User:Grindfest/Gaige - Total Anarchist

So after scanning the internet for a decent build for the new Mechromancer, and not finding one, I decided to plow into uncharted territory and go at it blindly. Surprisingly, the following build carried me through lv 50, so I'd say it serves it's purpose. Allow me to present my Total Anarchist!

Before we get started...
Let me start with saying that this build carried me through the game twice without much trouble at all. In fact, I nearly waltzed through the first play in my sleep, without a bee, a fibber, or a conference call. Actually, I didn't have a single legendary gun until PT2!

Deathtrap is, at best a BEAST. At worst, he's a distraction to your enemies. Either way, he's an asset. Especially since he can provide the kills to trigger a second wind.

This build focuses on the Ordered Chaos tree, and throwing out a wall of bullets with little to no reguard for where they actually hit. When a lv 25 non-Torgue pistol deals enough damage to blast psychos into a fine mist, you'll see what I mean.

Also, the advice about Discord apparently only applies to those of us playing on a console. Those lucky PC users can just remap the reload key...

Skills
Best Friends Forever:


 * Close Enough: 5/5


 * Cooking Up Trouble: 5/5


 * The Better Half: 5/5


 * Upshot Robot: 1/1


 * Explosive Clap: 1/1

Little Big Trouble:


 * Nope, nuthin.

Ordered Chaos:


 * Smaller, Lighter, Faster: 4/4


 * Anarchy: 1/1


 * Preshrunk Cyberpunk: 5/5


 * Robot Rampage: 1/1


 * Blood Soaked Shields: 4/5 (The online skill tree only shows 1/1)


 * Typecast Icoloclast: 5/5


 * Discord: 1/1


 * Rational Anarchist: 1/1


 * The Nth Degree: 5/5

Progression and Explanation
Dump a point into Anarchy as soon as possible. This will provide valuable experience with how this build works. It also makes it easier to un-learn old habits (like reloading every time the notification pops up.) After that, get a point into Close Enough, and the next 5 into Cooking up Trouble (health regen is always nice). Finish up with 4 more points into Close Enough and 4 into Smaller Lighter Faster. Smaller Lighter Faster will allow stacks to generate faster.

At this point, stacking and maintaining Anarchy should be second nature. 5 points into Preshrunk Cyberpunk to jack the Anarchy limit to 400. Not that hitting the limit happens very often without extended play, but it helps us get to the next tier. Discord is imperative at this point. There is nothing quite as infuriating as stacking 250-300 stacks and then having an accidental reload while trying to loot a chest.

5 points into Typecast Iconoclast will yield a 30% chance of getting 2 stacks instead of 1. Yes, please! Add to that a point in Rational Anarchist to start with 25 stacks instead of 1.

We now need to get to Nth Degree, so as a means to an end drop 3 points into Blood Soaked Shields. Follow up with 5 in Nth degree, because while hitting unintended enemies is nice, hiting unseen enemies is better.

The rest of the build can be interspersed throughout the progression based on personal playstyle. 5 into The Better Half helps stack faster and throws out more projectiles to bounce. 1 or 2 more into Blood Soaked Shields helps a ton in mid to late playthrough 2. I prefer dropping 1 more into BSS and 1 into Fancy Math, combined with my class mod. More on that later.

If buffing Deathtrap is of any interest, the first stop should be Upshot Robot. While he's active, any kills will add 5 seconds to his timer and buff all melee damage for him and Gaige. Very valuable for Circle of Doom areas. Explosive Clap is ... Awesome! Basically an explosive nova that deals around 140k? Absolutely! Robot Rampage actually sets up Explosive Clap when used during gameplay, making a devastating one-two punch.

Gear
Pistols made by Jakobs. Insane fire rate plus small magazines equals fast anarchy stacking.

SMGs with good elemental damage per sec. While they may not land at first, the ricochet damage is great!

A good Sniper rifle will help until 50 - 100 stacks are generated.

Shotguns and Assault Rifles, well, whatever good stuff is available.

Class Mod - Calculating Anarchist, especially one that gives a large boost to Fancy Maths.

Relics - either Resistance or Proficiency, depending on play style.

Shield - A good absorb shield helps offset the ammo usage, but is not a necessity.

Final words
Yup, that's about it. Feel free to comment, and happy loooting!

Grindfest (talk) 18:48, February 13, 2013 (UTC)