Any melee classes?

[Pandemo]

So I really enjoy the psycho with his crazy melee back in borderlands 2, but is there any class in the preSequel that I can have a similar experience?

[SpectatorX]

Athena.

[Zesc]

Originally posted by JasonKai:

So I really enjoy the psycho with his crazy melee back in borderlands 2, but is there any class in the preSequel that I can have a similar experience?

Basically you can play every character as melee character, but i would sugegst using Athena or Nisha (and probaby FR4G-TP?) because tehy have as only characters melee focused builds, althought

Originally posted by SpectatorX:

Athena.

may be teh ebst choice for your best choice for your 1st playthrought because her skill-tree is easier to master und you have this OP throwable Captain Amrica-Shield to protect yourself.

Nisha, at the other hand, has auto-aim, what is pobably the best choice if you JUST played melee-characters.

is just so random you can play him as melee-, sniper-, support-, assault-, tank- or whatever-character

[Hoot Hoot]

Ur gonna be disappointed thou. I havent seen a legit Melle focused build post TVHM that actually works. Or, if im being more specific, when u hit max lvl. By than u gotta shoot more than u melle to actually kill stuff, and if u do manage, i can guarantee u wont be able to do any of Claps arenas with lvl boost.

[Zelph]

Originally posted by Sir Dramuniun Esquire:

Ur gonna be disappointed thou. I havent seen a legit Melle focused build post TVHM that actually works. Or, if im being more specific, when u hit max lvl. By than u gotta shoot more than u melle to actually kill stuff, and if u do manage, i can guarantee u wont be able to do any of Claps arenas with lvl boost.

Aethena can very easily do a melee build from the little I looked for.

[Zesc]

Originally posted by Gammy:

Originally posted by Sir Dramuniun Esquire:

Ur gonna be disappointed thou. I havent seen a legit Melle focused build post TVHM that actually works. Or, if im being more specific, when u hit max lvl. By than u gotta shoot more than u melle to actually kill stuff, and if u do manage, i can guarantee u wont be able to do any of Claps arenas with lvl boost.

Aethena can very easily do a melee build from the little I looked for.

But he is right.
Especially in TVHM, everything happening after Moxxi destroyed the Destroyer's Eye is incredible hard, especially the Holodome DLC and certain parts of the Claptastic Voyage (5H4D0W-TP, the personification of IMBAness, i saw Dark Sould bosses ebing easier than him).

The problem with Melee-characters is their limited range (What a surprise!), meaning that f you are up against a bunch of ranged end-game enemies you have nearly no chance. Especially those which can put an elemental effect on you are frustrating, a single Dahl-Cryo-Trooper can stop your rampage, and especially as Nisha, if you have no stacks of Law and Order, it is hard to impossible to finsih the remaining, widley spreaded enemy forces.

[Lur4 N1k]

I really like melee builds in Pre-Sequel, for me melee classes are Athena and ClapTrap. For the last one I recommend to watch this video for demonstration of his abilities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx4JRt4AG0o That looks awesome)
Athena is the most powerful in melee, she defentely can kill final boss by melee attacks.

[Zesc]

Originally posted by Lur4 N1k:

I really like melee builds in Pre-Sequel, for me melee classes are Athena and ClapTrap. For the last one I recommend to watch this video for demonstration of his abilities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx4JRt4AG0o That looks awesome)
Athena is the most powerful in melee, she defentely can kill final boss by melee attacks.

Depends on who is teh finall Boss for you.
Eos can defenitly not be killed by melee attacks, not even with Nishas whip.

[Lur4 N1k]

Originally posted by Zesc7:

Originally posted by Lur4 N1k:

I really like melee builds in Pre-Sequel, for me melee classes are Athena and ClapTrap. For the last one I recommend to watch this video for demonstration of his abilities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx4JRt4AG0o That looks awesome)
Athena is the most powerful in melee, she defentely can kill final boss by melee attacks.

