Maliwan Manufacturer: Pistols, Shotguns, SMGs, and Sniper Rifles

Is shooting bullets just not cool enough for you? Buy a Maliwan and light some people on fire!

Maliwan weapons are THE elemental weapons of Borderlands 3. Offering the best elemental damage among all manufacturers, their weapons pack a punch but are somewhat limited by either charging time or slow projectile speed, making them not well suited for long range engagements. Despite these shortcomings, the sheer elemental damage and the versatility of dual elements make Maliwan weapons extremely desirable in any loadout.

• High elemental damage
• Above average bullet damage
• Average accuracy
• Average/below average fire rate
• Average handling
• Longer than Average reload time
• Below average mag size
• Alternate fire mode changes weapon element type

Maliwan has legendary pistols, SMGs, shotguns and snipers, with their shotguns and SMGs being particularly powerful.

• Hellshock — See our list of builds with this weapon immediately below
  • Amara Elemental Ricochet
• Sellout — See our list of builds with this weapon immediately below
  • Moze Boss Killer
  • Moze Bottomless Mags Maliwan

• Kill o' the Wisp
• Projectile Recursion — See our list of builds with this weapon immediately below
  • Amara Elemental Ricochet
  • Amara Elemental Fist over Matter
• Trevonator — See our list of builds with this weapon immediately below
  • Moze Bottomless Mags Maliwan
  • Zane Sub-zero

• Cloud Kill
• Cutsman — See our list of builds with this weapon immediately below
  • Amara Elemental Fist over Matter
  • Moze Boss Killer
  • Moze Bottomless Mags Maliwan
  • Zane Sub-zero
• Devoted — See our list of builds with this weapon immediately below
  • Moze Bottomless Mags Maliwan
• Tsunami
• Westergun — See our list of builds with this weapon immediately below
  • Fl4k Gamma Burst Radiation Pet

• Hellshock
• Hyper-Hydrator
• Sellout
• Superball
• Thunderball Fists

• Kill o' the Wisp
• Mind-Killer
• Projectile Recursion
• Trevonator

• Cloud Kill
• Destructo Spinner
• Devoted
• Tsunami
• Vault Hero
• Westergun

• ASMD
• Firestorm
• Krakatoa
• Storm

Maliwan did not feature much in the Borderlands lore until the third installment, other than various commercials for their guns, but came to the forefront when their CEO, Katagawa Jr., allied with the Children of the Vault and attacked Atlas in a literal corporate merger attempt.