Bronco Build: BRONCOLICOUS

How to use the Bronco .44 at its maximum potential
This Build is both aggressive and defensive, also a bit weird to master.

Intro

Hello People.

I always loved the Bronco .44 and was my Number 1 primary, I never did a Heist without it.
But even though it has a massive Damage Output it never really was enough to be a weapon equal to a primary.
So I did some testing, respec'd my Skilltree over and over again and tried to make the class both defensive AND aggressive.
Now this is the build that came out after all this.

Broncolicous[www.pd2skills.info]

The Bronco .44

Its the best Weapon ever and you shouldn't use anything else.
The Bronco .44 is a secondary unlocked after you reach Reputation Level 6 and based on his real life counterpart the Taurus Raging Bull Model 444. It is a very reliable sidearm, because of its high overall stats and still very helpful in later difficulties, even Overkill.

Lets talk about its stats.

• Clip size 6
  
• Total Ammo 30
  
• Damage 55
  
• Accuracy 12
  
• Stability 3
  
• Concealment 26
  
• Threat 24

Sadly, the Bronco .44 has a very small ammo pool, only having 5 Full magazines.
It's Accuracy is not as high as many people think, it's actually equal to most of the Assault Rifles, but because of its Firing Rate most people don't realize it.
The Stabilty is pretty bad actually, but again mostly people don't realize it because of its Firing Rate.
It has the second highest One-Bullet-Damage in PAYDAY 2, right after the M308 and is able , even without attachments, to One-Shot weak to medium enemies.

The Science of Stats ( UNDER CONSTRUCTION )

I think by now you all know what my point is, the Bronco will do an incredible amount of damage and will be more accurate than most other guns.
So i thought to make it clear I added this section showing you how the Bronco slowly evolves into the gun you want it to be, and what it is making it evolving.

First: A simple Table

	Base	Mod	Skill	Total
Damage	55	+10	+33	98
Accuracy	12	+4	+6	22
Stability	3	+11	+6	20

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Pretty awesome, right?
Now lets explain what made the stats go up so high.
Firstly you'll have to know in what order the stats get calculated.

(Base + Mod) * Skill in percent = Total

Percents will be turned into numbers.

+10% = * 1.10
-10% = * 0.90

If the Total turns out to not be an odd number it will be rounded

Total = 10,250 ~ 10
Total = 10.750 ~ 11

If there are 2 Skills that increase a certain skill, only the higher one seems to apply (see: Accuracy)


Now, lets start

Damage
Things that increase this stat:

• Attachments: Aggressor (+10)
  
• Skills: Gunslinger Aced (+50%)

(55+10) * 1.50 = 97.5 ~ 98
Special Unit: 97.5 * 1.05 = 102.375 ~ 102
Marked Special: 97.5 * 1.20 = 117
Headshot: ??? (Need the actual extra damage headshots do)

Accuracy
Things that increase this stat:

• Attachments: Aggressor (+4)
  
• Skills:
  • Equilibrium (+10%)
    
  • Sharpshooter (+50%)

The accuracy seems to be calculated in a different weird way, I'm not sure, lets just go.

(12 * 0.5) + 4 + 12

So if you find another way to calculate it, or if I just effd up, tell me.


Stability
Things that increase this stat:

• Attachments
  • Aggressor (+5,5)*
    
  • Ergo Wooden Grip (+3.5)*
    
  • Slimline (+3)
    * If you equip these 2 together you get a mod boost of 9, try it.
• Skills
  • Leadership (+50%)
    
  • Technician Tier Bonus (+10%)

(3+ 5,5 + 3,5 + 3) * 1.5 = 22.5 WRONG

Attachments

Grip

• Ergo Wooden Grip
  • Stability +3

Slide

• Aggressor
  
  • Damage +10
    
  • Accuracy +4
    
  • Stabilty +5
    
  • Concealment +3
• Pocket Surprise
  • Accuracy -4
    
  • Stabilty -3
    
  • Concealment +3
• Ventilated
  • Damage +5
    
  • Accuracy -2
    
  • Stabilty +3
    
  • Concealment -3
    
  • Threat +10
• Overcompensating
  • Accuracy +6
    
  • Stabilty +9
    
  • Concealment -3

Grip

• Slimline
  • Stability +3
    
  • Concealment +1

The Bronco .44 only has 3 Attachment Slots and a total of 6 available Attachments.
It's the one of the very few weapons in the game that doesn't have a silencer attachement, which makes it very bad for stealthy Heists.
Most of the Attachments are there to improve the otherwise poor Stability of the Bronco .44, or increase the Accuracy to make it better at a higher range.

