Fear the Swarm! – Always corrosive. Fires a 6-round burst when zoomed in. Reduced accuracy. Increased elemental effect chance and shots have an elemental splash effect.
Notes[]
Because of its guaranteed corrosive effect, the Hornet is very useful for areas with armored opponents.
Because of how early Knuckle Dragger is fought, it is possible to acquire a level 0-1 Hornet.
It is also possible to acquire a level 2 Hornet if the character levels up when Knuckle Dragger is defeated.
The Hornet deals an additional 80% splash damage. Splash damage produced by the Hornet's shots counts as grenade damage, and as such, its damage is boosted by skills such as Steady.
Trivia[]
The Hornet has a similar skin to the Maliwan Hive.
The Hornet was dropped by Boom and Bewm during Day 2 of the Borderlands 2 $100,000 Loot Hunt. The Hornet was also upgraded to shoot 6 shots when zoomed in and have a larger elemental splash effect (a change which was made permanent in Patch 1.8 released February 11, 2014). It also received increased stability and a larger magazine size on Day 1 of the Borderlands 2 Loot Hunt.
