Boondoggle Mk. 55 god roll & best perks

pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): "Aggressive frame submachine guns shine brighter in PvP where their lower stability stats can usually be bumped with perks that supplement instead of fighting for damage perks. To the Pain increases your aim assist while you're fighting, whereas Closing Time only assists as your magazine gets lower. Hip-Fire Grip is also another option if you run-and-gun a lot. Tap the Trigger is gonna be the best for keeping accuracy as the stability is already pretty low to begin with." Recommended MW: Stability.

Strong alternatives

Smallbore Ricochet Rounds Tap the Trigger To the Pain Adagio Offhand Strike Closing Time Hip-Fire Grip High-Caliber Rounds Polygonal Rifling Corkscrew Rifling

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "You should get a Boondoggle Mk.55 just for the name alone. Outside of the name you have the standard low stat aggressive frame submachine gun. Subsistence is the best reload perk and Adagio, while lowering the RPM has the best damage increase." Recommended MW: Reload Speed.

Strong alternatives

Appended Mag Subsistence Fluted Barrel Adagio Swashbuckler Encore Pugilist Armor-Piercing Rounds Flared Magwell Corkscrew Rifling Smallbore

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 136 from 1 April 2025 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6I828LxsIqdth4iIlSYRmG?si=8022df8ede664223) with @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-M+KB Controller): Backup PvE pick for dealing with Minor adds in general at-level content. Boondoggle Mk. 55 has been dubbed the legendary Huckleberry for PvP but it still has some utility in PvE if you've not yet acquired an SMG in your vault, or you prefer to hipfire weapons. At base, by comparison with its peers, the stats are competitive - 47 Range equates to 18.70m ADS and 13.36m hipfire before damage dropoff, 15 Stability is ×1.0859 flinch resist at 100 Resilience, 52 Handling is 0.35s ready, 0.26s ADS and 0.32s stow speed, 21 Reload Speed is a 2.25s reload, Recoil Direction is 96, Zoom is 14, and magazine size is 30 (max 38). For controller, Stability is probably the top priority for the barrel perk, but if you can handle the recoil extra handling is nice. Similarly, with the magazine perk aim to boost Reload Speed, although the combat effect perks are also decent. For general use, Subsistence in the first trait perk column is useful to avoid reloading, refilling 17% of your magazine on a kill (20% when enhanced). Then in the second column for damage, Adagio grants +10 Range, ×1.3 damage per hit, but reduces the fire rate by ×0.83 for 7s after a kill, or Harmony boosts Handling by +15 and damage by ×1.2 for 7s after a kill with another weapon. If you're interested, a "Boondoggle" is an unnecessary, wasteful or fraudulent project. The Tex Balanced Stock is only of value if you hipfire, but if you do, there's a refreshable buff after getting 4 hits, that grants +20 Range, Handling and Reload Speed, a ×0.9 reload animation multiplier, a 1.5° larger precision cone and a 10% decreased ADS movement penalty. Recommended MW: Stability or Handling, with a Backup Mag mod or, when masterworked, Synergy to create power orbs or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader. Also, don't forget to check whether there's a useful Seasonal Fragile mod for the activity you're running.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God M+KB

Essential perks

Subsistence

Strong alternatives

Alloy Magazine Smallbore Adagio Harmony Flared Magwell High-Caliber Rounds Armor-Piercing Rounds Ricochet Rounds Polygonal Rifling Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 136 from 1 April 2025 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6I828LxsIqdth4iIlSYRmG?si=8022df8ede664223) with @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for dealing with Minor adds in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content, particularly with melee builds. Boondoggle Mk. 55 has been dubbed the legendary Huckleberry for PvP but it still has some utility in PvE if you've not yet acquired an SMG in your vault, or you prefer to hipfire weapons. At base, by comparison with its peers, the stats are competitive - 47 Range equates to 18.70m ADS and 13.36m hipfire before damage dropoff, 15 Stability is ×1.0859 flinch resist at 100 Resilience, 52 Handling is 0.35s ready, 0.26s ADS and 0.32s stow speed, 21 Reload Speed is a 2.25s reload, Recoil Direction is 96, Zoom is 14, and magazine size is 30 (max 38). For controller, Stability is probably the top priority for the barrel perk, but if you can handle the recoil extra handling is nice. Similarly, with the magazine perk aim to boost Reload Speed, although the combat effect perks are also decent. For a melee-focused build, Boondoggle is the only SMG to have the trait perk combination of Pugilist to gain melee ability energy on kills and boost handling, and Swashbuckler for ×1.33 damage for 4.5s (6.5s when enhanced) at five stacks or after a melee kill. If you're interested, a "Boondoggle" is an unnecessary, wasteful or fraudulent project. The Tex Balanced Stock is only of value if you hipfire, but if you do, there's a refreshable buff after getting 4 hits, that grants +20 Range, Handling and Reload Speed, a ×0.9 reload animation multiplier, a 1.5° larger precision cone and a 10% decreased ADS movement penalty. Recommended MW: Stability or Handling, with a Backup Mag mod or, when masterworked, Synergy to create power orbs or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader. Also, don't forget to check whether there's a useful Seasonal Fragile mod for the activity you're running.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB

Essential perks

Pugilist Swashbuckler

Strong alternatives

Alloy Magazine Smallbore Flared Magwell High-Caliber Rounds Armor-Piercing Rounds Ricochet Rounds Polygonal Rifling Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling

pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB): "Aggressive frame submachine guns shine brighter in PvP where their lower stability stats can usually be bumped with perks that supplement instead of fighting for damage perks. To the Pain increases your aim assist while you're fighting, whereas Closing Time only assists as your magazine gets lower. Hip-Fire Grip is also another option if you run-and-gun a lot. Tap the Trigger is gonna be the best for keeping accuracy as the stability is already pretty low to begin with." Recommended MW: Range.

Essential perks

Hammer-Forged Rifling

Strong alternatives

Ricochet Rounds Tap the Trigger To the Pain Adagio Offhand Strike Closing Time Hip-Fire Grip High-Caliber Rounds