Which Specialization is Best? The Division 2 

SKIP TO THE ONE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN 0:00 - Sharpshooter 3:54 - Survivalist 7:21 - Demolitionist 8:44 - Technician 10:38 - Gunner 13:24 - Firewall

Thanks for the tips! I'm 72 and two weeks ago, I purchased my first every game system (PlayStation Plus). I purchased Division 2 not realizing I need internet to play. Since I'm not skilled enough to play with others, my sense is I would not need internet. Additionally, I have no sense of where to go to find specific tips, game detains on missions, delivering the most damage to a target, what weapons are best for specific situations, etc. so videos like this are really helpful. Thanks for taking time to make this video and share

This was really helpful! I don't watch videos before playing games and was surprised at all the extra content after completing the main campaign, this quick run through really put things into context and understand which specialization will align with how I ended up playing.

I just want to say that I really appreciate the explanation you gave in the introduction!

This video was so informative it was perfect to understand and helped make builds. Thank you

Technician is crucial (for me) with those spammy drone carriers. The emp nades have a greater use and the added damage to drones, from the talent is a plus. I also really like skill builds anyway. Gunner is second for when I want to straight up dps. I love its med kit.. its saved me a few times from burst dmg that would have dropped me for sure. The slow but constant ammo refresh is also a plus, since we are dumping mag upon mag upon mag into enemies now.

You did good bro. I'm still working it out and IV bin playing since day one. All good in different situations.

Thank you very much for making this video! Great stuff!

Great video bud, I am changing back over to Survivalist. I have always liked it, so stick with what you know and like.

Good video. Well put together, and informative.

I have not yet looked into the changes to specialisations since TU7. So this video is a godsend. Thanks GD

Appreciate the breakdown, very helpful. Thanks 🙂

Technician has a under barrel mod that pulse enemies and work excellent with "Spotter" giving 15% or 20% (if perfect) extra dmg. I used it with Nightwatcher mask before update, now I have a backpack with spotter. The extra tier for skills is also very good for my healing drone.

I personally love demolitionist. It is built to feed off it's self. While, yes, the Artillery Turret is god tier, it also helps increase your grenade ammo very quickly. The meter fills up more when you kill an enemy with an explosive. Combining it with a seeker mine and getting all the upgrades for the Artillery turret makes it a scary class. It is all meant to help feed your grenade launcher ammo. It is also amazing for crowd control and dealing damage very quickly. Plus you never really notice how many combustables there are until you start using it. The amount of times I accidentally caused a chain reaction of combustables is insane. It is meant for causing the most chaos as possible. God getting a demo and firewall into a squad together is scary as all hell. I would suggest taking another look at it. My set up for it is, LMG, Shotgun, Seeker Mine, Artillery Turret. Also, just found this channel, very good. That's a sub from me.

I'm currently using technician for the +1 skill tier. I'm running a half assed 2 2 2 hybrid build with spark and unstoppable force to supplement damage. Using this while I gear up.

To me, Gunner has the best standalone talents (most op relative to other specializations) "regardless of play style" in a way. 1. Armor on Kill, 2. Armor Kit with Bonus (2nd best behind Firewall), 3. Stability, 4. LMG Mag. Those bonuses alone are HUGE. Armor on Kill works great to STACK it with 3pc Badger Tuff & Armor On Kill Mods. Bloodsucker synergizes with this amazingly too. If you are DPS and dropping NPCs quickly, you are stacking TONS of Armor repair PLUS Bonus Armor. "Stabiity while stationary" is SO Helpful for ARs & LMGs to allow you to stack Crit Mods on the weapon for DPS while still hitting so many more shots. So the Stability perk is just like getting straight DPS. Next, the LMG mag is the most OP of all weapon attachments. This does funnel you into a LMG build though. For me I typically use LMG as my secondary for Heavies and stuff like that. You can use a shotgun if you want to take more advantage of the Badger Tuff, but the 3pc is STILL worth it even if you DON"T use shotgun. Personally I have shotgun sidearm that can DROP ELITES with the 1,2 pow pow if you land perfect shots. So I don't feel the Shotgun buff from Badger is wasted. I went through Jefferson Trade Center on "Hard" (only, but barely after reaching Lvl 40) with Ammo Hoarders directive since sidearm is unlimited ammo. Nice advantage too. From there you can build the rest HOWEVER you want, with Gunner just giving tons of survivability from Armor on Kill (+ Bloodsucker), and DPS from Stability and Sunstain DPS from LMG mag.

