handy tips. Whether it’s a Tertium 4 or 5 weapon, this guide has got you covered with information on all of them.
Weapon Modifiers
First Target is the first heretic to be hit in an attack, while cleave damage is every target after.
Attack Types
Wide angle swipe, either horizantal or 45 degrees sweep, used to deal damage to multiple targets at once, best used against hordes or multiple enemies.
Relentless
Similar to Vanguard, Wide angle swipe, either horizontal or 45 degrees sweep, but focuses on staggering targets rather than damaging targets. those attacks do higher stagger, and aims at crowd control more than crowd removing.
Strike down
Attacks that are based to engage a single target, mostly are top down attacks, that are aimed at the head of the enemy, most attacks in strike down does extra damage, due to its constraint to single target damaging.
Assassin
Attacks on single target, that gets higher damage multiplier when targeting a weakspot, or a critical hit, or even both.
Combos
Those attack patterns are predefined, player can infuse the light and heavy attack pattern together, as per picture.
First heavy attack is relentless, aimed at hordes, yet following in combo is strike down, if a player want to clear hordes, use of Heavy Attack + Light Attack would allow to reset the combo back to the relentless attack, therefore the player created an infused combo.
Catachan Swords
- Versatile
- Huge Pool of Blessings
- Jack of all Trades
- Parry Special Attack
- Very Basic
Although Scab boss attack is unblockable , even if blocked by normal (holding defense or right click) would still bypass your toughness and damage you,parry you immune.
Catachan MK I “Devil Claw” Sword
Light Attack Combo: ↙|↘|↓
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right | Top down.
Heavy Attack Combo: ←|→
Horizontal Right to Left | Horizontal Left to Right.
- Good Anti Waves
- Perfect heavy attacks for waves
- Lacks anti single target Attacks
- Push Attack Sweep
Catachan MK IV “Devil Claw” Sword
Light Attack Combo: ↙|↘|←|↗
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right | Horizontal Right to center | 45° Left to Right
Heavy Attack Combo: ↓|→
Top Down|Horizontal left to right.
- Versatile weapon
- Heavy attacks as Combo opener
- Jack of trades.
- Push Attack, Top Down
Custom Combos:
Anti Waves: Light + Heavy
This combo does constant horizontal sweeps on target weakspots, expect for first light attack of the whole combo.
Anti Specials: Heavy + Light
it would allow the continue using of the strike down heavy attack quickly.
Catachan MK VII “Devil Claw” Sword
Light Attack Combo: ↙|↘|↓
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right | Top down
Heavy Attack Combo: →|↓
Horizontal right to left | Top down
- Best of the Series Anti Specials
- Acceptable level of Anti Horde
- Heavy Attack Combo Opener
- Push Attack Stab
Custom Combos:
Anti Waves: Heavy + Light
This combo constant of heavy attack horizontal sweep, and a light attack slash.
Combat-Tactical Axes
Combat axes are heavier , that do more damage and stagger, while tactical axes are fast, and does higher damage on weakspot or critical hits.
- High Stamina & Dodge Limit
- High Damage & Penetration
- Low Weapon Length
Axe vs Crusher
Antax MK V Combat Axe
Light Attack Combo: ↙|↘|→
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right | Top down
Heavy Attack Combo: |↓|↓|↓
Top down | Top down | Top down
- Highest Single Target Damage
- Only Axe with Cleave Damage
- Heavy & Slow Swings
- High Stagger Special Attack
Keep in mind Antax is one of the best axes in game, but it have a weird issue, its heavy attack does much lower damage to maniac than light attacks, so targets as flamers, Dreg Rager (non armored angry boi), spam them with light attacks.
