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Borderlands 4 Reveals Harlowe, a Gadget-Driven 'Mad Scientist' Vault Hunter

Gearbox details the ex-Maliwan combat scientist's crowd-control toolkit ahead of the September 12 launch.

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Borderlands 4’s Gravitar Harlowe reminds me why I fell in love with the series
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Overview

  • Harlowe is introduced as a playable character built around gadgets and battlefield control, drawing on a Maliwan combat science background.
  • A core trait called Entanglement links affected enemies so they share weapon and skill damage with one another.
  • Chroma Accelerator deploys a slow-moving, remote-detonated orb that dishes out cryo damage, with upgrades that make it bounce between targets, pull foes, or scale into a high-damage option.
  • Zero-Point suspends targets in a stasis bubble that can be reactivated to slam them, with upgrades that enable healing effects, ricochets toward nearby enemies, or a singularity and cryo detonation.
  • Flux Generator creates a freezing field that entangles foes and can grant ally overshields, with skill-tree previews now live as players prepare for release on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on September 12, followed by Switch 2 on October 3.