Maya with the Cat mod, a Bee, and matching element sandhawk has to be insane.
I actually think Cat Maya is better, against certain raids anyway. Sniper Zer0 as well, if you can land consistent crits you can melt raids.
Maya is probably the worst at raiding. Any character can BeeHawk, Maya isn’t any better than the others at that.
If you’re willing to jump hoops and make builds that are tailored specifically for raids, you will find that most characters have at least one combo that makes raid either easy or fast.
Axton has chucking builds that kill raids in less than 5 seconds
With a LOT of prep, Zero and Gaige with lots of stacks (of CA or Anarchy respectively) can beat most raids in under 2 minutes
Krieg has a build where you dont have to do anything (called AFKrieg)
Well, there is Gaige. I remember killing Pyro pete using nothing but a Grog, a shock Chopper, and 600 stacks.
[quote=“rashardcloud, post:4, topic:1541272”]a shock Chopper, and 600 stacks.[/quote]Oh that sounds awesome
Except that she has the Cat COM and attached to it are several skills that greatly increase her DPS. Any character can do it sure, but Maya excels.
With perfect rng and the right set up krieg can.1-shot most of the raids. Faster then sal
You can kinda get it going but not to raid,it’s tricky.
But yeah on the beeehawking Maya doesnt really do it better since additive bonuses don’t hit amp damage. So Maya only really has reaper which only helps for half the raids health and shields if they have them. Once the health bar goes below half she has nothing to boost the amp.
Yeah she helps the hawk it’s self but it’s nothing compared to CA, Chucking, Money Shot, Anarchy, or Bloodsplosion shenanigans.
If you define “best at raiding” by:
Easily and consistently beat raids solo in a short time
…Then Axton is probably your number 2 guy
Krieg either requires a bit of luck (bloodsplosion), or a lot of time (AFKrieg)
and Zero and Gaige require a lot of time to stack, or a lot of skill without stacks
Well there are those new ~4 second hyperious kills with Maya. Based around the antagonist. Those are the 2nd fastest kills right behind the axton chucking kills. To my knowledge
Pimp/Ahab can do it that fast or is there another set up? I think the antagonist kills were a relatively new discovery.
Edit: its early so don’t quote me on this but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen it done solo
I stand corrected. The world record time for a solo Maya vs hyperious is ~14 seconds.
There is the always beautiful Zer0 Hyperius kill using Quasars, DPUH, and B0re!
I love seeing my screen freeze, hearing the B0re sound, and then seeing a sudden lootsplosion!
Fixed it
Oh my god… He wasnt even wearing a Bee!!!
Nope
At best The Bee is a useful tool, and it has its place in the game, but most truly interesting builds and combos don’t rely on it at all.
at worst, it is a crutch that hampers your development as a player
Personally I hate the Bee, especially when soloing. I take damage, and the bee pretty much evaporates.
There are 2 situations there it is nice for me:
- When I can snipe
- When I am helping someone power level by using Marcus’ shop & quest exploit.