5 best builds for Countdown in The Division 2

Players often wonder about the top builds for Countdown in The Division 2 since it is one of the best endgame modes to farm gear or weapons. Players resort to the eight-person cooperative multiplayer mode to farm their choices of gear or weapons since the allocated loot drop can be selected by them beforehand.

The presence of elites, robots, and Hunters in the powerplant where Countdown takes place allows players to gather several exotics. They can also stack up on Countdown points that can be used to redeem named items of caches at the Countdown vendor.

Thanks to The Division 2 Title Update 21, players can now access Countdown after reaching level 40, regardless of whether they own a copy of the Warlords of New York DLC.

This article lists some of finest builds for Countdown in The Division 2.

Note: This article is subjective and solely reflects the author's opinions.

What are the best builds for Countdown in The Division 2?

The map of Pentco Fairview Power Plant in the Division 2 (Image via Ubisoft)

An important thing to note during raid runs in The Division 2's Countdown is that Shield and Riot Foam skills are highly recommended to counter the elites and Hunters at Pentco Fairview Power Plant.

Therefore, even if some of the builds for Countdown in The Division 2 miss out on any one of the skills, make sure your squadmates or teammates are running Riot Foams and/or Shields for faster run times.

1) Striker-St. Elmo's DPS build

Striker-St. Elmo is one of the top DPS builds for Countdown in The Division 2 (Image via Ubisoft)

The Striker's Battlegear-St. Elmo's Engine DPS setup ranks among the top builds for Countdown in The Division 2. This is because it revolves around the Striker's Battlegear gear set bonus that accumulates with its stacks. It uses the St. Elmos Engine to benefit from those stacks and dish out tons of damage in a short period across quite long ranges.

This DPS build features quite a few red cores, with some blue ones here and there for survivability. It can crit procs in millions when the gear set's stacks are almost maxed.

It is recommended that players run a rapid-firing shotgun like the Lefty, ACS-12, or Rock n' Roll to quickly stack up the Striker's gear set bonus.

Mask: Coyote's Mask Exotic with Crit hit chance, Crit hit damage attributes and Crit hit damage Mod
Chest: (Blue Core) Striker's Battlegear with Crit hit chance, Crit hit damage attributes and Crit hit damage Mod
Holster: (Blue Core) Picaro's Holster Brazos with Crit hit damage and Skill Haste attributes
Bagpack: (Red Core) Striker's Battlegear with Crit hit chance/Crit hit damage attributes and Crit hit damage Mod
Gloves: (Red Core) Striker's Battlegear with Crit hit chance/Crit hit damage attributes
Kneepads: (Blue Core) Striker's Battlegear with Crit hit chance/Crit hit damage attributes

2) High End Palisade-Walker, Harris

One of the consistent high-end brand set builds for Countdown in The Division 2 (Image via Ubisoft)

This is one of the high-end builds for Countdown in The Division 2. It avoids the use of gear sets and their bonuses to benefit from multiple brand set bonuses at once. These bonuses help with survivability while maintaining a good armor regen and armor on kill stat for self-sustain.

Players can utilize a Crusader shield and Riot foam launcher to deal with elites or Hunters before they can get their EMPs off. With the additional Riot Foam Grenade with the help of the Gunner Specialization, players can ensure that elites or Hunters are crowd-controlled so that the eight-man team can take them out.

Mask: (Blue Core) Chill Out Gila Guard with hazard Protection attributes and Crit hit chance/Crit hit damage Mods (since chillout can have two Mods)
Chest: (Blue Core) Palisade Steelworks with Crit hit chance/Crit hit damage /Armor regen attributes and Crit hit chance/Crit hit damage Mod. (Obliterate Talent)
Holster: (Blue Core) Palisade Steelworks with Crit hit chance/Crit hit damage /Armor regen attributes
Bagpack: (Red Core) Walker, Harris with Crit hit chance,Crit hit damage attributes and Crit hit chance/Crit hit damage Mod. (Bloodsucker Talent)
Gloves: (Red Core) Walker, Harris with Crit hit chance,Crit hit damage attributes
Kneepads: (Red Core) Česká Výroba with Crit hit chance/Crit hit damage/Weapon handling attributes

3) Hunter's Fury-Scorpio CC build

Scorpio Hunter's Fury is one of the finest builds for Countdown in The Division 2 (Image via Ubisoft || YouTube-The Gaming Brigade)

This is one of the strongest crowd-control Shotgun builds for Countdown in The Division 2. It revolves around the use of Exotic shotgun Scorpio.

