Best Character and Vault Hunter Tier List
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This is a tier list for the best Vault Hunters in Borderlands 4. Get to know the tiers and strengths for each Vault Hunter class by checking out this tier list guide!
Best Character Tier List
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Tier List Criteria
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Can easily output high amounts of damage via Action Skills or Skill Tree build. Also has good elemental affinities or high kinetic damage to easily deal damage with health, armor, and shields. |
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Needs specific gear, weapons, and/or Skill Tree build to reach a high damage output. Has noticable limitations like suboptimal elemental affinities. |
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High-average damage output, but needs setup or a specific build to reach damage ceiling. Has better utility in groups so they can deal with niche situations. |
All Characters Can Be Viable in Multiplayer
Since Borderlands 4 is a multiplayer game, each character offers something unique. You may need a specific class and build to deal with a difficult mission or boss. This tier list focuses on their overall strength relative to other characters.
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Tier List Explanation
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S Tier Vault Hunters
Vex
Vex is, as of writing, the strongest character in the game, especially for single player. Two of her action skills, Phase Phamiliar or Dead Ringer, can handle large groups of enemies. Her third Action Skill, Incarnate, can be used to heal her and deal massive AoE damage.
Her Vault Hunter Trait will imbue her Action Skills with the element of her equipped weapon. This means she can exploit any elemental weaknesses should you have the right gun equipped.
Best Vex (Siren) Build and Leveling Guide
Rafa
Rafa is this game's brawler who focuses on gun and/or melee damage. His Action Skills will equip an additional weapon to ramp up your damage, like his best one: the Peacebreaker Cannons.
Since he prefers close-range combat, he needs good defensive gear and ways to sustain his shields and health to fully dominate the battlefield.
Best Rafa (Exo-Soldier) Build and Leveling Guide
A Tier Vault Hunters
Amon
Amon is a frontline tank with high durability and close-range damage. You can play a defensive tank build with Scourge or focus on freezing and burning enemies with Crucible. He can take a lot of punishment and dish it back out.
However, his Cyro and Incendiary damage can be a limiting factor since it is very weak against shields. Always bring a Spark weapon to cover his weaknesses.
Best Amon (Forgeknight) Build and Leveling Guide
B Tier Vault Hunters
Harlowe
Harlowe is the support character of the cast. Her Action Skills like Flux Capacitor can debuff enemies while providing buffs. However, her Action Skills are best used when you are playing with a party. In single-player mode, she is outclassed by other characters.
Additionally, her Elemental Affinities, Cyro and Radiation, are not super effective against any type of health. She needs to use Maliwan weapons to take advantage of elemental weaknesses.
Best Harlowe (Gravitar) Build and Leveling Guide
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