Maliwan

Maliwan is a weapons' manufacturer on Pandora. Their weapons and shields always use some form of elemental technology, but due to this fact, they tend to lack in other areas. Base firepower in particular seems to suffer. Maliwan weapons are distinguished by their unique light blue paint scheme.

From Slag to Shock, Maliwan makes only elemental guns. See Incendiary, Shock, Corrosive, and Explosive for more information on Elemental tech.

Products
The following are products made by Maliwan.

undefined weapons:
 * Revolver – Madjack
 * Rocket Launcher – The Roaster

undefined weapons:
 * Repeater Pistol – Firehawk
 * Revolver – Defiler
 * Rocket Launcher – Rhino
 * Shotgun – Crux
 * Sniper Rifle – Volcano
 * Submachine Gun – Hellfire

Class Mods:
 * Hunter – Assassin, Survivor
 * Siren – Catalyst, Firefly, Specialist Maliwan Loyalty
 * Soldier – Shock Trooper, Tactician

Grenade Mods:
 * Contact – Corrosive, Incendiary, Shock

Shields:
 * Shock Burst, Wave, Nova

undefined weapons:
 * Submachine Gun – Tsunami (The Secret Armory of General Knoxx DLC only)

Weapon Tiers

 * Maliwan Standard = Level 13 - 21
 * Maliwan Sterling = Level 22 - 30
 * Maliwan Prototype = Level 31 - 39
 * Maliwan Paradigm = Level 40 - 47
 * Maliwan Pure = Level 48+

Quotes

 * "Is shooting bullets just not cool enough for you? Buy a Maliwan and light some people on fire!" – Marcus Kincaid.
 * "Maliwan guns shoot more lightning than the next leading competitor!" – Marcus Kincaid.
 * "Where form meets function." – Maliwan poster (see picture above).

Products
The following are items made by Maliwan.

Weapons: • Aegis • Animosity • Phobia • Torment • Umbrage • Gospel • SubMalevolent Grace • Provacateur • Revenant • Trance • Venom • Vexation • Corinthian • Jericho • Rakehell • Snider • Panorama • Projectile • Prowler • Punishment
 * Pistols
 * SMGs
 * Sniper Rifles
 * Rocket Launchers

Weapons:
 * Pistols – Dart • Spiker
 * SMGs – Plasma Caster
 * Sniper Rifles – Railer
 * Rocket Launchers – PBFG

Weapons:
 * Pistols – Rubi • Grog Nozzle
 * SMGs – Bad Touch • Good Touch • Chulainn • Crit
 * Sniper Rifles – Chère-amie • Pimpernel
 * Rocket Launchers – Hive

Weapons:
 * Pistols – Thunderball Fists
 * SMGs – HellFire
 * Sniper Rifles – Volcano
 * Rocket Launchers – Norfleet, Pyrophobia

Weapons:
 * Pistols – Infection
 * SMGs – Florentine

Weapons:
 * Pistols – Wanderlust
 * Sniper Rifles – Storm

Class Mods
 * Legendary Siren • Slayer Of Terramorphous (Mechromancer) • Slayer Of Terramorphous (Psycho) • Slayer Of Terramorphous (Siren) • Rogue • Catalyst • Zapper • Legendary Binder • Legendary Catalyst • Legendary Ninja

Grenade Mods
 * Leech • Kiss of Death • O-Negative • Chain Lightning • Fireball • Fire Storm • Lightning Bolt • Magic Missile

Shields
 * Black Hole • Flame of the Firehawk • Impaler • Antagonist

Prefixes

 * Regardless of the elemental capacitor, launchers with Bandit (bladed) grip receive the Proximate prefix and 50% of unlisted melee damage.

Gun Appearance by Quality
Mostly white with faded light blue and orange bars at rear of weapon. More vibrant colors; front of weapon is dark blue, middle is white, rear is orange. Reflective frame with honeycomb texture; front is orange and blue, white middle, black rear. Metallic frame with honeycomb texture; front may be black and orange, middle white and orange, and rear black. Weapons with prefix Aquamarine. Metallic frame with honeycomb texture; colors alternate from navy blue to purplish-grey. Parts of the weapon feature a reflective light blue material. E-tech weapons use the same color scheme as Purple weapons.
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 * Hellfire: Matte blue and yellow colour scheme with white accents.
 * Pyrophobia: Singed metallic light orange and red colour scheme with black accents.
 * Volcano: Charred colour scheme similar to Blue quality variants, but with more saturated colours.
 * Thunderball Fists: metallic Red and silver colour scheme with blue accents and thunderbolt decals on the magazine.
 * Florentine: Similar design to the Hellfire, but with silver and black instead of Blue and Yellow (respectively).
 * Infection: Shiny Sea green with accents of other colours.
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Rarity-specific visual changes:
 * Storm: Exactly the same as a purple variant Snider sniper rifle.
 * Wanderlust: Metallic, dark orange cyan and black design.
 * Blue and purple SMGs have a magazine that is shaped like a disk that spins as the weapon is fired.
 * White and blue Pistols lack the triangular casing over their magazine that their variants of other rarities feature.

