Gearbox has finally revealed the fourth skill trees for the Borderlands 3 Vault Hunters, which will be released as part of the Designer's Cut DLC. These new trees are guaranteed to bring in some new builds that will further enhance the way that many people play the game. With that being said, the previous skill trees are still extremely viable and players have figured out how to use them effectively.
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These builds are so effective that some of them can take down bosses in the blink of an eye or wipe out hordes of enemies without breaking a sweat. Let's count down some of the most badass, best builds of all before new ones start flooding in.
Updated August 9th, 2021, By Aden Carter: Build creators are constantly working on builds, fine-tuning them for players who need the extra help. Builds are an easy thing to create in Borderlands 3. They require a lot of hard work and determination. Many build creators spend hours if not days working on their builds to make them as powerful as possible. Thanks to the new skill trees that were released alongside the Designer's Cut, players are now able to take on even the toughest of challenges that the game has to offer without even breaking a sweat (and if you play Fl4k, you literally don't sweat).
10 Fettuccine Fl4k
- Very versatile build when it comes to weapons
- Requires a specific shield and grenade to be effective
- Has a huge damage output
Though the name is pretty funny, this Borderlands 3 build created by Moxsy is one of the best out there for Fl4k. This build is very versatile when it comes to the player's choice of weapons. The downside to this build is that there are a few requirements when it comes to shields and grenades. The best grenade for this build is the Mesmer because of its ability to turn enemies against each other. It's like having Fl4k's Dominance skill without needing to have it for the build. This build relies heavily on the green and red skill trees while also using a little bit of the blue and purple skill trees.
9 Nuclear Revolt
- Heavily relies on the Lightshow
- Build is very anointment specific
- Uses both the shoulder cannon and sentinel drone
Ki11er Six is great at creating Borderlands 3 builds and it shows with the Nuclear Revolt Zane build. This build focuses heavily on using one of the best legendary guns in the game, the Lightshow. Players will mainly want the sentinel cryo anointment on each of their weapons so they can gain some extra bonus damage with their sentinel robot. Along with the sentinel, this build uses Zane's shoulder cannon with some added benefits from the Re-Volter shield.
8 Iron Maiden Moze
- Focuses on amping Iron Bear's damage
- Great for mobbing and tanking damage
- Keeps Iron Bear active for longer than any other build
For players who are sick of playing Moze while ignoring Iron Bear, Moxsy has created a build that focuses heavily on using Iron Bear. This build makes Iron Bear so strong that it can destroy enemies in seconds. This build takes advantage of Moze's new class mode the Heat Exchanger.
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The Heat Exchanger increases Iron Bear's miniguns and makes them deal crazy amounts of damage. While in Iron Bear, players will want to use the Dark Army. The reason for this is because it will still spawn drone weapons that will attack enemies.
7 Khaos Queen Amara
- Pretty versatile with weapons
- Extremely powerful for mobbing
- Very anointment focused
Another build by Moxsy is the Khaos Queen Amara build. This build has been updated to be one of the best Borderlands 3 builds out there. This build uses Amara's Phasegrasp action skill in combination with the skill Vigor to amp Amara's movement speed so she can deal more damage. The main anointments players need to focus on with this build are consecutive hits and next two mags. This build is pretty versatile when it comes to weapons, but players should focus on using well-known powerful weapons.
6 Destroyer Of Worlds Fl4k
- More gear focused build
- Uses the Monarch to regen action skill faster
- Slower build that gets more damage from moving slowly or not moving at all
Fl4k has always been a character that is hard to make a build for. That's why fans are lucky to have YouTubers like Ki11er Six who has created an extremely powerful build that focuses on using Fl4k's Fade Away skill. This build focuses on using the Monarch assault rifle to mow enemies down and get Fl4k's action skill back as fast as possible. Surprisingly, this build does not use the purple tree. Instead, it focuses on putting points mainly into the green and red skill trees while using a little less of the blue skill tree.
5 Fire Hoze Moze
- Great for dealing elemental damage
- Very versatile build
- Lack survivability without grenades
This Moze build comes from Moxsy, a YouTuber. This build is an updated version of an older build he created but with more damage potential. He shows himself killing multiple bosses with a pistol, rocket launcher, and other weapons. All of this without the use of Iron Bear. He even states during the video that almost anything can be used on the build, but a few items will be necessary. One of these items is the Blast Master class mod. He does make a note about the Mind Sweeper class mod as well, but it ultimately doesn't do as much damage.
Moxsy has continued to update this Borderlands 3 build and has made it one of the best builds out there for Moze. With the inclusion of the 4th skill tree, players get even more elemental damage while Iron Cub/Bear is on cooldown. Playing around with the anointments, Moxsy has discovered that the consecutive hits anointment gives this build the best damage. He also states that this build has gotten him some of the best times when running the Takedowns. Now that the level cap has increased, players can take advantage of the green skill tree even more and never run out of ammo when playing as Moze.
4 Mozerker Forever
- Great build for mobbing
- Deals insane amounts of splash damage
- Takes advantage of Moze's infinite ammo capabilities
This build, brought to everyone by Ki11er Six, is in its eighth and perhaps final iteration thanks to the level increase. As far as builds go in Borderlands 3 this is one of the most powerful thanks to Moze's capability to have infinite ammo. This build relies more heavily on the Flipper than other builds, but it takes down enemies in no time at all.
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This build, like the Fire Hoze Moze build, takes advantage of Moze's insane splash damage capabilities with the Blast Master class mod. Of course, this build uses the green and blue skill trees the most while also dumping some points into the red and purple skill trees.
3 Slam Witch Amara
- Versatile build but does require a Face Puncher
- Focused on melee damage
- Able to one-shot many enemies
Of course, YouTuber Moxsy has more builds for Borderlands 3. He has created a new melee Amara build that can annihilate enemies easily. Since this is a melee build, players will want to focus on using the Face Puncher shotgun. This has been combined with the skills Infusion and Body and Mind. These skills cause an insane number of procs to happen when an enemy is shot and ultimately ends up destroying them. Even the action skill on this build is able to one-shot bosses.
2 Summoner Fl4k
- Very gear specific build
- Uses the O.P.Q System to summon tons of drones
- Takes advantage of gear to deal insane damage with drones
The Summoner Fl4k build is a new build from Moxsy that takes advantage of the O.P.Q System's ability to spawn drones. Essentially, this build can consistently summon drones while using this weapon or the Dark Army. This build is very gear specific and uses the Messy Breakup shield along with skills from the purple skill tree to maximize the damage of all the summoned drones. Despite being so specific with items, this build can easily take down strong enemies thanks to the large number of drones that will be summoned that all have amped damaged.
1 Chain Zane
- Relies heavily on the Redistributor
- Great for survivability and mobbing
- Not as strong against bosses
Moxsy created yet another Zane build that is based on an old one. Players might remember the original Chain Zane build, now it is more powerful than ever before thanks to the Vault Hunter's fourth skill tree. The new version of this build relies heavily on both the purple and blue skill trees (some points still go into the red tree).
Like most Zane builds, this one harnesses the Seein' Dead class mod's ability to activate kill skills. One of the most useful skills for this build is the Eraser skill because of the bonus damage it allows players to deal.
Chain Zane is one of the Borderlands 3 builds that just keeps coming back. Moxsy has continued to update this build and now that the level cap has increased, it has become even better than before. The new skill points end up going partially into the green skill tree for some extra damage. There hasn't been much change in the weapons because this build this relies heavily on the Redistributor.
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