Borderlands 2

[dwoodward]

Anyone still play this? Just recently stumbled on a "Alkaline The Bee" Amplify shield. This thing is ridiculously OP... Takes my normal 2000 dmg pistol shots and amplifies them to 17k damage a shot with no shot drain. The enemies literally explode in a bloody mess when I shoot them. Using a shotgun makes this thing a 1 shot boss killer. Crazy damage.

[spectrrr]

Originally Posted by dwoodward

Anyone still play this? Just recently stumbled on a "Alkaline The Bee" Amplify shield. This thing is ridiculously OP... Takes my normal 2000 dmg pistol shots and amplifies them to 17k damage a shot with no shot drain. The enemies literally explode in a bloody mess when I shoot them. Using a shotgun makes this thing a 1 shot boss killer. Crazy damage.

Yep. I was playing around in the save editor, seeing what kinda things were available and I ran across that one. I'd love to find one legit that I could use. Simply amazing damage, and wicked fast recharge!

Paired with a "Maggie" pistol, it can be even deadlier than a shotty. Maggie pistol is a legendary Jacobs pistol - except I think it's firing .410 shotgun shells --- a level 38 maggie does 1203 x6 dmg, and it sends those 6 rounds out in a very tight cone (81.2 accuracy). Get lucky with a "loaded" variant and your sending 14 of those rounds downrange as fast as you can pull the trigger, and with the usual fast as hell jacobs reload. (for comparison, a lvl 38 Jacobs Law pistol does around 3500 dmg, one bullet).

For a legal pairing, A nice Blue quality Vladof TMP pistol can be incredibly deadly with the Bee shield as well, you just have to remember to pop out, spray and duck behind something again.

I ended up going back to my Law & Order combo (legally found items). I thought the Law & Order combo was crazy OP for a melee assassin, but the Bee put it to shame, made it not even fun anymore :P

[madwilliamflint]

yaeh I'm clocking WAY too many hours on B2. I'm about half way through the 2nd playthrough with zer0 and I just respecced him for melee, which is a *****. I just can't get the hang of it.

I think i'm at L47 or so. Once I tag 50 I'm going to start hunting legendaries.

First time around I found a couple shields off the Warrior. But they were L35 so they're just in the stash now.

The arena DLC is busting my balls with zer0. I just can't seem to tank enough damage. I get lucky when there's a goliath or two to let loose. But failing that I get squished pretty easily.

[dwoodward]

Originally Posted by madwilliamflint

yaeh I'm clocking WAY too many hours on B2. I'm about half way through the 2nd playthrough with zer0 and I just respecced him for melee, which is a *****. I just can't get the hang of it.

I think i'm at L47 or so. Once I tag 50 I'm going to start hunting legendaries.

First time around I found a couple shields off the Warrior. But they were L35 so they're just in the stash now.

The arena DLC is busting my balls with zer0. I just can't seem to tank enough damage. I get lucky when there's a goliath or two to let loose. But failing that I get squished pretty easily.

Get the final skill in the Bloodshed Tree "Many Must Fall" and use it in tandom with "Execute" from the same tree.. Just keep hitting melee and zip around meleeing everyone you see while in deception with little to no consequences. It's remarkably crazy. Don't slack in "F0ll0wthr0ough" since the speed bonus between kills will help you get to the next target quickly.

Invest whatever points you have left over into "C0unter Strike" from the Cunning tree for some good power while people are busy shooting at you. From there try to get to "Death Mark" and "Unf0rseen"

And yes, if you can find the LAW pistol and Order sheild, which are both quest drops, use them with that spec and you'll tank around the battlefield like you have never imagined.

[dwoodward]

This would be my ideal Zer0 Melee build:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...meleebuild.jpg

You can try building your own here:
http://www.borderlands2.com/us/skilltree/assassin.html