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Borderlands 4 New Vault Hunter C4SH: Action Skill and Skill Tree Deep DiveC4SH, the new Vault Hunter for Borderlands 4, will be released on March 26th with the first story pack. C4SH features powerful base action skills along with gambling-style skills whose outcomes depend on luck. They utilize a card deck and Eldritch totems to showcase diverse combat styles. This video takes a detailed look at C4SH's unique trait, 'Windfall,' their three action skills, and the key augmentations and core skills within each skill tree.
1. 🎲 Introducing C4SH & Key Trait 'Windfall'
· C4SH will be released on March 26th with the first story pack, 'Matt Eli in the Vault of the Damned.'
· C4SH has three action skills, two of which are gambling-style skills with luck-dependent outcomes.
· They use a card deck called 'Kanan's Deck,' dual-wielded revolvers, and Eldritch totems summoned by rolling enchanted bone dice.
· Unique Trait: Windfall
· C4SH gains 'Fortune' stacks every time they defeat an enemy.
· After expending all ammo and automatically reloading, or whenever an Action Skill is used, there's a chance to enter 'Windfall' state.
· Windfall consumes all Fortune stacks to increase skill and gun damage, and enhances Action Skills.
· While Windfall is active, Fortune Skills behave as if C4SH has maximum Fortune stacks.
· C4SH has three action skills, two of which are gambling-style skills with luck-dependent outcomes.
· They use a card deck called 'Kanan's Deck,' dual-wielded revolvers, and Eldritch totems summoned by rolling enchanted bone dice.
· Unique Trait: Windfall
· C4SH gains 'Fortune' stacks every time they defeat an enemy.
· After expending all ammo and automatically reloading, or whenever an Action Skill is used, there's a chance to enter 'Windfall' state.
· Windfall consumes all Fortune stacks to increase skill and gun damage, and enhances Action Skills.
· While Windfall is active, Fortune Skills behave as if C4SH has maximum Fortune stacks.
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1. 🎲 Introducing C4SH & Key Trait 'Windfall'
· C4SH will be released on March 26th with the first story pack, 'Matt Eli in the Vault of the Damned.'
· C4SH has three action skills, two of which are gambling-style skills with luck-dependent outcomes.
· They use a card deck called 'Kanan's Deck,' dual-wielded revolvers, and Eldritch totems summoned by rolling enchanted bone dice.
· Unique Trait: Windfall
· C4SH gains 'Fortune' stacks every time they defeat an enemy.
· After expending all ammo and automatically reloading, or whenever an Action Skill is used, there's a chance to enter 'Windfall' state.
· Windfall consumes all Fortune stacks to increase skill and gun damage, and enhances Action Skills.
· While Windfall is active, Fortune Skills behave as if C4SH has maximum Fortune stacks.
· C4SH has three action skills, two of which are gambling-style skills with luck-dependent outcomes.
· They use a card deck called 'Kanan's Deck,' dual-wielded revolvers, and Eldritch totems summoned by rolling enchanted bone dice.
· Unique Trait: Windfall
· C4SH gains 'Fortune' stacks every time they defeat an enemy.
· After expending all ammo and automatically reloading, or whenever an Action Skill is used, there's a chance to enter 'Windfall' state.
· Windfall consumes all Fortune stacks to increase skill and gun damage, and enhances Action Skills.
· While Windfall is active, Fortune Skills behave as if C4SH has maximum Fortune stacks.
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2. 🔫 Action Skill 1: Crossfire (Dual Pistols) Skill Tree
· Crossfire
· C4SH holsters their current weapon and equips dual-wielded revolvers.
· While equipped, they automatically fire, dealing Kinetic gun damage to enemies.
· When Windfall is active, the dual-wielded revolvers gain a chance to ricochet.
· Holding down the Action Skill button ends Crossfire early and refunds a portion of the Action Skill cooldown.
· Burst Mode: Increases fire rate, increases Action Skill consumption.
· Pressing the aim button auto-targets enemies.
· Melee attacking during the Action Skill pushes C4SH and the enemy backward.
Key Augments and Skills:
· C4SH holsters their current weapon and equips dual-wielded revolvers.
· While equipped, they automatically fire, dealing Kinetic gun damage to enemies.
· When Windfall is active, the dual-wielded revolvers gain a chance to ricochet.
· Holding down the Action Skill button ends Crossfire early and refunds a portion of the Action Skill cooldown.
· Burst Mode: Increases fire rate, increases Action Skill consumption.
· Pressing the aim button auto-targets enemies.
