Overall, Jakobs weapons are the resident one-shot weapons of the Borderlands franchise. Jakobs weapons started off as slow-firing but hard-hitting weapons, and while they have always retained their exceptionally high damage, these weapons have transitioned into having a much faster fire rate throughout the Borderlands franchise. Specifically, while most of the Jakobs weapons from the latest Borderlands games are still technically semi-automatic, they can usually be fired as fast as players can press the trigger.