“Under duress, a soul will say whatever they think you want to hear. Trust your own eyes.”
Built from 528 curated wishlist rolls for this Sidearm. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.
Recommended rolls
YeezyGT's WQ
pvp
480 wishlist rolls
[YeezyGT's WQ] [MW: Stability] "Empirical Evidence has some decent perks in Perpetual / Pulse Monitor, pairing with Swash / Harmony. It should be a flinch king if you're able to land your shots, though I found some difficulty in finding consistency, or making it feel "good" at all - I imagine it'll largely come down to personal preference."
Essential perks
Psychohack
Strong alternatives
Perpetual Motion
High-Caliber Rounds
Fluted Barrel
Swashbuckler
Swashbuckler
Harmony
Harmony
Perpetual Motion
Pulse Monitor
Pulse Monitor
Ricochet Rounds
Armor-Piercing Rounds
Light Mag
Flared Magwell
Smallbore
Polygonal Rifling
Hammer-Forged Rifling
Corkscrew Rifling
Arrowhead Brake
Community wishlist roll
pve
24 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 8. Shapeable through the Mars Relic. PvE backup roll for general content. Probably more of a PvP weapon, looking at the perks. Barrel and mag depend on your range/stability/handling/reload speed and combat perk (Armor-Piercing/High-Calibre Rounds) preferences. Perpetual Motion and Tunnel Vision improve gun feel. Adagio is effectively a 10% chainable damage buff, Thresh and Wellspring give faster super/ability charging. Recommended MW: your choice to round out barrel and mag perks, with Backup Mag or damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.
Strong alternatives
Perpetual Motion
Adagio
Perpetual Motion
Tunnel Vision
Tunnel Vision
Adagio
Thresh
Thresh
Wellspring
Wellspring
pandapaxxy
pve
mkb
controller
12 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "It is good to see another aggressive burst sidearm back in the game. These have always been a hot topic within the community. [...] Empirical Evidence is just alright. Nothing flashy but also nothing bad. Just middle of the pack. With a better perk pool you could see this being a top contender for possibly end game activities. But Empirical Evidence’s perk pool just lets it down." Recommended MW: Reload.
Essential perks
Perpetual Motion
Strong alternatives
Appended Mag
Fluted Barrel
Adagio
Hammer-Forged Rifling
Armor-Piercing Rounds
Extended Mag
Swashbuckler
pandapaxxy
pvp
mkb
controller
8 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "Within PvP the aggressive burst sidearms are extremely consistent. Swashbuckler will change the time to kill but even at lower stacks it will make it far easier to secure those three burst kills, or artificially extend your ranges. As long as you can maintain bursts on target this sidearm will do you well, not meta shattering well, but will definitely take some people by surprise." Recommended MW: Range.
Essential perks
Perpetual Motion
Strong alternatives
Smallbore
High-Caliber Rounds
Swashbuckler
Hammer-Forged Rifling
Ricochet Rounds
Adagio
Community wishlist roll
pve
4 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 8. Shapeable through the Mars Relic. PvE first choice roll for general content. Probably more of a PvP weapon, looking at the perks. Barrel and mag depend on your range/stability/handling/reload speed and combat perk (Armor-Piercing or High-Calibre Rounds) preferences. Perpetual Motion passively improves gun feel. You're likely to be in CQC, so Swashbuckler is the obvious damage boost perk. Recommended MW: your choice to round out barrel and mag perks, with Backup Mag or damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.
Strong alternatives
Perpetual Motion
Swashbuckler
Perpetual Motion
Swashbuckler
Recommendations aggregated from curated community wishlists; credit to the curators linked above.