Remnant 2: BEST Builds [Survivability & DPS]

Remnant 2 allows players to mess around with many builds, mix and match their dual archetypes, and choose their traits, amulets, and whatnot to build the perfect setup to absolutely detonate all enemies in sight. Players might want to know a few Remnant 2 Builds options. Therefore a detailed walkthrough might be crucial! 

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Best Builds In Remnant 2 Summary Table

Here is a quick look at the two best builds in Remnant 2 with primary and secondary archetypes, along with Equipment, Traits, Relics, and Accessories.  

Build Name	First Archetype	Second Archetype	Equipment	Traits	Relics	Accessories
Engineer/Challenger Build	Engineer	Challenger	Plasma Cutter, Enigma, Atom Splitter	Vigor, Expertise, Swiftness, Barkskin, Glutton.	Dragon Heart	Range Finder, Probability Cord, Braided Thorns, Grounding Stone, Mechanics Cog, Death's Embrace, Zania's Malice, Hardcore Metal Band.
Gunslinger/Hunter Build	Gunslinger	Hunter	XMG57 Bonesaw, Blackmaw AR-47	Vigor, Endurance, Expertise, Spirit, Handling, Ammo Reserves, Longshot and Footwork	Dragon Heart	Gunslinger's Charm, Gunslinger's Ring, Firestone, Vestige of Power, Wax Sealed Ring, Range Finder.

Engineer/Challenger Sentinel Build

Now, one of the first Best Build players will want to invest in is a mixture of the Engineer and the Challenger archetype. The main running force for the Sentinel build is that its gameplay varies based on the type of opponents you might face. 

• Players will be able to make use of the Engineer’s turret mode, during which Engineers can deploy detonating damage. 

Using the Engineer as the main powerhouse is crucial as it can provide players the devastating damage they need when facing off against larger groups of enemies or even more challenging bosses. 

First Archetype

Now, when it comes to choosing the Archetypes for your Sentinel build, your main archetype will hands down to be no other than the Engineer archetype, and there are a few reasons that you would pick that as your archetype of choice: 

• Interesting Playstyle: The engineer archetype allows players to mess around and enjoy a unique playstyle during which they can deploy their heavy weapons during turret mode, which can help them while in combat. 
• High Tech Prime Perk: Apart from that, the High Tech Prime Perk allows players to overclock a heavy weapon when deployed, granting players infinite ammunition, enhanced fire rate, and an overall 25% increase to their damage for 15 seconds. 

Another thing that players should know is that each archetype has three skills for them. For the Sentinel build, players would want to choose the Vulcan skill, as it casts out a Vulcan turret that ends up lasting until the ammo is finished, and it is essential for increased ammo, which aids you further in combat. 

Engineer Archetype Trait

Fortify Level	Bonus
1	5%
2	10%
3	15%
4	20%
5	25%
6	30%
7	35%
8	40%
9	45%
10	50%

When using the unique trait meant for the Engineer archetype, players can use the Fortify trait for the Strongest Builds. 

• It can essentially enhance the overall armor effectiveness while increasing it by 50% when it is maxed out. 

How To Unlock Engineer Archetype 

Craft the Dryzr Caliper engram and acquire the Alien Device found near Titan’s Reach checkpoint.

Second Archetype

Challenger Archetype Trait 

Players will use the Strong Back trait regarding the unique trait for the Challenger. 

• It decreases your overall Encumbrance while also being able to decrease it further when it has been maxed out, and maxed-out stats are listed as follows.

Strong Back Levels	Encumbrance Reduction
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9
10	10

Gear And Equipment 

Let’s look at the type of equipment players might want to use for their Engineer and Challenger archetype combo build. 

Plasma Cutter 

Plasma Cutter Stats	Attributes
Damage	7
RPS	13
Magazine	100
Max Ammunition	400
Falloff Range	30 meters
Ideal Range	17 meters
Crit Hit Chance	5%
Weak Spot Bonus	75%
Stagger Modifier	-20%

The Plasma Cutter is considered a long gun that can dish out an insane amount of damage through which you can practically clear out mobs faster than anything, an essential requirement for the combo build. 

• Heat Sink: The weapon mode opens up the vents, which disperses its heat, and while active, it will generate up to 50% less overall heat and enhance the damage to 3x. 

As far as the mutator for the weapon is concerned, you can use the Momentum mutator, which allows you to gain enhanced crit chance and crit damage by 1.5% for a total of 3 seconds anytime the weapon gets a crit hit. 

Enigma 

Enigma Stats	Attributes
Damage	22
RPS	4
Magazine	30
Max Ammunition	120
Falloff Range	12 meters
Ideal Range	12 meters
Crit Hit Chance	-10%
Weak Spot Bonus	-
Stagger Modifier	-15%

For the choice of handgun, you might want to go for the Enigma, a smaller version of the Labyrinth and perfect for close and medium-ranged combat, catering to both battles. 

• Chaos Driver: For the mod, you can use Chaos Driver, which drives rods that have been electrified into opponents that have been connected to other rods within a range of 10 meters, lasting 10 seconds. 

Atom Splitter (Melee)

Atom Splitter Stats	Attributes
Damage	100
Crit Hit Chance	5%
Weak Spot Damage	+90%
Stagger Modifier	6%

Now, while using a melee weapon isn’t all that required, it is still a good idea to choose one nonetheless, and for the Engineer Builds, you can choose the Atom Splitter. It can break apart enemies and can hit very hard. 

