Cobra (Borderlands 2)

This article is about the sniper rifle featured in Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage. For other uses, see Cobra.

Cobra
EXPLODING SNIPER!
Manufacturer:	Jakobs
Type:	Sniper Rifle
Rarity:	Unique
Element:	Explosive
Game:	Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage
Special Part(s): GD_Iris_Weapons.SniperRifles. Sniper_Jakobs_3_Cobra GD_Iris_Weapons.SniperRifles. SR_Barrel_Dahl_Cobra GD_Iris_Weapons.ManufacturerMaterials. Material_Jakobs_2_Cobra

Cobra is a Unique Aftermarket Sniper Rifle manufactured by Jakobs with Torgue explosive. It is only available in Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage. The Cobra can be obtained as a rare drop from any of Pete's burners.

Special Weapon Effects

Found out about this I was like DAAAMN, I'm bringing that gun BACK! – Fires projectiles with Explosive properties.

Usage & Description

The Explosive projectiles fired by this weapon deal 1.8x the listed damage, for a total of 6.0x Critical Damage (paired with the inherent 4.2x damage for Jakobs snipers). The explosion which occurs when a projectile hits a surface with a added hit-box or a normal surface can be used as means to dispose of multiple hostiles, due to the explosion's splash damage.

Notes

• In the first weeks of Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage, there was some unrest in the community due to the fact that the Cobra, prominently featured in the trailers for the DLC, was seemingly absent. In a forum post, Gearbox employee Hellface clarified that the Cobra is in fact in game, as well as completely revealed the drop rate.
• Every time one of Pete's burners drops a sniper rifle, the sniper rifle dropped has a .88% chance to be the Cobra.

Trivia

• The Cobra was a legendary sniper rifle featured in Borderlands. The flavor text quote is presumably stated by Tiny Tina, and references its return to Pandora in Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage.
• The explosive icon on a weapon's item card is a standard texture sprite which is featured on all Torgue and explosive rocket launcher item cards. Since the Cobra is manufactured by Jakobs it has no sub-line to display the sprite and its item cards will not feature the explosive icon.
• The Cobra is one of only a select few elemental Jakobs weapons. The others include the Greed, the Stinkpot and the Twister.
• The Cobra is the second weapon from Borderlands to be featured in Borderlands 2 with a different rarity and manufacturer, the first being Sledge's Shotgun.