Thanks for another great and useful video! Thank you again for taking the time to do these! Your past videos have been a terrific help. I am a new player who just hit level 30 and have yet to venture into the Dark Zones as I only play solo. Even at level 30 I am still learning some of the basic game mechanics (mainly, the interaction between the different parts of game), so I do appreciate the videos you produce. Would this review change any if looked at from the point of view of a solo player?

I have recently started using Sharpshooter again, basically because of the med kit, an as I'm on console the extra weapon handling helps me land more shots, plus I can give my team extra headshot damage an extra armour, which is useful in this game now, when you spend majority of time in cover, because there is always some sneak of an NPC, who suddenly appears behind you from a building , or in case any other nosey NPCs decide to come behind you just to see what happening, ( Rubber Necks) i tend to use assult drone with this build or sniper turret. lol great video 😊

i am sticking with my survivalist, extra protection against elites and the healing stuff is really nice to have and i do love the fire grenades

Regarding the Survivalist mag, optimal range increases the distance you can fire with weapons before they experience damage fall off, basically allowing you to do more damage to enemies at ranges where they are already doing less to you. This gets slept on a lot and can be very powerful if played right, basically a free buff for you and debuff for enemies that cant be countered without physically moving or breaking cover. It is a little more niche of a spec that takes playing around it to maximize, but that kinda goes with the specialization.

I like running riot foam chem launcher and seeker or drone heal on survivalist. Riot Foam is great additional damage mitigation since the enemies don't fire back, a great emergency button when flanked, holds groups in place for your squad mates AoEs, and it can pull enemies out of cover, sets elites up for deletion. Also softens them up with your status effect damage proc.

the best spec is the one you have fun playing :) !

I use the survivalist with a hard wire build depending on the situation....if I go full healer I use the revive give with the healing ball ...but if I want to just put effects I use the healing give with the fire turret with the hard wire so I can keep the status effects up and my turret off cooldown just by picking up my hive and re dropping it to get my turret back

Finally ffs, a vid I’ve been looking for!

Well i like the Gunner alot but im Also a guy WHO loved my lonstar build back in the division 1

I've not long got div 2 but I played div 1 a lot, I've been thinking on what build I'd like so this helped me a lot.....I've subscribed too 😎

Honestly I definitely enjoy the gunner class more compared to the other classes due to it's raw damage and armor amount

They should swap the nades between Firewall and Survivalist

With TU8 and the Demo buff being lowered to 10% from 25% theres no reason to use it over technician for a skill build as it also gets a 10% buff to all skill types. You also gain 1 skill tier on tach allowing you to use a red of your primary weapon type gaining up to 25% total weapon damage.

Thanks for this video.. I'm a newer player and really was having trouble choosing... subscribed! 🤘🤘

Tip of the spear set is amazing now

I would have to go with the Sharpshooter specialization because of what it does for the 2 best weapons in the game (the Baker’s Dozen and Bullet King) . The Bullet King is a laser with the weapon handling and recoil bonuses. The extra 15% headshot damage with the Baker’s Dozen is a gimme, and that’s just naming a few.

Depends on the build you're running, lmg dps then its gunner, healer then its survivalist, tank then its firewall for the shield, skill seekers then its demo, etc

I love sharpshooter! ❤️ It’s so great for me since I always go for the head to make those enemies BLEED

I enjoy the demolition skill, I like having the ability to cover the field with motor shells

Love the firewall as its perfect for tanks and fire is a nice bonus

Gunner is a my go-to, as it is perfect for solo players. That Tac50 from the Sharpshooter class is awesome as well, and have saved my life in many situations.

I use Gunner for the many options for my dps build, 4x TP + Zero Fs & Bloodsucker / svd + m1a ... all for weapon damage and just the kneepads i roll max armor just to test the build, and it feels damn good for Challenge missions and CP4 i didnt test it yet on Heroic mission even if CP4 feels easy, just want more hazard or explosition resistence on the gear, than roll the exotic chest + Gila Guard with Bloodsucker

Where I take advantage of the Firewalls bonus armour during cover-to-cover is getting close to enemy ai that like to stay back - throwers and controllers especially. Wait for them to launch a grenade and then cover-to-cover rush them and shoot them point blank from the opposite side of their own cover.

