Hello everyone!
As promised, here is El Hombre: the rootinest, tootinest, most shootinest build this side of the new forums (unless you count @Chuck80 Deputy Sal of course)! If you’re a fan of westens, Jakobs, or lovely critical hit shennagins, you’ve come to the right place.This build abuses Gunzerking’s crit sharing ability and the Jakobs type B crit bonus to split the heads of anything you put in your crosshairs. If it has a crit spot, it’ll die before your finger leaves the trigger.
http://bl2skills.com/gunzerker.html#050551551510555010515052000000000
Skills
Anything with a critical hit boost- More crit damage for our Jakobs guns to multiply.
Anything else- More damage means more crit damage. Jakobs have small mags, so reload speed is a great DPS boost. Recoil reduction helps keep your crosshairs trained on an enemy’s head. Lastly, more time in gunzerk=more time dual wielding=more DPS.
Gear
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TumTum Hawkeye- Every bit of crit counts since the crit bonus on the weapon will transfer to all your others, so be sure to get this accessory if possible. Also, its pretty decent when fired from the hip.
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(Gemstone if possible) Skookum Diaub/ Muckamuck/ Skullmasher- any combination of these 3 will work. The Skullmasher will put out the highest DPS, but the Diaub and Muckamuck are no slouches either.
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Boss Damned Cowboy- Wanted for its 37.5 type B crit bonus. When paired with the Hawkeye, this can almost match a sniper. The slow fire rate also serves as a limiter for when you pair it with…
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The Bekah- I’m not too sure how the crit bonus works with the Bekah. Since its projectiles are unlisted, I think they each get the crit bonus from the Hawkeye. Don’t quote me on that though, I have no idea.
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Good Ol’ Shotty- A nice backpack item. Sometimes our aim sucks after a lonely night of whiskey and cattle ranching. If its works for the deputy build, it’ll work here.
Shields: Blockade/ Antagonist/ Evolution- This build requires a tanky shield, as you can’t really move around and 360 no scope while dual wielding Jakobs snipers. These are the best tanky shields that don’t reduce your movement speed, so they’re a good choice.
Grenade: Longbow Slag Transfusion- For slagging and healing.
Relic: Jakobs Allegiance relic- with recoil reduction + recoil recovery. If you think you’re super leet, you can forego this for a Heart of the Ancients to further bump up your DPS.
COM: Legendary Gunzerker/ Good Evil Monk- The Legendary Gunzerker is the COM for general play, since all the damage in this build comes from sharing the crit bonus between Jakobs, which you can only do while gunzerking. This build foregoes the Chaotic monk COM in favor of the good, as fire rate is pointless on every guns sans the cowboy, and the mag size will increase the time before you get to moneyshot.
Play style: Pop off the head of the littlest bugger you find, then work your way up the list until no one is left standing. With Lay Waste bumping up your crit damage, and NKLO and Moneyshot giving you massive base damage, you’ll easily be able to out shoot anyone this side of the Salt Flats. After the first two kills or so, it won’t be too uncommon to start killing things with body shots, but any punk with a gun can throw their bullets all around and kill somethin’. We’re better than that, we aim for the head, just like Montgomery Jakobs wanted.
Admittedly, I haven’t played this build solo too much, and my highest OP level is 2, so I don’t know how this fairs all the way at the tippy-top of the mountain, but from what I’ve played so far it can work if you’re liberal with your grenades.
So go out there and shoot you some native pandorans!
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