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    Aced_100's Avatar Senior Member
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    Never Knew Pistols Could be Fun

    I have gotten a lot of pistols and never used them, just kept keeping the ones with the highest DMG as I went along. I decided on a new fun build,

    3 x Negotiators Dilemna, Memento, Chainkiller chest with Perfect Headhunter, Petrov Defense Gloves. For weapons I have an LMG, White Death MMR, and either a 586 Magnum or a Police 686 Magnum, I find the 686 even though it has lower base DMG to be better as it doesn't have recoil and you can hit more headshots. I also have the Bullwark shield which I have never tried before either, it's amazing how much damage it can take and how quickly you can bring down even elite hostiles, have also brought down wardogs with this combo. Of course its horses for courses and I love to sit back a bit at first and one shot hostiles with the White Death/Headhunter combo, then when up close and personal the sidearm/shield can do over 4 million headshot dmg per shot. Never thought I'd used a sidearm in this game.
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    They were even more fun when High Noon gave pistols 400% Optimal Range

    I'm partial to Lightning Rod on my 47 build.
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    Honestly only thing missing from mine is the Regulus but since that's a raid exclusive is pretty much never happening, but anyway i used pistols since 1.0 gear and gunslinger holster, currently i find just using claws out with punch drunk named mask for both pistol and headshot damage better and the rest is tip of the spear gear set for easy over 1mil headshots all day
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    pistols are some of the best weapons in game , i had a looot of fun with my bullwark , liberty , headhunter build , almost 12 million a shot when fully proced.
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    OP should try Liberty - it's easy to get. And this is best pistol in the game.

    Regul is overrated. Sure, massive blasts is fun, but nothing else. You rarely will be able to catch more than 2 enemies at once.
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    Originally Posted by Licher.Rus Go to original post
    OP should try Liberty - it's easy to get. And this is best highest damage-per-shot pistol in the game.
    While Liberty does have some very good aspects to it, the massive horizontal kick to it (that can't be mitigated by weapon handling for some reason) is a massive drawback. If you're ok with that kick, then by all means use it. But there are other options.

    I'd put the top 3 pistols as:

    Kard
    Liberty
    Regulus


    Kard is the best all around pistol. Large mag. High RoF. Excellent accuracy and stability and rate of fire.

    Regulus with Headhunter is silly if you can land those headshots. But even without it, it's still a very strong option. If you can't get one from the raid, use a 586 or 686 magnum.

    Liberty is best with a shield.....if you can handle the previously mentioned recoil. Personally I find that it's a dealbreaker. But I've seen people use it to incredible effect.
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    I personally find the X45 more effective than the Kard [if I don't need the +1 Skill Tier] or the Liberty. I still haven't tried Regulus, but the HS boom looks awful fun [pair with TP for even more fireworks?]

    Lightning Rod can't be beat on Challenging or lower though - too much fun never reloading..
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    Originally Posted by LateNiteDelight Go to original post
    Lightning Rod can't be beat on Challenging or lower though - too much fun never reloading..
    I've found that even a regular pistol with the Salvage talent works great for this so long as it's got reasonable capacity already and you plump for the Extended Pistol Mag. The hardest part is rembering not to waste time reloading the darn thing.

    If I come by explosive or shock ammo, I usually drop it on the pistol first, too, since that makes finishing off enemies just that much easier. (Well, shock actually goes on the shotgun first if I'm carrying one, but these days I'm trying out a Tactical Vector SMG with Unwavering instead, where any sort of status ammo seems pretty much a waste because it vanishes in a second and a half.)

    I'll echo the appreciation of Kard, too. I quite like it.

    I tried Liberty for a while, but the massive recoil was too much for me, too.
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    What pushes the Lightning Rod above the Kard for me, is the larger mag. X45 with Salvage would be a very close 2nd. Maybe I just like using a gun called Lightning Rod

    Again, I do use the Kard Custom for the +1 Skill Tier on most builds though.
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    Honestly the named 1911 is also great, the perfect breadbasket gives it a lot of headshot damage
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