Best Legendary Effect for Plasma Splitter

[RobotPrincessMachine]

I've been fond of the Plasma gun and I carry three to pretend it's a multipurpose weapon. Instigating for the single shot improved short barrel, and Two-Shot for the Plasma Thrower. But what about for a splitter? What would be the best legendary effect for a splitter? I heard somewhere about Irradiated improving the chances of nuclear material farming. Stagger could work due to the multiple shots improving chances. Wounding as well from the multi shots. What do you think would be best for the Plasma Splitter?

[Zotliatlicor]

Knecapper ? could be fun.

[sdack]

Staggering I found is only wasting ammo and delays the kill when one can also deal more damage instead. It also becomes more effective with automatic weapons, whereas a shotgun to the face quite often staggers just as much and without the legendary mod.

The best effect for a splitter would possibly be Explosive because it deals explosive damage to an area and not only a single target. Think of the Spray'n'Pray, which has got it for example.

I do not believe Irradiated to give Nuclear Material, but rather Plasma Infused. I use Irradiated all the time and have not seen any Nuclear Material in the loot.

[DouglasGrave]

Originally posted by sdack:

The best effect for a splitter would possibly be Explosive because it deals explosive damage to an area and not only a single target. Think of the Spray'n'Pray, which has got it for example.

It won't turn up as a random legendary item, however, since the generation rules require a ballistic weapon for Explosive.

I'd go with Wounding.

[RobotPrincessMachine]

Wounding it is. When it drops of course. Thanks for the responses!

[RobotPrincessMachine]

Originally posted by sdack:

Staggering I found is only wasting ammo and delays the kill when one can also deal more damage instead. It also becomes more effective with automatic weapons, whereas a shotgun to the face quite often staggers just as much and without the legendary mod.

The best effect for a splitter would possibly be Explosive because it deals explosive damage to an area and not only a single target. Think of the Spray'n'Pray, which has got it for example.

I do not believe Irradiated to give Nuclear Material, but rather Plasma Infused. I use Irradiated all the time and have not seen any Nuclear Material in the loot.

I don't know where I heard it from. I know Irradiated isn't meant to drop nuclear material. Plasma guns already turn enemies into goo, but someone said something about Irradiated increasing the damage exclusively with Plasma guns. Either it's a hidden secret combo, a bug, or possibly a myth/lie.

[Fumo Bnnuy n Frends]

Splitter acts as a shotgun.

That being said the extra plasma damage is defintely a good one.

Unlimited ammo is another good one never having to reload basically a pump action plasma shotgun.

The armor penetration is super underrated if you wanna got for enemies like mirlurks.

[Evgenich]

Splitter is the kind of shotgun, so damage is the most important.
Also some legendary mods are applied to each projectile and weapons with more than one projectile per shot have better benefits from this.
Thus my opinion is "Freezing" and "Wounding". ("Plasma infused" - ballistic only)
Maybe "Two Shot" and "Furious"(*) will have a good outcome too.
*Furious marked in the wiki as a melee/unarmed only mod, though in the game at least one kind of ranged ballistic weapon has its legendary instances.

[DouglasGrave]

Originally posted by Evgenich:

*Furious marked in the wiki as a melee/unarmed only mod, though in the game at least one kind of ranged ballistic weapon has its legendary instances.

The listed weapon requirement is for when they're items randomly generated by legendary enemies.

Preset items like Splattercannon and The Problem Solver (both for Furious) can have whatever combination the developer decided to give them.

[ghpstage]

Originally posted by Evgenich:

Splitter is the kind of shotgun, so damage is the most important.
Also some legendary mods are applied to each projectile and weapons with more than one projectile per shot have better benefits from this.
Thus my opinion is "Freezing" and "Wounding". ("Plasma infused" - ballistic only)
Maybe "Two Shot" and "Furious"(*) will have a good outcome too.
*Furious marked in the wiki as a melee/unarmed only mod, though in the game at least one kind of ranged ballistic weapon has its legendary instances.

As far as I have been able to tell, the requirement for things to be applied to each pellet is that they add an effect to attacks rather than damage to the weapon. This excludes plasma infused, irradiating as well as the bonus damage part of freezing which all add to the weapons base damage and so get divided between pellets.
The crit part of freezing does apply to each pellet, but there is nothing to suggest that it stacks on a single target so it only matters if you crit multiple targets at once. You are only likely to see this under the influence of Overdrive.

Two Shot on shotguns adds so much to their spread that they become almost unusable at any range outside of the targets nostrils, I would expect this to be the same for splitter guns, if plasma can even spawn with two shot.

[Evgenich]

Originally posted by ghpstage:

As far as I have been able to tell, the requirement for things to be applied to each pellet is that they add an effect to attacks rather than damage to the weapon. This excludes plasma infused, irradiating as well as the bonus damage part of freezing which all add to the weapons base damage and so get divided between pellets.

Then Wounding is the best for plasma splitter, and maybe Furious if it`s possible

[RobotPrincessMachine]

Wounding it is then!