I notice that Gaige the Mechromancer's Close Enough skill doesn't penalize splash damage. So, which are all of the weapons that deal splash damage?
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From http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_Damage:
All elemental weapons can do splash damage that affects any targets in that area
Additionally damage over time can spread from one enemy to another nearby, e.g. if a bandit gets close to another bandit who's on fire, there's a chance that he'll catch on fire too.
Explosive damage behaves slightly differently as it has an instant area of effect. I don't think other elements on area of effect weapons such as grenades and launchers cause additional splash damage on top of the AoE, but the DoT effects certainly can spread.
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4(1) That quote is in the Borderlands (1) section. I doubt that's true for Borderlands 2. (2) I believe DoT is only contagious if the DoT is applied by a weapon whose special effect explicitly causes contagiousness, such as Teapot. Perhaps you mistakenly believe that my question is in regards to Borderlands (1)? (3) I don't believe that contagion = splash damage. Commented Aug 13, 2015 at 15:44
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NiteCyper is right. In Borderlands 2 elemental damage is not dealt in a splash radius, and only spreads due few specific unique weapon effects.– Orc JMRCommented Aug 21, 2015 at 12:55
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Im not sure about splash effects with "Close Enough" in general, but there was a question about explosive damage(which is a type of splash damage): [how does close enough interact with explosive weapons?][gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/183774/…, which states, that gyrojets work with close enough– MysteryCommented Dec 16, 2015 at 23:38
Splash damage weapons can are usually Torgue-manufactured weapons:
In Borderlands 2, explosive damage is largely exclusive to Torgue-manufactured products. However, several other manufacturers feature weapons that deal explosive damage in some manner. They include:
- Assault Rifles that use Torgue barrels (Bandit, Dahl, Jakobs, and Vladof)
- Rocket Launchers (Bandit, Tediore, and Vladof)
- Cobra sniper rifle
- Tediore non-elemental weapons (when reload-thrown)
- Bouncing Bonny, Bouncing Betty, Jumpin Bitty, and Jumpin Biddy grenades
- Grenades and Gurnades
- Murrv, Mrvur, and Muvr grenades
- Kiss of Death grenade
- Singularity Grenades
- Transfusion Grenades
- The Cradle shield (when depleted and discarded)
Source: http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_Damage#Explosive_Damage_Exclusivity
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Your quote contradicts your answer. "can only be Torgue"..."largely exclusive to Torgue.. others include.."– user106385Commented Dec 16, 2015 at 23:47