With four different careers inWarhammer Vermintide 2, choosing the best build with Markus Kruber is a daunting task. The character gets access to a large variety of weapons, can attack from range or up close, and can play tank, support, or damage.
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There will naturally be no consensus possible.WarhammerVermintide 2has balanced these classes as well as can be imagined, no single class is objectively regarded as the lowest in the community. But there is one particular build that stands out for Markus. Teams always love that specific career as a teammate, especially with an ideal loadout.
Career
The are many good choices when debatingwhich class is best. With deference to Foot Soldier, healing damage is more reliable than preventing it. Marksman has good damage, but gets headshot dependent and lacks offense against hordes. And the Grail Knight depends on lucky Benisons to work with the group compositions.
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Markus is the best healer in the entire game with his Mercenary career with little debate. He also takes wide swings for extra horde-clearing capabilities with cleaving strikes. With a bit of tinkering, he can also be a great help against monsters and bosses.
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Drillmaster
Damaging multiple enemies in one swing with a melee weapon grants temporary health. Max 5 enemies.
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15
Smiter
The first enemy hit always counts as staggered. Deal 20% more damage to staggered enemies. Each hit against a staggered enemy adds another count of stagger. Bonus damage is increased to 40% against enemies afflicted by more than one stagger effect.
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Ready for Action
Reduces cooldown of Morale Boost by 20.0%.
Markus makes himself a tank right at level five when he heals based on enemies that he hits. Since the Mercenary should always be performing attacks that hit multiple enemies, they should be getting temporary health with every swing.
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It will take a while to beat the gameand even longer to max out this class. But it’s worth it. The amount of support and offensive output Markus provides is fantastic. For solo players,programming the botsto use this build will be a boon that greatly increases the team’s odds of victory.
5% Crit Chance
Resourceful Combatant
Melee critical hits reduce the cooldown of your Career Skill by 5.0%. This effect can only trigger every 4 seconds.
20% Crit Power
Scrounger
Critical hits restore 5.0% of maximum ammunition. Can trigger once per attack.
2 Stamina
Natural Bond
Passively regenerates 1 health every 5 seconds. Healing from First Aid Kits and Healing Draughts are converted to temporary health.
Explosive Ordnance
Increases grenade explosion radius by 50.0%.
Using a shield for Markus is counter to the build; he heals by dealing damage. As soon as he’s blocking attacks regularly, he’s lost the concept of his career. To maximize the Mercenary buffs that occur when striking multiple opponents, use the Executioner’s Sword as every swing is quick and horizontal. All attacks that swing vertically or jab waste the Mercenary’s talents.
The Blunderbuss is preferable to the other weapons because the only time Markus will need to use it is when striking a Special from afar. In this instance, the best thing to do is use a ranged weapon that can kill the creature with one hit anywhere on the body like the Blunderbuss is capable of doing.
Farm up the red veteran itemsas soon as possible. For all the Mercenary’s strengths, the class does have to stay alive on the frontlines. If the player is undergeared, then this is a fatal place to be and the Mercenary will struggle to deal the damage required to heal himself and stay alive.
Warhammer Vermintide 2is available now for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
