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Borderlands 4

Amon Freeze Crucible Build

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Borderlands 4 - Amon Crucible Build

The Amon Freeze Crucible Build utilizes the Freezing Frost Ace and Critical Hits to mow down enemies in Borderlands 4. See the best build, skills, weapons, and gear to use for Crucible Amon, along with the best skill tree abilities and character playstyle!

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Amon Freeze Crucible Build

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Skill Tree Skill Progression
Weapons Class Mod Enhancements
Specializations Firmware

Amon Crucible Action Skill and Skill Tree

Skill Tree Cybernetics
Action Skill: Crucible

Amon's Crucible build makes use of the Cybernetics tree to stack powerful bonuses to Gun and Critical Hit damage. Its Crucible's Frost Axe easily freezes enemies and sets up devastating Critical Hits.

This setup emphasizes a smooth chain of Action Skill and Weapon usage, with short cooldowns and multiple charges that allow you to keep up constant pressure.

Amon Crucible Best Skills

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Passive Skills Skill Progression
Augment Capstone

Best Passive Skills

Cybernetics
Vengeance
Calamity
Skill Tree Priority Skills
Crucible CyberneticsCybernetics
Executioner Icon Get The Lead Out Icon Tempered Pyre Icon Bolt Action Icon Twin Tempers Icon Vital Organs Icon Blast Furnace Icon Lightning Rod Icon
Skill Tree Priority Skills
VengeanceVengeance
Wrath of Nature Icon The Thrill (Amon) Icon
Skill Tree Priority Skills
VengeanceCalamity
Impetus Icon Heavy Plate Icon Gut Punch Icon

The best skills for the Crucible build focus on enhancing Gun and Critical Hit damage, significantly increasing your burst damage potential. You also need the good Reload Speed boosts from Battleborn. It also later utilizes the Forgedrone Tempered Pyre summons to fight with you.

From the Vengeance tree, The Thrill provides valuable HP sustain for survivability, while Wrath of Nature status effect boosts also help later on. In the Calamity tree, Impetus and Heavy Plate offer reliable Shield regen and HP. Gut Punch rounds out the tree by applying Weakness debuffs to enemies.

Recommended Skill Progression

Recommended Skill Progression
Get The Lead Out Icon Lvl 2 Get The Lead Out Icon Lvl 3 Get The Lead Out Icon Lvl 4 Executioner Icon Lvl 5
Executioner Icon Lvl 6 Bolt Action Icon Lvl 7 Bolt Action Icon Lvl 8 Get The Lead Out Icon Lvl 9
Get The Lead Out Icon Lvl 10 Executioner Icon Lvl 11 Vital Organs Icon Lvl 12 Vital Organs Icon Lvl 13
Vital Organs Icon Lvl 14 Vital Organs Icon Lvl 15 Vital Organs Icon Lvl 16 The Thrill (Amon) Icon Lvl 17
The Thrill (Amon) Icon Lvl 18 The Thrill (Amon) Icon Lvl 19 Blast Furnace Icon Lvl 20 Blast Furnace Icon Lvl 21
Blast Furnace Icon Lvl 22 Blast Furnace Icon Lvl 23 Blast Furnace Icon Lvl 24 Lightning Rod Icon Lvl 25
Lightning Rod Icon Lvl 26 Lightning Rod Icon Lvl 27 Lightning Rod Icon Lvl 28 Lightning Rod Icon Lvl 29
Impetus Icon Lvl 30 Impetus Icon Lvl 31 Impetus Icon Lvl 32 Bolt Action Icon Lvl 33
Bolt Action Icon Lvl 34 Bolt Action Icon Lvl 35 Executioner Icon Lvl 36 Executioner Icon Lvl 37
Heavy Plate Icon Lvl 38 Heavy Plate Icon Lvl 39 Gut Punch Icon Lvl 40 Gut Punch Icon Lvl 41
Gut Punch Icon Lvl 42 Tempered Pyre Icon Lvl 43 Twin Tempers Icon Lvl 44 Tempered Pyre Icon Lvl 45
Tempered Pyre Icon Lvl 46 Tempered Pyre Icon Lvl 47 Tempered Pyre Icon Lvl 48 Wrath of Nature Icon Lvl 49
Wrath of Nature Icon Lvl 50

Start by stacking Get the Lead Out and Executioner for crit damage and reload speed. Push down the tree to unlock Searing Cold Augment at level 16, then switch to Vengeance for The Thrill HP regen.

In Cybernetics (second branch), max Blast Furnace and Lightning Rod for burst damage, then grab the Storm Surge Capstone. Max the first two passives, invest in Impetus, and finish with Gut Punch for weakness debuffs.

Once you unlock Tempered Pyre Forgedrones, they’ll apply Gut Punch’s weakness automatically, boosting your damage further.

Amon Best Augment

Searing Cold Icon Searing Cold
Tree Cybernetics
(Branch 3)

Searing Cold is one of Amon's strongest abilities, allowing the Frost Axe to instantly Freeze most enemies. While tougher bosses are only slowed instead of fully Frozen, this still provides excellent crowd control. The Fire Axe, on the other hand, excels against red health enemies.

Using each axe in the right situation highlights the versatility of the Crucible build, especially since both variants deal high damage on impact and help Prime powerful Detonations.

Elemental Weakness Chart and Damage Guide

Amon Best Capstone

Storm Surge Icon Storm Surge
Tree Cybernetics
(Branch 2)

Storm Surge is an upgraded Forgeskill that deals Shock instead of Cryo and creates an AoE that constantly damages enemies. It’s highly effective for wearing down boss shields and detonating any Forge Axes attached to targets.

