thorn review

[machinegun]

this gun is a sad excuse of an exotic handcannon. sure, it delays enemy health regen and can two tap (while not having the 2 tap ttk but ok), and why use this over ace of spades? ace has higher range, better aim assist and accuracy because of it, and like 2 million perks.
"oh but its super deadly in its effective range!!!!" sure, as is every 140 handcannon, but the thing is, once your enemies know you have thorn (and believe me they will), they'll just stay out of your range and use pulse rifles, DMT, and snipers. although the handling is nice, i do feel like it has a little too much bounce, even on m&k

tl;dr im sad about thorn not being goog

[Durandal]

thorn is one of the best exotic hand cannons in the game lol, i honestly think you have no idea what you're talking about

[Chariot]

That's why you don't see thorn as much anymore, It's just not really a good hand cannon anymore, It's also been rumored around that it doesn't even delay health regen, As health restoration isn't prolonged by thorn's DOT, so as soon as the DOT is over, your health begins regenerating again.

You really start to realize that, It's basically just a legendary hand cannon with the added benefit of DOT and the downside of not being able to use an icarus grip.

Alongside with the benefit of being able to regen a few shots from dead opponents, Which.. Not even sure if it's worth covering because the reload is just awful in general.

[machinegun]

Originally posted by Ankha:

thorn is one of the best exotic hand cannons in the game lol, i honestly think you have no idea what you're talking about

here me out:
thorn has
-really good handling
-potential 2 taps
-high aim assist
-delays enemy hp regen

thorn cons
-terrible range (feels like i cant land a shot with it tbh)
-not having the 2 tap ttk, there is some delay between getting those 2 shots off and your enemy dying, leaving them able to kill you. pretty good for peek shooting, but if they play agro its just a trade
-low reload stat (although it can be countered with a HC reloader mod)
-sight feels obstructive

i know feel varies from player to player and this is my opinion and your opinion could be that this is the best weapon in the game. i just think that this weapon gets outclassed by other handcannons (dire promise, fatebringer, palindrome, ace of spades), it just feels bad to me. this is my review of it. also pretty nice in low tier PvE with necrotic grips but this is about PvP

[R A Z E R]

The problem with thorn is that it get's outshined by other 140's.. The stats kind of fell short after the change from 150's to 140's. It's still a decent gun but can fall a bit short due having 150's stats as a 140, same goes for lumina.

Both lumina and thorn have great utility though with certain builds.

[Durandal]

Originally posted by machinegun:

Originally posted by Ankha:

thorn is one of the best exotic hand cannons in the game lol, i honestly think you have no idea what you're talking about

here me out:
thorn has
-really good handling
-potential 2 taps
-high aim assist
-delays enemy hp regen

thorn cons
-terrible range (feels like i cant land a shot with it tbh)
-not having the 2 tap ttk, there is some delay between getting those 2 shots off and your enemy dying, leaving them able to kill you. pretty good for peek shooting, but if they play agro its just a trade
-low reload stat (although it can be countered with a HC reloader mod)
-sight feels obstructive

i know feel varies from player to player and this is my opinion and your opinion could be that this is the best weapon in the game. i just think that this weapon gets outclassed by other handcannons (dire promise, fatebringer, palindrome, ace of spades), it just feels bad to me. this is my review of it. also pretty nice in low tier PvE with necrotic grips but this is about PvP

i mean fair enough, I feel that the burn damage helps with the range and as long as you don't try to use it at extreme ranges it works very well. Personally in trials or comp I feel its hard to use things like ace where the perk relies on kills to be useful unlike thorn where the perk is pretty much always useful. Reload speed has never been a problem for me buts that just because I run hunter dodge. I like the sight but honestly thats just personal preference.

I think it could be improved if it had a catalyst but I still think its one of the better kinetic handcannons available.