Borderlands 3 | The Complete History of the Meta!

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  • In this video I cover the complete history of the meta in Borderlands 3. I take you through a journey of the most powerful weapons and items throughout the history of Borderlands 3, showcasing each change in the meta from launch day 2019 until now.
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    00:00 Intro
    00:27 Original Meta
    2:08 Porcelain Pipe Bomb
    02:40 Early Nerfs
    04:11 Rise of the Cutsman
    04:42 Shield King Crowned
    05:44 ION CANNON OP
    06:31 The Buffs Begin
    07”49 Anarchy & Friends
    09:19 Mayhem 2.0 + More
    11:48 Meta Nerfs
    13:53 Bounty of Blood
    15:11 Recursion
    16:30 Doom Guy Arrives
    17:27 Arms Race
    19:06 Complex Root Reaches Final Form
    19:33 Crit
    20:17 Face-puncher
    21:27 Directors Cut
    23:49 Cartels Returns
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Komentáře • 80

  • @SpartanGameZone
    @SpartanGameZone  Před 11 dny +10

    What was your favourite meta loadout in Borderlands 3? I want to hear them 👇

    • @WissenstattGlauben
      @WissenstattGlauben Před 11 dny +1

      Opq and yellowcake were the best times.

    • @ChamberpotCharlie
      @ChamberpotCharlie Před 11 dny +3

      I want my 4 pellet crossroads back 😭

    • @TheBlackAbyss1
      @TheBlackAbyss1 Před 11 dny +2

      I want the conference call to be as good as it was in bl2! It feels SO UNDERWHELMING to use 😢

    • @phoenixomega3641
      @phoenixomega3641 Před 10 dny

      That last bit was perfect. I like the chain lightning and the guardian angel. I play with all of those weapons depending on what I feel like using at that moment.

    • @doakesanddrax
      @doakesanddrax Před 10 dny

      Kings call. Was such a blast

  • @pinapple9999
    @pinapple9999 Před 11 dny +57

    As a Zane main the moment seeing dead was introduced I knew it was over. The meta didn’t matter anymore long live hamster ball

    • @TariqSWOLEn
      @TariqSWOLEn Před 8 dny +1

      Yeah bro zane/hamster ball/redistributer/seeing dead is still probably the fastest takedown build. Just keep the cannon to proc anoints and keep a free radical, and flipper or plasma coil for boss damage

    • @waygyanba2195
      @waygyanba2195 Před 7 dny

      IT NEVER STOPS

  • @Quasartist
    @Quasartist Před 10 dny +36

    I'll still never be over the fact that they nerfed so much stuff only to release things that were even more broken weeks, sometimes just days later. Insanity.

    • @CentauriTT
      @CentauriTT Před 4 dny +1

      This makes me think about the Crit. Like you can stay using this gun in a play through and never have to switch off it. If it gets under leveled just tip Moxxi for an on level one.

    • @Quasartist
      @Quasartist Před 4 dny +2

      @@CentauriTT What an immaculate point. They really just give you an infinite supply of an incredible gun with no strings attached. I'm even more mad now lol I didn't even think about the Crit in all this.
      At this point in the game's life they really should just reverse all the nerfs they ever did because I think it's pretty likely that everybody who was ever going to buy the game already did, aside from the players new to the franchise. Then it would be cool for the new players to be able to experience the hugely powered guns like pre-nerf Sandhawk and Yellowcake and such.

    • @rippenzong2455
      @rippenzong2455 Před dnem

      @@Quasartist you can download a custom hotfix mod which will let you choose what hotfix to play on. its not great but it can bring some of those other metas back for fun

  • @Frank_Torre
    @Frank_Torre Před 11 dny +22

    I honestly like how the Meta ended up. Yeah during the life cycle of the game our favs went up and down, but never to the point we were just sitting on our thumbs waiting for the next broken thing to come along. Playing as a Moze main the nerfs never hit that hard as long as you had bottomless mags your damage was always there, even if you weren't melting bosses at lightspeed as you were before a huge nerf ruined your favourite damage dealer.

  • @shanagins007
    @shanagins007 Před 10 dny +14

    I miss the broken ppb. Not because it was broken, but because i could crash my friends game when I used it. Came in handy when he would grief me lol. Those were a wild 2 weeks.

  • @SuperSneakySteve
    @SuperSneakySteve Před 8 dny +12

    Getting rid of the extra projectiles was the worst nerf of all. It killed almost all of the Jakobs weapons as well as the Recursion and Root.

    • @HumanitysGrace
      @HumanitysGrace Před 23 hodinami

      Extra projectiles Made All guns essentially usable
      once they got rid of it
      Jakobs became more of a "Fl4k" kind of weapon and that sucked tbh
      Carrier the weapon died. I wish it got a bit of tuning to make it usable Cause it was the first of its kind in that game and it was fun.

  • @michaelpoger6662
    @michaelpoger6662 Před 11 dny +14

    Man, I missed these videos!

