The ONLY Strikers Builds You Need | The Division 2

[@hutchler]

When he's a 10 but he drops this intro...

[@ronon_lul2023]

When he thinks he is a 10 but is a 1

[@M4RK_0]

Intro was actually fire 😂

[@PHREEEEZY21]

Then it bumps you up to 20

[@zardinez]

@@ronon_lul2023 lmfaoooo Ronon going in for the kill

[@hutchler]

SO TOXIC@@ronon_lul2023

[@DodRegnbue]

Nope. Not allowed to make any more build videos, you will put us all out of business.

[@alexsedore898]

DOD you are also BRILLIANT MATE!!!! , love all your content keep them coming!!!!!!!

[@DodRegnbue]

@@alexsedore898 Thanks.

[@victorcuevas-k8c]

Lol mine has dropped 4 times but only after killing the first boss. I’ve never gotten it out of the box. Good luck, mate .

[@TheRedStateBlue]

don't sleep on chameleon with this build. swap the contractor's gloves for a fenris chest with obliterate. you don't have to wait til you have 100 striker stacks before gaining its benefit. the chameleon buffs on top of striker and obliterate send your dps astronomically high.

[@Rob75BER]

I forgot it, too because the Elmo is so strong on long range, but this night I tested a few striker builds with Chameleon and the DPS was awesome. I'll give it a try again today for a few missions. For open World the Elmos is best

[@simonrodgers2375]

I'm running Striker bighorn and it absolutely melts. When the stacks are max the scoped headshot damage is insane.

[@surtrpicks]

I noticed that in Shooting range myself. Getting 2.2 million to head and scoped was like 8-9 million…..havent taken her into the incursion myself yet. Still relying on ST Elmos.

[@azteka6103]

If u can land.

[@lifeisgood5794]

The intro was very cool and really sets the mood for a good video. Thanks for all your help Hutchler.

[@TheBigBlueMarble]

The Striker chestpiece only works when playing solo or with other players who are much less capable than yourself. You simply can't keep the stacks up when playing in a strong group. The Ouroboros only works when up close. At ranges over 15m, you are much better-off using the St. Elmo's. That leads to a situation where you have to decide which weapon to make your primary and that forces you to decide what chestpiece to use. Many use Sokolov with the Ouroboros or Fenris with the St. Elmos. I prefer Grupo for both and I will switch my primary between the Oroboros and St. Elmo's depending on where in the Incursion I am. If time allows I will switch my secondary to use a Famas with the Ouroborus and the Lefty or Rock 'n Roll with the St. Elmo's. Going for headshots will almost ALWAYS result in lower damage numbers.

[@SolaceGrayArc]

4 piece strikers...w/backpack and chest.. Two Sokolov rounding out the build. Paired with a chatterbox... Love not having to reload after deleting enemies. Headshots 75 Chc 57 Chd 183 Gunner spec Heal drone and shield. Gets the incursion done even with nobody on coms and randoms.

[@joosebocks4397]

i’m gonna try this

[@alexsedore898]

Hucth you are BRILLIANT mate , love your content, keep them coming 👍

[@comradesvt79]

Appreciate you breaking down variants and options with how it relates to level and playstyle.

[@breauxp]

Makes so much sense when laid out like this.

[@Mr_SaucepanEater]

AKM(In Sync), Scorpio, D50(Finisher), Coyotes Mask, Walker & Harris B/pack(Vigilance), Fenris Chest(Glass Cannon), Gloves, Holster & Knee Pads are all Improvised. Crit Chance 56%, Crit Damage 189%. This is my go to PVE Build.

[@ef3cd586]

my go-to for almost everything: 4reds 2blues striker/coyote/elmo/everyday carrier+firewall for infinite firewall medkits to get me out of critical situations and allow me to push whenever i want without going down. best build in the game for me personally.

[@graphosencrenoir4006]

do you use the perfect E.C. or the normal version ?

[@ef3cd586]

@@graphosencrenoir4006 EC has the perfect version of efficient . So yes.

[@assist2942]

Finnaly a good build video, just what i needed!

[@hutchler]

lmao

[@Supadrumma441]

"Just apply common sense and self awareness" Whelp, that's too hard for 90% of the playerbase then.

[@mrhouse5133]

I run four piece striker with chest and backpack, coyote's mask and the deathgrips gloves. Gunner plus deathgrips give me that 20% armour on kill, St Elmo's and Rock n Roll, revive hive and shield for skills. I'm only expertise level 14 so my St Elmo hits for 101.2k, one blue core for a total of 1.0M armour, 51.5% chc and 161% chd.

