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Sniping[]

This tree focuses on guns, particularly sniper rifles, and Zer0's critical damage capabilities

Skill Tier Levels Effect
Headsh0t
Headsh0t
1 5 +4% Critical Hit Damage per level.
0ptics
0ptics
1 5 +3% Zoom and +12% Aim Steadiness (reduces aim disruption when taking damage) per level.
Killer
Killer
2 5 Kill Skill. Killing an enemy gives you +10% Critical Hit Damage and +15% Reload Speed per level for a few seconds.
Precisi0n
Precisi0n
2 5 +5% Accuracy per level.
0ne Sh0t 0ne Kill
0ne Sh0t 0ne Kill
3 5 The first shot from a fully loaded magazine deals +12% Damage per level.
Vel0city
Vel0city
3 5 +20% Bullet Speed, +3% Critical Hit Damage, and +2% Gun Damage per level.
B0re
B0re
3 1 Shots pierce through enemies, gaining +100% damage per enemy pierced. Enemy crit locations highlighted in Decepti0n.
Kill C0nfirmed
Kill C0nfirmed
4 5 Up to +8% Critical Hit Damage per level depending on how long you aim down the sights.
At 0ne with the Gun
At 0ne with the Gun
5 5 +25% Hip-Shot accuracy, +10% Reload Speed, and +1 Magazine Size with Sniper Rifles per level.
Critical Ascensi0n
Critical Ascensi0n
6 1 Scoring a Critical Hit with a sniper rifle gives you +6% Critical Hit Damage and +5% Damage with sniper rifles. Can stack up to 999 times. Stacks begin to decay if you haven't scored a critical hit after a couple seconds.


Cunning[]

This tree focuses on improving Decepti0n, and abilities that benefit both ranged and melee combat.

Skill Tier Levels Effect
Fast Hands
Fast Hands
1 5 +5% Reload Speed and +10% Weapon Swap Speed per level.
C0unter Strike
C0unter Strike
1 5 After getting hit, your next melee attack has a chance to deal +50% damage per level.
Fearless
Fearless
2 5 +5% Fire Rate and +3% Gun Damage per level when your shield is depleted.
Ambush
Ambush
2 5 +4% damage per level when attacking enemies from behind or when attacking an enemy who is targeting someone other than you.
Rising Sh0t
Rising Sh0t
3 5 Each successful ranged or melee attack gives you +2% Gun Damage and +1.8% Melee Damage per level for a short time. This bonus can stack up to 5 times. Faster weapons can gain stacks more quickly, but slower weapons retain stacks for a longer period of time.
Unf0rseen
Unf0rseen
3 5 Your holographic decoy explodes when you become visible again, causing shock damage to nearby enemies. Damage increases per level.
Deathmark
Deathmark
3 1 Dealing melee damage marks a target for 8 seconds. Marked targets take 20% additional damage from all sources.
Innervate
Innervate
4 5 While Decepti0n is active you gain +2% Gun Damage, +7% Movement Speed, and regenerate 0.8% of your Maximum Health per second per level.
Tw0 Fang
Tw0 Fang
5 5 Every time you fire you have a 6% chance per level to fire twice.
Death Bl0ss0m
Death Bl0ss0m
6 1 Action Skill Augment. Throws a handful of Kunai knives. Has a random elemental effect. Does not take character out of Decepti0n. Can be used five times per cooldown. Can apply Death Mark.


Bloodshed[]

This tree focuses on melee attacks.

Skill Tier Levels Effect
Killing Bl0w
Killing Bl0w
1 5 +100% Melee Damage per level against enemies with low health.
Ir0n Hand
Ir0n Hand
1 5 +3% Melee Damage and Maximum Health per level.
Grim
Grim
2 5 Kill Skill. Killing an enemy regenerates 0.7% of your shield per second and gives +1.5% Action Skill cooldown rate per level for a few seconds.
Be Like Water
Be Like Water
2 5 Shooting an enemy gives +6% damage per level to your next melee attack. Melee Attacks give +4% damage per level to your next gun attack.
F0ll0wthr0ugh
F0ll0wthr0ugh
3 5 Kill Skill. Killing an enemy gives +8% Movement Speed, +6% Gun Damage, and +8% Melee Damage per level for a few seconds.
Backstab
Backstab
3 5 Your melee attacks deal +8% damage per level when hitting an enemy in the back.
Execute
Execute
3 1 Melee Override Skill. While Decepti0n is active and a target is under your crosshairs, melee to dash forward a short distance and perform a special melee attack, dealing massive damage. Has a range of 3 meters.
Resurgence
Resurgence
4 5 Killing an enemy with a melee attack restores up to 4% of your health per level depending on how low your health is.
Like The Wind
Like The Wind
5 5 +3% Gun and Melee Damage per level when moving.
Many Must Fall
Many Must Fall
6 1 Killing an enemy with a Melee Attack during Decepti0n deploys an additional holographic decoy and extends the duration of Decepti0n instead of ending it.


Zer0's Borderlands 2 Skill Tree

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