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Borderlands 4 Build

Clone's Gambit (BEST SPECTER HEIRLOOM BUILD)

End Game

Leveling

Vex

Dead Ringer

By Nepta

Updated on Oct 26, 2025

Oct 26, 2025

Build Overview

SPECTER IS BROKEN NOW!

SaveFile

This build is trying to get the most damage out of Dead Ringer's Specter without using any exploit (Kickballer is dead anyway).

The idea is simple, Specter throw the King's Gambit (through Heirloom) and give the gun minion scaling, you shoot it with a high pellet gun like Acey May => DAMAGE.

We can even benefit from Specter king gambit even more with 3/3 High Caliber. The Specter often throws King's Gambit in 1 direction and you can line yourself up to hit all of them at once which lead to even more damage!

Strengths And Weaknesses

Big Damage
Great for both bossing and mobbing
Good Specter Damage
Unique Gameplay

Skill Tree

Points Spent 0 / 49

LMB Allocate

RMB Unallocate

3/3

2/5

5/5

3/3

2/3

Another Mortal Terror slop tree

Grave Sights and Grave Implements is a lot of soup for Specter (Specter doesn't get Vex's Gun Damage but get I Am A Gun).

Mortal Terror and Grave Power make all of your kill skill consistently impactful.

Grave Assault and Idle Hands is great for Heirloom King's Gambit.

Ghasterbait act as an extra charge of Specter only use it when you're out of Dead Ringer Charge.

Leeching Attunement and Blight Attunement might seem useless but they contribute greatly to Prismatic Weaponry which we do get from Illusionist.

Grave Fiends can be swapped for Grave Quickening if you feel like your damage is enough

Equipment

Weapons

Repkit & Ordnance

Utilities

GUNS:

King's Gambit - Is THE GUN to give to Heirloom Specter, the orb when thrown by Specter is Minion Gun Damage and get scaled as so. Try to look for one with the highest card damage, firerate and reload speed. Avoid Ripper part, Cov part and any magazine size that is higher than 4 (you want the Specter to reload a lot).

Acey May - Is the gun you use to shoot the orbs that Heirloom put out. The x14 pellet help a lot since every single hit proc a ricochet from the King's Gambit orb. Work with 3/3 High Caliber to proc even more ricochet with multiple orbs. Try to get one in Corrosive for Blight Attunement and Prismatic Weaponry.

ORDNANCES:

Slippy is great against vile enemies.
Any kinetic heavy is great for Leeching Attunement and more Prismatic Weaponry stacks.

COMS:

Illusionist with as much point into Prismatic Weaponry as possible. The badasses bonus is only 50% soup.
a Hunter COM with as much point into Grave Assault as possible.

SHIELDS:

Super Soldier - For firerate, ammo regen which have great synergy with King's Gambit orb.

ENHANCEMENT:

Scion or Bullet Fabricator for better Acey May
Most bonuses on enhancement doesn't buff Heirloom so the most important one to het is Gun Equip Speed and Fire rate.

REPKIT:

Triple Bypass because Now With Caffeine, try to get Accelerator on it

Firmware

Repkit & Ordnance

Repkit FirmwareHigh Caliber

Ordnance FirmwareHigh Caliber

Utilities

Class Mod FirmwareHigh Caliber

Shield FirmwareRubberband man

Enhancement FirmwareRubberband man

The listed Firmwares are the must have for this build:

3/3 High Caliber is huge for hitting all the King's Gambit orbs, try to position yourself to hit as much orb as possible. The 10% gun damage doesn't work with Heirloom

2/3 Rubberband man for survivability

Specialization

Specialization 1Riddle You This

Specialization 2Now With Caffeine

Specialization 3I Am A Gun

Specialization 4A Honed Mind

Riddle You This - a lot of gun soup

I Am A Gun - To give 50% of Vex's Gun Damage to Specter

Now With Caffeine - Best way to get Action Skill Sooldown, make sure to pair this with Triple Bypass

A Honed Mind to give Specter more crit chance.

Try to get Now With Caffeine as fast as possible

Gameplay

General Gameplay:

Equip King's Gambit then summon a Specter
Swap to Acey May and shoot all the King's Gambit orbs you see near an enemy
Try to position yourself to hit the most orb to benefit from 3/3 High Caliber.

BOSSING Tips:

You want to spawn your Specter from a decent distance to the boss so the King's Gambit orb doesn't hit the boss too early and bounce off to nowhere. This will give you the most benefit from High Caliber

Try to not spawn the specter too far or the King's Gambit won't ricochet (it has a range limit to how far it can home in its ricochet)

Mobbing Tips:

Spawn your Specter at the most crowded area, use them sparingly since we onl have Now With Caffeine.
Use Now With Caffeine frequently to get your action skill back fast.