This is in my opinion Vex's 2nd best leveling build setup, but likely the best setup later in the game once we have more skill points. For the campaign, I think this spectre leveling build is a bit stronger:
Vex has some pretty insane gun damage scaling right off the rip in the 
Incarnate tree, with nodes like 
Grave Implements 
Grave Power & 
Grave Sights making it the go to for leveling in my opinion. Not only is Incarnate badass, the augment 
Witchy Trigger Finger makes it even more so by giving us a huge gun damage increase, and effectively making it so we never have to reload when using the right weapon. Staying in Incarnate should be easy enough with 
Grave Sustenance, and 
Mortal Terror allows you to proc those crazy strong kill skills on tough boss encounters. This build has movement speed, survivability and TONS of damage to boot making it extremely versatile. It synergizes well with kinetic weapons due to 
Material Components, but if you happen to get a super strong elemental damage then just swap these points into 
Grave Elements and you'll be even more powerful!
Be on the lookout for a throwing knife with the Penetrator Augment as that will guarantee any of your shots to be a crit, making 
Bloodletter incredibly powerful, especially on boss encounters. If you want to use Bloodletter regardless feel free, I just don't take points into it because for leveling you ideally want to 1 shot anything that comes in your way, and a DoT effect isn't usually the best at low levels without a ton of scaling. It's also crit reliant which may not be great depending on what gun you happen to get while leveling.
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VexBuild Overview
Strengths And Weaknesses
- High Damage
- Very Fun
- Feels weak when Incarnate isn't active
- Needs skill point investment for Incarnateuptime
Skill Tree
Skill Point Order
3 Grave Sights
2 
Leeching Attunement
5 Grave Implements
3 Grave Power
2 
Fiendish InvigorationWitchy Trigger Finger
Red Tree:
5 Grave Sustenance
Green Tree
5 Material Components
5 
Drink Full
5 Mortal Terror 
Vibe Check
1 
Strike Me Down
3 Fiendish Invigoration
Red Tree:
5 
Enchantment
3 
Hasty Fiends
Back to green xdd
2 Grave Sights
If you get a super strong elemental weapon, swap 5 points from Material Components into Grave Elements
SWAP 5pts from Fiendish Invigoration or Enchantment into Bloodletter if you have a knife with Penetrator Augment
Gear to look out for while leveling:
Penetrator Augment which comes on Throwing Knives is EXTREMELY powerful, especially when paired with Bloodletter. If you get this you will use it throughout the entire campaign and you can swap the 5 points in Fiendish Invigoration or Enchantment -> Bloodletter
Damage Amp Payload is also potent on Throwing Knives
Guns: Due to the kinetic synergies, almost any kinetic gun should work well. Ideally a high base damage shotgun with a few shots in the mag to take advantage of rate of fire scaling & Witchy Trigger Finger. Shotguns pair very well with Penetrator Augment + Mortal Terror + Bloodletter because each pellet has a chance to proc Mortal Terror so you can easily have infinite uptime on Incarnate in boss fights via Grave Sustenance. Shotguns also generally have very high base damage which is important for Bloodletter scaling, however these are all mainly for boss dps and less relevant for ad clear.
List of strong weapons (will update as I'm playing)
Underbarrel Attachments: Spread Launcher, Knife Launcher, Taser and Shotgun. These have internal cooldowns, you can bypass the cooldown by swapping to a different gun with the same attachment.
Repkits: 200% Amp, Lifesteal, & Movement Speed are likely the best options for smooth leveling.
Equipment
Guns: Look out for any gun with the following underbarrel attachments, they are very strong :Spread Launcher, Knife Launcher, and Shotgun. Shotgun underbarrels are the most common, and are typically found on Vladof guns. Make sure to check vendors and constantly use these. These have internal cooldowns, you can bypass the cooldown by swapping to a different gun with the same attachment.
Due to the kinetic synergies, almost any kinetic gun should work well. Ideally a high base damage shotgun. Shotguns pair very well with Penetrator Augment + Bloodletter Shotguns also generally have very high base damage which is important for Bloodletter scaling, however these are all mainly for boss dps and less relevant for ad clear.
Ordnance: Throwing knives are all around very good but feel free to use anything you like
Penetrator Augment which comes on Throwing Knives is quite rare, but EXTREMELY powerful especially when paired with Bloodletter. If you get this you will use it throughout the entire campaign and you can swap the 5 points in Enchantment -> Bloodletter
Damage Amp Payload is also potent on Throwing Knives
Repkits: 200% Amp damage (good for shotguns or snipers) 100% action skill cooldown rate, Lifesteal, & Movement Speed are likely the best options for smooth leveling.
Notes
Personal testing notes: Will bosses be an issue with overall damage or proccing kill skills? is 'Mortal Terror + crit chance' necessary? There's much more kinetic damage synergy, will there be high rate of fire kinetic guns consistently for leveling? Do shotguns with multiple pellets proc eldritch blast CDR for each pellet? Can Mortal Terror CDR proc guns and needles insta and just give you infinite repkit uses for healing + whatever buffs your repkit has?
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