On Paper he should be a great Jakobs user, lots of skills to boost Gun Damage, including the only None Elemental boost in the game, Ready to boost Reload Speed, Ranger to boost EVERYTHING, and even Crisis Management, which pairs perfectly with the Rough Rider (the ONLY Jakobs shield in the game).
And yet, nothing, I can't find and builds for base Axton (there's one if you use the UCP, but...).
Am I missing something obvious, or is he just not that good with Jakobs?

Anything would help gear, or build guidance!

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So I've been getting back into bl2 and started up my first ever gunzerker, I've made it to level 40 with relative ease, but now that I'm getting into TVHM I'm getting killed easily and not doing enough damage. Have any builds and guns?

Current build: https://bl2skills.com/gunzerker.html#505001501005005410412000000000000

I have 2 level 34 DPUH's, two level 34 infinity pistols, The Bee shield, Unstoppable berserker class mod, and a proficiency relic.

Looking for a maya Jacobs build(playing coop so I need Res). Searched in YT/Google and was unable to do so. Can anyone help me???

Howdy gamers this are a few of the builds I have been tossing around for the assault rifle only axton play through I am planning.

first we have the shield build (I have banned my self from using the bee), I would like to start with a rifleman com but when that can't support me very well I will use legendary solder. the aim of these builds is to play on op 10 and clear the peak. I grab duty calls because the bekah is the most ammo efficient assault rifle and I expect to use it a lot if I can ever get one hehe. I am speced into ranger even though I dont typically use it. I need all the damage I can get and I am already unlocking it in the tree. let me know if you dont think I should grab it or if you have any other suggestions.

https://bl2skills.com/commando.html#55055113015555015515005321100000

next is the rough rider variant. I am including this because this build is perpetually in dire need of more damage and crisis management is kind of a lot. the Idea with this one is to primarily use the hail and utilize it receiving grenade damage boost. this way can can deal hefty damage and healing, additionally I grab expertise so i might be able to use other guns when i am not in any danger and get some of that bonus damage on things like the ogre or sawbar.

https://bl2skills.com/commando.html#55105155515555515015100000000000

Gear is the biggest hold up. but here is what I am thinking.

Shield, antagonist, blockade, sham, non unique tanky shield for leveling, cradle.

Nades: slag all the way, probably magic missle.

relic: mouth wash I think is the all around best, I might need a stock pile relic if i ever try raids.

and guns: this is the tricky bit. bekah, sawbar, lead storms, hails, slag kitten, maybe shredifier or kerblaster, toothpick.

the hardest part about guns is that there is no assault rifle that can reliably slag so far as I know, maybe Etech but they eat ammo like there i no tomorrow, I have also considered using the slag bear cat with 9 explosive rounds each with a 9% slag chance. let me know if you know of a better slag assault rifle.

let me know if there is anything I could do to improve this build. do you think it can work with questing on op 10? Thank you gamers.

I need a zero maylay build to play with my friends

I have a lv 80 kreig and have good gear but i don't know what to do im at op1 and struggling to get though the op levels i killed voraciousn,pyro Pete by useing bloodsplotion on them i just need a reliable build on op 2 and up.Tell me the wepons and classmods i need to get and I'll farm them oviosly

I have a Zero build but I die way to fast. I'm a level 34 and have beat all the main missions except the Talon of God. Any ideas on how I can improve the build?

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Here's my build: https://bl2skills.com/assassin.html#505501500050030000000000000000

Hi all, this is actually my first post on Reddit! I've been playing BL2 for years and just got back into it on my XboneX. I've been slowly diving into UVHM in prep for BL3, and I find that I've been struggling to make any progress because I can't build enough Anarchy to make a dent in enemies. Any recommendations for Gauge builds that rely less on Anarchy would be appreciated. I'm on the mission where you have to rescue Roland rn, so I'm limited on bosses I can farm until I actually make some progress.

Also do you guys have any weapon or gear recommendations for zero

any ideas for a strong build? kinda go between scream sickle and salt meat class mods and shotty’s. I must be playing him wrong because if I face tank and square off against bosses I die quick. appreciate any direction and fight strategy...thank you

So I came back into the game after 3 years with BL3 hype and I'm on my LVL70 Gaige and my loot for her is pretty decent (after someone gifted me a crap ton of good guns) but I feel I'm not using the right build for her.

What are some good builds for her USING this mod?

The main guns I used right now are a Flame Interfacer, a Slag Florentine, 74K Damage Unkempt Harold, and I swap my fourth gun with either the Norfleet (have corrosive, shock, and flame) and Conference Call (flame and shock)

Oh and I mainly play solo!

