Skullmasher (Borderlands)

"Makes their brain hurt" - Reduced damage and stunted accuracy but fires 6 projectiles.

The Skullmasher
The Jakobs Skullmasher is a randomly generated repeating sniper rifle that acts similarly to shotguns; it shoots 6 projectiles at once while using only one bullet from your ammo and will never be quite as accurate as some other sniper rifles can be. Being a sniper rifle, it has a great accuracy overall, and so the spread of its projectiles is extremely tight. This makes aiming at and hitting targets easier as this cluster of projectiles covers a larger portion of your scope's center sight. And while each projectile deals much less damage than a more conventional sniper rifle round, the total damage the Skullmasher deals is greater than that of any other sniper rifle of the same level in the game. Against foes of equal or less level, a critical hit made with a Skullmasher will usually mean a one-shot kill, while non-critical shots will still deal crippling amounts of damage. Also, with a high Carrion Call skill, a single shot from a Skullmasher can shave off up to 43.2 seconds off of the 28 second recharge time of the Hunter's action skill (bloodwing) if all of the spread hits the target.

The Skullmasher's power is not without limitations. First, their high amount of raw power is balanced by their very slow rate of fire. Second, Skullmashers cannot have elemental effects. Third and lastly, they are weak against the Crimson Lance. The armor the Crimson Lance wear reduces damage from each hit against the soldier wearing it. Because the Skullmasher's power is rooted in its multiple projectiles, its damage is similarly reduced by this armor multiple times. Even critical hits from a Skullmasher against the Crimson Lance do not do as much damage as with other foes.

This weapon may also knock enemies backwards when hit with all six shots, particularly zombies.

Skullmasher is a reference to a member of the Gearbox Software community, Skullmasher.

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Acquiring the Jakobs Skullmasher
This weapon can be obtained through many ways including - Looting chests and weapon crates throughout Pandora, dropped by higher level enemies and can be on sale at weapon vendors infrequently.