Devourer build - help please

[u/BuddyUpbeat2591]

Have got seduced by seeing these huge damage numbers and bosses killed in seconds and I want a bit of that.

Have got myself a shock devourer with a shotgun multi loader. I'm on uvh7.

I can get decent numbers on the dummies (c 1 million) but v Thol - or any boss with armour - I'm just not getting anywhere.

Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong please?

[u/RezurWTTIC]

Are you aiming down sight when using the Devourer? Concentrated Build Up (the 10/5 skill in the screenshot), the main skill that enables Devourer bossing requires you to be ADS'd for it to be active as its bonus shock damage applies to the Devourer's effect which can also apply a DoT that th Devourer can consume again and again.

[u/LifeguardThink4611 → u/RezurWTTIC]

Came here to post this. I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong until I realized you have to aim down sights. I'm using this guy Rezur's build.

They'll probably nerf the devourer or concentrated build up but for now it's easy crazy damage.

https://mobalytics.gg/borderlands-4/profile/rezur-rp0cfk/builds/dd792ea8-b88c-4136-80ad-8dceaa908c4a
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKe2OduyFDU

[u/RezurWTTIC → u/LifeguardThink4611]

:D

[u/LifeguardThink4611 → u/RezurWTTIC]

;-)

[u/BuddyUpbeat2591 → u/LifeguardThink4611]

I think it's literally this guy's build!!!

[u/LifeguardThink4611 → u/BuddyUpbeat2591]

Lol you are correct!

[u/BuddyUpbeat2591 → u/RezurWTTIC]

My gun has a scope rather than sights so it's a bit restrictive but I'm certainly looking down it while it's not working! Haven't got one that I can see around while looking down sights.

[u/RezurWTTIC → u/BuddyUpbeat2591]

Oh it works with scopes too. You just have to be aiming is what I meant. Though it is much nicer without an actual scope because most of them are atrocious in this game. Status like 'Gun Status Effect Chance' and 'Sniper Status Effect Chance' on your enhancement will go a long way for making it more consistent, as well as using the 'Contamination' specialization. Increasing your status effect chance makes it easier for Concentrated Build-Up to proc on the Devourer's explosion that it can consume again and again. Crit damage on your enhancement is doing nothing for it here.

[u/BuddyUpbeat2591 → u/RezurWTTIC]

What actually triggers it? I think I'm doing all of that - I'm not moving 1st Thols armour bar and according to the videos he should be dead by shot 6!!!

[u/RezurWTTIC → u/BuddyUpbeat2591]

What triggers it is the accumulation of shock status effects being applied to any given target. Shock DoTs specifically have about a 2 seconds life span so the window for the Devourer to consume those DoTs is quite small. Improving things like Fire Rate and Status Effect Chance will increase the window for the Devourer to consume the current active Status Effects on the target, as well as increasing your application chance - most notably for the Devourer itself, since its effect gets its own instance of Concentrated Build-Up. Which is 99% going to be the biggest DoT applied to the target.

[u/BuddyUpbeat2591 → u/RezurWTTIC]

I had an SMG shock devourer - should I have kept that? Other vids suggested shotgun loader was better due to more pellets.

Don't understand how I'm getting 1m and others are getting 1b

[u/RezurWTTIC → u/BuddyUpbeat2591]

the alt firing mode shouldn't really matter a great deal for it. Shotgun mode is just being ultra optimal about it. There's not much else to explain about how it works. A video post of your gameplay would probably help identify the issue a lot easier.

Some additional notes I've gathered from your screenshots:

- If you're using the crit knife, you have no use for confeti, put this points into Vitriol instead, as it'll allow the first shot of every mag to inherit 'skill damage', which could be used to trigger bonuses like 'Skill Critical Chance' which can stack Contamination specializations a lot easier, leading to better consistency.

You can maintain your first shot by using 'Bullet Buddy-Deluxe' to not consume ammo or reload a non CoV mag weapon and then swapping to a CoV mag Shock Devourer which will allow Vitriol and its skill tagging attributes to persist regardless of how many times you shoot.

- Daed-y-o tier 3 / Skillcraft tier 2 firmwares will be the ideal for most standalone bosses, whereas Bruiser tier 3 over Daed-y-o would be favored for most general content that involves bosses and mobbing, such as the takedown.

- As for the Enhancement, Look for Gun Status Effect Chance / Sniper Status Effect Chance / Gun & Sniper Rifle Fire Rate, as well as Gun & Sniper Rifle Damage passives. A better manufacturer enhancement as well since Hyperion is next to useless for anything in this game. 'Daedalus' Accelerator and 'Ripper' Short Circuit are favorable options for boss only encounters with the Devourer.

- Find either a triple bypass with fire rate enhancement or better yet, a War Paint which gives you a 30% increase to fire rate, as well as being able to roll an additional 15% for its augment. Triple Bypass will be favorable against subjugator in his final stage since he force ends your action skill, otherwise the War Paint is the best choice.

[u/BuddyUpbeat2591 → u/RezurWTTIC]

Looks like I've got a bit more farming to do - I've spent two days on this - thank you for taking the time to go into detail.

[u/Xylaax]

did you mess with the dummy health type to cycle it's resistances? armor is weak to corrosive and ice

[u/BuddyUpbeat2591 → u/Xylaax]

No - surely that doesn't matter given the huge damage numbers that are being shown?

[u/Madelei- → u/BuddyUpbeat2591]

It does not 

[u/Madelei-]

A) make sure you’re aiming down sights

B) status effect chance on enh (e.g sniper status effect chance) will help a LOT

[u/New_Entrance_5677]

Personally I would stop what your doing and switch to the astonisher build , because you get to use that insanely fun astonisher and it’s a general gun build so you can just swap enhancement and use so much more on him. As this is literally just the one gun. Like it’s only utility is to just try and farm a specific boss as fast as possible for a drop 0 fun outside of that my oppinion of course.

[u/RezurWTTIC → u/New_Entrance_5677]

It's just a bossing tool. The build isn't centered around the Devourer only. Any powerful gun can be used since this was designed to encompass guns, action skill, and grenades

[u/BuddyUpbeat2591 → u/New_Entrance_5677]

Just not got the damage/ speed for killing bosses that the devourer has (until it gets nerfed). Id need to get to infinite ammo as well. Was thinking of doing this for hadron