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Contents

  • About This Guide
    • Storytime With Marcus
    • About This Guide
  • Claptrap's Secret Vault
    • Hyperion's Most Wanted Mugshot Gallery
    • Challenges
  • Claptrap's Guide to Minioning
    • What's the Point, Traveler?
    • Getting Your Bearings
    • Body Movin'
    • Gunplay on Pandora
    • Longevity on Pandora
    • The Path of Most Resistance
    • The Spoils of War
    • Challenges & Badass Tokens
    • True Vault Hunter Mode
    • Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode
    • Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode 2
  • Hyperion's Most Wanted
    • Introduction
    • Axton
    • Maya
    • Salvador
    • Zero
    • Gaige
    • Krieg
  • Walkthrough
    • Path of the Most Resistance
    • Prologue
    • My First Gun
    • Blindsided
    • Cleaning Up the Berg
    • Best Minion Ever
    • The Road to Sanctuary
    • Plan B
    • Hunting the Firehawk
    • Bloodshot Ramparts
    • A Dam Fine Rescue
    • A Train to Catch
    • Rising Action
    • Bright Lights, Flying City
    • Wildlife Preservation
    • The Once and Future Slab
    • The Man Who Would Be Jack
    • Control Core Angel
    • Where Angels Fear to Tread
    • Toil and Trouble
    • Data Mining
    • Talon of God
  • Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty
    • Introduction
    • A Warm Welcome
    • My Life for a Sandskiff
    • A Study in Scarlett
    • Two Easy Pieces
    • The Hermit
    • Crazy About You
    • Whoops
    • Let There Be Light
    • X Marks the Spot
  • Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage
    • Introduction
    • Highway to Hell
    • Welcome to the Jungle
    • Battle: Appetite for Destruction
    • Burn, Baby, Burn
    • Battle: Bar Room Blitz
    • ChopSuey
    • A Montage
    • Eat Cookies and Crap Thunder
    • Battle: The Death Race
    • Get Your Motor Running
    • Breaking and Entering
    • Knockin' on Heavens Door
    • Battle: Twelve O Clock High
    • Kickstart My Heart
    • Long Way to the Top
  • Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt
    • Introduction
    • Savage Lands
    • Professor Nakayama, I Presume?
    • A-Hunting We Will Go
    • The Fall of Nakayama
  • Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep
    • Introduction
    • A Role-Playing Game
    • Fake Geek Guy
    • Roll Insight
    • Post-Crumpocalyptic
    • Denial, Anger, Initiative
    • Ell in Shining Armor
    • MMORPGFPS
    • Critical Fail
    • Lost Souls
    • Tree Hugger
    • The Sword in the Stoner
    • Dwarven Allies
    • The Beard Makes the Man
    • My Kingdom for a Wand
    • The Claptrap's Apprentice
    • A Game of Games
    • Loot Ninja
    • Winter is a Bloody Business
    • My Dead Brother
    • Pet Butt Stallion
    • Feed Butt Stallion
    • The Amulet
    • Find Murderlin's Temple
    • Magic Slaughter: Round 1-5
    • Magic Slaughter: Badass Round
    • The Magic of Childhood
    • Raiders of the Last Boss
  • Headhunter Packs
    • T.K. Baha's Bloody Harvest
    • The Horrible Hunger of the Ravenous Wattle Gobbler
    • How Marcus Saved Mercenary Day
    • Mad Moxxi and the Wedding Day Massacre
    • Sir Hammerlock vs. the Son of Crawmerax
  • Optional Missions
    • Introduction
    • 3:10 to Kaboom
    • A Real Boy: Clothes Make the Man
    • A Real Boy: Face Time
    • A Real Boy: Human
    • Animal Rescue: Food
    • Animal Rescue: Medicine
    • Animal Rescue: Shelter
    • Animal Rights
    • Arms Dealing
    • Assassinate the Assassins
    • Bad Hair Day
    • Bandit Slaughter: Round 1
    • Bandit Slaughter: Round 2
    • Bandit Slaughter: Round 3
    • Bandit Slaughter: Round 4
    • Bandit Slaughter: Round 5
    • Bearer of Bad News
    • Best Mothers Day Ever
    • BFFs
    • Breaking the Bank
    • Capture the Flags
    • Clan War: End of the Rainbow
    • Clan War: First Place
    • Clan War: Reach the Dead Drop
    • Clan War: Starting the War
    • Clan War: Trailer Trashing
    • Clan War: Wakey Wakey
