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Kensei

Class Mod Guide

Kensei

Train until your weapon is an extension of your self.
Borderlands 3
Nov 22, 2020 14:01

Kensei - Details

Kensei (Amara-BL3)
Details
Stats
Buffs & Nerfs

Kensei - Description

After activating her action skill, Amara weapons deal bonus [attuned element] damage for 6 seconds.

  • This Elemental Bonus Damage is 9.6% of the Damage you deal with Melee attacks.
  • This Elemental Bonus Damage doesn't count as Melee Damage.
  • Therefor this Elemental Bonus Damage doesn't work with skills/artifacts that activate with melee damage.

General Class Mod Information

Like other Legendary Class Mods, the Kensei can boost each skill with up to 1, 3, or 5 additional Points.
This depends on the Skill's maximum points.

Skill's with an original maximum of 5 can get [0 to 5] additional Points.
Skill's with 3 can get [0 to 3] additional Points.
Skill's with 1 can get [0 to 1] additional Points.

Class Mods can't have an Anointment and can't come with a Mayhem level.

Kensei - Variants

Like other Legendary Class Mods, the Kensei has 2 - 3 random Stats out of these 4 Categories. Each stat can only appear once.

Damage Stats

  • +32% Weapon Damage
  • +40% [Weapon Type] Damage
  • +24% Critical Hit Damage
  • +16% Fire Rate
  • +39% Action Skill Damage
  • +63% Melee Damage
  • +38% Grenade Damage
  • +36% Splash Damage

Survivability Stats

  • -23% Damage Reduction
  • +5,417 Max Health
  • +542/s Health Regen
  • +6,067 Shield Capacity
  • +46% Shield Recharge Rate
  • -24% Shield Recharge Delay
  • +23% [Element] Resistance

Utility Stats

  • +29% Magazine Size
  • +25% Reload Speed
  • +69% Weapon Charge Speed
  • +39% Action Skill Cooldown Rate
  • +34% Splash Damage Radius
  • +6 Grenade Capacity
  • +32% Grenade Radius
  • +37% Accuracy
  • +39% Handling

Manufacturer Stats

  • Atlas, COV, DAHL, Hyperion, Jakobs, Maliwan, Tediore, Torgue, Vladof
    +13% [Manufacturer] Weapon Damage
  • +42% Atlas Fire Rate
  • +31% COV Fire Rate
  • DAHL, Hyperion, Maliwan, Tediore, Vladof
    +20% [Manufacturer] Fire Rate
  • Atlas, DAHL, Hyperion, Jakobs
    +58% [Manufacturer] Critical Hit Damage
  • Atlas, DAHL, Hyperion, Jakobs, Maliwan, Tediore, Torgue, Vladof
    +33% [Manufacturer] Reload Speed
  • COV, DAHL, Jakobs, Maliwan, Tediore, Torgue, Vladof
    +63% [Manufacturer] Accuracy
  • +68% Torgue Weapon Projectile Speed

Kensei - Buffs & Nerfs

Kensei - Matching Skills

Passive Skill
Unweave the Rainbow

Unweave the Rainbow

Amara deals Bonus Damage of her attuned element whenever she deals Melee Damage or Splash Damage to frozen enemies.

Skill Points: 3
Nov 9, 2020 15:51
Passive Skill
Joyful Freedom

Joyful Freedom

After activating her Action Skill, Amara gains increased Melee Damage for a short time.

Duration: 12 seconds

Skill Points: 5
Nov 9, 2020 15:51
Passive Skill
No Mistakes in Nature

No Mistakes in Nature

Whenever Amara inflicts a Status Effect on an enemy, she gains increased Melee Damage for a short time.

Duration: 12 seconds

Skill Points: 5
Nov 9, 2020 15:51

How to farm:
Kensei

  • Origin:
    Arms Race
  • Sources & Drop Rates:

World Drop

Mayhem 4 and higher

Mayhem 4+ Items only drop while Mayhem 4 or higher is active.

All Mayhem 4+ Items have a small chance to drop from some of the Bosses in the Maliwan Takedown.

Dedicated drops are items that can only be farmed at one or rarely more sources that have the item assigned to them.

World Drops are items that drop from any suitable Loot Source in addition to their other sources.

Arms Race World Drops are items that drop from any suitable Loot Source, within the DLC, in addition to their other sources.

Suitable Loot Sources:

  • Most Enemies:
    Bosses, badass or non-badass enemies, ...
  • Red Chests, lockers, garbage containers, cardboard boxes, garbage/skag/... piles
  • Slot Machines
  • All Enemies:
    Bosses, Crew Challenges, Generic Enemies, ...
  • All kinds of Chests
  • Vending Machines
  • Slot Machines
  • Eridian Fabricator‍
  • All Enemies:
    Bosses, Crew Challenges, Generic Enemies, ...
  • All kinds of Chests
Heavyweight Harker
Boss

Heavyweight Harker

  • Location:
    Stormblind Complex
  • Planet:
    Pandora
Nov 13, 2020 12:58

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