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Borderlands the Complete Series Guide

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Post  Dwlr Tue Oct 27, 2015 9:26 am

In this guide I'll discuss the mechanics that people simply don't seem to understand that cross game lines, general guidelines for each specific game, and build information for each character, but since a lot of the build calculators out there don't work to make sure the guide can survive if the ones that do work fail I'll primarily be discussing what makes each character blatantly over-powered.
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Accuracy and it's components
one of the most commonly misunderstand aspect of the game even those who are self-proclaimed "professionals" get the accuracy mechanics of Borderlands woefully wrong

Accuracy is a stat on the gun, but to be clear there are 4 elements that ultimate affect how successful you're going to be at hitting your target and they are Accuracy (the listed stat), Recoil Reduction, Accuracy Recovery, and Weapon Stability.

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Elemental Damage
Elemental Damage is changed since Borderlands when Borderlands 2 and Borderlands:TPS. In Borderlands 1 Elemental Damage was handled by an Elemental Pool system which basically meant you gained increasing chance to apply Elemental DoTs after a period of not applying the Elemental DoTs. In all version Elemental Damage is superior than a comparable quality Non-Elemental weapon provided you are using the proper Element, if you are using an Element that is poor against the enemy then you will do far less than the Non-Elemental Weapon. In all versions having an Element reduces the base Damage of the weapon by 15% which means if the Element is neutral against your enemy then you are relying soley on the DoTs or the damage multiplier effect in the case of Explosive to make up the loss in base Damage. Since the actual values vary from game to game and the mods in the game I'll just give a brief summary of what does what and what they're good/bad against. When using Elemental Weapons you must also watch out for enemies of that Element, for instance even though Flaming Psychos are Flesh targets they greatly resist Incendiary Damage being Fire Element themselves.

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Accuracy is very generic within game so I hope that helped clarify and I hope the full description of the Elements helps explain them better than the game's generic mentioning of what gets a bonus against what. Borderlands is truly a rather simple game so the only thing left to leave you with are general tips and build guides for the characters.
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General Tips for Success
-Increase Weapon Damage, no matter who you are, you're going to use a gun at some point.

-Prioritize Melee Attachments if you're going to use Melee, melee Damage scales with the character and a significantly lower weapon is not going to lose damage on Melee Attacks so an increase in Melee Damage is always going to be relevant on Melee Characters.
--Try for a Slag/Cryo Element on Melee Weapons, going with the above Slag or Cryo Element depending on which game you're playing is going to boost your Melee potential and isn't going to dwindle in terms of the effectiveness of that boost so keeping a Spiked Slag or Cryo weapon is going to be a benefit to any Melee Heavy Character.

-Try to have alternative methods for Slag/Cryo, 3 of the 4 main Vault Hunters in Borderlands 2 can Slag through use of their Action Skill saving you from having to switch weapons alternatively you can use Slag Grenades to spread Slag without needing a dedicated weapon intended just to Slag. The same can be said about Cryo effect in Borderlands TPS, Cryo applies a buff and is a fair enough Element that you aren't going to cost yourself much if you use a Cryo Grenades or Cryo Slams so it can be highly beneficial to have alternative methods to apply that debuff, in the case of Cryo even without taking advantage of the boosts from Freezing an enemy you can still enjoy the control that comes with Freezing or Slowing the enemy regardless of your play style.

-Always use an Elemental Weapon, Elemental Weapons do have weaknesses and they do suffer a base Damage loss, but the proper weapon in the proper situation is going to do vastly more Damage than a Non-Elemental Weapon can hope to achieve, some exceptions do apply in terms of Legendary Weapons however there are also Legendary Elemental Weapons that are entirely game-breaking and more than surpass most of the Non-Elemental Legendary Weapons if those Legendary Weapons can't spawn an Elemental Variant themselves.

- Pick the character for the play style you like not the Character or their Action Skill, If you pick your favorite character and you can't use that character how you want to chances are you won't like them as much when actually playing the game than the character that fits your play style. Along those same lines Action Skills are nice, but a lot of them take a back-seat in regular gameplay with a few exceptions that truly change the play style of a character like Brick or Krieg.

- Keep your Maximum Health as low as viable for most characters. Most characters prefer to survive on their Shields instead of Health and this helps them two-fold Shields recharge automatically and Health requires skills or special effects secondly a low Maximum Health means a lower Health Gate that is the amount of Health you need to avoid dying in a single shot (50% of Maximum + 2 Health) combine that with Healing that does set amounts rather than Healing based on percents of your Maximum Health then you can use the Health Gate multiple times to deal with enemies that are simply too strong for your Health or Shields by themselves to withstand.

Character Tips
Characters have multiple viable builds based on play styles so I'm simply going to focus on their "best" skills or skill combinations that can make them undeniably over-powered.

Borderlands 1
Mordecai
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Brick
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Lilith
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Roland
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