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Borderlands 4’s First Major Balance Patch Goes Live With Across-the-Board Buffs

Gearbox outlines a buff-first philosophy with exploit fixes to follow.

Overview

  • All four Vault Hunters receive upgrades aimed at widening build diversity, with Amon getting the most extensive damage, cooldown, and scaling increases to bring him in line with the roster.
  • Vex gains stronger action-skill output and summons, including higher Energy Vampire, Eldritch Blast, and Phase Explosion damage, plus tougher, harder-hitting Phase Familiar.
  • Rafa’s late-game melee toolkit is strengthened, with Apophis Lance damage up 10% and Arc-Knives gaining 12% melee damage and 5% dash damage alongside passive tweaks.
  • Harlowe gets focused Stasis adjustments, raising Stasis Slam damage by 30% and damage to Stasis-immune targets by 14.7%.
  • Weekly activities become more rewarding as the Big Encore boss rotates to tougher variants and Wildcard missions guarantee a Legendary drop, PC performance improves via automatic shader clearing, Maurice’s Black Market moves, and Gearbox plans to address unintended interactions that trivialize content.