My Krieg toon is about to hit lvl 61 (also have Gaige and Maya at 61, and Zero at 56) and thus I think Iām going to be ready to get the Digistruck peak addon.
So far my Krieg is about Mania/Bloodlust and has this build and using rough rider. I think itās pretty common build. I used to use salt meat mod when levelling and at lvl 61 Iāll be switching to tasty crunch for damage reduction, until I can find a legendary sickle.
So far my dilemna is about the relic : I currently have a most excellent one (blood of ancient) giving health, shotgun ammo and RL ammo. I find it excellent for the ammo choice, couldnāt be better for the way I play.
But Iāve been wondering if it was viable for OP0 to OP8 or if I should instead switch to Skin of the ancient for dmg reduction instead of more health.
DR has diminishing returns, so I prioritize health and melee damage over it. 5/5 taste of blood is fine combined with a RR and a Blood; a leg. sickle would bump that up to 10/5, which is almost required in the OP levels for a melee Krieg. I would swap out the crunch mod for a blue rage or scream sickle that had 6 as its primary stat if you an find one because thatāll serve you well until you can get a leg. sickle.
I will warn you that the Peak is a pita, so make sure you bring your A game when you step foot into there, as well as a way to deal with surveyors.
Hereās the build I use for general mobbing. It got me through the peak, but I had help from Maya and Gaige, so your mileage may vary. Combine that with a high health rough rider and a BoA, and you should be good to go. Just be careful that you donāt smack yourself into FFYL. Spamming the melee button is not a good idea. Sure itās 12% per swing, but the more you swing, the more chances you have of hitting yourself. I use a storm front, but a low level (-50) slag bouncing betty/biddy will also work provided you throw them out before you rampage. If you need slag, Iād go with the grenade so you can keep your weapon slots open for high damage Torgue weaponry.
Numbed nerves is great, but not at the expense of your damage abilities like strip the flesh and blood bath. Hellborn is one of those trees that if youāre not going to fully invest in it, itās generally not worth putting any points in it. Again, DR has diminishing returns, so while having 170%+ DR might sound good on paper, youāre looking at 1.7% damage reduction. So, following this formula, if youāre hit for 1k damage, you would still take 370 points of damage and OP enemies hit far harder than just 1k per shot. Couple that with the fact that you have to be on fire for NN to process and youāre looking at trading damage for situational defense. Iād go with the damage and not worry about defense. Just stack up your health and youāll be fine since Krieg gets all of his health back when making a kill while rampaging.
5/5 Strip the Flesh increases the damage of your bloodsplosion and buzz ax bombardier. It also increases damage from Torgue weapons and grenades, as well as weapons that use the Torgue barrel or unique ones like the Cobra. If it explodes, StF boosts it.
5/5 blood bath increases the chance youāll get free grenades from using bloodsplosion, and itāll increase your gun damage if you use one that processes it. See Blutās thread for weapons that do.
Redeem the soul gives you an extra 50% FFYL in both single player and co-op. I like using it with Maya who has res specced: if she goes down, I can get her back up and immediately activate Release the Beast after she raises me. With RtB, you can RtS almost indefinitely until your FFYL just runs out, which can happen (itās happen to me a few times). Still, itās 1 point and will always give you 50% extra time (or should - FFYL is a bit bugged, so donāt rely on it).
Yep, blood trance is whack, with no way to slag or burst heal during rampage (besides killing). And Iād also pick health over damage reduction. Krieg gets plenty DR even if you donāt focus on it
Well so far the conscensus with Mania seems to be either invest fully in Bloodlust or fully invest in Hellborn but not : just enough in Bloodlust to get the capstone and rest in Hellborn as I was thinking. I may just go with Gulfwulfās build then, since I donāt want to drop the Bloodlust capstone.
Anyhow thanks all for all the tips, and also my biggest dilemna was for the relic in the first place.
A blue can go up to +6, but a purpleās a great one. I like the leg. sickle the best because it increases just about every melee skill I use on Krieg aside from Pain is Power. Plus its melee bonus is higher. Still, you canāt go wrong with a purple scream sickle.
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