The Defender is highly effective as a long-range or sniping weapon. The higher damage and accuracy but lower fire rate granted by its barrel make it less useful while hip-firing or at short ranges.
Notable Variants[]
Borderlands 2[]
Scorpio - Unique assault rifle with a variable burst fire count when zoomed and variable fire rate when hip fired.
Notes[]
The Defender is obtained randomly from any suitable loot source.
Trivia[]
The title "Defender" belonged to a legendaryshotgun in Borderlands. Beyond having the same name, they share no other traits.