• Fission Strike: The Atom splitter can gain Nuclear fission, unleashing charged particles that can unleash 150 damage to opponents within a range of 20 meters. 

Accessories 

Moving onto the accessories, there are quite a few that players can pick and choose from, such as the ones listed below. 

Accessories	Effects
Range Finder	After assassinating an opponent, 10% ranged damage is gained and it stacks 3x and lasts 10 seconds.
Probability Cord	Overall crit damage is enhanced up by a total of 30%.
Braided Thorns	After murdering an opponent, you get 15% enhanced critical chance for a total of 10 seconds.
Grounding Stone	Overall shock damage has been boosted up by 10% and the shock resistance gets boosted by 15 seconds.
Mechanics Cog	While using a heavy weapon with the Engineer archetype, you get 15% movement speed and 1 stack of Bulwark.
Death's Embrace	If health is below 100%, you get 20% damage to all types of damage that is being dealt.
Zania's Malice (Replacement Ring)	If you deal weakspot damage to opponents, it will be enhanced by 10% for a total of 7 seconds and can be stacked thrice.
Hardcore Metal Band	Taking any sort of damage will add one stack of Bulwark which stops working after 10 seconds.

Traits And Relics 

Last but not least, there isn’t a lot that you’ll need to figure out when it comes to the relics, but a few of the relics you might want to use are as follows. 

• Dragon Heart: It will heal 70 health over 0.5 seconds. 

As for the fragments, you would want to get as much extra range damage, weak spot damage, and crit chance as possible. 

• As for the traits, focusing on Vigor, Expertise and Swiftness, Barkskin, and Glutton and maxing them out at level 10 is highly recommended. 

Gunslinger And Hunter Build

Last, you might like one of the Remnant 2 Strongest Builds, which focuses on a rather interesting combination of using the Gunslinger and Hunter archetypes. Players can become an invisible DPS while using this insane build, allowing them to focus primarily on high damage output and offensive abilities. 

• When the two archetypes are placed together, it brings forth a plethora of weapons that players can play around with, allowing them to also dish out insane damage while at it.

This build will mainly aim towards using an array of skills to go through a burst phase and obtain an immense fire rate and increased fire damage. 

• However, one caveat of the combination build is that rotation is necessary, and knowing when to use the skills at your disposal at the right time is also crucial. Otherwise, you can mess up the gameplay. 

First Archetype

One of the first archetypes you would want to focus on is the Gunslinger, a mid-ranged DPS archetype that aims to reserve as much ammunition as possible while still being able to dish out damage well.

• Loaded Prime Perk: The perk allows both weapons to reload instantly and gets infinite amounts of reserve ammo on all weapons for 5 seconds. 
• Ammo Reserves: This is the Archetype trait that enhances the overall ammo reserves, and when maxed out, it increases it by a total of 50%. 

Second Archetype

When it comes to the Remnant 2 Builds, the second archetype will be a Hunter, which is focused on being a long-ranged damage archetype that also focuses on making enemies vulnerable and aiming at their weak points while also being able to deal a hell of a lot of burst damage. 

• Dead To Rights: The prime perk allows players to deal 65 base ranged weak spot-type damage, enhancing the duration of your active hunter skills by 2.5 seconds. 
• Longshot: The archetype trait enhances your weapon’s ideal range, and while it has been maxed out, the range will be enhanced by 600 cm. 

Equipment 

Regarding the equipment for the Gunslinger and Hunter build, players can use a few weapons and accessories, ranging from the following. 

XMG57 Bonesaw 

The first weapon is the XMG57 Bonesaw which is a long gun that is mainly used for suppressive fire and boasts of being an excellent support weapon and gains accuracy the more it focuses on suppressed firing toward opponents. 

XMG57 Bonesaw Stats	Attributes
Damage	12
RPS	9.5
Magazine	150
Ideal Range	19 meters
Falloff Range	45 meters
Max Ammo	300
Crit Hit Chance	10%
Weak Spot Damage Bonus	100%
Stagger Modifier	0%

Blackmaw AR-47

Another weapon option is the Blackmaw AR-47, which is a long gun that focuses on dishing out damage in bursts and works best while being at medium range.

Blackmaw AR-47 Stats	Attributes
Damage	17
RPS	7.3
Magazine	38
Ideal Range	20m
Falloff Range	60m
Max Ammo	190
Crit Hit Chance	10%
Weak Spot Damage Bonus	100%
Stagger Modifier	0%

Accessories 

For your accessories, you want the following. 

• Gunslinger’s Charm.
• Gunslinger’s Ring.
• Firestone (Ring).
• Vestige of Power (Ring).
• Wax Sealed Ring. 
• Range Finder (Amulet). 

Traits And Relics 

Last but not least, the few relics and traits you might want to focus on are as follows.

• Dragon Heart (Relic): It can heal 70 health over 0.5 seconds.
• For your traits, you want to focus on investing in Vigor, Endurance, Spirit, Expertise, Handling, Footwork, Ammo Reserves, and Longshot.  

And that’s just about it! All that players need to know about the Remnant 2 Builds, so let’s wrap up the guide! While you’re here, why not read the Remnant 2 Release Platforms guide, which details which platforms it will be released on?

With that, the Remnant 2 Classes guide provides a comprehensive look into the different classes there are! Lastly, the Remnant 2 Locations guide will showcase all 6 locations!

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