Borderlands 3: Best Classes For Solo Players (2023)

The Borderlands series has always been amazing at providing a fun, action-packed adventure for countless hours at a time. With its diverse and colorful world, amazing characters, and deep story, the planet of Pandora is a mad gift that keeps on giving! Taking on this adventure single-handedly is no small task, but with the right Vault Hunter and the right build things become much more manageable.

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Some characters handle solo play better than others, but every single one of them has a great self-sustaining build. Whether the player is looking for a stealthy approach through the hoards of enemies or wants to buckle up and dive into the fray, there's definitely a class for that and much more!

8 Zane - Hitman

The Hitman tree focuses on increasing damage and movement speed, as well as deploying powerful drones to assist in combat. One of the key components that make this class great for solo play, is the perk Salvation which gives Zane Life Steal after killing an enemy, providing great sustain during a fight.

The action skill: SNTNL drone is great at scouting out enemies, as well as dealing damage and even pulling some aggro away from Zane. Overall, this is a very mobile and quick class that deals a ton of damage with chaotic effects like extra projectiles or randomly dropping grenades, all while zigzagging through the battlefield.

7 Zane - Doubled Agent

After all, who could be a better partner for Zane than Zane? This skill tree adds a ton of explosive and area-of-effect (AoE) damage, allowing the player to take on multiple enemies at once. Additionally, Doubled Agent provides several abilities that make Zane a more versatile and self-sufficient character.

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For example, the Digi-Clone skill allows Zane to create a holographic clone of himself that can draw enemy fire and deal damage, which can be especially useful when facing tough enemies or bosses. Additionally, the Schadenfreude perk allows Zane to regenerate health and shields whenever his Digi-Clone is destroyed, giving him even more survivability.

6 FL4K - Stalker

FL4K is great at going solo with most builds, due to their lovely group of alien companions. The Stalker utilizes the pets in a safer, more sustained way as it provides a high degree of survivability and damage output. With skills like Interplanetary Stalker and Ambush Predator, FL4K can deal devastating damage to enemies while also gaining damage reduction and critical hit bonuses.

What sets this Class apart is the ability Lick The Wounds, which allows the pet to revive the player upon going down. Nothing like an overly hyped alien monkey with a gun to bring you back up, and then promptly charge at the nearest poor bandit!

5 FL4K - Master

The Master skill tree is a fantastic choice for solo play because it provides FL4K with unparalleled pet support and survivability. With skills like Frenzy, FL4K's pet becomes a killing machine, dealing increased damage and receiving damage reduction. Mutated Defenses grants FL4K and their pet increased health regeneration, while Pack Tactics increase damage and health.

On top of that, the final perk Dominance allows you to convert almost any enemy to your side, providing an invaluable (albeit short-lived) ally that pulls the aggro while dishing out good damage. With their lovely pack of pets and some unwilling subjects, FL4K is never truly alone on their adventure!

4 Amara - Brawl

As a Vault Hunter, Amara is much more up close and personal with her enemies, with many perks that enhance that playstyle. The Brawl Class focuses on that aspect, providing exceptional survivability and close-range combat abilities. With skills like Root to Rise and Personal Space, Amara can deal increased melee damage and receive damage reduction in close combat.

Shotguns are always a great choice for her, but with Brawl she benefits even more from weapons that have extra melee damage, ending up with an insanely boosted attack that can literally explode enemies. Who even needs range when she can smash your enemies into oblivion?

3 Amara - Mystical Assault

The Mystical Assault skill tree is also a great option when picking Amara, with increased action skill damage and cooldown rate, as well as increased movement speed and the ability to Phasecast. This allows Amara to quickly move around the battlefield and deal significant damage to enemies with her action skill.

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Additionally, this particular class has several perks that increase elemental damage, making it easier for Amara to take down enemies with elemental weaknesses. It is a great overall playstyle with a diverse range of abilities, which also works great if the player decides to mix it up with other branches.

2 Moze - Demolition Woman

Moze is one of the best Vault Hunters to play solo, due to the fact that her giant powerful mech friend is always with her! The Iron Bear is a monster of a machine that Moze can pilot, unleashing carnage on her enemies while staying perfectly safe inside of it.

The Demolition Woman plays perfectly into this, adding a lot of explosive damage and some lifesteal to boot. Furthermore, this skill tree provides Moze with increased splash damage radius and elemental damage, making her highly effective against enemies with elemental weaknesses. Overall this Class has great survivability and enough explosives to level a bandit town,

1 Moze - Bottomless Mags

This is one of the best skill trees for solo players in Borderlands 3 as it provides Moze with sustained damage output, high ammo efficiency, and increased survivability in combat. The tree includes skills that increase magazine size, ammo regeneration, and infinite ammunition for a short period, allowing Moze to mow down enemies without worrying about running out of ammo.

Additionally, the tree includes skills that provide Moze with increased damage reduction and shield capacity, making her more survivable in combat. The Iron Bear has gotten Moze through her life of battles, and it will gladly help her take on Pandora!

Borderlands 3 is available on PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One, Stadia, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5.

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