Achlys Mk VIII Combat Axe
Light Attack Combo: ↓|↙|↘
Top Down | 45° Right to Left | 15° Left to Center
Heavy Attack Combo: |↓|↓|↓
Top down | Top down | Top down
- High Single Target Damage
- High Critical Power Damage & WeakSpot
- Heavy & Slow Swings
- High Stagger Special Attack
Rashad MK II Combat Axe
Light Attack Combo: ↙|↘|←
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right | Horizontal Right to Left
Heavy Attack Combo: |↓|↓|↓
Top down | Top down | Top down
- High Single Target Damage
- High Crit Power Damage & WeakSpot
- Heavy & Slow Swings
- High Stagger Special Attack
Atrox MK II Tactical Axe
Light Attack Combo: ↓|↘|↓
Top Down | 45° Left to Right | Top Down
Heavy Attack Combo: |↘|↙
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right
- Very Fast Attacks
- Weakspot combo
- Requires Weakspot to do Damage.
- High Stagger Special Attack Combo
Atrox MK IV Tactical Axe
Light Attack Combo: ↖|↘|↙
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right | 45° Right to Left
Heavy Attack Combo: |↓|↗
Top Down | 20° Left to Center
- Fast Attacks
- Cleaving Combos
- Requires Weakspot to do Damage.
- High Stagger Special Attack Combo
Atrox MK VII Tactical Axe
Light Attack Combo: ↓|↗|↙
Top Down | 45° Left to Right | 45° Right to Left
Heavy Attack Combo: |↙|↓
45° Right to Left | Top Down
- Fast Attacks for an axe
- Highest Damage of Atrox Axes
- Slow Attack speeed
- High Stagger Special Attack Combo
Power Swords
- High Damage, Stagger & Penetration
- Versatile
- Requires lot of weapon charging
- Heavily reliant of Power Cycler Blessing
A Swords with PowerCycler Tier 4 Blessing, can do up to 3 attacks in a row
Munitorum MK III Power Sword
Light Attack Combo: ↙|↘
45° Right | 45° Left
Heavy Attack Combo: ←|→
Horizontal Right to left | Horizontal Left to right
- Universal Combo.
- High Damage & Stagger.
- Requires Charging.
- Lack of anti special attack.
Munitorum MK VI Power Sword
Light Attack Combo: ←|→|↙|↘
Horizontal Right to left | Horizontal Left to right | 45° Right | 45° Left
Heavy Attack Combo: ↙|↗
45° Right | 45° Left
- Single target combo.
- Strong push attack damage.
- Requires Charging.
- Cant stagger lot of specials together at once.
Assault Chainswords
- High Damage
- Revving/Sawing stuns most targets
- Requires starting of the engine
- Sawing makes you vulnerable to attacks
Sawing an armored target
Sawing makes you vulnerable, yet dashing breaks the sawing allowing you to dodge attacks.
Cadia MK IV Assault Chainsword
Light Attack Combo: ↙|↘|←||↘
45° Right | 45° Left | Horizontal Right to left | 45° Left
Heavy Attack Combo: ↙|→
45° Right | Horizontal left to right
- Versatile combos
- High Heavy attack damage
- Requires Turning on Engine
- Revving stagger single target & require aiming
Cadia MK XIIIg Assualt Chainsword
Light Attack Combo: ↙|↗|↙||↘
45° Right to Center | 45° Left to Right | 45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right
Heavy Attack Combo: ↙|↓|↘
15° Right to Center | Top Down | 45° Left to Right
- Versatile combos
- High Heavy attack damage
- Requires Turning on Engine
- Revving stagger single target & require aiming
Orestes Assault Chainaxes
- High Damage
- Revving/Sawing stuns all targets (Except bosses)
- Best Stamina usage of chain weaponry
- Requires starting of the engine
- Low Reach
- Sawing makes you vulnerable to attacks
A crusher top down attack is nearly unstoppable except with a CC ability, yet chainsaw revving attack stops crusher top down attack.
Sawing makes you vulnerable, yet dashing breaks the sawing allowing you to dodge attacks from other targets.
