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Santa's Evil Smasher is a Unique Assault Rifle manufactured by Torgue. It can world drop from any suitable loot source, but his guarranteed to drop from the The Great Escape side mission in Moxxi's Heist of the Handsome Jackpot.

Special Weapon Effects

"Naughty creatures will be SMASHED!!! I'LL BLOW-HO-HO YOUR HEAD OFF!!!" -- Reloading this weapon sets off a detonation, buffing the magazine with a variety of different buffs. The list of possible buffs are:

Critical Hit Damage

Fire Rate

Accuracy

Projectile Speed

Weapon Damage

Usage & Description

Unlike it's Borderlands 2 counterpart, the Evil Smasher in Redux can roll any of the listed buffs numerous times per magazine. This gives the weapon tremendous viability at endgame, and is especially great if the mag is pre-buffed before entering a fight.

Notes

  • The Santa's Evil Smasher does not share a hybrid with any weapon.
  • As with all content within Redux, the Santa's Evil Smasher is NOT available within base game. It is a modded item.

Trivia

  • The Santa's Evil Smasher is a direct weapon replacement for the La Varlope Torgue Assault Rifle.
  • The Santa's Evil Smasher is a returning weapon from Borderlands 2