Breath of the Dying

Breath of the Dying
VexHelElEldZodEth.
Manufacturer:	Dahl
Type:	Assault Rifle
Rarity:	Legendary
Element:	Corrosive
Game:	Borderlands 3
Special Part(s): DAL_AR_Material_BOTD DAL_AR_BOTD

Breath of the Dying is a legendary assault rifle in Borderlands 3 manufactured by Dahl. It is obtained randomly from any suitable loot source, but has an increased chance to drop from Blinding Banshee located in Desolation's Edge on Nekrotafeyo.

Special Weapon Effects

VexHelElEldZodEth. – Always corrosive. Significantly increased damage. Cannot inflict elemental status effects. Killing an enemy creates a corrosive explosion, releasing spheres of the same element in all directions that deal 18x the damage of the killing blow (alongside of reapplying various damage bonuses such as Elemental, Conditional, Global, Critical, etc).

Usage & Description

Despite its inability to cause an elemental status effect, the Breath of the Dying is a powerful weapon due to its increased damage. In enclosed spaces, it can be an effective weapon for crowd control if kills can be consistently made as the orbs can weaken or kill other enemies. However, care should be taken as the orbs can damage the user as well.

Synergies/Anti-synergies

• Zane's Duct Tape Mod negates the self-damage of the Breath of The Dying's orbs, allowing him to freely use it without worrying about downing from the orbs.
• FL4K with Lick The Wounds can instantly get themselves back up through their Spiderant in case the orbs collide with the player. FL4K's ability to stack corrosive damage proficiently with the Bounty Hunter, Interplanetary Stalker, a Flesh Melter artifact, & other sources of elemental damage also allows for excellent elemental double dipping on the orbs, making it incredibly deadly with a Corrosive centered FL4K setup, even more so as Megavore allows the orbs to crit more consistently, which also double dips on critical bonuses.
• Bonus elements through any anointment on the Breath of The Dying (URAD, Next Two Mags, Terror Cryo) itself or through the Re-Volter will still activate the orbs on kill & have its overkill damage scale off the element responsible for its kill. It is therefore very important to element match to maximize the original overkill damage on the Breath of The Dying's orbs.
• The hitbox on a frozen enemy result in the orbs immediately exploding, thus it is not recommended to use the Breath of The Dying on frozen enemies.

Notes

• The September 3, 2020 patch increased the Breath of the Dying's bullet and splash damage.

Trivia

• The weapon's name, effect, and flavor text are a reference to Diablo II. Breath of the Dying was a popular rune word for weapons, made with the runes mentioned in the flavor text.