Remnant 2 offers a variety of playstyles, and the Bleed build stands out for its relentless damage over time. This approach focuses on inflicting the Bleed status effect on enemies. While you chip away at enemies’ health over time, you can focus on dodging and maneuvering instead of constantly healing. By strategically stacking bleed effects and boosting your DPS, you can turn the tide of battle in your favor.
We will create a merciless bleed build using the Gunslinger DPS Archetype paired with Challenger. You must have the free pre-order edition and exhaust dialogues with Mudtooth in Ward 13 to get Gunslinger. This will eventually get you the item you need to unlock the Gunslinger archetype.
The Gunslinger has a high DPS, agility, ammo reserves, and so much more hidden behind the name, so let’s find out what you need for this Bleed Build in Remnant 2.
Best Archetype Combo
For this build, we are going with the following combination of Archetypes:
- Primary Archetype: Gunslinger – Loaded (Prime Perk)
- Secondary Archetype: Challenger
The Gunslinger with Loaded as the prime perk gives you instant reload. You will get infinite ammo for a few seconds when the mod is active. As for the skill, you can switch between them; if you’re going up against a boss, go for Bulletstorm to boost your rate of fire while increasing reload speed, but other than that, you can use Quick Draw. The damage perk Swift Shot gives excellent fire rate, range damage, and crit chance.
As for the secondary perk, you can go for Challenger’s Rampage skill that increases the Fire Rate, Reload, and Movement Speed while keeping you in a heightened state. The Close Quarter perk is an ideal perk that increases all kinds of damage done to all enemies within 10 meters.
This build overall focuses on increasing Crit chance causing infinite rampage in the apocalypse difficulty.
Best Weapons for Bleed Build in Remnant 2
For the weapons, we recommend using a long gun, like Merciless, with bloodline (mod) and momentum (mutator), and a handgun, Tech 22. This section will help you decide how these weapons best fit this bleed build.
Long Gun
Merciless – Bloodline (Mod) and Momentum (Mutator)
Pairing Merciless, with bloodline (mod) and momentum (mutator) gives you 1,500 damage per bullet for 20 seconds. By equipping the Bloodline mod, you will get an additional 50% damage on taking down the first enemy and a 100% boost for taking down the next enemies. The weapon consumes little mod power, so it’s good to use again.
Hand Gun
Tech 22 – Corrosive Rounds (Mod) and Twisting Wounds (Mutator)
This high-accuracy shotgun pairs up with Corrosive Rounds and Twisting Wounds to apply corroded to give additional bleed to any target.
Melee Weapon
Krell Axe – Krell Edge (Mod)
Krell Ace with tainted blade mutator lets you apply corroded on target and earn 10% bonus damage which lasts for 20 seconds, this is a pretty big window to do damage.
Traits
As for the traits, you’d want to focus on Ammo Reserves and Strong Back. Once these two are maxed out, you can go for Triage, Regrowth, Fortify, Untouchable, Flash Caster, Vigor, Footwork, Fitness, Handling, Expertise, and Endurance.
Relic
This build uses the Enlarged Heart that doubles the use speed, and you can heal up to 140 of health in just 0.5 seconds. With its Mythic Ranged Crit Damage and Mythic Ranged Crit Chance, you can get double damage with each shot.
Amulet
Abrasive Whetstone: This amulet is one of the strongest amulets in the game. The Abrasive Whetstone increases Crit Chance by 15% and Crit Damage by 30% when you attack a bleeding enemy.
Rings
We are going to be polishing our build with the following rings:
- Akari War Band: This ring lets you dodge enemy attacks perfectly while increasing Crit Chances and Crit Damage by 15% for 15 seconds.
- Zania’s Malice: This ring is perfect for any automatic weapon as it increases weak spot damage by 10% for 7 seconds.
- Stone of Malevolence: The elemental damage generates 15 additional mod power.
- Probability Cord: Give 30% crit damage.
Armor
This Bleed Build in Remnant 2 is quite flexible and has much potential for enhancements. The armor choice has been left entirely up to you. This build, however, uses Bruiser Armor Set as it has medium weight, allowing you to move around easily while protecting you from Fire, Bleed, and Blight Damage. But otherwise, any other light to medium armor set will work here.
