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6 Best Rafa Builds in Borderlands 4 (2025 UPDATED)
By GigaGamer47 and 1 collaborators
Rafa hits like a freight train, stays fast, and loops Overdrive for silly uptime. You want damage that chains, turrets that never quit, clean clears, and boss melts without weird gimmicks. Read on.
   
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TL;DR
  1. One Shot Infinite Kills
    Hot Slugger plus First Impression and Vitriol, with Peacebreaker Cannons feeding Overdrive through Instinto and Juerga. Dancer class mod doubles the Overdrive bonuses, Firewerks shield adds homing missiles, and an Order Repkit with Acceleration plus Now With Caffeine brings Cannons back fast. It melts rooms and still shreds bosses if you keep uptime.

  2. Max Overdrive Sprint
    Stack Overdrive absurdly high, hip-fire Jakobs shotguns with heavy pellet counts, and swap Everdrive or Barrage depending on duration needs. Use an Accelerator Repkit, add Maiming Throwing Knife for boss chunks, and lean into Bullet Train, I Am A Gun, Riddle You This, and In The Zone. Fast, sturdy, relentless.

  3. Grenade God
    Your grenades do the map cleaning. Confeti, Asymmetric Warfare, Errant Spark, Venganza, and Lateral Plinking pump indirect and grenade damage while Hostile Acquisition keeps you topped up. Fiesty Grenazerker class mod throws an extra grenade per toss, with Homing Order Grenade or Ripper Grenade for style, and Cannons up for Resiliencia DR.

  4. Peacebreaker Ricochet Crit Engine
    Remote Agent tree focus with Sitiar, Juerga, Resiliencia, Maestro, Asymmetric Warfare, Errant Spark, and Double-Ought Autoshot so Cannons shotgun pellets that ricochet. Run Jakobs guns for guaranteed bounce on crits, Dancer to supercharge Overdrive, Firewerks for extra indirect hits, and Deadeye firmware for precision. Jakobs Enhancements like Bounce Pass, Leaper, or Piercer raise crit or ricochet consistency, then finish with Riddle You This, In The Zone, I Am A Gun, and A Honed Mind.

  5. Corroding Arc-Knives Melee Loop
    Live inside Arc-Knives and chain fights. Esgrimidor class mod refunds duration on melee crits, Heavyweight shield scales armor chunks into damage, and Shiny War Paint Repkit plus Action Fist firmware pumps speed, cooldown, and action skill damage. Take Bear Arms, Now With Caffeine, I Am A Gun, and A Honed Mind, then open every fight with a lunge.

  6. Alt-Fire Metal Management with APOPHIS Lance
    Set shock first with an underbarrel taser like Birt’s Bees, then hold APOPHIS Lance while spamming alt-fire lasers that Metal Management amplifies. Awe grants guaranteed crits, Triple Bypass helps recover Lance when you drop it, and you remember you cannot throw ordnance during Lance. Target single bosses or packs, the beam does the steady work while alt-fire stacks the hurt.
Rafa: The Exo-Soldier
Rafa is all gas. Peacebreaker Cannons spin up Overdrive for speed, crit damage, and damage reduction while your guns and ordnance ride the wave. He flips into Arc-Knives for melee rushes or swaps to APOPHIS Lance for alt-fire shenanigans when you want lasers and status spam. If you can keep Cannons or an action skill rolling, he snowballs. Build around crits, short mags, and uptime, then let ricochets and indirect projectiles do the cleanup.

6 Best Rafa Builds (My Personal Favorites)


1. One Shot Infinite Kills — Hot Slugger Ricochet Loop

Action Skill: Peacebreaker Cannon

Keep Peacebreaker Cannons up with Instinto and Juerga, then abuse Overdrive. Pair the Hot Slugger with First Impression and Vitriol so every pull of the trigger is that perfect first shot. Dancer class mod doubles all Overdrive bonuses. If Cannons drop, an Order Repkit with Acceleration plus Now With Caffeine brings them back almost instantly. Firewerks shield adds homing missiles that your ricochets keep feeding. It looks reckless. It’s controlled chaos that deletes rooms.





