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Salvador is the Gunzerker-class character in Borderlands 2. His main skill allows him to dual wield any weapon in the game for a limited time.

Background

Aged 36, Salvador was born and raised on Pandora, (an ideal breeding ground for brutality and blood lust), as opposed to the previous Vault hunters who traveled there in search of the Vault. He stands at a height of 5'4". This stunted growth was revealed to be due to heavy steroid use throughout his lifetime.

Salvador becomes interested in the new Vault after hearing how dangerous it is from the last survivor of a Hyperion strike team sent to seize the Gunzerker's hometown of Ovejas.

Skills

Salvador's Action Skill, "gunzerking", is perfect for players dying to wield two guns at once and fill their enemies with twice the amount of hot lead as previously possible. His Rampage and Gun Lust trees up the ante by boosting his dual wielding skills and amping up weapon stats. The Brawn skill tree is all about bumping up the amount of damage Salvador can take and dish out.

Base cooldown for Gunzerking is 42 seconds.

Gun Lust

Focused on switching weapons and reloading.

Skill	Tier	Levels	Effect
Locked and Loaded	1	5	Reloading your gun gives you +5% Fire Rate per level for a short time.
Quick Draw	1	5	+7% Weapon Swap Speed and +2% Critical Hit Damage per level.
I'm Your Huckleberry	2	5	+3% Damage and Reload Speed per level with pistols.
All I Need is One	2	5	Swapping weapons causes your next shot fired to deal +8% damage per level.
Divergent Likeness	3	5	+6% Damage when Gunzerking with two of the same type of guns. +6% Accuracy when Gunzerking with two different types of guns.
Money Shot	3	5	The last bullet fired from any gun does +8% damage per level per magazine size, up to +80% damage per level.
Auto-Load	3	1	Killing an enemy Instantly Reloads all of the guns that you have equipped that are not currently in your hands. Swapping guns after Auto-Load has reloaded a gun triggers Locked & Loaded.
Lay Waste	4	5	Kill Skill. Killing an enemy gives +8% Fire Rate and +5% Critical Hit Damage with Guns per level for a short time.
Down Not Out	4	1	You can Gunzerk while in Fight for Your Life.
Keep It Piping Hot	5	5	While Gunzerking is in the process of cooling down you gain +5% Gun Damage, +6% Melee Damage, and +5% Grenade Damage per level.
No Kill Like Overkill	6	1	Any excess damage dealt to an enemy that kills them is transferred to the next enemy fired at.

Rampage

Focuses on extra ammunition and Gunzerking.

Skill	Tier	Levels	Effect
Inconceivable	1	5	Up to 10% chance per level for shots not to consume ammo depending on how low your health and shields are.
Filled to the Brim	1	5	+5% Magazine Capacity and +3% Ammunition Capacity per level for all weapon types.
All in the Reflexes	2	5	+6% Reload Speed and +4% Melee Damage per level.
Last Longer	2	5	+3 seconds Gunzerking duration per level.
I'm Ready Already	3	5	+6% Gunzerking Cooldown Rate.
5 Shots or 6	3	5	Grants a 5% chance per level to add an extra round of ammunition when firing instead of expending ammunition.
Steady as She Goes	3	1	+80% Recoil Reduction and 30% chance to improve Accuracy on hit when Gunzerking.
Yippee Ki Yay	4	5	Increases the duration of Gunzerking by 0.6s per level every time an enemy is killed while Gunzerking.
Double Your Fun	4	1	Throwing a grenade while Gunzerking throws two grenades instead of one. The second grenade doesn't cost ammo.
Get Some	5	5	Shooting an enemy decreases Gunzerking cooldown by 0.6 second per level. Has a cooldown of 3 seconds.
Keep Firing...	6	1	While Gunzerking, you gain up to +88% Fire Rate and +25% Reload Speed depending on how long you hold down the trigger.

Brawn

Focused on physical toughness.

Skill	Tier	Levels	Effect
Hard to Kill	1	5	+4% Maximum Health and regenerate 0.1% of your Maximum Health per second per level.
Incite	1	5	Taking damage gives +6% Movement Speed and +5% Reload Speed for a few seconds.
Asbestos	2	5	-8% Negative Status Effect Duration per level.
I'm the Juggernaut	2	5	Kill Skill. Killing an enemy gives +4% Damage Reduction for a short time.
Ain't Got Time to Bleed	3	5	While Gunzerking you regenerate up to 0.8% of your Maximum Health per second per level depending on how low your health is.
Out of Bubblegum	3	5	+7% Fire Rate per level when shield is depleted.
Fistful of Hurt	3	1	Melee Override. Throw a heavy punch dealing massive damage and knockback. Has a cooldown of 15 seconds.
Bus That Can't Slow Down	4	5	+10% Movement Speed per level while Gunzerking.
Just Got Real	4	5	Up to +8% Gun Damage per level depending on how low your health is.
Sexual Tyrannosaurus	5	5	Taking damage gives +0.4% Health Regeneration per level for 5 seconds. This effect does not stack.
Come At Me Bro	6	1	While Gunzerking, you can press [Action Skill] to taunt your enemies into attacking you. You instantly heal to Full Health and gain massive damage reduction for a few seconds.

