I’m trying to figure out what weapons other beastmasters have been using for max dps builds in endgame, preferably the Takedown. If you don’t have any suggestions I hope one of the guns I listed below can boost your Fl4k.
For context I’ve been running the takedown on mayhem 4 almost exclusively since it dropped. As a Fl4k rakk attack main I’ve had little to no problem with my damage output until I started seeing the spiritual driver Amara builds. I have no problem keeping up with these OP Amara builds until we get to Wotan.
I want to move away from the cutsman as I noticed it is almost useless for the Valkyries, it helps I have an anointed brainstormer and a corrosive kyb’s worth or my new corrosive lyuda to use that can melt their health and can’t be lazily dodged by bosses. I hate to bring up a weapon exclusive to the takedown for a second time but my kyb’s worth will also make easy work of badass war hounds (Maggie works great for them too) which the cutsman can also have trouble with unless Amara decides to phasegrasp.
For Wotan being matched with an Amara with a cutsman is all you need for the shields, if you are not matched with one Fl4k is still able to drop the shields extremely easily but it is not as easy to drop both shields I the third phase at once for them as Amara. They still will melt the first half of Wotan’s final shield phase and all the adds around but this forces me to have shock cutsman or shredded scourge equipped in order to shoot through the hole in the top of it’s final shield until it spawns the Odin and Thor units.
Now comes the part that the cutsman fails the most, the boss can move now. Wotan is still a large boss that can be stationary for good hunks of time but it has no problem playing jump rope with our cutsman shots. His better half is airborne and not very sluggish this has allowed me to watch as 3 seperate cutsman never touched it while I chipped away at a quarter of his health bar at a time with my kyb’s worth.
Nighthawkin, Maggie, Lyuda, brainstormer, linage, cutsman, babymaker and the new smg Kyb’s worth are all great for adds and certain parts if not all parts of the boss battle.
So with out further ado I go back to my original question, I am wanting to know what weapons people have been using with their Fl4k builds to tear through the takedown. Are there any crazy ways to buff their damage? Is there actually a gun out there that lets fade away melt the takedown boss? I run a brainstormer, Maggie and a shock cutsman then I’m testing corrosive weapons that are known to melt bosses against the Valkyries and Wotan in an attempt to melt boss armor as quickly as the broken Amara melts the shields. In addition I use an anointed shield for 50% cryo damage on action skill end and an anointed grenade that gives a corrosive buff which is why I can run the entirety of the Valkyrie fight. I personally have seen very few Fl4ks actually put out high enough dps to justify them partaking in mayhem 4 takedowns, I’m talking almost exclusively about Fadeaway. Gamma burst is extremely useful but pales in comparison to to other builds in terms of dps unless you have been blessed with amazing top tier guns with the gamma burst anointment.
Shield transformer 50% cryo or 5% max health on ase
Grenade 50% corrosive
Rakk pak or the mod that gives 3% chance on hit trigger kill skill
Relic otto idol heal on kill with 90% element boost
I use this for stealth or rakk pak now that i figured out a glitch that rakks dont hit anything (resolution somehow causes rakks to not target people) and crit fl4k is a step below amara dps wise with tons of survive, rakk above amara dps wise way less survive
For my Fade Away Build I’m still using Terror on my Shield and Grenade to maintain close to infinite Ammo, but I am absolutely shredding(no pun intended:face_with_hand_over_mouth:) Wotan with an annointed x2 corrosive and shock Shredifier, Infinite Corrosive and Shock Dictators have been pretty nasty too for melting him in his stationary states.
The four objectively best guns for takedown. Same load out for both fade away and rakk fl4k in terms of guns both have soloed m4 takedown
Maggie 100% ase or 50% ase 2 mags
This is your kill people right now gun. Use for second winds and deleting badassess. If you feel your gunna go down switch to this and Yeet out your action skill
cuts man 100% ase corrosive or ase 50% 2 mags
This is your big boy boss killer. This can usually solo wutang phases in 1-2 clips. Also great against the valks if you don’t get a money recursion shot. It has a sweet spot find it. Also run forward while shooting to increase projectile speed.
Brainstormed ideally not redundant 100% ase or ase 50% 2 mags
This is your primary mobbing gun. It does more damage with chains in large groups. Also with only 3 points in leave no trace and megavore you will have a 2x or 3x effective clip size. I love shooting the shock backpack guys with this as they’ll survive the longest and everyone else will get killed by tendrils. Also don’t full auto it pace your shots and go for crits. If you run an Otto idol it’s really hard to kill you with this.
Recursion shock and corrosive 125% ase splash or 50% bonus mag
This is the reason the raid is easy. If you are not using this gun you are doing it wrong. In big groups will clap. There are very specific places in the raid you use this.
Spot 1 first mini boss just shoot him as he spawns with corrosive should kill him in ~ 3 shots
Spot 2 valk fight at beginning drop down hit with shock. Then switch corrosive run around without killing enemies while you wait for valks to come down. Bonus points for grouping enemies below where the boss will drop. Then shoot. If all goes will should basically one shot each phase. For last one is common 2 die and you have to cutsman the last one.
Spot3 the passage way between first area after valk fight and stairs to bridge area. Easy clap all these grouped up enemies.
Spot 4 after getting through passage way sprint all the way to other side of bridge to the furthest corner next to plasma door. Start shooting here this is the hardest one, but will also shorted your clear times the most.
Spot 5 once the plasma doors open and the backpack guys spawn from either side. Fire bounces here.
Wutang fight
Brainstormer to get shields down in beginning.
Switch to corrosive cutsman for the ground phase
Stay cutsman for first perch phase
Then second ground unshielded phase also cutsman.
At some point lots of death balls or the mobs he spawns will start to overwhelm you. You to wait as long as possible then hit a money recursion shot.
After the second ground unshielded phase he will have another shielded phase
For this use brainstormer or recursion inside the shield. Note though once this phase is done he will split. Make sure you have a full recursion for the split then spam him or his head. You can usually kill one or the other instantly. Getting this down is important as it makes the last and hardest phase easier.
Jumpy phase post split.
He doesn’t stay perched for long enough for cutsman to hit I recommend Shooting recursion at head if it’s still alive
Memorize the jump spots there’s only three and stay far Away from them so you don’t get clapped by the fire ball rings. He eventually stops moving this your window to cutsman him
A very in depth walk through of the meta. Even though the redundant brainstormer doesn’t have an unlimited clip it is still more than enough to solo the Valkyries with ONLY that gun if it’s annointed and you have corrosive and/or cryo anointed shield and nade.
Also I’m just saying from my experience Fl4ks that use the cutsman to kill the bosses armor don’t do that good unless it’s anointed, but once anointed weapons get brought in I’ve seen better.
I think so too but I’ve had a few friends say I’m full of it when I say I can solo the Valkyries with one gun until I showed them.
That was before it became meta for raid builds though.