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Outer Worlds 2

Best Lawbringer Build

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✧ Best Builds: Science | Stealth | Gunslinger
✦ Best Background | Best Traits | Best Skills
✧ Missables and Points of No Return
✦ Best Weapons | Best Armor
✧ Unique Weapons | Unique Armor
✦ Best Flaws | Best Perks

This is a guide to the best build for the Lawbringer Background in Outer Worlds 2. Find out what the best Lawbringer build is, which traits and skills to get, as well as what weapons and armor to equip.

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Best Lawbringer Traits

Positive Traits

Heroic IconHeroic -20% Companion Ability Charge Time
Brawny IconBrawny Sliding or sprinting into hostiles will knock them down. Cooldown: 5s

As a champion of the people, you greatly inspire your Companions with the Heroic trait. The reduced ability charge time is a huge advantage in battle, allowing your team to maintain a steady flow of powerful abilities that help your squad bring justice.

The Lawbringer is also a strong individual, Brawny, representing the strength and physical training you have honed to take down miscreants.

Best Traits

Negative Trait

Dumb Icon.pngDumb During skill selection, lock 5 of the 12 available skills. Those skills can never have points added to them.

To the eyes of evil, you may seem dumb, but you are just smart enough to uphold the law and not disrupt any law-abiding citizens.

Best Background

You Can Lock Out These 5 Skills as a Lawbringer

Locked Skills for Lawbringer
Lockpick SkillLockpick Hack SkillHack Sneak SkillSneak
Explosives SkillExplosives Science SkillScience!

With the Dumb trait, you can lock out these five skills that a Lawbringer would never need to use. Lockpick, Hack, and Sneak involve thievery, while Explosives and Science! can potentially harm communities with their destructive power.

Best Lawbringer Skills

Best Skills
Leadership SkillLeadership Guns SkillGuns Engineering SkillEngineer Speech SkillSpeech

Your inspiration to your squad is vital, so investing in Leadership is key to making your Companions stronger. Also skilled with Guns, they are your primary weapons of choice for laying down the law against those who defy it.

Engineering skills are also essential, making your armor stronger to be an unstoppable force for your team in combat. While you are a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield, your skill in Speech lets you both inspire allies and intimidate enemies.

Best Skills

Best Lawbringer Perks

Perk Effects
BulletshieldBulletshield ・+10% Damage Resistance
・+10% Base Health
Crabble RancherCrabble Rancher ・+10% Ranged Damage
・+20% Critical Chance
Space RangerSpace Ranger ・+2.5% Damage per Speech skill
Inspiring CommanderInspiring Commander ・Companion Command meters fill 5% each time the party scores a kill.

Being tankier and heavily armored, Bulletshield is an excellent choice, further increasing your durability while passively making you more likely to be targeted. This is perfect for leading by example as the squad’s bulwark.

The Lawbringer is also well-trained in ranged combat, with Crabble Rancher providing extra ranged damage and critical hit chance. Inspiring Commander makes your companion abilities charge even faster in the heat of battle, together with the Heroic Trait.

For Speech-related perks, Space Ranger boosts your overall damage output. You can also take Intimidator later on to strike fear into your enemies.

Best Perks

Best Lawbringer Weapons

Shotguns and Marksman Rifles

As a Lawbringer, you wield both a Shotgun for close-range takedowns and a Marksman Rifle to pick off enemies from a strategic distance. Having both weapons in your arsenal ensures you’re ready for any encounter with those who deserve your retribution.

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Best Lawbringer Armor

Heavy Armor is the Best

Heavy Armor provides maximum damage reduction, making you a true tank. The Lawbringer stands firm against all attacks, confronting evil head-on rather than avoiding it. You don’t need extra speed or evasion; your role is to absorb the blows and still dominate.

Best Armor Tier List

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