manufacturers: jakobs!

this guide will talk about the jakobs manufacturer in borderlands 2! I plan on doing 1 guide for each, talking about the guns, grenade mods, class mods and shields they make! hopefully, this will help you understand a bit better how and when to use jakobs weapons!

just... all of it I guess!

jakobs makes 4 different gun types! here is a list of unique (red text) jakobs weapons of these types included! names with this type of text are from DLC, and not the main game!

revolvers/pistols: greed

law

judge

rex

maggie

unforgiven!

assault rifles: the damned cowboy

the stinkpot

the stomper

the hammer buster

the bekah

shotguns: the hydra

the orphan maker

the triquetra

the twister

the striker!

sniper rifles: the buffalo

the trespasser

the elephant gun

the cobra

the skullmasher

the hawk eye

the godfinger!

shotguns, revolvers and assault rifles all have 1 thing in common that is very special with jakobs! they fire as fast as you can pull the trigger, meaning you have really high fire rate potential with these weapons. together with the massive base damage, jakobs is a very viable manufacturer!

also, jakobs has a western style to the gun design, making them of metal and wood! jakobs weapons can not come with an elemental bonus, except for DLC weapons the greed, the stinkpot and the twister. even though jakobs assault rifles can get the grenade launcher version, shooting bouncing grenades for extra damage, that does not count for elemental damage.

jakobs has the highest bullet damage of all the manufactorers. even though torgue deals more damage than jakobs, that is explosive damage, not bullet damage. additionally, jakobs sniper rifles has an increased critical hit counter that is not written on the weapon card, making their sniper rifles very powerful for one shot one kill builds, especially with the hawk eye and elephant gun!

jakobs also creates 4 of the assassin's class mods. these include: legendary hunter, sniper, slayer of terramorphous and the legendary sniper class mods. they also make the renegade class mods for the gunzerker.

jakobs do not creat grenade mods, nor shields in the main game. however, in hammerlock DLC, you can obtain the rough rider shield. this shield has no cappacity, but grants a 20% damage resistance to everything and a massive health boost.

jakobs has very good reolvers AKA their pistols and sniper rifles. their assault rifles are beaten by the other manufactorers except for bandit.

the shotguns are beaten by hyperion with the fire rate and reverse recoil VS jakobs 1-3 ammo and high recoil with a bit more damage, and torgue deals way more damage.

even though dahl and vladof sniper rifles have better DPS, the jakobs sniper rifles have much more single shot damage, with high recoil and slow recovering. maliwan can be strong with an elemental build, but not a sniper build (for the most part).

the revolvers have a high firerate, not too high recoil and a fairly fast reload speed. these are very powerful, and the maggie can kill most enemies with a few shots! granted, torgue has more damage and the other guns do not have as much recoil, jakobs has great DPS, aswell as shooting bullets instead of yellow slow moving blobs.

WHAT CAN JAKOBS GIVE THE VAULT HUNTERS?
well, gaige takes fantastic advantage from jakobs shotguns and revolvers. the low clips and high damage complement her anarchy playstyle very well, letting her gain stacks very quickly!

jakobs is not a great manufacturer for the gunzerker though! since all the guns are semi-auto (one click = 1 bullet fired), it's rather awkward to use while gunzerking. though jakobs shotguns can be exploited with his inconceivable and 5 shots or 6 skills for lots of rappid fire shots

zero can take amazing advantage of the powerful sniper rifles if he goes sniper! the revolvers are also very powerful, and can be good with a pistol build. however, the general pistol build for zero focuses a lot on fire rate, which is neutralized by jakobs weapons since they already have (more or less) maximum fire rate!

maya doesn't gain a lot of bonuses from jakobs, as she is a bit more focused on SMG's and elemental damage. she can still do well with them in general, she simply doesn't gain much bonuses towards them.

axton is fairly versatile when it comes to weaponry to use. since he can do very well with assault rifles, you'd think jakobs would do great with this guy, right? well, kind of. your fingers can start hurting after tapping the mouse or button so much and so fast! also, the constant tapping can make it hard to aim sometimes. dahl, vladof and torgue make generally better assault rifles than jakobs, as they more or less are just weaker and slower versions of the pistols.

krieg can make decent work of jakobs weapons, but like axton, he has no skills or class mods that really supports jakobs weaponry. granted, his bloodfilled guns can make him very powerful with shotguns and revolvers, but they can't really do much more that other manufacturers couldn't!

SO TO RECAPP...
jakobs works good with gaige and zero for the most part. jakobs is all power and seemingly fire rate, but they have high recoil and slow recoil recovery, aswell as low clip sizes!

the addition with no elemental weapons outside of DLC makes it a bit less useful. still, jakobs remains very strong even if you do not have skills that really boost the guns themselves.

jakobs revolvers make great work of enemies in general if you have a fast trigger finger! very little can beat the DPS it offers!

jakobs assault rifles are weaker in damage and slower in reload speed than revolvers, but have more ammo and clip size. these are generally not that good since (again) the other manufacturers just have better guns. not bad, but not great...

jakobs shotguns have good damage and the fast fire rate, but they have so small clip sizes you will mostly fire 1 or 2 shots before reloading again, which can become annoying. additionally, torgue shotguns deal way more damage than jakobs, with being able to fire more shots before having to reload!

jakobs sniper rifles have high damage and critical hit bonuses! they have either fast or slow fire rate, depending if it is bolt action or semi auto! the bolt actions seem better, as they give you time to recover from the huge recoil to land up another perfect headshot, aswell as having a higher base damage!

[Homey]

jakobs is the best

[Endyz]

[Papa Slothy]

still nothing beats a grog nozzle and a harold

[NAKANO]

u should put pics, mate :3