Borderlands 2 Vault Hunter Tier List

[@DeadShoot48659]

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[@IniquitousZ]

Outside of raid bosses, Krieg is better than people give him credit for. The vast majority of my deaths on Krieg are self inflicted, either by an unfortunate silence the voices streak or accidentally blowing myself up with the swordsploaion.

[@kryptik606]

Couldn’t be said better

[@Profoundkarma2000]

Bloodsplosion >>

[@zachariahcoughlin7915]

I've genuinely not minded how he works. Hes my fav and the most fun to play. Hell I had consistently gotten ways to one shot son of crawmerax and pyro pete. Even then i can spec in to any tree and itll still work.

[@shirakotakamotogd]

This goes for axton as well

[@JupiterJones0424]

Yes great. I really believe he embodies the way borderlands is meant to be played. The caveat of would add is - outside of raid bosses… and the peak. He’s the only character I haven’t made to OP10

[@mrtx01]

I probably don't even disagree that Krieg is the worst character (not by much tho) BUT I have some disagreements with a few things mentioned. Hellborn does insane damage for anything aside from bosses (though still decent against bosses) and also Javelin Krieg has better healing than his other builds IMO since you one shot everything and the damage is so high that you will ALWAYS hit full hp after a kill. His bossing is pretty bad without doing proper setups but with those setups you can kill most bosses in a few seconds. He can even one shot dukinos mom, it's just difficult. Also I don't like when people bring up Shamfleeting on Gaige because even Krieg can Shamfleet and destroy everything. The gear itself is so broken that while Gaige CAN have the most damage from it, everyone will die in one shot regardless of what character you're playing so the Anarchy stacks are just overkill. It's like when people try to argue Maya being super good because of Beehawking but it's broken on any character so.... Anyway, my nitpicks aside, I really enjoyed this video and you had me interested in what you were gonna say the whole way through. Thanks for making this ❤ P.S. I saw what you did at 13:43

[@DeadShoot48659]

Yeah lots of my experience comes from one lifing, and reaper is by far more consistent for healing in that context, and my main point for javelin kreigs healing isn't that it's not technically better, but reper will always go to max health after a kill. (Also for the Maya gameplay I was trying to get to get to the begining and run through it but lowkey used the wrong gameplay without thinking)

[@mrtx01]

@@DeadShoot48659 now you’ve got me thinking that a one-life tier list could be very interesting 🤔 but my boy Krieg gonna be way at the bottom and it’d be true 😭

[@DeadShoot48659]

​@@mrtx01Yeah I'd say when played perfectly one life tier list goes Maya, zero, sal, gaige axton kreig

[@spaghetticondo.m9116]

@@DeadShoot48659 i would switch gaige and axton the latter has alot of survivability where i feel like gaige has it rough as much as i live playing gaige of course thts just imo

[@aratay3117]

​@@spaghetticondo.m9116 Yeah I agree. The weapon swap speed + slag and aggro relief from turrets + tankiness and grenades in fight for your life. Makes the transition to UVHM and OP levels way smoother.

[@kylethomasmesser]

Thanks for for helping educate people that the secret to Gaige isn't shooting the floor. Its remembering that she is half-melee assassin that pulls a trigger instead of swinging her hammer when she gets in range.

[@Cleanframe]

Axton is my favorite character, and I respect where you placed him. I knew Sally was a fun character cause once you get the money shot perk, then build around that it's faster to break the game with him. With Axton, it takes longer cause the double turret double slag combo build are both the final unlocks

[@markmaidens5911]

Dude I so agree with you on Gaige in this game. Such a misunderstood character. She can be so cracked with multiple builds. Also she is the best character to shamfleet with easily imo. Gaige also has a unique skill curve in learning and getting better with anarchy. She isnt for everyone though and i definitely understand some of the reasons I hear.

[@Spiran_SphereHunter]

If you ever revisit the list or do a similar one for another game, I think it would help if you had a different color for the profile pics like dps could be red, Survivability green and consistency yellow or whatever floats your boat, Would help keep track of the list

[@DeadShoot48659]

Great idea, thanks for the input!

[@andrewadcock6435]

I agree with this take, beaten the game with every character. I’m an Axton main and ur ranking for him is pretty spot on, he’s the upper mid if everything. For survivability you’ve got pressure, quick charge, and grit. Damage you have overkill and the insane grenade damage bonuses you can get and consistent just with all the utilitarian skills (damage, shield recharge, swa/reload speed) just a very solid character, the only downside is certain raid bosses can get tricky with him

[@finnkennefick4047]

I think it's very strange to spend basically the entire time you talk about zer0 talking about a single build. Maybe his sniper build has bad sustainability, but that doesnt mean he as a character does. Like in my experience Zer0 has incredible survivability, his action skill turns him invisible, and with a moxxi weapon and kunai you can regen back to full health while completely invisible.

