Sledge's Shotgun (Borderlands) is a unique shotgun manufactured by Jakobs.
Examples are on the talk page.
Special Weapon Effects
The Legend Lives - +10000% Burst Fire Count, +150% Melee Damage. High knockback.
Drop Guide
- Drops from Sledge.
Notes
- Magazine size bonuses or ammo usage negation, e.g. Roland's Overload skill or Lilith's Phoenix skill, respectively, can yield a longer sustained burst; theoretically, though improbably, up to 100 shots (10000% burst count indicates up to 100 shots, otherwise limited only by the shotgun's magazine capacity).
- Sledge's Shotgun can be of great use of pushing away surrounding enemies, due to its extreme knockback effect. This is particularly useful when facing enemies that only have melee attacks such as Zombies. However, take note that attempting to Second Wind with this weapon may have the counter-productive effect of pushing the target further away from the crippled character.
- The powerful melee spike works very well with the high damage/low accuracy nature of the weapon, as the short-range combat usually employing the weapon will benefit from the melee spike.
- There is a humorous glitch/exploit with the knock back of the gun: When in a duel, have the player with Sledge's shotgun crouch their character and have the other character jump. The character with Sledge's shotgun shoots the jumping character immediately. The character who jumped flies through the air over a great distance. This is exploited by some players, to reach areas not normally accessible, though it is very difficult to accomplish. The knockback of the gun can often send them over the target, potentially landing them in a spot that cause the character to get stuck or die.
thumb|right|300px|Duel launching
thumb|left|300px|Bang, bang, you're dead
Trivia
The name and flavor text of this weapon may be a reference to Percy Sledge, the American soul and R & B performer with several hits in the 1960's. A compilation record of his hits entitled The Legend of Percy Sledge was released in 2009.
Mechanics
Sledges shotgun gets its special effect from the SledgesShotgun_barrel2 part. It gives a huge boost to fire rate, burst count and knockback. This comes at the cost of accuracy, spread, damage and reload time. It provides +2 projectiles per shot, which is actually 1 less than the equivalent Matador. Any other characteristic that Sledge's Shotgun may have come from its predetermined parts: body5, sight_none, mag5, acc1_Jagged and SledgesShotgun_Material (an alias for Material_Jakobs_3). The only variable part of Sledge's Shotgun is the Stock. Note that the Title Sledge's Shotgun prevents this weapon from being a Matador.
| SledgesShotgun_barrel2 | barrel2 & Title_HighSpread2_Matador |
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Accuracy Maximum: +100% |
Accuracy Maximum: -20% |
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