| “ | We see the pain in your eyes. We sense your anger, your feelings of betrayal, and your disgust. And we at Vladof are with you. The time is coming, comrades! The time to stand up and be heard is nearly upon us and you must be prepared. You must be armed! Vladof firearms were designed for this moment in time. Seize it! When you shoulder a Vladof, you will know at once that you are not alone and that you can be heard. You will be heard! All Vladof weapons are constructed in the factories of your brethren and designed to pack the highest firing rate possible. The oppressors will be fast - we know this - Vladof helps you to be even quicker. Rise with Vladof. Together we will forge a better tomorrow!
— Vladof sales pitch, Official Borderlands Guide
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Vladof is a weapons' manufacturer in Borderlands, Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. Vladof weapons tend to have lower accuracy but also have an extremely high rate of fire compared to other guns of similar level rating. Their firearms can often be identified by an orange/brown finish, with grey or white accents. They follow a Russian and East European themed naming scheme.
Vladof weapons' boosts to rate of fire are calculated in a manner that causes guns with a lower baseline rate of fire to gain a larger boost, and weapons with a larger baseline rate of fire to gain a smaller boost.
Borderlands
Weapon Tiers
- Vladof Peasants = Level 13-21
- Vladof Peoples = Level 22-30
- Vladof Workers = Level 31-39
- Vladof Soldiers = Level 40-47
- Vladof Patriots = Level 48+
Products
The following are made by Vladof.
Unique Weapons:
- Combat Rifle - The Chopper (The Secret Armory of General Knoxx DLC only.)
- Machine Pistol - The Clipper
Legendary Weapons:
- Combat Rifle - Revolution
- Machine Pistol - Vengeance
- Repeater Pistol - Rebel
- Rocket Launcher - Mongol
- Shotgun - Hammer
- Sniper Rifle - Surkov
- Berserker - Berserker, Skirmisher
- Hunter - Gunslinger, Hunter
- Soldier - Rifleman, Support Gunner, Patriot Vladof Loyalty
- Proximity Mine - Explosive, Corrosive, Incendiary, Shock
- Fire Burst, Wave, Nova
Pearlescent Weapons:
- Repeater Pistol - Stalker (The Secret Armory of General Knoxx DLC only.)
Notes
Brick's starting weapon
- Brick's starting weapon, the SG11 Busted Shotgun, is the only combat shotgun manufactured by Vladof.
- Roland's starting weapon, the CR20 Rusty Machine Gun, is the only combat rifle made by Vladof. Proof of this is the CR in the title, which is normally found on Dahl, Hyperion, and Tediore rifles. This is also the only combat rifle that does not have a scope.
Quotes
- "Vladof. You don't need to be a better shot, you just need to shoot more bullets!" - Marcus Kincaid
- "Want to shoot a lot of bullets really fast? Vladof has your needs covered!" - Marcus Kincaid
- "Why aim when you can spray? No one is faster than a Vladof!" (Mad Moxxi in The Underdome Riot)
- "Remember, shooting faster means killing faster. And no one's faster than a Vladof." (Mad Moxxi in The Underdome Riot)
- "Vladof ... For the Revolution!" (Mad Moxxi in The Underdome Riot)
- "Vladof ... the fastest guns in the universe." (Mad Moxxi in The Underdome Riot)
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Borderlands 2
Vladof weapons tend to have a higher rate of fire than any other manufacturer. Vladof weapons with multiple barrels sometimes feature increasing fire rates as the trigger is held.
Vladof launchers can have the special ability "reduced ammo consumption," which means that every third shot fired is not deducted from either the magazine or the player's ammo stock. This is coupled with lower base damage, though the overall destructive capacity of the weapon remains roughly the same as an equivalent launcher from most other manufacturers.
The reduced ammo consumption effect appears to dominate the increased ammo consumption of E-tech weapons, and interacts strangely with character skill or class mod properties that adjust magazine size. Launchers will sometimes reach zero rounds in the magazine and fail to reload automatically, and switching weapons while a 'ghost round' is in the launcher's chamber will sometimes outright prevent ammo consumption on the other weapon until the character again uses a Vladof launcher to restore normal ammunition behavior. It is possible that the Vladof launcher's mechanism has less to do with providing a free round after two normal shots, and more to do with firing two-thirds of a rocket per shot. The bugs may simply be the result of the game not responding properly to fractional bullet counts.
