Silence the Voices

Silence the Voices
Silence the silence with a pancake!
Character	Krieg
Type	Passive
Tier	5
Maximum Points	5
Skill Tree	Mania
Minimum Level	26
Game	Borderlands 2

Silence the Voices is a tier 5 skill in Krieg's Mania skill tree. It significantly increases Krieg's melee damage but also gives him a chance to melee attack himself.

Effects

• +50% melee damage per rank.
• Static 12% chance to melee attack yourself.

Level	1	2	3	4	5
Melee Damage	+50%	+100%	+150%	+200%	+250%
Chance to Attack Yourself	+12%	+9%	+6%	+3%	+0%

Level	6	7	8	9	10	11
Melee Damage	+300%	+350%	+400%	+450%	+500%	+550%
Chance to Attack Yourself	+0%	+0%	+0%	+0%	+0%	+0%

^{Can only leveled past 5 with Sickle and Legendary Sickle class mods.}

Notes

• Krieg hits himself with his buzz axe even while equipped with a bladed weapon. As during Buzz Axe Rampage, the weapon's increase to melee damage does not affect the melee attack to self through Silence the Voices.
• Moxxi weapons will heal Krieg for a portion of the damage done to himself with this skill. This can easily be observed when his health is below full and a shield takes all of the damage. Additionally, without shielding these weapons will decrease damage taken by the percentage of health they return (34,580 without Rubi, 30,430 with it)
• This skill's bonus to melee damage does not apply to the damage done to self. Other melee damage bonuses, such as levels in Empty the Rage or the presence of a Sickle class mod, still apply.
• When Krieg is in Buzz Axe Rampage or Release the Beast, throwing the buzz axe will receive a bonus from this skill but without the penalty of the chance for Krieg to hit himself.
• Krieg can still hit himself while Crippled.
• Due to the fact that health does not scale throughout the OP levels, but melee damage does, the damage done by Silence the Voices will be a huge portion of Krieg's health.

Trivia

• Borderlands 2 Creative Director attributes this skill's self-damage to the "psycho side" of Krieg fighting back against his "hero side," striking himself about the head to silence the inner voice. [1]
• If Krieg hits himself with a regular melee attack, he will hit himself with his left hand. If he hits himself during Buzz Axe Rampage, it will be his right hand.