Because we want the Damage, Stability and Accuracy to be as high as possible we will use the following Attachments for the build:

• Ergo Wooden Grip
  
• Aggressor
  
• Slimline

The Build: How to use it

This Build is made to be aggresive and defensive, the damage output relies mostly on the Skill ''Gunslinger'' and the Tier 4 Bonus of the Technician, these are crucial for this build.
Note: The C4 skills can be replaced with the Sentry skills if you feel like it, it's up to you what you like more.

What you need

• A Weak or Medium Armor
  
• The Bronco .44 (duh)
  
• Good Aim

How to play...

Aggressive
The high Speed that you get through this build and the Damage of the Bronco makes you perfect for running out, killing people and running back to cover.

Tips:

• Watch out for your Health! Your Armor is only there to not make you die instantly!
  
• Always keep moving! A bad placed Bulldozer can simply destroy you if you don't move!
  
• If your Armor is down: RUN! You don't have much health, so watch out!
  
• Stay away from Tasers! They are the bane of your existense and will make you unhappy!
  
• If you're about to go down, run to the enemy! If you're behind cover you won't be able to use your Pistol Messiah Skill.
  
• Pick up the ammo! You only have 5 magazines, so keep your ammo coming!

Defensive
The incredible accuracy of your Bronco will make you an awesome Sniper, on the ''Bridge-Escape'' you can easily kill soldiers on the other side of the bridge.

Tips:

• Watch your back! These soldiers are sneaky, always use a Sentry or C4 to protect yourself!
  
• Pick of Specials! With this tree you deal 20% extra Damage to specials, so use it!
  
• Don't just protect one side! The Cops won't just come from one side, so keep moving and protect every side!

in General

• Aim for the head! A single headshot kills non-special units instantly!

Tree: Mastermind

Tier 1 Bonus: 20% faster Doctor bag interaction speed

Cable Guy Owned
I really only have this skill because I had a Skillpoint over, you can just remove this and replace it with something else.
You can tie hostages 75% faster.

Combat Medic Owned
You like Damage, and you like helping people. With this skill the second thing will be rewarded with a 25% damage bonus for 10 Seconds.

Endurance Aced
If you play aggressive you'll run around... alot.
Gives you a 150% Stamina Bonus, and your Team a 50% Stamina Bonus.


Tier 2 Bonus: Stamina of you and your crew increases by 15%

Leadership Aced
Nobody likes Recoil, this skill nearly gets rid of it!
Inscreases yours and your teams Pistol Stability by 75%, and with other guns by 50%.


Tier 3 Bonus: Increase shout distance by 25%

Smooth Talker Aced
If you're being silent you can hide answer more pagers, but we care about the extra special-Unit Damage.
You can succesfully answer 4 Pagers.
Special enemies marked by you take 15% more damage.

Equilibrium Aced
You can now pull out your pistol faster and shoot twice as fast! Also you get a small accuracy boost.
Pistol accuracy +10%
Pistol Pull out time -50%
Pistol Fire Rate +100%

Dominator Aced
Your enemies are cowards, proof it by making them cuff themself! The Aced skill lets you do it even faster.
You can intimidate non-special enemies.
Power and Range of your intimidation are improved by 50%


Tier 4 Bonus: Increases the health of you and your team by 10%

Joker Aced
Your enemies aren't that cowardly as you thought, if you ask them nicely they'll kill their friends for you!
You can convert non-special enemies to fight for you.
Inscreses their health by 55% and their Damage by 45%


Tier 5 Bonus: Enemy convert time reduced by 65%

Gunslinger Aced
This is what you want! With the Bronco you'll often have to reload, with this skill you can cut the reload time in half! It also highers your pistol damage greatly!
Cuts reload time in half.
Inscreses Pistol Damage by 50%


Tier 6 Bonus: The power of your intimidation when you shout is increased by 200%. Reduces the asset costs in the Job Overview by 50%.

Pistol Messiah Aced
For the case that you will go down (you will) this will help you get back up.
If you kill someone while you're down and get instantly revived, works 3 times.

Tree: Enforcer

Tier 1 Bonus: Enemies are 10% more easily threatened by you

Oppressor Owned
Your gun is so loud that if you shoot near someone he has to go behind cover and rub his ears.
Your guns are 25% more threatening.

Transporter Aced
Just because you can kill everything that moves, doesn't mean that you can't help carrying bags!
Move 50% faster with bags and throw them 50% further.


Tier 2 Bonus: You gain 10% more health

Underdog Owned
Special-Units are cowards and never come alone, jokes on them, because you deal 15% more damage to them if they come in groups.
Deal 15% more damage if you're surrounded by 3 or more enemies.

