This is how I run my build. I love it. Smart Cover is the obvious choice for me. I mean hello it's a cover based shooter! Your in cover in this game 70% of the time your shooting maybe? And I have 65% mitigation, only 80k health, 15k electronics, and 140k firearms (primary). I run high end scar l, and superior enhanced Aug. , extended mags with 13% weapon damage on both.

higher chance of blinding and deafening, lasts longer, and reduces cool down time.

+PerForm wow really?! might be re shuffling stats then. thanks!

+Its_Jipz yes you are missing something. The talent that let you heal nearby allies by 40% not only apply to your team but also yourself. So it basically gives 40% more healing power from medkits. I also notice that why his medkits heals him more but then I take a closer look and saw that he was using this talent. Arekkz didn't mention this in the video.

you whish

+MrBenji whish what we pasted their arse in dz6 matey nicked their high ends too. i need too whish nothing ;)

+Fred Jones I've already got a Marksman build which has some great DPS tips in it :)

+Fred Jones How high is your DPS and health? My primary DPS can reach up to 202k with only 32k health...a bit too weak for me :/

+Arekkz Gaming +Sada Twinkletoes yeah my dps is at 141k with 59k health but only 8k skill power...i just dont know where i went wrong 😂 im using the abilities from the marksman video and the talents

+Mayank Raj Pathak the solo build doesn't need updating, that was done after launch, so it's accurate :)

Thanks a ton Arekkz! The advice is much appreciated. However, can I request that you do a build which is a combination of tank and a solo build because I plan to grind the PvE missions on hard mode solo to farm for items and Phoenix Credits :) Also, could I PM you with my stats and build details for you to review?

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+Joshua Shackett Those are gear mods from having a mod slot not dual stats on a piece of gear.

Got it. Makes sense now.

that's kind of hard man because for the most part it's random but at you move towards dz6 you have a better chance at getting high ends

+Darian Plowman OK I'll try that then, thanks

+Jay Monster 101 From the looks of this build he has 2 firearms gear pieces and the rest are stamina. Likely all stamina mods with maybe 1 firearms mod... Don't take my word on that though ;) Just looks similar to my opposite build when I was 3k, 2k, 1k... Fireams, stam, ele.

Thxxx

That's good for group play but not great for solo, especially in the dz.

Very good point. So I guess my theory build would be suitable for challenge mode and possibly incursions

+AverageJoe the build would has synergy with a dps/health build and coordinate with a dps/skill build, but would lack the firepower to solo dz players or challenge. since teamwork is advised for Incursions than anything else so far, it should fit right in as long as you have a partner who can back you up if you go down. team should have Skill guy, Healer, Dps Tank, and all-around balanced guy.

That last part. Somebody who can back me up. That's why 2 out of the other 3 use Recovery Link, in case I do go down. They can immediately get me back up and popping first aids and tact link or survivor link. The build has its flaws but with a little work can have some strong suits.

Exactly, me being a Rogue dominant player i love being tanky as hell and dealing put tons of DMG. :D

+Tangy what smg do you use? I'm still rocking the vector, but people seem to switch to the Aug when they get to DZ lvl 50, but the MP5 is looking like a better choice since it has a higher rpm.

+Kyle Gruber mp5 is probably the better of the 3, sadly... I love the AUG but the issue is FINDING one that is gear lvl 31. Sadly, it cannot be crafted as such :( aug is better than the vector though imo. More preference I think though.

+FelixLFC Whichever one has better stats :) You'll be replacing it in a few levels anyway

+FelixLFC well if you're in the dark zone you should be getting lvl24 as that is the cap 20-24 or 25 if that is the cap. If you're just leveling it really is just which has better stats as gear doesn't matter. Stamina matters more for lvl 1-27~ during lvl1-29 you have around 21% armor mitigation and when you hit 30 you climb to around 50%

65% mitigation is the max for armor how so you reach 70%?

oh sry that is my bad.my mindset is usualy if it is 45 its 50,if its 65 its 70.if you want accurate numbers on my stats its 99k hp and 103 k dps and not all mods are high end cause division tech is a b.... to get

+Bobnice31 trying to find more opinions on this build incase im missing something. not enough info on this out there, that i can find.

