menu
MobalyticsUse your favourite features in-game with our Desktop App
Borderlands 4 Build

Nuclear Winter Harlowe (Gun DPS)

presentationHarlowe
End Game
presentationFlux Generator
Creator
Trending
Updated on Nov 17, 2025
Nov 17, 2025

Build Overview

This Harlowe build utilizes all the juicy nodes in the green tree for some absolutely ridiculous synergies, allowing us to do insane gun damage, and provide borderline broken buffs for our team mates!

Nuclear Winter counts as action skill damage, enabling all sorts of interactions such as Excited State guaranteeing critical hits on every single gun shot, infinite ammo via Critical Funding, infinite shields with Distribution Function, and TONS of gun damage + reload speed + rate of fire with the Group Study capstone

The Bod is not only my favorite gun in the game, but it pairs perfectly with this build offering both crazy high boss dps and is perfect for mobbing. The build works with all sorts of guns, but this is my personal favorite by far

You also give your team mates and yourself the following:
25% bonus cryo damage
on average 125% gun damage, 100% rate of fire, 150% reload speed
infinite action skill cooldown
infinite shields
25% multiplicative damage vs entangled enemies
24% baseline ricochet chance
25% crit damage

Strengths And Weaknesses

  • Pure gun build
  • Big damage
  • Best co-op build in the game
  • Gear specific

Skill Tree

Points Spent 0 / 49
LMB Allocate
RMB Unallocate
Flux Generator
5/5
5/5
3/3
2/3
5/5
5/5
2/5
3/5
5/5
4/5
5/5
5/5

Can max out Refraction instead of Excited State if you want more mobbing potential, seems to not be particularly strong though

Equipment

Guns: Bod is overall my favorite it just does crazy damage and synergizes very well with Critical Funding. I recommend getting an SMG underbarrel for bosses, and a Sniper for mobbing, but they are more or less the same, any roll will work fine. Make sure to NOT use one with a CoV mag as it won't work with Critical Funding. If you get torgue stickies that is very good for boss dps too!

Feel free to use anything you want for mobbing but I doubt anything is better than the Bod tbh

Complex Root with atlas tracking darts is extremely good for bossing as well, but can be inconsistent at times and doesn't feel great for mobbing
Kaoson is another good boss dps option

Shield: Theoretically anything works, but I like the Watts 4 Dinner, especially paired with AMP Synergized if possible, paired with Siphon Tolling would be perfect.

Repkits: I like using War Paint with enrage for extra damage, can use anything with 2 charges if boss farming for Now With Caffeine

Class mod: Bio-Robot with +3 into Sustained Reaction and ideally some points into Feedback Loop.

Alternative you want a 'Savant' purple class mod as this rolls with points into Control Group, that is the only reason we use it, try to get one with as many points into Control Group as possible

technically the savant can be BiS because it can roll 3 passive increased damage effects such as gun damage, gun specific damage, kinetic damage, or even action skill duration, while the Bio-Robot can only roll 2, but it's much easier to obtain. On the bio robot try to just get action skill duration.

Enhancements: Prioritize getting additional gun damage, and keep in mind the Bod counts as all weapon types! Gun damage on enhancements are multiplicative, so if you get gun damage + sniper damage, that will boost your damage by over 50% which is pretty insane. Fire rate and mag size help out too! Ripper/Torgue enhancements can be good as well if your Bod rolled with a part from them, but again just prioritize damage.


Item Locations:
Savant Class mod = world drop, best farm is splashzone or drill sites
Watts 4 Dinner = Origo, Terminus Range, Arch of Origo
Bod = Axemaul, Auger Mine, Carcadia District
Complex Root = Mimicron, Order Bunker, Idolator's Noose
War Paint = Saddleback, Ripper Drill Site, Cuspid Climb
Bio-Robot = Idolator Sol, Fortress Indomita, Idolator's Noose

Firmware

3pc Deadeye (currently providing less than 75% CHD but still better than alternative options)

2pc High Caliber (10% multi)

Specialization

Specialization 1Riddle You This
Specialization 2Now With Caffeine
Specialization 3Bullet Train
Specialization 4I Am A Gun

Nuclear Winter means you do some action skill damage, not much, but some. Bullets Are Scared Of Me if you want slightly more dps > Now With Caffeine

Gameplay

1) Pop your Flux Generator
2) Re-activate it up until you have 4-6 stacks of Group Study (depending on your class mod roll)
3) Kill guys, each kill will refund some duration with Control Group or Sustained Reaction
4) If you ever lose your Flux Generator just headshot some mobs and you'll get it back instantly with Confirmative Reality, alternatively you can use a repkit and get it back with Now With Caffeine

Video Guide

Table of Contents

Featured Builds

DOT Shot 3.0
Updated on Dec 2, 2025
TRAUNTastic - Use ANY GUN at UVH5
Updated on Dec 2, 2025
Stellar Shock - DoT Harlowe
Updated on Dec 1, 2025
YEET WITCH | Tediore Vex (UVH5)
Updated on Nov 28, 2025
Supediore Rafa Build - Deadly Tediore Reloads (No Skill Required)
Updated on Nov 27, 2025

Become a Creator

Want to earn rewards by sharing your builds with your community?