If i remember correctly, the stalker is one if not the highest dps pistols (except the harold lmao) in the game. Only maybe the anarchist/garnet version beat it out, but they are cobra rare. Great gun for zero. Love the video btw, keep up the grind, and i hope you get big. You could be one of the 3rd generation borderlands youtubers
Honestly an awesome video man, i have been playing this game for a decade now lol and i have tried everything out and the stalker has always been one of my favorite weapons, another awesome weapon is logans gun on krieg and axton, its awkward to use but it does shine in the right situation, keep it up homie
With the red text vladof pistols while they are mostly really good, they are not that different to the anarchist in performance. The stalker, stinger, and the infinity outside a few skill synergies are pretty much about the same output. It just makes them not that exciting. I like them all and agree this is underrated, but it's underrated because the anarchist is so close to it in actual performance
The Anarchist is one of my favorite pistols (who would have guessed) and I do plan on covering it down the road in a “best non-uniques” video. The Stinger is also great, it’s one of the highest dps pistols but pretty much no one talks about it. However I decided to cover the Stalker because a lot of newer/less experienced players have a perception that all pearls are bad except for the Bekah and Butcher, they might see a Stalker and just pass it up because they’ve heard it sucks, so it’s players like that that this series is aimed at (same reason I covered the Teeth of Terramorphous) and less players like us who could name every unique Vladof pistol in the game The special abilities of the unique Vladof pistols are a bit underwhelming, but I still enjoy them. The Stalker at least creates quite the light show with its large bouncing bullets. The biggest advantage of the Stalker over the Anarchist is that it’s much easier to farm (once you can do the Digistruct Peak skip)
@GarnetAnarchist3 all great reasons. As a zer0 player who likes shotguns, maybe the Minecraft guns would be a fun one to do as well. Both IMO are underrated as well
@@zackbonno3675 the Sawbar is really nice. It’s another one that people seem to have mixed opinions on. Some people think it sucks and some know it’s really good
Its not that it sucks but people dont use the triangle fire explosion at the intended range they only shoot with the main projectile btw the main one is fine too dot is really good since its bandit u can fire a lot :D
I'm a Krieg main, I go through most OP levels solo on Peak (mostly as melee, 0 Moxxi) before the final update so it was much harder (the extra points massively help) and Sawbar is def. one of the best weapons for Hellborn K; due to how DoT stacks in BL2 this rifle & K's skills work incredibly together, even if the DoT isn't doing crazy work at least it makes you invincible. I've never used Moxxi on Krieg, unlike 95% of people so for me gun selection was far more in-depth & serious than them and Sawbar is up there as top-ten or even top-five!
This man is out here giving me ideas and suggestions lol. I've played around with the stalker a little bit and it does seem like a scary option for my Gaige "series" I'm starting up. Also I wasn't expecting a Maya segment lol.
@@stereolotus77 I would definitely be interested in seeing how the Stalker performs with Gaige. And thanks haha, the tracks are a mix of Borderlands 2, The Pre Sequel (Claptastic Voyage mostly) and the original Dark Cloud soundtrack
Man you read my mind for life tip. I was literally going to comment how you don’t need max points 🤣🤣🤣. Blight phenix does stagger but if you play well enough you can spec out of it. I just keep it because I am a bot and like rushing in with no consequences. The stalker looks like a good gun and I never use it myself. Need to test it out more. Great video as always 🙏
@@St4rkiller04 St4rkiller number 1 hater of maxing out Life Tap haha. You can definitely get away with just one point in it. I hadn’t actually tested Blight Phoenix but that makes sense Thanks man!
A sheild ive been using recently is the sponge. Hard to grind a perfect one but you can get a 54% (i think it .ight go to 60?) absorb sheild with elemental resists. Good alternative but a bit risky
@@yukon_2 the Slag Snider is a great choice as well if you can get one. I believe with Maliwan Barrel and Grip it has 2 79.1% slag chances (counting the splash)
Even if it's higher chance on the card, it has 2 impacts where the pimp can have 14 impacts on one target and the 5 that split out can hit other enemies, while playing with Maya with converge that happens quite a bit.
@@Derchlands but if you're spec'd heavily into increased bullet velocity, the Pimpernels extra projectiles spawn above the target and fly far away. I'm not convinced the pimp would be better than a snider in the case of high bullet velocity.
