Changes: Gaige

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Gaige is a Mechromancer. She is the fifth playable class in Borderlands 2. First revealed at PAX East 2012, the class was added as post-release downloadable content released on October 9, 2012 for $9.99 USD / 800 Microsoft points. Those who pre-ordered Borderlands 2 received the character free of charge. Her skill grants her the ability to control the D₃₇₄-TP, or Deathtrap. She is also used as a marketing tool outside of Borderlands 2 where the character chats on Twitter and releases ECHO logs.

Skills

Gaige's skill tree features player challenge level variances. This would make her both the easiest and the most difficult character to play.

The cooldown time to summon Deathtrap is 60 seconds.

Best Friends Forever

Skill	Tier	Levels	Effect
Close Enough	1	5	Your bullets that hit walls or other objects have a chance per level to ricochet toward a nearby enemy for reduced damage.
Cooking Up Trouble	1	5	While your gun's magazine is full you regenerate health
Fancy Mathematics	2	5	Improves shield recharge delay and shield recharge rate based on how low your health is. The lower your health the greater the bonuses.
Buck Up	2	1	Deathtrap Ability. Deathtrap restores the shields of one ally.
The Better Half	2	5	When your magazine is half empty you gain a fire rate bonus.
Potent as a Pony	3	5	Increases maximum health for you and Deathtrap.
Upshot Robot	3	5	While Deathtrap is active, if you or Deathtrap kill an enemy it increases Deathtrap's duration and grants both of you a stackable melee damage bonus. Bonuses are lost when Deathtrap goes away.
Unstoppable Force	3	1	Killing an enemy grants you bonus movement speed and causes your shield to regenerate for a short while.
Explosive Clap	4	1	Deathtrap Ability. Deathtrap causes an explosion in front of him, dealing explosive damage to all nearby enemies.
Made of Sterner Stuff	4	5	You and Deathtrap gain damage reduction against all damage types. Deathtrap gains bonus melee damage.
20% Cooler	5	5	Increases the cooldown rate of your action skill.
Sharing is Caring	6	1	Grants a copy of your shield to Deathtrap.

Little Big Trouble

Skill	Tier	Levels	Effect
More Pep	1	5	Increases your chances of applying Burn, Electrocute, Corrode, and Slag Status Effects.
Myelin	1	5	Grants you Resistance to Shock Damage. Also increases your Shield Capacity
Shock Storm	2	5	Killing an enemy with a Critical Hit causes an Electric Storm, dealing Electrocute Damage to nearby enemies. Electrical Storms are also caused by Deathtrap whenever he kills an enemy.
The Stare	2	1	Deathtrap Ability. Deathtrap fires a laser beam and sweeps it across the battlefield, dealing Burn Damage and possibly Igniting enemies.
Strength of Five Gorillas	2	5	Increases Melee Damage for you and Deathtrap.
Electrical Burn	3	5	When your Electrocute Status Effects deal damage to enemies, there is a chance they will burst into flames and take Burn Damage. The amount of Burn Damage is based on the Electrocute damage dealt.
Shock and "AAAGGGGHHH!"	3	1	Reloading your gun causes an Electrical Explosion, damaging nearby enemies.
Evil Enchantress	3	5	Kill Skill. Killing an enemy increases the Damage that your Burn, Electrocute, and Corrode status effects deal for a short period of time.
One Two Boom	4	1	Deathtrap Ability. Deathtrap shoots out an orb of energy at an enemy. If you shoot the orb it will explode, dealing massive Shock Damage to nearby enemies.
Wires Don't Talk	4	5	Increases all Shock and Electrocute Damage that you inflict.
Interspersed Outburst	5	5	Not shooting an enemy for a short time grants you a stack of Interspersed Outburst. The next time you shoot an enemy, all stacks of Interspersed Outburst are consumed and you deal Slag Damage. The more stacks are consumed, the greater the chance of slagging the target.
Make it Sparkle	6	1	Shooting Deathtrap with an elemental weapon charges him with that element, causing his melee attacks to deal additional damage of that element.

