Wasteland 3- Best Quirk, Best Background And Best Build To Create

By Angelz in Games PC PS4 Xbox 30/08/2020

In Wasteland 3, you have an opportunity to create your own customized character and build up according to your choices or use pre-designed members of Rangers Squad. All the Attributes, Backgrounds, Skills, and Quirks are already set if you pick the suggested characters and gather members according to the squad that is missing. Though these pre-designed members have unique dialogues throughout the game but still you are not missing anything when you have an understanding of the best Skill Builds and Quirks to go altogether. In this guide, we have mentioned all the skills, quirks which has a synergy with certain backgrounds.

Best Quirk And Best Background To Obtain For Wasteland 3

Once you start customizing your character there are multiple options such as:

Identification
Appearance
Starting Weapon
Attributes
Skills
Quirk

Skipping the character creation part, we straight forward go to the Starting Weapon in order to plan which type of character you want to build.

Starting Weapon

The weapons you will be allowed to choose are provided below:

ASSAULT RIFLE
SUBMACHINE GUN
SEMI-AUTO PISTOL
PUMP SHOTGUN
SNIPER RIFLE
BLADED WEAPON
BLUNT WEAPON
BRAWLING WEAPON
HEAVY WEAPON

All your class may revolve around the type of weapon you want to let each character have. A total of 6 Rangers can be in the squad and 7 if you count an animal companion, so you can focus each character to excel in different types of weapons. Once you have selected the weapon which would shape up a Ranger with a unique class with respect to the background, quirks, and perks. For example- Sniper on your team can either be made sneaky or focus on his dmg more.

Background

These are the list of the Backgrounds from whom you can select any 1 to have.

BOOKWORM: XP bonus +5%
DESERT CAT: Perception +1
DISCIPLE OF THE METAL: Fire Dmg Bonus +15%
EXPLODOMANIAC: Explosive Dmg Bonus +15%
GOAT KILLER: Critical Chance +5%
GREASE MONKEY: Bonus Dmg To Robots And Vehicles +10%
LETHAL WEAPON: Melee Dmg Bonus +10%
MANNERITE: Kiss Ass +1
MONEYBAGS: Barter +1
MOPEY POET: Evasion +5%
PALADIN: Crit Resistance +10%
RAIDER HATER: Bonus Dmg To Humans +10%
SEX MACHINE: Combat Speed +0.2
STONER: Status Effect Resistance +10%
THE BOSS: Hard Ass +1
VICIOUS AVENGER: Penetration +2

Choosing the best background in Wasteland 3 from these would depend on your build type. The defensive background may be useful in the late game but in the early game, it is not much worth as other offensive backgrounds. Though there are few backgrounds which are more useful than others such as-

Bookworm is a neutrally good background as it increases the amount of XP gained which in turn allows you to earn more Skill points and attributes points.

Disciple Of The Metal is one of the best backgrounds as you have an opportunity to mod weapons and add fire dmg, hence increasing fire dmg is an absolute beast for your Pyromaniac.

Explodomaniac is also one of the best backgrounds as your explosive damages are buffed. You can simply destroy multiple targets at once when your character specializes in heavy weaponry.

Grease Monkey is a selective background that depends if you want to invest a character specializing in beating the robots and vehicles only otherwise it is not worth selecting it.

Lethal Weapon is a background which is must for all brawler or melee type character specialist. An increase in Melee Dmg paired up with Medical Marvel quirk and maxed Strength attribute is an undying brawler.

Mopey Poet may not be one of the best backgrounds but it is worth mentioning as you can use it to build an elusive character who can dodge almost most of the incoming damage without breaking a sweat.

Vicious Avenger is a background useful in any type of build focusing on penetration damage to the enemy. The highest damage dealer in your squad can equip this background along with few attributes and quirk that increases penetration and outgoing damages. Equipment which increases penetration and ranged weapon damage is a blessing to pair with.

Attributes

These are the Attributes mentioned below which would increase the following stats of a character in Wasteland 3.

COORDINATION:

Action Points
Status Effect Resistance

It is essential to increase the Action Points which is required to move as well as shoot an enemy. Instead of investing your points on maximizing it instantly, you can slowly build up the co-ordination per 2 levels.

LUCK:

Penetration
Lucky Action Chance
Lucky Crit Chance
Lucky Mega Crit Chance
Lucky Evade Chance
Lucky Crit Resist Chance
Lucky Double Healing Chance
Lucky Double Money Chance
Lucky Double Scrap Chance

It is an absolute attribute to max out first as the damage dealer on your team. They may like to have maximum Penetration points as well as all lucky crit chances and lucky action chance for attacking multiple enemies.

AWARENESS:

Hit Chance
Perception
Ranged Damage Bonus

Awareness can be increased and maxed out by any one of the characters who use a ranged weapon. As Perception is awarded, you don’t want every single range character to invest in Awareness, though it can be increased later by characters who wield ranged weapons for extra bonus damage.

STRENGTH:

Con
Con Per Level
Melee Damage Bonus
Throwing Range
Equip Items Requiring x Strength Without Penalties

Either Brawler type or heavy weapon type characters can max out Strength as there are heavy weapons and armor that requires high Strength to equip. Increased Melee Damage Bonus is a go-to for a Brawler attribute in Wasteland 3.

