Use your favourite features in-game with our Desktop AppThis Drone Marksman Build focuses on optimising the Arcane Damage from Gunner Drone whilst staying tanky enough to progress through the game difficulties and beat all end game content.
Starter Guide: Drone Marksman / Others: All Guides
Once you have reached Level 100 this is where the build really starts to come online due to gaining access to the Incarnation Tree which pushes the build focus more towards the Sentry Drones being the sole damage dealer and you being support to them.
At this point we focus on maxing out Gunner Drone and all skills that synergise with this finishing off with any passives that benefit our build.
Gunner Drone scales off ranks in Master Mechanic, Frag Grenade and Homing Missile so we max all of these out allocating our left over points into Turret Mastery for a little extra damage for our Drones.
As for Sub Skill Tree Allocation you will want to max out C.Y.C.L.O.P.S each time a new rank becomes available at Level 40, 70 and 100. Beyond this the focus is mostly on Multitude which adds more Drones multiplying the damage for each drone available and Heat Unit which multiplies the Gunner Drone skill damage.
Cannon Turret is a bit of a hidden gem on this build as at Level 40 you gain access to Weakening Blast which causes all enemies affected by Cannon Turret Projectiles to take more damage. This is particularly helpful against bosses.
It goes without saying we max out Weakening Blast when possible as well as maxing out Landing Spot for increased AoE and Doom Ball for a chance for even more impact size.
Finally we continue to invest in Vault as our main Mobility Skill.
It doesn't really matter what variant is taken for Vault as the most important thing here for this build is the ability to move further in distance via maxing Forest Parkour and having 1 point in High Leap to allow traversing over Hard Terrain.
B.E.A.C.O.N is taken to boost the damage of all Arcane Skills including Gunner Drone and Frag Grenade whilst you are standing within it's area which is particularly useful against tougher targets.
Use Master Mechanic to boost the damage of Gunner Drone for a period. This will require a very large amount of Skill Haste in order to keep it up with 100% uptime so to begin with it is used for a burst of damage against tougher targets.
For your attributes you're going to spread your points across Intelligence and Vitality depending on your needs at the time.
A general rule of thumb is to put more points into Intelligence since that scales your Skill Damage and put in as many points into Vitality as you require to keep your Health Pool high enough to stay alive.
A starter recommendation is do follow a rough ratio of 3:1 in favour of Intelligence so at Level 100 consider by starting with the following ratio:
At 4000+ Maximum Life:
During the levelling process there are a few Desired Stats that you will really want to try focus on stacking to make the levelling process as smooth as possible.
These include:
The following recommendations currently match the latter version of the Starter Guide because they are more than enough to blast your way through Hell Mode.
Below are some gear recommendations if you are lucky enough to come across them or are able to purchase any of them from the Auction House if you are not playing Solo Self Found:
The following recommendations follow directly on from the Hell+ setup allowing you to reach and begin blasting in Inferno Mode.
Below are some gear recommendations if you are lucky enough to come across them or are able to purchase any of them from the Auction House if you are not playing Solo Self Found:
If you find that you have some spare sockets on your gear then the following Socketables are excellent choices to help boost you through the levelling process:
There are several useful Relics that can be taken for this build so feel free to tweak it to your preference and gear setup.
The following are a few recommended useful options:
Once you reach Level 100 you gain access to the Incarnation Tree which is an endgame progression Passive Tree aimed at boosting your build in ways not possible before.
Follow the pathing based on the lists below from top to bottom in that order to maximise build performance whilst you journey through the Hero Levels.
As for loot filters there are filters for different stages of the build that can be found below and can be copied and imported via the Loot Filter screen in game.
In case you aren't able to copy the code from the Google Drive Doc here is are screenshots of how each is setup:
26th August 2026 / v1.0.0
