So...any suggestions on Pestilence builds? Doesn't look like it benefits from status effects, looks like pumping as much raw weapon damage as possible is the way to go.
Don't have a real set yet so I added it to my janky LMG build - Momento, 2p W&H, Fox's, Contractors, and a Fenris chest with braced from other builds. Really want to replace that with maybe a 3rd W&H piece to boost health damage since I don't think I can get much more damage out of anything else (crit/crit damage apparently doesn't matter too much). Kinda feel like a shotty as a secondary might be a good option, use The Mop for some more defensive utility or Boomstick for big damage and the buff.
So far I'm kinda digging it. It shoots almost like a damned sniper rifle with braced and having that buff do straight damage to robodogs is a freakin godsend. And with Momento + Kard customs it pushes me to a T3 ballistic shield so I've got a fair amount of tankiness beyond the bonus armor and armor regen from Momento.
Edit: Played around a bit with Mop as my off weapon and swapped out the Fenris chest for a Belstone with braced and armor regen/armor on kill and it's working pretty nice so far. Damage could be better, but it's fairly tanky (1M armor, 350K health, 15K armor regen and 121K armor on kill, more with Mop) and pretty easy to get a few max debuff stacks and keep them rolling.
I'll tinker around with it a bit more but not a big fan of the playstyle. So probably will sit as a backup build as it was before Pestilence. But nice to have for when I want to toy around with it.