Imo the technician spec is the most versatile. Emp grenades shut down skill users placed proxies. If you have shield users in your party pop the medkit to keep them in the fight. Free +1 skill tier and you can choose to enhance skill damage or skill heals, doing this you dont need to lose out on armor or dps if you want to have slightly stronger skills. Where it shines though is using the linked laser pointer with spotter. With the new update spotter amplifies weapon damage AND skill damage, and all you have to do is aim at someone. Not only for the damage though, as it pulses the enemies to let your teammates know where they are at all times. Bonus armor while holding a skill can help you a little bit but it's honestly not that great since they took out protected deploy. I'd say get a good spotter chest piece and try it out.

Great vid! Thx mate! :)

Technician is my prefered because I really enjoy play skill builds. The strong points are, off course, the skill damage, skill level and the grenade... it is awesome against black tusks dogs. Other strong point is the specialization weapon and the laser point. The weapon is very fun and the laser is very good to use with spotted. This is a strong specialization specially when you focused in skill damage.

Thank you! Very useful. 1 thing i found myself is that technician gives 1 extra skill tier.

As someone who likes ranged combat my go to right now is the Sharpshooter but I really wanna get the Gunner cause it looks super cool.

Still helpful. Thanks, man.

Gunner- armor on kill build Coyote mask 3 badger tuff with bloodsucker and unbreakable/perfect unbreakable 2 corruption that's not chest and backpack This is near 50% armor on EVERY kill. I try to find high armor with RED attributes so I can kill enemies faster. This is a good solo heal build. Running a shield is at least tier 5 so in a group this is a good tank build.

I played with the shield and chem launcher during campaign, now there's benefits for both. I roll with an armor/skill build, focusing on haste, skill damage, and status length. My shield rarely goes down, and when it does it's my own fault. The grenade combos perfectly with the chem launcher firestarter, bosses taking 50% more burn damage after getting shot by the firewall sidearm is amazing, this class rewards you for being a mobile incinerator turret. If your positioning is good, you can burn down entire groups of enemies in mere seconds.

I like using survivalist for my glass cannon dps build for the extra healing it gives you. Certainly helps me stay alive

The Gunner is my favorite. The Banshee Pulse got a buff too. It is on a 20 second cooldown now. With a perfectly wicked backpack it rocks. I like everything about it except the grenade.

With the technician the extra skill point is awesome for someone using a shield, because you can have a level 6 shield and have increased weapon damage still.

I've always loved the firefly specialization. I became the bullet sponge that distracted the enemies giving my team time to maneuver. If they let me get too close the flamethrower lights them all up. Your never going to be the killer of the group, but you do provide that slight edge.

Exclusively use the tac along with perfect head hunter and a gear set that increases the damage of my tac and regens my tac ammo every minute. Hitting over 40 mil per headshot with my build. And the perfect headhunter goes to my other weapons to. I use a gold ak and the white death sniper

I am glad for this info

Completely new player here, this was very useful.

I feel like with gear 2.0 we could have got specializations 2.0, make them more purpose driven and uniform.

Firewall , because of crowds control , the new exotic and gun to go with it , can i sent you my build with 6 skill tier and 53% weapon damage ?

Gunner is not only useful for LMG builds I found it useful for the 15% armor on kill for PVP I use a lot even though I am not a tank build I use it because I use other armor on kill that I get my armor back pretty fast.

Before I’d have said Demo conquers all. But recently, since I fully upgraded it, I’ve fallen in love with Firewall. I don’t evenn use the shield. I love turning myself into a rusher with that thing when it’s fully fueled.

Technician build for Drone or turret for solo play, and stinger hive for group play with sadist on my weapon. That extra skill+1 allows you to equip some red or blue, i run a coyote mask, and it makes your dps more viable so you arent completely dependent on your skills

What's the best way to level up specializations these days? I played at launch for a few months and only really leveled up demolitionist, I want to try some of the others but have little to no points in them. Back when I was still playing the only way to get points was bounties but those were so hard you had to run your better spec anyway just to get through them.

