Comprehensive Guide to Division 2 Gear Sets and Brand Sets for 2025

Introduction
Welcome to the ultimate 2025 guide for Division 2 gear sets and brand sets, Agent! These sets form the foundation of every build in the game, whether you're new or a seasoned player. With 56 sets available, choosing can feel intimidating, but don't worry—we’ve got you covered.

This guide begins by defining gear sets and brand sets along with their distinct characteristics. Then, we’ll share efficient strategies for farming any set in the game. You’ll also get a thorough explanation of set bonuses, attributes, and talents, giving you the tools to build confidently.

Next, each set will be detailed with its bonuses and unique talents. You’ll learn how to craft, recalibrate, and optimize gear for maximum performance.

Finally, we include tailored recommendations for the best gear and brand sets by roles like DPS or support, and for various activities such as legendary missions, raids, Dark Zone, and PvP.

By the end, you’ll know which sets to chase and how to customize them to fit your playstyle perfectly. Ready to dive in, Agent?

Key Takeaways
Top Gear Sets for 2025 include:

• Striker

• Heartbreaker

• Umbra Initiative

• Hunter's Fury

• Negotiator's Dilemma

• Hotshot

• Refactor

• Eclipse Protocol

• Future Initiative

• Foundry Bulwark

Top Brand Sets for 2025 include:

• Providence

• Palisade Steelworks

• Empress

• Wyvern

• Alps Summit

• China Light

• Brazos de Arcabuz

• Gila Guard

• Fenris

• Petrov

• Overlord

• Walker, Harris & Co

What Are Gear Sets and Brand Sets?
Gear and brand sets are collections of items that grant additional bonuses when you equip multiple pieces from the same set. Equipping two, three, or four items activates increasing set bonuses, which are central to building effective loadouts.

Each set consists of six item types:

• Mask

• Backpack

• Chest

• Gloves

• Holster

• Kneepads

You can equip all six items from a set, but set bonuses cap at three pieces for brand sets and four for gear sets. There’s no bonus for five or six pieces equipped, so it's best to combine items from different sets or use exotic gear to fill remaining slots.

How to Obtain Gear and Brand Sets
Gear and brand sets can be acquired through multiple activities, such as:

• Countdown mode

• The Summit challenges

• Open-world activities

• Missions

• Dark Zone encounters

• Raids and incursions

• Vendors

• Caches

• Crafting

• Random drops from enemies or players

• Seasonal rewards

The quickest way to farm specific sets in 2025 is through Countdown mode, where you can target the desired set as loot. This method can yield a full set in about 15 minutes, depending on your luck.

For optimal results, team up with others focusing on farming the same set and share any dropped loot. This approach maximizes efficiency, especially when hunting for god-roll versions of gear.

Division 2 Gear Sets Overview
Currently, there are 23 gear sets in Division 2. New sets are regularly added each season, increasing build variety and customization.

Gear sets provide bonuses based on how many pieces you equip:

• 2-piece bonus: unlocks with any 2 set items

• 3-piece bonus: unlocks with any 3 set items

• 4-piece bonus: unlocks with any 4 set items

Gear Set Attributes
Gear sets fall into three categories depending on their core attribute:

Core Attribute	Type	Attribute Roll	Gear Set Role
Red	Offensive	Weapon Damage	Firearms DPS-focused
Yellow	Utility/Offensive	Skill Tier	Healer/Support/Skill DPS
Blue	Defensive	Armor	Tank/Support-oriented

Each gear set’s items always drop with the set’s core attribute. For example, the Striker set always comes with a red offensive attribute and never blue or yellow.

Secondary attributes include one of these 12 options:

• Offensive: Critical Hit Chance, Critical Hit Damage, Headshot Damage, Weapon Handling

• Utility: Skill Damage, Skill Haste, Skill Repair, Status Effects

• Defensive: Armor Regeneration, Explosive Resistance, Hazard Protection, Health

All gear set items will drop with their natural core attribute plus one of these secondary stats.

Gear Set Talents
In addition to the standard 2-, 3-, and 4-piece set bonuses, gear sets offer exclusive talents found only on the chest and backpack pieces:

• Chest talent: unlocked by equipping 4 pieces, including the chest armor

• Backpack talent: unlocked by equipping 4 pieces, including the backpack

Unlike the regular set bonuses, these talents cannot be obtained from other gear or mods and are unique to the specific set’s chest and backpack.