Orestes MK IV Assault Chainaxe
Light Attack Combo: ↓|↘|↙|↘
Top Down | 30° Left to Center | 45° Right to Left | 30° Left to Center
Heavy Attack Combo: ↘|↙
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right
- lot of combos
- Auto Revving on light attack
- Requires Turning on Engine
- Revving stagger single target & require aiming
Orestes MK XII Assault Chainaxe
Light Attack Combo: ↙|↘
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right
Heavy Attack Combo: ↓|↙
Top down | 20° Right to Center
- Short combos
- Auto Revving on heavy attack
- Requires Turning on Engine
- Revving stagger single target & requires aiming
Tigurs Heavy Eviscerator
- Cleaves up to 10 targets
- Multipurpose
- Requires Turning on Engine
- Revving Cleave to Specialist
- Slow Attack speed in general
Eviscrator have a feature that is good and bad, when revving is activated, it would cleave through horde enemies, until it reaches an elite/special and saw it, which is good that it automatically targets special targets, yet also left side of the elite is 100% safe from your attacks.
Just as other chain weaponry, sawing makes you vulnerable, yet can be stopped by dashing.
Tigrus MK II Heavy Eviscerator
Light Attack Combo: ↓|↘|←|↓
Top down | 45° Left to right | Horizontal right to left | 30° Left to right
Heavy Attack Combo: ←|↓
Horizontal Right to Left | Top Down
- cleaves up to 10 targets
- Wide Cleaving Attacks
- Requires Turning on Engine
- Revving Cleave to Specialist
- Weaker to Specials
Custom Combos:
Anti Waves: Heavy + Light OR Heavy + Light + Light
This combo constant of heavy attack horizontal sweep that does huge stagger to wave sized enemies
Tigrus MK XV Heavy Eviscerator
Light Attack Combo: ←|→|←|↗
Horizontal Right to Left | Horizontal Left to Right |Horizontal Right to Left | 45° Left to right
Heavy Attack Combo: ↓|↓
Top Down | Top Down
- High Damage Light Attacks
- High Damage vs Specials/Elties
- Requires Turning on Engine
- Revving Cleave to Specialist
- Slower Attack speed
Heavy Swords
- Decent Cleave & Anti Horde
- Versatile
- Special Attack high stagger
- Low Damage against armored & Monsters
Heavy Swords Special Attack vs Rager
Turtolsky Mk IX Heavy Sword
Light Attack Combo: ↙|↗|↖|→
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Left | 45° Right to Left | Horizontal left to right
Heavy Attack Combo: ↓|→|↙
Top Down| Horizontal Left to Right | 45° Right to Left
- High Cleave Heavy Attack
- High Mobility
- good opening heavy attack
- Special Attack high stagger & Medium Damage
- Low penetration
Custom Combos:
Anti Waves: Light + Heavy
This combo constant of a light attack sweep and then a heavy attack sweep.
Anti Special: Heavy+interrupt combo
The first heavy is top down on weakspot, yet its not repeatable by combo, you need to block, sprint for 0.1 second to reset back to get the top down attack.
Turtolsky Mk VII Heavy Sword
Light Attack Combo: ↙|→|←|↘
45° Right to Left | Horizontal left to right | Horizontal right to left | 45° Left to Right
Heavy Attack Combo: ↖|↘
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right
- High Cleave Heavy Attack
- Decent Mobility
- Good Opening Heavy Attack
- Low Penetration
Custom Combos:
Anti Waves: Light + Heavy
This combo constant of a light attack sweep and then a heavy attack sweep.
Anti Special: Heavy+interrupt combo
The first heavy is top down on weakspot, yet its not repeatable by combo, you need to block, sprint for 0.1 second to reset back to get the top down attack.
