Changes: Hammer

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The Hammer is a Legendary Shotgun manufactured by Vladof.

Examples are on the talk page.

Special Weapon Effects

Drop the Hammer! – Explosive x2, x3 or x4. Extremely High damage. Spread pattern is a tilted hammer.

Hammer spread — The special spread of the Hammer.

Usage & Description

The Hammer is not an exceptional explosive weapon, nor does it really profit from its element. The strength of the Hammer lies in just plain raw damage. Vladof weapons already have exceptional fire rates, but the Hammer also has exceptionally high damage. The Hammer is the shotgun to pull out at a critical time, to just dish out a storm of metal. The explosive effect is a good plus, but not the core of the weapon.

Notes

Spread pattern is fixed, and not affected by accuracy.
Due to the distinct pattern of the shotgun spread, it is advisable to aim with the upper-right corner of the crosshairs.

Trivia

The red text is a reference to the military term for firing an artillery piece, "dropping the hammer".
In Borderlands 3, there is a legendary assault rifle called the Sickle. It has similar flavor text and fires a fixed shotgun pattern much like the Hammer. Together they form the hammer and sickle, which is a symbol of communism.

Mechanics

The Hammer effect comes from the acc5_Vladof_Hammer accessory. While it is an elemental accessory based on acc5_Explosive, the Hammer should really be compared to acc4_Painful. While the Painful accessory increases damage by 13%, the Hammer increases it by a massive 50%. For an explanation on how to interpret the information on the following table, please see the stat modifiers page.

acc5_Vladof_Hammer	acc5_Explosive	acc4_Painful
Damage: +50% Tech Level: +10 Clip Size: +2	Damage: -40% Tech Level: +6	Damage: +13% Knockback: +23%

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 {{infobox weapon
 |image = File:Zx10v3_detonating_hammer.png
-|caption = Put the hammer down!<!-- CB radio jargon for "get going" -->
+|caption = Stop. <!--Hammertime-->
 |manufacturer = Vladof
 |type   = Assault Shotgun
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 |elementchance_low  = 2
 |elementchance_high = 4
-|damage_low    = 208
+|damage_low    = 77
-|damage_high   = 293
+|damage_high   = 327
 |burst         = 7
 |accuracy_low  = 6.7
@@ Line 19: / Line 19: @@
 |magazine_low  = 7
 |magazine_high = 9
-|part = acc5_Vladof_Hammer}}
+|part = acc5_Vladof_Hammer
+}}
-The '''Hammer''' is an {{link|orange}} [[Shotgun]] manufactured by [[Vladof]].
+The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a {{rarity link|Legendary}} [[Shotgun]] manufactured by [[Vladof]].
-Examples are on the [[talk:{{PAGENAME}}|talk page]].
+Examples are on the [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|talk page]].
 == Special Weapon Effects ==
-<span style="color:red">'''Drop the Hammer!'''</span> - Explosive x2, x3 or x4. High damage. Spread pattern is a tilted hammer.
+{{flavor|Drop the Hammer!}}{{dash}} Explosive x2, x3 or x4. Extremely High damage. Spread pattern is a tilted hammer.
-[[File:Hammer_spread.jpg|thumb|The special spread of the Hammer.]]
+[[File:Hammer spread.jpg|thumb|The special spread of the Hammer.]]
-== Usage & Description ==
+==Usage & Description==
-The Hammer is not an exceptional explosive weapon, unlike the [[Torgue]] [[Cobra (Sniper Rifle)|Cobra]], or the [[Atlas]] [[Ogre]]. Further more, like most shotguns, it does not really profit from its element. The strength of the Hammer though lies in just plain raw damage. Vladof weapons already have exceptional fire rates, but the Hammer also has exceptionally high damage. The Hammer is the shotgun to pull out at a critical times, to just dish out a storm of metal. The explosive effect a good plus, but not the core of the weapon.
+The Hammer is not an exceptional explosive weapon, nor does it really profit from its element. The strength of the Hammer lies in just plain raw damage. Vladof weapons already have exceptional fire rates, but the Hammer also has exceptionally high damage. The Hammer is the shotgun to pull out at a critical time, to just dish out a storm of metal. The explosive effect is a good plus, but not the core of the weapon.
-== Notes ==
+==Notes==
 *Spread pattern is fixed, and not affected by accuracy.
 *Due to the distinct pattern of the shotgun spread, it is advisable to aim with the upper-right corner of the crosshairs.
-== Trivia ==
+==Trivia==
-*The name and red text is a reference to the military term for firing an artillery piece, "dropping the hammer".
+*The red text is a reference to the military term for firing an artillery piece, "dropping the hammer".
+*In ''[[Borderlands 3]]'', there is a legendary assault rifle called the [[Sickle (assault rifle)|Sickle]]. It has similar flavor text and fires a fixed shotgun pattern much like the Hammer. Together they form the [[wikipedia:hammer and sickle|hammer and sickle]], which is a symbol of [[wikipedia:communism|communism]].
-*The hammer is tilted in such a way as to resemble (half of) the symbol of the Soviet Union.
-== Mechanics ==
+==Mechanics==
-The Hammer effect comes from the {{part|acc5_Vladof_Hammer}} accessory. While it is an elemental accessory based off of {{part|acc5_Explosive}}, the Hammer should really be compared to {{part|acc4_Painful}}. While the Painful accessory increases damage by 13%, the Hammer increases it by a massive 50%.
+The Hammer effect comes from the {{part|acc5_Vladof_Hammer}} [[Shotgun/parts#Accessory|accessory]]. While it is an elemental accessory based on {{part|acc5_Explosive}}, the Hammer should really be compared to {{part|acc4_Painful}}. While the Painful accessory increases damage by 13%, the Hammer increases it by a massive 50%. For an explanation on how to interpret the information on the following table, please see the [[stat modifiers]] page.
 {|class="borderlands"
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 |-style="vertical-align:top"
 |Damage: +50%<br />Tech Level: +10<br />Clip Size: +2
-|Damage: {{red|-40%}}<br />Tech Level: +6
+|Damage: {{neg|-40%}}<br />Tech Level: +6
 |Damage: +13%<br /><br />Knockback: +23%
 |}
 {{Vladof}}
 {{Shotguns}}
+<!-- Interwiki links -->
+[[fr:Hammer]]
+[[ru:Молот]]