The Division | Patch 1.8 Gear Set Tier List | What to Farm/Play in 1.8

The Global Event is over which means that all Classified Gearsets are finally out and in this video I will be taking a look at every one of them and quickly give my thoughts on how good they are for PvP.
Timestamps:
00:30 - Overview
01:31 - Striker
03:11 - Sentry
04:33 - Tactician
06:34 - Nomad
09:29 - Final Measure
12:19 - Lone Star
14:25 - Predator
17:00 - Hunter's Faith
19:21 - Deadeye
21:14 - Reclaimer
23:34 - Alpha
25:23 - FireCrest
26:50 - D3-FNC
28:39 - Banshee
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[@makz.298]

I would really like to see a PvE tier list now.

[@BlakeariousGaming]

jags29braves I feel like they're generally similar

[@makz.298]

Blakearious Gaming yeah, just curious on if Marco would rank the Tiers any differently or to see someone else's thought process on how they like to run.

[@Savergaming1]

They aren’t generally similar. Sentry would climb lone star would too. So would alpha bridge. Final measure would drop. So no not the same

[@hichamamani1201]

Pve you can go with al the builds you wont pve is eazy

[@wannabesedated]

In my humble opinion every gear set build around DTE and EAD can wreck un PVE. That been said l think tactician, sentry, HF and d3-fnc would be tier 1

[@orphncriplr]

Thank you for this video! Even though it's "opinion", I still consider you the authority in all things Division... and I'm sure many would agree. I owe my solid builds to all the advice and statistics you've given. Striker is definitely my favorite, though I'm about to start work on a classified D3-FNC build.

[@prjerm2146]

Agreed. I just stared up again since 1.6 and currently looking for a 6 piece D3. Good luck with your build

[@joshuadshepherd]

I used to be all about the Final Measure build but within the last month have consistently using the D3:FNC build, I highly recommend it! I don't know what type of play you do most but if you're into Resistance at all, it works quite well. Was finally able to get to Wave 30 at the Powerhouse this week and on 2 occasions I was able to 'save the day' by being the only one left standing on the team. Being able to revive people while standing behind a super strong shield (with the House) was amazing.

[@KhoaNguyen-kp6zp]

Alpha 6 pieces should double your weapon talents stats

[@TAVV00S]

Khoa Nguyen no wayyy they d never do that imo

[@jdaza1987]

20% responsive , 20% competent, 50% predatory, booster shot with a friend using max tactican pulse. Now we are talking.

[@scowo88]

TAVVOOS I think you're right, but they dont do a lot of things that they should and do a lot of things that they shouldn't.

[@KhoaNguyen-kp6zp]

I think responsive and competent are very situational, unlike predator and nomad which are more easy to obtain their perks

[@salvaginezzeblar4728]

Khoa Nguyen IMO they could bring back 6 talents too, with other classifieds to compete it's no longer completely OP.

[@Thebaden72]

Great work man. Really been waiting for this :-) Thank you so much Marco!

[@jasongood3680]

Really useful as ever. Great advice alongside the rankings themselves. Thanks.

[@ShannonBradford]

I love your videos. Thanks so much for taking the time to explain things so well. I would really love to see more about PvE.

[@Mc-Lupo]

Thanks Marco for this summary and your opinion about all the classified gear sets. This will help alot the beginners and is also a practical guide for all agents. Top notch.

[@anthonyguglielmi301]

Excellent video Marco! Very thorough! Hoping for strim tomorrow! 🤞🏼

[@danc.452]

I’ve waited for this video. Good info, keep up the good work.

[@OBELISK3210]

Great video, im a player coming back since release & your 1.8 videos are helpfull like many more in the community.

[@markw.2466]

Thanks for the list Marco. I'm a new player to the game and I found this guide very useful!

[@OG.Prodigy.]

Alphabridge should have gotten back its 6 talents as 6 piece classified bonus.

[@kapablekid]

Damn I appreciate the work you put in these vids. Thank you Marco

[@markusindorf362]

Your videos helped me a lot to find my way back in to Devision

[@WarfighterKilo]

I'm glad your doing this Marco. Thanks bro.