Turtolsky Mk VI Heavy Sword
Light Attack Combo: →|←|↙|↘|
Horizontal left to right | Horizontal right to left | 45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right
Heavy Attack Combo: ↙|↗
10° Left to Right (nearly Top Down) | 45° Left to Right
- High Cleave Heavy Attack
- Decent Mobility
- Low Penetration
Munitorum Sapper Shovels
- High Stamina & Dodge Limit
- High Stagger & Penetration
- Low Weapon Length
- Mediocre Attack Speed
Standard issue Munitorum Sapper Shovel
Light Attack Combo: ↙|↘|←
45° Right to Left |45° Left to Right | Horizontal right to left
Heavy Attack Combo: ←|→
Horizontal right to left | Horizontal left to right
- High cleave heavy attack
- Strong Defensive weapon
- Decent mobility
- Special Attack Stagger
- Low penetration
Stun Only Special Attack
Munitorum Mk III Sapper Shovel
Light Attack Combo: ↙|→|←|↘
45° Right to Left | Horizontal Right to Left | Horizontal Left to Right | 45° Left to Right
Heavy Attack Combo: ↙|↓
45° Right to Left | Top Down
- Decent Damage with Special Ability
- Strong Defensive weapon
- decent mobility
- Special Attack Stagger & Damage
- Low anti horde Capabilities
Special Attack Stun & High damage to Single Target. Show him who is the crusher here
Munitorum Mk VII Sapper Shovel
Light Attack Combo: ←|→|↙|↘
Horizontal Right to Left | Horizontal Left to Right | 45° Right to Left | 20° Left to Center
Heavy Attack Combo: ←|→
Horizontal Right to Left | Horizontal Left to Right
- high Cleave Heavy Attack
- Strong Defensive weapon
- Decent Mobility
- Special Attack Stagger & Damage
- Low Penetration of non-special attack.
Special Attack Stun & High damage to Single Target. Show him who is the crusher here
Catachan Combat Blade
- High Mobility
- Strong vs Single Target
- Good Armor penetration
- Special Attack Stagger
- Weak against multiple targets
Flanking Bulwark in a Single Dash
Charging into the enemy, The combat blade allows much higher speed output while sprinting and using heavy attacks, which allows the user to close in quickly into a target after a dash.
Catachan MK III Combat Blade
Light Attack Combo: →|←|↑|↗
Horizontal Right to Center | Horizontal Left to Center | Stab | 45° Left to Right
Heavy Attack Combo: ↙|↘
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right
- High Mobility
- Strong vs Single Target
- Good Armor penetration
- Special Attack Stagger
- Weak against multiple targets
Catachan MK VI Combat Blade
Light Attack Combo: ↙|↗|↖[→[/b]
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right | 45° Right to Left | Horizontal Left to Center
Heavy Attack Combo: ←|→|↓
Horizontal Right to Left | Horizontal Left to Right
- High Mobility
- Strong vs Single Target
- Good Armor penetration
- Special Attack Stagger
- Acceptable level of Anti Horde
Thunder Hammers
- High Single Target Damage
- High Stagger & CC
- Special Attack Charge Good vs Single Target
- Low Mobility
- Stagger Hordes more than kills them
- Special Attack have Recoil
Thunder Hammer Special Attack
Crucis MK II Thunder Hammer
Light Attack Combo: ↓|↘|←
Top Down | 45° Left to Right | Horizontal Right to Left
Heavy Attack Combo: ←|→
Horizontal Left to Right | Horizontal Right to Left
- High Stagger
- Strong vs Single Target
- Charged Attack does huge Single target damage
- Charged Attacks mini stuns the player for 0.8 seconds
- Weak against multiple targets
Crucis MK IV Thunder Hammer
Light Attack Combo: ↙|↘
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Center
Heavy Attack Combo: ←|→|↓
Horizontal Right to Left | Horizontal Left to Right | Top Down
- High Stagger
- Good Anti Wave Combo
- Charged attack does huge Single target damage
- Charged mini stuns the player for 0.8 seconds
- Weaker damage than other Variant
Blaze Force Swords
- Decent anti special
- Uses Wrap Energy
- High Reach weapon
- Generate Heat/Peril with special attacks
- Non Versatile
Blaze Force (Special Attack)
Deimos MK IV Blaze Force Sword
Light Attack Combo: ↑|↘|↙|↘