  • @JoshuaFearn
    @JoshuaFearn Před 7 dny +3

    I just remember the nerf to flakker off the bat was the patch that killed AdmiralBahroo's enjoyment of the game, so he quit entirely as he had been so hyped to drop a guide about it LMAO

  • @Ziler_
    @Ziler_ Před 10 dny +3

    Incredible video SGZ. The nostalgia was unreal.

  • @musichowl
    @musichowl Před 10 dny

    love the video as usual, keep up the awesome content!

  • @DurtyDan
    @DurtyDan Před 2 dny +2

    I still find it strange that this pve game had a changing meta over its lifespan

  • @christophermaclennan914
    @christophermaclennan914 Před 11 dny +3

    Excellent vid Spartan! Keep up the great work!

  • @IzInAZ
    @IzInAZ Před 9 dny +2

    I miss the days of Hex. Back then I would run around with Moze and quickly clear entire areas with rad recurring Hex. You could use any explosive gun, so I had a Lasersploder in every element just cause I really like that thing :)

  • @benedictward3435
    @benedictward3435 Před 9 dny +1

    I recently did another play through of bl3 for the first time in years, and I was actually really happy. A lot of people complain the meta is too OP now at endgame but you don’t even have to use that stuff unless your min maxing. As a Zane main, I’m able to do all level 70 mayhem 10 content with a build entirely consisting of base game items which is great! And then when I wanted to use new stuff I just used the canon and unforgiven and can easily do true takedown mayhem 10 at level 70 using just the mantis.

  • @johnuotela8270
    @johnuotela8270 Před 11 dny +1

    Nice job man love it 💪💪👍👍🤎🤎

  • @ZachIdso
    @ZachIdso Před 10 dny +1

    I remember those host shotguns conquering the slaughter maps for me but I don't think they could compare with legendary stuff as time went on so might cool to go back and see what was up. Always fun to get lucky with the stats

  • @CalvinKlyde
    @CalvinKlyde Před 9 dny

    Great vid 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

  • @crocsarethepurestformofwea3122

    A nearly 30 minute video of metas in BL3? Hell yeah! Just what I need to curl into bed to.

  • @rippenzong2455
    @rippenzong2455 Před dnem

    my fave meta was cutsman meta. it felt good to use and was a good weapon to critswap with. if i had to pick a second its def the amara recursion meta

  • @eatsnowanddie
    @eatsnowanddie Před 10 dny +1

    even then the meta guns arent guns you must use, there are plenty of other weapons that may not do the same work but are just as fun to use, my fav will always be the double barrel minigun

  • @francescofichera3323
    @francescofichera3323 Před 10 dny

    great video

  • @kinsan89
    @kinsan89 Před dnem

    I'm genuinely surprised you didn't mention the Redistributor from the Maliwan Takedown

  • @externalboss9404
    @externalboss9404 Před 3 dny

    The Borderlands 3 meta for me was a OP modded grenade which some random guy gave me. It crashed my game so much it's that OP.

  • @madfazesupporterxx5596

    Thanks bro

  • @luismakeup08
    @luismakeup08 Před 10 dny

    Rakk stab build is my fav build, so current meta

  • @deadbeatdrop999
    @deadbeatdrop999 Před 10 dny +2

    The fact that you said the doom shotgun was "meta" and you never brought up the roisens thorn pistol is actually irritating.

  • @owencummings4663
    @owencummings4663 Před 10 dny +2

    You didn’t mention the very beginning…(and very short lived) Crossroad meta. I didn’t see much of it, and I started day 1, but still thought it should be included.
    Either case tho, I really wish the Cutsman was meta again. It needs somewhere between a 75-125% damage buff with a 20% projectile range increase. Making it infinite might crash the game due to the elemental beams everywhere, although not visible. But I still think it needs a amsll projectile range buff.

    • @SpartanGameZone
      @SpartanGameZone  Před 10 dny +1

      Yea the crossroad was up there, I just couldn't bring myself to relive how they treated my boy.

  • @nenenenenedudududu
    @nenenenenedudududu Před 2 hodinami

    On launch everyone was using blue or purple torgue shotties on flak and 1-maggin every boss

  • @Dabneh
    @Dabneh Před 11 dny

    Hellwalker is such a badass gun 🔥

  • @joshuasummers9174
    @joshuasummers9174 Před 10 dny

    The Cutsman with a good build can still shine

  • @valentinpicard3319
    @valentinpicard3319 Před 10 dny +1

    The face puncher on Amara is absolutely better than the Blade Fury.
    Even in the x7 version the amount of body and mind hits easily out Dmg the even a modded X4 full auto fury.

  • @robbob1866
    @robbob1866 Před 11 dny

    I'm hoping with BL4 that it will be better written with a great story, but I would like to see as much of the free extra content that Gearbox gave us in this game. It was a lot of fantastic gear and items that some didn't seem to appreciate

  • @trishablankenship340
    @trishablankenship340 Před 11 dny

    Can u still stack fire rate with the infinity pistol

  • @bryanjr3531
    @bryanjr3531 Před 10 dny

    damn i just forjet how everything was, i actualy dont play but when i was playing it was such a good memories in my xbox one s, nice video, i think i playing back

  • @axxjazz.
    @axxjazz. Před 9 dny

    i thought they also increased the cutsmans bullet speed, so it wouldn't hit the target multiple times

  • @albertomendez7063
    @albertomendez7063 Před 10 dny

    This video could have a 3 part. Nice 10 min videos.