· Melee attacking during the Action Skill pushes C4SH and the enemy backward.
Key Augments and Skills:
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| An Hell Followed With Him | · While in Crossfire, firing attempts Windfall and consumes all Fortune stacks to deal bonus Incendiary damage for the remaining Action Skill duration. · This effect stacks each time it activates. |
| Midnight Showdown | · While Crossfire is active, C4SH's movement speed increases. · Dash Override: C4SH uses Shadow Step to increase fire rate and cause bullets to ricochet for a short time. · When Windfall is active, ricocheted bullets split into two. |
| Devil Times (1 Point) | · C4SH gains an additional augment slot. |
| Ride to Ruin (1 Point) | · Kill Skill: When C4SH defeats an enemy while their Action Skill is active, they begin to accumulate 'Ride to Ruin' stacks. · When the Action Skill ends, a portion of the Action Skill cooldown is refunded based on the accumulated stacks. |
| Show Your Marrow | · Crossfire's fire rate increases. · C4SH's dual-wielded revolvers gain a chance to fire Kinetic Bone Shards, which create bone fragments around impacted enemies that converge on them, dealing Kinetic damage. · Enemies damaged by Bone Shards take increased damage from all sources. |
| Reload Override | · Upon reloading, C4SH sacrifices a portion of their health to increase fire rate and Kinetic Bone Shard fire chance for a short time. This effect stacks. |
| Bloodstained Moon (1 Point) | · When C4SH deals a critical hit to an enemy, elemental effect chance, elemental effect damage, and elemental damage increase. · Fortune Skill: When C4SH defeats an enemy with a critical hit, they fire a fiery mortar at nearby enemies. Damage increases with more Fortune stacks. |
| Slick Thunder (Capstone) | · After sliding during Crossfire, C4SH gains damage reduction and increased movement speed for a short time. · C4SH's guns gain a chance to discharge lightning at nearby enemies. · When Windfall is active, the lightning discharge chance increases. |
| Desperado | · When Windfall is active, C4SH occasionally fires a free grenade. · Kill Skill: Defeating an enemy increases Crossfire's Action Skill duration and explosive damage (diminishing returns). · Using the Action Skill causes C4SH to fire rockets for a short time, dealing explosive splash damage. |
| Reckoning (Capstone) | · When Windfall is active, Crossfire's damage increases. · Using explosives fires splash incendiary explosive rockets at nearby enemies. · When Windfall is active, the number of rockets C4SH fires doubles. |
| Solid Off | · Crossfire's dual-wielded revolvers are replaced with dual-wwielded shotguns. · When Windfall is active, the pellet count of the dual-wielded shotguns increases. |
| Bleed to Bad (1 Point) | · (Appears to be the same description as Bloodstained Moon, but mentioned separately in the video) |
| I Like Those Odds (Capstone) | · Kill Skill: Defeating an enemy during Crossfire gains a chance for the enemy to drop bone dice that generate a random Claromancy bone totem. · This skill has a cooldown, and only two bone totems can be active at a time. |
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3. 🃏 Action Skill 2: Slide of Hand (Cards) Skill Tree
· Slide of Hand
· Charge Skill: Draws one card in each hand.
· On fire/aim, throws cards below the crosshair.
· Each card has a random effect and behaves differently depending on the card drawn.
· When Windfall is active, the cards' effects are greatly increased.
· Slide of Hand's Action Skill duration increases with additional charges.
· A portion of Slide of Hand's cooldown is recovered for each unused charge.
Base Cards:
Key Augments and Skills:
· Charge Skill: Draws one card in each hand.
· On fire/aim, throws cards below the crosshair.
· Each card has a random effect and behaves differently depending on the card drawn.
· When Windfall is active, the cards' effects are greatly increased.
· Slide of Hand's Action Skill duration increases with additional charges.
· A portion of Slide of Hand's cooldown is recovered for each unused charge.
