I would like to clarify that Nightshades can drop in any element. The only good one in my opinion is frost though. Poison fires like a White Rider, Shock fires like a Live Wire, Dark Magic fires DM orbs, Fire shoots normally but has occasional star shaped bullets fly out. I've tried them all and IMO frost is just the clear winner
I found this Riveter Sootcough pistol, found it at chaos 5 and have used it all the way to 35. It’s just a regular level 40 pistol, 304x5 and 3% increase damage per bolt. Pretty sure the x5 makes it 15% per shot cuz this thing melts every enemy if you hit every shot
I find there’s plenty. I have 3 playthroughs all at C35 & having a blast with all kinds of stuff. Why aren’t you? Since this is the case then it’s not the game…it’s YOU…& this is a multiple times a day problem all over Reddit it’s kinda ridiculous. When you comment things like that it gets seen by those that take it too seriously then they repeat it & next thing you know a bunch of gamers who aren’t even trying all agree that guns they haven’t used or even attempted to build around are “useless”…it’s really infuriating.
@@ermagherd1204 well the player base has fallen off fast so its not me, it's many. The legendary weapons are so weird and situational that it's better to just use purple weapons. Same with spells. The speels look cool, they should be good, but none compare to just a basic icicle or fireball becasue they're so goofy. Borderlands used to be more serious in 1 and 2. The weapons while not as flamboyant were usable. The more goofy things get the more useless items are being made.
@@RobDaKid87 nah man the issue is like I said…YOU. When everyday Reddit is full of players who can’t make a decision in any game without posting permission “which gun is better?”…”which class mod would YOU use?”…”thoughts?”…majority of players simply don’t have a damn clue. They don’t know how to build they don’t know anything bout synergy let alone even know the meaning of the word synergy. You can justify the bullshit all you want with “even UA-camrs are leaving the game so…”….they go where the viewers want them to go they gotta keep them numbers up. When majority of the viewers are braindead…well…opinions of the useless is how I see it. Harsh? Yup. It’s reality.
The magic beam bloodshot doesn't deal spell damage pixies, it's just the regular pellet bloodshot that deals spell damage and benefits from double knot.
I know this is not a weapon, but Fortifying Sigil is by far the best spell in the game. Stand in the bubble, and you can get up to "8%" healing and up to 20% bonus damage, as well as up to 50% cryo efficiency to anything that enters, trying to kill you. And guess what? That's on a purple variant, not tied to level or chaotic/volatile, in other words, you can get a level 1 version, if you're lucky and it'll carry you to endgame
Absolutely love the Lewdite. First one I got was frost and was floored by the amount of damage it generated. Now if only the RNG would drop me a pixie Feriore instead of the bolt cast version.
@@ermagherd1204 I have a Volatile x2 Lewdite of Blastoff that's frost as well and I know what you mean. I swear, it's the most powerful frost gun in the game. The only downside for me is that mine came with melee damage for each crossbolt instead of just damage. It even has the "on spell cast, increase frost damage by 30% for 5 secs." for even more insane damage boost. Weirdly enough, a cursed crab is harder to take down than Dry'l. lol! Cape of Tides and even Tidebreaker are awesome to have with this gun. :)
@@brayerkh the nerf murdered it. The automagic and the wantnot are both better pistols now. The purples in this game are insanely better than the legendaries and thats just sad
@@khametrick poison dahl nightshades and hyperion spriggans shoot lasers rather than the bullet volleys, i dont know how youre seeing a bullet volley poison one
Yeah that's pretty much it. Frost weapons do great damage but if I'm using another element I equip an amulet that boosts it and enchant the gun with the asa element 50% damage enchant. Build covers all bases that way.
Another non unique weapon that I feel deserves a mention is the Pintonrod. It is a Blackpowder (Jakobs) Assault Rifle with the bow arms. In particular, I would recommend a crank version as that has very high DPS. Only downside is a large kick when firing, which can be remedied by looking down.
Well, I'm currently using a Queen's Cry and a Ruby's spite on my Spellshot. However, I need a volatile/primordial for the first and a primordial for the second. I suppose I should go pistol farming now and keep an eye out for the 2 purples.
i have a purple heirloom of the enchanter thats volatile and shoots the toxic laser beam and has the guns with wings, if u have a companion build it literally drops bosses in 5 seconds, even better than pixie weapons.
idk how you didn't include pistol mashers on this list, a chaotic blue i found does 350x5 with a mag of 10 and a volatile blue i found with a mag size of 4 did 500x5
I run pixie Bloodshots on my spell/Stabbo.. Ive been trying to get a purple cryo for weeks now .I have a blue that still does work but would rather have a purple.
