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The Brainstormer is a legendary shotgun in Borderlands 3 manufactured by Hyperion. it is obtained randomly from any suitable loot source, but has an increased chance to drop from Katagawa Ball located in Skywell-27. It also has an increased chance to drop from Killavolt located in Lectra City.

Special Weapon Effects

Let's put our heads together. – Always shock. Fires 7 projectiles in a lightning bolt pattern. Hitting an enemy has a chance to cause powerful shock bolts chaining from the target hit to nearby enemies.

If no other enemy is nearby, no shock bolts will occur, greatly reducing the effectiveness of the weapon.

Usage & Description

An enemy hit by the Brainstormer has a chance of shooting a random number of chain lightnings at nearby enemies, each jumping to one more enemy or back to the first one. The chain lightning deals the damage of one Brainstormer pellet each to both enemies hit, several times per second, for a duration of 2-3 seconds.

Notes

  • Although the bolts' way of dealing damage may look similar to a Status effect, gun damage modifiers apply, not status effect modifiers. Thus, Amara's Anima skill cannot increase the duration of this effect.
  • The Redundant Brainstormer (14 pellets instead of 7 stated on the item card, consuming 2 ammo per shot) has an increased chance of causing more bolts.
  • Bonus elemental damage from shields or grenade mods, or from skills like Amara's Infusion or Forceful Expression, also increase the chance of causing more bolts.

Trivia

  • The term "let's put our heads together" is a common term meaning to pool ideas and work together. The name of the gun furthers this as to brainstorm is to come up with new ideas.
    Brainstormer-spread-shape

    Shape of the pellet spread

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