Easy, Solo Farming Skill Build | The Division 2

[@ThatAbrax]

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[@safariman72]

Loved the free standing doors after the blood vats. Must be a new 'feature' I've missed :) Cheers for the video ;)

[@mickaeljulien6652]

Beautiful

[@JussiRu]

The perfect build for beginner and casual solo player like me. Was easy to get the gear for it, haven't got all the named items yet, but managed to get the set bonuses together really fast, so that's a big plus. Thanks for a really good and detailed video! Much appreciated.

[@jakpad8625]

Your narrating voice is very well spoken. Great tone that actually made this whole video very easy to listen to

[@ThatAbrax]

Thank you, really glad to hear it!

[@donfripp1901]

Skill builds are king! I have been using one for ages, I can solo any heroic content and barely fire a shot! Nice vid...

[@ThatAbrax]

Damn right, and cheers!

[@derbudz]

How do handle EMP devices in invaded missions? That's my only issue i have with skill builds in general.

[@mrmcboomboom]

I was running skill for too long that it became boring. I made a dps crit build to spice gameplay up

[@Str4yshot]

I have a build almost exactly like this but using different gear. I'm using the rigger gearset as well as the waveform exotic. And for secondary I have a rifle with perfectly in sync. It's such a strong setup that is really easy to play, only issue is missions where there are emp's, then I am useless.

[@cheetoesfrank5131]

Exactly the kind of build I've been looking for

[@ThatAbrax]

Glad to hear it!

[@Mindsculptor8283]

Haven't played d2 in a while. Have 4 characters at level 40 ran the old skill build with hard wired with btsu gloves back then which I enjoyed in solo runs. I'll definitely look into this setup looks good

[@ibrahamm7787]

Welcome back abrax Long time no see hope you having a wonderful day finally we get a video from you miss your build

[@ThatAbrax]

Cheers buddy! Didn't mean for it to be so long between this and the last upload but expect more videos to come!

[@newislandflyer]

Good to have you back in the game. 😉

[@Robert-qr8co]

Very good breakdown. Watched your video, found out that I was missing the body armor. Farming....farming, yes! This is the first time I can reliably do heroic difficulty. And easy at that. But...now it's boring! XD Your AR build gave me some ideas though... I've gotta look at my gear again - the last time I tried I didn't quite have the necessary quality. I like your content, very straightforward and with good alternatives.

[@MidwesternCornbilly]

I have been wanting to make a skill build but I had no idea where to even start. Time to take notes and search my inventory for these pieces...or reasonable facsimiles. Thank for the guide

[@CrimsonWolf69]

Weapon: Capacitor, BIS (Test Subject if you don't have Cap yet). Secondary: any non-AR with 'In Sync' (i.e., not Test Subject) as backup for when you run out of ammo. Holster: Waveform, BIS. Backpack: Force Multiplier (named piece with Combined Arms) Brand pieces: 3 x Empress. Then either 1 more Hana U or 1 Wyvern (either one gives +10% Skill Damage) or if you don't have Waveform yet; 1 of each. Chest talent: Kinetic Momentum Gear Mods: Protection From Elites Secondary Attributes: Skill Damage, Armor Regen (5 x Armor Regen nets you about 25k/sec). This build is my super safe easy chill solo anything build. No other build is as cruisey, I guarantee it.

[@CrimsonWolf69]

Happy to help in game too. Just message me here and I'll give Div2 username.

[@CrimsonWolf69]

@@abzdeman3 Well for starters I would work towards the build I stated above, as that will get you well into most content very successfully.

[@gankzgaming4919]

That door glitch at 14:06 happened to me and my uncle while we were leveling, if you mess around with taking cover on the box close to that door, it just kinda zoops you into the ceiling for a second before putting you back in bounds

[@villpada]

for my SKILL damage build, I've been running a 4pc RIGGER, Waveform, and a backpack with kinetic momentum for unli skills. damage is averaging at 100k/hit for the drone and 150k/hit for the turret. though damage isn't as much, take into consideration that 4pc RIGGER gives you unlimited skills by cancelling the turret or drone. so when a skill is about to die, just cancel then re-launch. also, Test Subject + Harmony for Perfect in-sync. still looking for a god-roll Wyvern chest piece with Kinetic Momentun but for now, I'm good with this.