Quotes

When beginning to Gunzerk

TIME TO OVERCOMPENSATE!
BIENVENIDOS A LA FIESTA, AMIGOS! (Welcome to the party, friends!)
[laughing]
VIOLENCE!
CAN'T STOP SCREAMING!
ONE-LINER!
HIT ME, I DARE YOU!
AKIMBO!
SCREW YOU FREUD!
PURPLE HAZE!
TWO GUNS, BITCHES!
DUAL WIELD, BABY!
DOUBLE THE GODDAMN FUN!

While Gunzerking

[humming In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg]
[panting]

Killing an enemy during Gunzerking

B is for bullets, bitch!
Everyone's gonna die! EVERYONE!
Gunzerking kicks ass!
Killing with skill!
Vamonos, putas! (Let's go, bitches!)
Get off my plane!
I am all that is man!
It's been revoked!
I am very good at killing!
Don't stop killing!
Oh, guns, I love you so!
Sonrie, hijo de...! (Smile, son of a...!)

Killing a Badass

Everything about that was good!
Oh, it's good to be me!

Critical Hit

That's a critical!
Critical, bitch!
I Approve!
Bazing!
Ding-dong!

When reviving an ally

If anyone's going to almost die, it's ME!
I stopped shooting to help you.
You made me stop shooting!
NO! You were always my favorite.

When out of ammo

It's melee 'o clock!
Bullets schmullets!
I need more gun!
Crap!

When getting a Second Wind

I...AM...ALIVE!
Back from the dead, pendejo (lit. jerk; usually translated to asshole)
I am the best!

When finding a healing item

ANYONE NEED HEALING?

When comparing items in inventory

One of you has got to go.
I hate doing math.

Upon Leveling Up

I'm slightly better than I was before!
Can I kill everything with one shot yet?
I didn't know it was my birthday!
One step closer to level bazilionty!

Idle

We gotta get moving. I'm starting to think about stuff!
This waiting is not fun.
It's been several minutes since I've seen something explode. Not cool.
I have no idea what I'm staring at.
This is like watching skags hump.

With Handsome Jack's Voice

At least I know how Jack would sound with my accent, I'm sure that will come in handy later.

Trivia

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Salvador is wanted for a number of crimes, including manslaughter, theft, arson, destruction of property, trespassing, cannibalism, public indecency, and profanity. He carries a bounty of $99,000,000,000.99.
Salvador is Spanish/Portuguese for "savior".
Many of Salvador's skill names are references to pop culture and film:
- "I'm Your Huckleberry" is a line spoken by Doc Holliday in Tombstone.
- "Inconceivable" is a reference to Vizzini, from The Princess Bride.
- "All In the Reflexes" is the catchphrase of Jack Burton, one of the heroes of Big Trouble in Little China.
- "5 Shots or 6" is a part of the classic Dirty Harry "Do You Feel Lucky, Punk?" speech.
- "Yippee Ki Yay" is a reference to John McClane of the Die Hard movies.
- "Double Your Fun" is a reference to the old TV commercial for double mint gum.
- "Get Some" is a reference to the door gunner scene of Full Metal Jacket.
- "Keep Firing ..." is a line from the movie Spaceballs, in which the character Dark Helmet orders his men, "Keep firing, a-holes!" The movie version is, of course, uncensored.
- "I'm the Juggernaut" is from a viral video featuring a redub of 1990s X-Men cartoon featuring the Juggernaut frequently using the phrase, "I'm the Juggernaut, bitch."
- "Ain't Got Time to Bleed" and "Sexual Tyrannosaurus" are references to Predator.
- "Out of Bubblegum" is a reference to the movie They Live, where the main character says "I have come to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum." The line is more famously spoken by Duke Nukem rearranged into "It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of gum."
- "Bus That Can't Slow Down" is a reference to the movie Speed.
- "Just Got Real" is a reference to the movie Bad Boys 2.
- "Come At Me Bro" is named after an internet meme.
Salvador's personal backstory ECHO recordings are in Thousand Cuts. There is a video with the exact locations on YouTube.
Salvador has a head called 'Breaking Bald', being a reference to the popular TV show Breaking Bad. His facial hair is the same as the protagonist Walter White.
Of all 9 playable Vault Hunters across both games, Salvador is the only one to be born and raised on Pandora.
Salvador has a skin called "I blue myself" which is a reference to Arrested Development from the episode when Tobias becomes a blue man.
Salvador has a skin called "Red Dwarf" which could be a reference to the British sci fi comdey show Red Dwarf.
He has tattoo on his index fingers, "Right" on the right one, "Wrong" on the left.
Salvador has a skin called "A Green Day", most likely a reference to the band Green Day.
The gunzerking lines "Time to overcompensate!" and "Screw you Freud!" are a complex reference to Freudian psychology. In addition to his stunted growth, heavy use of steroids likely caused his genitals to shrink, possibly to the point of uselessness. According to Freud, firearms are considered to be symbols of masculinity, leading to the common belief that they are often used to overcompensate for poor self-esteem in men.
The quote "Get off my plane!" is from Harrison Ford in Air Force One.
"It's been revoked" is a reference to a line spoken by Roger Murtaugh (played by Danny Glover) in the film Lethal Weapon 2.

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