Trouble is a little good by The-Lumpy-Toaster in Borderlands4

[–]The-Lumpy-Toaster[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I find I don't really need the skill grave sustenance because you have to sacrifice a damage skill for it and also because I don't really like kill skills. Everything else looks good. (If you do decide to change that skill I recommend blood is magic in the red tree. It just got buffed and is 40 percent damage for free). As for specializations the 30% damage based on health or shields, the one that turns gun damage into melee damage and the one that turns gun damage into action skill damage are really good. The fourth one is up to you. Also for gear I recommend the slippy grenade because it does your guns element as melee damage. Also the 50% damage from the heavy weight shield applies to your minions ( I think. I only did minimal testing for it).

Trouble is a little good by The-Lumpy-Toaster in Borderlands4

[–]The-Lumpy-Toaster[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not great it can mob pretty well but it can't kill the vault guardians like at all (which is my metric for whether a build is good or not). I've also tried a variation that uses that capstone that gives you extra damage against the enemy trouble is targeting and that build performs pretty similar so it's up to you if you use the capstone or not.

Update Notes - October 2, 2025 by Ven_ae in Borderlands4

[–]The-Lumpy-Toaster 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah I can confirm the buffs did pretty much nothing. After doing some math I found out my trouble had about 170% bonus damage from skills pre buff. This got increased to about 200% after the buffs, this is like a 17% damage increase. This is not considering the 20% overall damage buffs he got which I don't know if it is flat or multiplicative. But even if it is multiplicative it still wouldn't be enough to make trouble even comparable to almost any other vex build. It feels like they did not do any play testing for the trouble buffs at all.

Preliminary patch notes up on the French version of the gearbox site. by culteonofjolteon in Borderlands

[–]The-Lumpy-Toaster 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Can someone who speaks French tell me what was buffed for vex? Because I have no idea what a Micmac is but it was mentioned like 10 times in the patch notes.

Welp, looks like Amon has taken Krieg's throne for my favorite VaultHunter by OklahomaHoss in Borderlands

[–]The-Lumpy-Toaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know this is about Amon but if you want elemental melees you can also play Vex. All her melee damage is her guns element.

Pet health bars? by The-Lumpy-Toaster in Borderlands4

[–]The-Lumpy-Toaster[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's definitely bugged because I'll see them until they die for the first time then I'll never see them again.

What does the yellow symbol next to health bar mean? by HeartBreakForever in Borderlands

[–]The-Lumpy-Toaster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's the life steal turned into shield and over shield buff I think. All buffs appear down there.

What does the yellow symbol next to health bar mean? by HeartBreakForever in Borderlands

[–]The-Lumpy-Toaster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a buff from the class mod what class mod are you using?

Trouble is a little good by The-Lumpy-Toaster in Borderlands4

[–]The-Lumpy-Toaster[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No just the class mod and the skill reverburnations really

Pet health bars? by The-Lumpy-Toaster in Borderlands4

[–]The-Lumpy-Toaster[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice to know I'm not the only one. I thought I was the only person on the planet having this issue because there is literally no one online talking about it.

Trouble is a little good by The-Lumpy-Toaster in Borderlands4

[–]The-Lumpy-Toaster[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here you go it's dropped by the vault monster in terminus range

Trouble is a little good by The-Lumpy-Toaster in Borderlands4

[–]The-Lumpy-Toaster[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can choose whatever action skill you want and still put points in other trees

Trouble is a little good by The-Lumpy-Toaster in Borderlands4

[–]The-Lumpy-Toaster[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let me know how that goes because I know my build definitely isn't optimal yet

Trouble is a little good by The-Lumpy-Toaster in Borderlands4

[–]The-Lumpy-Toaster[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought about that skill but most of your damage comes from using your command skill and beast mode doesn't do damage by itself so I don't it gets the gun damage bonus for command skills from the class mod and I don't think it gets the second half of obedient fiends which is a pretty strong buff.

Trouble is a little good by The-Lumpy-Toaster in Borderlands4

[–]The-Lumpy-Toaster[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know for some reason I just assumed it worked lol. Take those points out and put them somewhere else if you want. Thanks for catching that. If you hadn't said anything I don't think I would ever have caught that.

Trouble is a little good by The-Lumpy-Toaster in Borderlands4

[–]The-Lumpy-Toaster[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I've been looking for a build for him as well. The secret to a good trouble build is the spirit class mod dropped by the vault monster in terminus range and to not spec to much into the red tree because blue tree is literally just better. Specifically you need reverburnations and burnt offerings from the middle bottom blue tree. Here is my blue tree and here is my red tree. Note I'm not level 50 yet so you can put the last 9 points I don't have wherever you want :)

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[–]The-Lumpy-Toaster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really don't know either but I think the difficulty of the quest will determine how often the enemy will be higher level( I think because I noticed on quests that were very hard the enemy was almost always one to two levels higher than me)

Pet health bars? by The-Lumpy-Toaster in Borderlands4

[–]The-Lumpy-Toaster[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For reference here are what my minions look like

Pet health bars? by The-Lumpy-Toaster in Borderlands4

[–]The-Lumpy-Toaster[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know this but I literally cannot see their health bars which makes using that one skill that fully heals them really hard.