Thanks for the video. In regards to the survival specialization and the bonus damage to status affects, would the stars and stripes set bonuses count as status affects?

technician, i feels like. its almost synergy with all meta and build right now u can do from pure skill build, full tank, healer, into 1 shot sniper and more coz most any meta build much less still depend on skills whatever for offensive or defensive its like maximize something with less to sacrifice atleast for me :D chilll....

First off, I want say that I appreciate RU-vidrs like you, Epic Slay3rs, Nothingbutskillz, LethalvD, Afflicted Gamer, etc. that make quality Division 2 content. I really enjoy your videos and the content you put out. Sorry if this comment is pretty long btw. Lol. If you are making a DPS Skill build, Technician is the way to go. Technician gives you a free Skill Tier which allows you to either go for some extra Armor (which is kind of useless until they fix how Armor works) or like me, some extra Weapon Damage so I'm not completely useless outside of my Skills. Technician synergies really well with the Hard Wired Gear Set 4 Piece w/ the Chest and Backpack. I also run a Fenris Holster with Weapon Damage and Wyvern Kneepads. If we are talking about Healing, I would say Survivalist is the best for a Healing Skill Build with Technician being #2 for a lot of the same reason as the DPS Skill build. For a more tanky build, definitely Firewall and for general DPS, it just depends on if you prefer the Anti-Material Sniper, the Grenade Launcher or the Mini-Gun. I think they all work well and just came down to person taste or preference, but I know for a fact that a Skill Tier 6 Technician build can shred things. Even on Challenging and Heroic, I died the least out of all of my teammates last night and I could melt bosses and enemies. I still need to optimize the individual gear pieces but it's really good. Also for my build, I run dual Shield Splinterers with Perfect Optimist which works really well, however the Chameleon is the best AR for this build, at least in my personal opinion from my experience. I also use the Drone instead of the Turret because the of the Drone's ability to be a mobile damage dealer (reminds me of being a Beastmaster Hunter from WoW). The Turret is a lot stronger but the Drone's horizontal and vertical mobility and versatility make it the better choice to me. The 2nd skill I use really depends on the situation, however in most cases I prefer to use the Explosive Sticky Bomb, but often times I switch to the Seeker Mines because Hard Wired had two bugs right now. First bug is that the backpack talent isn't working at all and the second bug is that it the 4 Piece bonus doesn't work with the Sticky Bomb Skill. If the Devs wanted to prevent the Sticky Bomb's CD from resetting with Hard Wired, they need to make that crystal clear instead of it just not working but it's not working as of this comment. If anyone has suggestions for my build, I'd appreciate that.

I’m still not sure wether to choose Technician or Survivalist. 😅 I usually play as a healer, but I’m playing with healing hive, and using a turret. So I’m not sure which would be the best for me. Any recommendations?

I love fire wall with the firewall shield. It's good for teammates as well

Just a question, are there any points added on specialization before unlocking specialization or is the points are added after?

Thanks.. what is the best specialization weapon damage build assault rifle?

I’m trying out a build ive never tried before I’ve gone for a Shotgun/SMG with the crusader shield wat specialisation is best with that???

So it's all LMG now, no AR? Will they come out with an AR specialization at some point, do you think? If I wanted to run a primary AR/ secondary MR build, should I start investing in the sharpshooter one, despite the fact that I tend to miss more than I hit (partly the game, partly me... lol.)

used to play as a demo but these days i play gunner,gunner just shreds and has alot of nice things like bonus armor on using kits,+fire rate,weapon handling,ammo regen and a minigun that just eats heavies alive,also the riot grenade is amazing for locking down annoying classes (like medics) so you can rip them apart.

Gunner hands down. Especially now in TU8 where enemies are more spongy and syncs with LMGs very well, which has been proven to be the most effective weapon type for PvE as of now (MG5 and Pestilence).

Hi love your videos just wanted to ask a question can I get striker without dlc.im not sure what I can farm for in new update with base game thought you might know thanks.

Tech is good vs Black Tusk because of the EMP. If you like seekers, demolitionist for the extra explosive damage and artillery turret, gunner if you like shooting automatic weapons, firewall for tank (shield plus fire, plus seekers on reset w/ hardwire).

