I’ve never seen mention of this kind of build on this forum even tho I’ve seen it around elsewhere so here it goes.
https://bl3skills.com/beastmaster#0000000000002302050350110530430531101
By exploiting the great synergy created by the Deathless artifact, Shared Spirit in the blue tree and the Friend-bot COM we can become quite tanky and damaging at the same time. Add a Transformer to the mix and we can be almost invincible under the right circumstances.
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Shared Spirit will redirect 50% of damage taken to the pet (and Hive Mind adds another 15% on top). Since the Deathless Artifact will keep us at 1hp it will ALWAYS be up.
The Transformer shield is hands down one of the best options for this build sine we will have TONS of shields and we will be able to replenish them by shooting at point blank with a Trevonator, a Tediore reload or a grenade with shock damage. One with damage reduction anointment is ideal.
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This build rewards an aggressive play style. We invested relatively little into defense so the rest is put towards offense. Our purpose is to kill stuff as quickly as possible to keep reviving the pet and keep Shared Spirit going, so jump into the fray, run towards the weakest enemy of the group and look menacingly into his eyes before destroying it to get the kill skills going. Now your targets are the big ones (possibly Badass to activate The Most Dangerous Game)until the pet goes down (the red text on the Friend-bot COM lies, the dog DIES A LOT, but don’t worry, it comes back every kill!),at which point you point at the cannon fodder and unload to get it a revive before it’s second wind expires. All of this while spamming Rakks left and right to slow enemies and activate anointments.
Rinse and repeat.
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I’ve chosen Rakk Attack with Rakkcelerate and Rakk Open a Cold One for this build since getting loot that enhances damage on action skill end is pretty easy and this action skill allows to keep them up 100% of the time and provide utility (action skill damage won’t be very high tho). With Head Count and Rakkcelerate we can be spamming rakks almost non-stop.
Pet will be Great Horned Skag for damage. With Barbaric Yawp your dps will substantially increase.
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A Friend-Bot COM is ideal since the pet tends to be squishy and receive a lot of our damage. With this COM a kill will put it up back on its paws and he’ll be able to provide our damage reduction again! Try to find one with a good bonus to Barbaric Yawp, the other skills are pretty useless imho.
A Deathless artifact is mandatory. A Cutpurse one will allow you to regen shotgun ammo with the Facepuncher. Look for stats like damage reduction and damage to your favorite weapon/manufacturer.
A Transformer shield with damage reduction anointment will be your best friend (apart from the Skag <3).
Weapons that adds a % of damage on action skill end is ideal (those new anointments on grenades from the Maliwan Takedown patch are exceptional, so get your hands on one!), those that deal 100% more damage on targets hit by Rakk Attack are second choice but still powerful.
Concerning weapons, try to get your hands on a shock Trevonator. When fired at point blank with the Transformer shield it will regenerate ammo and shield.
A shock Tediore shotgun with MIRV reload will kill extremely fast and replenish shields when shot at your feet at point blank.
A Facepuncher coupled with a Cutpurse artifact will replenish shotgun ammo to allow the Tediore chucking to go on indefinitely.
The rest will be comprised of anything that can develop good dps. Look for anointed purples or legendaries with good on action skill end anointments.
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Despite not having seen this build on these forums before it is widely used, I’ve seen a few youtube videos that use a similar setup. All suggestions are welcome, I’m sure it can be fine tuned, especially for what concerns best weapons and a few skill points! Awaiting the community feedback, thanks for reading!
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edited for typos