How well does this kind of idea works out? Since Cloud Kill is no longer useless, I can see Phaselocking them, shoot them for a crit (cloud kill happens, while at the sametime as slag + elemental effects too!) might be a bit over kill though, I mean if their slagged than a crit shot might not be worth it TOO much…
It’s still in rough draft ok lol. I’ve checked if someone did this already and I didn’t find it, so unless I’m blind (and I might be…) than can somebody help me?
Piemanlee
(Goodbye friends and not friends, it's been a fun ride)
#2
Derch has his twisted pimp build. Really with Maya all you need to do is phase lock let ruin slag them and shoot. Stuff shouldn’t last long. Throw on a bee for harder stuff.
Sniper Maya is a thing… Accelerate, Mind’s Eye, and Reaper are quite good for this. I snipe with Maya, and I’m only marginally built for it. There are actual builds around here somewhere though.
I wouldn’t go as far as saying that there are dedicated sniper builds for Maya, but her skills make her the second most effective character with a sniper after Zero. It’s the synergy between some of her skills that makes her so effective, and most of these skills are cornerstones in every Maya build. Since none of these skills are restricted to sniping, other guns will get the same benefits, and that’s why I say that there are no dedicated sniper builds. They’re simply included in the package!
narfkeks
(May this forum rest in peace - Davin Dittrich)
#5
Maya is a great Sniper, but more so on Coop than in solo play. This is because she is a great support class as a healer and her abilities and her effictive range for Phaselock to target an enemy further support every Team as mid-to-more-or-less-far-range-sniper.
Her ranged crowd-control does a ton for the whole team!
As stated above, she is viable with most weapons at most ranges, so the sniping does fit her as good as everything else. A sniper able to fight on its own is something rare and very appreciated.
With that Twisted Pimp build, I sorta changed it a bit. All I did was add in the skills that got buffed and took away the less important skills that he was “forced” to add to. Here it is, I think it looks nice.
This is a solo build (for me) so I took away the skills for “Res” and “Restoration” and just added them to “Mind’s Eye” for more damage, I could put them into “Life Tap” but he’s very correct by how much you heal with only 2 points lol. The 4/5 in “Flicker” shouldn’t be THAT bad, it’s still very high with the Legendary Siren class mod. I just love “Helios”/ “Cloud Kill” since they got buffed
VaultHunter101
(So long, and thanks for all the fish)
#7
But I recommend you revisit Immolate, it is the biggest damage buff Maya can get. It ensures that if you drop into FFYL you will almost always get a second wind without needing a launcher.
Maya can make effective use of Jakobs sniper rifles and Jakobs in general, in fact there are few weapons of the sniper variety that do poorly in her hands. She is also the only other individual besides Zer0 who can make effective use of Jakobs hand cannons for general usage.