Keep Deathtrap charged with an element to double his damage (physical+elemental damage). I'm using an Antagonist shield as it increases resistances, slags and deals some damage back to attackers (although minor). The Lyuda works well because of it's large base damage and crit damage; but it's the large ammo clip that makes the gun work for this build as you can fire it for a very long time without reloading (because of the. You may find you're going down too often without this. I will be Axton and he will be Siren. If you prefer using elemental weapons then consider moving points from, This build does not offer much health recovery as it's about avoiding damage. The Crit (BL2) has Maliwan - SMG Parts. He can deal massive damage on his own merits, use his turret to draw aggro and help him defeat enemies, or become a veritable tank bolstered by thousands of health and shield points. While they can be useful to … It racked up anarchy stacks quick enough and dying wasn't a huge set back as this build offers some really good base damage. I'm using a Legendary Killer Class Mod on this guy but you could use a Sniper Class Mod if you don't have one. Recall the one nearby when the other blows up to begin it's cooldown to get it back. Some weapons have a single number in the upper right hand corner. I've also used the The Hellfire and Hornet which were effective enough. You can destroy entire areas with a few fires of the Norfleet and you can shoot your feet with the Vladof assault rifle while wearing the Sham shield to generate rockets. There's no way to return Deathrap when he's no longer needed and his cooldown only begins after he dies or despawns. Deathtrap is only effective when he is meleeing things -he's useless against flying enemies and you can't control which enemies he attacks, if he attacks at all. However an implosion type grenade can be used disrupt enemies while you need to escape to let your shields recharge. The more i experimented with character skill trees, the more i appreciated and enjoyed the game. Only parts that have an impact on this weapons stats are shown! This build struggled in Tiny Tina's DLC because there are a large number of enemies that close in on you quickly like charging orcs and flying skulls. The elemental burn damage just isn't enough to kill things quickly. This gun can be used for speed killing most raid bosses with an explosive axton build. Your shield doesn't matter but you could use a Bee Shield to boost your damage if you're good at staying out of the combat, any form of the adaptive shield to increase your survivability (i.e. This build even works well with less popular guns like Sledges Shotgun and the Infinity Pistol. I don't worry about lighting myself on fire for the max %100 'Pain is Power' damage, %50 is good enough. Max gun damage, no kill skills, and the fast reload from the first tree. If you don't have one of these, you could use a Ninja Class Mod or an Infiltrator Class Mod. Anyone know effective builds for running thru op8? I admit, the Love Thumper is ok for solo play at lower levels but it's no good for higher levels as the enemies will recover health quicker than the blasts can hurt them. Avoid weapons with long reload times or that need to be reloaded too frequently as this is when you're most vulnerable of getting knocked down. a slag weapon to aid you when your anarchy stacks are low, the Legendary Anarchist Class Mod -there is no ideal lower quality class mod, A +resistances, +shield capacity, +pistol damage or +explosive damage relic, An explosive fastball to take out aerial units. But if he's attacking a Stinging Cactus, there's nothing you can do. I've learnt to enjoy the psycho's self destructive behaviours but if it does annoy you, you could swap the +elemental damage relic with on that gives you +fire resistance. Miss timing on Release the Beast will place you in a very vulnerable position -on one hand it could place your Buzz Axe Rampage on cooldown (so you can't tap into your main strength) and it'll likely put you into fight for your life. If you want to have one legit, you can have one as a mission item but only while the 'The Beard Makes the Man' mission is active. I found the Unkempt Harold maintained it's accuracy fairly well, even with 400 anarchy stacks because the shots continued to fire in a set wide spreading pattern. The Emperor has DAHL - SMG Parts. 2 comments. Flame of the Firehawk or Rough Rider Shield. 