@yukon_2 still does better, because the vertical pellet that would leave their body still hits. So 4 instead of 2 impacts. Also just shoot the feet and all 14 impacts will hit. Still better
The only Stalker I have is matching grip, fire rate prefix and non-elemental. At least it's a gen 1 pearl so you don't need to farm exclusively Tubbies or Binary boss. The only reason I have a full Hyperion Antagonist is because I got it when I thought perfect gear was needed. The Godfinger is the most power non-elemental sniper past a certain distance. The second most powerful sniper behind the Pimpernel assuming you can achieve max damage on every single shot. But this is before crit and matching element multipliers and because Jakobs weapons have a higher crit multiplier it's very close. The Teapot is underrated mainly because the Hornet exists. The Logan's Gun is very good.
I do want to do further testing on the Antagonist. An all Hyperion parts version is still really good, over 6 mil capacity, over 600k recharge rate on a 1.43 delay is still very good, then you get the damage reduction against bullets, small damage and slagging utility benefits as well. But for non bullet heavy areas I would prefer the all Bandit version Godfinger is a really interesting concept, Gearbox just needed to buff the base damage and shorten the distance before it reaches max damage (plus change how Velocity and Accelerate effect projectiles) I've never actually used the Teapot, gonna have to try it out
I have borderlands 2 no dlc at all, just finished normal mode. Wondering what guns are best to farm for for tvhm and uvhm coming up. Especially for gunzerker build, maybe a slag weapon and a high damage weapon to dual weild. Would the warrior be the best way to farm in the vanilla game? Especially for the gun levels..
If you're going base game only, a slagged Ruby is great for healing and slagging. An Unkempt Harold, preferably the double prefix one is the best. Both are pistols, but with slag and healing with the high damage is just insane. Plus Unkempt Harold is easy to farm. Conference Call is also a good shotgun despite the nerf.
@slydoorkeeper4783 appreciate you. And to farm is the best place the warrior? Bc I've seen savage Lee is good for Harold's but it's only lvl 10. And the rubi is only from tipping moxxi? Don't think that's very high lvl either...
@koolkidd-cr New play throughs on the same character increase level cap, I believe up to 50 in vanilla. So UVHM all enemies will be at 50 or around it.
@koolkidd-cr As for Ruby, I believe its tied to the quest with getting Mordecai booze but giving it to Moxxi. Though you may need to cheat your saves depending on the system.
@@slydoorkeeper4783 yeah I'm playing on console not sure if going thru saves is possible. Was hoping to get some solid guns to get thru tvhm pretty quick. Waiting until uvhm to get better guns just doesn't seem right. I'll grab some good mission guns on my tvhm run tho, thanks for the help
No one gonna mention that you got that Norfleet from Hyperius? I think thats probably the most impressive part, drop rate like 0.01 or something ridiculous like that. How many times did you have to kill him to get it?
@@theDEERGOOSE Hyperius has a 1.67% chance to drop a Norfleet. Zer0 can B0re kill him very quickly, I probably did about 250 kills over the course of a week or so and got 4 Norfleets, but never got the fire one I was needing
@GarnetAnarchist3 damn bro, i play with zero and use bore to kill him, can't remember how many times I've killed him but never got it. That's awesome that you got 4. That's the only weapon I wanted but never got.
That was also a really good parted one, damage prefix with matching grip, bandit exhaust is pretty meh cause the extra mag doesnt give you an extra shot before reloading.
No worries, these two will take a bit of explaining. Lootlemon is a good resource for Borderlands btw. The Stalker is easiest to get from the Binary Boss at the end of Digistruct Peak (he only spawns from OP5 and on). If you wanna check out the Raid Speedrun video in the description I do the Digistruct Peak skip in that video. Outside of that, you'll have to farm Tubby enemies for Pearlescents (Commander Lilith DLC "Claptocurrency" quest has the best Tubby farm, it's hard to explain you'll probably need to look up a youtube video for it.) Don't complete that mission, or the "Space Cowboy" mission (that one has the best loot midget farm) The Antagonist is obtained from the Seraph Vendor in Flamerock Refuge. You need Seraph Crystals, which are obtained by defeating Seraph Guardians (certain raid bosses.) MrTx01 has a video covering the easiest ways to get the crystals
Hey i realized that underneath the item cards it tells you the parts manufacturers and such, how did you do this? I noticed youre on console so did you find a way to mod it?
