The Division | Best In Slot DPS Guide for PVE (Best DPS Build) 

Just wanted to thank you for this one and all your videos. It's pretty great that, not only do you spend the time learning and testing this stuff, but you share it with us in videos and are so clear and understandable! This video has really helped my game, and I have been playing successfully and enjoyably since launch. So please, keep up the good work! Nance from California, in the good old USA.

This is a fantastic guide. Really really helpful without being too prescriptive in which gear to wear. Love it.

Just wanted to say thanks, I watch your channel a lots. I'm a older guy and not a young pup and the way you present your videos is very helpful to me. Some other channels are not well explained and information came across way to fast to understand.

Most probably the best 1.4 video i have watched to date. Very informative and shows a different side to things.

Thanks for the video!! Back in 1.3 i used your skill power build to really help people get through the content. And now in 1.4 I can do the same for myself, as unfortunately a lot of my friends don't play The division right now. Great content and appreciate the help and advice.

This is the most helpful build video I've seen since the launch of the game. So glad it's out just in time for 1.4

One of your best videos! Super clear message, nice walkthrough. I were in the ballpark at least on my build ideas but this video makes everything super clear. With the few drops I got in 1.3 I never really cared about opting gear, I were glad I got a piece for my set. Now in 1.4 one can start looking at the optimized "best in slot". It's awesome!

This vid was extremely helpful. Thanks Skillup, even before recalibrating my gear I could still see the difference in difficulty between 1.3 and 1.4 and all I've done is solo since the update.

Skill-up, this game wouldn't be as enjoyable as it is without your guides. Thanks mate!

THANK.YOU. This is exactly what I was looking for. I have a much better understanding of what to look for/what to roll for on any particular piece of gear and/or weapon. I really appreciate this vid.

Skill Up... I would like to thank you for YT content. I am an older (Scottish) player in the division, I sometimes struggle to keep up with more seasoned players. Every little bit of help you have given, has been gratefully received and has made playing the division far more enjoyable. THANK YOU.

I have Built a 4 piece hunters mark, 2 piece nomad mostly because I could get all the rolls on the gear you show in the video. I am now easily rolling through challenging content and melting gold mobs. Just awesome. Have made this build to replace my 1.3 main build which was a reclaimer tech build for hard carrying heroic content in 1.3 from your previous video. Thank you Skill-Up.

Just want to say *you* are the reason why my wife and I finally took the Division plunge---and we both absolutely love it!!! Since it released a year ago, I've been on the fence and thought "Massive will never fix this game where I'd want to play this". It was your 1.4 patch vids that finally got me excited to try it. This game TOTALLY rocks!!! I love the effort and detailed explanation in this particular solo DPS-build. That had to take a ton of time!!! Thanks, Skill Up! I subscribed to your channel and looking forward to more Division vids!

Still watching this video. This information is delivered so well. The condensed version was nice but this video gives the "why" and more in depth coverage. With just my random gear I was at 46% armor mitigation...after this I'm running alphabridge and two pc high end until I can find the nomad pcs I need and now I'm at 55% armor armor mitigation. My m60 combined with predatory, deadly, destructive I'm having a blast fine tuning this. I'm going to start building more funds to build my assault rifle build with this set up!! Thank you skill up!!

Exactly what I needed, as always! Please keep up the good work and I'll catch you on the mean streets of the Division

been with the game since Launch for both consoles and loving it...I continue to enjoy it and the company of others playing it. Keep up the great job Skill Up and hoping support for the Division continues on

Thanks for the video informative as always. I really like that in 1.4 you actually have the ability to kill without having to run the same builds all the time. The ability to run which ever armor set you want and still be able to enjoy the game.

Incredible as always! This is the guidance I was waiting for post patch. Thanks so much.

Videos are always meticulously put together. Keep up the incredible work

Ohhhhhh man, Skill-Up! Absolutely can't live without your PvE simplifying guides! Your Heroic Content video before with that reclaimer skill build was awesome, and this one is even more awesome. This guide is practical as hell, easy to understand, and fits a lot of different playstyles. As always brotha, love your content, keep up the amazing work.

Great job SkillUp! Thanks for helping the community get a better understanding of the game. Cheers!

Great work always! Thanks for the in depth coverage, I really enjoy "learning" and applying the knowledge that you provide!