1 Borderlands 1.1 Usage and Selection 1.1.1 Thumper 1.1.2 Anarchy 1.1.3 Hellfire 1.2 Parts and naming 1.3 Varieties 1.4 Trivia 2 Borderlands 2 2.1 Common 2.2 Unique SMGs 3 Borderlands 3 Submachine Guns, also known as SMGs, are a class of light, fully automatic weapons. Try to avoid the aerial units as they're not worth the trouble; but If you have to face them you can activate Discord to increase your accuracy, try to take them down as quickly as possible so you can deactivate Discord and save as many stacks as possible. Cervosi 8 years ago #4. But don't threat too much, This build still gives you some very good elemental weapon damage which will prove handy when you have no more grenades to throw. Build 1: Sniper . I'm using a Proactive B|tch SMG as a primary. higher level you'll want a Captain Blades Rapier as it gives a massive +200% melee damage or Law pistol as it gives +100% melee damage. Insert a new heading and share your build below. However, this means you will lose access to the gun if you join other players who do not have the mission active. Otherwise a high damage output weapon that can spend it's ammo clip quickly and has a decent reload speed to rack up those anarchy stacks. Shotgun: Combines Zero's snazzy assassin skills with epic shotgun abilities. This build is an attempt to answer that question with confidence. If the number is less than 1 means that the part less common than other parts. If you're using homing grenades you should throw them in different directions (left and right) so that they can home into the hordes from different sides and hit different targets. Any Cat class mod. Wait until you're sure it's ready. You could use a Rough Rider shield and +health relic for increased tankiness. your slagging weapon needs to have a high chance so you don't waste valuable seconds of your kill skills trying to slag something. Axton is just boring for me if I don't play with an explosive build. If you don't have this you could use a Matriarch, Cleric or Nurse(basic) Class Mod. This guide will explain the best items for all of Axton the Commando's slots. Axton Question. The tankiness of this build is only moderate. Run away if you get slagged or start to take too much damage while your Phaselock is cooling down but be careful not to do this while you're ignited or corroded. I also enjoyed using the Breath of Terramorphius at one stage. All damage is inflicted immediately. Just got a baby maker, it does like 1000k on a reload. I also use Tediore guns as you can afford to burn ammo quickly when you're up as you spend more time in your ult than shooting things with your gun -also it's good practice for axe throwing. Be sure to jump before shooting your Norfleet to avoid hitting the ground close to you. I'm using a roid shield and a +melee damage relic. So this means that you should mainly be on the lookout for explosive weaponry. I've played a lot of Borderlands 2. © Valve Corporation. It's okay as an SMG, but the point of it is the Reloads which can kill enemies sooo fast. You don't need accuracy, you just need more bullets. It melted most things (with the Bee shield). i use Commando as my main!!! It's worth keeping a corrosive weapon handy to take down buzzards. You will want a Legendary Binder Class Mod, but a Binder, Cat or Fox Mod will work if you're still levelling up. Not weapon specific but prefers fast fire rate, small clip, fast reload weapons. Still, her melee build is ridiculous with the right gear. Close Range + Balanced: This build allows for both close and long-range combat. I'm using a magic missile mod to slag enemies when my turrets are not available. The Big Boom Blaster shield will also generate rockets and grenades if you can get your hands on one. Weapon accuracy should still be valued to maintain "OK" accuracy, even with a ton of Anarchy. Thank you so much man! Automatic Weapons. A reduce cooldown relic would also work. other builds i'd like to try -but I may never finish these. I managed the enemies without crit spots well enough by using weapons like the Hornet to take down some of the tougher enemies. It is only visible to you. There is a point where your damage reduction maxes out. This can be beneficial in coop modes as your double turrets can draw fire while your friends can do the bulk of the DPS without going into FFYL. The build can utilise rocket launchers with high clips well enough. Ghost Kings). Please see the. an Adaptive shield will give you more survivability. After that, I swapped to a Fast Ball for additional damage. It's harder to drill damage into a mind controlled enemy that's moving around than one that's being held still. For Borderlands 2 on the Xbox 360, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Axton Skill Tree?" This build uses a Legendary Killer class mod. Grog Nozzle (to get this, you need to have Tiny Tina's DLC or have participated in the Loot Hunt community event), Unkempt Harold or other gun with a high base damage output for enemies without crit zones. This is a strong build for Zero, the only weakness is Zero himself -his character is designed to dish out damage but not take it. 9: 2592: August 22, 2019 Axton BeeHawking with SMG specialist mod and Duty Calls skill? (level 61). Some weapons have a single number in the upper right hand corner. I would use these weapons when i became tired of sniping or was versing enemies that close in too quickly. It will give the best parts for said items and where you can obtain them. If you don't have this you can use the blue/purple Sickle Class Mod. Torgue ARs (Spitters / Ogre), Torgue Shotguns (Hulks, Ravagers, Swordsplosion), non elemental Tediore SMGs (or Baby Maker), Bandit / Torgue / E-Tech launchers, Plasma Casters are all weapons Axton excels with. The B|tch SMG and Lady Fist work well because of their bonus critical hit damage. Unlike other elemental attacks, explosive weapons never deal damage over time. Español - Latinoamérica (Spanish - Latin America). as this is a DPS build, the Bee shield is the best choice. However accuracy helps, so activate Discord to increase your chances to hit them. You better get good at throwing your axe, because you're going to using it to blow up buzzards and other things. Now I'm rocking a Gunpowder build that's built around a purple Tediore SMG I found. 