Vex has one of the best all-around kits in Borderlands 4. It allows you to damage enemies incredibly and use her minions for assistance.
Vex should be the best pick for solo players of the four characters available in the game. Her Siren powers allow her to dish out tons of damage, but you can choose how to use them.
Dead Ringer and Phase Phamiliar allow Vex to create copies of herself and a companion that help her defeat enemies. In comparison, Incarnate walks along a different path that deals damage to enemies and fully restores her health.
Building Vex can potentially be the most confusing of all the characters I tested. Here's what I have been using for my build, which you can use to clear the story on your own.
Vex Phase Phamiliar build in Borderlands 4
A good option for building Vex is to split between a Dead Ringer and Incarnate. Instead, I tried going for Phase Phamiliar to make use of Trouble. When you're playing alone, triggering Trouble can bail you out of challenging situations.
Action Skill: Phase Familiar
- Her Minion, Trouble, joins Vex. When killed, Trouble will Respawn after a Cooldown. Press F to teleport Trouble, dealing Damage in an area. Trouble transforms into a Badass, fully restoring Health and gaining increased Damage for a Duration. Activating Phase Phamiliar will Respawn Trouble if he's currently dead.
Augment: Beast Mode
- Command Skill. Press and hold F to Command Trouble to enter Beast Mode, becoming Immune to Damage and gaining increased Minion Attack Speed and Movement Speed for a Duration.
Capstone: Unsealed
- Trouble will now Mark his current target, causing them to take increased Gun Damage from Vex.
- Kill Skill: When a Marked enemy is killed, Trouble gains a Stack of Unsealed for a Duration, granting Health Regeneration and increased Damage. While Phase Phamiliar is active, Unsealed effects are doubled.
Top Skill Tree
| Skill | Description | Skill Points |
|---|---|---|
| Grave Sustenance | Restore a percentage of Action Skill Duration. | 5 |
| Grave Command | Restore a percentage of Trouble's Command Skill Cooldown and Respawn Cooldown. | 3 |
| Overprotective | Vex and her Minion gain Overshield. | 5 |
| Overheal | While Vex has Overshield, she and her Minion(s) gain Health Regeneration. | 3 |
| Claw and Bang | Vex and her Minion gain increased Melee Damage and Ordnance Damage. | 5 |
| Vorpal Fiends | Vex and her Minion gain Critical Hit Damage. | 5 |
Center Skill Tree
- Keen Fiends: Minion Damage gains Critical Hit Chance against any part of enemies.
Right Skill Tree
| Skill | Description | Skill Points |
|---|---|---|
| Grave Current | Vex's Minion(s) gain Bonus Shock Damage. | 5 |
| Infusion | When Vex uses a Repkit, she and her Minion(s) gain Bonus Damage with Guns and Melee Damage for a Duration. The Bonus Damage's Elemental Type is based on Vex's currently-equipped Attunement. | 5 |
| Grave Thirst | Vex and her Minion(s) gain Lifesteal for a Duration. | 5 |
| Deadwire | When Vex deals Gun Damage, there is a Chance to spawn a Spark Remnant that will seek out a nearby enemy and explode, dealing Shock Minion Damage to other nearby enemies. | 2 |
| Stormblessed | Vex gains increased Shock Damage and Shock Status Effect Damage. | 1 |
This build focuses solely on unleashing Trouble on your enemies. If you go with Brach one (Left Skill Tree), you can build Trouble as a crit-monster. Instead, I have chosen a hybrid between doing damage and becoming self-sustaining. This allows Trouble to deal damage and stay in the battle for an extended time.
If you opt for this build, always use guns with Shock damage to amplify passives like Deadwire and Stormblessed. While I haven't maxed them out, the smaller investments in them will allow you to get their benefits towards the late and endgame.
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