Vladof sniper rifles have a chance to spawn with drum magazines, which can increase the clip size to usually 12 rounds, and in rare cases upwards of 20 rounds, making them the highest capacity sniper rifles in the game.
Products
The following are items made by Vladof.
Common Weapons
- Pistols – Anarchist • Assassin • Fighter • TMP • Troublemaker
- Assault Rifles – Guerilla • Renegade • Rifle • Rocketeer • Spinigun
- Sniper Rifles – Bratchny • Droog • Horrorshow • Pooshka
- Rocket Launchers – Glory • Hero • RPG • Vanquisher
E-tech Weapons
Unique Weapons
Legendary Weapons
- Pistols – Infinity
- Assault Rifles – Shredifier
- Sniper Rifles – Lyuda
- Rocket Launchers – Mongol
Seraph Weapons
- Pistols – Stinger
- Assault Rifles – Lead Storm
- Sniper Rifles – Patriot
Pearlescent Weapons
- Pistols – Stalker
Class Mods
- Anarchist • Gunner • Hoarder • Legendary Anarchist • Legendary Hoarder • Monk • Stalker • Trickster
Grenade Mods
Shields
- 1340 Shield • Aequitas • Transformer • The Sham • Sponge
Prefixes
Weapons without accessory and without elemental capacitor
| Grip | Bandit | Dahl | Hyperion | Jakobs | Maliwan | Tediore | Torgue | Vladof |
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| Pistols | N/A | Woeful | Despair | Oppressed | No Prefix | N/A | Grim | Angry |
| Assault Rifles | Forlorn | Woeful | N/A | Oppressed | N/A | N/A | Grim | Angry |
| Sniper Rifles | N/A | Nochy | Sneety | Sladky | No Prefix | N/A | N/A | Kot |
| Launchers | Revolt | N/A | N/A | N/A | Rocket | Icy | Grim | Angry |
Weapons without accessory but with elemental capacitor
| Capacitor | Corrosive | Fire | Shock | Slag |
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| Pistols | Caustic | Burning | Discharge | Slag |
| Assault Rifles | Corrosive | Hot | Sapping | Slag |
| Sniper Rifles | Splodge | Phospher | Strack | Bolnoy |
| Rocket Launchers | Virulent | Red | Shock | Opposing |
- Rocket Launchers with Bandit grip (bladed) always receive the Revolt prefix even with elemental capacitor present.
Weapons with weapon accessory, with or without elemental capacitor
| Accessory Effect | Pistols | Assault Rifles | Sniper Rifles | Rocket Launchers |
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| Accuracy + | Righteous | Severe | Zammechat | Victorious |
| Fire rate + | - | Rabid | Skorry | Turbulent |
| Bullet speed + | - | Swift | - | Paritisan |
| Damage + | Purging | Ferocious | Gromky | Rugged |
| Reload speed + | - | - | - | Ruthless |
| Stability + | Resolute | Resolute | Dobby | - |
| Melee + | Patriot's | Skewering | Britva | |
| Critical + | - | - | Razrez | - |
| Magazine size + | Unending | Exspansive | Bolshy | Worker's |
| Double | Dva | - | - | - |
| Swap speed + | - | - | - | Moscovite's |
Gun Appearance by Quality
Vladof pistols at increasing rarity levels: common, uncommon, rare, very rare, Gemstone, E-tech, and Seraph.
- White weapons
Rusted, pale grey metal and pale brown wood, often with the Vladof star-in-V logo on the magazine. - Green weapons
Wood and dark gunmetal finish, similar to that of an AK-47. - Blue weapons
Grey-black gunmetal marked with a red hammer and sickle logo. - Purple weapons
Extremely shiny, silvery gunmetal with a logo consisting of a bright red double-headed imperial eagle with a Vladof star-in-V superimposed over it. Elemental weapons will have inserts in the color of their respective elemental capacitor. - Gemstone weapons
Weapons with the prefix Garnet have reflective dark-red color with orange inserts. Elemental weapons will have these inserts in the color of their respective elemental capacitor. This appearance cannot be found in rocket launchers or E-tech weaponry. - E-tech weapons
E-tech weapons have the same color scheme as Purple weapons. - Seraph weapons
Stinger Seraph pistol and Patriot sniper rifle have shiny light-blue color scheme with white elements.
