Wasteland 3 Guide: Master the Firestarter Build

In this Wasteland 3 guide, we’ll be showing you how to dominate the battlefield with a powerful Firestarter build. This strategy combines a flamethrower and a pistol to set your enemies ablaze or eliminate them instantly with a devastating burst of flames. New to Wasteland 3? Don’t worry, we’ll cover all the essentials for this build, including weapon selection, skills, perks, and more.

Fantastic Firestarter Character Creation, Stats, and Backgrounds

• Background: Choose Disciple of Metal for a 15% increase in fire damage, boosting your flamethrower and K-Cannon pistol.
• Attributes: Focus on Coordination, Awareness, and Intelligence. Coordination helps with action points, Awareness with hit chance and damage, and Intelligence with critical chance and damage.
• Quirks: Serial Killer is recommended for this build, as it’s easy to rack up kills against organic enemies, granting 3 extra action points. Alternatively, you can choose Pyromaniac for even more fire damage, but this is less crucial.

Skills, Weapons, and Armor

• Skills: Focus on Big Guns, Small Arms, Toaster Repair, and Weird Science. Invest early in Big Guns and Small Arms, then reach 3 in Weird Science to unlock the Overcharge perk. Next, level up Toaster Repair and Weird Science until you reach about 7 in all four skills.
• Weapons: Keep a high-damage flamethrower in one slot and the K-Cannon pistol in the other. This combination allows you to fire your flamethrower for free after reloading when it’s empty, maximizing damage output.
• Armor: Seek helmets with critical or hit chance bonuses but avoid anything that lowers hit chance. Your pistol accuracy is crucial for this build.

Fantastic Firestarter Perks

Acquiring the following perks will greatly enhance your Firestarter build and should be unlocked gradually as you level up:

• Healthy: boosts health by 35, helping you stay alive on the battlefield.
• Terrorizer: enemies hit by your fire attacks suffer a -15% hit chance, keeping your party safe.
• Overcharge: increases damage by 30% for 1 action point (AP), but has a small chance to destroy your weapon.
• Draw!: allows you to fire a free shot after reloading an empty magazine, ideal for maximizing flamethrower damage output.
• Heating Element: grants +25% fire damage, perfect for this build.
• Wide Spread: increases flamethrower arc by 35%, allowing you to hit nearly everything on screen.

Final Tips

Remember to use Overcharge when you have extra AP but not enough for another attack. This boost can be the difference between victory and defeat. Also, keep in mind that you should only reload your weapons when they are empty to maximize the benefits of the Draw! perk.

Now that you’ve got a solid understanding of the Fantastic Firestarter build, you’re ready to take on the post-apocalyptic world of Wasteland 3. Stay tuned for more guides and tips. Happy gaming!