Borderlands – How to do Axton the Commando’s speed glitch

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The exploit was featured in the AGDQ 2014 Borderlands 2 four-players co-op speed-run. I think it involves a skill of Axton (the Commando) that speeds up his ADS movement, which is manipulated and stacked to allow him to move at Sanik speed.

Best Answer

The speed glitch is accomplished this way:

  • You must use Axton (duh)
  • You must have at least 1 point in Expertise, in the Gunpowder skill tree
  • You must have at least two weapons to do this
  • You must be in a Multiplayer session, and you CANNOT be host

Some other tips when starting this:

  • Having a full backpack will make the process of the glitch much more quicker and simplified
  • Having more points in Expertise (either via mods or skill points) will make the process quicker to achieve.

Going over the skill in general:

Expertise

  • Weapon Swap Speed: +14% per level
  • Aim Speed: +14% per level
  • Movement Speed (while aiming): +7% per level

How our glitch works is this. Since Expertise will only increase the movement speed while aiming down the sights (or scoping in), you need to have one gun on the ground, and one gun in your hands.

Normally, if you find a weapon, you can press E to grab it, just like any other item. Now, if you hold E when you find a weapon, you will automatically equip it.

So to perform this glitch, we need Axton to switch weapons while aiming down the sights. This is why previously, I have mentioned that you should have a full backpack, so that pressing E doesn't collect the weapon on accident.

Steps:

  1. Aim down the sights with your current weapon
  2. Look at the other weapon on the ground. You must be within "reach" of the weapon for this to work
  3. Hold E (or whatever you have binded "Equip" to)
  4. Repeat Steps 1-3 as many times as you desire.

As mentioned before, having more points will make accumulating speed boosts much faster. So if you wanted to hit, say +210% movement speed, with only 1 point in Expertise, you'd have to repeat the process far more then say having Expertise at 5 (or more).

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