Krieg Character for Borderlands 2 Announced (He's a Psycho)

Gearbox revealed their sixth playable character for Borderlands 2 at PAX East last weekend and it came in the form of a ‘rehabilitated psycho’ named Krieg. He will be available for 800 Microsoft Points at some-point in May although the exact date has not been given.

                                    

Krieg is based on the Psycho enemies seen in the game and rewards players for high-risk behaviour such as running into crowds. His action skill is Blood Axe Rampage, which allows him to regain health after killing an enemy. To compliment this his Skill Trees are Bloodlust, Mania and Hellborn.

The Bloodlust tree is about constantly dealing damage, such as increased bonuses for killing enemies with explosions, grenades or area damage weapons.

The Mania tree rewards the player for taking damage, such as deceased action skill cooldown while being hurt. Krieg will also be able to receive damage from teammates giving him a tank play-style option.

Finally, the Hellborn tree focuses on elemental damage, with one of the skills offering increase damage while you’re on fire and grants the player a change to ignite yourselves every time you light up an enemy.

Unfortunately Krieg is not included in the Borderlands 2 Season Pass.