Borderlands 2 Class Mods Guide

Comprehensive guide to all the class mods in Borderlands 2. Find out which class mods you should opt for given your favorite class.

Class Modifications Unit or simply COMs have made their return in Borderlands 2. These Borderlands 2 Class Mods greatly improve your character’s abilities and also have a dominant effect on your play style during the course of the game.

These mods have specific purposes and are designed to give a boost to your skills like reloading speed or the damage output of a single weapon.

Borderlands 2 Class Mods

Class mods can be obtained in several ways throughout the game.

  • They can be bought from medical vending machines.
  • Found in many of the lootable objects such as: Chests, skag piles or lockers.
  • As a reward from completing a mission.
  • Dropped by certain enemies when they are killed

Normally, you can only a lot five skill points to a skill, but if you find a particular class mod for that skill, you can get five more skill points into that skill making it super effective.

There are mods of different rarities and they have varying benefits:

  • White – No skill bonuses
  • Green – 1 skill bonus
  • Blue – 2 skill bonuses
  • Purple – 3 skill bonuses
  • Legendary – 5 or 6 skill bonuses, depending on class
  • Slayer of Terramorphous – 5 skill bonuses

For each of these skill bonuses there are points allotted to each skill:

  • Green – +5 skill points
  • Blue – +6, +5 skill points
  • Purple – +5, +4, +4 skill points
  • Legendary – +5, +5, +5, +5, +5, (+5) skill points
  • Slayer of Terramorphous – +4, +4, +4, +4, +4 skill points

Alignment Class Mods

Only available in Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep campaign DLC, these mods will always boost the same three skills for each character.

There are different types of these Mods:

Lawful: Accuracy (Up to 33%)

Chaotic: Fire Rate (Up to 33%)

Good: Reload Speed (Up to 45%)

Evil: Critical Hit Damage (Up to 45%)

Neutral: Magazine Size (Up to 45%)

True Neutral: (Double instance of Neutral Alignment)      Magazine Size (Up to 86%)

These are the only mods which have a chance of providing two different types of bonuses, so any mod in a character’s list that has an either option among the bonus increments, these are the Alignment Class Mods. Like the Barbarian, Cleric, Monk, Necromancer, Ranger, Rogue

Commando Mods

Engineer
This Class Mod is manufactured by Dahl. It increases your action skill cool down rate. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Battlefront, Resourcefulness, Sentry.

Grenadier
This Class Mod is manufactured by Torgue. It increases your grenade damage and enhances your resistance from damage taken by explosives. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Steady, Impact and Grenadier.

Gunner
This Class Mod is manufactured by Vladof. It increases your Team Fire rate. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Overload, Full Auto and Metal Storm.

Point man
This Class Mod is manufactured by Pangolin. It increases your Health Generation and enhances your maximum HP. It can possibly give boost to the following abilities: Pressure, Grit and Last Ditch Effort.

Rifleman
This Class Mod is manufactured by Dahl. It increases your Assault Rifle Magazine and enhances Assault Rifle Gun damage. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Impact, Onslaught and Battlefront.

Shock Trooper
This Class Mod is manufactured by Maliwan. It increases your Electrocute damage and enhances your resistance from the damage taken by Shock. It can possibly give boost to the following abilities: Quick charge, Onslaught and Metal Storm.

Specialist
This Class Mod is manufactured by Hyperion. It increases your Sub Machine Gun damage. It can possibly give boost to the following abilities: Extended Burst, Ready and Forbearance.

Tactician
This Class Mod is manufactured by Anshin. It increases your Team Shield Recharge rate and decreases your Team Shield Recharge delay. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Battlefront, Resourcefulness and Preparation.

Veteran
This Class Mod is manufactured by Dahl. It increases your Reload speed and enhances your Magazine size. It can possibly give boost to the following abilities: Steady, Pressure and Last Ditch Effort.

Ranger

It increases either +Accuracy, +Fire Rate, +Magazine Size or +Critical Hit Damage, +Magazine Size, +Reload Speed. It can possibly give boost to the following abilities: Impact, Ranger and Grit

Legendary Engineer

This Class Mod is manufactured by Dahl. It increases your action skill cool down rate. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Battlefront, Resourcefulness, Sentry, Able and Impact.

Legendary Pointman

This Class Mod is manufactured by Pangolin. It increases your Health Generation and enhances your maximum HP. It can possibly give boost to the following abilities: Pressure, Healthy, Able, Grit and Last Ditch Effort.