The nightshade can come in non elemental I have one and it is awesome. My frost has a high fire rate I love it.The bloodshot is awesome also mine sprout a hydra that shoots the enemy.
It is pretty powerful indeed! I have a x12 version and it melts the enemy at close range in 2 shots even on Elite mode in Chaos. I played with a friend and he said, "Whatever you're using... keep using it!" after he saw me melt an enemy faster than he could destroy it with his Graveborn move. lol :)
Half the legendaries are pretty bad though, the only ones I've found that are decent are the reign of arrows shotgun and liquid cooling. Hell, the legendary spells and armours are often outclassed by blue level loot.
Gearbox big NERF to the only strong legendary which would be near these guns had players leaving. Pixie's may have a more months in them. I think they may just buff others, after solid C20 builds didn't work at the new end game.
Were you using sticky mode? You get a lot more damage if you can stick your entire mag on someone who won't move too fast or dodge you and then reload...just watch their bars evaporate. Even a frost Torgue pistol of x2-x3 in sticky mode will destroy anyone except bosses in just a clip or two. If you want to really boost your Encrapsulator, just get the Cape of Tides armor. It is insane how much splash boosts it!
@@mdkruse2 Well the pistols in my opinion are better than the rifles, even if they have more of a magazine. It's harder to land a shot unless you're very close. Plus pistols tend to have more sticky damage if I recall correctly
@@oprime I've been trying different combinations and so far the encrapsulator/handbow combo is the best with my build (stabbo-brrzerker), but it doesn't shred health bars like in sgz's videos. I need a good cryo encrapsulator but they drop so rarely. Guess I need to start farming better rings/amulets.
@@mdkruse2 Handbow's are awesome on Stabbo's without a doubt.(Catatumbo's in second place for me, that lightning is NO joke when splash is on them.) Encrap's are hard to get in the roll you want since they drop as often as a good ring/amulet. A good mag increase, critical damage/chance would do wonders I imagine. Increasing your mag size in the Myth Rank would help a little too. I've been looking for a volatile or higher cryo torgue pistol with damage(not melee damage) increase. Unfortunately I keep getting the melee increase ones on the ones I do find.
I only remember using a Strong Purple weapon once and that was in Borderlands 1 the BULLDOG on Crawmerax xd borderlands 2 not at all and not wonderlands either Thanks for the guide
Build diversity? Experimentation? Personal preference? There's many reasons to use orange weapons because not everything is about min-maxing but you're a top tier game developer that has essential critiques, right?
@@ambroseposey6487 Just make the Higher tier guns better? Diverse?. I play Division 2 I don't even get excited when there high tier gear/weapons drop cause I know the yellow I have on is better. I just don't see the point.
You just highlighted a big reason why this game fell off a cliff. 90% of the legendary items are either gimmicky, non effective, reliant on broken code or outpaced by a regular weapon. It all creates a boring, plateaued experience that wore itself out very quick.
I would like to clarify that Nightshades can drop in any element. The only good one in my opinion is frost though. Poison fires like a White Rider, Shock fires like a Live Wire, Dark Magic fires DM orbs, Fire shoots normally but has occasional star shaped bullets fly out. I've tried them all and IMO frost is just the clear winner
One of the biggest issues I had with BL3 was how terrible non-uniques were compared to legendaries, so it's nice they changed it here.
Yeah but with the cost that legendaries are total garbage now.
@@ignisdracorex6433 Gearbox doesn't seem to understand balance.
I found this Riveter Sootcough pistol, found it at chaos 5 and have used it all the way to 35. It’s just a regular level 40 pistol, 304x5 and 3% increase damage per bolt. Pretty sure the x5 makes it 15% per shot cuz this thing melts every enemy if you hit every shot
Honestly there aren't really any legendary weapons I'm thrilled about. Ready to go back and play with "Lightshow" and "Flipper".
I find there’s plenty. I have 3 playthroughs all at C35 & having a blast with all kinds of stuff. Why aren’t you? Since this is the case then it’s not the game…it’s YOU…& this is a multiple times a day problem all over Reddit it’s kinda ridiculous. When you comment things like that it gets seen by those that take it too seriously then they repeat it & next thing you know a bunch of gamers who aren’t even trying all agree that guns they haven’t used or even attempted to build around are “useless”…it’s really infuriating.
