Invader (Borderlands 2)

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For the weapons of the same name, see Invader.

Invader is a legendary sniper rifle in Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel manufactured by Hyperion.

In Borderlands 2, Invader is obtained randomly from any suitable loot source, but has an increased chance to drop from Saturn located in Arid Nexus - Badlands.
In Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Invader is obtained randomly from any suitable loot source.

Special Weapon Effects

The Executioner has arrived. – Fires a burst of 5 rounds when scoped. Greatly reduced damage. Greatly increased magazine size and reload speed.

Usage & Description

While the Invader's special effect on its own is common (seen on all Dahl weapons), it has the added benefit of also having Hyperion's reverse recoil gimmick. This makes the last shot of the burst the most accurate whereas other burst fire weapons become less accurate throughout the burst.

The Invader's damage is rather poor for a sniper rifle, but the combined burst fire and reverse recoil effect helps to offset this with a high damage-per-second when focused on a critical target of an enemy. The Invader will always score at least one shot with pinpoint accuracy and can maintain the pinpoint accuracy when sniping multiple enemies in quick succession.

The Invader can be difficult to use practically due to its extreme ammunition consumption. This can be partially offset by equipping a Stockpile or Blood of the Ancients relic that increases the limit for sniper rifle ammo and an Absorb Shield.

An Invader with elemental damage will almost always inflict a DoT effect on any suitable enemy with a burst. A shock variant can decimate shields while a slag variant will allow extra damage to be inflicted if used with a 'Slag & Swap' tactic.

Notes

If the Invader is fired immediately after zooming in, a bug removes the reverse recoil effect. This bug can be negated if the user fires at least 2 seconds after zooming in.

Trivia

A SHiFT code for a single Venture Invader is included in the Diamond Plate Loot Chest. The item card caption reads: "It's burst-fire (like a Dahl), but more accurate (like a Hyperion). Which will make you damn deadly at long ranges (like a sniper)."
The flavor text refers to the original Invader sniper rifle in Borderlands. It was supposed to be called the "Executioner" but ended up with the wrong title due to a code bug.
- The red color scheme is also a throwback to the original weapon, which was dark red.

v • d • e Hyperion manufacture in Borderlands 2

Common	Amplify Shield • Apparatus • Backburner • Cat • Competition • Crowdsourcing • Development • Face Time • Impact • Killer • Leverage • Policy • Presence • Projectile Convergence • Projectile Diversification • Roboteer • Shot • Singularity Grenade • Sniper Rifle • Specialist • Storm • Synergy • Thinking • Transaction • Transmurdera • Vision • Weisenheimer • Wellness

Unique	Bane • Commerce • Fibber • Fremington's Edge • Heart Breaker • Lady Fist • Morningstar • Shotgun 1340

E-tech	Dart • Hybridfication • Plasma Caster • Slow Hand • Spiker • Splatgun • Yellow Jacket

Legendary	Bitch • Conference Call • Invader • Legendary Cat • Legendary Killer • Legendary Mechromancer • Legendary Roboteer • Logan's Gun • Longbow • Nasty Surprise • Overcompensator • Quasar • The Bee

Seraph	Actualizer • Interfacer

Pearlescent	Butcher

Effervescent	Retainer

v • d • e Sniper Rifles in Borderlands 2

Common	Bratchny • Callipeen • Chinook • Competition • Corinthian • Diaub • Droog • Horrorshow • Jericho • Muckamuck • Policy • Pooshka • Rakehell • Scout • Snider • Sniper • Sniper Rifle • Strike • Terror • Transaction

Unique	Buffalo • Chère-amie • Cobra • Elephant Gun • Fremington's Edge • Morningstar • Pimpernel • Sloth • Trespasser

E-tech	Hybridfication • Moloko • Railer

Legendary	Amigo Sincero • Invader • Longbow • Lyudmila • Pitchfork • Skullmasher • Volcano

Seraph	Hawk Eye • Patriot

Pearlescent	Godfinger • Storm

Effervescent	Hot Mama

v • d • e Old-style Hyperion manufacture in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Common	Aggressive Expansion • Apparatus • Ascerbic • Attitude • Beam • Blaster • Boiler • Brainstorm • Confidence • Contract • Crowd-Pleaser • Delivery • Devigorator • Expeditious • Factualizer • Fast Turnaround • Focus Group • Fridge • Outlay • Projectile Convergence • Pro-Target • Railgun • Session • Sniper Rifle • Splitter

Unique	Galvanizing Vision • Black Snake • Bullpup • Fremington's Edge • Slick Delivery

Legendary	Cheat Code • Excalibastard • Omni-Cannon

v • d • e New-style Hyperion manufacture in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Common	Acrobat Oz Kit • Aggressive Expansion • Amplify Shield • Apparatus • Backburner • Beam • Blaster (class mod) • Blaster (laser) • CEO • Cooler • Competition • Crapshooter • Crowdsourcing • Development • Economist • Entrepreneur • Equalizer • Face Time • Femme Fatale • Fighter • Gladiatrix • Golem • Hero • Howitzer • Impact • Leverage • Loose Cannon • Mauler • Mech • Obliterator • Policy • Precision Strike Oz Kit • Presence • Privileged • Projectile Convergence • Protagonist • Railgun • Queen • Scorcher • Singularity Grenade • Sniper Rifle • Splitter • Storm • Synergy • Terminator • Thinking • Transaction • Transmurdera • Vision • Weisenheimer

