How is non-melee Krieg in UVHM?

Borderlands 2 Krieg the Psycho
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I have an old Krieg game save that I just imported from the 360 to Xbox One, and it’s been years since I used it. Left off at level 58, and it looks like I must have been using a melee build. But I just tooled around in UVHM and wasn’t really feeling the melee. I’ve heard people use him effectively with non-melee, but his whole special skill seems designed for this. If you run him without the middle tree, does his action skill even get used at all?

Any particular skills that are good to have in a non-melee build?

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#2

I run a melee/gun build, and rarely ever drop into RtB. But idk of anyone that runs hellborn guns.

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#3

He’s perfectly fine with non melee, you just need guns that work with his skills.

Explosive guns, guns with splash damage, elemental guns with good DoTs mainly

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#4

My first Krieg was strictly guns - I didn’t even use his action skill.

If you specifically concentrate on Blood Bath ( and Bloodsplosion of course ) you are completely covered. You can go into Hellborn if you wish, but you can actually just spec Bloodlust and Mania like this and that’ll do the trick.

Good COMs are Blister, Crunch and Legendary Reaper.

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#5

@BasherSBC Thanks for the thread. I’m currently on a little hiatus because… Just started TPS, bought the Necro pack on Diablo III, I’m moving and going back to school (at 40+) on monday… But BL2 is still DA GAME for me.
Krieg (Mr. Die-A-Lot) is my current character and I’m definitely not a melee fan. Add all the yelling and the %$?%* language… Not my favorite character. But I did went for Release the beast and melee because… Krieg.
I’m specking in Bloodlust and it does make a difference.
Feeling like I’ll find some good tips on here. Already did!

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#6

I run Krieg completely Hellborn with a bit of both other trees and it works really well.

Dots and a lot of health is all you need :slight_smile:

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#7

Mr. who? Krieg doesn’t die.

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#8

I’m happy for you. I really am!
Mine does. A lot! Oh he also survive impossible situations! A lot.
I guess I’m just not used to “impossible situations”
You see. Instead of punching. I like to carefully pick my target and take them down with one well place shot…

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#9

You lost me at “instead of punching”

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#10

Someone had to do it or I would had have to create an alt for it!
Thanks. :hugs:

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#11

I think the reason punchy Krieg didn’t do it for me in UVHM was it just got to be too much for me to manage keeping track of who was slagged, then managing RtB. A lot of times my health would drop so fast I’d miss the timing on getting the Action Skill triggered before dropping to zero. I think I’d rather just slag stuff with guns and then set the world on fire.

Thanks for the tips and build suggestions…

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#12

By the way, no one really acknowledged Hellborn, but it can be pretty wicked.

My favourite COM used to be a purple (Power) Toast, but I like the Legendary Torch a bit better these days. The Legedary Reaper works well with it too - shifts the focus to Blood Bath a lot more.

Hellborn points can be moved around depending on COM choice but here’s a build to go with the Leg Torch :

http://bl2skills.com/psycho.html#55000500055100550100000052555101051

or this if you want to concentrate on shotguns ( spec-ing Fire Fiend for reload since no Nervous Blood ) :

http://bl2skills.com/psycho.html#55000500000000550104150051552151051

FULL DISCLOSURE : I’m not as familiar with the mechanics of Hellborn skills as others, so some of those choices may be a bit misguided ; but it works for me.

The Omen / Blockhead is my primary gun ; consult Top Gear for other good options.
Also, needs a Rough Rider or FotF to work.

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#13

can be used for emergency heals while taking cover. Also useful if you need some speed boost going from point a to point b.

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#14

Man…
:yum:

Your build is really close to mine, and I swap between Power Toast and Leg. Torch as well, but I always put 5/5 in EE, no matter what.

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#15

Well I did mean specifically :stuck_out_tongue:

tbh , my Hellborn builds are constantly shifting points from here to there. Maybe I should actually study up on those skills :roll_eyes:

As a side note to the OP : people love to argue about Pain is Power. At the end the the arguement, those who say it’s a worthy skill tend to win. Or maybe I’m just starting the arguement again :smiling_imp:

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#16

To be honest hellborn was the most commonly spec’ed tree around Krieg’s release. I guess I could say I’ve been using a hellborn-based melee build since when a hellborn-mania melee was considered mainstream.

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#17

I just meant no one acknowledged it in this thread ( if that’s what you meant ).

By the way, if you have any critiques on my builds, I’m all ears. Remember it’s a no-melee build the OP is after.

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#18

I though you meant in general as I get the impression that in the forums any build without bloodsplosion is a hipster build.

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