Heya folks. Been playing Krieg for a bit. I just beat Bunker, somehow, and am looking to grind a few levels from him. I just found out that the Dust doesn’t scale in TVHM, which bugs me a lot, since I can’t just go grab a Lyuda.
Now I need to farm new gear, since the gear I have, even on-level or near enough, isn’t cutting it any more. So I need to kill Tinder Snowflake. Problem is, he’s pretty difficult, and I feel even melee might have issues.
Does anyone have some tips for gear to farm to kill either snowman or bunker more easily? Builds are also welcome.
With Tinder Snowflake I tend to chuck out a few magic missiles at the start of the fight for slag (I have no idea if he can actually be slagged or not, it just makes me feel better doing it, lol) then just go at him with the Harold until I’m ready to trigger RtB, then try and get in close enough to take a few swipes with the buzz axe (try to stick more towards his back/sides other wise his snow breath can mess you up quite a bit). Once RtB wears off take a few more shots at his head with the Harold until your ready to RtB again, then pretty much just rinse and repeat. Bloodsplosion can be really useful here as well if you can get the little snowmen to play ball, but I’d definitely rather have RtB for this.
With other characters I’ve used a fire shreddifier and a fire lyuda pretty effectively as well.
Oh and if you don’t mind using cheaper tactics you can wedge yourself just behind the lift (to the right as you’re facing it) and pretty much all of his attacks can’t hit you there, or at least not with their full force. I know this has worked with other characters but I’ve not tried it with Krieg, his bigger size may prevent it)
I would suggest not farming. TVHM is forgiving enough to play with found gear, if you need “top gear” for tvhm then uvhm will be really bad. Using normal guns makes you a better player.
There are a few spots on the map where Bunker drops his arsenal but does so in vain as you’re relatively guarded. Many of them concentrate on hitting his underbelly.
On the other hand mate, I’d say don’t bother for the moment. Many of these weapons you’re farming will become instantly outdated by the time you hit UVHM. Now, of course they’ll be dandy any time you level up any other character.
If you really need to farm some new gear, in my experience Sawtooth is paradise, and tends to be leveled up to a sliver less than the end game fights in TVHM.