[@RaulNigli]

Love the intro! Love the full breakdown too. I ran the 2nd option but now I understand better what to use where thanks to you. The striker headshot sure is nifty. I wonder if I can use my head hunters fury instead, minus the striker stacks because I'm time poor. Do you use the striker head shot build for the love birds?

[@ProdigyReflexz]

I wish you mentioned bloody knuckles for boss burns!

[@fountedakis]

Pffff yellow rolled skill dmg striker does more damage apparently lol

[@DeathsEmployer2004]

"Factual"

[@graphosencrenoir4006]

you watch too much IdEntity... lol...joking...yeah it is powerful and if you use Capacitor you do same dmg as your mighty teammates with shiny Elmo...

[@Rezso65]

Thanks Hutch, realized I have a few changes to make on my build

[@Spoony___]

Thank you Hutch father for blessing us with these crumbs of wisdom 😇

[@N3m3sis_Gaming]

I also find running a pfe striker build on the end of legendary tidal basin useful, since its essentially a straight dmg reduction due to it being all yellows

[@leventedobay2696]

Dude bullshit…3 red striker 1 healer 40mins, other ways just gets longer

[@___Yep___]

I like running a 4 piece striker with a unbreakable chest , sawyer kneepads , with a shield and defender drone , with the Khamelion and P90 all crit chance , my Khamelion hits for 1.5 MILLION DAMAGE! My P90 hits for 900k !! I can legit stand still with my shield and drone out and MELT enemies on challenging and heroic!! Now understand that this build has little survivability but as long as you keep enemies in front of your shield and your defender drone healing your armor your ok !!

[@Farmehsutehcals]

Did the incursion yesterday joined at Wright had 2 of these builds (strykers coyotes and grupo) and one healer plus my setup of fenris spotter momento rest strykers technician specialization carbine 7 dtoc with pulse skill. I somehow was about 50m dps (give or take) off from the other two strykers builds that had been there the whole incursion 🤷‍♂️ probably why rng gave me the cookie gun

[@l9tv123]

Its a prov chest on the 2nd build btw.

[@jackcravford8744]

Dark winter and obliterate are also good choice. I prefer obliterate over striker chest cause it is easier to keep the stacks up.

[@markoliver7312]

Great video well explained ✌️

[@twotusk3574]

No fluff. Brilliant!

[@MountainHigh1984]

Great video explains alot. . Thanks dude

[@lElitePanda]

Awesome job! I enjoy grupo instead of contractor (what I’ve been running in the dz). But I’ll have to practice pve with contractor and headshots. 👏👏🤙

[@Bradley22449]

Don't know if they found a fix yet but theirs a bug that makes the incursion bosses immune if you use scorpio or st'elmos.

[@ArmisHart]

nope. no update or emergency maintenance yet.

[@Jason-dk4jg]

Great precise, accurate and informative as ever. Thanks Hutch. Got a question: Do the turrets at the start have armour or health?

[@Jaketubarei]

Damn this is liiiiiit! Hutch you re the man!!!

[@Ibsmokin]

Only missing the oroboros

[@everyman9904]

Clearly explained! Could you shed some light on optimal HF and Ouroboros loadouts?

[@mikerzisu9508]

I run this except with a sokolov piece with max crit. All I really use is the ouroboros, don't touch my secondary. Just for the incursion.

[@donparenzan5624]

I’m a newbie when you say take out adds what are you speaking about dont flame me lol I’m at shd 200 I’m new to the game and loving it was just curious I hear that word thrown around and it would help if someone could clarify it for me

[@hutchler]

No problem at all - it is kinda weird gamer slang haha! Adds stands for additionals, which is used to describe enemies that aren't bosses. Basically your standard NPCs are referred to as adds :)

[@Ekowitt]

Good one Best regards from Germany 🇩🇪

[@bravocharlie275]

İn div 1 we only had to change a few things between pvp-pve Now we have to change between builds to have fun and do meaningful damage so unrealistic its why ı can't play the game the way you described it Just feels like a looter shooter game like open world rpg ı only log in to have fun and the devs are pushing everyone to use white death sniper and the pistol builds😢

[@vilandesch]

liked & subscribed but i prefer ranger; my fighting comfort zone starts at 20m :)

[@floridaprepper751]

Use a tier 6 shield with a stryker drone, survivability is vastly increased.

