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Darktide: The Optimal Curios Setup You Should Use
This video explains the ideal Curios setup in Darktide, highlighting the importance of toughness, combat ability regeneration, and ally revive speed. It also suggests possible improvements to make Curios more impactful and diverse.
1. 🤔 The Importance of a Correct Curios Setup in Darktide
- ✅ Many players are not using Curios optimally.
- ✅ There is a meta setup for Curios that is simple but effective.
- ⚠️ The author will correct this situation by explaining how to find and create the perfect Curio.
00:00 - 00:36
1. 🤔 The Importance of a Correct Curios Setup in Darktide
- ✅ Many players are not using Curios optimally.
- ✅ There is a meta setup for Curios that is simple but effective.
- ⚠️ The author will correct this situation by explaining how to find and create the perfect Curio.
00:37 - 01:44
2. 💪 Prioritizing Toughness: The Key Stat in the Current Meta
- ✅ Curios can have stats like wounds, resistance, toughness, or maximum health.
- ✅ Toughness is the most important stat in the current meta for almost all classes.
- ✅ The maximum toughness value that can be obtained on a Curio is 17%.
01:45 - 02:57
3. 🔄 Methods to Obtain Curios with 17% Toughness
- ✅ Completing matches is an inefficient way to obtain Curios.
- ✅ Curios can be found in the store that sells weapons for regular money, with two Curios rotating every hour.
- ✅ Melk's tokens can be used to force the acquisition of defensive Curios.
02:58 - 03:46
4. ✨ Essential Perks on Curios: Combat Ability Regeneration and Revive Speed
- ✅ The perks on the Curios can be modified.
- ✅ Combat ability regeneration is an essential perk on every Curio for every class.
- ✅ Ally revive speed is the second most important perk.
03:47 - 05:03
5. ⚔️ The Importance of Combat Ability Regeneration
- ✅ Combat abilities are very powerful and the regeneration of these abilities is crucial.
- ✅ A 12% cooldown reduction can make the difference between winning and losing.
- ✅ This perk becomes even more valuable as the cooldown reduction in the talent trees is reduced.
05:04 - 06:53
6. 🚑 Prioritizing Ally Revive Speed: A Decisive Factor
- ✅ Ally revive speed is crucial, as keeping all team members alive is key to winning.
- ✅ Reducing the revive time by 36% is very impactful.
- ✅ This perk applies to all forms of ally rescue.
06:54 - 08:00
7. 🛡️ Revive Speed as Insurance Against Defeat
- ✅ Losing a player drastically reduces the chances of winning.
- ✅ Revive speed is insurance against situations where an ally is in a bad position and needs to be rescued quickly.
08:01 - 09:40
8. 🗑️ Discardable and Situational Perks on Curios
- ✅ Many of the perks on the Curios are useless or situational.
- ✅ Perks with a red line are considered trash.
- ✅ Perks with a yellow line are situational and only useful in certain builds.
09:41 - 11:57
9. 🎯 Options for the Third Perk: Gunner Damage Resistance, Stamina Regeneration, or Toughness
- ✅ If a stamina-dependent class is used, stamina regeneration is a good option.
- ✅ Gunner damage resistance is recommended for frontline classes like Ogryn and Crusader.
- ✅ Toughness is a versatile option for classes that do not depend on stamina or are on the front line.
11:58 - 13:33
10. ⚖️ Considerations on Damage Resistance and Optimal Configuration
- ✅ Damage resistance is multiplicative, with diminishing returns for each additional Curio.
- ✅ It is not recommended to use three Curios with gunner damage resistance.
- ✅ The optimal configuration includes toughness, combat ability regeneration, revive speed, and a situational perk.
13:34 - 15:43
11. 💡 Ideas to Improve Curios and Increase Build Diversity
- ✅ The author criticizes the lack of diversity in Curios options.
- ✅ Suggests that Curios could affect ammo capacity, peril generation, or even add an additional blitz.
- ✅ Proposes that Curios offer more than just passive stats to differentiate builds.
15:44 - 15:51
12. 👋 Farewell and Call to Action
- ✅ The author encourages viewers to get revive speed on their Curios.