Amon Crucible Best Weapons

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Legendary Weapons Best Manufacturer Best Weapon Type

Strongest Legendary Weapons for Amon Crucible Build

Legendary Gun Overview
HellwalkerHellwalker Type: Shotgun
Manufacturer: Jakobs
Soothslayer Legendary Mod
Hot SluggerHot Slugger Type: Shotgun
Manufacturer: Jakobs
Blazing Barrel: On kill, deal +30% Damage for 10s for a Maximum 3 Stacks

The Hellwalker is the best Legendary Weapon for this build thanks to its massive base damage and devastating close-range crits. The Hot Slugger is a solid alternative, offering slightly better range and a strong damage boost through its Kill Skill.

Both weapons fire a single shot only before reloading at high speed, consistently triggering the Bolt Action passive for bonus Shock damage.

List of All Legendary Weapons

Best Manufacturer for Melee Amon: Jakobs

Jakobs weapons excel with the Crucible build’s focus on critical hits, as their ricochet mechanic deals massive damage to hordes. With the Calamity Tree’s crit and gun damage buffs, along with Jakobs’ fast reloads.

Best Weapon Type for Melee Amon: Shotguns

This build works best with shotguns, since you’ll be fighting up close and can reliably land most pellets as a crit. Single-shot Jakobs variants are especially strong, as they easily trigger the Bolt Action reload passive for bonus Shock damage.

Amon Crucible Best Class Mod

The Viking Legendary Class Mod is a top choice, granting 2 extra Action Skill charges for a total of 5 axes to throw.

Alternatively, generic Class Mods that boost Cybernetics tree passives, crit damage, or direct gun damage are also powerful and versatile.

Amon Crucible Best Enhancement Mods

Enhancement Effects
Jakobs Enhancement Piercer - Guns with Jakobs-licensed parts have a 20% Chance to grant a Critical Hit.
Sequencer - Guns with Jakobs-licensed parts grant consecutive Critical Hits a stacking +5% Bonus Damage, for a Maximum of 8 Stacks.

Equipping a Jakobs Enhancement with either Piercer or Sequencer would be best for this build, but obtaining a Legendary Enhancement with both will provide more DPS.

We recommend Piercer for Critical Hit chances, while Sequencer stacks up your damage the more crits you hit in a row, which is highly effective against high HP bosses.

Amon Crucible Best Specializations

Specialization Tree and Effect
Bullet Train Icon Bullet Train
Runner Icon Runner Tree

The Vault Hunter can now Hipfire while Sprinting, and gain Gun Damage the faster they move.

Gun Damage: 15% when Walking
Now With Caffeine Icon Now With Caffeine
Daredevil Icon Daredevil Tree

Reduce Action Skill Cooldown whenever a Repkit is activated.

Action Skill Cooldown Reduction: 25%
I Am A Gun Icon I Am A Gun
Daredevil Icon Daredevil Tree

Action Skill Damage now benefits from increases to Gun Damage.

Action Skill Damage: 50% of increases to Gun Damage.
A Honed Mind Icon A Honed Mind
Daredevil Icon Daredevil Tree

Action Skills gain a chance to Critically Hit enemies, and also gain increased Action Skill Critical Hit Damage.

Action Skill Critical Hit Chance: 5%
Action Skill Critical Hit Damage: +50%

These specializations further enhance Crucible, boosting the damage and critical hits of your axes.

List of All Specializations

Amon Crucible Best Firmware

Set Bonus Effects
Action Fist
3/3
・Melee Damage increased by 15%
・Action Skill Damage increased by 10%
・Action Skill Damage increased by 10%
Reel Big Fist
2/3
・Melee Damage is increased by 15%
・Melee Damage is increased by an additional 25%

This Firmware loadout goes all in on boosting the melee damage of your axes.

List of All Firmware Sets

How to Play the Amon Crucible Build

Use Frost Axes to Freeze Targets

Frost Axes can freeze most enemies in a single hit. Use them on Badasses for crowd control and to set up Primers for massive Detonation damage with your Forgeskill.

Shoot Critical Hits On Frozen Target

Frozen targets are ideal for lining up critical hits, letting you burst them down before they can deal any damage.

Versatile Gun Variety When Leveling

If using this build for leveling, almost any gun works since it boosts gun and critical hit damage universally in the early game. Jakobs weapons remain the best choice thanks to their strong synergy with critical hits.

While the Crucible build is good for leveling, our Amon Scourge Build is also terrific for leveling with its tankiness and Action Skill Cryo damage!

Amon Crucible Build Overview

Amon Crucible Build Summary

Skills
OnslaughterCrucible
Impetus Icon Heavy Plate Icon Wrath of Nature Icon The Thrill (Amon) Icon Executioner Icon Get The Lead Out Icon Gut Punch Icon Tempered Pyre Icon Bolt Action Icon Twin Tempers Icon Vital Organs Icon Blast Furnace Icon Lightning Rod Icon Storm Surge Icon Searing Cold Icon
Best Weapon Type Best Manufacturer
Shotgun Jakobs

The Amon Crucible build focuses on using the Frost Forge Axe to freeze enemies, then following up with heavy crit damage from a Jakobs shotgun. Moreover, critical bullets ricochet to nearby foes.

It is highly versatile, combining Frost, Fire, and Shock Action Skills with strong Kinetic damage from guns.

Best Amon Crucible Build Playstyle

Close Range Critical Hit Machine

Amon Crucible Build Forge Axes

The Amon Crucible build excels in close range combat, freezing any fast-moving or tanky enemy to line up a burst of critical hit damage point-blank. Further utilizes Forge Axes to capitalize on more critical hit opportunities.

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1 Anonymous Anonymous about 2 months

Why the crap would you make this page about this build but not mention what firmware to get or specializations to choose, this is unusable for endgame, and no where do you state that this is just a leveling build.

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