Rank of the Best Sidearms with Perks?

[Riba the Anti-DRM Man]

I have yet to get Breachlight and Devil's Ruin with Season Pass. I enjoy playing with Sidearms especially with Aggressive Frame in Crucible.

In your opinion What are the Best Sidearms and what perks/godrolls that can make them special?

[Uncle M]

translation theory with full auto trigger is my to-go sidearm
though i don't use them often

[mark1971]

I'm not into sidearms or hand cannons anymore, but I still got a Better Devils Masterwork with explosive payload from the early days... Apart from that, there are many interesting perks, you should check out Wiki for yourself.

[Flori281]

I love my aggressive bursts too, but it's pretty clear cut which sidearms are the best. Omolon 3 round burst sidearms are easily the best in PvP and PvE. With no buffs a Last Hope, Last Dance, or Traveler's Judgement 5 can hit a .5 ttk in Cruc pretty damn easy. Faster than Recluse. They also have the benefit of some of the best stability in the entire game, which means you'll be landing crits more often in PvP and PvE and your recoil direction will be straight up most of the time. Two Bursts and Rapid Fires are really fun and I wish there were more of their archetype in game, but they can't match the stability and Rate of Fire that the Omolon frames got. I have a Last Hope 99% god roll with Feeding Frenzy and Multikill Clip and it is ridiculously brutal. Last Hope would be my number 1 pick due to the perks it can roll, but it's also harder to get than other sidearms. Last Dance would be second since they're almost exactly the same, but it's a little bit worse than the Hope. Traveler's Judgement ties for third with Breachlight, since Breach can get better rolls for PvP and PvE(Outlaw and Rampage, also MK clip i think) but is also much harder to use, while TJ has like exclusively cool PvP rolls(Headseeker, Rapid Hit, High Caliber Rounds for the flinch) and is much easier to use. Then everything else, I guess. If the Black Armory sidearm was easy to get I would've tried it out by now, since they're probably my fave archetype even if they aren't the best.

Summary: 3 round burst is prolly the best for PvP and PvE, but the other archetypes aren't bad. Just harder to use as effectively and their perks can't give you the best bang for your buck

[Dart]

Those two sidearms in the sundial can roll to be monsters. My traveler's sidearm has Rapid Hit and Tap the Trigger. It melts things, seriously.

Dead Man Walking from the forge is pretty solid but you need specific rolls for that thing otherwise you will eat through the ammo way too quickly.

I will always love the Rat King just because it's silly.

[Zireth]

I've seen a lot of luck with quickdraw sidearms.

I don't personally recommend sidearms being one of those PVP players who won't get off their spare rations mindbenders meta.

[Riba the Anti-DRM Man]

Originally posted by Ren:

I've seen a lot of luck with quickdraw sidearms.

I don't personally recommend sidearms being one of those PVP players who won't get off their spare rations mindbenders meta.

True I have a hardtime facing them. But Alot of people get surprised to be killed by a Ordinary Sidearm. I usually keep Sidearms with Kill Clip or Multi-kill Clip. What I love about it is that They usually assume they can survive because its just Sidearm until I hit them 2-4 Precision Burst in their face before they can react. Its really Satisfying to get alot of KDA with such a Off-meta gear even though I win or lose in Quickplay (Most of the Time the Team don't capture Control Points anyway.) I still yet to try Survival again but kinda scared to go in it tbh.

[76561197988918266]

Last Hope has some really good pve and pvp rolls(Multikill Clip + Feeding Frenzy / Rangefinder + Tap the Trigger).

Only down side is obviously the fact that you can't really farm it.

[WhiteCrow]

Originally posted by RibaXD:

Originally posted by Ren:

I've seen a lot of luck with quickdraw sidearms.

I don't personally recommend sidearms being one of those PVP players who won't get off their spare rations mindbenders meta.

True I have a hardtime facing them. But Alot of people get surprised to be killed by a Ordinary Sidearm. I usually keep Sidearms with Kill Clip or Multi-kill Clip. What I love about it is that They usually assume they can survive because its just Sidearm until I hit them 2-4 Precision Burst in their face before they can react. Its really Satisfying to get alot of KDA with such a Off-meta gear even though I win or lose in Quickplay (Most of the Time the Team don't capture Control Points anyway.) I still yet to try Survival again but kinda scared to go in it tbh.

+Respect

I've been doing the same a lot lately. I get no satisfaction out of winning battles with the same meta gear. Feels so much better to come out on top in games with odd gear.

[76561197988918266]

Originally posted by Acid Flask:

Originally posted by BOKU Haram:

Last Hope has some really good pve and pvp rolls(Multikill Clip + Feeding Frenzy / Rangefinder + Tap the Trigger).

Only down side is obviously the fact that you can't really farm it.

its also energy slot,you can get good rolls for the vanguard sidearm

Last Dance can't have both RF and TTT, as well as lacks MKC/FF last I checked.

[Mez Koo]

What do you mean, you should be able to get both of those with your first sundial run. Last Hope can roll with feeding frenzy and rampage/kill clip.

[Riba the Anti-DRM Man]

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

What do you mean, you should be able to get both of those with your first sundial run. Last Hope can roll with feeding frenzy and rampage/kill clip.

My mistake was taking the Steelfeather Repeater instead of Breachlight. I plan to get the Season of Dawn and Shadowkeep to get Breachlight and Devil's Ruin.

[Mez Koo]

Ah, it sounded like you just didn't have the time. Can you not use the tangled shore obelisk to get the timelost bounties?

[Riba the Anti-DRM Man]

I think I can't. I'm only getting armor pieces and nothing else