Borderlands 4 has showcased the fourth and final member of it’s initial Vault Hunter cast, introducing Harlowe the Gravitar – a science whiz who has many ties to the Maliwan corporate, both by family and employment means.
With a bag of tricks both deep and diabolical, Harlowe has many unique methods to disrupt the denizens of Kairos – including nuking the battlefield with both Cryo and Radiation damage.
Take a squiz at the gameplay reveal:
The ability to bubble people sure seems like a great callback to Borderlands 1, where Lilith did her phase prison fun. Harlowe is also more than willing to lend a hand, with support abilities beyond just disabling a dork – with the video description mentioning advanced shielding:
Harlowe the Gravitar is a former Maliwan combat scientist, driven by the need to understand how things work. Nothing says “power fantasy” like wiping out waves of enemies with a combination of crowd-control abilities and area-of-effect annihilation—both of which happen to be her specialty! Using her collection of combat-ready inventions, Harlowe can dominate any space by nuking the battlefield with Cryo and Radiation damage, or protect herself and co-op allies with enhanced shielding and more.
There is also a fun narrative hook to Harlowe’s existence, being that she is a part of the brilliantly dysfunctional Traunt family, known for their vast and varied family tree and deep ties to the Maliwan corporate.
Family business is a rocky business though, with more than a few of them having met their end in various ways – and Harlow even encounters her brother in the most recent character short:
Dead siblings? Happens more often than you might think. Even the casual mention of a ‘Funeral Cascade’ has me thinking that the Traunt family dinners must be a seriously worrying affair.
This brings to bear the initial release cast of Vault Hunters that awaits the September 12 release of Borderlands 4, and I can confidently say it has done me no favours in helping me pick a character. Each one of these spectacular loose cannons have a bafflingly fun flavour and kit, so I might as well just throw a dart at a board and see what awaits me.
Hopefully your experience is less trying than mine.
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Known throughout the interwebs simply as M0D3Rn, Ash is bad at video games. An old guard gamer who suffers from being generally opinionated, it comes as no surprise that he is both brutally loyal and yet, fiercely whimsical about all things electronic. On occasion will make a youtube video that actually gets views. Follow him on YouTube @Bad at Video Games
