Lethal Strike
Character	Mordecai
Type	Passive
Tier	Second
Maximum Points	5
Skill Tree	Gunslinger
Minimum Level	11
Effect	Increases melee damage (10% per rank). Also, every melee attack has a 35% chance to be a Lethal Strike and deal extremely high damage (100% per rank).

Lethal Strike is a Tier 2 skill in Mordecai's Gunslinger skill tree. Increases melee damage. Also, every melee attack has a 35% chance to be a Lethal Strike and deal extremely high damage.

Skill Progression Edit

Level	1	2	3	4	5
Melee damage	+10%	+20%	+30%	+40%	+50%
Lethal strike damage	+100%	+200%	+300%	+400%	+500%

Additional levels may be acquired through the use of an Assassin or Truxican Wrestler Class Mod.

Level	6	7	8	9
Melee damage	+60%	+70%	+80%	+90%
Lethal strike damage	+600%	+700%	+800%	+900%

NotesEdit

Boosts Mordecai's melee attacks into an effective secondary form of attack. While the constant percentage boost to melee damage is not that significant, a lethal strike (per the skill's name) from Lethal Strike is extremely damaging, especially when slicing through an enemy's critical hit location with a bladed weapon such as a Razor.

This skill well complements a Hunter who specializes in the use of close-range weapons such as pistols or shotguns. If a melee attack is triggered during a reload, but after the weapon's magazine ammo counter is updated to full, the melee attack will cut the animation short but the reload will still have completed.

Against the tentacles of The Destroyer, Lethal Strike triggers with every melee attack.

TriviaEdit

When the bonus damage is added, the sword makes a very different sound than normal, like a sword being drawn out of a scabbard.