Laser

Maliwan laser

Lasers are a separate weapon type first introduced in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel.

Overview

Lasers were introduced in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. They have their own ammunition pool, depicted with a coil icon, with the size of the ammo pool being comparable to a submachine gun's pool.

Lasers are always elemental, with fire being the default and the most common. Lasers come in four distinct types depending on the barrel manufacturer.

Barrels

Dahl (blaster)

• Fires non-hitscan bolts.

Often referred to as "Star Wars" or "pew pew" style, blaster lasers resemble assault rifles in function, putting out a barrage of bolts that travel at moderate speed.

Hyperion (railgun)

• Hitscan.
• Pierces enemies.
• Consumes 4 ammunition per shot.

Railgun lasers resemble sniper rifles.

Maliwan (beam)

• Hitscan.
• Continuous fire.

Often referred to as "Ghostbusters" style, beam lasers put out a continuous beam. Despite their appearance, they can generate large amounts of recoil. Beam lasers excel at inflicting elemental effects.

Tediore (splitter)

• Hitscan.
• Fires 3 beams per shot in a spread.
• Consumes 3 ammunition per shot.

Splitter lasers fire three beams in a spread, making them a sort of laser shotgun, though typically with better accuracy than shotguns proper.

Naming

Body manufacturer	Barrel manufacturer
	Dahl (blaster)	Hyperion (railgun)	Maliwan, corrosive (beam)	Maliwan, cryo (beam)	Maliwan, fire (beam)	Maliwan, shock (beam)	Tediore (splitter)
Dahl	Blaster	Lazer Railgun	Scorpion Beam	Arctic Fox Beam	Beetle Beam	Eel Beam?	Splitter
Hyperion	Iterated Blaster Revitalized Blaster Revized Blaster	Lancer Railgun Rapier Railgun	Destabilizing Beam	?	Afterburner Beam Convector Beam	Energizer Beam	Partitioned Splitter Subdivided Splitter
Maliwan	Accelerated Blaster	Photon Railgun	Venus Beam	Comet Beam Polaris Beam	?	?	Dichotomized Splitter
Tediore	Repeater Blaster	Phazer Railgun	?	?	Enkindler Beam	?	Refracted Splitter