So I want to make a dps build but I want to have DT at least capable of 1v1 most normal enemies any good vids that I could watch or any good perks to invest in would be much appreciated

Hey Guys,

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http://bl2skills.com/mechromancer.html#520052100551055155100501411150100000

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This is a build I put together and have been running for the past few days (part of it anyway, I'm only level 50 at the moment) coming up on the end of TVHM. I primarily play co-op (don't want to out-level each other) with a friend on a Psycho and rely on DT for my heavy damage. My primary question is what changes would you guys make to this build? Have I missed anything obvious or am I over-invested into something silly/bugged?

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Appreciate any advice.

I got some of the stuff I was looking for. Pardon the long message but copied and pasted the list I made for Facebook group:

LF a few items for my 72 OP8 Maya Would really appreciated any help!

I'm very close to having all the items needed for each of my siren builds. I still need the following:

Proactive Bitc* (any element but especially shock)- Prefer Hyperion stock

Proactive Actualizer (any element but especially shock)- Prefer Hyperion stock

Brisk Avenger- (any element but especially shock)- Prefer Dahl stock

Hyperion or Tediore plasma casters (actual elemental versions, I’ve been given a lot of modded ones without elements.

Impetuous Florentine with Maliwan grip and Dahl stock.

Fastball. All elements

Longbow slag transfusion.

Blood of the Ancients relic

Sherriff’s Badge

Stinger

Rubi- Maliwan grip. Any elements

PSN ID on PS4: DarenLee

I'd also love to get the following heads/skins: Heads: A Crying Shame Admiral Asskick*** Cold Steel Till Death Do Us Part Bad to the Bone Cutthroat Combatant Trigger Pull*** Closing Time Bluffers Bane Vault Veteran: Dr. Crazy

Skins: Azure Wave Bittersweet Ninja Black Widow*** Dark Scarlet Hyperion Hornet Ninja Rose Are You My Mummy*** Fenian Femme Frozen Wrath*** No Thanks Wrath Emerald Hornet*** Last Call****

It's been a long time since I last played borderlands and not sure if something has changed..Any help would be appreciated!

I usually duo with my Dad who is an OP1 Axton so we don't have too much trouble but I'm noticing that I'm having trouble playing her at OP1 without him. Here's my build, any suggestions are welcome and needed.

build; dps/support hybrid

I don't know if this has been done before on this subreddit, but i think it would be really cool to see if there were posts on this subreddit that focus on creating a "Permanent/no-changing multipurpose build for each class"..

This basically means that you create a FULL character build (skill tree allocation, weapons, relic, grenade mod, etc) BUT the twist is that you can't change ANYTHING at all from the class once you make it.. Basically, you cannot switch from one grenade mod to another, as you must stick with the setup permanently and can never change it.. Hence, the class needs to be 'multipurpose' to fit all situations and enemy types (mobbing, raids, etc).

This was just a shower thought i had last night; so correct me if this has literally been done exactly already here lol.. I don't want you peeps to comment your builds on this post, but i would much rather and prefer if new posts were made for each character. Title your thread/post exactly like i have for this one, except add the character you are using (for example: "Permanent/no-changing multipurpose build for each class: Gunzerker").

What do you think?? Has this already been done, or should threads be started to do this for each character? i am bored and i think it would be cool to see a multipurpose and never-changing class be made for each character...

I bought this game just a while ago and finally got to playing it nearly two months ago.. unfortunately, i had no idea what the best build was for my playstyle (and for solo gunzerker UVHM); and stumbled upon this subreddit. Lemme just say this site has seriously been nothing but extremely useful and helpful! Extremely nice people and builds for all occasions, playstyles and characters! thanks so much for the help, and i hope to see this site continue getting even more attention. This place deserves it, and it sorta sucks that it seems relatively dead here tbh. Also, I don't really post much and reply much at all tbh, but the builds and information i have gathered is really awesome :))

Any good builds for Maya for co-op play with Zer0? Looking for some healing but good damage as well.

I want to play as Maya solo and just need a good idea for a build, if maya is not good as a solo character ny suggestions would be appreciated.

I need ideas for a solo raid boss gunzerker build for level 72. The build I have is invested into the Gun Lust and Rampage skill trees with a Grog and DPUH for main weapons.

I play maya a lot and sniping with her is very fun, so I was wondering what the best skill distribution and com for her to maximize sniping potential.

Note: Yes I know about pimpernel and blurred trickster setup, but I mean for sniping in general, not for just that one sniper.