For instance, you might get a 2-piece bonus like +15% Critical Hit Chance from various sources, but the 4-piece talent called “Hostile Negotiation” or a unique chest talent like “Target Rich Environment” are only available by using the specific gear set items.

Optimizing Your Build with Gear Sets
It’s generally recommended to equip just enough pieces of a set to unlock the desired bonus or talent — typically 3 or 4 pieces. The remaining slots can be filled with exotic items or gear from other sets to tailor your build’s strengths and cover weaknesses.

This flexible approach maximizes your build’s overall effectiveness, allowing you to combine offensive, defensive, and utility benefits according to your playstyle and role.

Brand Sets Overview
Brand sets are another crucial part of build customization. Like gear sets, they provide bonuses when equipping multiple pieces from the same brand.

Brand sets require equipping a minimum of 2 or 3 pieces to activate bonuses, but unlike gear sets, they only have up to 3-piece bonuses. They complement your gear set by providing additional boosts, often in utility or support stats.

Brand Sets Composition
Brand sets consist of the same six item types as gear sets:

• Mask

• Backpack

• Chest

• Gloves

• Holster

• Kneepads

However, unlike gear sets, brand sets focus more on supplementary stats, such as skill haste, critical hit chance, or health regeneration, making them ideal fillers to round out your build.

Brand Set Bonuses
Brand set bonuses typically unlock at:

• 2-piece bonus: equipped two brand set items

• 3-piece bonus: equipped three brand set items

These bonuses can provide essential boosts like increased skill duration, better weapon handling, or enhanced survivability, allowing you to fine-tune your loadout for specific activities.

How to Acquire Brand Sets
Brand sets drop from many of the same sources as gear sets, including:

• Countdown and Summit game modes

• Open-world activities and missions

• Vendors and caches

• Crafting and random drops

• Seasonal rewards

Targeted farming in game modes like Countdown remains the fastest method to get specific brand set pieces.

Choosing Between Gear and Brand Sets
Your build will usually be centered around one primary gear set for the core bonuses and talents, supplemented by a brand set for additional perks.

Selecting the right combination depends on your preferred role — whether DPS, support, tank, or hybrid — and the activity you’re focusing on, such as PvE, PvP, raids, or Dark Zone.

1. Striker's Battlegear

• 2-piece bonus: +15% Weapon Handling

• 3-piece bonus: +15% Rate of Fire

• 4-piece bonus: Striker's Gamble – Weapon hits boost total weapon damage by 0.65%, stacking up to 100 times.
  Stacks lost per second: 1 (0-50 stacks), 2 (50-100 stacks)

• Backpack talent: Risk Management – Increases weapon damage per stack from 0.65% to 1%.

• Chest talent: Press the Advantage – Raises max stacks from 100 to 200. Stack loss rate changes to 3 per second (100-200 stacks).

2. Heartbreaker

• 2-piece bonus: +15% Assault Rifle and LMG Damage

• 3-piece bonus: +15% Weapon Handling

• 4-piece bonus: Heartstopper – Headshots apply a 5-second pulse. Hits on pulsed enemies add 1% bonus armor and weapon damage stacks, up to 50 stacks. Lose 2 stacks per second.

• Backpack talent: Cold – Doubles bonus armor per stack from 1% to 2%.

• Chest talent: Max BPM – Raises max stacks from 50 to 100.

3. Umbra Initiative

• 2-piece bonus: +15% Critical Hit Chance

• 3-piece bonus: +30% Reload Speed

• 4-piece bonus:
  From the Shadows – Gain 10 stacks per second up to 50 while in cover. Each stack gives 1% Critical damage and 0.3% rate of fire increase. No effect while shooting from cover. Out of cover loses stacks at 2/sec (normal) or 1/sec (sprinting).
  Into the Light – Out of cover and in combat gain 10 stacks per second up to 50. Each stack grants 0.8% armor regen when consumed. Stacks consume at 10 per second only in cover.

• Backpack talent: Into the Light – Doubles max stacks to 100, stack gain and consumption rates to 20.

