Warhammer Vermintide 2has players fight the forces of Chaos amongst humans, elves, dwarves, and orcs. Essentially,Vermintide 2reunites the five Heroes of Uberseik to stop a new threat of Chaos in the peaceful town of Helmgart. Thankfully, each Hero has individual specializations that give their team a fighting chance against the enemies.
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However,WarhammerVermintide 2now boasts special careers that expand a Hero beyond their traditional RPG stereotype. With each career transforming the playstyle of their characters, which of them stands out the most?
Updated on November 8th, 2022 by Hodey Johns:Since the release of this article, two new careers have made it through that needed to be added to this list: Warrior Priest of Sigmar and Sister of the Thorn. After adding these two, it came time to address the overall list itself. Originally, very few of the careers could reliably win on Legend and Cataclysm difficulties. Now, gamers can make an argument that any of these characters is the best. They can all clear the toughest missions with nothing but some bots to back them up. Furthermore, they all have different roles. It’s tough to compare a support character and a stealthy assassin. This list has been reorganized to compensate for these differences, but be aware that player preference and experience are far more important than these rankings.
Passive Ability
Critical Mass
Increased critical strike chance based on Overcharge level up to 30%.
Searing Focus
Increased range damage by 10%.
The Pyromancer is lackluster, getting a minimum of three skills. The career skill is nothing better than what others have to offer and the passive ability only works if the Pyromancer is actively hurting herself with a high Overcharge. While some classes boost the whole team’s ranged damage, Sienna only helps herself. The Pyromancer is about two perks short of being below average which is why she lands where she does on this list. Barring agreat mod for the gameto nerf the Overcharge penalty, the Pyromancer’s dangerous play doesn’t have the benefits to match the risk.
Career Skill
Living Bomb
Sienna explodes, dealing damage to surrounding enemies and clearing her Overcharge.
Increased melee power on high Overcharge by up to 60%.
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There is a community tradition of badmouthing careers that try to incentivize high Overcharges for a good reason. High Overcharge deals damage to the user. Extra damage is welcome, to be sure, but no ability in the game is worth taking damage. On higher-difficulty runs, this often results in instant death either from the Overcharge or from a loss of life. Most of the time, it’s just slowly losing due to the combination of both.
Perk
Ariel’s Bastion
Increase Kerillian’s revive speed by 50%. When Kerillian revives allies, she heals them for 20 health.
The Dance of Seasons allows players to move out of area-of-effect abilities that would ordinarily hit Kerillian. But for advantage, her active ability has no damage tied to it, Renewal is only useful for block-heavy teams, and Ariel’s Bastion depends on downed players to be useful.
Infiltrate
Kerillian becomes undetectable, gains bonus damage and can pass through enemies. Lasts for 5 seconds or until she attacks.
Dagger in the Dark
Blur
Parrying an Attack and quickly Dodging grants Kerillian Stealth for short period.
Murderous Prowess
Charged Critical Backstabs instantly slay man-sized enemies.
The Shade’s biggest drawback is hardly its fault; most careers are capable of killing enemies quickly after they get geared up so her tricksy damage against minions becomes somewhat unremarkable eventually. The Shade is one of the best classes for players who are just barely trying out tougher difficulties, but its stealthy gameplay borders on too slow to keep up with geared groups.
Survivalist
Specials drop ammunition pickups on death that restore 10% of maximum ammo when picked up.
Disengage
Bardin deploys a smoke bomb for 10 seconds that conceals him from enemies whilst he stays inside the cloud. Also gains increased ranged attack power while concealed.
Ingenious Improvisation
Using any Healing Supplies, Potions, or Grenades has a 10% chance to not consume the item.
The 10% ammo drops from Specials are a big deal. Ranged physical damage careers have a lot going against them already, being out of ammo constantly is a great problem to avoid.
A Cluster of Radiants
Kerillian is granted Radiance (a free use of her career skill) every 60 seconds.
Thornwake
Kerillian conjures a Thorn Wall that hinders enemy movement. The Thorn Wall lasts for 6 seconds.
Blackvenom Blades
Melee attacks apply a Poison that deals damage and increases damage suffered by 12% for 10 seconds.
A Sustenance of Leechings
Whenever another party member receives temporary health while at full health, Kerillian gains temporary health instead.
An Attendance of Munificents
All healing by the party is increased by 25%.
Thornwake is a strange ability. It does block enemies from advancing but it also blocks allies as well, so it can be difficult to find a good use for it. However, An Attendance of Munificents is a good support skill and Blackvenom Blades is one of the best monster debuffs in the game.
Hunter’s Prowl
Markus disappears from sight for 6 seconds. When he attacks or fires a ranged weapon he gains boosted ranged attack damage and shooting his ranged weapon does not consume ammunition.
Deep Pockets
Increases ammunition capacity by 50%.
The Huntsman draws lots of ire within the community due to its underwhelming active ability. It lacks the ability to take out Hordes and is only moderately effective against single targets assuming players are excellent at landing headshots. But for those who enjoy taking out enemies from long range and thinning out crowds before rushing into combat, some may use this as Markus’s preferred career calling.
Locked and Loaded
Quick Release
Increased reload speed by 15%.
One of the biggest drawbacks for most ranged classes is the inability to shoot throw mobs, but Victor’s Locked and Loaded skill does the job. The guaranteed critical hits give him some potential against monsters and other bosses.
Fire Walk
Sienna teleports forward, leaving a blanket of fire in her wake that lingers for 6 seconds.
Pyromantic Surge
Increases ranged damage by 10%.
Sadly, all three of Sienna’s careers have a problematic incentive to try and get a high Overcharge, but thankfully Reckless Haste is not a core part of the class. The Battle Warrior’s automatic venting of Overcharge will allow her to cast more spells and recover between fights quickly.
Amaranthe
Kerillian regenerates 3 health every 10 seconds when below half health.
Trueshot Volley
Kerillian shoots a volley of arrows that seek out enemies in her path.
Ranged weapon zoom. Bound to weapon special by default.
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Most of this skill set is a pretty basic archer layout, but special attention should be given to the Amaranthe passive. Regenerating health to half when low is a remarkable skill on tougher difficulty ratings, allowing her to carry on just fine when other ranged damage dealers would be on death’s door.
