Long Arm god roll & best perks

warlockmaggie (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "I'll admit it, I love Aggressive Frames in PvP! That said, Long Arm did lose some perks for PvP in the reissue, so we'll make do. Other than Precision Instrument, Long Arm doesn't have much to offer for damage perks; instead, you can lean into the hip fire build of Hip-Fire Grip + Keep Away (or ADS with Lone Wolf, but who wants to do that with this renegade repeater?). Flinch is a real concern, so make sure you have some additional Stability, otherwise you'll not have a good time with this gun." Recommended MW: Stability or Handling

Strong alternatives

Precision Instrument Fluted Barrel Lone Wolf Flared Magwell Keep Away Explosive Payload Rapid Hit Hip-Fire Grip Tactical Mag Steady Rounds Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling

warlockmaggie (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Long Arm was the first legendary "cowboy gun" and it's now back with a shiny new look and even shinier perks! Redirection continues to surprise me in how much that 33% damage bonus helps against Elites and other chonky enemies, whereas Rolling Storm is a nice addition for your Arc 3.0 builds. Stability will help keep your shots from being too wild and Reload helps jam those bullets back in so you can take down some varmints!" Recommended MW: Stability or Reload Speed

Strong alternatives

Dual Loader Arrowhead Brake Redirection Flared Magwell Rolling Storm Dragonfly Subsistence Hip-Fire Grip Tactical Mag Appended Mag Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 139 from 13 May 2025 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0m6Sfdv88fNZmYm9A6PdVR?si=140d643338154357) with @ImpetusAlways @CourtProjects and @Saint_Kabr (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for clearing Minor adds in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content. Long Arm was the first of the legendary aggressive scout rifles, and it's still holding up against its competition. Against Minor adds, it's as good as or better than a hand cannon for damage but that drops off against Elites or better enemies. At base, by comparison with its peers, the stats are good - d2foundry.gg calculates that 55 Range equates to 77.75m ADS and 38.87m hipfire before damage dropoff, 25 Stability is ×1.1112 flinch resist at 100 Resilience, 53 Handling is 0.39s ready, 0.32s ADS and 0.37s stow speed, 45 Reload Speed is a 1.91s reload, Recoil Direction is 94, Zoom is 12, and magazine size is 26 (max 40). A little bit of Stability and Handling from the barrel perk are useful to improve gunfeel and control. For the magazine perk, look to speed up the reload a bit. To help speed up reload further, Dual Loader in the first trait perk column loads two bullets at a time (three when enhanced) or as an alternative, Rapid Hit at 5 stacks boosts Stability by +25, Reload Speed by +60 and applies an animation multiplier of ×0.92. For damage, Dragonfly generates an arc explosion for AoE damage on a crit kill, or Explosive Payload should (it's bugged at time of writing, but hopefully should be sorted soon) adds flinch and ×1.15 crit and ×1.101 bodyshot damage. The Tex Balanced Stock is there if you like hipfiring, but the Gravity Well origin trait can be very useful to pick up ammo bricks within 5m on a manual reload. Recommended MW: Handling or Stability, with a Backup Mag mod or, when masterworked, Synergy to create Ionic Traces or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader.|tags:PvE PvE-PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller

Strong alternatives

Dual Loader Fluted Barrel Dragonfly Flared Magwell Explosive Payload Rapid Hit Tactical Mag Corkscrew Rifling Polygonal Rifling

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 139 from 13 May 2025 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0m6Sfdv88fNZmYm9A6PdVR?si=140d643338154357) with @ImpetusAlways @CourtProjects and @Saint_Kabr (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for clearing Minor adds in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content. Long Arm was the first of the legendary aggressive scout rifles, and it's still holding up against its competition. Against Minor adds, it's as good as or better than a hand cannon for damage but that drops off against Elites or better enemies. At base, by comparison with its peers, the stats are good - d2foundry.gg calculates that 55 Range equates to 77.75m ADS and 38.87m hipfire before damage dropoff, 25 Stability is ×1.1112 flinch resist at 100 Resilience, 53 Handling is 0.39s ready, 0.32s ADS and 0.37s stow speed, 45 Reload Speed is a 1.91s reload, Recoil Direction is 94, Zoom is 12, and magazine size is 26 (max 40). A little bit of Stability and Handling from the barrel perk are useful to improve gunfeel and control. For the magazine perk, look to speed up the reload a bit. To help speed up reload further, Dual Loader in the first trait perk column loads two bullets at a time (three when enhanced) or as an alternative, Rapid Hit at 5 stacks boosts Stability by +25, Reload Speed by +60 and applies an animation multiplier of ×0.92. Then to improve damage where you need it, Redirection builds up two stacks per hit against minors to a maximum of 30, which you can use at a rate of 3 stacks pers shot for ×1.33 damage against Elites and Bosses (×1.5 for 2 stacks per shot when enhanced!). The Tex Balanced Stock is there if you like hipfiring, but the Gravity Well origin trait can be very useful to pick up ammo bricks within 5m on a manual reload. Recommended MW: Handling or Stability, with a Backup Mag mod or, when masterworked, Synergy to create Ionic Traces or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader.|tags:PvE PvE-PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Redirection

Strong alternatives

Dual Loader Fluted Barrel Flared Magwell Rapid Hit Tactical Mag Corkscrew Rifling Polygonal Rifling

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 139 from 13 May 2025 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0m6Sfdv88fNZmYm9A6PdVR?si=140d643338154357) with @ImpetusAlways @CourtProjects and @Saint_Kabr (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for clearing Minor adds in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content, particularly with arc builds. Long Arm was the first of the legendary aggressive scout rifles, and it's still holding up against its competition. Against Minor adds, it's as good as or better than a hand cannon for damage but that drops off against Elites or better enemies. At base, by comparison with its peers, the stats are good - d2foundry.gg calculates that 55 Range equates to 77.75m ADS and 38.87m hipfire before damage dropoff, 25 Stability is ×1.1112 flinch resist at 100 Resilience, 53 Handling is 0.39s ready, 0.32s ADS and 0.37s stow speed, 45 Reload Speed is a 1.91s reload, Recoil Direction is 94, Zoom is 12, and magazine size is 26 (max 40). A little bit of Stability and Handling from the barrel perk are useful to improve gunfeel and control. For the magazine perk, look to speed up the reload a bit. To help speed up reload further, Dual Loader in the first trait perk column loads two bullets at a time (three when enhanced) or as an alternative, Rapid Hit at 5 stacks boosts Stability by +25, Reload Speed by +60 and applies an animation multiplier of ×0.92. Then for arc builds, Rolling Storm in the second column builds Bolt Charge stacks for single target damage with a bit of AoE too from the lightning strikes. The Tex Balanced Stock is there if you like hipfiring, but the Gravity Well origin trait can be very useful to pick up ammo bricks within 5m on a manual reload. Recommended MW: Handling or Stability, with a Backup Mag mod or, when masterworked, Synergy to create Ionic Traces or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader.|tags:PvE PvE-PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Rolling Storm

Strong alternatives

Dual Loader Fluted Barrel Flared Magwell Rapid Hit Tactical Mag Corkscrew Rifling Polygonal Rifling