Borderlands 2: Pearlescent Sawbar - Does it suck?!
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- The Sawbar is a pearlescent Bandit assault rifle. It is always fire element, has a huge magazine size, decent damage and fire rate, and a very unique firing pattern where three additional pellets are created a certain distance after firing.
This was my first time using the weapon. Though getting into the optimal range is difficult at times, when it is achieved, the Sawbar is quite powerful. Beyond that, the Sawbar is powerful enough to kill enemies without the use of its special effect. It obviously has the chance to deal damage to multiple enemies at once, given the correct range.
Overall, the Sawbar definitely isn't great, but it's not in the "suck" category, in my opinion.
The sawbar is nasty with hellborn krieg
Yes sir
Sorry when i play borderlands
Range of Maximum Potential. Sounds like something Jack would say, Awesome commentary through.
this thing excels with singularity grenades and skags/stalkers in open areas. At the right distance, you can kill entire groups with just a few rounds.
+ComandanteJ Or maya with converge.
I see people in these comments talking up this gun with various characters. Strangely absent is Hellborn Krieg. He can make things very dead with it.
BunBun299 The Sawbar is a very cool weapon to use with Hellborn/BloodS Krieg!
@@thomasgibbons3226 one year later
BunBun299 I would like to ask what qualifies as “very dead”?
Actually, that's 60 degrees up and 60 degrees down because triangles
/pointlessnitpicking
I was literally just bitching out loud about this. Well done good sir.
"optimal" was the word you were looking for
Axton meshes really well with the sawbar.
This series is very well done and i look forward to every episode!
You shouldn't spec into velocity
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stereotypical isrish man because that means the projectile splits further away
when using the sawbar don't use skillz like velocity
additionally, that sad moment when you finally get a sawbar at max level, and it has the "Fast" prefix that boosts projectile speed, it was like when vinylic puma judged it too, he had a fast sawbar >.
the snipebar
This is a good change of pace from the "Pearls suck besides the Butcher and Bekah" mind set. Also can you do the Storm?
Most pearls are either quite good or really really bad.
Avenger is probably the best, due to it's unique ammo regen and it's reload.
Butcher's pretty good with practicable, otherwise other shotguns do better.
Sawbar is awesome with the Bee, no really try it.
The Storm is basically a Snider. It's special effect is awful but the gun itself is fine.
Don't have much experience with the others
@cactus moment Storm’s red text effect actually makes it pretty potent on Gaige. It’s the only weapon in the game whose DoT can scale from gun damage. Probably BiS for an electrocute Gaige.
@@officialromanhours The Bekah and the carnage are probably the best pearls. The stalker is quite good too. The avenger is only great for axton.
This weapons is top tier. I got it from a loot midget and didnt care about it since its not popular. But i recently changed my axton to a killskill one and gave this a try and oh boy does it slice through enemies. It doesnt take long to master its effective range and when you do you'll be slicing through flesh enemies.
One of the best AR's in the game
I actually killed Vermivorous with this gun once because I had nothing else to use and I was using something else and decided I may as well use the Sawbar and it took him out really quick and I was so surprised.
Axton is having a field day with this monster 💀😊
This weapon is absolutely kickass and fun as hell against groups of enemies, if you slag a few and singularity them, THEY ALL GON DIE!
Rip teramorphos when he sees a hellborn kreig with this
Really good against the Snowman and Terra (On Maya). My favorite pearl (not as good as the Becka) but I kill the snowman a ton so I grew attached.
if you have projectile movement increases its like the pimpernel and it changes its sweet spot
Honestly, I love the Sawbar. It's probably my most frequently used pearlescent. The combination of beastly death dealing at the right range, plus being able to hit enemies behind cover, makes for a great gun for most combat situations. I really only switch away from it when I need longer range or a specific element. Also it pairs nicely with The Bee, hooray for unlisted projectiles!