[@nashbutler]

Although he may be #1 I find Salvador just so boring I can’t play him

[@fusefire8200]

Sal gets boring because he require the least skill to play. Spam anything and you can out dps/heal almost all mobs by simply holding the grog

[@Mr.Slaught4r]

I'm pretty biased on zer0 being the best, purely because he's the only character I've completed a deathless run on, hubris is quite a b!tch because i tried the same thing with Gaige, used anarchy from the start because I was just that confident, and once i made it to op 1 it took me 2 minutes to instantly die ...... Silver lining my gaige is almost maxed now

[@GeraltofRivia22]

Everyone is fighting for second best, Salvador is easily #1. Its not even a contest.

[@DeadShoot48659]

I do think Zer0 is really good, but only in the hands of really skilled player which I did mention is his category can make him rank about around where Gaige is if you are good enough.

[@Mr.Slaught4r]

@@GeraltofRivia22 oh definitely, not even a question

[@Mr.Slaught4r]

@@DeadShoot48659 I 1000% agree with your rankings, especially in a deathless run dear god do not pick zer0 I have the fight for your life screen burned into my retinas, but in a riskless run I find him to be on par with Maya at 2nd while sal still sits pretty at #1

[@naytny5819]

I think Zer0 should be a lot higher considering for mobbing you don't have to snipe at all, you can go full melee and destroy every enemy with a grog, rapier and a good road shield. I mainly using sniping for raids.

[@DatSaneBoi]

Zero has always been my main and my favorite but you are correct he is an absolute glass cannon and it took me a long to to master him.

[@Valakzl]

Hello, This was a very informative video! I’ve been struggling to decide which character I would like to take all the way to OP 10 so this was very helpful! Also great choice of music it’s always cool to hear SMT music in videos!

[@glassofwater281]

I love playing Krieg so much, but he's mostly good for mobbing.

[@Snippyyy]

"oh krieg, the character who never stops getting hate" bro idk what circles you are in but krieg is one of the most loved characters in the franchise😂, aside from that, putting my feelings aside about how "fun" a character is, i agree with 90% of your list, gaige may be boring as all hell, but man, she is stupidly powerful

[@IIKratosII]

Strongest character when mastered is zero, fastest op10 run ever , op10 raid boss kill, worst at bossing is maya, strongest overall salvador.

[@glassofwater281]

Maya *can* do bosses with Beehawk, but it's a gimmick and honestly I just do Flakhab instead for the REALLY OP raid bosses.

[@LoDawn]

I think for zero, you hyper focus too much on the sniper build. While it's the best dmg wise, you don't need that much damage for mobing and leveling. Pistol Zer0 have plenty of surviviability. Yes he is weak in that departement, but imo, you amplify a lot this feeling by taking into the account only the sniper build. For gaige, the consistency is biased 100%. Getting the norfleet is a pain in the ass. Same for the twister. The rarity of those two weapon is enough to make her consistancy drop. Deathtrap being a good way to push back/taunt normal mobs is good, but useless against some boss, and the lack of good slag skills and precision on slags weapon is even worth. With all of that, it's hard to say that she is "consistant". I really like to play gaige too, but to me she feel either very good and fun and dynamic, with a lot of surviviability, fast reload and good damage input. Or she miss a lot of shots, cant use some weapon, never slag, crash games and what the fuck are you doing deathtrap. Anyway, good video, was interesting to watch and ear someone talk about this subject :>

[@DeadShoot48659]

You don't need the norfleet or twister though, the confrence call, fibber, topnea, peak opener, unkempt harold and many other weapons serve as great alternates

[@lorgren4002]

Hey good video! I'm on my first BL2 run, not sure if I should go with Maya or Gaige. So I'll appreciate any new BL2 video :)

[@Sweetguy1821]

I still have never found a legit twister. I've all but given up. One reason I don't like gague is all her best gear is a pain to get.

[@DeadShoot48659]

That's a thing to consider, it is a 1/300 and any twister does work for her perfect builds.

