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For the legendary submachine gun in Borderlands 3, see Cloud Kill (Borderlands 3).

Cloud Kill is a tier 3 skill in Maya's Cataclysm skill tree. Shooting an enemy will create a Corrosive cloud, dealing corrosive damage to enemies standing within it.

Notes[]

  • The cloud's duration is 5 seconds.
  • Only one cloud can be active at a time, and more can be generated only when the existing one expires.
  • Unlike those spawned by a Cloud Grenade, Cloud Kill doesn't inflict self-damage.[1]
  • Nearby splash damage from elemental sources that damage an enemy will also trigger Cloud Kill.
  • Cloud Kill synergizes well with Kinetic Reflection because the reflected bullets can also trigger it. This can cause weaker enemies to effectively eliminate themselves without the player taking action beyond the initial kill.
  • When using weapons whose projectiles have a delayed damage effect, like Darts and Spikers, Cloud Kill will not take effect until the projectile detonates.
  • Cloud Kill does not trigger on Thoughtlocked enemies, but can still damage them.
  • Cloud Kill makes the Hyperion Contract 873 and Medical Mystery: X-Com-municate difficult to complete due to the skill's nature of spawning corrosive clouds. There are two ways of "fixing" it:
    1. For Medical Mystery, shoot the BlASSter, lead the bandits out of the cloud as fast as possible and kill them before the cloud dissolves. This technique can be also used in Hyperion Contract 873. Since the BlASSter has poor accuracy, short and controlled bursts to the head are recommended.
    2. The second is to just respec and use the point on Cloud Kill after you have completed the two side missions.
  • Initially, damage from this skill did not scale properly beyond normal mode; pre-patch, it was ~3900% weaker.
    • It received a massive buff in the 10/29/15 update, making it much more potent for the affected platforms.

Video[]

Cloud_Kill_skill_video_preview

Cloud Kill skill video preview

Notes[]

  1. Extremely rare cases of self-damage are known though: https://borderlands.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000000044225


Maya skills
Phaselock
Motion Harmony Cataclysm

Elated • Life Tap • Mind's Eye • Recompense • Res • Restoration • Scorn • Sustenance • Sweet Release • Wreck

Backdraft • Blight Phoenix • Chain Reaction • Cloud Kill • Flicker • Foresight • Helios • Immolate • Reaper • Ruin

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