Best Possible endgame class? Co-op

[CluelessBlank]

Can I maybe get all your opinions on what class is the best for OP8 and such. Currently running an elemental Siren with a Krieg as our party DPS/Tank

[dontu_worry]

Any. Really. If you dont want to think or try, Sal. Axton can do everything well, but is functional, utilitarian and versatile. Zero has massive damage output, but can be fragile. I havent played the others, but have seen them all work quite well at OP8.

Time to choose.

[bug]

Maya can be more tanky than Krieg when using the right gear and skills, don't be fooled-- as Maya is probably one of the most well-rounded of the bunch, and has excellent crowd-slagging abilities.

[wardy2424]

shock/anarchy mechro is OP as ♥♥♥♥ with a bee shield. each kill refills your shield completely, and with anarchy at 100+ stacks, things die so easily.

[Zen_Disaster]

Originally posted by CluelessBlank:

Can I maybe get all your opinions on what class is the best for OP8 and such. Currently running an elemental Siren with a Krieg as our party DPS/Tank

I can't tell you which class is best at OP8 for you - only you can tell you. And I don't know what you mean by "and such" - OP8 is OP8 - there is no "and such" lol.

All Sirens are "elemental" - the main difference in BL2 between Sirens is their build. Some are better built for defense / coop play, some are better built for offense / solo play and most are built for some mix of coop and solo.

Siren is the most popular class played at highest levels of BL2 because it's the most versitile. Zer0 is harder to play but equally rewarding with careful builds.

[z00t]

What do you want to do with your team? Raid boss hunting? OP8 playthrough? Digistruct runs? General wandering around shooting stuff for schitzngigglz? Team composition will be different for these activities. Somerimes a Legendary Hoarder Sal for team ammo regen is very useful, bullet sponge Dexiduous springs to mind here. Annoying rocket jumping Salvadors are less useful to a team.

Teams need at least one siren. End of. You have one. The only decision really is choosing between Nurse for team health regen, Cat for damage, Binder for cooldown or some other build like a Breakneck Banshee for making everyone else think they have the Bane equipped. There is no rule against having more than one siren on a team. Nurse and Binder? 2 Binders for some serious team cooldown reduction? All sorts of possibilities. Teams of 4 sirens are a complete, overpowered hoot. Great fun.

Axton has no 'special' skills particularly, but he is simply good at everything. Slag spewing turrets are a great distraction - longbow them out of enemy reach and the enemies will concentrate on them while the team shoots the cr@p out of them. Maya can keep turrets healthy by shooting them. She can heal DeathTrap as well.

Zer0, sniper or melee can just cause insane damage. A bit squishy, but if the team has a siren to keep him healthy, so he can concentrate on causing damage, can be very useful to the team.

Gaige can also be useful in a team I guess. Never really played any of my Gaiges in co-op. A bit slow to start, because she has to build up Anarchy, but past a certain point she can completely wreck the place. Not really a tank like Krieg and Sal can be, but she can arguably out-damage either of them. DeathTrap is also a very good distraction to OP enemies.

There is no simple 'perfect' team. What do you want to do? Decide that, and then think about building a team. Siren for any team. Hoarder Sal (OP8 ammo is just so expensive... :) . Axton is good at everything, ignoring party tricks like Flakker/Ahab abuse. Krieg for damage. Zer0 for precision damage. Gaige for damage and DeathTrap for distraction.

Maya and Krieg you have. Hoarder Sal and Axton would make for a very good general purpose team.