Stab | 45° Left to Right | 45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right
Heavy Attack Combo: ↙|↑
45° Right to Left | Stab
- Fast Attacks
- Long Reach
- Charged attack good vs single target
- Special Attack generate peril
- Weak anti-horde
Obscurus MK II Blaze Force Sword
Light Attack Combo: ↙|↗|↑
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right | Stab
Heavy Attack Combo: ↓|↘
Top Down | 45° Left to Right
- Fast Attacks
- Long Reach
- Charged Attack good vs single target
- Special Attack generate peril
- Weak anti-horde
↙↘↓↑→↖←↗
Illisi MK V Blaze Force Sword
Light Attack Combo: ↙|→|↖|↗
45° Right to Left | Horizontal Left to Right | 45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right
Heavy Attack Combo: ←|↘
Horizontal Left to Right | 45° Left to Right
- Fast Attacks
- Long Reach
- Charged attack good vs multiple targets
- Special Attack generate peril
- Weak anti-special
Illisi Special Attack
Maccabian Dueling Swords
- Decent Mobility/Dodge
- Fast Attacks
- Special Attack Quick Stab with Stagger
- Situational
Dealing with heretics in a fancy way
Maccabian MK V Duelling Sword
Light Attack Combo: ↖|↗|↓
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right | Top Down
Heavy Attack Combo: ↓|↓
Top Down | Top Down
- Best of Series Targets Weakspots
- Fast Attacks
- Special Attack Quick Stab with Stagger
- Weakest in Series Anti Horde
Maccabian Mk II Duelling Sword
Light Attack Combo: ↙|↗|↖|↘
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right | 45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right
Heavy Attack Combo: ↑|↘
Stab | 45° Left to Right
- Best of Series Anti-Horde
- Good Heavy Attack Opener
- Fast Attacks
- Special Attack Quick Stab with Stagger
- Weakest in Series Anti Horde
Maccabian MK IV Duelling Sword
Light Attack Combo: ↖|↘|↙
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right | 45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right
Heavy Attack Combo: ↑|↑
Stab | Stab
- Versatile Variant
- Fast Attacks
- Special Attack Quick Stab with Stagger
Cleavers
- Swift Attacks
- High Stagger & Cleave
- Special Attack Punch That Staggers
- Low Weapon Length
Cleaver Special Attack vs Mauler
Krourk Mk VI Cleaver
Light Attack Combo: ↙|↘|↑
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right | Stab
Heavy Attack Combo: ↙|↘
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right
- Versatile Combos
- 3rd Attack on Light Combo ignores % of armor
- Special Attack High Stagger
- Low weapon reach
Krourk Mk IV Cleaver
Light Attack Combo: ↑|↑|←
Stab | Stab | Horizontal Right to Left
Heavy Attack Combo: ↓|↘
Top Down | 45° Left to Right
- Best of Series Anti Single Targets
- Speedy attacks
- Fast Opening Sttacks
- Special Attack High Stagger
- Low weapon reach
- Weaker than other variants in wave clearing
Bull Butcher Mk III Cleaver
Light Attack Combo: ←|↘|↓
Horizontal Right to Left | 45° Left to Right | Top Down
Heavy Attack Combo: ↓|↘
Top Down | 45° Left to Right
- Wide Angle Attacks.
- Anti Special Heavy Attack Combo Opener
- Special Attack High Stagger
- Low weapon reach
↙↘↓↑→↖←↗
Brute-Brainer Latrine Shovels
- Multi-Role
- High Stagger & Cleave
- Special Attack Differs per shovel
- Low Weapon Reach
Brute-Brainer Mk III Latrine Shovel
Light Attack Combo: ←|→|↙|→
Horizontal Right to Left | Horizontal Left to Right | 45° Right to Left | Horizontal Left to Right
Heavy Attack Combo: ↓|→
Top Down | Horizontal Left to Right
- Versatile
- Multiple combos
- Special Attack High Stagger
- Low weapon reach
Special Attack Vs Mauler (Bullying Mauler)
Brute-Brainer Mk XIX Latrine Shovel
Light Attack Combo: ↙|↘|←|→
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right | Horizontal Right to Left | Horizontal Left to Right
Heavy Attack Combo: ↙|↘
20° Right to Center | 20° Left to Center
- Versatile
- Multiple combos
- Special Attack High Stagger & Damage
- Low Weapon Reach
Special Attack Vs Crusher, keep in mind , it does not always stagger crusher while attacking.