Regardless of what anyone says I personally find your videos to be informative & easy to follow. Thanks for taking the time & effort to make them! I found this one especially helpful, much appreciated 👍

Thanks for the tutorial, despite the length it is extremely helpful to me. As a casual player I never really understood the core mechanics of skills, talents etc. Keep up the good work and I plan to work on my build shortly!!

Thanks a bunch, was hoping u'd make a video like this :D Nice to get something to compare my own work in progress build to. Keep up the great work and always nice to see some excelsheet dps calculations :)

I accidentally made my gear similar to the one you're running here and it does work better than my previous set-up when I was running with a Pakhan and Scar-H. Thanks for the video. I few more adjustments and I'll be running those same numbers.

This works!!! Thanks Skill Up! Was getting wrecked in PvE after 1.4 landed. Rolling Armour on everything made a huge difference. Will work on fine tuning weapon talents and maybe play with an Alpha Bridge build at some point.

Hello Skill up, Just wanted to thank you for this info. As a comeback player that left the game 7 months ago because of the difficulty I am now enjoying it a lot more with this new patch. It's hard enough to balance my life between wife and kids and on top of all finding time to play at night. This video has been a life saver for me. Thank you very much for taking the time to explain some of the details that really makes the difference. Now I am using my time in a more efficient way and the frustration is all gone. Thanks.

FINALLY! Thank you for making sense of all this. Starting a separate build now!

Very helpful. Apart from the recommendations it puts things into context which helps a lot. Still not sure what has good rolls and worth keeping but much closer to making sense of the loot shower. Thanks.

Great vid as always. I knew most if it but the character Talent section was a good call. I'm running 4pc Alpha with Hungry Hog + Pakhan (Brutal, Destructive, Ferocious, Predatory, Stable, Meticulous). Just sublime laser-like gun-play that melts everything!

Thanks for the 1.4 DPS recipe Skill Up! Your videos are invaluable! It sucks that so many of my gear pieces were rolled in Electronics for the 1.3 Pulse/Smart Cover recipe. But 1.4 is so enjoyable that I really don't mind grinding for the new pieces.

Great call on stopping power. I've been running an M60 with stopping power since patch drop and it just shreds.

This is the video I've been waiting for! Been waiting for someone to show me how to mod my damn weapons!

Nicely done! While I was already on board with the stack armor everywhere, your weapon section was exactly what I was looking for. I'd give two thumbs up if I could!

Awesome. Thanks for the effort and detail. This will help refine my build nicely.

Thanks to this video, I was able to solo the DZ (DZ 6, at that) successfully taking on 3 or less NPCs. I avoided any and all players, rogues or otherwise for now. Even got a few good extractions in the process. Excellent Vid.

Thanks a lot. Just finished my first Challenge Mode Solo thanks to your tips... Obrigado!

This was incredibly helpful. I didn't really understand the recalibration system until you explained it. Though some of it was built specifically around your play style of run right up to the enemies which is pretty much the exact opposite of mine so those bits were less than useful.

Monster effort on this video, Skill Up-fantastic work! As always, your contribution to the community and its collective knowledge is much appreciated. Hope to see you online some time :)

Great work as always Skillup!^^ Ive been crafting and trying around by myself and was really happy watching your vid with more or less the same conclusions^^ and thanks for the hint with the precision talent, rly didnt know about the buff

I soloed Lincoln Tunnel while still figuring out what works for me and what doesn't. This patch is tremendous and I'm actually playing again. Thank you for the videos SU, they help a lot. :)

Thanks for sharing, SkillUp. Appreciate the insight!

Skill up, the videos you make a just great! This one was much needed as I was wondering what numbers are good, and what to grind for in the new update. The organization and editing is so clean, enjoyable to watch, and just full of great info. Keep it going man!

Hey Skillup. Thanks so much for this video. I just returned to the game having not played since before 1.2. I was having a hell of a time clearing stuff. Managed to get my hands on an M60 with predatory on it and switched to this build. I have no complete set pieces and just with Yellow gear changed to have the stats you described I am now clearing my way through the game. Gone from world 1 to 4 in little over 6 hours and really got a love for the game back. If not for this video I doubt i would have continued.

Thanks skillup ... my division notebook has now been updated for 1.4 pve. Thanks again for the work.

Thx SkillUp for doing a such great job, spending your spare time for us and assist us so well.. I´m running a 4 Nomad, gear a LVOAC an a M60 with good rolls, so I´m good to go in your style in PVE.