Used a level 71 sawbar with an on level bee to farm the snowman at level 80 on my gaige. This thing got me a quasar I was killing him so much
@@severosmyst8490 Bee is awesome with the Sawbar. Well, The Bee is awesome with anything. You could probably make a L1 Basic Repeater build with a Bee.
The Sawbar has a learning curve, but once you figure it out, it's a great weapon. Pair it with The Bee and/or slag and Maya's phaselock, set yourself up at the right distance, and it will absolutely shred all enemies around where you phaselocked. My Sawbar is level 76 and it shreds enemies at level 80 and OP1. Also great against buzzards.
good video, my view on it is that the sawbar is like the pimpernel but without the range or elements, but a bad pimpernel is still a pimpernel, also good choice of COM legendary killer really helps with that reload speed
I love the Sawbar with Zer0 and Krieg. At medium range, I start shredding through crowds.
This with the bee is amazing because each explosion gets the full bee buff. I am lvl 72 and my sawbar is lvl 57 and it's literally better than my UKH when killing fleshies
Best part is that you can use the Sawbar on ents to get even more Bees
What I actually like about it is that if you have a lot of enemies close together, you can put decent damage on multiple targets all at once.
+Shrevident So its like a smaller aoe norfleet
That's probably not a very good comparison. I actually have literally no idea what I was talking about with the Sawbar.
Do the sawbar pellets work with chain reaction and bore i wonder??
I´ve heard the sawbar can be pretty decent when doing a deathtrap gaige build because it´s pretty easy to cause "let it sparkle" to trigger for deathtrap.
Could you demonstrate the pocket rocket from the torgue dlc? I've only seen it used at level 50, then again it could perform similar to the devastator...
Can you try out the Hellfire smg next? I have never really got around to using it myself, and i haven't really seen anyone using it except for in TPS.
I used this with Gaige and 400 anarchy stacks and it was insane. Kind of like sweeping flame in front of you. Made short work of anything. Was only lvl 55 though and now I am 72... would like to try with Bee and see if it is any good.
The sawbar with bee shield is awesome for Maya
I got a Sawbar as my first roll on the TTAODK vending machines. Hoo boy.
It's special effect happens due to bullet speed, not range. Highly effective on zero
Not to sound like a dick but the left side split pellets are 60° up and down. Out of 360° you have the one on the right at 0°, and to eat fit three you need them 120°apart from each other.
I don't know about you luke but when i play borderlands 2 i use the barrels to my advantage
wish they would bring back the serpens from borderlands 1
The Serpens was amazing, S&S was my favorite BL1 manufacturer, The liquid Orion, The Draco, The Crux and the Serpens were all personal favorites. I guess the Sawbar kinda fills the niche of the Draco though but I still want S&S back...
I wish they brought back the Orion. I mean, the Lyuda would be better but like
Yellow
Its not range based (the procjectile explosion)
its time based the projectiles detonate after certain amount of time you probably specced i skills that increases bullet speed its why the explosion is so far away
Sawbar isn't a weapon I think should be used with crowd control. It's a very situational gun. It's bad at taking out normal enemies, but it's next to god tier when taking out terra.
Does that hold true for massive flesh enemies as a whole?
Joel Hernández yep. Verm is highly vulnerable to this weapon.
This doesnt work with a gunzerking Sal. For some reason the RMP doubles or even triples... But I can assume it works wonder with every character, Krieg, Zero and Maya definetly
Try using it in left hand and a launcher in the right hand for fun. Like the Pimperhab glitch, the Sawbar's unlisted splash takes the card damage from your gun in your right hand. So when at the correct range, you can shred through flesh bosses in seconds. So it's actually the best on Sal but only because he is broken. When used as intended, Hellborn Krieg is probably the best.
Each extra bullet gets full amp damage
are you specked into velocity? not being specked into it might help the range issue
Does it suck: non-legendary bandit shotgun. Any barrel, Jakob's or bandit will probably be the best considering the fire rate.
I think the flaring projectiles get full bee damage
They do, and it's awesome.