Usage

 * As the elemental specialists, Maliwan guns tend to excel against one specific type of enemy and to have severely reduced effects on others (e.g. Incendiary weapons are very effective against bandits, but robotic enemies are highly resistant). This encourages Maliwan users to carry spare guns with different elemental effects at all times, and use them according to the opposition they are facing.
 * As a result, players are encouraged to use Maliwan in the later gameplay such as in TVHM, when they have more inventory slots, and the elements does more damage to their corresponding enemy.
 * Choosing the right element for the right opponents can make the Maliwans extremely effective despite their generally low bullet damage.
 * Some enemies (like crystalisks with the exception of explosive) are immune or resistant to any kind of elemental damage. Maliwan guns will perform very poorly against them.
 * Slag will still do normal damage, although cannot apply effect if the target is immune.
 * Maya uses the elemental properties of Maliwan guns to great effect, as her Cataclysm skill tree have several skills that improve elemental damage and effects. Gaige and Krieg also paired well with Shock and Incendiary Maliwan weapons if invested Little Big Trouble or Hellborn skill tree.
 * Upon impact, bullets from Maliwan firearms will explode and deal elemental damage in a small radius.
 * Bullets from Maliwan firearms tend to have slower traveling speed than most other brands, only faster than Torgue gyrojets or E-tech.

Quotes

 * Maliwan - Where Form Meets Function (Borderlands 2 - Maliwan Weapons Trailer)
 * "The voice of the Maliwan corporation speaks. The hordes stand assembled, frothing at the mouth. Thirsty for blood. They know not of the terror they shall feel, the beautiful destruction that will befall them. For in the hands of their ostensible victim, polished to a sheen and wielding the power of every element under the sun, lies a Maliwan rifle. The deus ex arma. The god in the weapon. Maliwan." (Radio advertisement)
 * "Combat is an art. Maliwan weapons are the paint. Our elemental tech transforms the battlefield from a cacophony of idiocy, into a masterpiece of destruction. The unwashed hordes will burn, and fry, and melt, into a portrait of exquisite death. Maliwan. Beauty through destruction." (Radio advertisement)
 * "Maliwan is pleased to offer technologically advanced weapons for the more... discerning warrior. Every Maliwan gun places the power of the elements in your hands -- the elegance of their form matched only by the deadliness of their tech." (Radio advertisement)

Trivia

 * Most of the named and legendary weapons seem to be named after destructive natural elements and events.
 * In Borderlands 2, Maliwan no longer manufactures shotguns.
 * In the Maliwan radio ad in Borderlands 2, a rifle named Deus Ex Arma is mentioned.
 * Maliwan produces its own brand of alcoholic beverage named "Maliwan Black Label", that can be found scattered across Pandora.

Products
In addition to their full range of pistols, SMGs, sniper rifles, and rocket launchers Maliwan manufacture in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel include the items listed below.

Weapons
 * Pistols – Electrified Aegis • Hard Reboot • Probe
 * Lasers – Bright Spadroon • E-GUN • Freezeasy • MINAC's Atonement • Ol' Rosie • Tannis' Laser of Enlightenment • Vibra-Pulse

Weapons
 * Lasers – Absolute Zero • Thunderfire
 * Sniper Rifles – Magma
 * Rocket Launchers – Cryophobia

Class Mods
 * Celestial Fragtrap • Chronicler of Elpis • Cowgirl • Crème de la Crème • Desperado • Dragon • Eridian Vanquisher • Gentry • The Kid • Roboninja • Short Circuit • Storm • VIP

Grenade Mods
 * Data Scrubber • Kiss of Death • Leech

Oz Kits
 * Oxidizer

Prefixes
Weapon prefixes remain generally the same as in Borderlands 2 with a few changes:
 * Slag weapons are replaced with Cryo weapons.
 * Introduction of laser weapons.

Weapons without weapon accessory but with cryo elemental capacitor have prefixes listed below.

Lasers' titles and prefixes are listed in the respective article.

Маліван Маливан