Zero has a skill in the Bloodshed tree that
Massively increases Melee Damage against enemies with low health.
What exactly counts as low health in this case?
Borderlands – What counts as low health for Killing Blow
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Best Answer
I initially guessed
50%health was considered "low health." If you were to melee attack light enemies (i.e., non-heavy enemies like most Bullymongs) at50%, it would cause them to stagger. Though after experimenting, this doesn't seem to be the case.Based on my observations, I'd say "low health" is ~33% health (or 1/3 health).
Fortunately, it is pretty clear when the ability was applied in a kill. Normally you deal a fixed amount of damage to everyone. When the ability is applied, you see a boost in the damage dealt and you get a nice "buzz" sound and a slashing animation for every hit.
To test this, I respec'ed Zero and went off to fight making sure I didn't level up any more during the tests. As a baseline, I fought off enemies with only the Deception skill and no other skills. Every melee attack I dealt gave
55damage.I saved and restarted to go on another run. This time I added Killing Blow Level 1 to the mix. Again, most hits dealt
55damage. Using a weak gun, I chipped enemies' health to around50%(as close as I can get it) and hit them with a melee attacks. Still did55damage. I then tried for25%. Again, as best as I can, I chipped them down to as close as I can to25%then hit them with a melee attack. I got boosted damage and other indicators of a successful hit. So it's definitely applied at least at25%.However I noticed that at times when I wasn't quite at
25%but a little higher, I was still able to get the successful hit. So apparently it was higher. After a few more tests, I came to the conclusion that it is at33%at max.To see if the level of the skill affects this, I tried again with Killing Blow Level 2 and up. You get even more damage of course but it still seemed to apply at
33%and didn't change.