A Borderlands 4 developer has revealed that changes are incoming that will likely affect some of the game's best builds. Although the exact nature of the changes are yet to be revealed, it sounds as though important nerfs are on the way to Borderlands 4 due to planned future content.
Balance is a very tricky thing in a game like Borderlands 4. There are so many variables in play at any given time, so it's inevitable that unintended effects occur as a result. This leads to overpowered Borderlands 4 builds, which then need to be addressed by Gearbox. There's still a balance to strike, though. It's still a single-player and co-op game, so overpowered items can't exactly be used to gain a competitive advantage over other players, but it's also not ideal for players to be able to tear through all the game's content with ease.
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Borderlands 4 Item Nerf to Fix 'Unintended Interactions'
Borderlands 4 Creative Director Graeme Timmins revealed in a post on X that there are some changes incoming to "specific gear and those unintended interactions." Although Timmins did not state exactly what is being nerfed, "unintended interactions" implies that it could be the Borderlands 4 Vex crit knife build, which notoriously melts just about every boss in the game in an instant. He also claimed to be giving players "7 Days Notice," meaning the changes should arrive on October 16.
Responding to one player asking why nerfs were necessary in a single-player game, Timmins claimed that there's "future content like the upcoming Invincible that we want players to find challenge/accomplishment in," while also pointing out that balancing around bad Borderlands 4 gear "would remove build diversity, forcing players into specific builds using said gear."
Borderlands 4's first major balance patch arrived earlier this month, although that was focused largely on buffs rather than nerfs. Amon perhaps benefited more than the other Vault Hunters from those early balance changes, and it remains to be seen how the meta will change following these further alterations in the upcoming Borderlands 4 update.
Borderlands 4
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 82 /100 Critics Rec: 88%
- Released
- September 12, 2025
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, In-Game Purchases, Users Interact
- Developer(s)
- Gearbox Software
- Publisher(s)
- 2K
