Where do you get plasma casters in Borderlands 2?

The Plasma Caster is obtained randomly from any suitable loot source.

Are plasma casters good?

The plasma caster is a powerful energy weapon similar in fire rate and range to the ballistic Gatling gun. The plasma caster deals considerably more damage than other energy weapons but suffers from a low magazine size and fire rate. It can be further upgraded to drain enemy fusion cores with each hit.

Is plasma caster a heavy weapon?

The Plasma Caster in Fallout 76 is probably my most used Weapon out of all the Heavy Guns. It does incredible amounts of damage, has utterly insane accuracy for a Heavy Gun, not to mention the easiest critical hits of your life.

Which is the best plasma caster in Borderlands?

Hyperion Plasma Casters deal the highest amount of projectile damage of all Plasma Casters (although Maliwan Plasma Casters still do higher overall damage because of the splash effect not stated on the weapon card), have larger magazines, and fire projectiles in a straight trajectory.

How many ammo does a plasma caster take?

Plasma Casters are E-Tech SMGs in Borderlands 2. They are made by all companies that make SMGs, and they are all pretty solid weapons- with the exclusion of Bandit made Casters. They consume two ammo per shot, but in trade have higher base damage and magazine sizes.

What kind of damage does bandit plasma caster do?

Bandit Plasma Casters have the lowest direct and elemental damage between all manufacturers and behave in a significantly different manner than all others. The projectiles fired by these vary in speed and swerve off course in an expanding sine pattern, exploding at a set time after being fired.

Which is better a plasma caster or Hyperion?

Dahl Plasma Casters have greatly reduced recoil compared to any other type of SMG, even Dahl non-E-tech SMGs. They also feature high direct damage, only surpassed by Hyperion, but with a lower fire rate than other brands. However, their effective fire rate when using burst fire mode can easily exceed that of all other brands.