Claptrap
Updated: Sep 03, 2023
Kick Him While He's Down

Claptrap Skill
Kick Him While He's Down

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  • Game
    Borderlands TPS
  • Class
    Claptrap
    Claptrap
  • Skill Tree
    I Love You Guys!
  • Skill Type
    Passive Skill
  • Skill Tier
    5
  • Max Points
    1
    1 ➜ 1
  • Armor Boost

Kick Him While He's DownSkill Info

Kick Him While He's Down

Kick Him While He's Down

Tier: 5
Max Points: 1

Passive Skill

Entering Fighting for Your Life taunts nearby enemies, making them more likely to attack you.

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Skill descriptions were adjusted to reflect their real effect.

Kick Him While He's Down - Advanced Details

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Kick Him While He's DownBoosting Class Mods

No Class Mod adds points to Kick Him While He's Down.

Claptrap's other Passive Skills

Drop the Hammer

Drop the Hammer

Tier: 0
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Reloading increases your Fire Rate and Reload Speed but reduces your Accuracy for a short time.

Duration: 10s

Best Buds 4 Life

Best Buds 4 Life

Tier: 0
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Extends your Fight for your Life Duration and during it you gain increased Gun Damage.

Whenever you gain a second wind or you revive an ally, both of you gain Health Regeneration and Damage Resistance for a short time.

Duration: 12s

Fuzzy Logic

Fuzzy Logic

Tier: 0
Max Points: 3

Passive Skill

Taking enemy damage increases your Crit Damage for a short time.
The Duration resets each time you take damage.

Duration: 5s

Maniacal Laughter

Maniacal Laughter

Tier: 0
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Increases your Status Effect Chance.

Dealing Status Effect Damage to enemies grants you and your team stacking Health Regeneration.

Max Stacks: 200
Stack Duration: 8s

Killbot

Killbot

Tier: 0
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Killing an enemy transfers a portion of your Shield into Health.

Not enough Shield?
No worries...
FREE HEALTH!

Kick Him While He's Down

Kick Him While He's Down

Tier: 5
Max Points: 1

Passive Skill

Entering Fighting for Your Life taunts nearby enemies, making them more likely to attack you.

ACTION PACKAGE
Clap-in-the-Box:
Digistruct a giant bomb that hurts everything around it when it explodes.
All The Things Are Awesome!

All The Things Are Awesome!

Tier: 5
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Increases your Fire Rate, Weapon Swap Speed, and Maximum Health. Each ally further increases these Bonuses:

Fire Rate: ×33.3% /ally
Swap Speed: ×33.3% /ally
Max-Health: ×40% /ally

Repulsive

Repulsive

Tier: 5
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

When struck by a melee attack, you Knock Back the attacker, dealing Explosive Damage.

Cooldown: 5s

Coincidental Combustion

Coincidental Combustion

Tier: 5
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Your Non-Explosive guns have a chance to deal Bonus Explosive Damage.

Bonus Explosive Damage: +115%

Through Thick and Thin

Through Thick and Thin

Tier: 5
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Increases your Skill Cooldown Rate.

While VaultHunter.EXE is active, your team also receives this bonus.

Surprised? Stabilize!

Surprised? Stabilize!

Tier: 5
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Taking enemy damage increases your Accuracy and Recoil Reduction for a short time.

Duration: 6s

Blue Shell

Blue Shell

Tier: 5
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Increases your Fight For Your Life Duration.

While in Fight For Your Life, you gain increased Gun Damage, Fire Rate, and Reload Speed.

Tripleclocked

Tripleclocked

Tier: 10
Max Points: 1

Passive Skill

Multiplies your active Subroutine Bonuses and Penalties by up to 3.

The multiplier increases with fewer Frag Stacks. All Defensive Subroutine Bonuses are always tripled, regardless of stacks.

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One Shot Wonder:
Every shot empties all bullets from your magazine.
Second Wind (by Tediore)

Second Wind (by Tediore)

Tier: 10
Max Points: 1

Passive Skill

When you enter Fight For Your Life, you throw out a digistructed Claptrap that explodes near an enemy.

Additionally, you periodically create Explosive Novas once every 5s.

You're... GOING TO LOVE ME!!

You're... GOING TO LOVE ME!!

Tier: 10
Max Points: 1

Passive Skill

Enemies you kill, create a Healing Nova that heals you and your allies for 15% Missing-Health.

ACTION PACKAGE
Gun Wizard:
You and your allies gain +100% Reload Speed and +100% Fire Rate.
Wax Off, Wax On

Wax Off, Wax On

Tier: 11
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Improves your Maximum Shield, Shield Recharge Rate, and Shield Recharge Delay.

It's a Trap... Card

It's a Trap... Card

Tier: 11
Max Points: 1

Passive Skill

On Shield break, you create a Mega-Nova that deals Explosive Damage to nearby enemies and heals you and your allies for 15% Missing-Health.

Your shield must fully recharge between Novas.

