Anyone try a PURE melee build?

[Celbrise]

i was wondering if anyone has done a PURE melee build doing nothing but melee no guns or using as little guns as possible.

tried to do this with a merc and seemed almost impossible some fights were just way easier using guns 100% of the fight versus going in and whacking it with my swords. i'd just get hit way too hard.

the smaller packs were easy no doubt but the mini bosses/harder mobs were just hell to melee. wondering if anyone has tried/done this and their outcome/opinion on it though.

[Cutlass Jack]

I'm mostly melee with 2 handed crushing sentinel. About the only time I use guns are for the fliers. I prefer it to guns personally. I haven't had much issue (yet) with mini-bosses.

[BK Whopper]

I haven't done a pure melee build but I have used melee quite a bit with my psi-freak build. What I've found is melee is harder to do because you have to dodge at the right times with big bosses and also parry attacks to stun your enemy and even follow up with a combo if you complete the qte that subtly pops up. Typically F and it sends them up and then you attack and do some pretty good damage. Also stringing in perks and wung-fu combo abilities are a big factor as well.
Guns are easy because you just run around and max out luck to do damage and all of the gun abilities with perks and wung-fu are basic combos that you would use when moving around anyways or passive buffs like instant reload to get a damage boost or just a flat passive damage boost. But melee is where the skill is at for sure. Just max out strength to get that melee damage and make sure your weapons are up to par so you don't fall off and get practicing.
It's possible to do it. It's just a more skillful way of playing and I know that's not most peoples cup of tea these days for games.

[Celbrise]

damn seems like i just needa get good XD. i usually dont dodge/parry thats why i just soak doesn't help that i can't see the white icons either cause im on a ultra wide depending how big the monster is which that mini boss was tall but yea he basically 4 shotted me didn't heal though cause i didn't expect it the 1st time the 2nd time i got stuck dodging on a big rock.

i'll try it out again i mean i dont mind using guns i just dont want to be building a melee toon just to rely on it mostly for the harder mobs.

[Mindrot]

I'm admittedly playing deadeye focusing on ranged/power type playing first time around, but I am also going to play through as a dedicated melee and caster type afterwards. Regardless of "omgerdsthebestwaytoplayzthisminmaxed", I am having an immense amount of fun playing once i turned the narrator and gibberish sound off. Balance in a single player to me never really mattered though, as to myself, I see these classes as almost their own difficulty modifiers. I do use melee at times, especially considering some of my combos integrate it and all, so i'm not oblivious on the topic, but I will say, OP crafted rifle aside, Melee still feels pretty damn strong as I still kill plenty with it as well.

I could just be an outside the boxer though... Idk, I like this gd game though.

[Zeel Ara]

Originally posted by Celbrise:

i usually dont dodge/parry

Yea that'll kill any chance of melee ever working. Melee is incredibly strong, but only if you actually use the mechanics :)

[Calan]

I use a gun focused build but still sometimes use timed parry to deal some stupidly good damage and its fun. Two handed swords have some of the best combos

[Celbrise]

got a little further in the game level 8 but yea i dont think melee is for me in this game. melee mobs not too bad it's when im getting ganked by both ranged and melee that is the hard part cause usually the ranged mobs are the ones shooting me from the back.

im gonna try a gun build or psi freak. got to mess around with the psi power stuff though the way you shoot spark ball on PC by default feels weird.

[▬▬▬▬▬]

I'm on hard game play, I can't do pure melee build since most large mini bosses will one shot me, but I seldom use gun. I think on lower difficulty you can do that.

[^Grin^]

Sabotuer has some great melee builds, mine is currently as "melee only" as I can be but there are flying enemies etc. that just call for a bullet or two. Lot of it is combo based, which also means that you are likely to throw in a gun combo or two to get into Super Wung-Fu mode and dish out some real cinema style whoop ass.

[LoboFH]

Merc on Hard, dual wielding, I just use guns, one shotgun, to make combos for the ultimate.

[Celbrise]

Originally posted by ▬▬▬▬▬:

I'm on hard game play, I can't do pure melee build since most large mini bosses will one shot me, but I seldom use gun. I think on lower difficulty you can do that.

yea im playing on hard trying to go for 2h weapon but the mini bosses just murder me in a few hits. even when i am dodging. almost hard or takes too long just in melee on the mini bosses.

[Ackranome]

Just remember - puff requires you to have a gun.

[Dan_The_Noob]

i have been unarmed + dual guns Luck build on Hard mode but switched to 2hand sword + dual guns because i had extra perk points jus laying about. i have 100%+ crit chance so everything does ridiculous damage... i mostly use guns for the combos because they do some decent damage.

[Calan]

Originally posted by Celbrise:

Originally posted by ▬▬▬▬▬:

I'm on hard game play, I can't do pure melee build since most large mini bosses will one shot me, but I seldom use gun. I think on lower difficulty you can do that.

yea im playing on hard trying to go for 2h weapon but the mini bosses just murder me in a few hits. even when i am dodging. almost hard or takes too long just in melee on the mini bosses.

how the hell are you getting killed by minibosses, I barely take any damage on hard

[TamanduaGirl]

I chose dead-eye only to wind up mainly doing melee and rarely using the gun. Melee does a lot more damage and combined with an ability, which is kinda melee since you need to be near them, like jump and does ice or poison around you, and it goes quite well for me.

If I play through again after finishing I'll do psi or saboteur instead but probably psi.