Depends on who is teh finall Boss for you.
Eos can defenitly not be killed by melee attacks, not even with Nishas whip.

Final boss is Guardian, as I meant. I agree, that final boss of ClapTrap DLC and RK5 cant be killed by melee. And that is really bad, I think.

[Zesc]

Originally posted by Lur4 N1k:

Originally posted by Zesc7:

Depends on who is teh finall Boss for you.
Eos can defenitly not be killed by melee attacks, not even with Nishas whip.

Final boss is Guardian, as I meant. I agree, that final boss of ClapTrap DLC and RK5 cant be killed by melee. And that is really bad, I think.

But as you said, you can also play FR4P-TP as Melee character, and he can be easily reskilled to have for those bosses ranged abilities.
In generall, he is more or less a Slotmachine, if your lucky most enemies are a one-hit kill, if your not so lucky you need 4 shots from your super-op legendary assault rifle to finish a single Tork.

But this guy seems to be new to TPS and is kinda a BL2 veteran, so i wouldn't recomend him to play as FR4G-TP, because there are so much new mechanics in TPS, you really don't need a character based on randomness to get confused.
(there are, of course, builds to tame hsi randomness and make him more like Willhelm, but thats not really the sence of playing him, right?)

[Wisecarver]

If you test the damage output Jack has the hardest whack with the right build, it's amazing.
As for Nisha, IMHO she's not even regardable because her whip is so NOT accurate.

[Zesc]

Originally posted by Holly:

If you test the damage output Jack has the hardest whack with the right build, it's amazing.
As for Nisha, IMHO she's not even regardable because her whip is so NOT accurate.

Nisha's whip isn't that unaccurate. The main problem is that she needs to swing the whip first before she can hit hit an enemy, costig precisious time and health. But this is mostly a problem against small and fast enemies liek Rathyds (right spelling?), some Tork-types and BugBats.

Oh yes, of course, how coudl i forget Jack? He can be an real melee monster, but only on higher levels, sarting to play him and directly skilling everything into melee will make the campaign very hard for you, if not even impossible. at least when you have to rescue Felicity.
Also, he is sadly a DLC character just in case the dear JasonKai doesn't own the Season Pass.

Probably as an end of this thread i would suggest teh followign ranking for melee-characters:

1. Gladiator
   
2. Lawbringer and Doppelgänger
   
3. Fragtrap
   
4. Enforcer
   
5. Baroness

[sick duck]

athena is basically indestructible.

[Pandemo]

Thank you all for your advises, I ask this question mainly because my first playthrough with Jack wasnt realy satisfying. Afterward I am Fascinated with FRAGTRAP and its close range combat and stupid action skills, guess afterall I am not really into melee but the close quarters and agreesive combat style like the psycho. I will probably give your list a go too! thanks again!

Originally posted by Zesc7:

Originally posted by Holly:

If you test the damage output Jack has the hardest whack with the right build, it's amazing.
As for Nisha, IMHO she's not even regardable because her whip is so NOT accurate.

Nisha's whip isn't that unaccurate. The main problem is that she needs to swing the whip first before she can hit hit an enemy, costig precisious time and health. But this is mostly a problem against small and fast enemies liek Rathyds (right spelling?), some Tork-types and BugBats.

Oh yes, of course, how coudl i forget Jack? He can be an real melee monster, but only on higher levels, sarting to play him and directly skilling everything into melee will make the campaign very hard for you, if not even impossible. at least when you have to rescue Felicity.
Also, he is sadly a DLC character just in case the dear JasonKai doesn't own the Season Pass.

Probably as an end of this thread i would suggest teh followign ranking for melee-characters:

1. Gladiator
   
2. Lawbringer and Doppelgänger
   
3. Fragtrap
   
4. Enforcer
   
5. Baroness

[Daruqz]

Athena, I have done 6m dmg and I dont have the higest % of melee yet