In The Division, you have the choice of which build you want to create, meaning how you customize and specialize your agent. In this guide, we provide tips and hints on how to assemble your agent.
In The Division, everything revolves around your agent: you enhance him not only with weapons and gear but also with a variety of skills. These allow you to create a unique agent that fits your preferred playstyle.
Update: At the end of this article, you will find some additional builds that are presented in detail. In this guide, we want to focus on specific weapon and skill combinations that allow you to create your desired build for your agent in The Division. After general tips for builds, we will look at the sniper, the tank, the turret build, and the healer.
General Build Tips
- It is advisable to carry two different weapon types in the primary and secondary weapon slots, especially when wandering alone through New York: one for distance and one for close combat. This allows your agent to respond flexibly to the various situations you will encounter in New York. If you are in a squad, you generally have more leeway to specialize.
- Since you can change your skills at any time, always coordinate with your team about which ones you are currently using. Because: The more variety you have, the faster you can react to different challenges.
- Don’t forget to modify your weapons – and especially in the later game, your armor as well. We’ve outlined how you can improve your armor pieces here. Don’t underestimate these bonuses!
- One person in the team should have the skill “Boosted” selected to detect threats early.
- Especially in challenging missions, healer builds are invaluable. Even if other builds might seem “cooler”, think of the healers!
Now we want to look at four different weapon and skill combinations in The Division. As a basis, we will use an article from the English site VG247. We will start with the sniper build.
How to Create a Sniper Build in The Division
If you enjoy dealing headshots from a distance, you should carefully read the following tips. If you are operating without a squad, this build is highly recommended: it allows you to eliminate enemies before they can inflict damage on you. A sniper can also enhance any team. Backup is always welcome.
- First, choose a good sniper rifle with a 12x zoom. Sniper rifles, by the way, have a tasty headshot bonus: you know where you should aim.
- As a secondary weapon, you can choose a good assault rifle, with which you can quickly eliminate enemies that come too close. Even if you run out of primary ammunition, an assault rifle with high accuracy and stability can take out enemies from a distance.
- For your sniper, “Boosted” is recommended as a skill, so you can target enemies before they lift their heads from cover. With the “Tactical Scanner Mod,” your headshots will become even deadlier.
- Take First Aid or Turret as another skill. The latter can distract your enemies and buy you more time to eliminate them.
- For talents, Tactical Advantage and Dodge are recommended, as you will likely need to change cover more often, granting you benefits: through cover-to-cover moves, your weapon damage is increased or the damage you take is reduced. The talent One is None is also recommended here, as there is a 50% chance that the bullet will not be consumed on a headshot.
For armor, you should primarily focus on firearms: after all, you want to eliminate enemies quickly from a distance, before they get too close.
How to Build a Tank Build in The Division
With the tank build, your agent becomes a “tank.” Especially when you’re operating solo, you can survive longer with a resilient agent than with a more fragile build.
- For tanks, it is not about dealing as much damage as possible: instead, they control the battlefield. A light machine gun is a tank’s best friend. With it, you can suppress your enemies and draw all the attention to yourself. You should treat yourself to a mod for better stability and an extended magazine.
- For the secondary weapon, you have complete freedom: a sniper rifle can serve you well, and a shotgun can resolve conflict with charging enemies.
- In the middle of the fray, it’s advisable to seek cover frequently. With the skills Fortification and Mobile Cover, you can provide yourself with more protection. Otherwise, Boosted or your friend, the little Turret, is also recommended.
- The talents Desperate Situation (when at low health, shooting accuracy while uncontrolled fire from cover is increased by 20%), Piercing Power (suppresses an enemy with suppression fire to increase headshot damage by 25% for 10 seconds), and the talents Tactical Advantage and Dodge, which were already explained in the sniper build, ensure that you survive and can deal damage.
To increase your health, it’s advisable to focus on stamina.
What a Turret Build Can Do in The Division
This build revolves around your friend, the turret, that little gun turret. This has been a recommended skill in the previously presented builds. Now we want to create a build that brings the turret even more to the forefront.
- If you are out alone, the turret can be a kind of tank for you, drawing attention to itself and dealing damage. With the right mods, you can also deal damage over time to your enemies (through status effects).
- Here you have two options: take the “Dragonbreath” mod with the talent Firestarter to deal significant “Burn Damage” with the turret. The talent Firestarter grants a 30% chance that all enemies within 10 meters are affected when the status effect is applied to an enemy.
- If you prefer to put your enemies under shock instead of burning them, take the “Zapper” mod along with the talent Fearmongering.
- Since you are focusing on a skill here, you should specialize your armor on Electronics.
- What weapons and other skills you use is entirely up to you. The turret is the center of attention, not you.
If you don’t want to rely on this skill but rather take care of yourself and your teammates, you can take a look at the healer build.
How to Create a Healer Build in The Division
A healer enriches any team and can provide crucial assistance in dire situations. Therefore, we now want to look at a healer build.
- The weapons you use here can be freely chosen. It is advisable to act more cautiously. After all, your job is to heal team members and revive them in emergencies – not to die yourself. So, opt for weapons with greater range.
- However, it may happen that you need to step into the fray to save your buddy on the spot. Here, a shotgun can prove useful.
- We have compiled in detail which skills you should use with a healer build.
- In short: Use the skills First Aid and Outpost, take the talents Triage, Field Medic, and Combat Buddy, and focus on Electronics. This will increase your skill power: your healer skills will become more effective.
The combination for the healer build is primarily suitable for playing in a team. If you’re wandering solo through New York, other combinations are recommended.
Note: These build suggestions do not claim to show the “perfect” combinations. In The Division, there are countless ways to customize your agent. These tips and hints are meant to inspire you on how to build your own agent.
In the following articles, you will find more builds explained in detail:
- Here’s how to create a sniper build in The Division.
- Read here how to create an offensive tank build.
- Do you want to create a special sticky grenade build? Then check out this article.
- You can view a stylish Caduceus build here.
- This article provides tips for a solo build.
- Here’s a PvP tank build tailored for the Dark Zone.
What build will you create? Or do you not specialize at all?
In this guide, we have outlined all abilities clearly (in German!), so you don’t lose track.