[@CrimsonWolf69]

I used to think as you did about Rigger but the problem was that the damage bonus ends up being less damage than brand pieces, plus you don't get that second attribute. Rigger gets you in the door so you can farm the better gear. Try the following and you'll see the difference(happy to help in game if you want too). Weapon: Capacitor, BIS(Test Subject if you don't have). Secondary: any non-AR with 'In Sync' (i.e., not Test Subject) as backup for when you run out of AR ammo. Holster: Waveform, BIS. Backpack: Force Multiplier Brand pieces: 3 x Empress. Then either 1 more Hana U or 1 Wyvern (either one gives +10% Skill Damage) - both if you don't have Waveform yet. Gear Mods: Protection From Elites Secondary Attributes: Skill Damage, Armor Regen (5 x Armor Regen nets you about 25k/sec). This build is my super safe easy chill solo anything build. No other build is as cruisey. I have about 15 very different builds - this one is BY FAR the most comfortable for all content.

[@cassetteo]

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[@matthewfowler4104]

Great video abrax glass canon Vs kinetic is like the marmite argument you either you love or hate it lol Thank you for the options I will try them while doing summit Keep the great videos coming 👍👍👍

[@ThatAbrax]

Cheers dude! More videos to come :-)

[@jerryk7862]

Nice build my friend i will keep this in mind 😉

[@cswann8]

Another great chest talent is Overwatch. Once you get in the habit of moving using cover to cover, you can keep that buff up almost full-time. And the great thing about Overwatch is that it's a team damage buff.

[@IBMobius]

Going to try making this build when I finish the halo infinite campaign (launches in 10.5 hours as 9f this post), have been testing builds gor legendary and so far my best is a tank that can resist almost a billion dmg in 10 min

[@Xorital]

My build is almost exactly like this except I roll armor regen instead of skill haste. That's the only difference lol

[@brandonmoorat2263]

Same, except I use the Waveform holster.

[@mchopscat]

that works better actually depending on preference, skill haste isn't really needed with the turret and drone as their cooldowns are not long at all

[@dragonvibin2188]

Just gotta say, the sniper turret slaps with a skill build

[@fatalxty]

I enjoy opportunistic on my skill build and pair it with scorpio. Imagine NPC's receive amplified damage from various sources: turret, drones, etc... total chaos. Just spam the scorpio behind cover without ever poking your head out.

[@jay1364]

Great guide thanks

[@ThatAbrax]

No problem!

[@RZGRZInnan]

great video! i think running skill duration on the mod slots over skill haste would benefit you more. can i also ask why no exotic holster?

[@ThatAbrax]

I tend to go with haste over duration because I always end up popping the skills so they are usually up longer than I need, I'd rather shorten their downtime by a few seconds. I don't use the exotic holster with this one because it's a stack-based damage increase that only applies to one skill at a time so yes, one of the skills will be doing 30% more damage, which is actually 20% more without the brand bonus, but your second skill will be doing base damage, and the skill using the holsters 30% from the talent gets it slowly in stacks which means it takes time for the skill to be doing max damage. With my version, both skills are getting the 10% skill damage from the brand bonus and there is no need to wait. For prolonged fights, the exotic holster may be a good option and one I maybe should have mentioned as an alternative but I've always prefered it this way.

[@javiercarrion6843]

I have a simular load out with the waveform and also with how you have it. I have been playing around with spike on the chest pieces and also the tech support on the back back. I have a Bellstone armory with max armor and max skill hast and skill damage. I like goofing around with it but also I have some good dps builds enjoyed the video thanks alot.

[@javiercarrion6843]

OK I use spark for my weapon damage at 15% just because of glass cannon if I take damage I lose 50% was not worth it.

[@javiercarrion6843]

Sorry the talent on my chest is spark that give me the 25%

[@CrimsonWolf69]

For a solo build specifically, respectfully, you have the right idea but some stats are effectively useless. I have tested all versions of this build. 'Glass Cannon' is very bad compared to Kinetic Momentum - for this build specifically. Because TOTAL Skill Damage is multiplicative you gain 5% overall more Skill damage from KM, but lose the 25% All Damage from weapon hits. Who cares? Your main damage source is Skills anyway - DPS wise you break even(tested). Now you also don't die stupidly easy. Weapon: Capacitor, BIS. Secondary: any non-AR with 'In Sync' (i.e., not Test Subject) as backup for when you run out of ammo. Holster: Waveform, BIS. Backpack: Force Multiplier Brand pieces: 3 x Empress. Then either 1 more Hana U or 1 Wyvern (either one gives +10% Skill Damage). You don't need Skill Haste from mods/secondary-attributes. Skill Haste is a waste of time(ironically). You get enough from the gear bonuses to bring cooldowns to around 17 seconds, plus you can pick up the Turret anyway reducing this way further most of the time. Keep in mind that 99% of the time you can just double-tap turret to place on top of the ledge/wall/railing you're hiding behind and when you move just grab it. Very rarely do you actually need to throw it way up high onto something. As such: both of the following SIGNIFICANTLY increases your survivability. Gear Mods: Protection From Elites Secondary Attributes: Skill Damage, Armor Regen (5 x Armor Regen nets you about 25k/sec). This build is my super safe easy chill solo anything build. No other build is as cruisey.