Sanctionite, Honest this is THE VIDEI, wanted since the game went GA,Thank you, Thank you, you have NO IDEA how much this is noe probable the most important video I can possibly Imagine, bar nome. You have been my most important source of insight ever. All kidding aside you have handed me what has been chasing my tail since day one. Personally, I am oh, this has been the video I have been waiting for I'm big on strong foundation and build on top and that's what you've delivered in my opinion in this video.All I can say is ROCK ON DUDE? I will be completely honest and say that not only am I a 16-year-old retiree of the US in but I have also been going around and around and around in circles trying to figure out what you have just laid out before me.Since release you have been for me the one person, who mirrors exactly what I have needed. It is by far, for me, thrvsinhle best source of information to date. No,I'm not buttering you up to pop a surprise in, this I stand by since DAY ONE!Just to be clear, that does not mean by any stretch of the imagination that I have and will ignore other very very good content providers. It just means that you represent the best PvE providers I turn to. I'd kill to have 10-15 , it just means are are always thinking, as am I. That armor with enough toughness and Stamina are the best was possible way to get what you and I are targeting. I just can't get there, I pray on my recently deceased wife's honor that you are me first source of info on this game, I'm primarily solo, need to find some crew to run with and I'm stuck in the analysis paralysis mode and I'm steadily sliding backwards. I can't help but get the feeling that we think very much alike, The difference being that you can walk the talk and I can barely talk the talk let alone walk it. this video is my bible to date. I am still struggling to make it a reality as I've been in the DZ only a few times and can't go back. I'll shut up now and stoping boring everyone to tears. I just finally am getting close with this vid but the game has SO MANY caveats are intertwined. Even with my OPS background are typically math oriented brain, I freely admit that this is s monster to undertand. Sorry for rambling on but this video was the safer]ty net I needed. Thank you, thank you, thank you !!! Chet's Obi Wan, thank you for the time, Peter (AJA. JAC Peterwor)

Great Video Skillup, am trying to get back into the Division and this will be a great help

Awesome video +Skill Up really helpful, I have recently returned to The Division and its reassuring that you are still producing researched, quality content. 👍

This was super helpful. Thank you Skillup!

Excellent video! Really helpful, defo be referring to this when sorting my PVE build thank you 👍🏻

Thanks SkillUp very useful again, will try this out now

Thanks again for the in depth and calmly explained video. After 2 months away I now need to get used to aiming again on a controller for XB :-(

thanks skill up. This vid is golden. And this is why your channel is the best. Because you help us out.

Great job on the build and the video man. Very well done.

thank you so much for tht Skill up, i really needed some help with building an effective pve build. thanks again so so helpful

Thanks for adding the "relevant for patch 1.5" line :) Would love a similar guide for PvP. gj!

great video, learned so much from it...i now have a beastly character to boot!! thank you :)

Yes just what I was missing enemy armour damage now that I've rolled it on the right pieces of gear it has really helped, I'm running 3 sentry and 3 strikers and I'm melting everything I also rolled destructive on my LVOA so you can imagine.

Awesome video! Definitely going to wait to re-roll everything until 1.5 hits with the new World Tier and gear score that's being added.

Great video and just what i was waiting for :) keep it up man! Love you content

Really excellent video, thanks for all your hard work.

Thx for the vid mate... just starting watching yours but already making sense in my head. Still working on getting the gear I need but this info laid out what I need to do with it once I get it...

Patch 1.4 has brought big changes to the game since 1.3, especially for solo players like me. I like what they have done on the time to kill enemy mobs and boss and how you could get more faster. More power to you skill up for providing with this kind of videos

Awesome video Skill Up! Appreciate all the info!

Atta boy Skill Up!!! Was waiting for you!

Thanks Skill Up. Much needed video. I personally like a little more skill power. Currently running 4 piece Striker and 2 piece Lone Star with a M60 and LVOA. The stability from 2 piece striker with the M60 makes it very easy to hit your target and stack the damage from 4 piece striker. Currently sitting at 207k DPS, 260k Toughness, and 116K Skill power. With max stack from striker DPS jumps up to 390k max.

Thanks SkillUp, simply an awesome video!

Skill UP .. Your content for Division is awesome man. Learnt so much from you Thankyou my friend. Si

Great vid buddy. Thoroughly enjoyed it and will put some of that into practice. Subscribed.

once again, another great and helpful video. Thanks this vid helped a lot

another great video this should help alot of people enjoy this update more

Tyy so much bro, i undertand now how the game works.

