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Create an overpowered Vex Dead Ringer build in Borderlands 4 to spawn minions that demolish every enemy in the game.
Vex’s Dead Ringer spawns Phase Clones that deal damage and can apply status effects to clear enemies on their own, making it one of the most powerful action skills in the game. By combining The Fourth Seal and Vexcalation skills with the right equipment, Dead Ringer becomes the foundation of an enjoyable yet exceptionally effective build.
This build’s primary damage output comes from using Dead Ringer to spawn minions and stack the Bleed status effect on opponents. The setup becomes truly overpowered when you use throwing knives with the Penetrator Augment and unlock the Contamination Specialization to guarantee stacking Bleed with every attack.
Pros and Cons of the Vex Dead Ringer Build in Borderlands 4
Pros
- The build affords weapon flexibility.
- No legendary gear required.
- Your minions can clear enemies and beat bosses for you.
- Stacking Bleed deals very high damage capable of quickly defeating late-game bosses on any difficulty.
Cons
- While you can work toward it from the early game, the build’s true power is unlocked with the Dark Pact Capstone, Bloodletter passive, and Contamination specialization.
Also Read: Borderlands 4: Vex Incarnate Build Guide
Borderlands 4: Vex Dead Ringer Build Skill Tree Setup: Passives, Augment, and Capstone
Passives
The Fourth Seal (Blue) Skill Tree
- Sanguine Fiends: 5/5
- Portents of Suffering: 5/5
- Blood Sacrifice: 1/1
- Grave Quickening: 4/5
Branch 1
- Prismatic Ichor: 5/5
Branch 2
- Burning Attunement: 5/5
Branch 3
- Prismatic Weaponry: 5/5
- Obedient Fiends: 5/5
- Diener: 1/1
Vexcalation (Green) Skill Tree
- Guns and Needles: 3/5
- Grave Sights: 2/5
- Fiendish Invigoration: 3/5
- Bloodletter: 5/5
Also Read: Borderlands 4: Vex Skill Tree Guide
Capstone
- Dark Pact
Use Dark Pact by pressing and holding the action skill button while a minion is active to fully replenish the health of all Phase Clones, while temporarily boosting their movement speed and attack speed. While Dark Pact is active, Phase Clones do not lose health. The Capstone also allows Vex to equip two Augments.
Augment
- Coven
- Wither
Coven grants health regeneration for Vex and her minions every time a Reaper spawns, while providing increased critical hit chance for a Specter. The effects can stack.
Specters can cast Wither when they spawn to deal status effect damage over time and increase damage taken. Killing a Withered enemy allows the Specters to use Wither again.
Best Weapon and Gear Loadout for Vex Dead Ringer Build in Borderlands 4
Weapons
- Weapon Type: Pistol / Shotgun / Sniper
- Alt Fire: Spread Launcher / Beam Tosser
- Manufacturer: Jacobs
Also Read: Borderlands 4: Best Early Game Weapons and Shields
Class Mod
The ideal Class Mod for this build will provide skill points for the recommended passive skills. Getting bonus points for Infusion, Fiendish Invigoration, and Bloodletter is excellent for increasing damage output.
Ordnance
The best ordnance for this build is a throwing knife with the Penetrator Augment. When the knife hits a target, it turns all attacks against the target into critical hits for 5 seconds.
Repkit
Equip a Repkit with a sub-10-second cooldown and bonuses like:
- Accelerator
- Amp
- Leech
- Repkit Cooling
Best Specialization Options for Vex Dead Ringer Build in Borderlands 4
- Sharpshooter
- Brute
- One Shot, One Kill
- In The Zone
- Killer
- Contamination
- Riddle You This
Contamination is the most important Specialization for the build as it can increase status effect application chance up to 100% with repeated critical hits, which are guaranteed thanks to the Penetrator Augment. This synergizes extremely well with the Bloodletter passive to continuously stack the Bleed status effect.
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