  • @BRatindustrys
    @BRatindustrys Před 7 dny

    I miss the extra projectiles from extra elements.

  • @mikegonzales8520
    @mikegonzales8520 Před 11 dny

    The guardian angel only affects weapon damage now - not grenade damage, e.g. was that always the case?

  • @doakesanddrax
    @doakesanddrax Před 10 dny

    I enjoyed this. I lived through all these. Even did some pipe bombing. Enjoyed the trip down memory lane

  • @reignmanss
    @reignmanss Před 10 dny

    I'm up to the Krakatoa but no mention of the Crossroads? That was before the Cutsman, no?

    • @reignmanss
      @reignmanss Před 10 dny

      Also the OPQ when the level cap was raised to 60 was still a top tier option.

  • @fknGandalf
    @fknGandalf Před 10 dny +1

    If your soup was too hot, it would blow on it for you 😂

  • @harleybaughmanin9433
    @harleybaughmanin9433 Před 9 dny

    Ngl I have to disagree when u say that the Amara Melle build is the most possible dmf, Zane, hustler transformer, shock/ cryo complex root does infinite amounts for dmg to a whole room/ boss with 1 shot

  • @HUKIT.
    @HUKIT. Před 10 dny +1

    I’ve never understood all the nerfs and increases as it’s not a PVP game. The meta just makes nearly everything else unplayable, especially on higher Mayhem levels.

  • @johnuotela8270
    @johnuotela8270 Před 11 dny

    I played moze and the flakker was the gun nr1

  • @brynnbirdsong4870
    @brynnbirdsong4870 Před 4 dny

    I’m appalled Flak sticky stacking isn’t on this list

  • @gwoody4003
    @gwoody4003 Před 9 dny

    This is why I don't preorder/buy games on release anymore.
    I only had learn the game once 😂.

  • @pikator9153
    @pikator9153 Před 10 dny

    «waiter ! Waiter! More damage please » ahh weapon

  • @custommizerOG
    @custommizerOG Před 10 dny

    They massacred my boy. Flakker was amazing at launch and would be a great endgame option if they left it alone 😢

    • @stefsmurf
      @stefsmurf Před 10 dny

      It's great for Moze still. I'm surprised Spartan didn't mention the Torgue nerf at the beginning of BL3. Normal Torgue guns never recovered from that nerf.

  • @agustinpugliese1715
    @agustinpugliese1715 Před 11 dny +2

    Remember when the maliwan takedown was actually a challenge? Yeah...
    Thus game became way too easy, I miss how borderlands 2 actually required some degree of skill for op10.
    Thr powercreep was just to much for bl3

  • @frederickgibbons6918
    @frederickgibbons6918 Před 2 dny

    I grinded for a full auto kaosan of each element.
    What a colossal waste of my time.

  • @Ars-Nova258
    @Ars-Nova258 Před 6 dny

    Borderlands 3’s Meta was schizophrenic as hell.
    They spent until Mayhem 2.0 regularly nerfing weapons to then spend the better part of an entire year buffing weapons for their (also nerfed) Mayhem system.
    Weapons from Hellwalker to every Jakobs Handgun were getting buffs when part of the reason they needed them was because of prior nerfs.
    It was one of the reasons why I dropped the game altogether.

  • @slimmortal213
    @slimmortal213 Před 4 dny

    all of the nerfs we had to go through over this game's lifecycle were so miserable. what's worse is they didn't even learn and did the same thing in wonderlands

    • @welds8424
      @welds8424 Před 3 hodinami

      Nerfs werent meant for the devs to learn it was to make you use whatever new shit they add lol

    • @slimmortal213
      @slimmortal213 Před 58 minutami

      @@welds8424 but instead of that happening they just managed to drive people away lol. If you’re a casual player and they nerf the build you spent time grinding for you aren’t going to grind for a new one, you’re going to switch games

  • @josephschultz
    @josephschultz Před 10 dny

    ah yes loved running around Farming for something new as the new Hot Fixes nerfed all the good guns and other Artifacts

  • @w01dnick
    @w01dnick Před 10 dny

    Lyuda is not lie-u-dah but lew-dah.

  • @horizontk
    @horizontk Před 3 dny

    Why do you talk so annoyingly

  • @montgomeryfitzpatrick473
    @montgomeryfitzpatrick473 Před 11 dny +4

    Lyuda was only meta for Moze, no one else could deal with its ammo consumption

    • @ChamberpotCharlie
      @ChamberpotCharlie Před 11 dny

      And that's still the case 2day. Also the only one who can use it effectively for mobbing

    • @MRWANg-pz9oo
      @MRWANg-pz9oo Před 11 dny +3

      Clone ammo regen