Base Cards:
| Card | Effect |
|---|---|
| Fireball | · Creates a fiery nova on explosion. · Windfall: Creates a rift that continuously spews fiery mortars. |
| Magic Missile | · Travels and splits, tracking enemies and dealing Kinetic damage. · Windfall: Number of splits doubles. |
Key Augments and Skills:
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Thunder and Table | · When C4SH deals damage to an enemy with an Action Skill, Action Skill cooldown rate increases. · Adds the 'Piercing Bolt' card to C4SH's deck. This card travels in a zigzag pattern, dealing Shock damage to all nearby enemies hit when a Windfall card is used. |
| Cowboy | · If C4SH triggers Windfall during an Action Skill cooldown, it automatically recharges. · Adds the 'Acid Spray' card. This card spreads in a cone in front, exploding a short time after impact. · Windfall: Throws additional Acid Spray cards, each creating a corrosive nova on impact. |
| Last Scratch (1 Point) | · C4SH gains Fortune stacks if they fail to enter Windfall. |
| Devil's Tine (1 Point) | · C4SH gains an additional augment slot. (Present in all skill trees) |
| Wretched Shadows (1 Point) | · Melee Attack Override: Throws a 'Grasping Tentacle' card that attaches to the impact point. · Continuously slows enemies for a short time and deals Kinetic life steal damage proportional to C4SH's Fortune stacks. |
| Big Pool | · Slide of Hand gains an additional charge. · Adds the 'Black Hole' card. This card travels, pulling enemies in and dealing Radiation damage. · Windfall: Black Hole cards create a massive singularity on impact. |
| The Cooler (Capstone) | · C4SH gains double all Windfall bonuses. · Adds the 'Freezing Shard' card to C4SH's deck. This card automatically freezes enemies on impact and deals Cryo melee damage. · Windfall: Freezing Shards shatter into many fragments on any impact, tracking nearby enemies and gaining a chance to freeze them on impact. |
| Bet on Red | · Fortune Skill: While Slide of Hand is active, C4SH gains damage reduction. The bonus increases with more Fortune stacks. · Adds the 'Vampiric Touch' card to C4SH's deck. This card deals Kinetic life steal damage, has a high critical hit chance, and deals explosive damage. · Windfall: Vampiric Touch cards automatically defeat all enemies that are not 'Bad Mother,' and otherwise deal increased damage. |
| House Edge (1 Point) | · When C4SH enters Windfall, they only consume half of their Fortune stacks. |
| Dead Man's Hands (Capstone) | · C4SH's chance to trigger Windfall increases. · Adds the 'Bone Shard' card to C4SH's deck. This card deals Kinetic damage, and on hit, creates bone fragments around the enemy that converge on them, dealing Kinetic damage and ricocheting to other enemies. · Enemies damaged by Bone Shards take increased damage from all sources. · Windfall: Bone Shards deal maximum damage and ricochet one additional time. |
| Sweeten the Pop | · Slide of Hand gains an additional charge. · Adds the 'Color Spray' card to C4SH's deck. This card gains a random element when thrown, and for a short time, causes C4SH's guns to deal bonus elemental damage of the card's type. · Windfall: C4SH's Color Spray cards deal additional random elemental damage. |
| Boomer Bust (1 Point) | · When C4SH enters Windfall, they generate free grenades at nearby enemies equal to the number of Fortune stacks they had. |
| Furious Fingers (Capstone) | · When C4SH activates Windfall, they gain Slide of Hand charges equal to the number of Fortune stacks they had. · Adds the 'Fire and Lightning Orb' card. This card bounces between enemies, dealing alternating Shock and Incendiary damage to them. · The card changes element each time it bounces. · Windfall: Each time the card bounces, it leaves behind a hazardous zone of its current elemental attribute. |
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4. 🎲 Action Skill 3: Claromancy (Bone Dice/Totems) Skill Tree
· Claromancy
· Charge Skill: C4SH rolls bone dice, summoning a bone totem that fights alongside them for a duration, depending on the result.
· If C4SH rolls doubles, they summon a 'Bad Mother' version of the bone totem with increased stats.
· When Windfall is active, dice rolls always yield unique results.
Base Totems:
Key Augments and Skills:
· Charge Skill: C4SH rolls bone dice, summoning a bone totem that fights alongside them for a duration, depending on the result.
· If C4SH rolls doubles, they summon a 'Bad Mother' version of the bone totem with increased stats.
· When Windfall is active, dice rolls always yield unique results.