8. Pretty much, one thing to mention is the addition of purple class mods. Throwing grenades does not break Decepti0n so you can use grenades to slag enemies while Decepti0n is active. ", "No time to waste. If levelling up solo, you may even want to consider using a Cat class mod to increase your damage. If you're not loving the process of accumulating anarchy stacks you can activate Discord over and over to consume the initial 25 stacks (Rational Anarchist skill) for increased accuracy, fire rate and health regen. I levelled up using the Emperor SMG. Levelling the character up wasn't a fun experience but it was worth it in the end. Avoid using snipers as this build consumes ammo like a badass midget consumes drinks at a bar. Some enemies like to run away, hitting them with your thrown buzz axe will make them stumble so you can catch them. I've also tried duel wielding B|tches SMG (i didn't name the gun this)-it works OK but it's not nearly as powerful and drains more ammo. A transfusion type grenade for health recovery -preferably slag, A Legendary Catalyst Class Mod or Zapper Class Mod. A straight forward build and very handy in either case, with great survivability. This build is using the Legendary Ranger Class Mod, Shock Trooper or Rifleman class mods for lower levels. This gun can be used for speed killing most raid bosses with an explosive axton build. Axton's turrets scale with overpower levels but the turret damage started falling off with each over power level. you could use either a Legendary Ninja Class Mod (preferred) or a Legendary Hunter Class Mod would work if you altered the spec. Got a build you want to share? Axton is an explosive expert. Me and my friend are duoing borderlands2, before we make any mistakes, can anyone guide us on how to compliment eachother perfectly. Your melee damage can be boosted by guns when you're not rampaging. After the first kill, kill skills will ramp up the DPS significantly. Parts with a number less than 1 are less common. Got a build you want to share? You need to sign in or create an account to do that. The Emperor has DAHL - SMG Parts. SMG build for Axton? Baby Maker. This build is good for players who want to support inexperienced players, or for inexperienced players to feel like they are contributing (you are!). This method may be better for surviving boss fights if you don't get it on the first try. If you are using the evolution you may want to move some points into 'Blood Soaked Shields' so you can keep it topped up and benefit from it's health regen -but if you're too effective at killing things you may start taking more damage from Blood Soaked Shields than you are healing. Weapons with larger magazine sizes tend to take longer to reload but you can reload them while your Phaselock ability is cooling down so your guns are prepped for the next time you use your ability. the 'Law' and 'Order' combination is for healing/tanking but a Grog Nozzle with +melee damage on is better for healing. high damage grenades such as singularity, Fast Ball, Bonus Package or Nasty Surprise. whoops. This is a wonderful smg with an accuracy debuff but extremely high damage output, it also has a very fast reload speed which is then boosted by her abilities and Mod(see mod). However, this build does not offer a lot of survivability so you need to be tactical about moving and shooting from cover. I’ll give this a shot. Putting Skill points into. since Gaige is only good with bee shield. Each successful kill will extend how long you can stay in your action ability but a failed attempt to assassinate a target will end your action skill. Decepti0n seems to manage pretty much everything but some enemies will need a couple of attempts so you may spend a bit of time hiding and waiting for Decepti0n to cool down so you can have another go at the target. Class mods in Borderlands 2 usually have a theme. If you can't get it, or can't be bothered getting it you can use some other high damage weapon like an unkempt harold which is easier to farm. LF non explosive Axton OP8 Build? and once higher level will be more beneficial to the build with Discord ability) with the new DLC, I'd reccommend using a lightning type grenade to help break shields. Link to my Twitter:https://twitter.com/VinylicPumaWhat's going on guys? Sometimes your weapon might glitch so that they don't automatically reload and you'll have to manually reload. Keep something like an Unkempt Harold for those enemies that are resistant to everything (i.e Ghost King, Constructors). There's no skill