Backdraft

Backdraft
Character	Maya
Type	Triggered Effect
Tier	3
Maximum Points	5
Skill Tree	Cataclysm
Minimum Level	16
Effect	Your melee attacks deal additional Fire Damage. Also, when your shields become depleted you create a fiery explosion, damaging nearby enemies. Your shields must fully recharge between explosions.
Game	Borderlands 2

Backdraft is a tier 3 skill in Maya's Cataclysm skill tree. It causes Maya's melee attacks to deal additional Fire damage, and to release a fiery explosion when her shields are depleted. Shields must fully recharge between explosions.

Effects

• Backdraft Damage Rank: +1 per level

Level	1	2	3	4	5
Damage Rank	+1	+2	+3	+4	+5

Level	6	7	8	9	10	11
Damage Rank	+6	+7	+8	+9	+10	+11

^{Can only be leveled past 5 with Banshee class mods.}

Notes

• The melee fire damage is actually a separate effect which triggers when the attack connects with an enemy. Following a melee attack, Backdraft's fire damage procs, which has a chance of igniting the enemy.

• Unlike a Nova Shield, the Backdraft nova triggers immediately when the shield is depleted. If Maya is wearing a nova shield and trains in Backdraft, when her shields go down, Backdraft will trigger, shortly followed by the actual nova shield burst when it would normally trigger.
• Although Backdraft seemingly turns any shield Maya wears into a nova shield, killing an enemy with the Backdraft burst does not count towards the Super Novas challenge, even if she is wearing a true nova shield.

Video

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