Ultimate Vex Phamiliar Guide (UVHM5)

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Weapon Info

Plasma Coil

This Legendary SMG pairs extremely well with this build, offering Dual Elements of Shock and Radiation and Extremely Fast Burst Fire, it offers the ability to Nuke Enemy Energy Shields and grants us decent Splash Damage when set to output as Radiation Damage. It also has very good Handling on it so you don't even have to worry about speccing into Gun Handling at all which is an added bonus.

You can farm a Plasma Coil from the Primordial Guardian Timekeeper which who is located at Dominion, Terminus District, Upper Dominion.

Note: You will need to have completed the Story Mission: The Timekeeper's Order to gain access to this boss.

Farm Location

• Name - Plasma Coil
• Boss - Primordial Guardian Timekeeper
• Location - Dominion, Terminus District, Upper Dominion
• Pre-Requisite - The Timekeeper's Order (Story)

Vertex Shotgun (Maliwan)

Ideally you will find a Vertex Maliwan Shotgun with both Incendiary and Corrosive on it as this plays incredibly well with this build.

The Incendiary is a Must Have whilst the Corrosive can be Flexible although it would be Best In Slot. This Shotgun outputs Extremely High Damage and Fires multiple Projectiles on Each Shot so makes for an excellent way to remove Enemy Health / Armour Bars. This in combination with the likes of Plasma Coil we have access to 4 Different Elements that covers all needs whilst only having to worry about Swapping Between 2 Weapons which makes for a Comfortable Playstyle.

Wombo Combo

This Legendary Assault Rifle pairs extremely well with this build, offering Immense Damage and a variety of Elements it can come in. The Zip Rockets really boost the damage for this weapon so this is an added bonus.

You can farm a Wombo Combo from the Rippa Roadbirds who are located at the Ripper Drill Site 'Saw's clench', Ruined Sumplands, Carcadia Burn.

Farm Location

• Name - Wombo Combo
• Boss - Rippa Roadbirds
• Location - Ripper Drill Site 'Saw's clench', Ruined Sumplands, Carcadia Burn
• Pre-Requisite - None

RepKit

I recommend a Ripper Repkit here because some of the mods are extremely potent for this build. You will want to look for one that has a High Healing Value and preferably with one or more of the following mods:

• +50% Damage Reduction for X Seconds
• x% Life Leech on Use

Ordnance Info

I recommend using a High Charge Count Ordnance with a Relatively Low Cooldown such as Jelly or an equivelant. This will allow you to use it frequently enough to keep Blast Rites active with 100% Uptime as well generating crazy amounts of Overshield.

You can farm a Jelly from Splashzone which who is located at Fadefields, Coastal Bonescape, Riptide Grotto.

Note: You will need to have completed the Story Mission: Recruitment Drive to gain access to this boss.

Jelly comes with Different Variants depending on the Mods it has associated with it, each having Slightly Different Stats. I have personally been using an Atomic Jelly which makes it a Nuke Grenade with Increased Damage, Radius and Cooldown so it is more Effective at killing Groups Of Enemies but honestly I think any version of the legendary would work great here.

It's also worth noting that Jelly can come with many different Elements associated with it as well. I used a Corrosive Jelly which helps a lot against Armoured Enemies so I would look out for one of these if you can. If you get a Different Element, try to make it one that isnt on our Plasma Coil as this outputs these Damage Types very quickly already.

Farm Location

• Name - Jelly
• Boss - Splashzone
• Location - Fadefields, Coastal Bonescape, Riptide Grotto
• Pre-Requisite - Recruitment Drive (Story)

Class Mods

The Best In Slot Class Mod here is Teen Witch because it grants us Incredible Survivability and unlocks the ability to Spec more Offensively without becoming Glass Cannon.

You can farm a Teen Witch from Primordial Guardian Radix which is the Vault Boss in the Carcadia Burns Region located at Carcadia Burns, Grindstone of the Worthy, Arch of Radix.

Note: You will need to find the 3 Vault Fragments in the Carcadia Burns Region before you can access this.

What Teen Witch does is it essentially allows us to additionally make our Life Leech apply to our Energy Shield and Overshield as well which is Incredibly Strong. It also grants us a Flat Life Leech value as well as Ranks of Grave Thirst so by default we will have over 20% Life Steal and there are ways to expand upon this if neccesary as well.

