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Borderlands 4 Prince Harming Review — Legendary SMG

Published: 8/15/2026 · Updated: 11/15/2026 · As of 2026-07

Red Text
Have you the wing?

This review was machine-translated from the Japanese original. Numbers are checked against the original; if the wording reads oddly, the Japanese version is authoritative.

While hurting yourself, you accumulate “Cruelty” and at the moment of a kill convert it into massive Overshield—a Ripper-made SMG that combines offense and defense. It fires full‑auto after charging. Hitting enemies causes you to take slight damage while accumulating Cruelty Stack, and when you kill an enemy that Stack is converted into Overshield. The more risk you take, the tougher it becomes—a peaky one‑hander.

🧩 Source of the red text Quote from the movie “The Princess Bride” (The Princess Bride, 1987) (Game8 / Fandom / MentalMars). In the wedding scene, the Impressive Clergyman (pretentious clergyman) says with a garbled pronunciation “Have you the ring?” which sounds like “Have you the wing?”, a parody of that famous moment. The weapon name “Prince Harming” is also a wordplay on Prince “Prince Charming” (the fairy‑tale prince) by changing “Charming” → “Harming” (to harm), matching the gun’s self‑damage nature. The Japanese version is rendered as “Do you have wings?”, a literal translation that does not reproduce the original wordplay of ring → wing (the contrast with “Do you have the ring?” is lost). Without knowing the source, the line is hard to understand for that reason.

What kind of SMG? (Beginner’s perspective)

• Ripper-made charge SMG. It charges briefly before firing full‑auto.
• Unique ability “Pamplemousse” where each time you hit an enemy, you also take a little damage (1.5% of damage dealt), and instead Cruelty Stack accumulates (max 30).
• At the moment of a kill, the stored Stack is converted all at once into Overshield (each Stack provides 50% of the self‑damage as Overshield, and lasts 8 seconds after new gain stops).
• The more you attack, the tougher it gets = for builds that sacrifice healing and durability to push forward. However, beware of low HP due to self‑damage.

Unique Effect (Mechanics)

Pamplemousse: On hit, self‑damage equal to 1.5% of damage dealt and accumulate Cruelty Stack (max 30). On kill, consume all Stack, converting 50% of the self‑damage per Stack into Overshield (lasting 8 s after new gain stops).

• In‑game (Japanese text, Lv47 specimen measured values): Pamplemousse — “When you attack an enemy, you take 86 damage and gain Cruelty 1 Stack. When you kill an enemy, each Cruelty 1 Stack restores 43 Overshield. Maximum 30 Stack”
  • Japanese version terminology mapping: Cruelty = Cruelty / Overshield = Overshield / Pamplemousse = Pamplemousse (French for “grapefruit”. Kept as original kana transcription).
  • Values are real numbers dependent on specimen and level (not percentage). For a Lv42 specimen, 56 damage → 28 Overshield, exactly 50% of the self‑damage per Stack becomes Overshield (86 → 43 is the same ratio). This matches the web description “Self‑damage 1.5% / 50% of self‑damage to Overshield”.
• In‑game (behavior): Hitting enemies causes self‑damage & accumulates CruetlyStack, and on kill you gain Overshield equal to the amount of Stack (max 30).
• Web (Lootlemon): After charging, fires Bullets in a linear trajectory. Hitting enemies deals 1.5% Self-Damage of damage done and stacks Cruetly up to 30 times. On Kill, consumes all stacks to grant 50% Self-Damage as Overshield per stack. The Overshield lasts 8s after no new Overshield is gained.
• Ripper style: A charge is applied before full‑auto (MentalMars).
• Weakness: Because of self‑damage, if you cannot secure kills you will slowly starve. The charge causes a delayed burst of firepower at the start.

Drop Farming

Build Compatibility

Summary

• Ripper-made charge SMG. Self‑damage converts Cruelty → kill converts to Overshield, an integrated offense‑defense type.
• The more you aggressively attack and keep getting kills, the tougher it becomes (you’ll slowly starve if you can’t kill).
• The name is a play on “Prince Charming”, and the red text quotes a famous scene from “The Princess Bride”.
• Element is variable per specimen (unverified)

Measured Stats (Collected Specimens)

This is an aggregation of measured values taken from screenshots of owned specimens. The range is the observed minimum to maximum, with no conversion, rounding, or interpolation.

• The highest observed DPS is 3,583 (Lv47 / Gorging).
• Observed prefixes (most common): Gorging×1 / Charged No-ing×1

Related

• Same category (SMG): Plasma Coil / Ohm I Got / Onslaught
• Same manufacturer (Ripper): (unverified)
• Reference: Lootlemon - Prince Harming / MentalMars - Prince Harming