Moze

Moze
Character Type	Playable character
Gender	Female
Race	Human
Group Affiliations	Vladof (formerly) Crimson Raiders
Game	Borderlands 3
Voice Actor	Marissa Lenti

Moserah Hayussinian Yan-Lun al-Amir Andreyevna, or Moze for short, is the playable Gunner class in Borderlands 3.

Background

Moze was originally a soldier in the Vladof army's Ursa Corps, a mechanized infantry division that utilized bipedal mechs. She became a battle-hardened veteran of many ludicrously dangerous battles and rose to the rank of Gunner First Class. According to the terms of her enlistment contract, she was obligated to fulfill a quota of missions for Vladof before quitting if she wanted to take her mech, Iron Bear, with her. Moze's superior, Kaziak, manipulated her into staying on longer by constantly extending the quota and playing on her guilt with claims that her absence would jeopardize the lives of new recruits who depended on her experience.

She finally decided to leave with Iron Bear no matter what after completing one last mission, only for it to turn out to be a suicide mission to Darzaran Bay. She was the sole member of her squad to survive the fighting, but conveniently for her, Vladof assumed she had perished as well. After striking out on her own, the rising costs of maintaining Iron Bear eventually pushed Moze to travel to Pandora and seek treasure as a Vault Hunter with the Crimson Raiders.

Appearances

• Borderlands 3

Skills

Main article: Moze/Skill tree

Overview

Moze Action Skill summons Iron Bear, her mech. It comes with its own health pool consisting of armor. Iron Bear is capable of sprinting and jumping, and can perform a double jump that allows it to hover and gain momentum - continuous use of double jumping allows for movement speed that is faster than normal sprinting. Pressing the melee button will cause Iron Bear to do a powerful stomp that damages enemes around the mech. Iron Bear is unable to crouch, slide, grab ledges, ground pound, emote, nor revive teammates.

Iron Bear possesses a fuel bar which slowly drains while the mech is active. Using Iron Bear's weapons depletes its available fuel faster, with some weapons consuming more fuel than others. Other actions (including its melee stomp) will not consume fuel.

Holding the crouch button will eject Moze from Iron Bear, refunding an amount of cooldown proportional to how much duration was left in the action skill.

Skill Trees

All of Moze's action skills are weapons that can be equipped on Iron Bear in various combinations. She has a total of six action skills divided between three skill trees, with each tree having one action skill available initially and one more that can be unlocked. Iron Bear has two slots for action skills, and either two different action skills can be equipped, or one action skill can be equipped in both slots. Moze's skill trees and respective action skills are:

• Shield of Retribution
  • Railgun (initial)
    The Railgun fires electrified high-velocity projectiles that deal shock damage after a short charging period.
  • Bear Fist (unlockable)
    A close range pneumatic-driven fist that can deal massive damage.
• Bottomless Mags
  • Minigun (initial)
    The Minigun rapid-fires rounds and is capable of sustained fire. Firing the weapon for prolonged periods causes it to overheat and become inoperable for a short time.
  • Salamander (unlockable)
    A flamethrower that deals incendiary damage. It can be fired indefinitely without overheating or needing to reload.
• Demolition Woman
  • V-35 Grenade Launcher (initial)
    The V-35 is a semi-automatic grenade launcher. Projectiles bounce and will detonate after a short delay, or upon contact with a target. Despite firing grenades, its projectiles are unaffected by Moze's grenade mod.
  • Vanquisher Rocket Pod (unlockable)
    A rocket launcher that can rapid-fire unguided explosive rockets. It automatically begins reloading whenever it is not being fired.

Quotes

Main article: Moze/ECHO Recorders

Main article: Moze/Quotes

Trivia

• Moze was leaked prior to the game's announcement in December 2018.
• Moze appeared in a tech demo in which she had her face concealed and Randy was "teasingly" telling the fans that she will be a character in Borderlands 3.
• Moze's code name was "Iron Bear". Her infantry division, the "Ursa Corps", translate to "Bear Corps" in Latin.
• Moze is voiced by Cyber-girl Siro, a known Japanese Virtual YouTuber, in the Japanese dub of Borderlands 3.
• Moze's character class, a Gunner, is the successor to the Soldier and Commando classes from previous games in the series.
• Moze has the Vladof logo tattooed on her hip. Her English voice actor, Marissa Lenti, had the tattoo re-created in the same spot to commemorate the role.
• Moze has an affinity for fried food, and is apparently very open to trying delicacies so long as they are deep fried.
• Moze wears a digital watch on her wrist that accurately tells the time of the planet she is currently on. The amount of time that passes during each real life second is dependent on where she is.
• According to her dialogue in Pandora's Next Top Mouthpiece, Moze "digs [Tyreen's] coat".
• According to her dialogue in Guns, Love, and Tentacles, Moze's worst fear is exploding bees, as "there's just a buzz, and then a boom".

Gallery

Media

Borderlands 3 - Moze Character Trailer "The BFFs"