@@ermagherd1204 well the player base has fallen off fast so its not me, it's many. The legendary weapons are so weird and situational that it's better to just use purple weapons. Same with spells. The speels look cool, they should be good, but none compare to just a basic icicle or fireball becasue they're so goofy. Borderlands used to be more serious in 1 and 2. The weapons while not as flamboyant were usable. The more goofy things get the more useless items are being made.
@@RobDaKid87 nah man the issue is like I said…YOU. When everyday Reddit is full of players who can’t make a decision in any game without posting permission “which gun is better?”…”which class mod would YOU use?”…”thoughts?”…majority of players simply don’t have a damn clue. They don’t know how to build they don’t know anything bout synergy let alone even know the meaning of the word synergy. You can justify the bullshit all you want with “even UA-camrs are leaving the game so…”….they go where the viewers want them to go they gotta keep them numbers up. When majority of the viewers are braindead…well…opinions of the useless is how I see it. Harsh? Yup. It’s reality.
The magic beam bloodshot doesn't deal spell damage pixies, it's just the regular pellet bloodshot that deals spell damage and benefits from double knot.
Awesome list as usual, but you missed on gun, and that is the x18 Bawdyrocker. So much fun 😊😊
My Bawdy is x9, was hunting for more. Still love it.
@@SpartanGameZone I was lucky enough to get my hands on the x18, and it is so much fun.
Nightshades can go up to 5x and deal incredible damage
I know this is not a weapon, but Fortifying Sigil is by far the best spell in the game. Stand in the bubble, and you can get up to "8%" healing and up to 20% bonus damage, as well as up to 50% cryo efficiency to anything that enters, trying to kill you. And guess what? That's on a purple variant, not tied to level or chaotic/volatile, in other words, you can get a level 1 version, if you're lucky and it'll carry you to endgame
Currently running one. Loving it.
Absolutely love the Lewdite. First one I got was frost and was floored by the amount of damage it generated. Now if only the RNG would drop me a pixie Feriore instead of the bolt cast version.
Try the chests after Dragon Lord I see them all the time
I have a x3 Lewdite that’s frost & volatile it jus wrecks Dry’l & SOW on C35 with a Cape of Tides class mod equipped
@@ermagherd1204 I have two chaotic Lewdites now, frost and dark magic, and these are probably my go to guns at the moment.
@@ermagherd1204 I have a Volatile x2 Lewdite of Blastoff that's frost as well and I know what you mean. I swear, it's the most powerful frost gun in the game. The only downside for me is that mine came with melee damage for each crossbolt instead of just damage. It even has the "on spell cast, increase frost damage by 30% for 5 secs." for even more insane damage boost. Weirdly enough, a cursed crab is harder to take down than Dry'l. lol! Cape of Tides and even Tidebreaker are awesome to have with this gun. :)
That Dragon Lord kill with the pixies brought a tear toy eye
I had to repeat numerous times because I couldn't believe the damage at first.
Never see the swordsplosion shotgun mentioned, but damn that thing has carried me. Have to switch to sticky tho for it to be any good
I got a purple primordial dahlia nightshade to drop last week. Definitely my favorite purple.
Dahlia is def the best. Especially with a lower mag size
I got that one to, use it more than the liquid cooling now
@@That_BAMF Same here. Honestly haven’t touched it since the nerf 😅
@@brayerkh the nerf murdered it. The automagic and the wantnot are both better pistols now. The purples in this game are insanely better than the legendaries and thats just sad
Do these drop from the bunnies? Or can they be farmed from bosses?
Pretty sure nightshade can drop in any and even no element. I've gotten cryo, poison, dark magic and no elemental before
They dont have the same multi pellet sandhawk effect unless its cryo
@@khametrick poison dahl nightshades and hyperion spriggans shoot lasers rather than the bullet volleys, i dont know how youre seeing a bullet volley poison one
My cryo pixie fearknot isn't even chaotic, and it still out damages the rest.
What’s a good build for gun damage? I see you running frost shiver, do you just stack cold and gun damage enchants or gear with it?
Yeah that's pretty much it. Frost weapons do great damage but if I'm using another element I equip an amulet that boosts it and enchant the gun with the asa element 50% damage enchant. Build covers all bases that way.