[@javiercarrion6843]

@@CrimsonWolf69 your breakdown is impeccable and very much true. I have tested most of the pieces and always tweaking. I do use the protection from elites mod also and it works better for survivability also or the regen which is why I use the bellstone gloves or knee pads for now.

[@CrimsonWolf69]

@@javiercarrion6843 Exactly. Also worth mentioning that as Technician, if you find a piece that has skillDamage/armorRegen rolled already, you can the Core attribute to blue or red for survivability or damage respectively. One thing I am toying with is swapping Protection From Elite gear mods to Critical Hit Chance plus the aforementioned Red core. The armor regen is still there, and the damage output might be noticable - Glass Cannon might become slightly viable at this point, or even Perfect Glass Cannon for a bit of Headshot too. It's probably worth testing if the overall damage output is justifiable. I can't see giving up Armor Regen. However you could make a group build that goes Skill Damage and Crit Damage. Not sure if worth, testing needed. Now it's getting into Hybrid territory - could you imagine a skill and crit build? I mean Cap does give a huge bonus to both. wtf lol

[@TheRedStateBlue]

i'm still a pretty new player... only shd lvl 385 or so rn... had a capacitor and waveform in my stash and decided to put together a skill build. watched a quick vid on what i needed to look for for stats, spent a whole hour farming countdown for something passable, and holy crap... even with low shd levels and crap gear, skill builds are strong. i can easily solo some heroic main missions, and with more experience getting the spawn points and timing down, the rest should be easier and easier. everyone needs a basic skill build.

[@stephenphillips7699]

I'm doing a a crit damage build with seekers and drone. In the division 1 I'm doing tactitian with 7500 electronics but with enough firearms to proc talented, ferocious and destruction with a high level assault weapon.

[@Kjklump]

I use 3pc emperess with 1 wyvern and Picaros and Brazos mask rolled to skill damage and haste. Makes for a more active play

[@Thekidisalright]

If you are running turret/drones then all the Skill haste are wasted attributes since they already have such short cool down time, you will do much better stacking other things

[@CrimsonWolf69]

For a solo build specifically, respectfully, you have the right idea but some stats are effectively useless. I have tested all versions of this build. 'Glass Cannon' is very bad compared to Kinetic Momentum - for this build specifically. Because TOTAL Skill Damage is multiplicative you gain 5% overall more Skill damage from KM, but lose the 25% All Damage from weapon hits. Who cares? Your main damage source is Skills anyway - DPS wise you break even(tested). Now you also don't die stupidly easy. Weapon: Capacitor, BIS. Secondary: any non-AR with 'In Sync' (i.e., not Test Subject, ideally 'Harmony') as backup for when you run out of ammo. Holster: Waveform, BIS. Backpack: Force Multiplier Brand pieces: 3 x Empress. Then either 1 more Hana U or 1 Wyvern (either one gives +10% Skill Damage). You don't need Skill Haste from mods/secondary-attributes. Skill Haste is a waste of time(ironically). You get enough from the gear bonuses to bring cooldowns to around 17 seconds, plus you can pick up the Turret anyway reducing this way further most of the time. Keep in mind that 99% of the time you can just double-tap turret to place on top of the ledge/wall/railing you're hiding behind and when you move just grab it. Very rarely do you actually need to throw it way up high onto something. As such: both of the following SIGNIFICANTLY increases your survivability. Gear Mods: Protection From Elites Secondary Attributes: Skill Damage, Armor Regen (5 x Armor Regen nets you about 25k/sec). This build is my super safe easy chill solo anything build. No other build is as cruisey.

[@markh4668]

I use armor on kill mods vs haste mods - skills proc it as well so its a nice add. I rarely miss needing haste.