[@Dan-hx4lc]

You’ll be shooting marshmallows.

[@ConfusedRaccoon]

I love the idea of that last one. Didn't they put caps on bosses so you can't one shot them now, though? Still need to get the Regulus, too.

[@hidude4137]

Thanks Hutchler

[@davestationuk7374]

The only thing is with every one running a version of strikers - The devs will end up nerfing it - i expect smg to get nerfed

[@hutchler]

Tbh I honestly don't know about a strikers nerf. It's been this strong for a good while now, so I would be surprised. As for the Ourobouros, I kinda think it could do with being brought down a bit - it does just eclipse any other option, even at non-smg range. That said, it's fun in its current state :D

[@blackquincy5073]

Hutchler the goat 🙌🏾

[@xNeoNxCyaN]

I kinda wanna see if I used 3 tech cores and 3 damage cores on a striker build, if it would still be okay for heroic solo stuff cause I’d like to have more pulse duration and drone up time aswell as a decent amount of damage

[@PHREEEEZY21]

I love the glasses

[@mrcool0278]

Why do you use contractors over fox kneepads, is it because you already have dttooc on the weapon? And is it that much better just wondering

[@ArchFiendFolio]

What about a higher survivability build with it?

[@cjalldayonetrey7914]

Question: For the Lover Birds, can Negotiators provide damage to both main targets even if one is protected by the kid? Kinda like Boomer in DH.

[@marcusware3909]

Unfortunately, negotiators don't work in the incursion atm

[@qpginger]

For some reason the obliterate chest works better for me. It with Elmo carries me thru 3 directives in the open world daily. Haven’t gotten around to the incursion. Would it be worth it to roll a blue core or two on the build or no?

[@trudahkness9976]

I've been slowly but surely getting out of my 4 Red Core/2 Blue Core Comfort Zone. It's a learning experience but it's been kinda fun so far. Also, are Incursions still Bugged to Hell & back? Been thinking about trying to make the Push for the Ouroboros.

[@hutchler]

Noice! Yeah 6 red is 100% the way forward!! Honestly incursions were never bugged to hell and back - I think certain creators have made a big deal out of a small handful of issues. You'll be fine running through the incursion; don't use scorpio on Wright and there are no issues :)

[@trudahkness9976]

@@hutchler Alrighty then! Thanks!

[@BLiTzCoMETWoLF]

do you think is worth is to run the Fox Knees too and just run a striker mask?

[@georgewebster4548]

Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't it be better to run either walker or grupo gloves on the first build instead of contractors as the damage to armour only comes up against armour but the 5% weapon damage from walker and the 10% crit damage from grupo come up against armour any electronics like rogue skills, mini tanks and enemy turrets.

[@CubaSmileSauce]

When you have already lots of weapon damage and crit damage you get diminishing returns, in that case another source of damage is just better.

[@xSOVxMUFASA]

Dude i have the wrost luck with RNG. I want the oroboros sooooo bad but it never drops for me.

[@derrickf8053]

How did you hide the Coyote Mask in your character appearance?

[@justinhellscream7075]

Can you post specialisation setup plz

[@Jack-di6rc]

I think in my testing in the shooting range, a sokolov chest with obliterate does just slightly more crit damage per bullet than grupo with obliterate, and then it does noticeably more non crit damage obviously. Which one is actually better? My crit damage is around 160% iirc without coyote and I’m using oroborous

[@the-jar]

If sokolov does more damage per bullet both crit and non crit, how would Grupo be better

[@hutchler]

The limitation of sokolov is that it only applies to your smg (obvs :D), and you'll suffer the negative effects of return to scale once you start thinking expertise, etc. In short, your theory works if you only play super close range with an SMG, but that's not an optimal way to play - inherently there are always going to be enemies outside of optimal SMG range, at which point you've essentially lost a brand set bonus from the build running soko

[@Jack-di6rc]

@@hutchler that makes sense, thanks. I think I’ve just been glued to the oroborous and completely ignored my secondary weapon lol

[@aaronsinspirationdaily4896]

Similarly, can you please explain the same for the Fenris with obliterate? Clearly it’s limited to the AR’s, is that the only downsides?

[@CubaSmileSauce]

@@aaronsinspirationdaily4896 duh, yes if you have an AR bonus that's not efficient, you want a general damage multiplicator

[@mikee3458]

Will Walker Harris and an AK work with striker?

