The best builds in Payday 3 will help you complete any heist without problems and comfortably. Different builds allow you to adapt to a specific playing style and become an indispensable fighter in your team. Some builds will be better suited for specific missions, while others will require leveling up your character – don’t be afraid to experiment to find the most effective option.
In this article we will tell you what skills and abilities there are in Payday 3. Read on to find out which is the best build for any heist.
In a separate guide, we briefly talked about all the available heists in Payday 3.
How to make the best build in Payday 3
The available abilities allow you to customize your character to suit your individual playstyle. Skills in Payday 3 are presented in the form of thematic linear progression. Available at the time of release 17 ability sets, each of which reflects a specific specialization:
Medic – support for the life of the squad.Ballist – maintaining the squad’s ammunition supply.Reaper – bonuses for frequent and continuous shooting.Scout – skills of a secretive thief.Tank – bonuses to survivability.Sniper – the ability of a marksman.Hunter – skills of a nimble robber.Demoman – bonuses when using an explosive arsenal.Thug – bonuses for killing enemies at close range.Manipulator – abilities related to hostages.Engineer – bonuses when using turrets.Shooter – skills that improve weapon switching.Charismatic – abilities related to guards and wearing a mask.Hacker – bonuses when interacting with modern technology.Tactics – bonuses for stunning enemies.Strategist – skills related to goal marking.Melee Specialist – abilities for silently eliminating enemies.
Using a combination of skills from the presented lines, you can create the best build for your character.
Payday 3 has three special temporary buffs: trump card, pressure and courage – It is important to combine individual skills in such a way that some of them activate these perks, while others are used.
How does the build designer work?
Using a special build designer, you can distribute skill points and create a template for your build. Let us briefly describe the interface available for interaction:
Ability to share the current build. Search for skills by keyword (highlighted in a green frame). Select a bonus tag (gain – receipt; refresh – update; require – requirement; consume – consumption). All available skill sets. Active ability counter (maximum 21 at maximum character level). A button to reset the current build. A description of the specified skill. A cheat sheet describing the effect of bonuses.
When planning your build, remember that most abilities will require a lot of game time to level up.
Best builds in Payday 3
All available heists in Payday 3 have multiple playthroughs, allowing you to complete the same mission in different ways. Before starting a heist, you need to customize your character build, taking into account the chosen heist strategy. Next, we’ll look at the best builds, which can also be used as a template for your own experimental build.
Starter build
Primary Weapon: any.
Additional Weapon: any.
Serious gun: any.
Body armor: any.
Placeable Equipment: medical bag.
Throwing weapons: any.
Device: any.
The beginner build will be useful to any player who has just started leveling up their character. The assembly offers to unlock the most useful skills that will help you master the main content and find a way out of almost any situation. The listed abilities will also be useful in the future for creating new, highly specialized builds.
Stealth build
Primary Weapon: CAR-4 (with silencer).
Additional Weapon: Signature 40 (with silencer).
Serious gun: not required.
Body armor: easy.
Placeable Equipment: bag with cartridges.
Throwing weapons: a knife.
Device: jammer, micro camera or motion sensor.
A stealth build that’s ideal for both solo play and group ninja-style heists. The main emphasis in the assembly is on silently eliminating enemies through stealth skills and bonuses when interacting with electronics.
Shotgun build
Primary Weapon: Any available shotgun.
Additional Weapon: any.
Serious gun: not required.
Body armor: heavy.
Placeable Equipment: Ammo bag or medical bag.
Throwing weapons: flash grenade.
Device: infrasonic mine.
A classic noisy build that allows you to deal huge damage at close range, as well as survive in critical situations. Thanks to the combination of shooting and survival abilities, this build immediately replaces both the loud build and the tank build.
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Primary Weapon: CAR-4 or KU-59.
Additional Weapon: Stryk 7 or SP Model 11.
Serious gun: optional.
Body armor: average.
Placeable Equipment: bag with cartridges.
Throwing weapons: flash grenade.
Device: infrasonic mine.
The stormtrooper build will help you pull off a noisy, aggressive, and lightning-fast heist. This build is based on constant shooting and the effective use of temporary bonuses.
Team build
Primary Weapon: any.
Additional Weapon: any.
Serious gun: optional.
Body armor: average.
Placeable Equipment: Ammo bag or medical bag.
Throwing weapons: flash grenade.
Device: jammer or infrasonic mine.
The support build is designed to be played with a full team because all the key skills are aimed at helping allies or non-combat interactions. The leader build requires the player to avoid gunfights and only complete key parts of the mission.
We hope that the prepared top builds helped you choose the best build for completing heists. Write in comments, what character skills do you consider the most useful? A separate article provides instructions that will help you buy Payday 3 in Russia for PC, PS5 and Xbox.
