Tiny Tina's Wonderlands: Best Deadshot Build Guide (Graveborn/Spellshot Multiclass) (2024)

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is a first-person looter-shooter by Gearbox Software and 2K, and is a spinoff of their famous Borderlands franchise. In the new title, players must battle their way through Tiny Tina's latest Bunkers & Badasses adventure. As the Fatemaker players must fight their way across the Wonderlands, completing quests and amassing loot, in their quest to best the Dragon Lord.

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Tiny Tina's Wonderlands features a wide assortment of potential builds for players to make use of. The Deadshot, being a multiclass of the Graveborn and the Spellshot, is a master of using magic to tear through foes while gaining buffs from every enemy that dies. Here's the best build for this class.

Updated September 30, 2022 by Thomas Hawkins: Now that Tiny Tina's Wonderlands has been out for a while and received several pieces of DLC, the time is perfect to delve into weapons and equipment that can best support this Graveborn Spellshot build and playstyle. A new section at the tail end of this article discusses some recommended weapons and gear to farm for maximizing the effectiveness of this Spellshot Graveborn Build.

Deadshot Playstyle

This Deadshot build is all about maximizing the effects of spells cast, while amassing bonuses from kill skills to keep the Fatemaker in control of the fight. it makes use of the Ambi-Hextrous action skill from the Spellshot to equip an extra spell at the cost of having an action skill, which is very useful with all the spell buffs this build picks up.

Graveborn And Spellshot Skills To Use

• By using Essence Drain (Graveborn Tier 1) and Font of Mana (Spellshot Tier 2) the Deadshot is able to recharge any spell with tremendous speed, allowing them to take full advantage of spells with long cooldowns but very high damage or critical rates.
• Sanguine Sacrament (Graveborn Tier 2), Dark Hydra (Graveborn Tier 3), and Stain of the Soul (Graveborn Tier 3)allow the Deadshot to unleash huge amounts of Dark Magic damage in combat, which steals health from foes to keep the Deadshot Healthy even in prolonged battles.
• Spell Sniper (Spellshot Tier 1) increases Spell Critical Chance by 60% when maxed out, and this can be boosted further by completing the Shrine of Throatus Punchus.
• Lord of Edges (Graveborn Tier 5) further improves the Deadshot's survivability by increasing their damage dealt and damage reduction as their health gets lower, capping at +25% to damage dealt and damage reduction.

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• The Graveborn Capstone Skill Morhaim's Blessing (Graveborn Tier 6) causes all the Deadshot's kill skills to be activated whenever they cast a spell. This means that the simple act of casting a spell will conjure three dark hydras, amplify spell recharge rate, and boost maximum health and spell damage.
• The Deadshot can boost their spell damage by up to 170% by combining the effects of Ascension (Graveborn Tier 4), Glass Cannon (Spellshot Tier 3), and the Spellweaving buff (Spellshot Class Trait). With Magic Bullets (Spellshot Tier 1) 45% of this bonus is applied to their gun damage as well, rendering them deadly even while their spells are recharging.
• Mage Armor (Spellshot Tier 2) ensures that the Deadshot can keep their Ward full along with their health, which is important as Glass Cannon (Spellshot Tier 3) prevents wards from recharging over time like normal.
• While the Demi-Lich Companion doesn't get buffed much by this build, it's useful to grab Punishment (Graveborn Tier 4) in order to occasionally double up on Hellish Blasts, which the Demi-Lich will launch whenever the Deadshot casts a spell.

Stats (Using "Failed Monk" Backstory)

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• Strength: 10. Round this out to 10 to ensure those spell critical hits aren't being penalized.
• Dexterity: 8. The low Dexterity of this build is offset by Spell Sniper, making it an unnecessary investment.
• Intelligence: 30. High Intelligence makes it even easier to take full advantage of high power spells with long cooldowns.
• Wisdom: 36. With all the elemental damage dealt by this build via spells, high Wisdom will ensure a ton of extra damage.
• Constitution: 22. Having a high constitution is especially helpful in this build to ensure that the lack of ward regeneration is less of a concern, while also providing a huge pool of Health to restore with Dark Magic.
• Attunement: 10. Since this build uses Ambi-hextrous to equip two spells instead of having an action skill, the Attunement Stat is largely useless here.

All Skills & Point Cost

Graveborn Skills (Points Spent: 28)

• Tier 1: Essence Drain (5/5)
• Tier 2: Sanguine Sacrament (3/3)
• Tier 2: Dark Pact (2/5)
• Tier 3: Stain of the Soul (5/5)
• Tier 3: Dark Hydra (3/3)
• Tier 4: Ascension (3/3)
• Tier 4: Punishment (1/1)
• Tier 5: Lord of Edges (1/1)
• Tier 5: Blast Gasp (4/5)
• Tier 6: Morhaim's Blessing (1/1)

Spellshot Skills (Points Spent: 16)

• Tier 1: Spell Sniper (5/5)
• Tier 1: Magic Bullets (3/3)
• Tier 2: Font of Mana (5/5)
• Tier 2: Mage Armor (1/1)
• Tier 3: Glass Cannon (1/1)
• Tier 4: High Thread Count (1/1)

Recommended Gear

As this build makes heavy use of spells, acquiring some powerful magic is a must for maximizing damage. A good option for players who enjoy the use of lightning and frost magic would be the legendary spell "Tidebreaker." This spell, added in the first DLC "Coiled Captors," creates waves that knock back and soak enemies. The soak effect is especially important since it increases lightning and frost damage by 150%, making this spell a fantastic combo piece in battle when used in conjunction with potent lightning or frost damage.

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A universally applicable spell for this build is the legendary spell "The Threads of Fate." It fires beams of dark magic that home in on foes, dealing excellent dark damage that is further boosted by the various perks offered by the Graveborn class and providing a source of healing in the process. Charging the spell all the way allows it to deal tremendous damage. While The Threads of Fate can be obtained as a world drop throughout the game, it is also a dedicated item drop from Lissia, an ancient obelisk boss found in Crackmast Cove.

Finally, the Buffmeister spell can perform as a tremendously potent addition to a Deadshot build, providing a spectacular elemental damage bonus to all attacks made while it is active, and provides a movement speed bonus too. Ideally, players should seek a Buffmeister with the "Zap!" modifier on the bottom of its item card, as this adds a 120% spell damage bonus to the already astonishingly strong spell.

When looking for amulets for this build, prioritizing Dark Elemental Damage boosts is preferable, since this build constantly deals dark damage, and this doubles as a fantastic source of healing during battle. Dark Magic efficiency is also an excellent stat to look for as it boosts the life-stealing effect of Dark Magic damage.

Rings that boost spell damage and spell critical damage will also prove highly valuable here, as this build mainly deals damage through spells. As for Armor, players should look out for Corrupted Platemail with Graveborn and Spellshot power boosts, as its unique effect converts 30% of all damage into dark damage while also boosting dark magic efficiency. This powerful armor will enhance both the damage and survivability of this class combo.

As the Spellshot gains buffs from reloading their weapon as well as from casting spells, wielding weapons that fire and reload quickly is a must. As such, pistols and SMGs make for an excellent weapon type for this build.

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

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