Check out whollymilks recent series on 100% two-fang. I think you'll like tye build if you're a Zer0 enjoyer. I forget offhand what all you need to achieve the 100% chance.
Yep, I actually did that build on my first channel. You just need a Legendary Killer (or something to boost Tw0 Fang) and a Shadow of the Seraphs to achieve a 100% double shot chance
If i remember correctly, the stalker is one if not the highest dps pistols (except the harold lmao) in the game. Only maybe the anarchist/garnet version beat it out, but they are cobra rare. Great gun for zero.
Love the video btw, keep up the grind, and i hope you get big. You could be one of the 3rd generation borderlands youtubers
Ladyfist would like to have a word with you, as well as the fibber
With this and Arachnica’s series “bl3’s forgotten” I’m never out of fun stuff to try in games I love
Honestly an awesome video man, i have been playing this game for a decade now lol and i have tried everything out and the stalker has always been one of my favorite weapons, another awesome weapon is logans gun on krieg and axton, its awkward to use but it does shine in the right situation, keep it up homie
Logan's Gun is surprisingly effective, Alpha and St4rkiller have both covered it in their Axton videos
I like your content, your analysis, playstyle, voice, and even Zero love - all remind me of Fiber.
@@Tysonyar much appreciated!
yeah I thought the same thing lol
Thought the exact same thing
Minus the racism
With the red text vladof pistols while they are mostly really good, they are not that different to the anarchist in performance. The stalker, stinger, and the infinity outside a few skill synergies are pretty much about the same output. It just makes them not that exciting. I like them all and agree this is underrated, but it's underrated because the anarchist is so close to it in actual performance
The Anarchist is one of my favorite pistols (who would have guessed) and I do plan on covering it down the road in a “best non-uniques” video. The Stinger is also great, it’s one of the highest dps pistols but pretty much no one talks about it. However I decided to cover the Stalker because a lot of newer/less experienced players have a perception that all pearls are bad except for the Bekah and Butcher, they might see a Stalker and just pass it up because they’ve heard it sucks, so it’s players like that that this series is aimed at (same reason I covered the Teeth of Terramorphous) and less players like us who could name every unique Vladof pistol in the game
The special abilities of the unique Vladof pistols are a bit underwhelming, but I still enjoy them. The Stalker at least creates quite the light show with its large bouncing bullets. The biggest advantage of the Stalker over the Anarchist is that it’s much easier to farm (once you can do the Digistruct Peak skip)
@GarnetAnarchist3 all great reasons. As a zer0 player who likes shotguns, maybe the Minecraft guns would be a fun one to do as well. Both IMO are underrated as well
As an Axton main, I've been a ride or die by the Sawbar for years and the Mouthwash just made it so much more viable.
@@zackbonno3675 the Sawbar is really nice. It’s another one that people seem to have mixed opinions on. Some people think it sucks and some know it’s really good
Why would the mouthwash make it more viable when bone and blood of the ancients exist?
The saws bar is goated the only reason I don’t use it is because I never get a good reload speed on mine
Its not that it sucks but people dont use the triangle fire explosion at the intended range they only shoot with the main projectile btw the main one is fine too dot is really good since its bandit u can fire a lot :D
I'm a Krieg main, I go through most OP levels solo on Peak (mostly as melee, 0 Moxxi) before the final update so it was much harder (the extra points massively help) and Sawbar is def. one of the best weapons for Hellborn K; due to how DoT stacks in BL2 this rifle & K's skills work incredibly together, even if the DoT isn't doing crazy work at least it makes you invincible. I've never used Moxxi on Krieg, unlike 95% of people so for me gun selection was far more in-depth & serious than them and Sawbar is up there as top-ten or even top-five!
This man is out here giving me ideas and suggestions lol. I've played around with the stalker a little bit and it does seem like a scary option for my Gaige "series" I'm starting up. Also I wasn't expecting a Maya segment lol.
Also the music is awesome!
@@stereolotus77 I would definitely be interested in seeing how the Stalker performs with Gaige. And thanks haha, the tracks are a mix of Borderlands 2, The Pre Sequel (Claptastic Voyage mostly) and the original Dark Cloud soundtrack
Love the stalker! Great vid!