Source: One Shot Infinite Kills Build[www.wemod.com]



2. Max Overdrive — Jakobs Shotguns, Hip-Fire Sprint

Action Skill: Peacebreaker Cannon

Stack Overdrive to the sky, run and gun, and hip-fire shotguns with high pellet count. Swap Everdrive and Barrage based on how much duration you need. Use an Accelerator Repkit, keep Peacebreaker Cannons spinning, and add Maiming Throwing Knife on bosses. Talent into Bullet Train, I Am A Gun, Riddle You This, and flex In The Zone if you live in ADS. Dancer on the class mod pushes Overdrive even higher through Soltado and Jaque. Fast. Tanky. Feels illegal.





Source: Max Overdrive Build[www.wemod.com]



3. Grenade God — Screenwide Clears

Action Skill: Peacebreaker Cannon

Grenade-centric Rafa that turns the map into a blender. Confeti, Asymmetric Warfare, Errant Spark, Venganza, and Lateral Plinking scale grenade and indirect damage while Hostile Acquisition leeches life. Keep Cannons up for extra DR from Resiliencia and bonus shots, then just lob. Look for the Fiesty Grenazerker class mod that throws an extra grenade every time you throw one. Homing Order Grenade is comfy, Ripper Grenade teleports if you want style. Do not tag yourself. It hurts. A lot.





Source: Grenade God Build[www.wemod.com]



4. Peacebreaker Ricochet — Red-tree Crit Engine

Action Skill: Peacebreaker Cannon

Remote Agent tree priority. You want Sitiar, Juerga, Resiliencia, Maestro, Asymmetric Warfare, Errant Spark, and the Double-Ought Autoshot so Cannons fire pellet shotguns that ricochet. Run Jakobs guns for guaranteed ricochets on crit, preferably shotguns since every pellet can bounce. Dancer doubles Overdrive bonuses, Firewerks counts as indirect projectiles so its missiles benefit too. Firmware set is Deadeye, and Jakobs Enhancements like Bounce Pass, Leaper, or Piercer push crit chance or ricochet count even higher. Specializations: Riddle You This, In The Zone, I Am A Gun, A Honed Mind. Bosses just evaporate.





Source: Peacebreaker Ricochet Build[www.wemod.com]



5. Corroding Arc-Knives — Sticky Melee with Action-Skill Sustain

Action Skill: Arc Knives

Swap to Arc-Knives and live in their animation. Esgrimidor class mod boosts melee crit chance and refills action skill duration on melee crits so you can chain fights in Arc-Knives mode. Heavyweight shield turns armor segments into big melee damage. Shiny War Paint is a great Repkit for movement speed and cooldown kicks, then grab the Action Fist firmware for melee and action skill damage. Take Bear Arms, Now With Caffeine, I Am A Gun, A Honed Mind. Keep moving, start fights with a lunge, and respect exploding barrels or you’ll meet the floor.





Source: Corroding Arc-Knives Build[www.wemod.com]



6. Alt-Fire “Metal Management” — APOPHIS Lance Laser Spam

Action Skill: APOPHIS Lance

Metal Management interacts with alternate fire so you can spam tasers or Maliwan triple lasers while APOPHIS Lance keeps shock on targets. Guaranteed crits from Awe make numbers climb fast. You cannot throw ordnance during Lance, so set shock first with an underbarrel taser, Birt’s Bees works nicely, then loop your alt fire while you pulse the Lance. If you run dry on mobs and lose shock, Triple Bypass with cooldown helps you get Lance back sooner. Specializations lean into A Honed Mind, Contamination, Compounding Afflictions, I Am A Gun. Silly clear, stable boss DPS.



Source: Alt-Fire Management Build[www.wemod.com]
Optional Trainer Helpers (Use Responsibly)
  • Edit Skill Points - Helpful for testing variants fast. Swap Barrage for Everdrive on Max Overdrive, or move points into El Valiente when pivoting the Alt-Fire Lance setup without paying respec costs every experiment. Use it to mirror the exact node spreads shown in the One Shot and Ricochet writeups while you hunt for Dancer, Firewerks, or the right Repkit rolls.

  • Edit Money - Use to unlock specialization breakpoints quickly, like reaching Riddle You This and In The Zone for Ricochet, or Now With Caffeine early for One Shot uptime. Level in controlled bursts, validate damage breakpoints, then turn it off so tuning and drop farming still feel meaningful.



Source: Download Borderlands 4 Trainers Here For Free[www.wemod.com]
1 Comments
Nivet Fox 8 Oct @ 7:12am 
I'm surprised you didn't include any builds using the "bullet buddy deluxe" augment, literally just that plus a grey quality jakobs pistol carried my entire first playthrough by the sheer power of bottomless magazines