• Chest talent: From the Shadows – Doubles max stacks and stack gain to 100 and 20 respectively.

4. Hunter's Fury

• 2-piece bonus: +15% Shotgun and SMG Damage

• 3-piece bonus: +20% Armor on Kill and +50% Health on Kill

• 4-piece bonus: Apex Predator – Enemies within 15m get a debuff increasing your weapon damage by 20%. Killing a debuffed enemy disorients others within 5m and grants 5% weapon damage for 10s, stacking up to 5 times.

• Backpack talent: Overwhelming Force – Disorient radius increased from 5m to 10m.

• Chest talent: Endless Hunger – Apex Predator stacks last 30s instead of 10s.

5. Negotiator's Dilemma

• 2-piece bonus: +15% Critical Hit Chance

• 3-piece bonus: +20% Critical Hit Damage

• 4-piece bonus: Hostile Negotiations – Critical hits mark enemies for 20s (max 3). Critically hitting a marked enemy deals 60% damage to other marked enemies. Killing a marked enemy grants +2% critical hit damage, stacking 20 times until combat ends.

• Backpack talent: Critical Measures – Raises damage to marked enemies from 60% to 100%.

• Chest talent: Target Rich Environment – Increases mark count from 3 to 5.

6. Hotshot

• 2-piece bonus: +30% Marksman Rifle Damage & +30% Weapon Handling

• 3-piece bonus: +30% Headshot Damage

• 4-piece bonus: Headache – The first marksman rifle headshot boosts the next by 20%, the second grants +10% armor (or +50% bonus armor if at full armor), the third refills the magazine. From the fourth headshot onward, all bonuses apply for every consecutive headshot kill. Missing a headshot resets the cycle.

• Backpack talent: Blessed – Allows missing a headshot without resetting the cycle.

• Chest talent: Daring – Increases armor bonus from 50% to 100%.

7. Rigger

• 2-piece bonus: +15% Skill Haste

• 3-piece bonus: +15% Skill Duration

• 4-piece bonus: Tend and Befriend – Interacting with your deployed skills grants 25% skill damage for 10s. Cannot be refreshed. Interactions include using, deploying, retargeting, or healing the skill.

• Backpack talent: Complete Uptime – Canceling your skills resets their cooldown.

• Chest talent: Best Buds – Increases damage buff from 25% to 50%.

8. Eclipse Protocol

• 2-piece bonus: +15% Status Effects

• 3-piece bonus: +15% Skill Haste & +30% Hazard Protection

• 4-piece bonus: Indirect Transmission – Status effects spread on kill to enemies within 10m and refresh 50% of their duration.

• Backpack talent: Symptom Aggravator – Boosts damage against status-affected targets by 30%.

• Chest talent: Proliferation – Extends spread range to 15m and refreshes 75% of status duration.

9. Future Initiative

• 2-piece bonus: +30% Repair Skills

• 3-piece bonus: +15% Skill Haste & +30% Skill Duration

• 4-piece bonus: Ground Control – Boosts weapon and skill damage by 15% when at full armor for you and allies. Repairing an ally also heals you and allies within 5m for 60% of that amount.

• Backpack talent: Strategic Combat Support – Increases proximity repair from 60% to 120%.

• Chest talent: Tactical Superiority – Raises damage bonus from 15% to 25%.

10. Foundry Bulwark

• 2-piece bonus: +10% Total Armor

• 3-piece bonus: +1% Armor Regeneration & +50% Shield Health

• 4-piece bonus: Makeshift Repairs – 25% of damage taken by you or your shield is repaired over 10 seconds.

• Backpack talent: Process Refinery – Speeds up repairs to 5 seconds.

• Chest talent: Improved Materials – Increases repair amount from 25% to 35%.

11. Hard Wired

• 2-piece bonus: +15% Skill Haste

• 3-piece bonus: +15% Skill Damage & +30% Repair Skills

• 4-piece bonus: Feedback Loop – Using or canceling a skill reduces other skill cooldowns by 30 seconds and increases skill damage and repair by 10% for 20 seconds. Can occur once every 20 seconds.

• Backpack talent: Short Circuit – Cuts cooldown from 20 to 10 seconds.

• Chest talent: Positive Reinforcement – Boosts skill damage and repair bonus from 10% to 25%.

