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Weapon Title

Some weapons are part of a series and have a related special ability based on their name or title.  In addition, some of these gun series and their related flavor texts are unique to a particular manufacturer.  For example all, you will never find a Guardian combat rifle that isn't made by Tediore. To know what each flavor text means, go here.


Combat Rifles

  • Bastard - Flavor text: "TORGUE, Bastard Guns for Bastard People!"; Torgue only.
  • Cobra - Burst fire (affect stats also?)
  • Destroyer - Flavor text: "The destructor has come."; Hyperion only
  • S&S Draco - Flavor text: "Dragon Fire!"; S&S only
  • Glorious Havoc - Increased accuracy, increased clip size, increased damage; normally found on Atlas weapons.
  • Guardian - Flavor text: "Hold your ground... Forever.")Tediore only
  • Machine Gun - Magazine Size +?
  • Mauler - Higher Damage?
  • Ogre - Flavor text: "Ogre SMASH!"; Atlas only.
  • Raven - Flavor text: "2 more bullets make all the difference."; Dahl only.
  • Revolution - Flavor text: "Guns of the Revolution will never fall silent!"; Vladof only.
  • Rifle - Balanced
  • Stomper - Decreased clip size, increased damage, scoped, fires a 3-round burst.

Pistols

  • Firehawk - Flavor text: "Bring the HEAT!"; Maliwan only.
  • Fury - Increased fire rate. 
  • Gemini - Flavor text: "Double Whammy."; S&S only.
  • Hornet - Flavor text: "Feel the Sting."; Dahl only.
  • Invader - Flavor text "12 bullets invade your skull."; Hyperion only.
  • Machine Pistol - +20 clip size.
  • Protector - Flavor text: "Ammo is no longer an issue."; Tediore only.
  • Rage - Fires 5 shot burst.
  • Reaper - Flavor text: "Slice, Slice."; Hyperion only.
  • Rebel - Flavor text: "Never stop shooting!"; Vladof only.
  • Repeater - Balanced, closest to default stats.
  • Thanatos - Flavor text: "Big Tony Says "Hi""; S&S only.
  • Troll - Flavor text; "Pain Heals"; Atlas only.
  • Vengeance - Flavor text:"Vengeance is yours."; Vladof only.
  • Violator - Flavor text: "Your move, Creep."; Torgue only.

Revolvers

  • Anaconda - Flavor text:"Long and Strong."; Dahl only.
  • Chimera - Flavor text: "A beast of many forms - Fire, Lightning, and Poison."; Atlas only.
  • Defiler - Flavor text: "Give Sick."; Maliwan only.
  • Equalizer - Flavor text: "Unending Firepower."; Tediore only.
  • Justice - Increased accuracy, increased damage,
  • Law - Increased fire rate.
  • Masher - Multiple projectiles per round (x7).
  • Razor - +200% Melee Damage.
  • Revolver - Balanced.
  • Unforgiven - Flavor text; "It's a helluva thing..."; Jakobs only.
  • Viper - Increased accuracy.

Rocket Launchers

  • Mongol - Flavor text: "Beware the Horde!"; Vladof only.
  • Nidhogg - Flavor text: "Death rains from above."; Hyperion only.
  • Onslaught - Flavor text: "Artillery Strike!"; Dahl only.
  • Rainmaker - Flavor text: "I feel a storm coming."; S&S only.
  • Redemption - Flavor text:"Monster Kill!"; Torgue only.
  • Rhino - Flavor text: "The Unstoppable Force."; Maliwan only.
  • Rocket Launcher - Balanced
  • Terror - Flavor text: "Mister Jakobs send his regards."; Jakobs only.

Shotguns

  • Bulldog - Flavor text ("One Bad Dog!") Dahl only
  • Butcher - Flavor text ("Ahhh... Fresh meat!") Hyperion only
  • Carnage - Flavor text ("Holy crap! It shoots rockets!") Dahl only
  • Crux - Flavor text ("Cross their heart, hope they die.") S&S only
  • Defender - Flavor text ("I can do this all day...") Tediore only
  • Fire - Flavor text ("Have a nice day!") Torgue only
  • Hammer - Flavor text ("Drop the Hammer!") Vladof only
  • Hydra - Flavor text ("Five heads of Death") Atlas only
  • Matador - more damage and projectiles, slower rate of fire?
  • Plague - Flavor text ("Bring out your Dead") Maliwan only
  • Scattergun - +2 projectiles fired   
  • Shotgun - Balanced
  • Shredder - +2 projectiles fired
  • Striker - Flavor text ("Sniper Rifles are for Chumps.") Jakobs only
  • Sweeper - low accuracy, high spread?

Sniper Rifles

  • Cobra - Flavor text ("I LIKE IT!") Torgue only
  • Cyclops - Flavor text ("I have you in my eye, sir.") Atlas only
  • Gamble - Lowered accuracy, 200% Critical Hit Damage (as opposed to 150%)
  • Invader - Flavor text ("BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM") Hyperion only
  • Nailer - Flavor text ("Thwack!") Dahl only
  • Orion - Flavor text ("A hunter lives among the stars...") S&S only
  • Penetrator - Flavor text ("Sniper killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?") Dahl only
  • Skullsmasher - Flavor text ("Makes their brains hurt") Jakobs only
  • Sniper - Balanced
  • Surkov - Flavor text ("For the Motherland.") Vladof only
  • Thunder - Lots of damage, smaller clip
  • Volcano - Flavor text ("Pele demands a sacrifice!") Maliwan only
  • Wrath - Always elemental and always x3

Sub-Machine Guns

  • Anarchy - Doubles the number of Bullets per shot [Anarchy = 2, Double Anarchy = 4]
  • Bitch - Flavor text ("Smack 'em") Hyperion only
  • Bruiser - Higher damage
  • Gasher - Flavor text ("Tear it up") Torgue only
  • Hellfire - Flavor text ("We don't need no water...") Maliwan only
  • Savior - Flavor text ("Hallelujah") Tediore only
  • SMG - Balanced
  • Stinger - Massive fire rate? (+33%, 12.5) Recoil reduction? (+3%) 
  • Thumper - Higher Damage, Lower Fire Rate
  • Wildcat - Flavor text ("The ultimate in close quarters feline.") Dahl only
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