Excellent work as usual SkillUp

Thx for the hardwork on this, its really helpful for me (i tend to solo a lot now-a-days XD)

Wow, this is basically my PTS week 3-4 build, but with 4xAlpha/2xNomad vs my 3xHunter's Faith/3xNomad in the PTS. Otherwise, all the stat & attribute bonus logic is exactly the same: first stack armor, then damage to elites/enemy armor damage, then headshot damage, then toss in a little utility healing for good measure. Worked very well for me :) Also, great video overall, and I, personally, very much appreciate your 'long' and in-depth explanations (unlike some other people around here, lol). Understanding the LOGIC of a recommendation is far more useful than simply knowing the recommendation with no understanding of the reasoning behind it.

Thanks Skill Up, for me this is helpful. I do hope you understand that this just underscores the problem with the Division... the majority of players just want to play the game, and don't have time to dig through videos and guides to understand what armor values they need, what mods to put on weapons, etc. For those players, the game is still WAY too hard. You get all 229 pieces quick sure... but just picking up and wearing the 229 gear you find without modding or respecing then you just can't survive most content. What I'd love is to pick up a backpack, and be able to look at a rating and see in a couple seconds if it was better or worse than what I had, and either wear it or toss it.

You are right on the mark, S.U. Your gameplay footage has been my experience, exactly (running solo). My (v1.3) GS255 agent is so much stronger with all of my gear set pieces on v1.4 now. I was never able to last more than a few minutes running solo on Challenge mode prior to v1.4. This is the most fun I've ever had playing this game since my pre-Level 30 missions. I have a little more than you spec'd into Skill Power at the expense of Stamina but I offset this using Smart Cover (with Health recovery) and Pulse which allows me to still take on Challenge Mode content. One other thing, I'm an LMG guy and I think rolling stability talent (as a console gamer) is better than rolling headshot damage.

You absolutely super star that video was magic and helped me tweak my kit 👌🏻👍🏻

Glad I watched the entire thing. Respect

just what I needed! good work!

The most helpful video yet. Thanks.

Those lmg rolls just beautiful...

Great video! thanks for your work, it helped me a lot :) Keep on your great videos.

one of the best videos you've ever produced.

Props to you bro, still making good videos even after all the hate.

Ralph this is awesome video bro and helps me allot with my build.

Very useful video man, as always... Thank You! :)

Can i share this on Twitter? Yes! Thanks! you are welcome!. Awesome Video Skillup! Couldn't have come at a better time!

Thanks skillupp, i realy liked this video. I for One like the story behind the build and Why IT works.👍👍👍👍👍P.s IT is amazing that you did a shorter one also😅

I never rely on my DPS meter. Instead I check what damage numbers I'm getting in the firing range, which is why they should add an elites target down there. This build is great! I was using it in the PTS, and I am trying to put it back together now.

What I love about 1.4 is how it has brought back players and fun to the game, I've been a fan since day one and played through 1.3 as much as I would get frustrated I still love this game for everything that it is. and it just continues to get better! I'm really ecstatic for 1.5, and I REALLY need a headset so those ASTROS would honestly be a dream come true I've always wanted a pair of ASTRO headsets. but this is more about the game and how much 1.4 has made a huge difference in the gameplay and the thing I like most about it is that I am still grinding for gear and weapons to make my toughness and dps the best it can be.

Do exactly this. Now, also get 3 Gears of Hunter's Faith (20% more Elite Damage) and 3 Gears of Sentry's Call (20% more Elite Damage). Nothing fancy, but straight forward and very effective. Also, gives 30% more headshot damage. The Marksman crit damage is negligible at worst, but the other three features are fantastically useful.

Thanks for the video Skillup...very helpful :)

As Always, SkillUp, Badass! Thanks!

Brilliant video. I'm surprised you didn't mention how good Meticulous is. Amazing for the Underground when using the Waste Not Want Not Directive.

Another great video and just in time as I was trying to figure out what do to with all the gear I was getting. Was thinking about trying 4 pc firecrest and 2 pc nomad? Thank you for the thorough walk through, it's just what I needed!!

Another great video (liked). I'll be following your advice but focusing on a 4 piece Firecrest build with 2 Nomads. Having a blast setting NPCS on fire.

Great video Skill Up. Nice tips for someone that hasn't had the time to really sink his teeth into 1.4. 👍🏾