Legendary
Borderlands 2

Flakker

  • Shotgun
  • Torgue
torgue_CORP:: CLASSIFIED_DATA:: flakker__shotgun
  • Description.txt
  • Notes.txt

root@torgue-db:~$ cat description.txt

Legendary Torgue shotgun built for mobbing. Shots do no immediate damage; after a short delay they erupt into overlapping explosions, so enemies must be at the right range. Too close and the pellets pass through before detonating; too far and the blasts whiff. The long firing animation leaves you exposed unless you animation-cancel by weapon swapping or Salvador's Keep Firing... . Works well on flyers and large targets; aiming at the ground can help catch small enemies.

root@hyperion-db:~$ cat notes.txt

Each pellet triggers 6 explosions: 2 small, 2 medium (100% card damage), and 2 large (120%). Rising Sh0t (Zer0) stacks rapidly from one shot, and the slow fire rate helps maintain stacks. Detonation is time-based: Velocity (Zer0) and Accelerate (Maya) extend effective reach/spread but worsen point-blank use. Pellets can crit, but accuracy is poor, making crit-based parts/effects less reliable. Explosions are explosive bullet damage, not grenade damage; no Blood Bath, but benefits from Reaper. Swapping to a launcher after firing can increase explosion damage via a glitch.

Drop Zone4 confirmed sources

The Warrior

  • Boss
  • Vault of the Warrior
  • Drop rate: 1.25%

Handsome Sorcerer

  • Boss
  • Dragon Keep
  • Drop rate: 4.13%

Torgue Shop

  • Vendor
  • DLC 2 Wide
  • Drop rate: 16.7%

Shotgun Pool

  • Loot Pool
  • World Wide