[@studychef2756]

Love you're vids, started playing div1 and i love it

[@Seth12544]

Good job ... thanks for the video ... you ranking final measure and reclaimer in tier 1 shows you have good analytical skills in the game . Thanks

[@Makari126]

again very good video, thanks for sharing us your opinion ! keep it up

[@gatko971]

Nice gear introduction thanks!

[@ThatAbrax]

Great vid! I have to agree with you on the pred mark, I just haven't enjoyed using it. My striker on the other hand I haven't taken off!

[@AbstractEdits]

I’m so happy you made this

[@fragzy]

Finally, waited for this so long!

[@batuhanaydin1]

You gay

[@GhillieMaster]

Does Alpha Bridge proc when you destroy an enemy's turret? That could be useful if it could

[@MrPrice2U]

Marco, you are that dude in School who would give me his homework. Thanks for that!

[@iiKryptoniic]

Holy fuck I'm early, Much love Marco, been waiting for something like this. PS: I love your accent xD

[@crazy_sniper3006]

Thanks for the video man you're the best

[@jawbeater]

Love your stuff!!

[@sjors91]

Great videos marco i subbed im proud to be dutch like him we think lot about things thats whst dutch people do not all but go in depth & try & test evrything. I been running reclaimer day 1 never took it off im grinding for classefied items on ps4 i combined it with striker & ninja backpack bc i just have 1 classefied piece i took a break for long time i just started again few weeks back.

[@GrimmBoii]

I respect you for putting each gear set time I already respected you before

[@willm3797]

Great video thanks

[@Pat-The-Fat]

We want PVE tier list.. Like this if you want a PVE tier list

[@dadon0133]

Patrick Abo sentry tier 1 banshee tier 4.There u have your list.

[@richardreyes9586]

Anything aside from bamshee can be good in pve lol

[@sangpham1226]

T1: Sentry, D3FNC, Striker, Nomad. T2: Firecrest, Tactician, Lonestar, Final Measure, Reclaimer. T3: Predator's Mark, Hunter's Faith, Deadeye, AlphaBridge. T4: Banshee

[@apache_triad5558]

Wow, That seems very accurate

[@emmanuelaguilar74]

Sang Pham I would like to argue Reclaimer. I still think that reclaimer would be a tier one set, especially end game content like heroic incursions need a good healer, and Reclaimer fits that criteria

[@savageprojebus6453]

I was wondering when you wore going to make this video. By far I enjoy your videos about division builds the most. I’ve seen a few people post and give good tips but you go deep (phrasing? 😏) in detail. I’ve done my d3, stricker and pred using the advice you give. Keep up the great work and hope to see more in the future.

[@AgentRedMoon]

I almost have all sets and I agree with everything you said.

[@lazylamont92]

Just got back into the Division and just found out about this after the GE ended. This is amazing.

[@thenewstyle8704]

Great Video!

[@DigitalCleaner]

Watching a pro play, with the right builds and the right tactics helps discern cheaters from good players. That is a benefit of these videos I think some might miss.

[@MafiaboysWorld]

Thankyou Marco from a returning player (your 100,000th subscriber too). As an old player, I still have that deep rooted memory of the combo builds such as the striker/sentry build back from 1.2. Because of this, I have a different solo build using the Ninja backpack combining the Alphabridge and Predators Mark that I call the AlphaPred, a 4 piece Predator/3 Piece Alphabridge....I will be grinding the hell out now to get the Predator classified pieces as I'm just using a normal set ATM but already with only the Alphabridge being on classified but if it's focused on the AR, the bonus stacks turn a G36 into a damage god with 500K DPS, 450+K Toughness and 150K skill power and makes it a different choice to Lone Star and Banshee. It has turned it into that God Tier....screw Predator on its own.

[@knightly1983]

Enjoy the video very helpful in building gear sets

[@mikepictor]

I only just noticed that D3FNC sort of spells out "defense". I've been playing since 1.4, so go me.

