Best Builds

Discover the best builds in Once Human! Read on to learn about the most effective builds, including the Shrapnel Build, Power Surge Build, Burn Build, and Frost Vortex Build!

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Best Builds in Once Human

The Best Shrapnel Build

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The Shrapnel Build is like a fireworks show with every shot—each bullet not only hits its target but also spreads extra damage to a random unhit part, causing all kinds of delightful chaos on the battlefield. With SOCR - The Last Valor as your main weapon, you'll be turning enemies into Swiss cheese, thanks to the Shrapnel effect that adds a bit of explosive fun to every round.

The mods in this build are laser-focused on maximizing Crit Rate, Crit DMG, and Magazine Capacity, ensuring that your weapon fires faster, hits harder, and makes every shot count. .

Shrapnel Build

The Best Power Surge Build

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The Power Surge build is all about shocking your enemies into submission. Power Surge deals status damage based on 50% of your Psi Intensity and applies a nasty accuracy debuff (-40%) for 6 seconds. Sure, it can’t crit or hit weak spots, but the beauty is, this damage doesn’t fade with distance.

This build focuses on boosting your Power Surge Damage Factor and Final Damage Bonus to supercharge that 50% multiplier. So, get ready to zap your enemies and watch them scramble as their aim falls apart!

Power Surge Build

The Best Burn Build

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The Burn Build revolves around stacking Blaze damage over time with the Burn status effect, making it a ticking time bomb for your enemies. Every stack of Burn deals Status DMG of 10% Psi Intensity every 0.5 seconds, for a total of 6 seconds, and you can pile up to 5 stacks. The more stacks, the hotter the burn—and better yet, the damage doesn't decay with distance, meaning you can roast enemies from afar.

With each stack, the Blaze Element gets stronger, making your enemies suffer in a continuous firestorm. This build capitalizes on maximizing the Burn effect, and while it doesn't crit or hit weakspots, its consistent and scalable damage ensures that no matter how tough the enemy, they’ll be feeling the heat.

Burn Build

The Best Ice or Frost Vortex Build

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The Frost Vortex Build in Once Human is all about giving your enemies the cold shoulder—literally. By trapping foes in a 4.5m radius, the Frost Vortex unleashes 30% Psi Intensity Status DMG per second for 4 seconds, freezing them in their tracks while you serve up some frosty punishment. With up to two Vortexes swirling at once, you’ll turn any fight into a chilling blizzard of damage.

While the Frost Vortex DMG can't Crit or hit weakspots, it doesn’t decay over distance. This build focuses on maximizing those frosty bonuses to keep the damage consistent.

Frost Vortex Build

The Best Sniper Build or the Bull's Eye Build

The Sniper Build, known as The Bull's Eye Build, revolves around the Bull's Eye effect, which highlights marked targets, outlines them, and increases their vulnerability by +8% for 12 seconds. This build maximizes the damage output from weakspot hits, ensuring that each shot counts.

The AWS.338 - Bullseye sniper rifle, along with the Agent armor set, is modded to amplify enemy vulnerability and weakspot damage. Complementing this, the secondary weapon and melee options provide versatility, making this build lethal in long-range combat.

Sniper Build

The Best Fast Gunner Build

The Fast Gunner Build is optimized for maximizing critical damage, addressing the challenge of hitting weak spots with an LMG. The primary weapon, MG4 - Predator with the Shoot Out mod, provides a steady damage boost, while the secondary can be a sniper or AR, and the Stun Baton serves as the melee weapon.

The armor setup focuses on enhancing fire rate, weapon damage, and crit rate, with the Bastille helmet, Oasis Mask, Falcon Gloves, Falcon Shoes, and Lonewolf Jacket and Pants. Key mods like Blitzkreig, Crit Amplifier, Deadshot, and Covered Advance further amplify the Fast Gunner effect and crit potential.

Fast Gunner Build

Best Unstable Bomber Build

This build has been updated for Season 2!

The Unstable Bomber Build in Once Human—this one's all about making things explode with precision. The setup focuses on the Unstable Bomber effect, which unleashes a powerful Status DMG blast within a 1.5m radius. The best part? The Blast damage stays consistent, regardless of how close or far you are.

At the heart of the build is the DE.50 - Jaws, which is key to unleashing its full potential. This build thrives on high burst damage by landing critical hits and targeting weak points, with the DE.50 - Jaws delivering devastating explosive results.

Unstable Bomber Build

Best Bounce Build

This build has been updated for Season 2!

The Bounce Build leverages the Bounce special ammo effect, where each bullet that hits an enemy has a chance to bounce to another target within a 10m radius, dealing 60% of your weapon's attack as damage. This secondary hit can Crit, target weakpoints, and is slightly reduced by distance.

This build turns every shot into a chain reaction, prioritizing weakspots for maximum damage output and making those bounce hits count!

Bounce Build

Best Doombringer Build

This build has been updated for Season 2!

The Doombringer Build is all about getting up close and personal because the Bull's Eye effect for the DBSG - Doombringer shotgun cranks up to a massive 80% chance to trigger Vulnerability when you're within 5 meters of your target. This tanky setup lets you roll around, shrug off damage, and blast foes at point-blank range, maximizing your shotgun's power. It thrives on stacking Weakspot DMG and HP boosts to keep you in the fight.

Paired with the AWS.338 - Bullseye or Bingo for long-range flexibility, you can tweak the build to focus purely on crits or shotgun dominance by swapping out upgrades meant for the Bingo. Either way, you’ll be a walking wrecking ball!

Doombringer Build

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