First Darktide character spotlight shows off the cultist-carving zealot preacher

A new character spotlight has revealed information about the zealot: preacher class in impending cooperative shooter Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. Engineer Fatshark has released a slew of fast cuts showing the class in real life and featuring some of those many and varied character lines and party banter.

The zealot is a skirmish focused character, one that thrives in the main part of combat. They focus on the use of close-range weapons like automatic pistols, revolvers, shotguns, flamethrowers, thunder hammers, combat axes, and power mauls.

To be clear, the character's broader Archetype is zealot, while their specialized class is Preacher. The four archetypes in Darktide are zealot, veteran, psyker, and ogryn. Each one has its own range of classes. The zealot archetype and preacher class were revealed in a trailer posted to YouTube (opens in new tab) and in a blog entry on the Fatshark website (opens in new tab).

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The more damage a preacher takes the more skirmish damage the preacher deals, loaning a push-your-karma component to managing your health while playing as one. You can also thrust forward, engaging enemies in skirmish — or escaping it — and have an aura that decreases accommodating damage taken.

The preacher also has increased skirmish attack speed, and "resists death on taking lethal damage," says the Fatshark blog. So you get at least one slip-up as you ride that low-health damage boost high. Fatshark points out that the preacher's' fast, high-damage skirmish attacks make them great at dealing with both armored and unarmored enemies at close range.

Fatshark also posted a short clasp (opens in new tab) to YouTube featuring the starting hardware and ability of the Preacher. You can read more about the Preacher on the Fatshark blog.