Moze – The Gunner

Moze is a playable Vault Hunter and known as the Gunner class in Borderlands 3. This former Vladof soldier still knows how to bury her enemies in an avalanche of lead, and if she needs to step things up, Moze can digi-struct a giant mech that’s equipped with various devastating weaponry.

Background

Once a soldier in the Vladof army’s Ursa Corps, Moze left their service to pursue her own mercenary interests and hunt for Vaults. When the going gets tough, she can use her digistruct pack to summon her heavy mech “Iron Bear” and face down an army without flinching, using powerful mounted weapons to mow the opposition down. A veteran of wars from across the six galaxies, Moze and Iron Bear are a force to be reckoned with.

Moze is a battle-hardened former Vladof army soldier who specializes in mechanized combat. She uses an action skill to digistruct and climb into her bipedal tank, Iron Bear, which has hardpoints suitable for mixing, matching, and mounting high-velocity Railguns, rapid-firing Miniguns, semi-automatic Grenade Launchers, flamethrowers, pneumatic fists, and homing rocket launchers.

Action Skill

Moze’s main Action Skill is the giant mech – Iron Bear – that can equip two devastating weapons. Each weapon can be augmented with new combat mechanics through her Skill Trees.

Cooldown: 100 Seconds when using Iron Bear for the full duration. It’s only 35 seconds when instantly exiting Iron Bear.

Minigun

V-35 Grenade Launcher

Railgun

Iron Cub

Skill Tree

Green Skill Tree: Bottomless Mags

Moze’s Bottomless Mags skill tree focuses on shooting and sustaining that. There are multiple ways to extend the size of your gun’s magazine and refill it.

• Main Weapon: Minigun
• Unlockable Weapon: Flamethrower
• Dakka Bear: Adds a manned turret to the back of Iron Bear.
• Redistribution: After Moze scores a Critical Hit, she regenerates ammo for a few seconds.
• Specialist Bear: Equipping two of the same Weapons on Iron Bear increases the damage they deal.

Blue Skill Tree: Demolition Woman

Moze’s Demolition Woman skill tree focuses on doing splash damage by increasing the size and damage output of explosions for both Moze and Iron Bear. There are skills that increase the longevity that Moze can stay alive, prolonging the time she has in Fight For Your Life and increasing the fuel capacity for Iron Bear. A noteworthy perk is that there is a skill that allows Iron Bear to act on its own as a sentry turret.

• Main Weapon: Grenade Launcher
• Unlockable Weapon: Rocket Launcher
• Torgue Cross-Promotion: All Splash Damage dealt by Moze has a chance to double in size.
• Auto Bear: After Moze exits Iron Bear, it will remain deployed in place for a short time.
• To the Last: Moze gains the ability to throw grenades while in Fight For Your Life.

Red Skill Tree: Shield of Retribution

Moze’s Shield of Retribution skill tree is a risk and reward tree. There are a lot of skills that keep you in the fight, however, the closer you are to dying, the more damage you can do. So, do you like living on the edge?

• Main Weapon: Railgun
• Unlockable Weapon: Claw
• Thin Red Line: A portion of Moze’s health is removed and cannot be restored, but her Maximum Shield is increased by the same amount.
• Desperate Measures: Moze’s Gun Damage is increased depending on how low her health is. The lower her health, the greater the increase.
• Tenacious Defense: Whenever Moze’s shield is fully depleted, she instantly restores a portion of her shield, and her Gun Damage is increased for a short time. This skill can only trigger after Moze’s shields have fully recharged.
  

Purple Skill Tree: Bear Mother

The Bear Mother skill tree really wants you to double down on using incendiary weapons, as igniting enemies will trigger multiple skills. While some skills trigger when applying a status effect, there are a few that trigger when using incendiary weapons. The Capstone skill will cause your Iron Cub not to consume fuel, which will result in it lasting longer on the battlefield. This has great synergy with an augment that gives you increased damage for every second Iron Cub stays in action. Having multiple weapons with the same element can also stack damage.

• Main Weapon: Iron Cub
• Biofuel: Whenever Moze or Iron Bear ignites an enemy, they both regenerate health for a short time.
• Harmonious Havoc: Moze gains increased Gun Damage for each weapon, shield, and grenade that matches the element of her gun.
• Fired Up: Whenever Moze or Iron Bear applies a Status Effect to an enemy, she gains increased Fire Rate for a short time. This effect stacks.
• Efficiency Engine: Moze gains increased Gun Damage. The longer Iron Cub has been active, the greater the bonus
  

Want to learn more about Moze then check out her Full Skill Tree.

Notes

• Passive Bonuses:  Magazine Size, Splash Damage, and Action Skill Cooldown bonuses are very beneficial to Moze.
• Shield: Moze can really benefit from Absorb shields to keep her bottomless mag builds going. Turtle shields are beneficial for her “Shields of Retribution” Builds.

Trivia

• Before Moze was known as “the Gunner” she was called “the Bot Jock” but this was changed as its meaning wouldn’t have clear outside of the USA.
• Voice Actor: Marissa Lenti
• Character Artist: Sergi Brosa

Resources

• My first hands-on impression of Moze during a private play session at the 2K Office
• Moze’s Cosplay Guide
• Moze’s Skill Tree
• Moze Echo Log – Commander Lilith and the Fight for Sanctuary