[@nutmalone5527]

Mike Schilder (facepalm)

[@omiros5587]

Mike Schilder Almost everyone knows that already...

[@jobRobbemond]

It's okay, we all make mistakes or overlook things that some consider obvious.

[@masondagod5553]

-insert wow meme here-

[@mayax5363]

Daniel Croft ummm phew I'm not the only one (same here "dee 3") 😅

[@robertgraham5546]

Amazing video bro

[@booksofblood1896]

PvE Tier list video please Marco. Well done, thanks.

[@HaanSoIo]

Sentry Striker Reclaimer Everything else

[@Eassstt]

quoted for thruth

[@LycorisOni]

HaanSolo D3FNC for hunter hunting in underground.

[@christersvanold3326]

Thank u for this video

[@zlatyled154]

I don’t actually need this but you do a lot for people who do and your division videos are on point, I think it’s time I subbed 🙂

[@buckle9733]

Your videos are amazing man thank yoy for keeping with this game and not following the hype

[@ThorMoraes]

To counter that sh*tfest that is Firecrest and Tactitian I used a 1.6 hybrid I did with Ninjabackpack with two Firecrest 3 Tactian. With 8k Electronics 4K Stamina and Firearms- With either a Overheal/Seeker/Box and a Fire Turret - while in a group it helps A LOT. It’s all about the situation, and I like it a lot. Great video as usual Marco.

[@DigitalCleaner]

Wow, great video.

[@shadysaad1989]

I know I clicked like late by more than two years but I just missed Div 1 videos, gameplay , analysis. Hope in Division 3 you would have that motivation and interest. Yeah been watching your videos as well as other for the past week or so just to remember the fun I used to have with my mates in New York's winter weather especially with Hunters. Hoping we get that feeling in Division 3.

[@claytoncornell1695]

First things first I love the videos huge fan! But I can’t see how this is a good video because I will never get 6 piece of anything at this point and so I have slowed to a halt on playing this game. It’s unfortunate because it’s a fun game but I can’t see continuing the grind for these 6 piece gear sets because just getting any of the classified pieces is so hard. Let alone the getting the one you where looking for!! And the time needed to get some is way more than I can put in. So I will continue to watch your videos because I enjoy them. Thanks

[@randywalker7405]

Hey Marco do you play Last Stand? If so please please explain to the new players how it's played! I'm always finding team mates that just don't understand what to do to win a match. 😕

[@prettyw1se]

Great vid. Would love to see a video for how you counter pred solo

[@kiladelphia2003ttv]

Just gained a sub homie!

[@TheMatrako69]

excelente video Crack

[@slimtastic24]

Marco I really you should have a division podcast we only have 2 at the moment (bombshell jacket and sitrep) but a third wouldn't hurt plus you're awesome at suggesting builds

[@adamwharmby4864]

I’m liking alpha atm but only cause I don’t have a full striker/d3 set yet as soon as I get striker it’ll be my go to set

[@ricolives1166]

I LOVE Nomad. I really do love it. I run Warlord and House and I bring out alot of damage. I really love Nomad

[@nutmalone5527]

RICOLIVES116 PS4 i have a question do you love nomad ?

[@Hihellobyeoh]

one of the builds i was running while trying to get my first 6-piece ( mainly in PvE mind you) was a 3 piece tactician's with a 2 piece firecrest with the Wildcard backpack ( i never remember the name of it, the one that made it so i was running 4 piece tact, 3 piece firecrest) if someone is trying to farm their gear and they dont have a 6-piece yet, i recommend this set for PvE Only, i was constantly killed in PvP,m but it did mess with their minds to see themselves melting to the turret :)

[@momo-yk8xo]

nice stuff

[@omiros5587]

This video is the perfect feedback to give to Massive. If they see this it can potentially make them change some of the bonuses in order to make the weaker gear sets more useful for players. I also think that they should remove some of the restrictions the gear sets have, for example the Alpha Bridge could be used in in PvP as well not just in the PvE aspect of the game.