12. Ongoing Directive

• 2-piece bonus: +15% Status Effects

• 3-piece bonus: +30% Reload Speed

• 4-piece bonus: Rules of Engagement – Shooting a status-affected enemy marks them. Killing a marked enemy grants a full clip of Hollow-Point Ammo for your weapon and half a clip for party members. Mark lasts 10 seconds. Hollow-Point Ammo boosts damage by 20% and causes bleed.

• Backpack talent: Trauma Specialist – Extends bleed duration by 50% and doubles bleed damage.

• Chest talent: Parabellum Rounds – Increases Hollow-Point damage boost to 35%, not affecting party.

13. True Patriot

• 2-piece bonus: +30% Ammo Capacity

• 3-piece bonus: +30% Magazine Size

• 4-piece bonus: Red, White, and Blue – Every 2 seconds, enemies you shoot receive stacking debuffs:

  • Red: Increases damage taken by 8%.

  • White: Repairs your armor by 2% once per second.

  • Blue: Reduces enemy damage dealt by 8%.
    When enemies die under all three debuffs, they explode within 5 meters, dealing damage equal to their health and armor (reduced on Named enemies).

• Backpack talent: Patriotic Boost – Increases debuff strength: Red and Blue to 12%, White to 3%.

• Chest talent: Waving the Flag – Speeds up debuff rotation to 1.5 seconds.

14. Aces and Eights

• 2-piece bonus: +15% Marksman Rifle Damage

• 3-piece bonus: +30% Headshot Damage

• 4-piece bonus: Dead Man’s Hand – Flip a card when landing marksman shots. After 5 cards, next shot damage is boosted by 30%. More shots get enhanced based on hand revealed:

  • Four of a Kind: 4 shots

  • Full House: 3 shots

  • Aces and Eights: 2 shots
    Headshots flip an extra card.

• Backpack talent: Ace in the Sleeve – Adds one extra enhanced shot.

• Chest talent: No Limit – Raises damage bonus from 30% to 50%.

15. Tip of the Spear

• 2-piece bonus: +20% Signature Weapon Damage

• 3-piece bonus: +10% Weapon Damage

• 4-piece bonus: Aggressive Recon – Getting a Signature Weapon kill grants +15% Signature Weapon Damage for 10 seconds and +25% reload speed on the next reload. Automatically regenerates Signature Weapon ammo every 60 seconds.

• Backpack talent: Signature Moves – Adds 50% weapon damage for 15 seconds after depleting Signature Weapon ammo, and doubles ammo generated by Aggressive Recon.

• Chest talent: Specialized Destruction – Increases Signature Weapon Damage bonus from 15% to 30%. Every 3rd Signature Weapon kill generates ammo.

16. System Corruption

• 2-piece bonus: +15% Armor on Kill

• 3-piece bonus: +40% Disrupt Resistance & +40% Pulse Resistance

• 4-piece bonus: Hackstep Protocol – Replaces armor kits with an infinite-use ability on 20s cooldown that repairs 20% armor, grants 50% bonus armor, and hides your nameplate for 5 seconds. Weapon damage increases by 2% for every 5% bonus armor, up to 20%.

• Backpack talent: Multithreaded Execution – Raises bonus armor from 50% to 100%.

• Chest talent: Compiler Optimization – Cuts cooldown from 20 to 15 seconds.

17. Cavalier

• 2-piece bonus: +30% Hazard Protection

• 3-piece bonus: +40% Repair Skills

• 4-piece bonus: Charging – For each second out of cover during combat, reduces incoming skill damage by 5%, up to 50%. Charged – When fully charged, grants immunity to movement speed debuffs and shares hazard protection and damage reduction with allies for 10 seconds. After consumption, Charging resumes if still out of cover and in combat.

• Backpack talent: Safe Charging – Charging grants 10% protection per second.

• Chest talent: Overcharging – Increases max damage protection from 50% to 70%.

18. Ortiz: Exuro

• 2-piece bonus: +20% Burn Duration & +15% Skill Health

• 3-piece bonus: +40% Burn Damage

• 4-piece bonus: Incinerator Turret Prototype – The turret spins 360 degrees, and you’re immune to its fire. It explodes when disabled.

