Borderlands 4 Rafa Skill Breakdown

Can’t decide who to play as in Borderlands 4? Rafa is the definition of a super soldier. Being part of Tediore’s military force, his body has been altered with high-tech weaponry. Rafa now uses his arsenal of weapons to blast enemies with his arm cannons and cut the competition with his energy swords. Still not convinced? Here’s everything gamers need to know about Borderlands 4 Rafa.

Who Is Rafa? (The Exo Soldier)

Bio: “Rafa was born and raised in microgravity, which severely altered his bone density and musculature, making it impossible for him to survive elsewhere. Desperate to explore, he signed up to Tediore’s military force. In exchange for a tour of duty, his body was altered for a new kind of exosuit. But when it became clear Tediore never intended to end his service, Rafa went AWOL. Now he’s on the run and plans to enjoy whatever time he has left before his Tediore Deadframe ends him for good.”

The Exo Soldier Skill Tree

People Person

While it does decrease Rafa’s gun handling, his offhand arm cannon allows him to fire piercing shock ordnance blasts. Players can charge this ability for increased damage, projectile size, and projectile speed.

Capstone Abilities

• PROJECT: Raiju – APOPHIS Lance is now a close-range Shocking Taser. Pressing and holding Action Skill causes Rafa to deal Shock Damage in an arc in front of him. The longer Rafa holds this attack, the greater Damage it deals.
• PROJECT: Basilisk – APOPHIS Lance now fires a Corrosive Blob that leaves a Corrosive Hazard and splits into several smaller Projectiles whenever it detonates. The more Charges APOPHIS Lance consumes at once, the more it splits.
• PROJECT: Gorgon – APOPHIS Lance is now a Laser that passes through enemies, dealing Incendiary Damage. Pressing and holding Action Skill causes the Laser to deal increased Damage and Chain to more Enemies as it consumes Charges.

Read More: All Borderlands 4 Character Skill Tree

Remote Agent 

Rafa equips his shoulder-mounted peacebreaker cannons. These cannons fire at enemies in front of him for a duration, dealing kinetic gun damage.

Capstone Abilities

• Double-Ought Autoshot – Rafa’s Peacebreaker Cannons are replaced with Shotguns that deal increased Damage and have an increased Pellet Count. Additionally, Rafa’s Turrets gain a chance to ricochet off of targets. Ricochets deal Reduced Damage, and Critical Hits always Ricochet.
• Beam Team – Rafa’s Peacebreaker Cannons are replaced with a Shock Beam and a Corrosive Beam. Each beam automatically locks onto enemies in your view and may lock onto different enemies. Whenever Rafa applies a Status Effect, gain increased Action Skill Damage.
• Volatile Hollowpoints – Rafa’s Peacebreaker Cannons are replaced with Rockets that deal Splash Damage.

This Year’s Gimmick

Equipping his arc-knives, Rafa deals melee damage and marks enemies whenever damaging them. Enemies take increased damage for every mark on them. Additionally, he can dash forward and perform a shock melee attack, shocking all marked enemies.

Capstone Abilities

• Huracán Especial – Activating Blade Fury causes Rafa to spin his blades, creating a Singularity that draws in all Marked enemies and other nearby enemies while dealing continuous Shock Damage. Whenever this attack kills an enemy, Overdrive grants increased Action Skill Cooldown Rate.

• Inferno Protocol – While Arc-Knives are active, Rafa’s Exo-Suit stores all Damage Dealt to him. The Exo-Suit then heats up and constantly deals a small amount of Incendiary Damage to him. Additionally, Rafa’s Melee Attacks deal Bonus Incendiary Damage. A portion of all Damage Dealt to Rafa is also dealt to enemies he has marked. Using Blade Fury causes Rafa to consume all Stored Damage and deal Bonus Incendiary Damage based on Stored Damage. A portion of all Damage dealt this way is returned to Rafa as Health.

• Galvanic Panic – Whenever Rafa performs a Melee Attack while Arc-Knives are active, fire an Acid STRM Glider at an enemy in his view. Acid STRM Gliders deal Corrosive Splash Damage based on the number of total Marked enemies. Additionally, killing an enemy while Arc-Knives are active restores Action Skill Duration. Activating Blade Fury causes Rafa to fire a volley of Acid STRM Gliders in front of him and end Arc-Knives

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