[@AtraxaApologist]

Unjustified hate on my boy once again. Time to defend his honor. I do really agree with one point, and that's that kill skills hold him back because a lot of raid bosses don't have many mobs in their arena. Of course, the ones that do (like pete) he can clear with basically no gear (no unique items + no guns) on any difficulty. 1) Kreig is the only character in the entire game who can sustain at his level without mox weapons, and he still doesn't even get S tier for that somehow. Even though nobody else even comes close. Every other character's survivability isn't even theirs, it's grog nozzles. The other characters survivability comes from how often they can hold it. Hell, even if we take away all of Krieg's healing, health, and damage reduction, he still swaps guns over 2x faster than Axton with blood twitch. Axton's expertise is 70%. Krieg's Blood twitch is 150% at max stacks, or 75% at half stacks which still beats Axton. All it takes a few grenades to get to on a character with infinite grenades. There's just no way those two VHs are on the same sustain tier. Sure, Axton's turrets help draw aggro, but if something decides to attack Axton and Krieg, Krieg survives way easier with or without mox weapons. 2) He's the 2nd best at mobbing in the entire game, and he's super easy to level with minimal farming through all difficulties. Still, good video. And big ups giving Gaige the cred she deserves!

[@DeadShoot48659]

Axton uses legendary soilder, so it's actually usually 140%, and I don't even think kreig gets top 3 for survivability. Salvador isn't a debate, Maya has extreme control over the battle field and life tap which is an even better thrill of the kill, and gaige basically has a shield version of thrill of the kill while being able to easily kill anything without very much effort. There's a reason why a kreig one life has only been done by 1 person, he is just really hard to make good (and he can be good, just not better than anyone else)

[@danfromga9696]

I have, since playing on the 360, always said axton has an upper hand to maya concerning general gameplay. However, maya has the back draft glitch.. So if you take that into consideration, well the fact is maya could potentially outperform sal in a few particular scenarios.. One being dstruct peak. I solo'd op9 with backdraft maya and did not go down once. I can't say the same for sal.. I always go down at least once with sal when I am helping someone through d struct

[@Onqotkarlovo]

BL2 VHs tier list has been done a lot of times over the years, but what 90% of all videos agree on is 1. Salvador 2. Zer0 3. Maya 4. Gaige 5. Krieg/Axton 6. Axon/Krieg. Personally, I am playing only Zer0 and Maya.

[@Shizo-friend]

This tier list is based on what? Pure damage output, fun, or what else?

[@DeadShoot48659]

Bro I say it in the first 30 seconds of the video...

[@snivycon804]

that thumbnail is the goat

[@danielsurvivor1372]

Ngl dissapointed that 3 icons aren't representative of 3 different builds for each character. Say Melee krieg gets worst tier, then fire one gets slightly higher and his explosive build gets slightly better than fire build rating.

[@DeadShoot48659]

I don't think that's really fair because I prefer to judge a character based.on their best builds

[@more-reasons6655]

​@@DeadShoot48659 the thumbnail had me thinking you'll be ranking all 6 characters 3 level up lists

[@naytny5819]

​@@DeadShoot48659on some of characters, best build is subjective, Sniper Zero is better for raiding but when it comes to Melee he is better for mobbing. Same goes for Krieg during mid to early game.

[@meshman4236]

Giga krieg

[@gawoyb9726]

Aye bro I need that gaige build

[@dwagin6315]

Same here, bro.

[@DeadShoot48659]

www.lootlemon.com/class/gaige#_555150040000_550004100500_415050131050 last 5 points can go to sharing is caring, typecast iconoclast, electrical burn, potent as a pony, or if your raid bossing / have the anti crash mod interspersed outburst

[@noodler-g8k]

Everyone thinks you need shock weapons for gaige, but she also adds shock damage to any weapon, and adds fire damage to shock weapons, and can slag without slag weapons. She is extremely powerful, especially if you get her anarchy in that sweet spot where you can still sorta hit crits with a lady fist.

[@kadenmaguglin392]

Zero is the most fun

[@rjshadow4321]

Krieg is a charge in and take out as many as possible before going down and really good with Maya players for support to heal. Zero is a sniper for all the good and bad that comes with it so if a good player has allies to be meat shields, range and good equipment they can tear through enemies but up close get rid of most of the good skills.

[@Twilightprince491]

Zero is easily the second best in the game. Only person close to him is Maya

[@naytny5819]

I would go Sal, Zer0, Maya, Axton, Gaige, Krieg from best to worst. None of them are bad but Krieg needs a really good player behind him to be effective in the peak at OP10 and for raiding.

[@jimmyjustice3759]

Glad Gaige got some love here, seen nothing but hate for her despite being one of the better characters to play

[@yaa..-zy2xf]

Salvador IS BEST ... MUHAHAHA GUNS GUNS GUNS