Warhammer: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters ⁠— Chaplain class guide

The Chaplain is an advanced class in Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters. With several powerful team-wide buffs, this follower of the God-Emperor is sure to be a mainstay once you have access. Here’s our Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters Chaplain class guide to help you with the best skills and loadouts for this unit.

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Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters Chaplain class guide

To be clear, there are some overlaps among the classes in Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters. As such, we won’t discuss every single perk in the skill tree. Instead, we’ll simply talk about the core abilities and ideal picks for the Chaplain.

Base talents

• Chaplain class – Has +1 armor by default; can only wear Terminator Armor.
• Preferred talent roll 1: Great Destiny – +2 max HP, +1 max WP, and +1 damage for all melee attacks; cannot gain Resilience.
• Preferred talent roll 2: Venerable Soul – +1 WP.

Core skills

• Rosarius – Has +1 armor permanently.
• Willpower – +2 max WP.
• Willpower – +2 max WP.
• Willpower – +2 max WP.

Ideal options

• Hatred Discipline
  • Litany of Hate – All Knights gain an extra +1 AP when a target is executed.
  • Upgrade: Uses – This litany gains +1 use per turn.
  • Upgrade: Uses – This litany gains +1 use per turn.
  • Willpower – +2 max WP.
• Optional: Guidance Discipline
  • Intonement for Guidance – All Knights gain +35% crit rate for ranged attacks.
  • Mental Focus – When you crit a target with a ranged attack, you have a 50% chance to gain +1 AP.
  • Upgrade: Crit – This litany grants +10% crit rate for ranged attacks.
  • Upgrade: Crit – This litany grants +10% crit rate for ranged attacks.
• Optional: Power Discipline
  • Words of Power – All Knights gain +3 crit damage.
  • Upgrade: Crit Damage – +1 crit damage.
  • Upgrade: Crit Damage – +1 crit damage.
• Optional: Convergence Discipline
  • Refrain of Convergence – All Knights gain +20% resistance.
  • Upgrade: Resistance – This litany grants +10% resistance.
• Optional: Focus Discipline
  • Invocation of Focus – All Knights have a 50% chance to gain +1 WP after using Warp Charge, Psybolt, or Force Strike.
  • Upgrade: Auto Chance – +15% chance to trigger.
  • Upgrade: Auto Chance – +20% chance to trigger.
  • Focus – This unit has +25% focus permanently.

Preferred loadout and battlefield role

• Weapons – Any Crozius Arcanum and Storm Bolter with a bonus to willpower or crit chance.
• Armor – Any Terminator Armor that grants a bonus to willpower or crit chance.
• Wargear – Any item that grants a bonus to willpower or crit chance.

Litanies are the bread and butter of the Chaplain class in Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters. These are team-wide buffs activated via toggle, and they can last indefinitely as long as you have the willpower (WP) to sustain the effect. Unfortunately, the Chaplain does lack some offensive capabilities on his own.

Nevertheless, Litany of Hate takes precedence over all other talents. It’s one of the best skills in the game since your team gets bonus action points (AP) from executions as long as it’s active. Quick stun abilities (i.e., the Psychic Screech of the Librarian) or guaranteed crits (i.e., Hammerhand or Astral Aim) should help lead to executions, with your squad creating a whirlwind of destruction in each encounter.

The rest are noted as optional depending on how you build your group, though Guidance Discipline and extra points into Focus Discipline are sure to aid you. Make sure to toggle what you need depending on the fight. Lastly, you can bring two Chaplains along if you want to maximize litany bonuses.

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