I got UVHM, what stats should a good slag weapon have?

[en2que]

[z00t]

Slag weapons are for slagging enemies, and not necessarily for damage. Some do both. Slag the enemy, and then do damage with the appropriate elemental weapon - fire for fleshies, corrosive for loaders etc. The only really useful stats are chance to slag%.

There are a couple of notable weapons that combine slag and shock very effectively. Both are smg's. The easiest one to get is the Chulainn - side with the Zaffords in the Hodunk-Zafford wars in the Dust.
One thing with the Chu' though is that it slags YOU when you are using it, so if you use the gun, swap away to another weapon when you have stopped firing.

The second is the Florentine - available from the Seraph vendor in Flamerock Refuge for 120 seraph crystals. This one does not slag you, and is a very good smg for UVHM. The downside is the 120 seraph crystals to get it. Not easy to come by, as only certain raid bosses drop them in UVHM.

There are E-tech weapons out there that are effective slaggers, there is the legendary Slagga. There are the Magic Missile grenades from Tiny Tina's - these regenerate grenade ammo slowly and are very effective at slagging enemies. There are assorted slag transfusion grenades,...

Then there is the (in)famous Grog Nozzle. This has the highest numbers for slagging and healing - mission gun in Tiny Tina's.

[The Hole]

slagga or just use magic missle

[Mister Torgue Flexington]

either the Magic Missile, or a Homing Slag Tranfusion Grenade Mod will do nicely

[Wayward]

Magic missile, the blue one does the job and regenerates faster, and is way easier to get. On OP8 I'd still recommend the purple ones (throws twice as many at the same time, but takes longer to regenerate). A slag weapons main purpose is to slag as many as possible in a short amount of time, in other words a good chance of applying slag is essential. Just pick any random maliwan SMG with slag on it and it'll do it's job.

[Mister Torgue Flexington]

Originally posted by HighDarkTemplar:

Magic missile, the blue one does the job and regenerates faster, and is way easier to get. On OP8 I'd still recommend the purple ones (throws twice as many at the same time, but takes longer to regenerate). A slag weapons main purpose is to slag as many as possible in a short amount of time, in other words a good chance of applying slag is essential. Just pick any random maliwan SMG with slag on it and it'll do it's job.

I got a Vladof Shredifier that deals Slag Damage, which is also extremely effective (and being one of the only assault rifles that actually gets the job done)

[Waste_of_skin]

Originally posted by HighDarkTemplar:

Magic missile, the blue one does the job and regenerates faster, and is way easier to get.

AFAIK, all of the "magic" grenade mods from the Tina DLC regenerate grenades at exactly the same rate. I've never actually timed them, but I've also never seen anyone else suggest that the rates might be different for different types.

[Wayward]

Originally posted by Waste_of_skin:

Originally posted by HighDarkTemplar:

Magic missile, the blue one does the job and regenerates faster, and is way easier to get.

AFAIK, all of the "magic" grenade mods from the Tina DLC regenerate grenades at exactly the same rate. I've never actually timed them, but I've also never seen anyone else suggest that the rates might be different for different types.

Blue is approx 13 seconds, purple is around 26 seconds and legendaries are over 40 seconds. I think blue magic missiles are better for leveling, since they're way easier to farm so you can always keep one that's fairly up to date. Over time they do the same amount of damage, it's just that you'll have more downtimes with a purple magic missile.

[Waste_of_skin]

Originally posted by HighDarkTemplar:

Blue is approx 13 seconds, purple is around 26 seconds and legendaries are over 40 seconds.

Interesting. I'll have to do some tests.

[EC-10]

Im a huge fan of the pimpernel for slagging. I would stay away from the chulain with its self slagging because that can kill you extremely easily. I started using the slagga on my psycho which is nice but also low damage. Pimpernel, grog and slagga are all going to give you some great results as well as the magic missile suggested before. Also what class are you, this might change the results a bit.

[en2que]

Originally posted by EC-10:

Im a huge fan of the pimpernel for slagging. I would stay away from the chulain with its self slagging because that can kill you extremely easily. I started using the slagga on my psycho which is nice but also low damage. Pimpernel, grog and slagga are all going to give you some great results as well as the magic missile suggested before. Also what class are you, this might change the results a bit.

I play as a commando, here's my current build.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=480254515

[Waste_of_skin]

If you get Double Up, the turret will slag enemies for you, which can be a big help in UVHM.

And no points at all in Impact (or Expertise)? Put 5 points in Impact, and add 5 from a Legendary Soldier class mod, and that's +40% gun damage, for _every_ gun. I can't see going without that myself.

Those were just the first things that jumped out at me.

[en2que]

I'm actually going for Double Up.

[tao]

My only weapon for slag is a Grog Nozzle at 50.4 so I don't know what the best is.

[76561198157514419]

Originally posted by HighDarkTemplar:

, since they're way easier to farm so you can always keep one that's fairly up to date.

theres no need to keep a magic missle 'up to date' since even a ldevel 1 can slagg op8 enemys. also a high level one can kill you

[Ragenti]

Malivan slag pistol with around 25% is perfect