Anarchy (Gaige)

Anarchy is one of the two first (and, to reach the next tier, mandatory) skills for Gaige in the Ordered Chaos skill tree. With it, Gaige improves her damage but lowers her accuracy each time she kills an opponent, or completely empties the magazine of her gun.

Effects
Anarchy only has one skill point; with it, Gaige gains an Anarchy 'stack' whenever she kills an enemy, or fires every bullet from her weapon's magazine. Each Anarchy stack adds 1.75% to her Gun Damage, but lowers her Accuracy by 1.75% in exchange. Anarchy does not wear off by itself, and continues to add stacks with each subsequent kill or emptied magazine. Additionally, for the purposes of Anarchy, kills made by Deathtrap count as having been made by Gaige herself.

If Gaige reloads before the magazine is completely empty however, she will either trigger Discord (if she has it) or else lose all of her Anarchy stacks. Gaige will also begin to lose Anarchy at a rate of roughly five stacks per second while Crippled, but getting a Second Wind will stop the loss of Anarchy stacks.

Gaige's stacks 'max out' at 150, giving her a maximum potential benefit of +262.5% Gun Damage at a cost of -262.5% Accuracy. After investing in Preshrunk Cyberpunk, this limit is extended to 200 stacks, increasing the benefit to +350% Gun Damage and -350% Accuracy.

Strategy
It is generally advisable to equip Gaige with weapons that have either high fire-rate, small magazines, or (preferably) both. At maximum Anarchy stacks, accuracy will be close to non-existent, so a player can effectively ignore Accuracy when considering weapons for an Anarchy-Built Mechromancer.

It will be necessary to get as close to the enemy as one can, whenever possible. As there is an 'upper cap' of inaccuracy a weapon can achieve, inherently inaccurate weapons such as Shotguns and SMGs are less affected by Anarchy's detrimental effects, and can be preferable to Pistols or Rifles.

In Co-Op, having a Gunzerker with an Ammo-Regenerating Class Mod is an asset, as Anarchy tends towards eating through ammunition recklessly.