I've been neglecting the nightshade for the spriggan. Will switch and try after work. Cheers again, sir.
I still prefer my sprigin cryo i tried nightshade but it doesnt kill the bosses as fast
Gearbox really missed the meno on the Legendaries in this game.
Another non unique weapon that I feel deserves a mention is the Pintonrod. It is a Blackpowder (Jakobs) Assault Rifle with the bow arms. In particular, I would recommend a crank version as that has very high DPS. Only downside is a large kick when firing, which can be remedied by looking down.
TORGUE for the win, baby! The Lewdite is amazing.
The (masher) "Riveter" crossbow Jakobs pistols are great too. Not broken thoe.
I know this is about purples but a good legendary is the Rioting Wizard's Pipe of the Void, it's insane on my Graveborn/Clawbringer (Gloombringer).
Well, I'm currently using a Queen's Cry and a Ruby's spite on my Spellshot. However, I need a volatile/primordial for the first and a primordial for the second. I suppose I should go pistol farming now and keep an eye out for the 2 purples.
That's cool that there are strong purples but they really should buff the legendaries considerably
i have a purple heirloom of the enchanter thats volatile and shoots the toxic laser beam and has the guns with wings, if u have a companion build it literally drops bosses in 5 seconds, even better than pixie weapons.
Welcome to Purplelands
the Night shade drops in all flavors including vanilla!! Cryo is by far the best of them!!!
0:47 there’s been so many times I get shot off of this part of the fearamid as I’m killin him bc dragonlord and my high ass movement speed 💀💀
I can relate, went off almost from center floor once.
Really good info- thanks again.
Appreciate it man, you're welcome!
I actuallyhave a corrosive nightshade that is purple, it shoots one continuous beam instead of multiple rounds.
Glad to know I'm not missing much by waiting for the steam release
Great video man!! Love it
I’ve gotten the nightshade in frost and electric. In the video you say it only comes in frost.
well if your just talking about the name than yeah but, each element has its own unique projectile pattern.
idk how you didn't include pistol mashers on this list, a chaotic blue i found does 350x5 with a mag of 10 and a volatile blue i found with a mag size of 4 did 500x5
Nightshade comes in all elements. The dark and frost are the best.
Help me out on this but i have a purple sprigin cryo and it deals way more damage than a nightshade why do I only see videos on nighshade ?
@@juliosaenz666com Generally you want a 3 round burst nightshade so you won't loose any fire rate.
I run pixie Bloodshots on my spell/Stabbo.. Ive been trying to get a purple cryo for weeks now .I have a blue that still does work but would rather have a purple.
Purple rarity seems to be way better in wonderlands for sure
The nightshade can come in non elemental I have one and it is awesome. My frost has a high fire rate I love it.The bloodshot is awesome also mine sprout a hydra that shoots the enemy.
Orange is the new black... And Purple is the new Orange... What's the new purple?!?! 🤣
The new purple is orange 😆
Your Nightshade is your Sandhawk from BL2 🤗
the lewdite gets even better when you abuse the swap reload glitch, due to it having the lowest mag but a high sticky damage multiplier
Then after that u switch to the masterwork handbow with from the shadows to get massive damage numbers (I did this and 1 fase all the raid bosses)
@@gtakiller2653 crit swapping is good fun & been in every Borderlands game
@@gtakiller2653 disgusting lol
Nightshade comes in all elements.. you definitely need to do more farming man 😂😂
We're talking the multiple projectile ones instead of the ones that shoot lasers which share the same name. It's a little confusing.
Cryo NiteShade . People still don't know?
Yay SGZ
I dunno if anyone's knoticed but the gyre shotgun is quite powerful I'm not sure why but it seems like it gets stronger with each shot
It is pretty powerful indeed! I have a x12 version and it melts the enemy at close range in 2 shots even on Elite mode in Chaos. I played with a friend and he said, "Whatever you're using... keep using it!" after he saw me melt an enemy faster than he could destroy it with his Graveborn move. lol :)
It's so powerful I 1shot LeChance with it on last shot
Nightshade comes in all elements?
Check out the last rites hyperion shotgun the gun shreds
Half the legendaries are pretty bad though, the only ones I've found that are decent are the reign of arrows shotgun and liquid cooling. Hell, the legendary spells and armours are often outclassed by blue level loot.
