The Professional

The Professional is the fourth of Zane's skill trees and is exclusive to the Designer's Cut DLC.
His other skill trees are Under Cover, Doubled Agent, and Hitman.

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What is the focus of The Professional, Zane's fourth skill tree?

The Professional, Zane's fourth skill tree in Borderlands 3, focuses on the MNTIS Cannon and critical hit enhancements. It equips Zane with a Shoulder Mounted Cannon, boosts critical hit damage, and initiates health regeneration following a critical hit. Moreover, it enables Zane's critical hits to penetrate enemies, thereby increasing damage per enemy pierced.

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How does The Professional skill tree enhance Zane's MNTIS Cannon in Borderlands 3?

In Borderlands 3, The Professional skill tree boosts Zane's MNTIS Cannon by adding extra capabilities and bonuses. The MNTIS Shoulder Cannon, the Action Skill of this tree, inflicts shock damage and can release a nova with anointed gear that triggers damage novas due to an active kill skill. Furthermore, The Professional skill tree enhances Zane's Accuracy and Handling temporarily when the MNTIS Shoulder Cannon is in use, and this effect can accumulate.

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What are the critical hit buffs/bonuses provided by The Professional skill tree?

In Borderlands 3, Zane's The Professional skill tree provides critical hit bonuses. The Headsman's Hand skill increases critical hit damage, stacking twice for up to 24% added damage. The Eraser skill enables Zane's critical hits to pierce enemies, inflicting an additional 40% damage for each enemy pierced.

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How does The Professional skill tree differ from Zane's other skill trees in Borderlands 3?

The Professional, Zane's fourth skill tree in Borderlands 3, is unique to the Designer's Cut DLC. It differs from the Under Cover, Doubled Agent, and Hitman trees by focusing on the MNTIS Shoulder Cannon and critical hit enhancements. The initial skill outfits Zane with a Shoulder Mounted Cannon that fires on activation. Killing an enemy with this cannon triggers an Elemental Puddle explosion. The tree also features a tier 2 passive skill, Commitment, boosting Zane's gun damage and action skill cooldown rate temporarily, with the ability to stack twice.

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What makes The Professional a unique addition to Zane's operative build in Borderlands 3?

The Professional, Zane's fourth skill tree in Borderlands 3, enhances his operative build with unique abilities. Exclusive to the Designer's Cut DLC, it introduces the MNTIS Cannon and critical hit enhancements. Zane's Shoulder Cannon causes enemies to explode into Elemental Puddles upon death. His critical hits also gain the ability to pierce enemies, increasing damage for each enemy pierced.

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Starting Skill

Skill	Type	Effect
MNTIS Shoulder Cannon	Action Skill	Zane equips a Shoulder Mounted Cannon. Activating this skill causes zane to fire his cannon at his crosshairs and consume one charge. Max Charges: 3 Cooldown: 12 seconds Damage: 14219

Tier 1

Skill	Type	Ranks	Effect
Man of Focus	Passive	5	Activating an Action skill grants Zane increased Accuracy and Handling for a short time. This effect stacks. Accuracy: up to +7% Handling: up to +7.4% Duration: 12 seconds Max Stacks: 10
Renegade (skill)	Passive	3	After scoring a Critical Hit, Zane regenerates health for a short time. Health Regeneration: up to 0.5% Max Health/sec Duration: 12 seconds
Déjà Vu	Passive	5	Whenever Zane kills an enemy with a Critical Hit, there is a chance for 1 ammo to be added to his magazine. Chance to add ammo: 10%

Tier 2

Skill	Type	Ranks	Effect
Colder Shoulder	Augment	-	Converts Zane's MNTIS Shoulder Cannon damage to Cryo damage but deals reduced damage. Additionally, Zane gains increased cryo freeze rate. Cannon Damage: -10% Freeze Rate: +20%
Headsman's Hand	Passive	5	Kill Skill. Zane gains increased critical hit damage. This effect stacks twice. Critical Hit Damage: +4% / +8% / +12% / +16% / +20% Duration: 8 seconds
Tunnel Vision	Passive	3	While moving, Zane gains increased accuracy and handling. The quicker Zane moves, the greater the bonus. Accuracy: up to +10% at default walk speed Handling: up to +11% at default walk speed
Commitment (Zane skill)	Passive	5	Kill Skill. Zane gains increased gun damage and action skill cooldown rate for a few seconds. This effect stacks twice. Gun Damage: +4% / +8% / +12% / +16% / +20% Action Skill Cooldown Rate: +4% / +8% / +12% / +16% / +20% Duration: 8 seconds

Tier 3

Skill	Type	Ranks	Effect
Wetwork	Augment	-	Whenever Zane kills an enemy with his shoulder cannon, that enemy explodes into and elemental puddle.
Fugitive	Passive	1	Zane can sprint and shoot at the same time. Gun Damage: up to +35% Accuracy: up to +33%
Brain Drain	Augment	-	Whenever Zane kills an enemy with a critical hit from his shoulder cannon, two charges are instantly returned.

Tier 4

Skill	Type	Ranks	Effect
No Way Out	Augment	-	Whenever Zane damages an enemy with his shoulder cannon, that enemy is pulled to him and takes increased damage for a short time. Additionally, Zane's MNTIS Shoulder Cannon cooldown time is increased. Cooldown: +20% Damage Increase: +25% Duration: 6 seconds
Domino Effect	Passive	5	Whenever Zane scores a critical hit, he gains increased fire rate and reload speed for a short time. If he scores a critical hit with his action skill, he doubles this effect. Reload Speed: +4% Fire Rate: +3% Duration: 8 seconds
The Art of War	Passive	5	After activating an action skill or action skill ability, Zane's next shot fired from his weapon deals increased damage. This effect stacks. Gun Damage: +3% Max Stacks: 10

Tier 5

Skill	Type	Ranks	Effect
Sheer Will	Passive	3	Zane gains increased action skill cooldown rate. Scoring a critical hit increases this effect. This effect stacks. Cooldown Rate: +5% Cooldown Rate: +2.5% after critical hit Duration: 8 seconds Max Stacks: 15
Eraser	Passive	3	Zane's critical hits pierce through enemies for all weapons, dealing increased damage for every enemy pierced. Pierced Shot Damage: +40% per enemy pierced
Proliferation	Passive	-	Zane's MNTIS Shoulder Cannon gains additional charges and deals increased damage based on the number of charges remaining. Additional Charges: +2 Cannon Damage: +20% per charge

Tier 6

Skill	Type	Ranks	Effect
Our Man Flynt	Passive	1	While aiming down sights, Zane's weapons deal bonus damage and automatically apply their status effect when he scores a critical hit. Bonus Damage: 25% of damage dealt