    • Clan War: Zafords vs. Hodunks
    • Claptraps Birthday Bash!
    • Claptraps Secret Stash
    • Cult Following: Eternal Flame
    • Cult Following: False Idols
    • Cult Following: Lighting the Match
    • Cult Following: The Enkindling
    • Customer Service
    • Defend Slab Tower
    • Demon Hunter
    • Do No Harm
    • Doctors Orders
    • Get to Know Jack
    • Handsome Jack Here!
    • Hell Hath No Fury
    • Hidden Journals
    • Home Movies
    • Hungry Like the Skag
    • Hyperion Contract #873
    • Hyperion Slaughter: Round 1
    • Hyperion Slaughter: Round 2
    • Hyperion Slaughter: Round 3
    • Hyperion Slaughter: Round 4
    • Hyperion Slaughter: Round 5
    • In Memoriam
    • Kill Yourself
    • Medical Mystery
    • Medical Mystery: X-Com-municate
    • Mighty Morphin
    • Mine, All Mine
    • Minecart Mischief
    • Monster Mash: Part 1
    • Monster Mash: Part 2
    • Monster Mash: Part 3
    • Neither Rain nor Sleet nor Skags
    • No Hard Feelings
    • No Vacancy
    • Note for Self-Person
    • Out of Body Experience
    • Perfectly Peaceful
    • Poetic License
    • Positive Self Image
    • Rakkaholics Anonymous
    • Rock, Paper, Genocide: Corrosive Weapons!
    • Rock, Paper, Genocide: Fire Weapons!
    • Rock, Paper, Genocide: Shock Weapons!
    • Rock, Paper, Genocide: Slag Weapons!
    • Rocko's Modern Strife
    • Safe and Sound
    • Shielded Favors
    • Shoot This Guy in the Face
    • Showdown
    • Slap-Happy
    • Splinter Group
    • Stalker of Stalkers
    • Statuesque
    • Swallowed Whole
    • Symbiosis
    • The Bane
    • The Chosen One
    • The Cold Shoulder
    • The Good, the Bad, and the Mordecai
    • The Great Escape
    • The Ice Man Cometh
    • The Lost Treasure
    • The Name Game
    • The Overlooked: Medicine Man
    • The Overlooked: Shields Up
    • The Overlooked: This is Only a Test
    • The Pretty Good Train Robbery
    • This Just In
    • This Town Aint Big Enough
    • To Grandmothers House We Go
    • Too Close for Missiles
    • Torture Chairs
    • Uncle Teddy
    • Won't Get Fooled Again
    • Written by the Victor
    • You Are Cordially Invited: Party Prep
    • You Are Cordially Invited: RSVP
    • You Are Cordially Invited: Tea Time
    • You. Will. Die. (Seriously)
    • Creature Slaughter: Round 1
    • Creature Slaughter: Round 2
    • Creature Slaughter: Round 3
    • Creature Slaughter: Round 4
    • Creature Slaughter: Round 5
  • Marcus' Munitions Monthly
    • Overview
    • Gun Manufacturers
    • Gunder Construction
    • Elemental Effects
    • Gun Types
    • Bandit
    • Dahl
    • Hyperion
    • Jakobs
    • Maliwan
    • Tediore
    • Torgue
    • Vladof
    • Shields
    • Grenades
    • Class Mods
    • Relics
    • Gun Glossary
  • DLC Legendary Weapons
    • Introduction
    • Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty
    • Mister Torgue's Campaign of Carnage
    • Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt
    • Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep
    • Pearlescent Weapons
    • E-Tech Relics
    • Premiere Club
  • Bestiary
    • Overview
    • Flora
    • Fauna
    • Flesh, Armor, & Shields
    • Bestiary Entries
    • Bullymongs
    • Psychos
    • Marauders
    • Rats
    • Goliaths
    • Nomads
    • Crystalisks
    • Rakk
    • Skags
    • Spiderants
    • Stalkers
    • Threshers
    • Varkids
    • Hyperion: Constructors
    • Hyperion: Engineers
    • Hyperion: Surveyors
    • Hyperion: Loaders
  • DLC Enemies
    • Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty
    • Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage
    • Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt
    • Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep
  • DLC Challenges
    • Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty
    • Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage
    • Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt
    • Tiny Tina's Dragon Keep
    • Achievements & Trophies
    • Easter Eggs