Unique	Company Man • Freedom Oz Kit • Globber • Lady Fist • Mining Laser • Shield of Ages • Springs' Oz Kit • T4s-R

Legendary	3DD1.E • Celestial Doppelganger • Celestial Enforcer • Eridian Vanquisher • Fatale • Logan's Gun • Invader • Longest Yard • Nasty Surprise • Prismatic Bulwark • Quasar • Rerouter • Support Relay • Viral Marketer

v • d • e Sniper rifles in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Common	Bratchny • Callipeen • Chinook • Competition • Contract • Corinthian • Diaub • Droog • Fast Turnaround • Horrorshow • Jericho • Muckamuck • Outlay • Policy • Pooshka • Rakehell • Scout • Sniper (Borderlands 2) • Sniper Rifle (Hyperion legacy) • Sniper Rifle (Title) • Strike • Terror • Transaction

Unique	Chère-amie • Fremington's Edge • Kull Muckamuck • Plunkett • Razorback • The Machine • Wet Week

Legendary	Invader • Longnail • Pitchfork • Skullmasher • Magma • Omni-Cannon

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 '''Invader''' is a {{rarity link|legendary}} [[Sniper Rifle|sniper rifle]] in ''[[Borderlands 2]]'' and ''[[Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel]]'' manufactured by [[Hyperion]].
-In ''Borderlands 2'', {{random|name=Invader|boss=Saturn|loc=Arid Nexus - Badlands}}<br />In ''Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel'', it can be obtained randomly from any suitable loot source and the [[Grinder]].
+In ''Borderlands 2'', {{random|name=Invader|boss=Saturn|loc=Arid Nexus - Badlands}}<br />In ''Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel'', {{random|name=Invader|=it}}
 == Special Weapon Effects ==
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 ==Usage & Description==
-While the Invader's special effect on its own is rather common (seen on all Dahl weapons), due to the fact that it is on a Hyperion rifle, the burst becomes more accurate and more stable as the burst moves through its 5-round cycle. This makes the last round out of the burst most accurate versus other burst fire weapons that become less accurate throughout the burst.
+While the Invader's special effect on its own is common (seen on all Dahl weapons), it has the added benefit of also having Hyperion's reverse recoil gimmick. This makes the last shot of the burst the most accurate whereas other burst fire weapons become less accurate throughout the burst.
-The Invader's damage is rather poor for a sniper rifle, but the burst fire and reverse recoil effect together helps to offset this with a high damage-per-second when focused on a [[Critical hit (Borderlands 2)|critical target]] of an enemy. The Invader will always score at least one shot with pinpoint accuracy and can keep such accuracy in short periods of time such as sniping multiple enemies, allowing the burst fire to make as much use out of each shot before the burst ends.
+The Invader's damage is rather poor for a sniper rifle, but the combined burst fire and reverse recoil effect helps to offset this with a high damage-per-second when focused on a [[Critical hit (Borderlands 2)|critical target]] of an enemy. The Invader will always score at least one shot with pinpoint accuracy and can maintain the pinpoint accuracy when sniping multiple enemies in quick succession.
-Like The Machine, Invader can be difficult to use practically due to its extreme ammunition consumption. This can be partially offset by equipping a relic that increases the limit for sniper rifle ammo and a [[Absorb Shield|bullet absorbing shield]], and/or obtaining Sniper SDUs
+The Invader can be difficult to use practically due to its extreme ammunition consumption. This can be partially offset by equipping a [[Stockpile]] or [[Blood of the Ancients]] relic that increases the limit for sniper rifle ammo and an [[Absorb Shield]].
-Invader can spawn with an elemental capacitor, which will almost always inflict a DOT effect on any suitable enemy with a burst, so a {{Element|shock}} variant can decimate shields whist {{Element|slag}} variants will always allow extra damage to be inflicted, though in this case it is mostly a support weapon as slag N swap tactics are ineffective with most sniper rifles without skilled usage.
+An Invader with elemental damage will almost always inflict a DoT effect on any suitable enemy with a burst. A {{Element|shock}} variant can decimate shields while a {{Element|slag}} variant will allow extra damage to be inflicted if used with a 'Slag & Swap' tactic.
 == Notes ==
-* If the Invader is fired immediately after zooming into the scope, a bug removes the reverse recoil effect. This bug can be negated if the user fires at least 2 seconds after they zoom in.
+* If the Invader is fired immediately after zooming in, a bug removes the reverse recoil effect. This bug can be negated if the user fires at least 2 seconds after zooming in.
 ==Trivia==
-[[File:Dplc_card6_invader.jpg|right|100px]]
+[[File:Dplc_card6_invader.jpg|right|140px]]
 *A [[SHiFT]] code for a single Venture Invader is included in the [[Diamond Plate Loot Chest]]. The item card caption reads: "It's burst-fire (like a Dahl), but more accurate (like a Hyperion). Which will make you damn deadly at long ranges (like a sniper)."
-*The flavor text references the original [[Invader (sniper rifle)|Invader]] sniper rifle in ''[[Borderlands]]''. It was supposed to be called the "Executioner" and ended up with the wrong title due to a code bug.
+*The flavor text refers to the original [[Invader (sniper rifle)|Invader]] sniper rifle in ''[[Borderlands]]''. It was supposed to be called the "Executioner" but ended up with the wrong title due to a code bug.
-*The red color scheme is a throwback to the ''Borderlands'' Invader, which was dark red.
+**The red color scheme is also a throwback to the original weapon, which was dark red.
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