[@kadvshaw4497]

You have a build for fast clean in mission ?

[@DarkAngelLegion]

Can St. Elmo’s Engine be used as a substitute if I don’t have Ouroboros?

[@hutchler]

it certainly can - just make sure to review crit values as the ouro has a tonne of chc built in

[@richardpace2484]

I think 2 of those guys are from my clan.. lol or we just have the same clan abbreviation.

[@daiman298]

i’m running a striker build, semi new to the game. she lvl 130ish, i only deal out around 200k/500k crit damage, regular damage is only about 20-30k, any tips of how to up them or is just trying to get good crit rolls on all pieces

[@daiman298]

and what do you mean with you’re talking about chest and backpack variants? as in like why are you swapping them out etc thankyou mate

[@vxaie9185]

You might say it in the vid but i cant find it but what weapon are you using for the exotic?

[@twotusk3574]

I think you’re referring to the Oroboros smg. It’s an incursion exclusive drop.

[@excidium4095]

coyote :D :D :D i need it with grupo/ceska :D

[@ziashaheen3348]

i have ceska mask or gropo holster 4 striker hits harder then fox or contractor 😂😂

[@man1cs171]

Why crit chance to 50 and not 60?

[@hutchler]

Because you’re running Coyotes - at least in my experience, most engagements will be past the short buff (CHD), so you’ll be at 60% for the vast majority of the time you’re in combat

[@man1cs171]

@@hutchler OK thanks I was thinking that was the case. So it will change if running thr oro as the potential to be closer in combat is higher?

[@ItsThiefz]

This might be a stupid question but why use the pulse and shield on the general build? ( I’m a returning player and I’m starting fresh)

[@hutchler]

Mostly for increased boss damage - whilst in overcharge, pulsed enemies take 15% amplified damage, and the firewall shield also gives a chunk of damage (and survivability against adds) :)

[@ItsThiefz]

How do you have the pulse skill overcharged without any skill gear?

[@hutchler]

@@ItsThiefz it’s mostly for team settings - healer grants overcharge using BTSU gloves which allows anyone, irrespective of skill tier, to use overcharged skills

[@ItsThiefz]

@@hutchler oh okay thank you!

[@ItsThiefz]

What skill would you recommend over the pulse skill if you don’t have anyone to overcharge them?

[@highvaluetarget]

i run this build basically but i have a piece of ceska in my mask slot for the extra crit chance, i also found it to work better for me and my team than coyote's

[@SEKItrebz]

🔥🔥

[@ac3kn0ws9]

I need people to play div 2 with my old clan and friends unfriended me

[@freshcity]

If you seen one build you seen them all

[@agent-victor-0775]

i use foxes insted of contractors so you saying contractors is better?

[@CubaSmileSauce]

on another comment he said it's pretty much the same, no worries

[@RaulNigli]

Dod did the math on this. Even answered the question during a live stream where they were helping people go through the incursion. I'll see if I can find it for you. I think it was last Tuesday sometime. A long video, over an hour. He explains it for the 2nd or 3rd person who had foxes on.

[@NongIng]

What’s the best way to get maxed out mods I get one every month or so

[@twotusk3574]

For me they’ll drop randomly. I usually play on heroic and while I have gotten a bunch that way, the majority of mine at least have dropped from legendary missions/summit. You just have to loot and check everything while you play.

[@noway2728]

Countdown on challenging / heroic , target lot gear mods 🤙

[@josephusmiller3370]

4 hundred million damage

[@leventedobay2696]

Ehh brother people need to learn…all gear should have chd all mods chd as well and contactor groupo or even cheska are wrong… use fenris or sokolov depens on your weapon. I can explain why its all mathematic. Use lefty cuz sledhammer and nowadays the elmo and orub. Has pretty high rpm. For future for god sake use decoy, shild is shit. You blocking the way you cuz more drawbacks than advantage. Reviver hive considerd but depends on the mission. On heroic some heal or emp sticky considerable. On legendary reviver hive 100%. If you are using lefty crossbow olso should be considered cuz you have fire grenade and you just trohw it to the door(you dont have to shoot just hold in your hands) than soedhammer boom. Thats all. People need to learn the method instead of ohh yeah that target out of cover is good hmm nope you can het an additional 10+ with sokolov and also increase base damage wich means your chc actual damage will be more. Ahh you guys need to learn so much…

[@lightfighter685]

I made your Striker build and was accused of cheating. WTF. 😂😂😂😂😊

[@artur3306]

cool

[@fam.broken9999]

whats the build ? @husband

[@hutchler]

@wife

[@SilverWF]

If I already have Ouroboros - why I will run Incursions?