Pixies are definitely getting “balanced”. Even on chaos 35 a non-chaotic normal one with the right setup will jus wreck the game. They dip too much
Gearbox big NERF to the only strong legendary which would be near these guns had players leaving. Pixie's may have a more months in them. I think they may just buff others, after solid C20 builds didn't work at the new end game.
@@danburke6568 what endgame? All we have is the stupid chaos chamber! It get incredibly boring pretty quickly!
how do you fram anyof these items tho?
Let’s Go !
25 pellet blackpowder shotguns are really good too
I can never find one, but im working on it!
@@undeadinside3571 closest I have gotten so far is a x21. Still fun, but I want that 25 too.
Need me some pixie companions :/
Noob here , where you fi d thise weapons ? Or how to get them
I find doing chaos chamber runs to feed the barf bunnies works best. Also don't forget to check vending machines.
I had the ar and I used it from lvl 27 to lvl 38 it was BROKEN
Nightshades come in all elements.
Is it sad some purples really are better but also much more rarer and rng to get perfect rolled spells
Tiny Tina’s PixieLands- works until it doesn’t
I have been farming this game for weeks and have come across maybe 4 or 5 encrapsulateors. only one that had frost and it SUCKED
Were you using sticky mode? You get a lot more damage if you can stick your entire mag on someone who won't move too fast or dodge you and then reload...just watch their bars evaporate. Even a frost Torgue pistol of x2-x3 in sticky mode will destroy anyone except bosses in just a clip or two. If you want to really boost your Encrapsulator, just get the Cape of Tides armor. It is insane how much splash boosts it!
@@oprime yes
@@mdkruse2 Well the pistols in my opinion are better than the rifles, even if they have more of a magazine. It's harder to land a shot unless you're very close. Plus pistols tend to have more sticky damage if I recall correctly
@@oprime I've been trying different combinations and so far the encrapsulator/handbow combo is the best with my build (stabbo-brrzerker), but it doesn't shred health bars like in sgz's videos. I need a good cryo encrapsulator but they drop so rarely. Guess I need to start farming better rings/amulets.
@@mdkruse2 Handbow's are awesome on Stabbo's without a doubt.(Catatumbo's in second place for me, that lightning is NO joke when splash is on them.) Encrap's are hard to get in the roll you want since they drop as often as a good ring/amulet. A good mag increase, critical damage/chance would do wonders I imagine. Increasing your mag size in the Myth Rank would help a little too. I've been looking for a volatile or higher cryo torgue pistol with damage(not melee damage) increase. Unfortunately I keep getting the melee increase ones on the ones I do find.
I only remember using a Strong Purple weapon once and that was in Borderlands 1 the BULLDOG on Crawmerax xd
borderlands 2 not at all and not wonderlands either
Thanks for the guide
I got a x2 nightshade in fire
The spriggan is op
Nightshade isn't a cryo only weapon. Research, buddy.
I can not find a fear not does anyone know someone I can farm to get one with pixies
Chaos chamber pistol bunny, or the key chest are probably the 2 best ways I can think of.
I hate games that do this. Why even bother with weapons above purple?
Build diversity? Experimentation? Personal preference? There's many reasons to use orange weapons because not everything is about min-maxing but you're a top tier game developer that has essential critiques, right?
@@ambroseposey6487 Just make the Higher tier guns better? Diverse?. I play Division 2 I don't even get excited when there high tier gear/weapons drop cause I know the yellow I have on is better. I just don't see the point.
You just highlighted a big reason why this game fell off a cliff. 90% of the legendary items are either gimmicky, non effective, reliant on broken code or outpaced by a regular weapon. It all creates a boring, plateaued experience that wore itself out very quick.
The fact that this video needed to be (was ABLE) to be made is sad. Very sad.
Got a Primordial Nightshade...only gun I use.
Nightshade can come in all elements. Come on now dude. Lazy AF not to at least do some research.
Only the ice gets times four. Every other element doesn’t do nearly as much damage. Use common sense
Fearnot will be getting a huge nerf!!!
This game is so poorly done when we have greens and fucken purples that are better then leggos like come on
I feel the pixie weapons make the game boring. Absolutely zero skill required with them guns. Just run around randomly throwing out the weapon. Boring
Same here. I was so sick of seeing nothing but companion builds. It's so passive and dull
"Encapsulator"
Not "incredulator"
You said it multiple times.
Purples are so dumb. I know they are good I just disagree with them being better than golds haha.
did you know that there's a ferrior version of the nightshade that summons a hydra
You need a human heart to for the sacrament ^^