SPEED:

Combat Speed
Evasion
Initiative

It is very useful for the melee or semi ranged characters. Having an initiative is useful as every time you can start the battle and reduce any casualties.

INTELLIGENCE:

Critical Chance
Critical Damage
Critical Heal Chance
Critical Heal Bonus
Gain +1 SP every 2 Intelligence

Intelligence is a must as increasing its 2 levels will allow us to gain a Skill Point along with Critical Chance and Damage for Healers as they are more focused on providing support. To be fair they can max out Intelligence and gain more stats advantage from it than any other class due to Critical Heal Chance and Bonus. Snipers and Heavy Weapon can also gain favor from Critical Chance and Damage later.

CHARISMA:

Strike Rate
Leadership Range
Exp Bonus
Mission Reward Bonus

Investing your maximum Charisma point to gain huge Leadership Range and Exp bonus for a single character is enough and most powerful as he/she might be awarded Levels every once in a while. Stacking it up with Bookworm Background and Poindexter quirk is an absolute mad lad.

Skills

Skills are divided into 4 different types by which your character chooses to use their SP in Wasteland 3.

Combat Skills

AUTOMATIC WEAPONS
BIG GUNS
BRAWLING
MELEE COMBAT
SMALL ARMS
SNIPER RIFLES

General Skills

ANIMAL WHISPERER
EXPLOSIVES
FIRST AID
SNEAKY SHIT
WEIRD SCIENCE

Exploration Skills

ARMOR MODDING
LOCKPICKING
NERD STUFF
MECHANICS
SURVIVAL
TOASTER REPAIR
WEAPON MODDING

Social Skills

BARTER
HARD ASS
KISS ASS
LEADERSHIP

Quirk

BLUNDERER: Melee Dmg Bonus +15%, Critical Chance -50%
BOP BAG: Armor +6, Combat Speed -0.4
CIRCUS FREAK: Combat Speed +0.4, Crit Resistance +25%, Evasion -10%, Detection Time -1s
DEATH WISH: Action Points +3 (Cannot wear armor)
DOOMSDAY PREPPER: Status Effect Resistance (Cannot Read Skill Books)
LONE WOLF: Initiative +20% (Leadership has no benefits)
MEDICAL MARVEL: CON per level +5 (Cannot be revived during combat)
MIME: Detection Time +2s, CON -10, Throwing Range -0.5m
POINDEXTER: CON -8, CON per Level -3 (+1 bonus Skill Point every 2 Level-ups)
PROSPECTOR: Quick Slots -1 (Occasionally discover valuable gold nuggets while digging)
PYROMANIAC: Fire Dmg Bonus +25%, Explosive Dmg Bonus +25% (15% chance to catch on fire when using explosives)
SADOMASOCHIST: Melee Dmg Bonus +33%, Ranged Dmg Bonus (Receive +33% dmg)
SERIAL KILLER: Action Points -1(Gain +3AP for each kill in combat once per turn)
TWO-PUMP CHUMP: Start Combat with +2AP for the first 2 turns. After the first 2 turns, lose -1 AP and -15% hit chance for 6 turns.
VARANGIAN BLOOD: When an ally is Downed in combat, enter Berserker Rage, gaining +100% critical chance and +3 AP for 1 turn. After Berserker Rage ends, -4 AP for 2 turns.
WASTE ROAMER: Resistance to all Status +100%, Exp Bonus -15%
WAY OF THE SQUEEZINS: Melee Dmg Bonus -20%, Ranged Dmg Bonus -20% (Gain +50% dmg while drunk)

Builds

These are possible builds in Wastelands 3 which you can try but there are multiple ways in which you can favor your character stats. Social skills are important such as Hard Ass and Kiss Ass but as they are not combat based, so it is not mentioned in the below builds but having a character who has maximum skill in social is quite beneficial during dialogues. However, these are the personal builds which we tried and can spice up your game style.

Ninja (Blunt/Bladed)

Background: Mopey Poet

Quirk: Mime

Skills: Melee Combat, Sneaky Shit, Survival

Attributes: Co-ordination, Speed, Luck

Big Boy (Heavy Weapon)

Background: Disciple Of The Metal / Explodomaniac

Quirk: Varangian Blood / Pyromaniac

Skills: Big Guns, Nerd Stuff, Armor/Weapon Modding, Mechanics

Attributes: Co-ordination, Strength, Awareness

Brawler (Brawling)

Background: Lethal Weapon

Quirk: Lone Wolf

Skills: Brawling, Mechanics, Toaster Repair

Attributes: Co-ordination, Charisma, Intelligence, Strength

Scientist Or Support

Background: Bookworm

Quirk: Poindexter

Skills: Explosives, Weird Science, Nerd Stuff, Leadership

Attributes: Charisma, Co-ordination, Awareness

Medic (Semi-Auto Pistol)

Background: Bookworm

Quirk: Waste Roamer

Skills: Small Arms, First Aid, Lockpicking

Attributes: Intelligence, Luck, Awareness

Sniper (Sniper Rifle)

Background: Vicious Avenger

Quirk: Sadomasochist

Skills: Sniper Rifles, Sneaky Shit, Animal Whisperer

Attributes: Luck, Awareness, Intelligence

Tank

Background: Stoner

Quirk: Waste Roamer/ Bop Bag/ Medical Marvel

Skills: Melee Combat (Shrug It Off), Explosives (Duck And Cover), Armor Modding