[@stanleymallam]

Omiros 55 alpha can be used pvp was running it in laststand all night lastnight

[@dylanswenson9408]

I 100% agree with banshee. I loved running banshee, before classified came out. With the classifieds release, I do feel like it's not as satisfying. I usually play by myself and the banshee was the only thing that gave me an edge to rogue players. Now I feel like it's too weak. I use Nomad and Pred more than I do Banshee now and it really does sadden me. Those upgrades would be nice to have (the constant pulse, the two buy off stations) and would make me come back to it (because come on, constant scan to see who's around corners and get ready? Sign me up!). Thanks for the awesome content Marco. Keep up the great vids. They helped me get the most out of my builds and I always refer them to my friends when they're having trouble deciding between stamina or electronics.

[@MOLOOLOO-zp9oz]

Thx u good info xd

[@heydude5563]

And I thank you again Marco. Everything I have learned when it comes to building has came from you. I LOVE my Striker build. But I'm working on a support Tactician build. Any advice.?

[@-Vini139]

Спасибо за обзоры действительно информативны!!!

[@Glass_Can_Man]

I agree! I still grinded, but for other reasons I guess. I would like another chest and mask for my striker. Got a house finally and I get to mess around with a firecrest (DPS build). Have 26 cashes left to open! 🤞🤞

[@RemoveTrapcard]

Fun little drinking game. Take a shot for whenever Marco says. “so to speak” Great tier list video!

[@d3-fnc_skywith829]

as a main d3fnc solo player i aprouve this video :)

[@sunrace]

Marco, always enjoy the insightful analysis. 👍🏻 for those who don’t have classified gear set, meaning only have 4 pieces bonus. Can you give us some recommendations what is the best kind of combination or what are the options? Thank you!

[@Jokey77]

Hi, thank you for the video, I appreciate your work with that. Does the Banshee set bonus has an effect within Last Stand or Skirmish, where the whole oponnent team is rogue?

[@delcosta1983]

I use 5 nomad and barret chest and it works like a charm

[@LasloCanadi]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1485">24:45</a> hahahaha Eel hitting you! 😅😂🤣 gold

[@knightmare716]

About time 👍

[@saopaulosoul8714]

Don’t agree with every ranking but appreciate some good points you brought up. GG

[@tazwolfpacck]

Ok I’m extremely late I just started playing this game a few months ago and I’m HOOKED I’m trying to complete the lone star build now

[@senatora6546]

Thanks you

[@TheJetsjunky]

Hey Marco, love your videos and have become a disciple to your build videos, trying to mimic as much as I can in my own builds. I am an oddball in that I use an Xbox 360 controller on my PC, thus I have all the shortcomings of a console player against the best PC players in this game. I do not do well in PVP so I keep to PVE and that makes me happy. I hate doing an hour of grinding in the DZ just to get ganked by someone like yourself that has all the gear and every piece is maxed out and perfectly set up for max everything. Oh pity me, lol. With all that said, I would like to know if you could do another video ranking the Classified Gearsets for PVE? I have fun with my 6 piece classified Lone Star and Reclaimer, but don't know how to set up or use my final measure or firecrest. A video for us PVE only guys would be wonderful. Thanks for all of the info in your videos and keep up the great work.

[@musiklemontv]

Marco, yet another great video. I agree with you on all points, especially the Predator set, which I knew from when I got the set that it wasn’t going to be an issue in the DZ. And yes it’s a little cheesey, but I still think it’s a tier 1. As for some of the other sets, Tactician needs to have a skill power boost and should go back to allowing group members to add to the stack and do away with this rubbish of not been able to use the same skill to use the the second buff. I thought these sets were suppose to be OP, so make them OP. As for Alpha, I would like for the 6 piece to include 6 talents and for Alpha to use the stack system like Striker to use its signature. But Alpha should be able to have the effects of team mates signature. This will then rival Striker. Finally this game has no place for snipers. Brilliant video, I always find them engaging.

