Man of Low Moral Fiber | Borderlands 2: Patched Nasty Surprise - Does it still suck!? @ManofLowMoralFiber | Uploaded 6 years ago | Updated 3 days ago
The Nasty Surprise is a legendary Hyperion grenade that drops most commonly from Vermivorous the Invincible, the Varkid Raid Boss. It is a fairly rare item because of that. Despite its relative rarity, it does not have the power one might expect.
The grenade has a unique delivery system that teleports child grenades to "nearby" enemies. While most Hyperion grenades are singularity grenade, the Nasty Surprise is an MIRV grenade, which adds to its peculiarity.
The unfortunate part about this unique delivery system that it sometimes sends child grenades to enemies that you are not actively trying to damage.
It is definitely powerful enough to kill standard enemies, assuming you get the child grenades to actually land on that enemy. There doesn't really seem to be a way to precisely influence which enemies will get targeted by the child grenades, either.
I like this grenade's uniqueness, and I think it does have some uses. If there are ton of enemies- it can be an effective carpet bomber, but probably less so than a Bonus Package or Meteor Shower. It can be an effective weapon to healthgate with around a corner using a moxxi weapon, but a chain lightning or many homing grenades could do that, too. You can definitely use it to kill an enemy that is out of LOS, and it does get there quicker than a homing grenade in most cases- so maybe that's its niche.
Regardless, it's kind of hard to say this grenade doesn't suck when it's not reliably laying damage down on an enemy that you've debuffed. It's alright. When it works, it works pretty well. But because it's so unreliable, it's definitely not great.
The Nasty Surprise is a legendary Hyperion grenade that drops most commonly from Vermivorous the Invincible, the Varkid Raid Boss. It is a fairly rare item because of that. Despite its relative rarity, it does not have the power one might expect.
The grenade has a unique delivery system that teleports child grenades to "nearby" enemies. While most Hyperion grenades are singularity grenade, the Nasty Surprise is an MIRV grenade, which adds to its peculiarity.
The unfortunate part about this unique delivery system that it sometimes sends child grenades to enemies that you are not actively trying to damage.
It is definitely powerful enough to kill standard enemies, assuming you get the child grenades to actually land on that enemy. There doesn't really seem to be a way to precisely influence which enemies will get targeted by the child grenades, either.
I like this grenade's uniqueness, and I think it does have some uses. If there are ton of enemies- it can be an effective carpet bomber, but probably less so than a Bonus Package or Meteor Shower. It can be an effective weapon to healthgate with around a corner using a moxxi weapon, but a chain lightning or many homing grenades could do that, too. You can definitely use it to kill an enemy that is out of LOS, and it does get there quicker than a homing grenade in most cases- so maybe that's its niche.
Regardless, it's kind of hard to say this grenade doesn't suck when it's not reliably laying damage down on an enemy that you've debuffed. It's alright. When it works, it works pretty well. But because it's so unreliable, it's definitely not great.
