Athena SkillReturn Fire
- GameBorderlands TPS
- ClassAthena
- Skill TreePhalanx
- Skill TypePassive Skill
- Skill Tier16
- Max Points5
- Armor Boost
Return FireSkill Info
Return Fire
Passive Skill
The Aspis gets a chance to reflect incoming projectiles while still absorbing their energy.
The reflected projectiles deal significantly decreased damage.
Return FireBoosting Class Mods
Storm Weaving
Passive Skill
Swapping weapons activates Storm Weaving for a short time.
While Storm Weaving is active you gain increased Fire Rate and Status Effect Chance.
Duration: 9s
Maelstrom
Passive Skill
Dealing Fire or Shock Damage stacks Maelstrom, increasing your Elemental Damage with each stack.
The more Maelstrom Stacks you have the faster they decay.
Max Maelstrom Stacks: 999
Elemental Damage: +0.4% /stack
Gun Kata
Passive Skill
Increases your Gun Damage.
Shooting an enemy increases your Melee Damage for a short time.
Duration: 5s
Vanguard
Passive Skill
While Aspis is active, you and your nearby allies Regenerate Health. The more charged the Aspis the greater the Regeneration.
You still get half the Regeneration with no charge.
Conduit
Passive Skill
While you have a Shock Status Effect applied to an enemy, you gain maximum Shield Regeneration.
This Shield Regeneration increases for each Maelstrom stack.
Rend
Passive Skill
Melee attacks cause enemies to Bleed, dealing Melee Damage over time.
Enemies with more remaining Health take more Bleed Damage.
Bleed Duration: 12s
Bleed Damage: up to +100%
Smite
Passive Skill
Shooting an enemy while airborne smites the target, causing a small Fire and Shock Explosion.
Each Maelstrom stack increases Smite Damage.
Cooldown: 12s
Required Maelstrom Stacks: 10
Elemental Barrage
Passive Skill
While Storm Weaving is active, you have a chance to not consume ammo.
This chance increases for each Maelstrom Stack.
Stalwart
Passive Skill
Increases your maximum Health.
The Aspis now absorb a portion of Damage dealt by Allies.
Superconductor
Passive Skill
When an enemy hits your Aspis, you have a chance to shock nearby enemies and gain extra Maelstrom stacks.
Extra Maelstrom Stacks: +5
United Front
Passive Skill
Increases your Shield Capacity.
Damage Absorbed by the Aspis now recharges your and your nearby allies Shields.
Return Fire
Passive Skill
The Aspis gets a chance to reflect incoming projectiles while still absorbing their energy.
The reflected projectiles deal significantly decreased damage.
Flash Freeze
Passive Skill
Freezing an enemy freezes your Maelstrom stacks for a short time. Causing you to neither gain nor lose Maelstrom stacks.
You've Got Red on You
Passive Skill
Killing an enemy with Melee Damage, creates an Explosion that deals Grenade Damage to nearby enemies.
Overload
Passive Skill
Killing a burning or electrocuted enemy gives each effect a chance to spread to a nearby enemy.
You gain Extra Maelstrom stacks for each status effect that spreads by this effect.
Extra Maelstrom Stacks: +20
Hades' Shackles
Passive Skill
Slamming links you and nearby enemies with a Shock Tether for a short time, electrocuting them.
Enemies tethered for the full duration or who die while tethered release a Fire Nova at their location. You gain Extra Maelstrom stacks for each Fire Nova.
Cooldown: 15s
Tether Duration: 3s
Extra Maelstrom Stacks: +20
Return FireAlternative passive skills
Vanguard
Passive Skill
While Aspis is active, you and your nearby allies Regenerate Health. The more charged the Aspis the greater the Regeneration.
You still get half the Regeneration with no charge.
United Front
Passive Skill
Increases your Shield Capacity.
Damage Absorbed by the Aspis now recharges your and your nearby allies Shields.