• Backpack talent: Heatstroke – +25% weapon damage to enemies set on fire by the turret and increases turret range by 25%.

• Chest talent: Chain Combustion – Enemies set on fire ignite nearby enemies within 2 meters.

19. Aegis

• 2-piece bonus: +70% Health

• 3-piece bonus: +15% Total Armor

• 4-piece bonus: Stoic – Gain +3% damage resistance for each enemy targeting you. This is multiplied by the number of agents in your group.

• Backpack talent: Polyethylene Plating – Increases Stoic damage resistance bonus from 3% to 4%.

• Chest talent: Deceit – Enemies targeting your Decoy also count towards Stoic damage reduction.

20. Breaking Point

• 2-piece bonus: +25% Rifle & MMR Damage

• 3-piece bonus: +30% Headshot Damage & +15% Weapon Handling

• 4-piece bonus: On Point – Landing shots with Rifle or MMR grants stacks. Reloading grants +2% Weapon Handling and +2% Weapon Damage per stack for 10 seconds. No stacks gain while active. Timer expiry reloads magazine. Switching weapons during bonuses stops effect and reloads magazine.

• Backpack talent: Point of Honor – Increases weapon damage bonus from 2% to 3%.

• Chest talent: Point of no Return – Extends bonus duration from 10s to 15s.

21. Virtuoso

• 2-piece bonus: +15% Weapon Handling & +15% Magazine Size

• 3-piece bonus: +15% Weapon Damage

• 4-piece bonus: Symphony – Killing enemies beyond 25 meters gives +40% weapon damage to Shotguns, SMGs, Pistols; +20% to ARs and LMGs; +25% bonus armor for 15s. Killing enemies within 25 meters gives +40% damage to MMRs and Rifles; +20% to ARs and LMGs; +30% headshot damage for 15s. Building stacks by alternating ranges triggers a 1.5x multiplier for 15s at 4 stacks. No stacks gain while active.

• Backpack talent: Accelerando – Reduces stacks needed to trigger double buffs from 4 to 3.

• Chest talent: Fortissimo – Doubles the weapon damage bonuses of Symphony.

22. Refactor

• 2-piece bonus: +15% Status Effects

• 3-piece bonus: +25% Skill Damage

• 4-piece bonus: Return to Sender – Skills heal you for 10% and allies for 20% of damage dealt.

• Backpack talent: Over-engineered – While at full armor, healing grants bonus armor up to 80% of total armor, not applied to allies.

• Chest talent: Increased Interest – Boosts healing from 10% to 25% for you and 20% to 35% for allies.

23. Measured Assembly

• 2-piece bonus: +15% Skill Haste

• 3-piece bonus: +60% Repair Skills & +40% Explosive Resistance

• 4-piece bonus: Huddle – Gain +1 Skill Tier per ally in Hive range. At Skill Tier 6, having an ally near Hive or Smart Cover for 4s grants Overcharge for 15s with a 40s cooldown. Mortars and enemy skills entering Hive or Smart Cover range are destroyed with a 10s cooldown, reduced by 20% per ally in range.

• Backpack talent: Smart Cooperation – Reduces mortar and skill destruction cooldown from 10 to 1 second.

• Chest talent: Hivemind – Cuts Overcharge cooldown from 40 to 25 seconds.

Division 2 Brand Sets in 2025
As of 2025, there are 33 brand sets available in Division 2. Similar to gear sets, players gain access to a new brand set with each passing season, expanding their customization options.

Bonuses of Brand Sets
Unlike gear sets which offer bonuses for equipping up to four items, brand sets provide bonuses capped at three pieces. This means the maximum bonuses come from using three pieces of the same brand set. For optimal builds, it's usually best to complement these with other brand sets, gear sets, or exotic items rather than stacking more pieces of the same brand.

For example, equipping just one item from the Grupo Sombra brand set unlocks the first of the three possible bonuses.

Attributes of Brand Sets
Brand sets share the same core attribute rules as gear sets but differ significantly in secondary attributes. Both have access to the same 12 secondary attributes, but brand sets come with two secondary attributes per item, whereas gear sets have only one.

This difference allows brand sets to achieve higher overall stats since gear sets miss out on half the secondary attribute rolls.

