Chimera

Chimera
So you're telling me it doesn't shoot lions?
Manufacturer:	Atlas
Type:	Revolver
Model:	Chimera
Rarity:	Legendary
Element:	Explosive ×3 – ×4
Damage:	222 – 1258
Accuracy:	89.3 – 96.4
Fire Rate:	1.0 – 2.3
Magazine Capacity:	2, 3, or 6

The Chimera is an orange Revolver manufactured by Atlas.

Examples are on the talk page.

Special Weapon Effects

A beast of many forms - Fire, Lightning and Poison - Explosive x3 - x4. The bullets themselves deal explosive damage, but have a chance to be another element: incendiary, shock or corrosive.

Description & usage

The Chimera is mostly equivalent to a standard explosive revolver, but with much more damage, and stronger elemental tech. Weak explosive effects are actually the default non-proc effect. Whenever the chimera does proc, it is always Corrosive, Incendiary or Shock. The Chimera is hard to adapt to any scenario outside of combat with the ordinary Bandit, as most other enemies on Pandora are either less susceptible to some elements, (Zombies being immune to corrosive damage for example) or have multiple examples of different elemental forms. (Badass elemental varieties of Skag) Overall, the Chimera should be treated like a novelty item, as there are will always be a more effective option available regardless the type of enemy the Vault Hunters come in contact with.

Trivia

• The name is a reference to the Chimera of Greek legends, which has the head of a goat, the body and mane of a lion, and the tail of a snake/dragon/scorpion.
  • The Chimera has been assoicated with several videogames, including (but not limited to) Final Fantasy or Gauntlet Dark Legacy.

Mechanics

The Chimera effect comes from the acc5_Atlas_Chimera accessory, which is based off of acc5_Explosive. It packs more tech, and much more damage, in the sense that it does not have any damage reduction due to the elemental effect.

acc5_Atlas_Chimera	acc5_Explosive
Tech Level: +10	Tech Level: +6 Damage: -40%