Example of Special Attack not staggering crusher
Brute-Brainer Mk V Latrine Shovel
Light Attack Combo: ←|↗|↙|↘
Horizontal Right to Left | 45° Left to Right | 45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right
Heavy Attack Combo: ←|→/b]
Horizontal Right to Left | Horizontal Left to Right
- Versatile
- Multiple combos
- Special Attack High Stagger & Damage
- Low Weapon Reach
Special Attack Vs Crusher, keep in mind , it does not always stagger crusher while attacking.
Example of Special Attack not staggering crusher
Bully Clubs
- Great CC weaponry & High stamina
- High Stagger & Cleave
- Special Attack Wide Attack Slaps
- Mediocre Against Single Targets
Slapping the Heresy out of a Rager
“Brunt’s Pride” Mk II Bully Club
Light Attack Combo: ↙|↘|←|↘
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right | Horizontal Right to Left | 45° Left to Right
Heavy Attack Combo: ←|↘
Horizontal Right to Left | 45° Left to Right
- Versatile
- Multiple combos
- Special Attack High Stagger
- Combos aren’t Linear
“Brunt’s Basher” Mk IIIb Bully Club
Light Attack Combo: ←|→|↙|↘
Horizontal Right to Left | Horizontal Left to Right | 45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right
Heavy Attack Combo: ↖|↘
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right
- Best of the Series CC
- High Stagger & Damage
- Special Attack High Stagger
- Weakest of the Series Anti Special
“Brunt Special” Mk I Bully Club
Light Attack Combo: ↙|↘|↑
45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right | Stab
Heavy Attack Combo: ↓|→
Top Down | Horizontal Left to Right
- Anti Special
- Good Heavy Attack Opening Combo
- Special Attack High Stagger
- Weakest of the Series Anti Horde
Single Variant Weapons
Indignatus MK IVe Crusher
Light Attack Combo: ←|↓|↙
Horizontal right to left | Top Down | 45° Right to Left
Heavy Attack Combo: ↓|→
Top Down | Horizontal Left to Right
- High Stagger
- Good Anti Wave Combo
- Charged attack does Stagger and AoE
- Weak anti special weapon
Special Attack
Orox Mk II Battle Maul & Mk III Slab Shield
Light Attack Combo: ←|→|↙|↘ Using Club
Horizontal Right to Left | Horizontal Left to Right | 45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right |
Heavy Attack Combo: →|← Using Shield
Shield Bash | Horizontal Right to Left
- Blocks All Attacks (Except Disablers)
- Good CC Weaponry
- Low Stamina Usage per Block
- Special Attack Hunkers Down (Disable use of Stamina when blocking)
- Slow Attack Speed Weaponry
- Only First Attack of Heavy Combo is Anti Single Target
Orox Special Attack hunkers down, all of that blocking and not a single stamina drained.
Achlys Mk I Power Maul
Light Attack Combo: ↓|↑|↙|↘ Then repeats ↙|↘ only.
Top Down | Down to Top | 45° Right to Left | 45° Left to Right | Stab
Heavy Attack Combo: ↙|↘….
Horizantal Right to Left | Horizantal Left to Right
- Decent Anti Horde
- Speedy attacks
- Light Attack Anti-Horde on Repeat
- Special Attack Adds Cleave & Damage
- Weak Against single targets
Slay The Heretics!
And that wraps up our share on Warhammer 40,000: Darktide: All Melee Weapons Marks & Types. If you have any additional insights or tips to contribute, don’t hesitate to drop a comment below. For a more in-depth read, you can refer to the original article here by omar_uav, who deserves all the credit. Happy gaming!