
They often catch new players by surprise as they are the only other non-Unique/Legendary guns to cause self-damage.

Depending on the manufacturer, it can either function like a normal arcing Grenade launcher or a RPG. They generally have less damage than an equivalent Rocket Launcher, but uses four Assault Rifle bullets instead (which is infinitely more common). Because grenade launchers aren't a separate class of weapons in the game, any assault rifle with a Torgue Barrel effectively takes the role of a grenade launchers.Torgue weapons can use sticky bullets in 3, shots that harmlessly attach themselves to targets before exploding for damage that scales depending on how many shots detonated at once.When reloading during Alt-fire, a spectral sword erupts under struck foes, launching them while detonating the stuck swords for massive damage. While its bullets no longer split into three swords upon impact, its sticky alt-fire mode more than makes up for it by firing blades that stick into foes and cause them to receive increased damage per stuck sword. The Wonderlands version of SWORDPLOSION!!! works a bit differently.Unicornsplosion acts mostly the same as the SWORDSPLOSION!!!, but it fires miniature Butt Stallions instead of swords that has sparkling trails and rainbow splash effect when the Butt Stallion projectiles hits the ground/the target. The Effervescent variant of the SWORDSPLOSION!!!, the Unicornsplosion.The SWORDSPLOSION!!! fires swords that explode on impact into three more swords.Every single Torgue weapon in 2 uses self-propelled gyrojets similar to bolt shells.

Torgue shields punish attackers with explosive novas and spikes, and their grenades exclusively use MIRV technology. Torgue barrels massively increase damage with a few penalties, and in the case of assault rifles, make them fire mini-grenades or rockets. All Torgue weapons in 2 fire slow but destructive gyrojet rounds that explode either on contact or after a slight delay, and there are no Torgue submachine guns or sniper rifles guns tend to be named basically at random with a faint tendency towards sex jokes, while rocket launchers are given goofy onomatopoeic names for the sound of blowing stuff up ("Boom", "Blaaa"). Torgue weapons started out powerful and slow but otherwise fairly generic in the original Borderlands, but in Borderlands 2 they picked up their defining trait: EXPLOSIONS. because "what it is" is off its nut in a violently proactive manner. It's said that the boss of a company sets the tone, and while the actual authority of Mister Torgue is somewhat limited, the company wouldn't be what it is without him. The Torgue corporation owes its existence to Mister Torgue High-Five Flexington. We make them tough, and we make them heavy.

The kind of guys your dad was and you hope to be! Torgue doesn't screw around making lightweight toys and we sure as hell aren't concerned with selling you a stylish accessory like those hip-huggers over at Maliwan. You see, we at Torgue make guns for real men. "The next time you go shopping for a new gun, ask yourself one question: Are you a man? If you answer in the affirmative, then you're ready for a Torgue.
