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🎯 Build Concept
This build focuses on Vex’s Here Comes Trouble skill tree, specifically her Phase Phamiliar action skill, which summons her spectral cat named Trouble. The idea is to leverage Trouble for aggro, crowd control, and damage support while you focus on weapon output, ordnance, and survivability through overshields and Kill Skill synergies.
⚙ Skill Tree Priority & Key Skills
Here’s where you should put your skill points in this build:
| Tier | Skill / Perk | What It Gives You |
|---|---|---|
| Here Comes Trouble Tree | Phase Phamiliar (Action Skill) | Summon Trouble, who can be commanded, respawns after cooldown, and when activated transforms into a more powerful state (“Badass”) boosting damage. |
| Vorpal Fiends | Increases critical hit damage for you and your minion(s). | |
| Yowl and Bay | Boosts minion health capacity and gives you extra gun damage after commanding Trouble. | |
| Grave Sustenance / Grave Command | Abilities that reduce cooldowns or restore action skill duration based on kills—helps keep Trouble up and active. | |
| Other Trees & Synergies | Infusion | Grants bonus damage when using Repkits (support items) especially with Elemental attunement. |
| Shocking Attunement | Grants movement speed / gun damage buff when attuned to the shock element. | |
| Guns and Needles | Helps with gun handling / crit / damage bonuses—makes your weapon output stronger while Trouble draws attention. | |
| Unsealed (Capstone)** | Late game goal: lets Trouble mark enemies, boosting damage done to them and providing buffs when marked enemies are killed while Trouble is active. |
🔧 Recommended Gear & Weapon Choices
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Weapon Types: Fast‐firing SMGs are excellent with this build. Also ordnance that works well with your skill tree.
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Weapon Elemental Affinity: Use weapons that align with the element you’re attuned to (e.g. Shock) to maximize Phase Covenant (Vex’s trait).
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Repkits & Overshields: Gear that grants overshields when things go badly, or buffs tied to using Repkits, helps your survivability.
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Class Mods: Mods that enhance minion health, minion damage, crit damage, or cooldown reductions are very important.
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Shield / Survival Gear: Shields that have high capacity or special effects (overshield, immunity) can be lifesavers, especially if Trouble draws enemy fire.
🔁 Playstyle & Rotation
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Activate Phase Phamiliar early in combat so Trouble is active as much as possible—he draws aggro, giving you breathing room.
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Use your weapon (SMG) aggressively while Trouble is active—your buffs and perks should enhance your gun damage significantly under those conditions.
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Use Repkits to trigger buffs (Infusion or similar) to get peak output.
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When Trouble is down or on cooldown, play more defensively—utilize overshields, stay mobile, use cover.
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Make sure to invest in cooldown reduction Kill Skills so you can reuse Trouble / Command Trouble often.
⚠ Strengths & Weaknesses
| Strengths | Weaknesses |
|---|---|
| Strong crowd control via Trouble, good survivability with overshields | Trouble’s AI isn’t perfect—may wander or not always target priority enemies |
| High sustained gun damage while Trouble is active | Build can suffer when Trouble is dead or in downtime because many buffs are tied to it |
| Elemental attunement means your gun damage scales with your current weapon element | If you don’t have good element weapons, damage output suffers |
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