Sledge's Shotgun (Borderlands)

Sledge's Shotgun is used by the bandit leader Sledge. It is earned from the quest Sledge: Battle For The Badlands, in which you must kill Sledge, causing him to drop this weapon. The shotgun has the unique ability to push enemies back when they are shot with it at close range. This is particularly useful against melee enemies, but can sometimes be annoying; enemies can be pushed far back where they are then harder to hit, or behind objects, causing you to go out of your way and pursue them. It may also knock them off cliffs, which will kill them, but it will also make it impossible to get any drops from them. Another drawback is that it only has a 2-round clip, excluding any possible abilities or class mods. Firing it once causes it to use all it's rounds, so you must reload after each shot. Since it has a burst fire of 10000%, the only way to keep you from reloading after firing would be having a clip that stores over 100 rounds. It would be near useless anyways, since at close range the first shot would push the target back, causing any additional shots afterward to have a low chance of hitting their target. It's accuracy rating is 0, so it is an even more pronounced close-range weapon than other shotguns. Sledge's Shotgun has very high firepower for it's level, and does a lot of extra melee damage.

Special Effects

 * Bonuses:
 *  The Legend Lives 
 * +150% Melee
 * +106% Damage
 * +10,000% Burst Fire Rate (Fires both shells in quick succession)
 * Sledge's Shotgun (or any shotgun really, but especially Sledge's) is used best with the Commando Class Mod, because the mod adds to the fire rate and damage dealt.