Tiny Tina's Wonderlands Weapon is Literally a Dead Fish

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Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is the latest spinoff of the over-the-top violent hero shooter franchise Borderlands, a series that takes an anarchic dark comedy approach to the space western. This newest installment holds itself apart from the rest by virtue of also being a take on a digital tabletop RPG, complete with fan-favorite character Tiny Tina as dungeon master. The collision of self-aware dark comedy with looter shooter mechanics has led to one weapon in Tiny Tina's Wonderlands literally being a dead fish.

Both looter shooters and purer RPGs are well-known for their tendency to give players lots of item drops to sort through. While some drops are just vendor trash, many play a role in helping gamers tweak their fighting style, load out, and stat distribution.

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Redditor GingerKiely recently shared a screenshot of a weapon they found earlier that day--the Slammin' Salmon of Mirth. Hailing from the Bonk weapons manufacturer, the Slammin' Salmon of Mirth is a legendary weapon with an item score of 315 and a level requirement of 31. It also looks exactly like a dead, decaying fish, complete with cartoony crossed-out eyes. The result is equal parts gross and hilarious, especially since the developers were well aware of what they were making.

The Slammin' Salmon of Mirth's main ability, «How's That Taste?!,» adds 10% melee damage and subtracts 20% attack speed. Presumably, this is because being slapped with a dead fish is remarkably traumatizing, but slapping someone with a dead fish is more difficult than hitting them with an actual weapon. Furthermore, melee attacks with this weapon will always result in the target being poisoned--an effect that stacks up to five