Only two specilications that I enjoy are tactician and survivalist. Ironically, I use the survivalist for a heavy armor/damage build with a bit of healing. As for the tactician I built it around skill area of denial. Nothing like the shock trap with a hive or sniper turret with the sticky bomb.

With technician, you have further throw range and larger radius on skills.

I mean i've been going through the specialisations right now, I'm not entirely sold on the Survivalist, but i think it only starts shining in groups. I really loved the Demo class, the arty turret is very good at taking out enemy armour or shooting down those pesky snipers. Sharpshooter is really great for solo, that signature weapon just packs a massive punch. All i need to do is play the other 3 and unlock firewall (stage 2)

Technicians is insane for pulse builds. Firewall is fun, but mainly due to the Crusader shield skill.

Ok I'm new to the division Franchise was wondering if you go straight into Warlords Of New York beat it get max 40 will you be max 40 when you go back to DC or is that just Warlords expansion

I'm liking the gunner with a normal turret and spark on my chest piece. Also using an lmg.

The sniper is great for a lot it’s high damage takes out big targets at any range

I just got back into the game. I ha e the original 3 unlocked but didn’t know until after I started playing the NY expansion that there was 3 more that were added to the game. I guess I’ll have to figure out to unlock those when I finish the NY expansion unless I can unlock them in the expansion but it doesn’t seem like that

where do you get all the shd caches for all those points to flip between builds ?

im not sure why but it seems like enemies also take more burn damage per tic when playing firewall from all sources. whether its skyburst seeker or burn sticky or your flame thrower. on other classes enemies burn for like 6k per tic,but around 20k per tic on firewall.

Thanks you've made me decide, i'm going to buy gunner. I kill enemies pretty quickly so have that armor regen will be perfect especially since I run head on at enemies and I like lmg's as wel

Which specialization is good for tanking?

I fill the Demolitionist spec, but with boos character, what can i do to farm more DH points to add in other specs??? I don't Know how... I cant?? Please Help!! =/

So I have gunner activated but I also have sharpshooter activated? I thought only one could be activated at a time. I’m confused

Hi I bought the Firewall civilisation pack from the game store yesterday but I can not find it to access it ????? Please could you help me . Sony definitely took my money . Thank you and stay safe through this sad times 👍🏻🇬🇧

I came back into this a week ago. I like this compared to COD/Battlefield due to horrible hackers cause not cheating. I just leveled up with original character to choose a 'specialization'. Now, should I pay for a 'pass'? To get all six (6) so I can pick the one I want? Do you know what that pass is? Thx (in adv.)

If I’m planning to make an Armor/DPS Hybrid build, which specialization do you recommend? I will be running an smg and an lmg, and this will be my first build. I am currently GS 515 on WT 5.

Only one I have maxed leveled is Demolitionist. That was back when it was the best one for lmg users. Which I am. Guess I‘ll start on gunner this week now that I have Keener out of the way.

So what does everyone think would work to make a m4/m14 combat medic. I'm new to the the division 2 and I'm a solo player for now.

Any idea why I can’t select the cluster grenade even though I have it unlocked?

My first thought was "WHAT, YOU CAN SCROLL SIDEWAYS FOR MORE SPECS????" (I did not know that, not that it mattered since the two I wanted were gunner and tech_) As for builds, I miss my leveling build with the stacking headshot kill damage buff. Use big marksman rifle, one shot first (red) enemy, second enemy, then oneshot purple enemy, then yellow. Sadly without the reds to get it going it died in a bin on WT4. Quite the jump there.

How do u equip 🔥 bullets the display says i have 30 but I don't know how to equip them

I run a rifle build using technician. The handling is good on sharpshooter but I use skill builds and the damage and one tier is too good to pass up plus skill builds are squishy so I wanted a weapon I could do well at any distance

In my opinion, i believe that Sharpshooter is good since ammo can drop quite easily for it (if you have base game and none of the year 1 specializations.)

After TU10 which one is the best now?

I use gunner. Ammo refill and +5% fire rate are very helpful.

Ive been having fun with technician as dps going full red the under barrel synergize well with spotter tallent And the skill additional skill repair and skilk tier help my repair chem alot