Outridershas been out for over a month now, and one of the reasons why players keep coming back to the game is that it’s fun, and it offers quite a lot of options to build the characters in different, unique ways.There are four classes inOutriders, each with eight skills, three main branches in the passive skill tree, with a total of 20 points to allocate, and then there are mods, gear attributes, legendary weapons and armor, legendary sets, and more. The options are endless, and there is no single correct way of approaching this aspect of the game, meaning that players have plenty of freedom while mixing and matching their items, mods, skills, and passives in ways that make for a strong combination.
Ever since the free playable demo forOutriderscame out, prior to the game’s release, the Trickster has proven time and time again to be one of the most popular classes, be it thanks to its space-time manipulation or because of its all-powerful Twisted Rounds builds. Whichever the reason, the Trickster can be an extremely potent tool of destruction when built in a way that takes advantage of its strengths and combines them, too. This specific build is designed to do just that, and that’s because of the extremely strong Cyclone Slice skill combined with Temporal Blade, the End of Time legendary set, and a few other key options that make the Trickster hit like a truck, basically.
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Armor Pieces for the Anomaly Power Trickster Build in Outriders
There are two possible best set-ups for this build in terms of armor piece, and the end result is almost identical, so it’s mostly up to the players to choose what works best for them, what they like more aesthetically, or simply based on which items they have. The first option would be to use thefollowing legendary pieces:
Then, players have the option to add Epic gloves or Epic Footgear, based on personal preference or availability, and the remaining piece should be either the Footwear of the Edge of Time or the Gloves of the Edge of Time, respectively. The first three pieces are the best in slot here, considering they all provide players with the most useful combination of attributes, being Anomaly Power, Cooldown Reduction, and Skill Life Leech. Due to the Cranium of a Lost Creature taking the headgear slot, the remaining third piece from the Edge of Time set has to be either the Gloves or the Footgear, which is not ideal because they both provide Max Health instead of Anomaly Power. Otherwise, there’s another option to avoid the trouble, which uses different pieces of theEdge of Time legendary set:
This set-up maximizes the amount of Anomaly Power gamers can get from the armor pieces, but it still requires the Tier 3 mod from the Cranium of a Lost Creature to be crafted onto another piece.
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Best Skills, Passive Nodes, Weapon Mods, and Weapons for the Anomaly Power Trickster Build in Outriders
The main skills to use in thisAnomaly Power build of course include Temporal Bladeand Cyclone Slice, with the third being Hunt the Prey for extra mobility and survivability thanks to the Shield it provides. As for the skill tree, the choice here is to go down the bottom path, and the best nodes to pick are:
The other nodes to pick are basically all the minor Anomaly power ones, called Concentration, all the ones granting Resistance Piercing, called Disturbance Coating, all those that grant Cooldown Reduction, called Continuum, and finally, all the nodes called Life Transfer, which provide Skill Leech. A single Concentration node can be swapped out for Anomaly Scything, just below Against the Odds, which grants 30% increased Anomaly Power for 5s when using the Trickster’s Melee attack.
As for the weapons, players can pretty much use anything they want.The must-have modhere is Fortress, which is found on the Deathshield legendary shotgun, meaning players can either wield the said weapon or look for another one and craft Fortress on it. There are two best approaches here. The first is to have a weapon of the players' choosing that can be crafted with Fortress, or they can simply use the Deathshield and craft on it one of the following mods:
It’s important to note that the weapon of choice influences the build with its attributes even if it’s not used at all, so players should always try to look for a weapon that has either Skill Leech or Close Range damage as one of its attributes, or even both. These are the best overall, and the others don’t really matter much.
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Best Armor Mods for the Anomaly Power Trickster Build in Outriders
There are several mods that help the build in different ways, and while some are pretty much required, others can be chosen from a small selection of powerful mods that all play a role, albeit smaller than that of the main ones. Among the best to use, which shouldn’t be disregarded for the build to work properly, there are:
Now, for the remaining mods, there are three more to pick, and this small list is aimed at allowing players to choose ones that fit their playstyle from the following selection:
That’s all for this build of the week, which hopefully helps gamers willing to play anAnomaly Power Trickster specto optimize their damage output and survivability, too.
Outridersis available on PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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