[@thesir8028]

Good stuff Marco. Well done! Do you have a F.M. build. Thanks

[@dnawrapsatl]

Thanks for this video, Is it better to run 5pc alpha bridge with vigorous chest, or 6pc alpha¿

[@Warjah104]

To be honest, this should be called "Patch 1.8 Gear Set PVP Tier List". For example FireCrest+Urban MDR with only 8k electronics is verry FUN and effective PVE build. So that's that. You really should highlight the fact that you're opinions are mostly on PVP. But verry informative and good quality video as usual :) Been fallowing from the beginning of The Division,

[@josephrosenbaum3343]

Alejandro and classified striker rips through absolutely everything. Probably the best build I ever made

[@natecollins5275]

What do you think about the old school hard hitting two banshee,two predators one tactician ninjabike bag ? Personally I’m running three alpha two banshee and ninja bike. Right now for the damage and extra talent.

[@jonnysmith341]

Predators mark brings balance to the force. If anything is OP it's Striker.

[@ravishingricroo2534]

Pred mark is counter with edr.... It makes a huge difference on the bleed. Striker has no counter. It's op as fuck and I have both gear sets

[@thetute59]

EMP? This comes either in 2 grenades everybody can have or in a Skill. Also, playing a smart pred at range forces a lot of shit from the striker as he might not been able to build stacks. Pred needs 10 bullets, striker needs a lot of bullets. I know, medkit can clense, or a friendly support station, but you don't have that always available/dont always wanna waste that shit on an EMP. The more I play this and the more I felt cheesed the more I realized that you can basicly outplay most stuff, depending on how good you are and how good your opponent is. This varies ofc also on the build you're wearing. Every set has strengts and weaknesses, if you deny your enemy his strengts and play around your strengts, you should win the fight or at least stand a good chance in doing so.

[@ravishingricroo2534]

thetute59 striker is way out in front of everything else. It's non stop health plus dps. Cronus max everywhere with it to. Haven't played in weeks and have no Intention of going back. In my opinion they missed the boat with the dark zone. It should be standard gear going in and you pick up better gear the longer you're in there. Anything you extract is for pve. Like survival but without the stupid sickness part and when you die, you drop some of the items you have and get standard ones again.

[@thetute59]

You straight up ignore my points. 1) You have multiple sources to EMP a striker. for more info, see my first response. 2) A striker needs to build stacks. if you play smart he cannot really build those. Then he doesnt have the "non-stop health plus dps". If he has stacks, simply wait or kill the mobs around him, so he loses those. 3) cronus max: well yeah, I don't know shit about it, just that its some "help" in playing games. I agree that this can be an issue, depending on what it is.

[@Nekromast]

I´m new to this game and I have a question about the Sentry´s Call Stacks. Everybody can see the stacks on the enemies. Does the stacks apply for every group member, so their headshot dmg is doubled+30% more dmg with normal shots? Or are the stacks only for me?

[@_Lt__Dan_]

Marco can you make a video for players like myself who’s been gone from the game for a year. At the time my gear score was maxed but with all the new changes I’m lost and I’d like to get into the game again. Great job on your videos keep it up!!

[@Mercenary-1914]

Tactician should be Tier 1 or at least Tier 2. I get it's your opinion....but hear me out Marco....for people who are anti CHEESE.....*cough* Predator.....My squad and I run shield, striker, final measure, and tactician pulse. With an amazing pulse you have now made the shield player and the final measure player deal the DPS player of pred. We Melt predators and nomad players with this setup. Tactician IMO is a must in team play. I remember watching a gumpenstein video back in the day...where he said this game should be were we have a DPS player, tanks, healer, and mages.....I think Striker, tactician, shield and final measure healer allows us to play the game like that.

[@bellcamp09]

Mercenary 1914 stop giving the game away. Shhhh

[@bellcamp09]

Mercenary 1914 😂

[@bigwheelgaza33]

Nice

[@HaanSoIo]

* cough * Anti pulse * cough *

[@cjloha91]

Claims to be anti cheese yet has a member that runs strikers 😂.

