Phaselock

Phaselock is the ability unique to the siren Maya in Borderlands 2.

It is an action skill which allows her to lock an enemy in another dimension, preventing him from fighting back for a short while. Some enemies cannot be Phaselocked and instead instantly take damage.

Cooldown
Base cooldown: 13 seconds. Each level in the Quicken skill reduce the cooldown by 6% (0.78 seconds). However, the Thoughtlock skill will increase cooldown by 4 seconds.

Damage
The initial form of this skill does no damage to the enemy locked inside. Several skills gives this power the potential to harm the enemy. A number of enemies cannot be phaselocked. These targets are instead dealt a fixed amount of damage. Ruin and Helios damage will still take place to the target and nearby enemies, but no additional Converge effect will happen.
 * Helios: A large fire burst that damage the enemy both inside and outside the orb.
 * Converge: Pulls nearby targets to the orb and deals a small amount of damage.
 * Ruin: Damage all nearby targets with slag, corrosion and electric element.

Duration
Base duration: 5 seconds. Each level of Suspension skill increase the duration by 0.5 second. Thoughtlock will further increase the duration by 3 seconds.

Strategy
Phaselock is primarily useful for immobilizing targets, and adding supplementary effects to harm them further. A key target may be trapped to make it easier to hit or damage, or a dangerous target among many might be temporarily removed from a fight while others being dispatched. The Cataclysm tree has skills that evolve Phaselock to damage multiple targets at once.

Enemies that cannot be Phaselocked
These enemies can not be Phaselocked, but may take a large amount of damage instead.

Common enemies: Bosses:
 * Thresher (All variants)
 * Loot Goon Goliath
 * Buzzard
 * Constructor
 * Bandit Technical (Does not take any damage)
 * All main bosses
 * Dukino's Mom
 * Saturn