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Unleash the Dragon is a legendary artifact in Borderlands 3 manufactured by Eridian. It can only be obtained from El Dragón Jr. located in Jakobs Estate on Eden-6.
Special Effects[]
En fuego! – 100% chance for melee attacks, sliding and ground slams to ignite enemies, dealing incendiary DOT equivalent to the initial hit each tick.
Usage & Description[]
At first glance, the incendiary damage over time might seem like a far worse option for a melee build than an artifact that grants more melee damage or other special effects like the Static Charge. However, the important thing to note is that the strength of the incendiary damage is based on the damage of the initial melee hit. This means that creating a single melee hit with high damage can cause the damage over time to deal massive amounts of damage, one-shotting even most bosses vulnerable to it.
Notably, the "Gain 300% increased Weapon Damage against enemies above 90% health" gun anointment does work on melee attacks. When combining that anointment with the Unleash the Dragon, the incendiary damage created by the Unleash the Dragon will be extremely high.
Unleash the Dragon has excellent synergy with melee anointments, melee skills, the Psycho Stabber pistol, the Face-Puncher, Roid shields, the Stinger, and the Groundbreaker Guardian Rank reward.
Because the Unleash the Dragon has only 2 damage increasing bonuses and one relatively weak resistance, it's almost always worth it to find one with increased melee damage and incendiary damage.
Stats[]
Affected Variable[]
The Unleash the Dragon artifact grants two of the following bonuses:
- Increased melee damage
- Increased incendiary damage
- Increased incendiary resistance
Notes[]
- The damage-over-time effect is based on the damage produced by the initial melee hit. The stronger the melee attack, the higher the damage over time. However, this doesn't seem to apply to anointments that grant additional elemental damage like 150% bonus radiation damage or 75% cryo damage while terrified. It does apply to skills/anointments that directly increase the melee damage of the user, rather then adding on bonus damage.
Trivia[]
- "En fuego" is Spanish for "On fire".
- The name and flavor text are both a reference to another Gearbox game, Battleborn; specifically, the character named "El Dragón" whose moves mirror the effects of the artifact itself.
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