Category Archives: Revolvers

13.9s Crawmerax Speedkill: Gunfighter RULES!

  By UFKHBA onGearchatForum | July 12, 2012 - 9:38 am | , , ,
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I just managed a 13.9 second Crawmerax speedkill on Xbox with Mordecai using a 550 Gunfighter COM with no fifth line. I still can’t believe how easy it looks: here’s the video on youtube. At the time of this writing, 13.9s is the current record for consoles, and the third fastest overall, as far as the Gearbox forum knows. In this post I’ll go over how this quick time came about. Previously I’d looked at two Hunter builds for speedkilling Crawmerax. First I tried to replicate fraktaled_b4u’s success with Sniper/Penetrator. I managed an ok time with it, but with my … Continue reading →

The Sniper Build for Mordecai the Hunter vs Crawmerax

  By UFKHBA onGearchatForum | June 3, 2012 - 9:02 am | , , , ,
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Sub-20 Second Crawmerax Speedkill in PT2 When I first saw this video I was like holy ****, because not only does it look VERY fast, it looks repeatable. I’m used to a Craw kill taking 3 minutes from first blood to death roar and this, by looking at the video, is a whole order of magnitude more efficient.  My gunslinger setup is no slouch, but it’s designed to be tough and consistent, rather than lightning fast. “Wow,” I thought, “I gotta try this!”  I checked out what he was using and realized he had made some unusual choices. The Sniper Speedkill Loadout … Continue reading →

Borderlands Best Weapons for Mordecai the Hunter vs Crawmerax

  By UFKHBA onGearchatForum | February 16, 2012 - 1:44 am | , , , ,
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When I started fighting Crawmerax with Mordecai in Playthrough 2 I thought it would be fairly easy. Mordecai is famous for placing critical damage and Crawmerax is basically MADE out of Critical hit spots, right? So why wouldn’t it be easy? Well, we’ll get to that. First I have to say that my initial 20+ desperate attempts didn’t succeed. At all. Mordecai would inevitably get taken down and if he ever got back up, there were 5 immediate threats in every direction. Even if no one was around, he’d back up into a newly risen purple one and get clobbered. … Continue reading →

Bullet Velocity and Borderlands’ Best Weapons

  By UFKHBA onGearchatForum | January 4, 2012 - 8:09 pm | , , , , , , , , ,
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On my first playthrough I was Roland and I used a Combat Rifles as my main weapon. I wasn’t close to finding any of Borderlands’ best weapons yet, but I remember being amazed when I found a blue AR Stomper with 220 damage. It was about twice as much damage as any Combat Rifle I’d come across and I ended up keeping it for a long time. It fired 3 shot bursts and if I could make all 3 criticals, the target would usually either stumble or just give up. One thing about it seemed odd though – it was … Continue reading →

Top 5 Borderlands’ Best Weapons to kill Crawmerax the Invincible

  By UFKHBA onGearchatForum | December 31, 2011 - 3:24 pm | , , , ,
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Killing Crawmerax is hands down the quickest way to get amazing loot. Every time you fell this monstrous pinata, you can expect something like 30 items on the ground including a few oranges, lots of purples and maybe even a pearlescent. Want another go? It’s as easy as exiting the lair and waltzing back in. Crawmerax will be waiting at the top of the elevator with another few dozen prizes inside. It sounds simple enough, but killing Crawmerax isn’t necessarily easy. Having some of Borderlands’ best weapons can make all the difference though. Out of all Borderlands’ best weapons, these … Continue reading →

Borderlands’ Best Weapons In Terms Of Fun!

  By UFKHBA onGearchatForum | December 23, 2011 - 2:45 pm | , , , ,
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This site is generally about Borderlands’ Best Weapons in terms of raw, brutal functionality: e.g. which gun configurations get their job done the fastest. However, this particular post, like this thread, will focus on a different ‘best’ entirely: Borderlands Best Weapons for sheer entertainment value. In other words: toys (in keeping with the season). These things may or may not be the ultimate weapon for their class, but they excel at destructive delight and scathing satisfaction. In fact, I often find myself going out of my way to use these in absurd ‘what if’ scenarios just for fun. So without … Continue reading →

Recoil, Stocks, and Borderlands Best Weapons

  By UFKHBA onGearchatForum | December 15, 2011 - 1:37 am | , , , , , , , , , ,
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You may have noticed that guncards often list +xx% recoil reduction; and players often ignore the stat. Sometimes a gun’s stat list looks great with all +’s except there’s one line with -xx% recoil reduction (common with Atlas weapons). That’s harder to ignore. Minus sign? Come on! What’s up with that? What is this recoil reduction they speak of? If you play enough, you’ll notice that recoil reduction has something to do with accuracy, and the rumbling of your console controller. But you may ask: what, exactly, is the deal? And you may find almost nothing about it. The Wikia … Continue reading →

Gearcalc & Understanding the parts that make Borderlands’ best weapons

  By UFKHBA onGearchatForum | December 1, 2011 - 10:59 am | , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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Gearcalc BackgroundFirst, a little history: when Borderlands first came out, players were excited about the ’87 Bazillion’ guns angle, and they began documenting Borderlands’ best weapons as they found them. Over time, it became apparent that there were common elements to different guns and that having certain elements on a gun resulted in certain effects. Eventually things became clearer and people learned that specific parts and weapon names literally described what a gun would do and made a gun what it was. Lists were made and predictions were tested against finds from the game and what could be determined from … Continue reading →

The Top 5 [Most Devastating] Best Weapons in Borderlands

  By UFKHBA onGearchatForum | November 28, 2011 - 7:14 pm | , , ,
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When people first start getting into Borderlands, a common question is “Is” there a best weapon in Borderlands? With the incredible loot generation system, Gearbox went out of their way to make the answer difficult. In fact, Borderlands Best Gear is founded upon the idea that there are LOTS of best weapons in this game. There are currently around 1800 guncards in the galleries altogether. However…a short list does come to mind. Off the top of my head, these guns are considered fairly overpowered in most of the configurations they might spawn with. Hyperion Nemesis with Invader Scope Plus this … Continue reading →