Grenade Vent

Grenade Vent

Tier: 11
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Increases your Grenade Damage.

Throwing a Grenade adds Frag Stacks.

Load 'n' Splode

Load 'n' Splode

Tier: 11
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Reloading grants stacking Explosive Damage dealt for a short time.

Max Stacks: 5
Stack Duration: 14s

Start With a Bang

Start With a Bang

Tier: 11
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Your 1st shot from a full magazine creates an Explosive Nova that damages nearby enemies.
It also damages you based on your current Health.

Pain Simulator is Painful

Pain Simulator is Painful

Tier: 11
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Increases your Maximum Health and Damage Resistance.

Kick Him While He's Up

Kick Him While He's Up

Tier: 16
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Getting a Second Wind increases your Gun, Melee, and Crit Damage for a long time.

Duration: 30s

One Last Thing

One Last Thing

Tier: 16
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Your last shot* from a magazine deals increased Damage.

You get the full bonus with 8 or more Magazine Size. The bonus decreases by 10% with each ammo below 8.

Min. Mag Size: 2

Cryogenic Exhaust Manifold

Cryogenic Exhaust Manifold

Tier: 16
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Slamming creates a Cryo Nova and deducts Frag Stacks.

Float like a Bee

Float like a Bee

Tier: 16
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Increases your Melee Damage.

Killing an enemy with melee damage adds Frag Stacks, Restores Health, and increases Movement Speed for a short time.

Duration: 6s

Organized Guns are Happy Guns

Organized Guns are Happy Guns

Tier: 16
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Increases your and your team's Magazine Size.

Rainbow Coolant

Rainbow Coolant

Tier: 21
Max Points: 1

Passive Skill

Activating a new Subroutine creates a Rainbow Nova.

The Nova deals all Elemental Damage Types, has a humongous radius, and makes your team super happy.

ACTION PACKAGE
Laser Inferno:
Shoot lasers in all directions.
Livin' Near the Edge

Livin' Near the Edge

Tier: 21
Max Points: 1

Passive Skill

Increases your Fire Rate and Reload Speed.
This bonus increases the lower your Health and Shield.

Fire Rate: up to +100%
Reload Speed: up to +100%

ACTION PACKAGE
Pirate Ship:
Turn into a PIRATE SHIP, that fires more and more Explosive Cannon Balls.

Kick Him While He's DownAlternative passive skills

Best Buds 4 Life

Best Buds 4 Life

Tier: 0
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Extends your Fight for your Life Duration and during it you gain increased Gun Damage.

Whenever you gain a second wind or you revive an ally, both of you gain Health Regeneration and Damage Resistance for a short time.

Duration: 12s

Maniacal Laughter

Maniacal Laughter

Tier: 0
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Increases your Status Effect Chance.

Dealing Status Effect Damage to enemies grants you and your team stacking Health Regeneration.

Max Stacks: 200
Stack Duration: 8s

Through Thick and Thin

Through Thick and Thin

Tier: 5
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Increases your Skill Cooldown Rate.

While VaultHunter.EXE is active, your team also receives this bonus.

Kick Him While He's Down

Kick Him While He's Down

Tier: 5
Max Points: 1

Passive Skill

Entering Fighting for Your Life taunts nearby enemies, making them more likely to attack you.

ACTION PACKAGE
Clap-in-the-Box:
Digistruct a giant bomb that hurts everything around it when it explodes.
All The Things Are Awesome!

All The Things Are Awesome!

Tier: 5
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Increases your Fire Rate, Weapon Swap Speed, and Maximum Health. Each ally further increases these Bonuses:

Fire Rate: ×33.3% /ally
Swap Speed: ×33.3% /ally
Max-Health: ×40% /ally

You're... GOING TO LOVE ME!!

You're... GOING TO LOVE ME!!

Tier: 10
Max Points: 1

Passive Skill

Enemies you kill, create a Healing Nova that heals you and your allies for 15% Missing-Health.

ACTION PACKAGE
Gun Wizard:
You and your allies gain +100% Reload Speed and +100% Fire Rate.
Wax Off, Wax On

Wax Off, Wax On

Tier: 11
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Improves your Maximum Shield, Shield Recharge Rate, and Shield Recharge Delay.

It's a Trap... Card

It's a Trap... Card

Tier: 11
Max Points: 1

Passive Skill

On Shield break, you create a Mega-Nova that deals Explosive Damage to nearby enemies and heals you and your allies for 15% Missing-Health.

Your shield must fully recharge between Novas.

Pain Simulator is Painful

Pain Simulator is Painful

Tier: 11
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Increases your Maximum Health and Damage Resistance.

Kick Him While He's Up

Kick Him While He's Up

Tier: 16
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Getting a Second Wind increases your Gun, Melee, and Crit Damage for a long time.

Duration: 30s

Organized Guns are Happy Guns

Organized Guns are Happy Guns

Tier: 16
Max Points: 5

Passive Skill

Increases your and your team's Magazine Size.