This first-person shooter doesn’t just give attention to the male characters of the franchise, as many of the women players have been able to play as or meet have been just as intriguing. When it comes to those that have been a frequent addition to the series especially, it would be awful to not mention them further in a ranking of who the best female characters are in Borderlands.
10 Janey Springs
Introduced first in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, this bright and cheerful moon walker with an Australian accent helps the player get on their low-gravity feet for the first time when they finally land on the moon called Elpis.
As her introduction screen suggests, Janey has a heart of gold which is the reason she decides to help the player in the first place, as well as write her own children’s books. Though, she does need the aid of the player to help her get back her key to unlock the Moon Zoomy stations.
9 Athena
Fans of the franchise will remember Athena from as far back as the first Borderlands title. She then becomes a playable character in the Pre-Sequel and makes an appearance in Tales From The Borderlands.
Raised to be an assassin, Athena is very powerful, though she does have a tragic backstory. In the midst of looking for her sister, she was ordered to gun down a town that turned out to have her sister in it. Since then, she vowed for vengeance and ran to become a Vault Hunter.
8 Ellie
Although the daughter of Mad Moxxi, Ellie is a proud independent woman in her own right whom the player meets during Borderlands 2. Just like her brother Scooter, Ellie has a knack for all things mechanical and enjoys upgrading the vehicles the player relies on to get around Pandora.
Ellie is an idol for body positivity, as she is proud of her plus-size physique and even went as far as to escape her mother who insisted on her slimming down. She continues to provide side quests for the player in Borderlands 3 as well as taking over her brother’s duty of Catch-A-Ride.
7 Fiona
As one of the two protagonists in Tales From The Borderlands, Fiona is a highly skilled con artist whom players get to learn more about throughout the episodes of the title. Unlike other characters on the list, a lot of what Fiona becomes is determined by the player, but this doesn’t spare them from a few of her common traits.
She’s incredibly cunning as well as manipulative due to, her adoptive father teaching her from a young age to steal from others. Apart from this Fiona is also an incredibly fearless character with a witty and sarcastic tone that allows for some hilarious banter between herself and the other protagonist, Rhys.
6 Patricia Tannis
Tannis has been a crucial member of the Borderlands series for the three main games of the franchise. She is an incredibly intelligent character that has assisted many of the Vault Hunters’ endeavors while having her own interests in the Eridian.
Like many scientist tropes, Tannis may appear a little unapproachable, or some of the things she says just don’t make any sense, but that adds to her charm for players. Players were even happier to find out she was a Siren in Borderlands 3 which finally helped them put the pieces of her story together.
5 Angel
Another Siren with a tragic story, Angel’s discovery of her Siren powers at a young age tormented her for the majority of her life. Her own father Handsome Jack used her abilities to help him further Hyperion’s interests as well as his attempt to take over the planet of Pandora from Atlas.
In Borderlands 2, Angel finally gets her redemption arc as she attempts to help the player stop Jack even though she has betrayed them twice in two different games. Angel was never a bad person but was being used the entire time which many players pity her for.
4 Tiny Tina
Meeting her for the first time at the age of thirteen during Borderlands 2, Tiny Tina may be one of the youngest characters in the franchise, but that doesn’t stop her from being the greatest expert when it comes to explosives. She is crucial in helping explode the train that is carrying the Vault Key in this game.
However, her story continues in Borderlands 3, where she can be seen all grown up. Some things never change as she is still one of the funniest characters players meet, and she still has her excitement for explosives.
3 Maya
Originally a playable character in Borderlands 2, Maya has piqued the interest of players as the second Siren character gamers were allowed to control. Similar to Angel, when Maya’s Siren powers revealed themselves at a young age she was given to an order of Monks on her home planet.
They revealed her to be their god, though this wasn’t true and Maya resented the lack of control she had over her own life. She later found out that she was being used by these same Monks to exploit the people of the planet, so she made her escape. Since then, Maya has grown as a character and players meet again in Borderlands 3.
2 Mad Moxxi
With a lust for violence and danger, Moxxi has been known to be one for adventure in her younger days though that is hard to believe with how compassionate and thoughtful she is to the Vault Hunter at times. Now running a variety of bars, this independent woman has stolen the hearts of many.
However, beneath the fancy clothing and extreme make-up, Moxxi is shown to be just like her children as revealed in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel where she can be found using her actual southern voice and working on some sort of a machine.
1 Lilith
Lilith has had a shining role in countless Borderlands titles. She is an incredibly powerful Siren that has gone by many titles, with some bandits calling her the Firehawk. Under this alias, she was able to keep these bandits at bay until she was needed again to help with the dangers of the vault.
In Borderlands 3, she is shown to become a true leader after the tragic events of Borderlands 2. In the end, many players have grown to respect Lilith as she is shown to still be a capable leader even after her powers were stolen.
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