Many players consider Scorpio to be the best shotgun in the game due to its talent, Septic Shock. Hunter's Fury allows players to utilize this shotgun to its maximum potential. This build also features a Dark Winter SMG that can be used to fight enemies at medium to longer ranges.

Easily one of the stronger CC builds for Countdown in The Division 2, Hunter's Fury-Scorpio allows players to get up close with enemies and apply crowd control status using the shotgun. Additionally, they can take down the rest of the adds (additional enemies) with a reliable SMG, like the Dark Winter or CMMG Banshee.

Mask: (Blue Core) Hunter's Fury with Crit hit chance/damage attributes and Protection from Elites Mod
Chest: (Blue Core) Zero F's Badger Tuff with Crit hit chance, Crit hit damage attributes, and Protection from Elites Mod (Perfectly Unbreakable Talent)
Holster: (Red Core) Picaro's Holster Brazos with Crit hit damage and Weapon Damage attributes
Bagpack: NinjaBike Exotic with Protection from Elites Mod
Gloves: (Blue Core) Hunter's Fury with Crit hit chance/damage attributes
Kneepads: (Red Core) Hunter's Fury with Crit hit chance/damage attributes

4) Heartbreaker-Kingbreaker Hybrid Build

One of the more fun Hybrid builds for Countdown in The Division 2 (Image via Ubisoft)

This is one of the hybrid tank-DPS builds for Countdown in The Division 2 that relies heavily upon the usage of the Technician Specialisation. It grants players access to the Linked Laser Pointer, which pulses targets that are being aimed at. This target pulse effect is what the Heartbreaker set utilizes to grant players weapon damage and bonus armor based on a stack system.

The guns specifically required for this build are Kingbreaker, which comes with perfect Flatline talent and another rapid firing shotgun equipped with the flatline talent and Linked Laser Pointer (the ACS-12, for example).

This build also features a three-blue three-red core split, which allows players to have a balanced survivability-to-DPS ratio.

Mask: Catharsis Exotic mask with Incoming Repairs, Armor Regen attributes and Crit hit chance Mod
Chest: (Blue Core) Heartbreaker with Crit hit chance/Crit hit damage attributes, and Crit hit chance/Crit hit damage Mod
Holster: (Red Core) Česká Výroba with Crit hit damage, Crit hit chance attributes
Bagpack: (Blue Core) Heartbreaker with Crit hit chance/Crit hit damage attributes, and Crit hit chance/Crit hit damage Mod
Gloves: (Red Core) Heartbreaker with Crit hit chance/Crit hit damage attributes
Kneepads: (Red Core) Heartbreaker with Crit hit chance/Crit hit damage attributes

5) Foundry Bulwark Tank Build

One of the Foundry tank builds for Countdown in The Division 2 (Image via Ubisoft)

This is one of the more fun Foundry tank builds for Countdown in The Division 2. It uses the Liberty Pistol and a Bulwark shield, along with the Perfect Vanguard Talent. This setup can withstand a lot of damage while having good survivability, thanks to the armor regen and shield regen.

The Talent of the Exotic Pistol Liberty Liberty or Death allows players to get high weapon damage with body hits and obtain shield repair with headshot hits after building up a stack counter of 30.

This is also one of the stronger support builds for Countdown in The Division 2 as it helps your teammates by providing them 750k-1M bonus armor. This can come in handy in the mode at Challenging or Heroic difficulty levels.

Mask: (Blue Core) Chill Out Gila Guard with Armor Regen attributes and Protection from Elites/Headshot damage Mod
Chest: (Blue Core) Pointman Gila Guard with Armor Regen, Headshot damage attributes, and Protection from Elites mod. (Perfect Vanguard Talent)
Holster: (Blue Core) Foundry Bulwark with Headshot damage attributes
Bagpack: NinjaBike Exotic and Protection from Elites/Headshot damage Mod
Gloves: (Blue Core) Foundry Bulwark with Headshot damage attributes
Kneepads: (Blue Core) Foundry Bulwark with Headshot damage attributes

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Edited by Rachel Syiemlieh