Splish, Splash, I was takin' a Bloodbath

Borderlands 2 Axton the Commando
#9

With that Purple Grenadier and Stockpile Relic you will have 23 grenades which is a TON.

And if you want to abuse grenades, Grenadier is the way to go.

Realize that meteor showers have some limitations though. They arenā€™t good close up and will kill you quick. And you may want to cosnsider switching out the stockpile for an explosive damage or bone relic. 4 extra grenades may not be worth the loss in damage or cool down.

That will work well with Fastballs and get a DLC 4 grenade to regen grenades. Or use BBB. Weapons choice looks good. Try a Little Evire or Thunderball Fists for shock. The trouble with the Grenadier is that it is an OFFENSIVE mod and is not nearly as good as the Soldier in the defensive mode. You simply CANNOT be defensive minded with a Grenadier.

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#10

I forgot to mention that there are other weapons that are NOT explosive that get grenade damage buffs. The two I know of and use most often are:

-Blockhead. I use a Fire BotA with that one.
-Twister. Shock BotA on that one.
-Hornet. Super great for killing loaders, I use it with a Corrosive BotA.
-Pimpernell. I have one in fire, shock, and corrosive. Use the bones with this one.

#11

All great suggestions so thanks for that. Iā€™ll play around with a few different things this weekend and see what I land on.

#13

I am not sure, as I donā€™t play Maya often. Maybe @Derch could answer for you.

#14

No twister never got reaper on the splash, after the patch when people including myself said the twister got reaper again we were talking about on the bullet.

For around a year the twister got no reaper at all, not even on the bullet.

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#15

No mention of me :frowning:
Nah not really lol

#16

You said you were taking a break. :dukejk:

#17

I said I got back into bl2 a few days ago.

#18

Oh right, you didā€¦congratulations? :blconfused:

Just kidding. :dukecheese:

Since youā€™re here, Pimp, any advice for the OP?

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#19

Youā€™re lucky I like you. Lol.

To the op the build looks good. I personally always want resourceful in my explosive builds because of battlefront. I would suggest a grog so you can heal off your grenades tho Iā€™m sure someone already said that.

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#20

So after about a week of tinkering and killing of come to a conclusion. I F*****g love the SWORDSPLOSION.

I ended up settling on this build.
http://bl2skills.com/commando.html#55055152015005515010005050140100

Later when I have more time Iā€™m going to go thru the master build list for Axton and see if it matches any, I hope not, Iā€™d like to do a kinda write up about my time with the SWORDSPLOSION.

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#21

Itā€™s a great shotgun provided you remember not to use it up closeā€¦ :dukenukem:

#22

Thatā€™s part of its charm. If you havenā€™t killed yourself multiple times in a single Swordsplosion session youā€™re not worthy of the gun.

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#23

Some of us like staying on our feet, Hattie. :stuck_out_tongue:

Waitā€¦what am I saying? This is Krieg weā€™re talking about. :dukefp:

#24

Yes, howā€™s that permadeath Krieg run going

#25

Thatā€™s basically my current explosive build for Axton. The only differences are I donā€™t have any points in Phalanx Shield, Mag-Lock or Grenadier. Iā€™m not spamming grenades with this build and I prefer my turret on the ground, so I donā€™t really miss them. Instead, I have Quick Charge maxed out and the other points in Expertise. I also have one point in Resourceful and only four in Sentry, since I wear a Legendary Engineer with it. My relic of choice is an Explosive one. Iā€™m still fine-tuning, though. In my opinion, your build is looking pretty good.

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#26

The SWORDSPLOSION givith and the SWORDSPLOSION takith away.

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#27

Iā€™m using them for slagging, not necessarily spamming but its nice to know I have em if I need em

#28

I donā€™t see anything wrong with that. I see Mag-Lock, Phalanx Shield and Grenadier as ā€œoptionalā€ skills that you take depending on the playstyle. You got all the essential splash/grenade damage and survival skills covered in a well balanced build, so it makes sense to spend a couple of points on skills that favor your personal playstyle.

#29

Totally agree. I had enough for all the major skills I wanted and put the leftovers in those 3.

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