This is a Must Have for this build and if you don't have it a lot of the mechanics will be Clunky At Best since your Overshield Generation will be fully reliant on Ordnance Use.

Farm Location

• Name - Teen Witch
• Boss - Primordial Guardian Radix
• Location - Carcadia Burns, Grindstone of the Worthy, Arch of Radix
• Pre-Requisite - Carcadia Burns Vault Fragment

Energy Shield

A very solid option for an Energy Shield that makes your extra tanky is the Cindershelly which grants you a Stack of Resolve for 2% Damage Resist up to a Maximum of 25 Stacks when Taking Damage. This is extremely Strong For Defence and it doesn't time out until your Shield Is Broken so in combination with all the rest of the Defence on this build it pretty much caps you at 50% Damage Reduction. If you're lucky enough to find one with mods that Increase Its Capacity and Boost Your Damage this is potentially one of the Highest Rolling Energy Shields in the game Exceeding 20,000 Energy Shield.

You can farm a Cindershelly from Callous Harbringer of Annihilating Death in the Terminus Region located at Terminus Ranage, Heart Of The Mountain, Craven's Nook.

Note: You will need to have unlocked the ability to Break Through the Order Vault Doors using the Locust Canisters which become available after the Story Mission: One Fell Swoop.

Farm Location

• Name - Cindershelly
• Boss - Primordial Guardian Radix
• Location - Terminus Ranage, Heart Of The Mountain, Craven's Nook
• Pre-Requisite - One Fell Swoop (Story)

Alternative

If you don't have a Cindershelly then we take an Energy Shield with the Highest Possible Capacity that we can that has Decent Mods on it at the same time.

Some of the mods you can look out for are:

• Increased Energy Shield %
• Damage Reduction on Dealing Damage
• Shield Boosters on Taking Damage
• Power Boosters on Dealing Damage
• Overshield on Dealing Damage

Enhancements

You absolutely want to find a Maliwan Enhancement that has the Primed Potency Modifier which grants us +100% Status Effect Chance On Reload.

This Isn't Mandatory but it does allow application of Status Effect Damage from your Elemental Guns with a 100% Chance so long as you hit The Target with the Fire Bullet After Reload. This is extremely strong as our Life Leech also works with Status Effect Damage granting us Constant Sustain through the Teen Witch Siren Class Mod.

In terms of Additional Modifiers look to take anything useful to your loadout with particular interest in the following:

• +% Gun Damage
• +Gun Magazine Capacity

Firmware Info

There are plenty of Firmware sets that could work here but some will have dimished returns such as Rubberband Man as we already have such high Damage Reduction and Life Leech.

Note: It goes without saying that these Firmware can be located in Any Slot, the important part is the Number of Each Set you have equipped.

High Caliber

This grants us Increased Projectile Speed and Increased Gun Damage after Two Firmware Items are associated but more importantly allows our Projectiles To Pierce enemies which pairs extremely well with Plasma Coil which you will be able to Spray across groups of enemies and hurt many at once as a result.

Gadget Ahoy

This grants us Ordnance Cooldown and Ordnance Damage which both pair nicely with the Ordnance Tech in this build. I did toy with making this the 3 Set Firmware because it would grant 20% Damage on Killing An Enemy with an Ordnance. There is definitely room for argument that this may be more valuable than the ability to allow our Projectiles To Pierce Enemies but I shall have to test this.

Other Potential Firmware

• Life Blood
• Get Throwin'
• Baker
• GOOJFC

Specialisation Info

The following specialisations pair Extremely Well with this build and are Highly Recommended to be taken in the order they are displayed above going from Left to Right and Top to Bottom.

Bullets Are Scared Of Me

This grants us a Near Permanent 30% Damage Reduction boost to the build since we will be Leeching so much Sustain we are likely to have at least one of our Health or Energy Shield at Maximum most of the time.

The Best Defence

This grants us a Near Permanent 30% Gun Damage boost to the build since we will be Leeching so much Sustain we are likely to have at least one of our Health or Energy Shield at Maximum most of the time.

Riddle You This

An extremelty strong Gun Damage Offensive Option granting up to +50% Gun Damage which stacks extremely fast with the likes of Plasma Coil equipped.

Full Spectrum Arsenal

This allows our Ordnance Damage to benefit from 50% Gun Damage Bonuses which is extremely strong because it also means Blasted Fiends benefits from 25% Gun Damage Bonuses as a result. This node essentially Boosts Every Part Of Damage this build uses.