The Viral Marketer is a Legendary weapon in Borderlands the Pre-Sequel. This hyperion Shotgun doesn’t fire a lot of projectiles, however because they bounce they can be very effective against crowds or fast moving enemies. The fixed corrosive element on the Viral Marketer hinders the weapon slightly in areas with limited armored enemies. On the other side this shotgun does have an increased accuracy and reverse recoil that allows it to easily land critical hits against common enemies.
Element:
Corrosive
Special Weapon Effects:
“Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Lol check this out guys”
Always corrosive. Projectiles fired ricochet off surfaces. Increased accuracy and recoil reduction rate, decreased projectile count and reload speed.
How to get the Viral Marketer ?:
The Viral Marketer can be obtained randomly from any suitable loot source.
How to Grind the Viral Marketer ?:
You can use the Grinder to create the Viral Marketer. While there is no guaranteed recipe, you can combine 2 Legendary weapons and 1 Purple Shotgun to obtain a random legendary shotgun. Be sure to make it a luneshine grind for a “guaranteed” legendary and also get a chance of getting a luneshine buff.
Trivia:
- “Viral marketing” is a marketing strategy utilizing popular social networking services to increase awareness and sales. The flavor text is based on chain emails, which are repeatedly forwarded to other users and gain several “Fwd:”s in the email title as a result.
- The Viral Marketer uses the same weapon skin akin to the Borderlands 2 shotgun Conference Call another’s legendary manufactured by Hyperion.