Base Totems:
| Totem | Effect |
|---|---|
| Mortar Totem | · If C4SH rolls 'Spore,' they summon a Mortar Totem. This totem fires projectiles that deal Incendiary explosive damage in a wide radius. |
| Angry Totem | · If C4SH rolls '10,' they summon an Angry Totem. This totem grants C4SH increased gun damage over time. |
Key Augments and Skills:
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Heavenly Sevens | · C4SH's bone totem duration increases. · 'Protector Totem': Rolling a '7' summons a Protector Totem. This totem grants C4SH and allies an overshield on summon. · C4SH's Protector Totem grants them and allies increased fire rate and reload speed proportional to shield capacity. |
| Five is Alive | · Claromancy gains an additional charge. · 'Lightning Rod Totem': Rolling a '5' summons a Lightning Rod Totem. This totem occasionally summons lightning bolts that chain lightning to all nearby enemies. · Lightning bolts generate faster if C4SH applies a status effect to an enemy. |
| Devil's Tine (1 Point) | · C4SH gains an additional augment slot. |
| Luckless (1 Point) | · When C4SH activates an Action Skill, enemies near them and their bone totems become 'Jinxed.' · Jinxed enemies take increased damage from all sources and deal reduced damage. |
| Three Company | · C4SH's Windfall duration increases for each active totem. · 'Arcane Totem': Rolling an '8' creates an Arcane Totem. This totem grants all nearby allies increased Action Skill damage. · When this totem is summoned, C4SH immediately gains a Claromancy charge. |
| Let It Ride (1 Point) | · Each time C4SH loses Fortune stacks, the next bullet fired from their gun deals increased damage. |
| Commotion's 11 (Capstone) | · C4SH's totems deal bonus damage corresponding to the current element of their gun. · 'Effigy Totem': Rolling an '11' summons an Effigy Totem. This totem generates Eldritch bullet waves that deal Kinetic gun damage. · Each time a status effect is applied to an enemy, the Effigy Totem fires additional Eldritch bullet waves for a short time. |
| Mighty Nine | · If C4SH enters 'Fight For Your Life' while having an active bone totem, they instead gain a free 'Second Wind' and a free Claromancy charge, destroying one bone totem. This skill has a cooldown. · 'Tough Totem': If C4SH rolls a '9,' they summon a Tough Totem. This totem deals their gun damage and explosive damage, and deals bonus Incendiary melee damage for each enemy defeated. · Each time C4SH defeats an enemy, they restore the duration of all other active totems. |
| Tooth and Nail (1 Point) | · C4SH and their companions deal increased melee damage. · If C4SH or one of their companions deals melee damage to an enemy, they gain a chance to Jinx that enemy. |
| Eight of Hell (Capstone) | · When C4SH freezes an enemy, the duration of all their totems is paused for a short time. · 'Corrupted Ice Totem': Rolling an '8' summons a Corrupted Ice Totem. This totem continuously deals Cryo melee damage to the target's surrounding area (high Cryo efficiency), and freezing an enemy empowers all Ice Totems for a short time, granting bonus damage proportional to C4SH's maximum shield capacity. |
| Dirty Dozen | · C4SH's minimum Fortune stack count is determined by the number of active totems they have. · 'Chaos Totem': Rolling a '12' summons a Chaos Totem. This totem draws and throws cards from C4SH's deck. · Each time C4SH rolls the dice, the next card thrown can be any card. |
| Snake Eyes (1 Point) | · When C4SH shoots an enemy with a gun, they fire bone charges at all other Jinxed enemies. · When bone charges damage an enemy, they create bone fragments around them that converge on the enemy, dealing Kinetic damage. · Enemies damaged by Bone Shards take increased damage from all sources. |
| Call (1 Point) | · When C4SH activates an Action Skill, they and their bone totems automatically deal critical hits to Jinxed enemies. |
| Easy Sixes (Capstone) | · When an enemy with an attached Corrupted Bone Totem dies, that bone totem splits into two mini bone totems. C4SH can only have one set of mini bone totems active at a time. · 'Corrupted Flame Totem': Rolling a '6' summons a Corrupted Flame Totem. This totem follows enemies and periodically explodes, dealing Incendiary explosive damage to nearby enemies. · The totem explodes more frequently with higher fire rate from C4SH. |
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5. ✨ Overall Evaluation and Expectations for C4SH
· C4SH is evaluated as a very powerful and versatile Vault Hunter based on the information revealed so far.
· They can handle all elemental damage and support various combat styles, including close-range, long-range, melee attacks, and summoner play using totems.
· The development team's clear intention to make C4SH very powerful is evident.
· Regarding C4SH's core 'luck' mechanic, there is no mention of negative outcomes (e.g., bad dice rolls or card draws) in the skill trees, suggesting there may be additional unrevealed information.
· They can handle all elemental damage and support various combat styles, including close-range, long-range, melee attacks, and summoner play using totems.
· The development team's clear intention to make C4SH very powerful is evident.
· Regarding C4SH's core 'luck' mechanic, there is no mention of negative outcomes (e.g., bad dice rolls or card draws) in the skill trees, suggesting there may be additional unrevealed information.