For damage-focused builds, this means hitting the critical chance cap of 60% is easier with brand sets since items can roll both critical hit chance and critical hit damage as secondary stats. Gear sets can only have one or the other per item.

At a glance, gear sets might seem less attractive due to their limited secondary attributes, but remember brand sets lack the four-piece bonuses that gear sets offer.

Brand Set Talents
Brand set talents work differently compared to gear sets. While gear set backpacks and chests always have unique talents, brand sets do not follow this rule strictly.

Unique talents on brand set items only appear on certain named versions of some components, not on every backpack or chest piece. For instance, a regular brand set chest might have a random talent that can be rerolled, but the named version of that chest carries a unique talent that cannot be rerolled or found elsewhere.

An example is the Belstone brand set chest: the regular version has a rerollable talent, whereas the named version features a fixed "Perfect" talent and is marked in yellow.

Some brand sets have unique talents on different components, like:

• Petrov set: named gloves called Contractor's Gloves

• Overlord set: named kneepads called Fox’s Prayer

• Brazos de Arcabuz set: named holster called Picaro’s Holster

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Part 3

Complete List of Brand Sets in Division 2 (2025)

1. Providence Defense

• 1-piece: +13% Headshot Damage

• 2-piece: +8% Critical Hit Chance

• 3-piece: +13% Critical Hit Damage

2. Uzina Getica

• 1-piece: +5% Total Armor

• 2-piece: +10% Armor on Kill

• 3-piece: +30% Hazard Protection

3. Empress International

• 1-piece: +10% Skill Health

• 2-piece: +10% Skill Damage

• 3-piece: +8% Skill Efficiency

4. Wyvern Wear

• 1-piece: +8% Skill Damage

• 2-piece: +18% Status Effects

• 3-piece: +45% Skill Duration

5. Belstone Armory

• 1-piece: +1% Armor Regen

• 2-piece: +10% Armor on Kill

• 3-piece: +45% Incoming Repairs

6. Alps Summit

• 1-piece: +18% Repair Skills

• 2-piece: +30% Skill Duration

• 3-piece: +30% Skill Haste

7. China Light

• 1-piece: +15% Explosive Damage

• 2-piece: +20% Skill Haste

• 3-piece: +25% Status Effects

8. Palisade Steelworks

• 1-piece: +10% Armor on Kill

• 2-piece: +60% Health

• 3-piece: +1 Skill Tier

9. Brazos de Arcabuz

• 1-piece: +10% Skill Haste

• 2-piece: +1 Skill Tier

• 3-piece: +50% Magazine Size

10. Gila Guard

• 1-piece: +5% Total Armor

• 2-piece: +60% Health

• 3-piece: +2% Armor Regen

11. Fenris Group

• 1-piece: +10% Assault Rifle Damage

• 2-piece: +30% Reload Speed

• 3-piece: +50% Weapon Stability

12. Petrov Defense Group

• 1-piece: +10% LMG Damage

• 2-piece: +15% Weapon Handling

• 3-piece: +50% Ammo Capacity

13. Overlord Armaments

• 1-piece: +10% Rifle Damage

• 2-piece: +30% Weapon Accuracy

• 3-piece: +30% Weapon Handling

14. Walker, Harris & Co

• 1-piece: +5% Weapon Damage

• 2-piece: +5% Damage to Armor

• 3-piece: +10% Damage to Health

15. Yaahl Gear

• 1-piece: +10% Hazard Protection

• 2-piece: +10% Weapon Damage

• 3-piece: +40% Pulse Resistance

16. Electrique

• 1-piece: +10% Status Effects

• 2-piece: +20% Shock Resistance

• 3-piece: +30% SMG Damage

17. Hana-U

• 1-piece: +10% Skill Haste

• 2-piece: +10% Skill Damage

• 3-piece: +15% Weapon Damage

18. Murakami Industries

• 1-piece: +15% Skill Duration

• 2-piece: +35% Repair Skills

• 3-piece: +18% Skill Damage

19. Richter & Kaiser

• 1-piece: +15% Incoming Repairs

• 2-piece: +25% Explosive Resistance

• 3-piece: +40% Repair Skills

20. 5.11 Tactical

• 1-piece: +30% Health

• 2-piece: +30% Incoming Repairs

• 3-piece: +30% Hazard Protection

21. Badger Tuff

• 1-piece: +10% Shotgun Damage

• 2-piece: +5% Total Armor

