Although everyone loves assault rifles, they are usually not the weapons of choice for Borderlands 2 players. Whether it’s because Sub Machine Guns are more popular or because there are fewer Sub Machine Guns to choose from, the potential of these weapons is not fully realized.
Therefore, players are often unaware of which are the best assault rifles and often miss the opportunity to use very powerful weapons, which characters like Salvador or Axton can exploit. In this guide, we will see the best assault rifles in Borderlands 2, so that the next time we find these heavy and destructive weapons, we can take full advantage of them.
Madhous!
Drop
Possibly, this is one of the most popular assault rifles of the game, and its obtaining is quite simple, although if we want to obtain it in some particular element it can be much more complicated. It is obtained by defeating Mad Dog found in Lynchwood. This enemy is not usually guaranteed to fight, but we can begin to farm it once we have completed the mission of assaulting the bank.
Effect
Fires projectiles that deviate from their trajectory and that are returned by bouncing off walls or objects, it is recommended at medium and short distances as it has poor accuracy. Although it can be obtained with the effect of fire, shock, corrosion, Slag, or none, we recommend that you try to get it with Shock, as it will be exceptionally good for destroying shields.
Who benefits from this weapon?
Your best options to use with this weapon are Salvador and Gaige. They both benefit greatly from firing a gun violently and risk missing shots, so that they bounce off the wall until they hit someone. They both also benefit from the weapon having the Shock effect, since no character has in his base kit anything to kill shields.
KerBlaster
Drop
KerBlaster may not be as popular as Madhous, but it is definitely much more powerful than it. This powerful weapon is obtained by killing the Midge-Mong in Southern Shelf-Bay, who appears in the Symbiosis mission. In addition, and just like Unkempt Harold, you can get it in the DLC Mr. Torgue’s Campaing of Carnage, by checking the Torgue Vending Machine until you find it as an offer of the day.
Effect
Like every Torgue weapon, let’s keep in mind that all the ammunition this Assault Rifle fires will do high explosive damage. As if this were not enough, KerBlaster’s special effect causes the main ammunition of this weapon to generate a grenade on impact, which will explode a second later.
Since the weapon has a limited rate of fire, we can use it as a short-range Sniper Rifle, and this is probably the best way to use it since the damage from the grenades can also hurt us.
Who benefits from this weapon?
This is one of the few Assault Rifles that characters like Zer0 can benefit from, but only if he is using a Sniper build. Anyway, the one who benefits the most from this weapon is Maya, since with her Phaselock she can control the range in which the enemies are and make using this weapon not only safe but also combine it with her Slag effect and other elements.
BlASSter
Drop
This weapon may be the hardest or easiest to obtain, as it can be obtained from any loot source since it is an Eridian weapon. It has 2 types, the Vladof and the Dahl. Although in our opinion, the Vladof is the best.
Effect
In the case of the Vladoff version, they have the ability to do more effect damage, but their bullets bounce off walls or special objects against enemies with shields. The Dahl obviously fire bursts but these have a larger spread, their bullets do not ricochet. You can find these weapons with all elements, be it fire, shock, corrosion, and slag.
Who benefits from this weapon?
These weapons, both versions, are better for The Gunzerker, as they use up a lot of ammunition quite quickly and this will appease that a bit. On the other hand, you can take some advantage of the Vladoff by using Paige, you will make a catastrophe in enclosed spaces.
Shredifier
Drop
Obtained by defeating The Warrior or Hyperius the invincible. As you will know if you have fought against these two enemies, The Warrior is much easier than Hyperius, but this one has a much lower drop rate than the beastly hidden boss. If you can go for Hyperious, do it, otherwise, farm The Warrior until you get it because it’s worth it.
Effect
Great reload time decrease, great cadence ability, great loader but a little less damage. The enormous speed of this weapon compensates the lack of damage. Although we recommend corrosion or shock, you can find it with all elements.
Who benefits from this weapon?
This weapon is especially good for the Commando, as it has abilities that benefit from this speed, such as metal storm. On the other hand, you could avoid using it with characters like Zero, as you will run out of ammo instantly, and you won’t take advantage of its speed.
These have been our picks for the best assault rifles in Borderlands 2! Which one is your favorite? Did we miss any? Tell us in the comments!
