Rather, you should always take at least the Fire Rate of the weapon into account as well. It is very important to not rely solely on the Damage stat of a weapon to see how good it is. You can see the actual damage a weapon is doing by firing your weapon on the test dummy in Marcus's Gun Shop in Sanctuary. Damage - This is how much damage each shot from a weapon inflicts on the enemy.Hovering over any weapon in your inventory or in a Guns vending machine will show a 'weapon card' displaying the following statistics:Īnd here are the details behind each of these statistics: Hence, if you want to fully enjoy playing this game, you should have a clear understanding of how to read weapon statistics. This will require you to make frequent and detailed evaluations to determine which weapons are the best to keep for combat and which you should discard or keep for resale at vending machines. An example of some detailed weapon comparisonĪs you play Borderlands 2, you'll come across thousands upon thousands out of potentially millions of weapons with an equal number of varying statistics.