Ordered Chaos

Skill	Tier	Levels	Effect
Smaller, Lighter, Faster	1	4	Increases you reload speed but decreases your magazine size.
Anarchy	1	1	Killing an enemy or fully emptying your gun's magazine while in combat grants you a stack of Anarchy. For every stack of Anarchy you have, you gain bonus gun damage, but your accuracy is decreased. Prematurely reloading your guns removes all stacks of Anarchy. Anarchy stacks are quickly lost while in "Fight for Your Life."
Preshrunk Cyberpunk	2	5	Increases the maximum number of Anarchy stacks you can have.
Robot Rampage	2	1	Deathtrap Ability. Deathtrap lashes out with a flurry of attacks.
Blood Soaked Shields	2	1	Killing an enemy immediately restores a portion of your shields, but you lose a portion of your health.
Annoyed Android	3	5	Increases the movement speed of Deathtrap.
Discord	3	1	Prematurely reloading activates Discord granting you bonus accuracy, fire rate, and health regeneration. You constantly lose Anarchy stacks while Discord is active. Discord can be shut off by prematurely reloading again.
Typecast Iconoclast	3	5	Whenever you get a stack of Anarchy there is a chance you get an additional stack.
Rational Anarchist	4	1	If you have 0 stacks of Anarchy, then the next time you would gain an Anarchy stack you instead gain 25.
Death From Above	4	5	Shooting an enemy while in midair consumes stacks of Anarchy and causes a Digi-splosion, damaging nearby enemies.
The N^th Degree	5	5	Every N^th bullet that hits an enemy will ricochet toward another nearby enemy.
With Claws	6	1	Melee Override Skill. While you have a stack of Anarchy, melee to digistruct claws and swipe twice at an enemy, dealing damage based on the number of Anarchy stacks you currently have and restoring health. The lower your health the more health you gain. This attack consumes an Anarchy stack.

Quotes

Critical Kill

Noob!
GG.
Fun!
Neat!
I am such a B.A.

Deathtrap Kill

Don't screw with a girl and her robot!
Nice one boy!
You're bringing a tear to my eye...
Robot: one! Uglies: zerooo!
Best robot ever.
Oh. Right in the wingnut.
Ha ha!
Love ya bot.
Respect the robot!
I need to build you an extra arm JUST for high-fives!

Getting an Anarchy Stack

Anarchy baby!
Anarchy on Pandora!
More power!
Smash the system!
You can't stop me!
Anarchy!
This is getting ridiculous!
Don't stop now.
I wonder how many stacks I can get...
Eh. Accuracy's overrated anyways.
Don't accidentally reload! Don't accidentally reload!

When Down

Come on! I can take ya!

When Recovering [Kill Revive]

Don't mess with me!
NBD.

Hitting an enemy with a vehicle

High-larious.

Jumping in a vehicle

Ohooohoho maaaan.

Leveling Up

Level up!

Opening Skill Tree

So much hotness.
Deathtrap want an upgrade? Deathtrap gets an upgrade!
I want that. And that. And that.
What do I want to kick ass at next?
That Anarchy one looks tricky...

Finding Blue Weapons

Shh. Don't worry baby. I'll take good care of you.

Finding Purple Weapons

I want it!

Completing a Challenge

Rock and roll.
Hooray!
Yeah. I'm pretty good.
MVP.

Trivia

According to her ECHO logs, Gaige intentionally cut off her own arm and replaced it with a home-made cybernetic arm in order to have a convenient means to digistruct Deathtrap. According to her it is "strong enough to break concrete."
Gaige is the only playable character who, so far, doesn't have an Echo Log in her inventory at the start of the game.
Gaige is the only playable character who, so far, doesn't have a personal trophy/ achievement for the use of her personal skill.
The intro of the game wasn't renewed after her release, so that she is the only playable character so far, who isn't featured in the intro of the game.

Media

Sources

http://au.gamespot.com/shows/now-playing/index.html?event=borderlands_2_with_randy_pitchford20120828

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 *Deathtrap want an upgrade? Deathtrap gets an upgrade!
 *I want that. And that. And that.
+*What do I want to kick ass at next?
+*That Anarchy one looks tricky...
 '''Finding Blue Weapons'''
 *Shh. Don't worry baby. I'll take good care of you.