The raid of The Division 2 is considered quite challenging. What gear should you start this activity with? You should try this PvE build.
Who is behind this build? The PvE build comes from YouTuber SleepY0. It is a build that has a balanced distribution of the main attributes, allowing it to unlock strong DPS talents.
He focuses on the assault rifle as the main weapon. He did not build this specifically for the raid, so you can also use it in other PvE activities.
However, SleepY0 used this build when he, along with other well-known Division YouTubers like MarcoStyle was the first to complete the raid after 5 hours. We will show you how it works.
In this video, he also presents the build:
This build can make your life easier in the raid
The advantages of the build:
- The main attributes are balanced. Therefore, you can unlock a wide range of talents on your gear.
- The build deals significant damage due to its talents.
- It is a good all-round variant that can be used in all PvE activities.
You do not have to rebuild the build 1 to 1. What is important is that you have the right main attributes (Attack, Defense, Auxiliary) at the appropriate values to unlock the important talents.
A ratio of 5/7/7 is necessary for the main attributes.
The equipment of the build
These parts are used by SleepY0 (All High End):
- Mask: China Light Industries (1x Attack, 1x Auxiliary)
- Talents: Ruthless (+10% damage to elite)
- Attributes: +43% damage to elite (Attack) and +3% Skill haste (Auxiliary)
- Mods: –
- Chest: Fenris Group (2x Attack, 1x Auxiliary, 1x Defense
- Talents: Unstoppable Force (Killing an enemy grants 2% (In PvP: 1%) weapon damage for every 25,000 points of maximum armor value) and Ruthless (+10% damage to elite)
- Attributes: +169 Skill power (Auxiliary), +12.5% weapon damage (Attack), +23,245 armor (Defense)
- Mods: 1x Attack mod
- Holster: Douglas & Holding (1x Auxiliary, 1x Attack)
- Talents: Precise (+15% headshot damage)
- Attributes: +627 Skill power (Auxiliary)
- Mods: 1x Attack mod
- Backpack: Gila Guard (2x Defense, 1x Attack, 2x Auxiliary)
- Talents: On the Ropes (Weapon damage is increased by 25% when all skills are on cooldown or their charges reach 0) and Hardened (+10% armor)
- Attributes: +23,819 armor (Defense), +6% Skill haste (Auxiliary), +2% weapon damage (Attack)
- Mods: 1x Defense mod, 1x Auxiliary mod
- Gloves: Gila Guard (1x Defense, 1x Attack, 1x Auxiliary)
- Talents: Devastating (+5% weapon damage)
- Attributes: +8% assault rifle damage (Attack), +10,889 health points (Defense)
- Mods: 1x Auxiliary mod
- Knees: Gila Guard (3x Defense)
- Talents: Ruthless (+10% damage to elite)
- Attributes: +16,542 armor (Defense)
- Mods: 2x Defense mod
Why are the attributes so important? They are a prerequisite for some talents that are important for this build. Without these talents, the build would lack the necessary damage.
- “On the Ropes” provides a massive damage bonus of +25% when all skills are on cooldown. But for this talent, you need 7 Auxiliary attributes in your build.
- It works the same way with the talent “Unstoppable Force”. Here, the damage bonus depends on the amount of your armor, and you need 7 Defense attributes to unlock it. At 200,000 armor, you also temporarily gain +16% weapon damage from this talent as soon as you kill an enemy.
- If both talents are active in battle, your damage will be significantly increased in conjunction with your other stats.
The weapons of the build
Which weapons are used? To take advantage of the Fenris chest bonus, SleepY0 uses an assault rifle, the AK-M. However, you can theoretically use any assault rifle. The active talent of the weapon is what matters.
These weapons are used by SleepY0:
- Primary weapon: AK-M
- The talent “Optimist” is important here. To activate it, you should only reach a maximum of 5 Attack attributes.
- Optimist: Weapon damage increases by +3% (In PvP: +10%) for every 10% (In PvP: 2%) ammunition missing from the magazine.
- Secondary weapon: The Swatter
- This exotic weapon is only important for the build because of its holstered talent “Chatterbox”. This talent is always active when the weapon is holstered.
- Chatterbox: Reloading a weapon within 5 seconds after a kill increases fire rate by 20% for 10 seconds.
- Thus, with proper usage, you can fire faster, increasing your damage further.
In battle, the assault rifle is mainly used. The weapon class can be used at nearly all distances and deals very high damage in conjunction with the talents.
However, you do not necessarily have to rely on assault rifles. You can also build the build around other weapon categories.
Skills and specialization
Choosing your skills is important, as you need to keep the talent “On the Ropes” active as often as possible to benefit from the damage bonus. For this, all skills need to be on cooldown.
These abilities are used:
- Amplifier Chem Launcher: The amplifier is ideal for this as it has multiple charges. Once you fire a charge, the Chem Launcher goes on cooldown, even though charges are still available.
- Reviver Drone Stock: If you are revived by it, the skill has a relatively long cooldown.
Alternatively, you can also use skills like the seeking mine or other abilities that should be on cooldown as often as possible.
This specialization is used by the build: As a specialization, the sharpshooter is in use. It has particularly valuable perks that provide strong bonuses on weapon handling and also bring a significantly increased reload speed.
This works especially well in conjunction with the weapon talents.
Both builds are currently among the most effective methods to deal high damage.
What builds do you use in the raid? Do you use other variants? Feel free to share your experiences in the comments.