[@ianfowler7787]

Valid points on all sets. I'd just like to point out that alpha also gives you all weapon talents unlocked, so you can use talents that normally wouldn't be unlocked together in your build. My alpha for instance is sitting at 500,080 dps without card counter active 578,840 when card counter is active. And I'm not using swift, accurate, brutal or any other fake dps boosters and I only have 6.6k firearms. Thats about the dps my striker has after building stacks. When card counter is on and I get the tac ult I'm sitting at 869,253 dps BEFORE I hit booster shot and with an optimal range grip on my house instead of crit dmg. I have to agree that the healing over time plus dmg makes striker the best set, but I think you should take another look at Alpha.

[@JokerTpt]

As usual,excellent video macro

[@BobBob-il9ux]

I know you likely won't do this but I'd really like to just see an overview of a deadEYE build for this patch. Just to see what you think fits best for deadEYE as someone who uses it a lot I would love to see this.

[@husleman]

Greeeeeeat, the two 6 pc classifieds I have are the tier 4 ones...... :/

[@Artyom125]

Would you suggest changing out support station with nomad cause of the burst heal nerf?

[@LookIDC]

When will your final measure healer build video be released? been waiting for it for a while now, and dont want to roll my final measure build incorrectly

[@messenjah71]

I love Deadeye. I love the challenge of needing lazer-like, intuitive aim to be effective and I do alright in Last Stand (Sum Ting Wong71)

[@drop_pod_ham8285]

Great vid Marco you nailed it. Striker is cool because it rewards skill. IMO nomad spoils the pvp experience because it is luck based. It would be great if the nomads luck was only limited to solo players, there is too much use of it on teams. What do you think?

[@TheRedstar212]

For console? Not everyone has aim like you and can land shots. PC vs Console aiming is bounds and leagues apart. Hell key and mouse vs controller gives significant advantage across the board.

[@djspice6929]

Striker was my first gear set & I never ended up using a different I’ve collected besides nomad.

[@prototypesend7075]

At <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="900">15:00</a> in the video you put a bleed on the third dude without shooting him with 10 bullets. I'm assuming it is because you were using the bleed talent under the talent tree. Am I correct in assuming that that was the reason, and then can state that that talent works with the predator mark classified bleed.

[@prototypesend7075]

MarcoStyle Sweet, thanks for the response as well. Keep up the great videos!

[@imcnblu]

Personally, after all things considered, I'd still swap Predator to Tier 1 and D3-FNC to Tier 2. Other than that, I completely agree with your rankings and reasoning for each.

[@basvanempel3567]

I think striker is more OP than predators mark

[@gomezcanoff]

Absolutely ( main striker dixit)

[@mehdiful9929]

bas van Empel agreed! IDK why they don't complain about it? Probably because they're using it.

[@Bigbroluff]

bas van Empel I got fucked up by ah nigga with striker n super 90

[@TheDoktatorship]

the one thing i like to remember is that striker is predator on steriods. i mean sure, its way more powerful, but when the disruption police comea knockin predator can clean house with...well, with a house ;3 on the flip side though, anything that cures bleed consistently buggers you over. i think they both need a bit of a rework.

[@keiraneastick3211]

agree. just put an imunizer down or pop a medkit with adrenaline on. 😂

[@elmercenariochileno]

Hello Marco ; Thanks to your fun videos , I have picked up The Division again . Besides being a bit rusty , I am lost regarding gear . Would you be so kind to recommend setups for PVE ? Thanks .

[@Mechful]

I thought u couldn't do tier list anymore because all classified sets almost good but it is nice to see this video thanks for doing that

[@beschuitjekanker5503]

Nice

[@DocWolftheone]

Actually today i've been playing a classy 6pcs firecrest in the DZ today and even if it's not even optimized i've found it pretty strong with the right rolls!It took 3 players,1 striker and 2 nomads,to take me down and i could melt one of them anyway!I found it better rolled in a 7k-5k-2.9k roll!Using double LMG as weapons of choice!