Target receives 1-4 Stack(s) of 10% Damage if already Staggered. Lasts 5s.
Hitting an enemy gives them 1-4 stacks of 2.5% Brittleness. Debuff lasts for 5 seconds and can have a maximum of 16 stacks.
Your Grenades stick to Ogryns and Monstrosities. 6-15% Damage vs Ogryns and Monstrosities
15-30% Reload Speed for 3 on Projectile Weakspot Hit.
This is my favorite variation of the Ogryn Gunlugger build. It deals massive AoE damage and it has fantastic survivability.
Pros: Highest AoE DPS in the game, great at killing bosses, fantastic toughness regeneration and crowd control.
Cons: Slow movement speed.
Weapons
For your melee weapon this is going to be based on your preference, but make sure that it can secure kills in the middle of a horde and deal with carapace. I use the Bully Club because it has really fast attack speed which will lead to some great toughness recovery.
Your ranged weapon should be The Rumbler. It currently reigns supreme as the best ranged weapon for Ogryn when paired with Burst Limiter Override. For Perks I take Carapace and Unyielding to do more damage to higher health enemies and for Blessings I take Adhesive Charge for more DPS and Marksman's Reflex for higher reload speed.
Curios
For Curios on the Ogryn I like to grab 1 stamina and 2 toughness because you get really high value from having high max toughness. Grab Ability Cooldown, Stamina Regeneration, Gunner Damage Reduction, Sprint Efficiency, and Block Efficiency. You're going to be using your ability whenever it's up so you really want as much cooldown reduction as you can get and stacking stamina benefits makes surviving much easier.
Talents
Heavyweight is a given so that we can increase our damage to the highest health enemies in the game. Grab both Smash Em and The Best Defense so that you could get tons of toughness regeneration no matter what.
Big Friendly Rock is our Blitz of choice because it allows us to use the Rumbler while still having a special sniping option.
Payback Time is preferential to Soften Them Up because it increases ALL damage rather than just MELEE damage. It also puts us in a position to grab Keep Shooting, which gives us the best benefit in the next row since damage reduction isn't all too necessary for this build since everything is going to be crowd controlled.
Our ability for this build is Loyal Protector because of it's survivability benefits and crowd control. It also has a really fast cooldown due to Go Again, Bruiser, and Maximum Firepower.
Dip into the right for Big Boom and to the left for Strike True, Bonebreaker's Aura, and the passive node under BA for 10% more melee damage. These three melee oriented talents are really important for securing melee kills, which will come into play when we talk about Burst Limiter Override.
Understand that we don't take Batter or Fire Away because these will limit our ability to get killing blows to get stacks of Back Off. Getting kills with Damage Over Time doesn't give you stacks of the most crucial part of this build.
Frenzied Blows has become a new favorite talent of mine. It makes weapons like the Bully Club the perfect defensive and CC tool.
Dedicated Practice and No Hurting Friends make the Ogryn feel really good to play. No Hurting friends gives you extra damage resistance and Strength, which is damage and stagger power, when your team loses toughness (not just health damage) so this is effectively always up.
Pacemaker and Reloaded and Ready are must takes for the Rumbler because of their passive reload and damage benefits.
Lastly, our keystone will be Burst Limiter Override and it's cracked now. It has a decent chance to proc a FREE shot so theoretically as long as you always have at least 1 ammo you will never run out of ammo. The bread and butter of the build is Back Off, which will stack as we get melee killing blows.
How Back Off Works:
- Can only get 1 stack in a swing, even if you kill multiple enemies in that swing.
- DOT kills don't count.
- Must be a melee kill.
- Stacks up to 10, but you only need 9 stacks for a near 100% chance to proc a Lucky Bullet.
This means that Back Off favors QUICK weapons that will kill horde enemies as fast as possible so you could build stacks. Everything I take in the tree ensures that your club is going to hit hard, fast, and keep you alive long enough to be able to nuke the entire screen. Have fun!
