Krieg

Krieg
Title	Psycho
Gender	Male
Race	Human
Faction	Vault hunters
Location	Pandora
Game	Borderlands 2
Appearances	Borderlands 2

Krieg is the playable Psycho class character in Borderlands 2. He was revealed on March 24, 2013, in the Borderlands 2 Krieg the Psycho Character Reveal Trailer.

Background

Not much is known about Krieg, other than he has escaped from a lab beneath Pandora.

Skills

Action Skill: Buzz Axe Rampage

[Fire] to swing buzz axe, [Aim] + [Fire] to throw buzz axe.

+500% Melee Damage, regain all Health on kill.

Duration: ~15 seconds.

Cooldown: 120 seconds, reduced by taking damage.

Bloodlust

Focuses on ranged combat using a Bloodlust stack mechanic.

Skill	Tier	Levels	Effect
	1	4
Bloodlust	1	1	Kill Skill. Presumably grants +1 Bloodlust stack on kill; other effects and ways of gaining stacks unknown.
	2	5
	2	5
	2	5	Kill Skill. Effects unknown.
Bloodbath	3	5	Kill Skill. Killing an enemy with a grenade or explosion gives +0.5% Weapon Damage per Bloodlust stack. An enemy killed this way has a 15% chance per level to drop grenade ammo.
Buzz Axe Bombardier	3	1	Thrown buzz axes now have dynamite attached to them, which explodes on contact.
Fuel the Blood	3	5	Kill Skill. Killing an enemy with melee adds +2 Bloodlust stacks per level and gives +1% Grenade Damage per Bloodlust stack.
	4	5
	4	5
	5	5	Kill Skill. Effects unknown.
	6	1

Mania

Focuses on melee combat and Health/Fight For Your Life mechanics.

Skill	Tier	Levels	Effect
	1	5
Pull the Pin	1	1	When you die, you drop a free grenade. If you kill an enemy with it, you get double XP.
Feed the Meat	1	5	+10% Maximum Health and +0.5 sec Shield Recharge Delay per level.
	2	5
Fuel the Rampage	2	5	You can be damaged by teammates, taking 50% friendly fire damage, less 5% per level. +20% cooldown reduction per level when taking damage; additional +20% per level when taking Health damage.
Thrill of the Kill	3	5	Up to 10% per level of overkill damage is returned to you as Health, depending on how low your health is.
Light the Fuse	3	1	Fight For Your Life is replaced by Light the Fuse. During Light the Fuse you pull out a live bundle of dynamite and can move normally. The bundle explodes when the timer runs out. If you kill someone you are revived. Getting a revive with the bundle explosion gives you +40% Movement Speed for the remainder of the time that was left in Light the Fuse. Throw dynamite sticks with [Fire]. Detonate bundle by holding [Use].
Strip the Flesh	3	5	+3% Explosive damage per level; additional +3% in Fight For Your Life.
	4	1
	4	5
	5	5
	6	1

Hellborn

Focuses on elemental effects, particularly setting oneself on fire.

Skill	Tier	Levels	Effect
Burn, Baby, Burn	1	5	+7% Burn damage per level; additional +15% per level when on fire. 7% chance per level to set self on fire when igniting an enemy.
Fuel the Fire	1	5	Kill Skill. Has a chance to set self on fire; other effects unknown.
	2	5
	2	5
Elemental Elation	3	5	While Elemental Status Effect damage is being done to enemies you gain stacks of Elemental Elation. Each stack gives +1% Fire Rate and Magazine size (per level?). Maximum number of stacks is 20 (per level?). Stacks do not decay when you are on fire.
Delusional Damage	3	1	All Elemental Status Effects you cause have a chance to light yourself on fire. Ignite chances are determined from Burn, Baby, Burn and Fuel the Fire.
	3	5
	4	5
	4	1
	5	5
	6	1

Quotes

When using Buzz Axe Rampage

• START SCREAMING!

Killing an enemy while using Buzz Axe Rampage

• [unintelligible roaring noises]
• I told ya what would happen!

When activating Light the Fuse

• Boom!

When detonating during Light the Fuse

• Wahahahah! I'll take you ALL with me!
• Wahahahah! Not fast enough!

On earning a Second Wind

• Immortal!

Trivia

• Krieg's skill Strip The Flesh is a reference to a phrase commonly heard from psychos ("strip the flesh, salt the wound").
• Krieg's name is a direct reference to the German word 'Krieg' or 'War'
• Krieg's skill Burn, Baby, Burn is a reference to the Song "Disco Inferno" By The Trammps.

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