Stupid question

Borderlands 2 Gameplay Discussion (Spoilers!)
#1

Yeah, I played Maya a lot but I still don’t know this…

What triggers her wings to appear?

#2

Blight Phoenix. It’s a fairly useless skill in UVHM, so I’d skip it unless you like potentially blowing up barrels just by walking by them.

#3

And that’s also why the Blight bot Action package has wings. Interesting, thanks.

Personally I use Blight Phoenix because without it, I can’t get the last ability in that tree. And only 1/5 in it.

#4

If I recall correctly, it makes melee-rushing psychos stumble upon being damaged and automatically destroys piles around so you won’t have to shoot them for ammo… well it’s at least more useful than cloudkill or helios.

#5

You can skip it if you want.

#6

Here’s the thing I don’t get about “Blight Phoenix” – it triggers on successful kills, but also when you get FFYL’d. Effect of it on the first case is clear, but not the second – is it just a visual effect, or does it do momentary damage?

#7

It damages enemies close to you, but like other rank skills, it doesn’t scale very well.

#8

Well, here’s what I’m running right now: http://bl2skills.com/siren.html#255101150051155111101551511511

I wasn’t sure about the actual damage, but that it does damage at all makes the single point into it worth it; I’m not expecting it to kill, but the same can be said for that point into Backdraft.