called Counselling, so you're just going to have to accept Krieg the way he is if you the massive damage this skill offers... mental health issues and all. As soon as your kill skills activate: 1) use your increased speed to avoid taking as much damage and close in on enemies. Some weapons have a single number in the upper right hand corner. You could also move the 5 points in, Invader (pref), Lyuda (but this will chew your ammo), Skull Masher, Godfinger (gives you Zero's. Avoid the Tunguska as its explosions will kill you too often. This build concentrates on weapon damage and using Phaselock offensively. This will increase your survivability and give you some increased damage output but it will burn your ammo quicker and you won't reach your damage potential. Base it around the class mods you find. Play him to his strengths. Problem's with this build: This build is Axton's glass cannon. This is issue is also countered by using a Bee shield. when the enemy you're attacking is reloading), Summon Deathtrap for additional cover when you want to close in on enemies. Perhaps there is a particular item you want to base your build around like a sniper rifles or pistols, perhaps you want to be a tank, a glass cannon or something in between. Maliwan SMG, Caster or a TMP pistol). Parts with a number greater than 1 are more common. slag: Transfusion, Bouncing betty or Homing Missile. Don't use a Hoplite shield with the 'Sharing is Caring' Skill (bottom left/Best Friends Forever tree) as Deathtrap will only slow you down when he's spawns with a second Hoplite. The explosions caused by these guns will cause enemies to drop grenades. Cooldown rate can be increased above 100%. the Evolution is good for increasing survivability but don't count on it healing Deathtrap as it won't be effective enough. Parts with a number less than 1 are less common. Implosion grenades are good for grouping and nuking enemies, so the Quaser grenade is perfect as it does both. Base it on an item or a play style. Avoid things that heal you. This build works for guerrilla tactic fights and not as good for boss fights. The new patch made it so i was just one shotting everything with level 80 gear. With that out of the way, I will get to the main meat of the guide. You don't want to enter. thanks for guide!!! Lyuda/Lydmila -comes with %125 crit chance but can be found with %145. A Neogenator or Evolution will compliment the health regeneration abilities. I haven't experimented enough to find out when that point is... so I've piled on more damage reduction than i need. It really is just about pointing your gun at things and shooting them. 'Blood Filled Magazines' will further boost the damage of Tediore weapon throws. Chemical sprayer grenades are easy to use -preferably electricity as you can enter it's radius without spraying yourself which makes it easier to draw enemies into it. Nah seriously, hide behind Deathtrap when you see something scary and maintain good weapons so you can handle yourself. When using homing type grenades, they tend to lock onto the first thing you're aiming at (if not the closest enemy). couldn't help myself, i responded to most of them individually. Yes I know this build is not the Gunpowder build that is all the rage now. A Bee shield to maximise damage -will also compliment weapons like the B|tch and Lady Fist. This is all well and good, but I’ve always wondered whether and to what extent Axton could be considered viable in circumstances where all of his skills that relate to the Turret are entirely ignored. Evolution), or Antagonist to compliment your Kinetic Reflection ability. I'd still avoid using a Bee Shield with this build (potential source of gun damage) as I want Deathtrap to have bonus roid damage or at least something to keep him alive. I won't go over skills, I already go over all of them on the doc. The Slagga SMG would be a good alternative. To start with there is a presentation of the character Axton, then its skills and to finish the Builds. The build was fairly balanced and Deathtrap can be used to distract enemies in tricky situations. The main skill tree is Guerilla for those playing to lvl 50 and Guerilla & Survival for those maxed @ lvl 72. The Lascaux has DAHL - SMG Parts. If you're in 'Fight for Your Life' and you're able to get yourself back up, you will be granted full shield and a movement speed buff which will reduce your chances being knocked down again. I probably prefer the Fast Ball more as it's deals more concentrated damage and this results in better, i used an explosive nova shield -the Deadly Boom is a good one, the Flesh Crunch Mod gives you the most relevant skill boosts. Hyperion weapons are good for Gunzerking as they increase accuracy while holding down the trigger. P.S. All rights reserved. Only parts that have an impact on this weapons stats are shown! Zero is a hero that's based on skill. It takes awhile to warm the character up (build anarchy stacks) and dying is a real set-back as you'll lose all of your anarchy and have to start again. 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