Borderlands 2 Game of the Year Guide › Marcus' Munitions Monthly

Vladof

Vladof cares about one thing and one thing only: revolution. Whenever the oppressed need to throw off the chains of their oppressors, they will do so with a Vladof rifle in their hand. Wherever there is injustice, wherever there is fascism, wherever people are being denied their rights, Vladof will be there. Like, literally. They offered to give the Crimson Raider resistance a corporate sponsorship if the group only used Vladof guns. It got kind of awkward. Still, though, Vladof guns are solid — they have the highest fire rates of any manufacturer, which is useful when you want to significantly adjust the bullet-to-oxygen ratio in any given area.

ASSAULT RIFLES

Vladof assault rifles are at the other end of the spectrum when compared with Bandit-made ones. Vladof focuses on a more precise, fast hail of gunfire, versus the less predictable, more voluminous rain of Bandit-made bullets. It’s possible to get a Vladof AR outfitted with Explosive rounds, so you’ll have the explosive bonus of Torgue gyrojets with the bullet bonus of faster travel time.

Forlorn Rifle
DamageAccuracyFire RateReloadMag SizeElement

$1,657

79

81.3

10.0

3.9

32

—

Swift Shredifier
DamageAccuracyFire RateReloadMag SizeElement

$94,290

305

88.9

15.7

2.7

83

—

Location: Bone Head 2.0, Arid Nexus

Hot Hail
DamageAccuracyFire RateReloadMag SizeElement

$24,678

263

91.1

9.7

2.7

37

Location: Mission: “Circle of Slaughter: Bandit”

Rapid Spinigun
DamageAccuracyFire RateReloadMag SizeElement

$17,868

300

71.3

13.4

2.7

54

—

Skewering Blaster
DamageAccuracyFire RateReloadMag SizeElement

$11,943

261

90.1

10.0

3.5

43

Severe Rocketeer
DamageAccuracyFire RateReloadMag SizeElement

$3,827

182

90.5

5.1

4.5

28

—

PISTOLS

Vladof pistols are repeaters—basically mini machine-guns. They’ll dump out plenty of bullets at a fast clip, making them great at close to mid range. Perhaps the best way these weapons complement you is simply by using pistol ammo—let’s say you love automatic weapons, but you find yourself running dry on your primary SMG and AR. Switch to a Vladof pistol, and you’re right back to laying down a wall of lead using another pool of ammo.

Vengeful TMP
DamageAccuracyFire RateReloadMag SizeElement

$1,866

129

86.0

8.7

2.3

24

—

Grim TMP
DamageAccuracyFire RateReloadMag SizeElement

$863

80

94.6

8.0

2.4

204

—

Burning Veritas
DamageAccuracyFire RateReloadMag SizeElement

$7,170

267

91.3

9.0

1.7

35

Location: Mission: “Clan Wars: Wakey Wakey”

Righteous Anarchist
DamageAccuracyFire RateReloadMag SizeElement

$4,228

170

90.3

11.4

1.7

48

Dva Infinity
DamageAccuracyFire RateReloadMag SizeElement

$152,314

?

?

?

?

?

?

Location: CLASSIFIED!

Purging Troublemaker
DamageAccuracyFire RateReloadMag SizeElement

$2,120

190

87.8

7.3

2.8

24

—

ROCKET LAUNCHERS

Vladof launchers are designed with discharges per reload in mind. Proprietary Vladof conservation technology allows Vladof rocket launchers to consume less ammo per shot than other launchers. Individual Vladof rockets may lack the punch of some other launcher brands, but this can be made up for through sheer volume of rockets used over the same period of time.

Moscovite’s Hero
DamageAccuracyFire RateReloadMag SizeElement

$12,239

2931

78.7

2.0

4.8

5

Grim RPG
DamageAccuracyFire RateReloadMag SizeElement

$2,317

925

70.7

2.2

6.6

4

Paritisan Mongol
DamageAccuracyFire RateReloadMag SizeElement

$155,625

4739

80.2

1.4

4.6

6

Location: Dukino’s Mom (mission: “Demon Hunter”)

Turbulent Topneaa
DamageAccuracyFire RateReloadMag SizeElement

$15,438

2318

80.2

3.1

4.6

6

SNIPER RIFLES

Vladof sniper rifles suit the assault sniper best, one who values quantity over quality. Other sniper rifles might hit harder, with bigger damage and better criticals, but Vladof sniper rifles can hit more often, faster.

Gromky Droog
DamageAccuracyFire RateReloadMag SizeElement

$14,349

875

94.2

5.7

3.1

2

—

Britva Lyuda
DamageAccuracyFire RateReloadMag SizeElement

$98,437

812

95.8

5.7

3.1

27

Location: Gettle, The Dust (mission: “The Good, The Bad, and The Mordecai”)

Sladsky Pooshka
DamageAccuracyFire RateReloadMag SizeElement

$2,370

253

92.0

3.7

4.2

8

—

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