Speleologist god roll & best perks

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Rapid-Fire machine guns are an interesting time.They’re not incredibly strong for add clear but they are superb at damage. Speleologist has Envious Assassin for overflowing the magazine based on kills, and Killing Tally to really ramp up the damage, but it will never overthrow the king of machine gun DPS, Retrofit Escapade. Incandescent will clear rooms easier and your choice of Stats for All or Enlightened Action will increase the weapon feel. The Musketeer build of Stats and One for All is fun and synergizes well but on a heavy weapon I find it lacking." Recommended MW: Reload Speed.

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Envious Assassin Appended Mag Incandescent Killing Tally One for All Stats for All Enlightened Action Tactical Mag Flared Magwell Fluted Barrel Smallbore

pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): "Over in PvP you can take advantage of the blistering TtK at 0.40s with 7 crits on all resilience levels. One stack of Killing Tally adds forgiveness but if you manage to get 2 kills you’ll drop T4 resilience guardians in a blistering 0.33s (3 stacks of Killing Tally bring the resilience gate to T9). Incandescent would probably be my pick as you’re not trying to guess what resilience level your enemies are at and allows for some splash damage also making the second kill easier. You can also swap off this weapon allowing for a more fluid game experience." Recommended MW: Stability.

Strong alternatives

Firmly Planted Target Lock Arrowhead Brake Accurized Rounds Incandescent Killing Tally Slideways Flared Magwell Polygonal Rifling Smallbore

pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB): "Over in PvP you can take advantage of the blistering TtK at 0.40s with 7 crits on all resilience levels. One stack of Killing Tally adds forgiveness but if you manage to get 2 kills you’ll drop T4 resilience guardians in a blistering 0.33s (3 stacks of Killing Tally bring the resilience gate to T9). Incandescent would probably be my pick as you’re not trying to guess what resilience level your enemies are at and allows for some splash damage also making the second kill easier. You can also swap off this weapon allowing for a more fluid game experience." Recommended MW: Range.

Essential perks

Accurized Rounds Hammer-Forged Rifling

Strong alternatives

Firmly Planted Target Lock Incandescent Killing Tally Slideways

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 115 from 6 September 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6axWXT6NCn4jZVuRkCTfiu?si=72aafbad8138409a) with @ImpetusAlways, @CourtProjects and @Saint_Kabr (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for add clearing minor enemies in end-game content. Speleologist's stats are on the low side, unfortunately, but there are still some very usable rolls. At base, 28 Range equates to 46.60m while ADS, 49 handling is 0.38s ready, 0.40s ADS speed and 0.35s stow speed, while the reload speed of 61 is a 4.59s reload. Total ammo is 514 total out of the box - which is pretty much the ceiling - increasing to 583/652/687 with 1/2/3 reserve mods. On controller, you're going to find the recoil difficult - Arrowhead Brake is the obvious choice as the barrel perk to straighten recoil direction, and the additional Handling is useful on M+KB too. Controllers might even benefit from Steady Rounds as the magazine perk too, but if you can keep to short, controlled bursts (like Cpl Hicks advises) then use Extended Magazine to increase mag size. As your trait perk combination, there's Slideways to reload by sliding (boosting handling and stability for a few seconds too) to keep Killing Tally's up to ×1.35 damage boost going by bypassing manual reloads. The Radiolaria Transposer origin trait is extra AoE damage that inherits the weapon's damage multiplier, so the initial explosion can be more damaging than a special ammo Chain Reaction explosion - what's not to love? If you're interested, a Speleologist is someone involved in the scientific study or exploration of caves. Recommended MW: Stability (Controller) or Handling (M+KB), with a Quick Access Sling mod.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Killing Tally Arrowhead Brake Slideways

Strong alternatives

Steady Rounds Extended Mag

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 115 from 6 September 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6axWXT6NCn4jZVuRkCTfiu?si=72aafbad8138409a) with @ImpetusAlways, @CourtProjects and @Saint_Kabr (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for add clearing minor enemies in end-game content. Speleologist's stats are on the low side, unfortunately, but there are still some very usable rolls. At base, 28 Range equates to 46.60m while ADS, 49 handling is 0.38s ready, 0.40s ADS speed and 0.35s stow speed, while the reload speed of 61 is a 4.59s reload. Total ammo is 514 total out of the box - which is pretty much the ceiling - increasing to 583/652/687 with 1/2/3 reserve mods. On controller, you're going to find the recoil difficult - Arrowhead Brake is the obvious choice as the barrel perk to straighten recoil direction, and the additional Handling is useful on M+KB too. Controllers might even benefit from Steady Rounds as the magazine perk too, but if you can keep to short, controlled bursts (like Cpl Hicks advises) then use Extended Magazine to increase mag size. As your trait perk combination, there's the fan-favourite SOFA combination of Stats for All and One for All, granting bonus range, stability and reload speed (to overcome Extended Mags's -20 malus) together with a ×1.35 bonus damage for 10s when procced. The Radiolaria Transposer origin trait is extra AoE damage that inherits the weapon's damage multiplier, so the initial explosion can be more damaging than a special ammo Chain Reaction explosion - what's not to love? If you're interested, a Speleologist is someone involved in the scientific study or exploration of caves. Recommended MW: Stability (Controller) or Handling (M+KB), with a Quick Access Sling mod.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake Stats for All One for All