[@riyazahmed1521]

you know your build is good when Saddam Hussain himself wants to know your build

[@roddybwebb2949]

Lol

[@maninacrowd2342]

Lol using a shield takes no skill…as for all red builds they are completely unusable in the open world especially when you get jumped from behind

[@hutchler]

I haven’t run anything but all red since WONY came out, and I haven’t had any issues. If using a shield takes no skill, it should make all red open world easy, right? Sometimes (all the time), personal experience and ability doesn’t form a basis for blanket statements

[@ADD643]

Thanks man.. love your vids.

[@Bladedanced]

If one of your teammates is running coyotes, what would be the best option to slot in instead? Using crit strikers/crit obliterate strikers? Thanks!

[@elfmz]

Thank you for a great build video. Isn’t contractors only best in slot when you have 2 coyotes in the group and make sure medium buff is active? I’ve been looking into group synergies for casual players and it seems that medium is often not procced unless someone is intentionally trying to proc it and it that scenario it seems better to build the ouroboros closer to the CHC cap

[@Couchwrecker]

In incursions you are pretty safe running 50 chc the other players in coyotes, although secret sauce is bloody knuckles, saw someone hit 30 mil,

[@elfmz]

@@Couchwrecker I have written down the times of a casual 16 minute run and recorded the medium buff at around 1/3 of the time. I have asked them to play normally and not worry about triggering different coyotes buffs. Only exception being the second encounter where it was active substantially more time. Did not record it for the first encounter as DPS not much of an issue. And also btw Technician is also an interesting option especially in second and last encounters due to amplified damage to tech and faraday field for Johnson’s shock

[@DodRegnbue]

The condistion for Contractors to do more, is head shots. Assuming all 50 of your shots hit, 7 head shots puts it above every other option. So, of hit shots, 14% need to land on the head, then contractors win. That being said, the total difference between Contractors, Fox's and Grupo is 2.1%.

[@elfmz]

@@DodRegnbue I’m assuming you’ve compared all at around 50% CHC, my doubt is since most DPS is short range when building with a Grupo you get 6% of all your CHD plus another 15% on top which is higher than the 8%. But yes I understand we are discussing minor differences as usual 😂

[@brettfoss7784]

To be honest I prefer a czeska chest with obliterate on it for my striker build. 🤷‍♂️

[@CCM1199]

I run a Grupo mask/Ceska Chest with obliterate. Im at 58% Crit chance and 178% Crit chance. I can try the coyotes mask and contractor's.

[@CubaSmileSauce]

178% crit chance bruv

[@UiopYuikk]

Hi whats your opinion about the fox prayer kneepad for playing in open world instead of the contractor's glove. Lots of enemies dont have armor (dogs, reds, chungas ect)

[@hutchler]

Foxes absolutely work. The difference between contractors, grupo and foxes is borderline negligible :)

[@pelesiren4959]

Lol yeah I had to squint to see, looked like hunters fury, sue me 😅

[@zeppelinshermit]

As always Hutch, to the point

[@zeroacid4039]

Thank you 😃👍

[@taghgfinnegan]

Thanks.

[@redporschekilla]

So well described….. That’s a build content of a top echelon creator! Keep rocking

[@hutchler]

[@floridaprepper751]

I have run a stryker weapon damage build with the st. elmos., coyote mask etc. Only problem with that build is: you do not have much survivability. Try converting the weapon damage for skill tiers to 6. use unbreakable, with 4 piece stryker with memento back back, st. elmos, acs shotgun. Get crit chance to 40 %, crit damage to 85 %. I have used it on solo heroic, it is unbeatable. You could substitute st. elmos with capacitor, try it.

[@touchgemini1372]

Which is why I run my all red GOLD build with the coyote. COYOTE POPS and then its 249CRIT DAMAGE.. THAT'S NOT COUNTING ANY BONUSES FROM MY TEAMMATES...

[@hutchler]

chd isn't an indicator of damage output, just an indicator of the multiplier you get when you crit. cool you like to do your own thing, but no high-end build can come close to a stacked strikers set up, mathematically :)