Lead Storm assault rifle is matte painted in drab olive-green with dark-grey elements on stock, grip and top cover. It sports the Vladof star-in-V logo on the magazine.
Notes
- Vladof uses Nadsat for their sniper rifle titles (e.g. Horrorshow, Droog) and prefixes (e.g. "Bolshoy," "Gromky," "Bolnoy"). The fictional Nadsat dialect was created by Anthony Burgess in his 1962 novel A Clockwork Orange.
- Vladof skins are most often black or grey in color and often continue the eastern European theme the guns have had since the first game.
- Vladof weapons sights keep up a particular aesthetic; launcher sights are vertical and rounded scopes, pistols have an elongated scope that increases accuracy, rifle scopes are a reflex sight with a smaller iron preceding it, and sniper rifles have a blank, thin scope with a bulbous end.
Trivia
- The company is based on Kalashnikov Concern, being based on Russia and its weapons having low accuracy, a feature which the AK models were wrongly accused of.
- It is revealed through radio ads in Borderlands 2 that the founder of the company is comrade Vladof.
- The Vladof trailer for Borderlands 2 uses the Soviet Union National Anthem.
- A Bubble for your Thoughts challenge reveals that his full name is Ivan Vladof and Nurse Nina is his sister.
Quotes
- "This is Comrade Vladof, the voice of the revolution! Now is the time to strike! Use our high fire-rate weapons to topple the oppressors and take back your rightful freedoms! Listen well, brothers and sisters: if your finger ever leaves the trigger, their boots shall never leave your neck." (Radio advertisement)
- "In these trying times, the Vladof corporation is certain of one thing, and one thing only: they are coming. Coming to take your food. Your home. Your loved ones. Perhaps not today, perhaps not tomorrow, but soon. And as they sharpen their swords and smile through their teeth at their subjects, Vladof has only one question to ask: will you be ready to fight back?" (Radio advertisement)
- "The Vladof corporation reminds you that there are only two types of people in the universe: the oppressors, and the oppressed. The oppressors cannot be swayed with words, cannot be bargained with. There is only one way to stop your corporate dictators: bloody, bloody revolution. You must drown your oppressors in a storm of bullets! You will bury them under an avalanche of lead! And as you topple their towers of money and lies, they shall look down into the mobs of the disenfranchised and see one brand of weapon in every hand: Vladof! Vladof! Vladof!" (Radio advertisement)
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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
In addition to their full range of common pistols, assault rifles, sniper rifles, and rocket launchers, Vladof products in The Pre-Sequel include items listed below.
Products
Unique weapons
- Pistols – Angry TMP
- Assault Rifles – Angry Renegade • Hail • Ice Scream • Ol'Painful
- Sniper Rifles – The Machine
Legendary weapons
- Pistols – Proletarian Revolution
- Assault Rifles – Shredifier
- Sniper Rifles – Longnail
- Rocket Launchers – Berrigan
Class Mods
Grenade Mods
- Fire Bee • Four Seasons • Meganade • Pandemic • Storm Front
Shields
Oz Kits
Prefixes
Weapon prefixes remain generally the same as in Borderlands 2 with Slag weapons being replaced with Cryo weapons. Weapons without weapon accessory but with cryo elemental capacitor have prefixes listed below.
| Cryo | |
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| Pistols | Ice |
| Assault Rifles | Frozen |
| Sniper Rifles | Cold |
| Launchers | Cold |
Only exception to this are rocket launchers with Bandit grip which always receive the Revolt prefix even with elemental capacitor present.
Usage
Vladof weapons are essentially unchanged from Borderlands 2.
Quotes
- "This Comrade Vladof! Now is the time to throw off your shackles and use our high-throughput weapons to liberate yourselves from your oppressors! May your finger never leave the trigger!" (Radio advertisement)
- "Comrade Vladof addressing you! The people can overcome their oppressors only by banding together in large numbers, just like the high rate-of-fire of Vladof weapons! Except the people are BULLETS!" (Radio advertisement)
- "Hello friends, Comrade Vladof speaking to you. DROWN YOUR FASCIST OPPRESSORS IN A SEA OF BULLETS DELIVERED AT AN ULTRA-HIGH RATE OF FIRE! FREEDOM IS YOURS! TAKE IT! VLADOF!" (Radio advertisement)
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