TL;DR i have a gimmicky but fun and kinda viable krieg build, if you love getting technical then this might interest you, i'm looking for some feedback

"Prepare for a great deal of text!" - Patricia Tannis

Hey guys, so i'm kind of fed up with all of the stereotypes that the BL community has ("sniping sucks!", "Maya can only deal damage with a cat com!" and so on...) so i tried something new and the results were-... interesting. i tried to make a Hellborn-Mania build that doesn't depend on the firehawk's shield. There are a LOT of variations on this build but the general layout is this:

http://bl2skills.com/psycho.html#41500210000040550100055151550150051 -Rough rider -Swordexplosion!!! -Chaotic Good Barbarian Class mod. -Blood of the ancients

okay, so it looks like a mess but it works! it got me through the digistruct peak at OP8 the idea is turning krieg into a huge unstoppable tank: you get a lot of base health through the shield, the relic and feed the meat, you will also get a lot of damage reduction through the rough rider and numbed nerves (idealy you will always be on fire). if you take a lot of damage one can always activate RTB to go into a muderous rampage. It's here where Fire Fiend comes into play and basically makes the build viable; a 10/5 fire fiend (see class mod) will have a 100% chance to light enemies on fire with a melee attack! (yes, this also works if you throw your buzz axe) This means that you can carry all of your Hellborn perks into the BAR state! so you will get all of your health back, while still mantaining the damage reduction from the rough rider, and numbed nerves added along with Taste of blood's damage reducion and the natural reduction from RTB-... holy crap guys! the damage reduction is insane! i'm not even kidding, i've whacked myself in the head like 3 or 4 times in a row with STV in the middle of heavy fire and i didn't go down! it's insane!!and i havenn't even mentioned the healing with elemental empathy and thrill of the kill

Now, Chaotic good mod means you will get increased fire rate on top of embrace the pain's, so your fire rate can and will get pretty ridiculous getting the most damage you can out of the swordexplosion, you will burn through your ammo quite quickly though (part of the reason why i use the blood of the ancients, as it gives health and max ammo capaity) finally you will get 11/5 on Salt the wound, meaning that at 20 stacks (i've noticed i usually run around with 12-ish stacks in the middle of combat) you will deal 220% extra damage for shotguns and 330% extra damage on melee attacks, so there's where your damage comes from. Sadly one usually doesn't reach the 20 stacks (everything melts when you do) and this skill is additive, but you will found yourself running with around a 150-ish % increase damage for melee and shotguns which, even for additive, it's still pretty damn decent. The damage though is still nowhere near as, say, a bloodsplosion build, but you will never go down.

aaand so, the details are where i'm having trouble, remember when i said this build had a lot of variations? well the reason why i put a point in fuel the fire is because i've found myself having trouble mantaining myself on fire since i don't use a lot of elemental damage other than a slagging tool and a granade (raving retribution helps a lot to deal damage and stay on fire), so, would it be a good idea to ditch these and go full on bloodbath for more damage, turning it into an explosive build? or the other way around, ditch bloodbath which is sitting awkwardly with only 2 points and go hellborne? flame flare is good for staying on fire but outside the combat is still a bit dangerous.

maybe this?

http://bl2skills.com/psycho.html#41500000000040550100055150545150051 and use elemental slow hands, elemental conference calls/butchers instead?(butcher goes great with blood-filled guns and the high rate of fire) along with a legendary torch class mod? now the fire rate comes from elemental elation instead and i will never have a problem at staying on fire, however changing the classmod will get rid of fire fiend's guaranteed fire melee attack as well as the huge boost on Salt the wound... or maybe make the changes mentioned above while mantaining the chaotic good class mod? there's also something to be said about using a fire Bone of the ancients

it's driving me a bit crazy and all of the variations are roughly at the same level of damage, resistance and gun-play. Regardless, if this build turns out to be a flop, which it very well might be, it's still kinda fun to play this way, instead of spamming the melee attack, walking around as the firehawk's shield destroys everything and/or throwing a fastball every once in a while as other conventional krieg builds do

Thoughts? suggestions?

So I have been able to bring my Girlfriend into playing BL2 with me. I decided to step away from Krieg and Gaige, and went with Axton. I'm looking for a good build that helps with a siren playing. I know BL1 commando turret had amazing team capabilities but nothing stands out like that for Axton. Currently lvl 10 I believe but I can work through higher build setups.

So I just completed my first run of uvhm and I finished at level 56. I don't know if that is normal but I have quite a ways to what I thought was the next step of op levels. I think I read somewhere that I'm should save the side quests for once I'm op 8. So what should I do to level up now?