[@CrimsonWolf69]

@@markh4668 Which gives you about 57,000 armor on kill, but even if you have only 3 x 10% Protection from Elites (goes up to 13%) you would only need to take about 200k damage to break even with a single kill - far from worth it imo. The armor regen is more than enough to keep you sustained, 2.2 seconds of regen is the same as 57k armor. Protection from elites makes you nearly unkillable. Try it, you'll see, it makes yellows insanely easier to tackle. 12% x 3 = 36% is easy to find, but technically you can get 39%.

[@pcgeni1562]

I've started running as a pair with my partner is there a build that compliment s u both she loves to run and gun and to be honesther build always better at kills but moment I'm dead she's well no protected by me and dies can u think of a duo build as a don't see any

[@ThatAbrax]

Funny enough I started playing The Division 2 as a duo with my better half and we played very differently but it worked great as a team, We use to duo Legendries quite happily. I played as an up close DPS, usually rifle or Assault rifle while she played more Marksman DPS, We both ran the chem launcher for heals but the trick is that if you heal yourself you get a very slow tick but if you heal another player they get a big heal instantly so we healed for each other but never got in each others way because we both had different preferences in distance. You could also run one DPS and one Support/Healer or a Healer DPS hybrid to see how that plays out too. Hope that helps in some way :-)

[@Bluuuee]

Is there a early tank build that can be used as well?

[@Clackclackpow]

I got this pistol that give you an extra skill tier.

[@ThatAbrax]

KDI Kard Custom, solid gun and a great addition to a skill build

[@Clackclackpow]

I didn’t realize how effective a skill build was. Had a DPS build and was getting mopped. Tried out a skill build and it worked way better on legendary. Only thing is you go down quick and it’s kinda boring but definitely takes more skill

[@ThatAbrax]

Yeah I'd agree, they can be very effective but I find them a little to passive and a little boring sometimes.

[@GB2G]

what’s skill haste and skill efficiency?

[@ThatAbrax]

Skill Haste reduces the time that your skills are on cooldown, so the more you have the less time you have to wait for your skills to be ready again. And Skill Efficiency is an attribute that contains a bunch of other attributes just like Weapon Handling, So 1% of Skill Efficiency = 1% of all the following: Skill damage, Skill haste, Skill duration, Skill health, Repair skill, Status effect. I actually have a whole video that breaks down the attributes in The Division 2 and what they do which you can find here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5iXdoR7n5Kmi7c Hope that helps!

[@GB2G]

@@ThatAbrax makes sense thanks. Wouldn’t that mean skill efficiency would be best since it has a little of everything

[@CrimsonWolf69]

@@GB2G Yes, that is correct. That is why you go 3 x Empress, as the second and third bonus will both give you +10% Skill Damage.

[@russelllapua4904]

I like playing passively because i'm incredibly lazy.

[@nightwishn]

i hope someone answer my question i play skill build turrent and drone striker and assault , its been working perfectly fine but just logged today for season 8 and its complete shit , damage is half and the AI and range of drone and turrent is worse than terrible did they do something to the build? the build is literally unplayable

[@ThatAbrax]

Hey Shehab, Sorry to hear it, there's been nothing posted about any nerfs recently so I have no idea what could be causing the damage drop off. Have you changed any of your difficulty setting or did you play in a group because group NPC scaling can be quite a jump in tankieness.

[@nightwishn]

@@ThatAbrax just been playing solo and farming challanging diff, i did not change anything that is why i am confused , i will try going through everything agian maybe there is something i missed or changed the most significant thing i noticed is the range of the drone and lot of times stays there doing nothing unless maybe a skill from a black tusk mob like saps it or something i am still trying to figure it out

[@voodoopup4376]

Do I need the warlords DLC to be able to copy this build? I really don't want to buy something like $20 when all I can do is solo anyway.

[@drphilgood05]

Warlords gets you access to level 40 and access to the best equipment, weapons, and tech! Get it, you won't be disappointed

[@drphilgood05]

In simple terms, yes you need warlords for this build

[@TheOneShadyCat]

What movie do you watch playing while this game?

[@ThatAbrax]

A lot lol! I can't remember what the last film I watched was but I tend to watch a lot of KZbin.

[@timvanloo6]

What about SHD?

[@hochigaming14yearsago90]

1 have 42 armor bar skill build

[@battlefields2mine]

Use more guns - Engineer, Team Fortress 2

[@skullowner3999]

The only thing i hate in this game every random build or bluff build you make will not work agents heroic run but meta build will that is so sad and LAMO