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Athena LvL 60 - melting thunder
By Roman
So as i didn't find helpful guides i decided to create one on my own.
Its as accurate as i can give, i will try my best.
Its a guide for playing Athena on Element Damage, pretty simple and no need for Legandarys (but they help).
   
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Skill Tree


"Wrath of the Goddess" in combination with "Zeus Rage" is a pretty good way to stack fast up your "Mealstorm" stacks to increase your Element Damage, this will be only effectiv if you have weapons with the right element ofc. "Gun Kata" and "Gathering Tempest" in the middle Skilltree for more damage output afterall. I see sometime guys skill "Return Fire", but i must say in my opinion this skill is just a waste of points the damge returns is not worth it to spend this points. I prefare to use Fire and Lightning Smg's and corrosive and freeze Pistol for not getting out of ammo. A good grenade here is Quasar or just a good Tesla will do the work. I used a long time this one.

Equipment


This is so far my Gear, as you see not so much legandarys. But you can still melt trough enemys pretty easy. Lets take a closer look.

First the Weapons



This is a pretty standart lightning Smg you should look out for a dmg scale btw 2500-3500k dmg and the % of elemental chance is not very important because you have a higher chance anyway with your skills. Best way to get those just look in vending Machine's.



Same with this badboy here, pretty standart fire Smg's. Maliwan would be great but no need for if you prefare other types of Smg's use them just look for the fire dmg its important for the gameplay.
The best would be a Hellfire for sure but hard to find... (in my opinion).



This weapon i use for the bigger enemys, wich are pretty rough to kill just with the fire or lighting.
You could also take another weapons wich freeze the enemy, but in my opinion is the one of the best for my playstyle. You get this by questing in the Holodome.



This one i only use for armored enemys, same spot to get as the one before. If you cant get both look out for another pistol with corrsive damage. So you will have no trouble with armored enemys or Ships.

Shield



I didnt find so far a shield wich is REALLY needed cause you take anyway like 0 dmg if you play correctly. But this one i find pretty need, because you are immun to lighting damage. And absorb sometimes some ammo. But i guess you can easy replace it with a shock or fire nova shield.

Class mod



Well here it gets tricky. Here you dont have much option to play with. You need this extra points in Hold the Line and Vanguard. The other one is replaceable. The Team CDR is not bad to. So i cant recommand the legandary Class mods for this build.

Grenade mod



As i mentioned earlier this would be a pretty good grenade for the build to stack up your element damage. But a good tesla do also the job for you sometime even better. So here no need for Quasar or Stormfront but you could if you like it more. I recommand a Stormfront on close indoor fights.



This is kinda the best start you can have for the build. Lobbed is kinda strange at the start, but with a fusetime of 0.0 you can aim it exactly where you want it. If you can freeze them while they stand in the area its almost over even for the Badass. Try it out.

Oz Kit



Here you can go with this one if you have it. Its pretty good for fights in atmosphare against Scavs and stalker. Otherwise you cant find another spot for it.

As a replace for that you can get this one.



Well his one may not have everyone. But its pretty easy to get if not just do the Quest "To Arms!" in Triton Flats. If you dont want to do the quest you can grind a purple Oz kit or look in Venders. There you find sometime nearly the same Oz kit just without the benefit of playing with guys who have the same Oz kit.

Action Skill


As we know Athenas Action skill protect here from any damage that come in in front of here.
In the Skilltree we seleceted parts to get more damage for every Enemy that shoots our shield and absorb and safe elemental damage it give it back. Use your Action skill on cooldown every time and be careful if its not ready. Wait some seconds if needed. "Clear!" allows you to give allys Second Wind aswell as damage other enemys with "Wrath of the Goddess" or take them all up with one throw. With this Action Skill and this Skillree its nearly impossible to get down so is a shield really not nessary or if really need one or struggle take the one you prefare the most.
Playstyle
Kraggon and Stalker



Kraggon you can easily kill with your freeze pistol and some grenades for the smaller ones and if they allready frozn you can shoot with your lighting Smg's to stack up and do more elemental damage. Nearly the same way to kill Stalker just make sure to destroy the shield and shoot then with fire to get them faster down. Should be no problem.



Scavs and Gurdians



If they stacked up throw a grenade and try to freeze them if they, have shield the grenade will destroy it. Or just kill them with your fire Smg, i would recommand this only in atmosphare or if they frozn and have no shield. To put our more damage.

Ships and armored enemys



Just shoot them from the sky no big deal, no big explanation.
Result
This is a casual build of my own i can go trough with it very well. Its good to take out enemys quick if you dont like melee (like me). I wanted to show that you dont need in every slot a legandary to get trough UTVHM. Its my first guide and i hope it could help you. Feel free to post your commend down there and tell what you think and what needs improvement.
1 Comments
ChefGladius 21 Feb, 2015 @ 8:31am 
good thing ur using elements 4 that character