Legendary Ranger

It increases +Team Shield Recharge Rate, -Team Shield Recharge Delay. It can possibly give boost to the following abilities: Impact, Metal Storm, Quick Charge, Ranger and Onslaught.

Legendary Soldier

It increases +Action Skill Cooldown Rate, +Gun Damage, +Fire Rate. It can possibly give boost to the following abilities: Impact, Sentry, Ready, Expertise, Healthy and Preparation.

Slayer of Terramorphous

All variants can grant up to:

  • Burn Damage: +26%
  • Burn Chance: +26%
  • Max Health: +8294
  • Each class mod grants +4 in five skills.

Siren Mods

Banshee
This Class Mod is manufactured by Bandit. It increases your Shield Recharge rate and decreases your Shield Recharge delay. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Immolate, Fleet and Backdraft.

Binder
This Class Mod is manufactured by Maliwan. It increases your team action skill cooldown rate. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Reaper, Helios and Suspension.

Cat
This Class Mod is manufactured by Hyperion. It increases your Sub Machine Gun damage and enhances your SMG accuracy. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Mind’s Eye, Wreck and Accelerate.

Fox
This Class Mod is manufactured by Maliwan. It increases your Burn Chance and enhances your Burn damage. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Blight Phoenix, Helios and Reaper.

Matriarch
This Class Mod is manufactured by Pangolin. It increases your maximum HP and enhances your Magazine size. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Life Tap, Sustenance and Elated.

Nurse
This Class Mod is manufactured by Anshin. It increases your Team Health generation rate. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Restoration, Elated and Sweet Release.

Trickster
This Class Mod is manufactured by Valdof. It increases your fire rate. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Life Tap, Kinetic Reflection and Chain Reaction.

Warder
This Class Mod is manufactured by Anshin. It increases your Shield Capacity. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Wreck, Ward and Recompense.

Witch
This Class Mod is manufactured by Maliwan. It increases your Corrode chance and enhances your Corrode damage. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Helios, Flicker and Kinetic Reflection.

Cleric

It increases either +Accuracy, +Fire Rate, +Magazine Size or +Critical Hit Damage, +Magazine Size, +Reload Speed. It can possibly give boost to the following abilities: Suspension, Life Tap and Restoration,

Legendary Binder

This Class Mod is manufactured by Maliwan. It increases your team action skill cool down rate. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Reaper, Sweet Release, Wreck, Helios and Suspension.

Legendary Cat

This Class Mod is manufactured by Hyperion. It increases your Sub Machine Gun damage and decreases your SMG accuracy. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Mind’s Eye, Foresight, Reaper, Wreck and Accelerate.

Legendary Nurse

This Class Mod is manufactured by Anshin. It increases your Team Health generation rate. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Restoration, Suspension, Sustenance, Elated and Sweet Release.

Legendary Siren

It increases +Action Skill Cooldown Rate, +Gun Damage, +Fire Rate and Increases Movement Speed while using Phaselock. It can possibly give boost to the following abilities: Ward, Accelerate, Mind’s Eye, Foresight, Healthy and Flicker.

Slayer of Terramorphous

All variants can grant up to:

  • Burn Damage: +26%
  • Burn Chance: +26%
  • Max Health: +8294
  • Each class mod grants +4 in five skills

Gunzerker Mods

Beast
This Class Mod is manufactured by Torgue. It increases your maximum HP and also increases your Reload Speed. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Just Got Real, Incite and Sexual Tyrannosaurus.

Berserker
This Class Mod is manufactured by Torgue. It increases your cooldown rate. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Lay Waste, Last Longer and Yippee Kay Yay.

War dog
This Class Mod is manufactured by Dahl. It increases your reload speed and also increases your magazine size. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: 5 Shots, Out Of Bubblegum and Filled To Brim.

Devastator
This Class Mod is manufactured by Bandit. It increases your Team Magazine size. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Filled To Brim, Just Got Real and Divergent Likeness.

Raider
This Class Mod is manufactured by Bandit. It increases your Shield Capacity and enhances your Assault rifle accuracy. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Locked and Loaded, Money Shot and Incite.

Renegade
This Class Mod is manufactured by Jakobs. It increases your Pistol damage and enhances your Pistol accuracy. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: I’m Your Huckleberry, Incite and All I Need Is One.

Tank
This Class Mod is manufactured by Pangolin. It increases your Shield Recharge rate and enhances your Shield capacity. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Asbestos, Die Hard and I’m The Juggernaut.

