The extra melee damage is not useful and should not be what you're aiming for in a Maya build. Whether to put points into this skill or put them all into Mind's Eye depends on what suits you best. Sweet release is a powerful skill but with such a short phaselock duration (about 6 seconds), it may be difficult to quickly dispatch every enemy while they are phaselocked. In the first few levels, sniper rifles will be the most powerful weapon in the game and aiming for the head will be very helpful for getting rid of bullymongs and bandits alike. Vault Hunters aren't born, they're specced.Īfter unlocking Phaselock, the next skill you'll want to go for is higher critical damage. Universal skill tree goals should be to maximize the skills " Wreck" and " Reaper" as these are Maya's top damage skills. Thus, she will require occasional respecs depending on the occasion but becomes one of the easiest characters to play solo once she levels out. Friend dying 10 miles away? Need slag? Surveyors? Win the game? Phaselock.Īn important factor to note is that Maya's strength does not necessarily come from one particular skill but an amalgamation of her combined skills and the gear you choose. Needless to say, her action skill is gamechanging and doesn't involve poor level-scaling in higher game modes that some other characters suffer from.
When levelled properly, she can deal the most consistently high damage and makes dealing with badass enemies, raid bosses and mobs painlessly easy. Giving her a strong offense is ultimately her best defense. Maya synergizes well within a team and by herself because she's such a well-balanced class. This allows her to pummel the phaselocked enemy without resistance or to focus on other enemies without having to worry about them. Maya is a powerful Siren who can use her action skill Phaselock to momentarily freeze enemies in combat.
This goes up 8 levels (OP8) and can scale enemies up to level 80+. Once you hit level 72, you can unlock a secondary levelling system that levels the enemies instead of you.
If there's anything you don't know, feel free to ask in the comments or look it up on the Borderlands wiki. If this helped you or you see something that needs to be added/fixed, let me know! My goal is to make this guide as accesible as possible towards players of all levels. This guide was a huge solo effort and I'm very happy that so many people found it useful enough that it needed updating years after release. I would like to thank each and every one of you who used this guide and gave it feedback a big thank you. People have been asking, and while I won't take monetary donations, I do accept leftover gems and other steam gifts. Enjoy!ĮDIT 06/28/19: Updated the guide to level 80 to reflect the new level cap. I originally intended to make one for all the other Vault Hunters (particularly Krieg, Zer0, and Gaige), and maybe I still will one day, but I've since moved onto other things.ĮDIT 04/08/19: Thanks so much to the community for voting this one of the top character guides and the #1 character guide for Maya! To pay you all back, I have uploaded additional build screenshots for the other characters at the end of the guide. I'll discuss her action skills, skill trees, how I personally levelled her, what gear you should look out for and where to look out for them. In this guide, I'll detail in depth playstyles I ultimately chose for Maya with UVHM and OP8 in mind. Hello! I'm an avid lover of the Borderlands franchise, and I figured after 1000+ hours playing this game, I might as well go ahead and pass some strats.