Tree: Technician

Tier 1 Bonus: Cost of weapon and mask crafting is reduced by 1%

Demolition Man Aced
You like explosion? Sure everyone likes explosions.
Adds 1 Tripmine to your inventory
Decrese deploy time by 20%

Nerves of Steel Aced
You're a busy man, and your enemies use your moment of not-holding-a-gun. And if they still down you, just shoot them in the head (on a giant distance of course)
Take 50% less damage while interacting with things
You can aim while in you're down.


Tier 2 Bonus: Weapon stability with all weapons is increased by 5%

Sharpshooter Owned
You shoot a fly on a distance of 50 foot, but that's not enough for you!
Inscreases your accuracy with single shot guns by 50%.

Combat Enginner Aced
You learned what a switch is, and used your new knowledge!
Allows you to turn trip mines on or off
Adds a sensor mode for your mine.

Hardware Expert Aced
Your drill is jammed, and the time you're fixing it equals 3 people that you could have killed.
Fix the drill 25% Faster, and deploy trip mines 20% faster.
Gives your drill a 30% to autorestart. Deploy your sentry 50% faster.

Tier 3 Bonus: Cost of weapon and mask crafting is reduced by 3%

Drill Sergeant Aced
You like it fast! So does your drill!
Decreases drilling time by 30%


Tier 4 Bonus: Headshot damage incresed by 25%

Blast Radius Aced
Guess what it does! Wait...You know? Aw...
Inscreases the trip mine blast radius by 75%.


Tier 5 Bonus: Cost of weapon and mask crafting is reduced by 5%

Shaped Charge
EXPLOSIONS!
Adds 3 more mines to your inventory

Shockproof
The Taser is a douche, show him by just throwing his shocks back to him.
Taser shock attacks on you backfire, knocking back the Taser.


Tier 6 Bonus: Your weapon stability with all weapons is increased by 5%. You gain 10% more armor. Reduces the armor recovery time for you and your crew by 10%

Bulletproof
Better save then sorry.
Improves your armor by 50%

Tree: Ghost

Tier 1 Bonus: Chance to dodge is increased by 5%

Sprinter Aced
You sprint fast, long and your breakes are short, you're one of these sporty jerks in school.
Time before stamina regeneration starts -25%
Stamina regeneration rate: +25%
Sprint Speed: +25%
Bullet dodge chance: +25%

Cat Burglar Owned
A real man doesn't flinch when he jumps down building, he looks in the camera with his fist on the ground.
Fall Damage from non-fatal height -75%


Tier 2 Bonus: Weapon swap time -25%

Fast Hands Owned
You can still help your friends by moving bags if you don't shoot.
Pack- and interact time with loot -25%

Cleaner Owned
Some extra Damage never hurts.
Damage against special enemies + 5%

Credits

Thanks for reading this guide, and i really hope that I could help you.

This was actually my first guide i ever created and took the whole day to complete, so I hope you'll have mercy when you find errors.
But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't tell me when you find errors, if you find something or have suggestions please write it in the comments.
Have Fun, and happy robbery.

-Not Cookie™

[Pupknuck]

Coool!

[MCS]

@Mr.Seacucumber Sure, i so no reason why not.
I hope your guide will be great :)

[MrSeacucumb3r]

Hay mate, good to see that thier are others who support the bronco master race :D is it alright if I like this guide in my hopfully up coming skill build?
Thanks :D

[Liro Raériyo]

So wait your telling me that my 500 damage shotgun blasts... have actually been doing 1000 damage? holy shit.

[Spooky Boo~ky]

From what I've seen from testing various weapons out, the headshot multiplier basically doubles the damage you normally would have done with just a body shot alone. If you have the bonus headshot damage from Technician, it changes the headshot multiplier to 2.25, which basically adds an extra 25% damage as the tier bonus states. For comparison, according to some stats that were found by some people, the Tan FBI have exactly 200 health. A bronco with the Aggressor and Gunslinger Aced will have 98 damage, which isn't enough to kill a tan even with a headshot as the final damage will be 196. If you have the technician bonus, however, the final damage will end up being 220.5, enough to kill a tan with a single headshot.
Just some stuff to consider.

[Allsen]

I rather use my silenced deagle as i get 86 damage (which one-shots non-specials) and I get the 28% pierce chance for dozers and such.
Really nice guide tho, had fun reading it. GJ

[c4ndlejack]

accuracy:

(base+mod) * (1 - (1 / (1 + .5 + .1)))