Titan
This Class Mod is manufactured by Anshin. It increases your Gun damage and enhances your Health Regeneration. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Out Of Bubblegum, Die Hard and I’m The Juggernaut.

Hoarder
This Class Mod is manufactured by Valdof. It increases your Team Bullet Regeneration. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Lay Waste, 5 Shots and Filled To The Brim.

Monk

It increases either +Accuracy, +Fire Rate, +Magazine Size or +Critical Hit Damage, +Magazine Size, +Reload Speed. It can possibly give boost to the following abilities: Money Shot, Sexual Tyrannosaurus and Asbestos.

Legendary Gunzerker

This Class Mod is manufactured by Torgue. It +Action Skill Cooldown Rate, +Fire Rate, +Melee Damage, Increases Movement Speed while Gunzerking. It It can possibly give boost to the following abilities: Locked and Loaded, Quick Draw Skill, Filled to the Brim Skill, Hard to Kill Skill and Incite Skill

Legendary Hoarder

This Class Mod is manufactured by Valdof. It increases your Team Bullet Regeneration. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Lay Waste, 5 Shots and Filled to the Brim.

Slayer of Terramorphous

All variants can grant up to:

  • Burn Damage: +26%
  • Burn Chance: +26%
  • Max Health: +8294
  • Each class mod grants +4 in five skills

Assassin Mods

Infiltrator
This Class Mod is manufactured by Dahl. It increases your Fire rate and enhances your melee damage. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Be Like Water, Unforeseen and Iron Hand.

Killer
This Class Mod is manufactured by Hyperion. It increases your Team Critical Damage. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Fearless, Killer and Ambush.

Ninja
This Class Mod is manufactured by Maliwan. It increases your Melee damage. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Backstab, Resurgence and Killing Blow.

Professional
This Class Mod is manufactured by Dahl. It increases your reload speed and enhances your Shield Capacity. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Two Fang, Killer and Ambush.

Shot
This Class Mod is manufactured by Hyperion. It increases your Team Accuracy. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Optics, Precision and Kill Confirmed.

Sniper
This Class Mod is manufactured by Jakobs. It increases your Sniper Damage and also increases your Sniper Critical damage. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Precision, One Shot and Headshot.

Spy
This Class Mod is manufactured by Maliwan. It increases your cooldown rate. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Velocity, Ambush and Unforeseen.

Stalker
This Class Mod is manufactured by Valdof. It increases your Pistol fire rate and also increases your Pistol Magazine size. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Rising Shot, Follow-through and Counter Strike.

Survivor
This Class Mod is manufactured by Bandit. It increases your max HP and also increases your Health Regeneration. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities: Amush, Rising Shot and Resurgence.

Rogue

It increases either +Accuracy, +Fire Rate, +Magazine Size or +Critical Hit Damage, +Magazine Size, +Reload Speed. It can possibly give boost to the following abilities: Vel0city, Tw0 Fang and Like The Wind.

Legendary Hunter

It increases +Action Skill Cooldown Rate, +Critical Damage, +Reload Speed, Using Decepti0n instantly restores 10% of your Health. It can possibly give boost to the following abilities: Headsh0t, Killing Bl0w, Fast Hands, Iron Hands and C0unter Strike.

Legendary Killer

It increases +Team Critical Hit Damage. It can possibly give boost to the following abilities: Headsh0t, Killer, Ambush, Vel0city and Tw0 Fang.

Legendary Ninja

It increases +Melee Damage. It can possibly give boost to the following abilities: F0ll0wthr0ugh, Backstab, Ambush, Killing Bl0w and Resurgence.

Legendary Sniper

It increases +Burn Chance, +Burn Damage, +Max Health. It can possibly give boost to the following abilities: Headsh0t, Precisi0n, Vel0city, 0ne Sh0t 0ne Kill and Kill C0nfirmed.

Slayer of Terramorphous

All variants can grant up to:

  • Burn Damage: +26%
  • Burn Chance: +26%
  • Max Health: +8294
  • Each class mod grants +4 in five skills.

Psycho Mods

Barbarian

There are two variants to this, the first grants increased Accuracy, Fire Rate and Magazine size, the other grants increased Critical Hit Damage, Magazine Size and  Reload Speed, It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; Blood Trance, Salt the Wound, Fire Fiend

Blister

This increases Grenade capacity and Kill skill duration, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; Fuel the blood, Blood overdrive and Blood Bath.

