 So a variant of the hex exists I've only seen once and that was ages ago due to researching another grenade which I covered in a video. Today I have this rare variant and today we check out what it's capable of and compare it to the king of hexes. How's it going guys? My name is dpj and I'd like to thank you for stopping by and checking out the video. If you do enjoy it leaving a like truly helps me out and subscribe if you want to see more Borderlands. Also guys every week I give away copies of this game. To win one for yourself or a friend simply subscribe and make sure you have notifications turned on. Drop a like and a video and leave a comment down below. So this started ages ago with the upload of a specific hex grenade where footage I was sent was claimed to be an actual in-game drop on PC while playing. The grenade itself you guys noticed as well as I did that although it had the hex stats it also had the stats of the quasar grenade tied into it as well. Watching this thing in action was just unbelievable. Now most people in the video in the comments section claimed it was a mudded grenade. I wasn't sure as the guy was adamant it dropped while playing. I then saw a comment from someone on that same video stating they had this exact same grenade drop on Xbox and with a little more information on it. It seems as though in ultra rare instances when both these grenades drop at the same time somehow the game glitches and fuses them into a single grenade. That was the explanation I got. Either way it isn't a grenade you can legit chase in game. But after seeing it in action and what it's capable of and although it reads amazing it spreads into four then spawns nine additional merves. I mean wow but it is very unrealistic to think it's obtainable. But seeing this I had a look around the internet and I found a hex variant which although it didn't spawn nine merves in it did spawn in six. It's called the Mervtacular and today thanks to my pal trawling donkey who sent me this for a review we can see what this thing is capable of. Now I have searched high and low I have many many friends who play the game who have done the same. None of them have come across this hex variant. So I'll go on to say it's got to be the rarest out of the bunch. Now because it's the rarest does it mean it's the best? Well today we will find out because I already have the current hex king the recurring hex. Both of these are at the same item score both are through that shuck elemental damage so comparing them will be an absolute doddle. So how does this Mervtacular work? Well you throw an initial grenade that explodes and spawn six merves. Now each one of these six merves then go on to spawn another merves so in total twelve merves and it makes sense with the double merves stat. Now it's hard to see this amongst a fight but if you throw at the flow in front of you it's quite easy to make out. So how is this different to the recurring hex? Well the recurring hex actually spawns the exact same amount of merves and this I believe is due to the divider stat on this variant. The initial grenade splits into two then each spawns three merves equaling six and each of these six spawn one of a merv equaling 12 merves in total just like the Mervtacular. So really there ain't much between these two at the moment. Comparing them stat wise though you can see the recurring hex as the slightest edge damage and radius wise. But because they're literally so equal the only real thing I could do to compare the two was to face them up against the same boss. So on mayhem one some modifiers didn't come into play I threw one grenade of each at Gigamind and witnessed the results. So on screen now we can see both grenades against Gigamind's shield. One throw and because they're both shock we can see true effects here. Now looking at each damage wise we can see that the recurring hex does have that slight advantage here. I'd literally say having 20 to 25 percent extra damage which in reality to me isn't really a surprise. It's something I actually expected going into this test. And after a close inspection I believe the only difference between the two and where that 20 percent extra damage is coming from is the divided stat on the recurring hex which makes the initial grenades split into two and because the both grenades are impacting Gigamind at the same time this is where the extra damage is coming from because it also gains extra lingering damage too. So yeah even though the Mervtacular is the area of the grenades you still can't stand next to the king. Now maybe there's a different variant out there maybe there's a cloning version of this Mervtacular that really could make the difference here. But at the moment the recurring hex still reigns king and like I said even though the Mervtacular is a rare route seems the recurring hex if hex is what you want is the one for you guys to chase. Now both of these are world drops both of them are pretty rare to be honest so you will need luck in finding them so good luck to you. So the Mervtacular although it isn't a complete let down it still can't stand tall to tall with the recurring hex. Now I do have a few different variants of the Mervtacular and comparing them again against their recurring hex counterparts do result to the same every single time. So yeah it is what it is but on that note we have come to the end of the video if you guys enjoyed it leaving a like really helps out if you're new around here and want to see more Borderlands videos be sure to subscribe and if you never want to miss a video upload you can turn notifications on by hitting that bell button because thanks as always for stopping by hopefully you enjoyed the video and hopefully I will see you on that next one