Strong alternatives

Steady Rounds Extended Mag

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 115 from 6 September 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6axWXT6NCn4jZVuRkCTfiu?si=72aafbad8138409a) with @ImpetusAlways, @CourtProjects and @Saint_Kabr (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for add clearing minor enemies in end-game content, particularly with solar builds. Speleologist's stats are on the low side, unfortunately, but there are still some very usable rolls. At base, 28 Range equates to 46.60m while ADS, 49 handling is 0.38s ready, 0.40s ADS speed and 0.35s stow speed, while the reload speed of 61 is a 4.59s reload. Total ammo is 514 total out of the box - which is pretty much the ceiling - increasing to 583/652/687 with 1/2/3 reserve mods. On controller, you're going to find the recoil difficult - Arrowhead Brake is the obvious choice as the barrel perk to straighten recoil direction, and the additional Handling is useful on M+KB too. Controllers might even benefit from Steady Rounds as the magazine perk too, but if you can keep to short, controlled bursts (like Cpl Hicks advises) then use Extended Magazine to increase mag size. As your trait perk combination, Enlightened Action helps with both Handling and Reload Speed and Incandescent mows down add mobs with ease, particularly when building into solar scorch and ignition verbs. The Radiolaria Transposer origin trait is extra AoE damage that inherits the weapon's damage multiplier, so the initial explosion can be more damaging than a special ammo Chain Reaction explosion - what's not to love? If you're interested, a Speleologist is someone involved in the scientific study or exploration of caves. Recommended MW: Stability (Controller) or Handling (M+KB), with a Quick Access Sling mod.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake Enlightened Action Incandescent

Strong alternatives

Steady Rounds Extended Mag

Adamsdown_Boy written v8.0.5.4 (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): PvE pick for add clearing minor enemies in end-game content. Speleologist's stats are on the low side, unfortunately, but there are still some very usable rolls. At base, 28 Range equates to 46.60m while ADS, 49 handling is 0.38s ready, 0.40s ADS speed and 0.35s stow speed, while the reload speed of 61 is a 4.59s reload. Total ammo is 514 total out of the box - which is pretty much the ceiling - increasing to 583/652/687 with 1/2/3 reserve mods. On controller, you're going to find the recoil difficult - Arrowhead Brake is the obvious choice as the barrel perk to straighten recoil direction, and the additional Handling is useful on M+KB too. Controllers might even benefit from Steady Rounds as the magazine perk too, but if you can keep to short, controlled bursts (like Cpl Hicks advises) then use Extended Magazine to increase mag size. As your trait perk combination, Envious Assassin works quietly in the background to overfill your magazine by up to 200%, depending on the circumstances, giving you plenty of ammo to use with Killing Tally's up to a ×1.3 damage boost. The Radiolaria Transposer origin trait is extra AoE damage that inherits the weapon's damage multiplier, so the initial explosion can be more damaging than a special ammo Chain Reaction explosion - what's not to love? If you're interested, a Speleologist is someone involved in the scientific study or exploration of caves. Recommended MW: Stability (Controller) or Handling (M+KB), with a Quick Access Sling mod.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Killing Tally Arrowhead Brake Envious Assassin

Strong alternatives

Steady Rounds Extended Mag

Adamsdown_Boy written v8.0.5.4 (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): PvE pick for add clearing minor enemies in end-game content, particularly with solar builds. Speleologist's stats are on the low side, unfortunately, but there are still some very usable rolls. At base, 28 Range equates to 46.60m while ADS, 49 handling is 0.38s ready, 0.40s ADS speed and 0.35s stow speed, while the reload speed of 61 is a 4.59s reload. Total ammo is 514 total out of the box - which is pretty much the ceiling - increasing to 583/652/687 with 1/2/3 reserve mods. On controller, you're going to find the recoil difficult - Arrowhead Brake is the obvious choice as the barrel perk to straighten recoil direction, and the additional Handling is useful on M+KB too. Controllers might even benefit from Steady Rounds as the magazine perk too, but if you can keep to short, controlled bursts (like Cpl Hicks advises) then use Extended Magazine to increase mag size. As your trait perk combination, Envious Assassin works quietly in the background to overfill your magazine by up to 200%, depending on the circumstances, giving you plenty of ammo to use with Incandescent to mow down add mobs with ease, particularly when building into solar scorch and ignition verbs. The Radiolaria Transposer origin trait is extra AoE damage that inherits the weapon's damage multiplier, so the initial explosion can be more damaging than a special ammo Chain Reaction explosion - what's not to love? If you're interested, a Speleologist is someone involved in the scientific study or exploration of caves. Recommended MW: Stability (Controller) or Handling (M+KB), with a Quick Access Sling mod.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake Envious Assassin Incandescent

Strong alternatives

Steady Rounds Extended Mag