Division 2 hosts a ton of PvE activities where players can farm desired loot, and a great AR DPS and Survivability build can help significantly. Damage-focused builds usually hit enemies hard, but they also make you an easy target to vanquish. To counter the enemy's attacks, players are often forced to shift to a more armor-focused build, which results in low damage output.
However, by carefully choosing the gear pieces and developing a synergy within them, you can rock a balanced build. It will output a good amount of damage while allowing you to survive the barrage of bullets from enemies in Division 2. Let's break down this best AR DPS and Survivability build, which will make your mission and open-world farming sessions much easier and more fun.
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The Best AR DPS & Survivability Build in Division 2
This AR DPS and Survivability build revolves around the Exotic Backpack, "Memento." Its special talent, "Kill Confirmed", will turn Division 2 into a match of Call of Duty's Kill Confirmed. After taking down an enemy, they'll leave behind red trophies that you can collect to boost Weapon Damage, Armor, and Skill Efficiency.
So, you'll be able to run and gun instead of sticking to covers, making gameplay even more exciting. Here's a build breakdown.
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Gear Type |
Gear Piece |
Stats |
Talents |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Weapons |
Eagle Bearer Exotic AR |
DMG: 100K RPM: 800 MAG: 60 |
Eagle's Strike: Accuracy increases while shooting up to 30% while headshots grant the Tenacity buff. Tenacity reduces 40-80% of damage taken and the reduced damage can be nullified with 3 kills. |
|
Famas Assault Rifle |
DMG: 80K RPM: 900 MAG: 50 |
Any damaged-focused talent |
|
|
Mask |
Fenris Mask |
Atr 1: Armor Atr 2: Crit DMG Atr 3: Crit Chance Mod: Crit DMG |
None |
|
Backpack |
Memento Exotic Backpack |
Atr 1: Weapon DMG Atr 2: Armor Atr 3: Skill Tier Mod: Crit DMG |
Kill Confirmed: Enemies drop a trophy on a kill which grants a short-term buff that scales with total attributes lasting for 10s and a long-term buff. Picking up every trophy will grant +1% Weapon DMG, +1% Skill Efficiency, and +0.1% Armor Regen for 300s. Short buffs depend on the attributes on gear pieces, which are: +5% Weapon Damage, +10% Bonus Armor, and +5% Skill Efficiency. |
|
Chest Piec e |
Ceska Chest Piece |
Atr 1: Weapon DMG Atr 2: Crit DMG Atr 3: Crit Chance Mod: Crit DMG |
Obliterate: Critical Hits increase weapon damage by 1% for 10 seconds. This stacks up to 25 times. |
|
Gloves |
Named Petrov Contractor's Gloves |
Atr 1: Armor Atr 2: +8% DMG to Armor Atr 3: Crit DMG |
None |
|
Holster |
Grupo Holster |
Atr 1: Weapon DMG Atr 2: Crit DMG Atr 3: Crit Chance |
None |
|
Kneepads |
Named Overlord Fox's Prayer |
Atr 1: Armor Atr 2: +8% DMG to Targets out of Cover Atr 3: Crit Chance |
None |
Division 2 AR High DPS & Survivability Build Explanation
The way this AR build works is quite straightforward. You'll run up to enemies, and try to target non-elite enemies first (red ones). Once you take them out, grab your first couple of trophies to build up weapon damage and bonus armor. After that, you can face elite enemies head-on while tanking their shots and hitting them hard.
- For DPS: You'll stack up additional weapon damage from Memento trophies and Obliterate talent on the chest piece. The damage to targets out of cover and damage to armor attributes on the kneepads and gloves respectively will amplify your damage even more.
- For Survivability: You'll have a base armor of 1.5 million, which is quite a lot. Due to high base armor, you'll have higher bonus armor on your character which will enable your character to face-tank almost every enemy in the game, even on Heroic difficulty. Make sure to equip "Gunner Specialization" to get additional bonus armor on kills.
As bonus tips, try to equip a "Crusader Ballistic Shield" as your primary skill as it'll have an enhanced effect that scales with Armor attributes (blue cores). If your health does get low, activate it to stay in the fight for longer. Also, land headshots with your Eagle Bearer Exotic Assault Rifle to get a tenacity buff to reduce damage taken by hostiles.
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- Top Critic Avg: 83 /100 Critics Rec: 91%
- Released
- March 15, 2019
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Strong Language
- Developer(s)
- Massive Entertainment
- Publisher(s)
- Ubisoft
- Engine
- Snowdrop
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
- Franchise
- Tom Clancy