I remember when I first played this game, I was averaging 12 - 14 fps and I got use to it all the way up to UVHM, now since I've updated some drivers I may be able to average around 40ish fps
There's a really good guide for optimizing BL2's performance on the Steam Community Guides, you might want to check it out. Granted, it'll make your game look like an ass, but you should be able to run BL2 on steady-ish 60 FPS even on a bit older computer.
I see what you did there! You didnt go to the loader area because they resist fire!
HomeRunChips Obviously. Would you use this against loaders in a real situation? No,you'd use it against flesh.
You said your getting 120fps how the heck are you getting that good fps. I have a zodiac gtx 1060 amp edition and an amd fx 8350 and 16 gigs of ram but only get around 30 and under fps in combat with everything on low settings.
I have a 5960x and Titan X.
Lucky 8C I can't afford that kinda stuff.
wish it came in other elements >.
has he ever found a legendary or pearl while making these videos?? i am curious.
killing king mong or other large enemies with this gun is as easy as with the unkempt harold.
Try it at the beatdown that's tough fellow vault hunters 😅
Good boss killer with bee since it spawns unlisted projectiles but accels on axton
I think you meant optimal range.
Now to use this with my gaige thanks Luke
So you arent blue anymore?
+The Average UA-cam User nah I just blew myself
Daniel Iniguez There has to be a better way to phrase that.
+The Average UA-cam User if you watch the show you'd understand (arrested Development )
+Daniel Iniguez I am a big fan of it. I was just quoting Michael :D
This could be better with Axton. I think it doesn't get grenade dmg but still I imagine since it's kinda hard to crit with it anyway it could be pretty good with him.
120FPS. Not even my 1080SLI + 7700k on 5.5ghz can hold them. The game simply cant handle that^^
with a bee shield maya i use this gun all the time it destroys
Plz do the ogre
where the I get this weapon
You don't really find it. All pearls drop from human badasses and loot sources at level 61. UVHM pack 2 adds more pearls and they drop the same, however the final boss of Digistruct peak on OP8 has a 100% chance to drop a pearl after death however you can farm legendary loot midgets. Hope this helps.
Correction : not just badasses, but legendary loot midges and tubbies. The rest is spot on.
Many thanks I forgot to add Tubbies and Legendary Loot midgets,
OMGWTH at the end of the Digistruct Peak challenge can drop it.
OMGWTH at the end of the Digistruct Peak challenge can drop it.
Does slag and kuni stack?
Baron Ockslite Thanks
I hate how so many of the "good" assault rifles have stupid things happening with the bullet spread. Dumb.
Looks like it would be really good against mobs though. Looks like a fun gun to use.l
Hellisan12 best AS is hail. But it can be overcome with time
Hellisan12 ik like the hail and veruc. it's almost impossible to hit skinny enemies with it's stupid firing pattern
This map is not great for the Sawbar. You made it hard for yourself (that's what she said). In an open map and with singularity grenades or Maya you could control the distance of enemies a little better.
Bruh you can't scale it's true potential unless using it on terra
Yes sir
Sawbar is great vs Terra.
what's your skin?
Forgot the name, but you got it from Poker Night 2, which I'm pretty sure has gone off steam since telltale freaking died.
@@officialromanhours Oh, well that sucks. But things happen and I'm pretty sure someone bought Telltale and revived it. Not sure what they're up to but it must be good.
Remove the fire element and its an automatic explosive with out fire its an amzing gun
Same with hellfire its explosive with out the fire making it a tourg smg
Ps the original round dosenot disaper it keeps going
fps snobbery in 2014 🙂
Why do you play the game with a controller dude?
It'd be too easy with a mouse.
Man of Low Moral Fiber Thanks for answering master race brother.
I cant play fps games with controller myself because i die all the time when i try.
Zappian Chan I bet he doesn't care for you loser "master race" nerds. He plays the games cause their fun.
JSayelBaldomero I see you're new to the channel. MOLMF is super on board with the "Master Race" stuff, being a huge advocate of the pc.
+JSayelBaldomero to much salt