+IceyBlayz ya I have three characters made and one is built for about 45,000 skill power. by far that skill power build is better for tanking with his shield especially with mastery unlocked. I don't have trouble generating threat with the shield as long as we're creating choke points and funneling enemies. I can tank 2 shotgun rushers at the same time with no problems with my 500k shield, draw their threat by getting in their face and my buddies just can shoot either over me of from their flank. you can even have a buddy shoot a smart cover on your shield if you like, but it's not really needed. an electronics tank is weak in PVP tho

nice now i can justify making 3 characters lol. thanks for sharing the tips

+Bobnice31 I actually don't mind the shield for PvP but I run with a team. When you have a team that can do damage nothing throws rogues off more than when you run at them and melee them for the stagger. Plus having a pistol with coolheaded and enough skill power to have nearly capped sticky bombs makes you basically a literal tank (with overly large gun included)

+RockCh4lk how did you get so much health? I cant even break 70K without taking big hits to DPS, not to mention my skill is 11k maybe. Does a good chest piece help with Stamina/Health?

+JJ Garcia the key is to get high DPS without having firearms gear. I always have my gloves as my DPS gear piece, you need to roll the talent that gives an extra 13% crit to targets out of cover, and also roll crit damage, and crit chance as the major attributes. I also roll crit damage/chance on a few other piece of armor when I can. All the rest of my gear gives stamina, and has health/armor as their major attribute.

+JJ Garcia also a good magazine is key!! Craft them until you get a good one 100% mag size and a crit bonus are best, if not roll mag size and rate of fire.

so a lot of crafting?

+JJ Garcia pretty much! I just run Lexington Event Center on repeat challenge mode,l and get my guaranteed gold, plus some purples and blues.

+fakin bič I'll still carry on using this build. Believe it or not, this build doesn't rely on the mask, and it still works really well even when it's not active. It just so happens, that my best mask at the moment has the talent, so I can't do much about it. But regardless, it's not the mask that makes this build work, it's the Skills/Talents :)

+Arekkz Gaming Critical heal is the key huh? I tested this build without mask healing and its the best, my problem now is know the right time to use critical heal

+fakin bič - oooh I didn't know this was even "a thing", I ran into some guys in DZ who's heal rate was insane, this might be why.

+Arekkz Gaming this build is a survival build you are posting false info thats a good dz build yes and only for you also with low skill power you can only use skills so much as you said your self the shield takes more arrgo than other it also takes more damage 500,000k hp max plusy 65% less damage i also have 70k hp with this and 44k skill power i suck at dps but 95% of time i take mobs off my team and flank tanking is keeping your team alive not just takeing damage put it this way my smart cover reduces gun damage by 67%and damage buff 50%alone i always make surr i give my party a buff while i use my shield to grab arrgo even with those 500,000k high crit dps people do i still take arrgo its not hard long as you use the shield right also sometimes when there is a lot of mobs i put mobile cover down with smart cover mobile cover is 20% less damage from gun fire 25% less damage from blast attacks so with smart cover its 87% less damage from gun damage with the armor meaning u can kill mobs a lot fast and take far less damage while in cover thats a tank your build is a good build yes but i can asure you in furture content you wont make it tanking thay build health is not the best way to go as a tank and skill power is npt a support tank class like you think i have my channel on how to tank and videos showing it does work mybe for you it sucks because you cant do it right idk i can asure you that if u tank shotgun people in challnge mode u still will be 2 to 3 shoted with my shield ot takes them like 30shots to kill my shield by that time mobs will die and jist in case i get shot from behind thats were that 70,000hp comes in plus 65%armor but i know my team is takeing 67%less famage while im tanking you are only makeing challnage mode with that build because u have high dps i can carry three new 30s in any challnge mode and beat it made videos of that to sorry bout my gramer it sucks i hate typeing but i had yo comment on video because your miss leading people

amen!

+RockCh4lk Yeah, I used that some of the time, but if I really want to run tank, then I'd rather have the extra damage resist. I use my Medkits more to trigger the buff, than for the heal.

+Erwin de Groot Depends on your role I would assume. Hip fire accuracy is actually really nice for pvp and as a tank. No need to slow your roll with a right click when running around soaking bullets and shooting people ;) Aside from that you would want minimal crit chance and mostly crit damage on the weapon mods... since smg's naturally have a crit chance and a pulse, if you run it, will just make it all the better. Extended magazine 85-100% with crit damage or increase fire rate as well. Your pick there... fire rate is probably better though.

+iaMMykel thanks

+XXSHADOW RONINXx but then the difference between 55% armour mitigation and 65% (the cap) is actually pretty big and worth going for

+Its_Jipz my equipment brings me above the cap an i had extra mods that psecified in armour aswell but now i can switch my mods out for something useful

yeah once you hit the cap it is useless in adding armour as it will do nothing extra

+Its_Jipz yeah my gear by itself is 200 armour above the cap ive switched gear mods for skill power an crit chance

+cryz Pulse and heal still.

+RedInterceptor 65k health is good enough with 65% armor I think you good

+Just Phenomenal thanks