These are the e-tech smg’s that come in all manufacturers.
Elements: None, Slag, Fire, Shock, Corrosive.
It consumes 3 bullets per shot and 12 or 9 per burst depending on the stock. With a dahl stock it is a 4 round burst and non dahl stock 3 round burst. The slow bullet speed can be a liability, but not such much with phaselock and converge. With the 8 pellets it works wonders with chain reaction.
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The extra pellets are unlisted so each get the full amp damage, to make it the most powerful gun in the game with amp shields. With a dahl stock one pull of the trigger while you ADS puts out 32 pellets making it one of the fastest fire rate guns you can get despite the slow fire rate on the card. The reason this is number one is purely dps, with 8 pellets on each pull of the trigger, burst fire while scoped, nothing comes close to its dps. This is a Dahl Unique SMG that shoots 8 pellets that slowly travel in the shape of a hawk while they fly through the air. Check out the Shacknews Borderlands 3 guide page for our entire coverage of Gearbox’s latest looter shooter.TOP GEAR maya title.jpg 1920×1080 1.56 MB Because it is a world drop, it’s going to take a while to farm for a Rough Rider – so keep that in mind before you start. Depending on your playstyle, this is either one worth farming or one that’s going straight in the bin. The Rough Rider Legendary shield is certainly a niche item in Borderlands 3. The reason you might like this is if one of your abilities activates when your shields are broken and when you technically always have zero shields, they’re always considered “broken”. However, the zero shield capacity is a bit odd.
The first point makes sense, 35% increase to health makes end-game builds absolutely crazy. The main appeal of the Rough Rider is its large increase to your maximum health and the fact it has zero shield capacity. Rough Rider stats Borderlands 3 Rough RiderĬredit to the Borderlands wiki for the above image. Maybe you’ll get lucky and also get the Speedloadn’ Hellwalker? Make sure you enter all available SHiFT codes so you can get as many Golden Keys as you need. Switching it to Mayhem 3 (and having teammates help), is a great way to get a lot of Legendaries quickly.įinally, as mentioned above, you can get the Rough Rider from the golden chest in Sanctuary. Use the Forgotten Basilica fast travel point as your load-in zone so you can continue farming the boss. Simply kill the beast, quit and then load back into the game.Īnother place to potentially farm it is from The Rampager, the monster protecting the Vault on Promethea. This is one of Hammerlock’s Legendary hunt creatures that is found just opposite the bridge leading to Captain Traunt. One Borderlands 3 player, by the name of Moon Landing, managed to have the Rough Rider drop from Chupacabratch on Athenas. Before you begin, make sure you’ve unlocked Mayhem mode so you can get increased drop rates. However, there are a few easy bosses and creatures you can farm that should help make this a bit quicker. This means it is rather time-consuming to farm as all these sources can drop any other Legendary item too. The Rough Rider Legendary shield is a random world-drop from any source such as bosses, Hammerlock creatures, the golden chest, and slot machines. In saying this, the Rough Rider is great for someone that needs a no-shield build or for the tanks out there needing a major increase to health. This Legendary shield is an oddity in the game, as it offers some great stats but equally brutal negatives. The Rough Rider shield makes its triumphant return to Borderlands 3.