Crunch

This increases Explosive damage, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; Taste the Blood, Blood Trance and Strip the Flesh.

Meat

This increases Health Regeneration, Shield Charge Delay. It can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; Empty the Rage, Embrace the Pain and Salt the Wound

Reaper

This increases Team Kill Skill Duration, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; Blood Twitch, Blood Overdrive and Fuel the Fire

Sickle

This increases Melee Damage, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; Fuel the Blood, Empty the Rage and Silence the Voices

Slab

This increases Max Health, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; Thrill of the Kill, Fuel the Rampage and Feed the Meat.

Toast

This increases Burn Chance and Magazine Size, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; Pain is Power, Fire Fiend and Elemental Elation.

Torch

This increases Burn Damage, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; [Burn, Baby, Burn], Fuel the Fire and Flame Flare.

Wound

This increases Fire rate After Kill, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; Blood Twitch, Taste of Blood and Boiling Blood.

Legendary Psycho

This increases Burn Damage, Magazine Size and Shield Recharge Delay, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; Blood Twitch, Blood-Filled Guns, Blood-Filled Guns, Feed the Meat, [Burn, Baby, Burn] and Fuel the Fire.

Legendary Reaper

This increases Team Kill Skill Duration, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; Blood Overdrive, Thrill of The Kill, Taste of Blood, Blood Bath and Fuel the Fire.

Legendary Sickle

This increases Melee Damage, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; Fuel the Blood, Taste of Blood, Pain is Power, Empty the Rage and Silence the Voices.

Legendary Torch

This increases Burn Damage, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; [Burn, Baby, Burn], Embrace the Pain, Elemental Elation, Fuel the Fire and Flame Flare.

 Slayer of Terramorphous
All variants can grant up to:

  • Burn Damage: +26%
  • Burn Chance: +26%
  • Max Health: +8294
  • Each class mod grants +4 in five skills.

Mechromancer Mods

Anarchist

This increases +Gun Damage, -Gun Accuracy, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; Fancy Mathematics, Death from Above and Annoyed Android.

Catalyst

This increases +Team Elemental Effect Damage, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; Shock Storm, Evil Enchantress and Wires Don’t Talk.

Jill of All Trades

This increases +Assault Rifle Damage, +Assault Rifle Magazine Size, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; The Better Half, More Prep and [Smaller, Lighter, Faster].

Necromancer

This increases either Accuracy, Fire Rate and Magazine Size or it increases Critical Hit Damage, Magazine size and Reload Speed, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; Made of Sterner Stuff, Strength of Five Gorillas and Wires Don’t Talk.

Prodigy

This increases +Weapon Accuracy, +Reload Speed, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; Cooking Up Trouble, The Better Half and More Prep.

Punk

This increases +Fire Rate, -Magazine Size, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; The Better Half, Annoyed Android and [Smaller, Lighter, Faster].

Roboteer

This increases +Action Skill Cooldown Rate, +Melee Damage, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; Made of Sterner Stuff, Potent as a Pony and Strength of Five Gorillas.

Sweetheart

This increases +Team Max Health, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; Cooking Up Trouble, The Better Half and More Pep

 Technophile

This increases +Shield Capacity, -Shield Recharge Rate, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; Fancy Mathematics, Strength of Five Gorillas and Interspersed Outburst.

 Zapper

This increases +Shock Damage, +Chance to Shock, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; Electrical Burn, More Pep, Wires Don’t Talk

Legendary Anarchist

This increases +Gun Damage, -Gun Accuracy, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; Unstoppable Force, Myelin, Strength of Five Gorillas, [Smaller, Lighter, Faster] and Typecast Iconoclast.

Legendary Catalyst

This increases +Team Elemental Effect Damage, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; More Pep, Electrical Burn, Evil Enchantress, Wires Don’t Talk and Interspersed Outburst.

Legendary Mechromancer

This increases +Action Skill Cooldown Rate, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; The Better Half, Cooking Up Trouble, 20% Cooler, More Pep, Strength of Five Gorillas and [Smaller, Lighter, Faster].

 Legendary Roboteer

This increases +Action Skill Cooldown Rate, +Melee Damage, it can possibly give a boost to the following abilities; Made of Sterner Stuff, Potent as a Pony, 20% Cooler, Annoyed Android and Strength of Five Gorillas.

Slayer of Terramorphous

All variants can grant up to:

  • Burn Damage: +26%
  • Burn Chance: +26%
  • Max Health: +8294
  • Each class mod grants +4 in five skills.
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