• 3-piece: +15% Armor on Kill

22. Golan Gear

• 1-piece: +10% Status Effects

• 2-piece: +1.5% Armor Regen

• 3-piece: +10% Total Armor

23. Habsburg Guard

• 1-piece: +13% Headshot Damage

• 2-piece: +20% MMR Damage

• 3-piece: +25% Status Effects

24. Lengmo

• 1-piece: +20% Explosive Resistance

• 2-piece: +20% Skill Health

• 3-piece: +30% LMG Damage

25. Ceska Vyroba

• 1-piece: +8% Critical Hit Chance

• 2-piece: +20% Hazard Protection

• 3-piece: +90% Health

26. Douglas & Harding

• 1-piece: +20% Pistol Damage

• 2-piece: +30% Weapon Stability

• 3-piece: +50% Weapon Accuracy

27. Grupo Sombra

• 1-piece: +13% Critical Hit Damage

• 2-piece: +20% Explosives Damage

• 3-piece: +13% Headshot Damage

28. Airaldi

• 1-piece: +10% Marksman Rifle Damage

• 2-piece: +13% Headshot Damage

• 3-piece: +5% Damage to Armor

29. Sokolov

• 1-piece: +10% SMG Damage

• 2-piece: +13% Critical Hit Damage

• 3-piece: +8% Critical Hit Chance

30. Zwiadowka

• 1-piece: +15% Magazine Size

• 2-piece: +20% Rifle Damage

• 3-piece: +30% Weapon Handling

31. Legatus

• 1-piece: +30% Swap Speed

• 2-piece: +70% Optimal Range

• 3-piece: +15% Weapon Damage

32. Shiny Monkey Gear

• 1-piece: +15% Skill Duration

• 2-piece: +5% Skill Efficiency

• 3-piece: +52% Repair Skills

33. Imminence Armaments

• 1-piece: +5% Weapon Damage

• 2-piece: +100% Increased Threat

• 3-piece: +60% Pistol Damage

Division 2 Gear Sets vs Brand Sets
Is one better than the other in Division 2? The answer isn't simple or clear-cut. Opinions vary widely depending on player preferences and playstyle. Some prefer gear sets, others lean towards brand sets, and many see them as equally viable. To help clarify, here are several factors to consider when comparing these two types of sets:

1. Talents: Gear Sets vs Brand Sets
   Gear sets each offer three unique talents (4-piece bonus, chest, and backpack), while brand sets feature two named items with special “Perfect talents.” Although gear sets’ talents can occasionally be more powerful, brand sets’ perfect talents typically provide better damage or utility.

2. Extra Secondary Attribute in Brand Sets
   Brand sets hold a major advantage by having one additional secondary attribute per item. This difference greatly impacts stats, especially for critical DPS builds. For instance, brand sets can offer 12 critical-related rolls across gear slots, while gear sets only provide 6.

3. Build Diversity
   Brand sets require only three pieces to unlock their full bonuses, compared to four for gear sets. This extra free slot allows players to mix and match with other sets or exotic items, increasing build flexibility.

4. RNG and God Rolls
   Obtaining perfect stats can be harder on brand sets due to that extra attribute and, especially for chest or backpack items, needing specific core attributes, two secondary stats, and talents all aligned. Gear sets, with fewer attributes to worry about and fixed unique talents on chests/backpacks, simplify this process and reduce RNG frustration.

What’s your take? Considering these points, are gear sets better than brand sets in Division 2?

Combining Multiple Division 2 Gear and Brand Sets
How many set items can you equip simultaneously? Up to six pieces total, mixing brand sets and gear sets across different gear slots like mask, backpack, or chest. However, effective builds require synergy, so you’ll usually want to activate set bonuses by wearing multiple pieces from the same set.

Since 2023, combining sets became much easier thanks to the exotic NinjaBike Messenger Bag. Its talent reads:

"Resourceful: Slots in with any equipped Gear Set or Brand Set item to fulfill a requirement towards unlocking a Gear Set bonus. Can unlock bonuses from multiple sets simultaneously."

