Mastering a Vault Hunter and trying to level up their stats to become even more powerful (or to match your friends’ builds) is always a fun yet laborious task, especially when there are a ton of possibilities for builds – as is the case with Borderlands 4.
However, two quite specific stats got many players scratching their heads over what exactly they meant: Skill Damage and Action Skill Damage. Well, I can’t blame them. The difference between a single word is not really that clear, and with so many stats flying around on your screen, it’s easy to get lost.
All this confusion led to a post on Reddit, created by the user “Inferior_Jeans”, who simply asked the obvious question: “What exactly is the difference between Skill damage and Action Skill Damage?”. Thankfully, a Gearbox developer stepped up to clarify for us.
Gearbox Explains the Difference Between Skill Damage and Action Skill Damage
According to the lead character designer Nicholas Thurston, who commented on the post with his user “Aertyr”, the difference is quite simple.
“Skill Damage and Action Skill Damage are like Gun Damage and Shotgun Damage. All Skills are skills, but only some are Action Skills. Same as...
