Borderlands best weapons

[IDGam3r]

Hi, firstly i want to acknowledge that i am 100% aware that it's difficult to establish what weapon is better than the rest in the game due to the randomness of the weapon system, but i would like to know anyways, so when i define best, i mean on all fronts, Damage, Accuracy(that stat is a but illogical, accuracy comes down to the players own aim, the gun doesnt define it's own accuracy, simple case a gun that has the worst accuracy can be more accurate if the player is accurate) Fire Rate, elemental damage, bonuses, etc.

Personally i like to carry 4 weapon types

Shotguns(My hard hitting weapons for those badguys who simply can't leave well enough alone)
Assault Rifles(for those moments when a shotgun doesnt get the job done)
Rocket Launcher(for some kick)
and a toss up between Sniper Rifles and Hand Guns(i mix these two up from time to time)

[Niedersachse_tm]

it totally depends on your character.
with a Siren leveled up for smg and elemental damage i wouldnt use a assault rifle, and so on...(mordecai- pistols or sniper / soldeier assault/ brick rockets and melee).

of course you dont have to play that way or use those weapons, but if your setup/skills suports heavily a special type of weapon it would be wasted points to use the others.

at the end, just play whats more fun for you.
i really likes my siren with an hellfire even if i had fun with all 4 characters.
but after my first 2,5 playthroughs with mordecai, the siren/smg combo seemed to be so more fun and action for me. but thats just me preference

[Evil_NecroDancer]

Siren with HF+Mercenary is a cheat XD You shoot slower, then ammo regens XD And all enemies are trying to escape from you

[rresuggan]

my top guns are hellfire,anarchy (siren) defiler (all) serpens,havoc (soldier) orion (all)

[Astro_80 (WASH YOUR HANDS!)]

Depends on what character you choose

http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Classes

[BondageSpider]

Originally posted by IDGam3r:

Accuracy(that stat is a but illogical, accuracy comes down to the players own aim, the gun doesnt define it's own accuracy, simple case a gun that has the worst accuracy can be more accurate if the player is accurate)

Not really. All guns in this game have a spread that you can see with the size of your aiming reticle at any given moment. It depends on the weapon accuracy stat, and is modified by your character's weapon proficiency level and some skills. The spread gets wider temporarily from things like recoil or using sprint mode, then contracts with time. All shots land inside the circle defined by the inside of the reticle marks. If you have a wide spread, even centering the circle on your target perfectly might have most of your shots miss.

[NightWing]

masher unforgiven with the clip of 2 for max damage is my fav for mordi

[Masi]

The Bane from borderlands 2

[IDGam3r]

Just to clarify, i often play as the Beserker class, i often like to have a Shotgun, Rocket Launcher, Machine Gun and Sniper handy, when i choose the soldier its the same weapons only the main is the machine gun not the shotgun

[Kromotone]

Gotta love me a skullmasher

[BondageSpider]

Originally posted by NightWing:

masher unforgiven with the clip of 2 for max damage is my fav for mordi

Real talk: Everybody goes on and on about the Unforgiven/Masher combo but most players will never see one. It's exceedingly rare. I have found several Pearls from farming Crawmerax but only ever got one Unforgiven with the Masher accessory. Even if you're level 69 and do nothing but open all the red chests in the Tartarus Station basement, save, reload, and repeat all day, you will probably not get it. The only thing rarer than this is probably the Reaper pistol (the machine pistol with the bugged health-stealing bayonet) of which I also only ever got one legit example.

If you're lucky enough to have one, cherish it, because it is not something everybody can get, unless they're only using their character to do Farmory runs or they're using Willowtree hax.

Bonus derp award goes to guides that are like "oh Crawmerax is easy just use Unforgiven Masher" when getting stuff that rare is exactly why you're farming Crawmerax in the first place.

To be fair, if you do manage to get one it really is pretty awesome.

[NightWing]

Originally posted by XenoZooValentine:

Originally posted by NightWing:

masher unforgiven with the clip of 2 for max damage is my fav for mordi

Real talk: Everybody goes on and on about the Unforgiven/Masher combo but most players will never see one. It's exceedingly rare. I have found several Pearls from farming Crawmerax but only ever got one Unforgiven with the Masher accessory. Even if you're level 69 and do nothing but open all the red chests in the Tartarus Station basement, save, reload, and repeat all day, you will probably not get it. The only thing rarer than this is probably the Reaper pistol (the machine pistol with the bugged health-stealing bayonet) of which I also only ever got one legit example.

If you're lucky enough to have one, cherish it, because it is not something everybody can get, unless they're only using their character to do Farmory runs or they're using Willowtree hax.

Bonus derp award goes to guides that are like "oh Crawmerax is easy just use Unforgiven Masher" when getting stuff that rare is exactly why you're farming Crawmerax in the first place.

To be fair, if you do manage to get one it really is pretty awesome. :blackwidow::blackwidow:

how rare cuz i got one and love the thing + if u play the incredibly broken pvp u can one shot anything (I know u can do that with a lot of guns but only a few have the fire rate and accuracy)

[Jay Hexem]

best weapons: modded

[Astro_80 (WASH YOUR HANDS!)]

Originally posted by Jay Shadow Pistol:

best weapons: modded

Yeah, if you're a Scrub, for which you are.

[chuyanaya2489]

love the defiler, just picked up an ogre and white cyclops from farming tartarus, pearl (atlas, not the color) chimera is awesome. playing as mordecai.

[hukutka94]

IMHO, best weapons are: double anarchy, firehawk/hellfire, matador shotguns with hellish damage and 12 pellets per shot, purple crimson cobras/stompers can be op too.

Pretty much a unique setup for any class is: cobra (or any typical weapon, that shoots 3 shots per 1 click) that you use to make easy headshots on any distances, double anarchy for melee distances or for big targets, hellfire/firehawk for fire damage and personally I use a corrosive defiler for any armored enemies, it's pretty good.