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It is crucial to choose the best Borderlands 2 class when you start the game. If you choose the wrong character or a character you don’t like, you may be forced to restart the game to select another character. Borderlands 2 has four playable classes, and 2 additional classes are available as DLC characters; thus, the game has a total of six classes to choose from. Each character has their own story, abilities, and skill trees. Choose your best Borderlands 2 class from the six classes listed below.
Best characters for solo play
Gaige (DLC)
The only way to use this class is by having a GOTY edition or buying her. She has a main ability called Deathtrap, which she uses a robot named D374-TP to come and help her in fights. The ability lasts for approximately 1 minute and has a cooldown of 60 seconds. Gaige has 3 skills in total.
- Best Friends Forever Tree
This skill tree aids in her survival and defense increase for Deathtrap.
- Little Big Trouble Tree
This skill focuses on her elemental effects and gives the robot a weapon called heat-beams, which allows it to mimic any element in close contact.
- Ordered Chaos Tree
It is Gaige’s final skill tree; it mainly focuses on her ability called Anarchy, which boosts damage but drops accuracy overtime of all weapons. The skill tree helps in faster reloading of weapons.
Axton the Commando
This character has a special ability called Sabre Turret, which allows him to deploy a Special Dahl Sabre Turret anywhere in the game. The Turret has a mounted gun with a 360° can be enhanced further by upgrades. This ability can last up to 20 seconds, and its cooldown takes 42 seconds. Also, he has a powerful melee weapon that deals more damage compared to other classes in the game. Axton has 3 skills in total.
- Guerilla Tree
This skill tree gives improves his Sabre Turret ability to do deal continuous high damage. Moreover, it helps him get into the fight quicker. It has six tiers, and each of the tiers adds one upgrade slot that can accommodate a number of upgrade points.
- Gunpowder Tree
This skill tree aids him while he’s using his Turret to distract enemies and increases his combat stats in the game. Moreover, it increases his focus on medium-range explosives and weapon damage. It has six tiers, and each of the tiers adds one upgrade slot that can accommodate a number of upgrade points.
- Survival Tree
It is Axton’s final skill tree, and it focuses on boosting his main abilities and defenses. Moreover, it helps him heal if he’s at very low health.
Maya the Siren
This character is the siren of the group of Vault Hunters. She is the best Borderlands 2 class for solo play and has the power to suspend an enemy in another dimension using her main ability. Not only can she freeze an enemy but also deal damage during the process. She has another ability called Phaselock that she uses for crowd control in coop and solo. Maya has 3 skills in total.
- Motion Tree
This skill improves her Phaselock ability and helps her brainwash enemies to turn against each other. It has six tiers, and each of the tiers adds one upgrade slot that can accommodate a number of upgrade points.
- Harmony Tree
This skill tree increases her damage per second and improves the healing power of her and her teammates. It has six tiers hand each of the tiers adds one upgrade slot that can accommodate a number of upgrade points.
- Cataclysm Tree
It is Maya’s final skill tree, and it focuses on all her elemental effects like fire, slag, acid, and electrocution.
Best characters for co-op play
Zer0 the Assassin
No Borderlands 2 player knows how Zer0 looks likes under the mask. He is a very secretive assassin that is hired to complete missions. He’s also appeared in other Borderlands games as an NPC. He has a special ability called Decepti0n that gives him the power to put down a holographic decoy of himself hence distracting his enemies. He uses the ability to become invisible and escape danger. Furthermore, his damage is boosted while the ability is active. Zer0 has 3 skills in total.
- Sniping Tree
This skill tree aids weapons like sniper rifles to deal more damage on head/critical shots.
- Cunning Tree
This skill tree improves his main ability and aids him in melee combat. Moreover, it enhances his weapons reload speed.
- Bloodshed Tree
It is Zer0’s final skill tree; it mainly focuses on melee weapons and stealth. Furthermore, it aids his shield regeneration, thus improving his Hp.
Krieg, the Psycho
The only way to use this class is by having a GOTY edition or buying him. He has a main ability called Buzz Axe Rampage that lets him swing his Buzz Axe very fast, dealing massive damage to his enemies. Moreover, it increases his speed by 33% and helps him deal 500% more melee damage than any other character in the game. Krieg has 3 skills in total
- Bloodlust Tree
This skill tree improves his Hp and boosts melee damage.
- Mania Tree
This is a high reward skill tree that focuses on melee combat damage and stats improvements.
- Hellborn Tree
It is Krieg’s final skill tree that focuses on his elemental effects.
Salvador the Gunzerker
Salvador is the best Borderlands 2 class for co-op play because of his Gunzerker ability. This ability gives him the power to use two weapons simultaneously for a short period. Also, he has the chance to boost his stats, regenerate his health and ammo while the Gunzerker ability is active. His ability lasts for 20 seconds, while the base cooldown takes approximately 42 seconds. He is the only vault in the game born and raised in Pandora. Salvador has 3 skills in total.
- Gun Lust Tree
This skill tree helps in swapping to and from certain guns and in the reloading process. It has six tiers, and each of the tiers adds one upgrade slot that can accommodate a number of upgrade points.
- Rampage Tree
This skill tree helps to boost his stats and gives him extra ammunition for his weapons. In addition, it lowers cooldown rates for certain abilities.
- Brawn Tree
It is Salvador’s final skill tree; it helps his health regeneration and physical absorption damage for him and his teammates.