This backpack allows you to gain +1 piece bonus for each set equipped, even if you only wear one item from that set. For example, a loadout with the Ninja Backpack plus one piece each from Petrov, Overlord, Uzina, and two from Brazos can activate multiple 2-piece or 3-piece bonuses at once, greatly increasing build flexibility.

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Crafting Gear Sets and Brand Sets
Can you craft these sets? Yes. Both gear and brand sets can be crafted at the Crafting Station, but only after you unlock their blueprints. You obtain blueprints by completing projects, missions, raids, and season tracks.

The crafting interface allows selecting blueprints for masks and other gear slots, letting you create specific set items once the blueprint is unlocked.

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Recalibrating Gear and Brand Sets
Recalibration is possible but limited. You can change only one attribute per item using the Tinkering feature, so choose wisely. Simply select the attribute to change, pick the replacement, and confirm.

Important: Gear set talents and "Perfect" talents on named brand set items cannot be recalibrated, so those remain fixed.

Optimizing Gear Sets and Brand Sets
Optimization is available for all gear and brand set items via the Tinkering Station. You pick an attribute to improve, provide the necessary materials, and enhance stats to their maximum potential. This applies to all attributes, including core stats, but talents cannot be optimized further since they have fixed values.

Optimizing helps you tailor gear to fit your desired build perfectly, pushing performance to the highest level.

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Top Division 2 Gear Sets and Brand Sets in 2025
Here are some of the best gear sets for different playstyles:

Best Gear Sets:

• Striker's Battlegear

• Heartbreaker

• Umbra Initiative

• Hunter's Fury

• Negotiator's Dilemma

• Hotshot

• Refactor

• Eclipse Protocol

• Future Initiative

• Foundry Bulwark

Best Brand Sets:

• Providence

• Palisade Steelworks

• Uzina Getica

• Empress

• Wyvern

• Belstone

• Alps Summit

• China Light

• Brazos de Arcabuz

• Gila Guard

Best Gear Sets and Brand Sets for Solo Players
If you prefer going solo, these sets provide great survivability and damage output:

Solo Gear Sets:

• Striker’s Battlegear

• Heartbreaker

• Hunter’s Fury

• Umbra Initiative

• Negotiator’s Dilemma

• Refactor

• Eclipse Protocol

Solo Brand Sets:

• Providence

• Palisade Steelworks

• Uzina Getica

• Empress

• Wyvern

• Belstone

• Gila Guard

• Brazos de Arcabuz

• Fenris Group

• Petrov Defense Group

• Overlord Armaments

• Walker, Harris & Co

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Best Gear Sets and Brand Sets for Legendary Content
These sets excel in high-level challenges and raids:

• Striker’s Battlegear

• Heartbreaker

• Negotiator’s Dilemma

• Foundry Bulwark

• Refactor

• Providence

• Empress

• Wyvern

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Best Gear Sets and Brand Sets for PvP
For competitive play, focus on these sets that boost damage and resilience:

• Striker’s Battlegear

• Heartbreaker

• Umbra Initiative

• Belstone Armory

• Providence

• Uzina Getica

• Empress

• Walker, Harris & Co

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Division 2 Gear Sets – Frequently Asked Questions

1. Most popular gear set in 2025?
   Striker’s Battlegear is the top choice.

2. Most popular brand set in 2025?
   Providence leads the pack.

3. How to obtain sets?
   Through missions, raids, projects, season tracks, vendors, and crafting.

4. Can gear and brand sets be crafted?
   Yes, once you unlock their blueprints.

5. Can gear sets be upgraded?
   Absolutely, via recalibration and optimization.

6. Are gear sets better than brand sets?
   Both have strengths; effectiveness depends on your build and playstyle.

Conclusion
This guide covered everything you need to know about gear sets and brand sets in Division 2 for 2025. Both options bring unique strengths depending on your goals, whether you prioritize raw damage, utility, or build flexibility.

Gear sets shine with strong talents and simpler stat rolls, making god-roll items easier to achieve. Brand sets offer an extra secondary attribute and require fewer pieces for full bonuses, allowing more build customization.

Ultimately, neither set type is outright better; it depends on your preferred playstyle and specific build goals. Experiment with both to find what suits you best. We hope this guide helps you make informed choices and optimize your gear to dominate The Division 2’s endgame content.