Man you read my mind for life tip. I was literally going to comment how you don’t need max points 🤣🤣🤣. Blight phenix does stagger but if you play well enough you can spec out of it. I just keep it because I am a bot and like rushing in with no consequences. The stalker looks like a good gun and I never use it myself. Need to test it out more. Great video as always 🙏
@@St4rkiller04 St4rkiller number 1 hater of maxing out Life Tap haha. You can definitely get away with just one point in it. I hadn’t actually tested Blight Phoenix but that makes sense
Thanks man!
The pearls are hit and miss, but the hits really hit!
I was an Axton main and rocked the Bekah all the time
A sheild ive been using recently is the sponge. Hard to grind a perfect one but you can get a 54% (i think it .ight go to 60?) absorb sheild with elemental resists. Good alternative but a bit risky
I’ll have to give the stalker more of a try i just got Maya to OP 10 with my brother (who’s playing Zer0) so it should fit us both rather well
OMG I literally got the same gun today playing as Krieg only the element was fire. And this gun sits very well on Krieg with the bloodbath
Great find!
I really dislike two fang it goes through ammo way too fast and having to buy ammo is really annoying
I like it a lot depending on the weapon. It can really crank up the dps
If you're using Velocity, I think a non-unique Snider (matching barrel, matching grip) has a higher slag chance than the Pimpernel.
@@yukon_2 the Slag Snider is a great choice as well if you can get one. I believe with Maliwan Barrel and Grip it has 2 79.1% slag chances (counting the splash)
@@GarnetAnarchist3 Oh damn, didn't even think of that splash doubling. Makes sense why it always feels higher chance than other weapons.
Even if it's higher chance on the card, it has 2 impacts where the pimp can have 14 impacts on one target and the 5 that split out can hit other enemies, while playing with Maya with converge that happens quite a bit.
@@Derchlands but if you're spec'd heavily into increased bullet velocity, the Pimpernels extra projectiles spawn above the target and fly far away. I'm not convinced the pimp would be better than a snider in the case of high bullet velocity.
@yukon_2 still does better, because the vertical pellet that would leave their body still hits. So 4 instead of 2 impacts. Also just shoot the feet and all 14 impacts will hit.
Still better
The only Stalker I have is matching grip, fire rate prefix and non-elemental. At least it's a gen 1 pearl so you don't need to farm exclusively Tubbies or Binary boss.
The only reason I have a full Hyperion Antagonist is because I got it when I thought perfect gear was needed.
The Godfinger is the most power non-elemental sniper past a certain distance. The second most powerful sniper behind the Pimpernel assuming you can achieve max damage on every single shot. But this is before crit and matching element multipliers and because Jakobs weapons have a higher crit multiplier it's very close.
The Teapot is underrated mainly because the Hornet exists.
The Logan's Gun is very good.
I do want to do further testing on the Antagonist. An all Hyperion parts version is still really good, over 6 mil capacity, over 600k recharge rate on a 1.43 delay is still very good, then you get the damage reduction against bullets, small damage and slagging utility benefits as well. But for non bullet heavy areas I would prefer the all Bandit version
Godfinger is a really interesting concept, Gearbox just needed to buff the base damage and shorten the distance before it reaches max damage (plus change how Velocity and Accelerate effect projectiles)
I've never actually used the Teapot, gonna have to try it out
Binary boss only drops gen 1 pearls fyi
@xtxnct I know
I was farming for a perfect fire boa from midgets and got a vengeful jakobs grip one and oh my goodness it shredsss
That's a good one!
I have borderlands 2 no dlc at all, just finished normal mode. Wondering what guns are best to farm for for tvhm and uvhm coming up. Especially for gunzerker build, maybe a slag weapon and a high damage weapon to dual weild. Would the warrior be the best way to farm in the vanilla game? Especially for the gun levels..
If you're going base game only, a slagged Ruby is great for healing and slagging. An Unkempt Harold, preferably the double prefix one is the best. Both are pistols, but with slag and healing with the high damage is just insane. Plus Unkempt Harold is easy to farm. Conference Call is also a good shotgun despite the nerf.
@slydoorkeeper4783 appreciate you. And to farm is the best place the warrior? Bc I've seen savage Lee is good for Harold's but it's only lvl 10. And the rubi is only from tipping moxxi? Don't think that's very high lvl either...
@koolkidd-cr New play throughs on the same character increase level cap, I believe up to 50 in vanilla. So UVHM all enemies will be at 50 or around it.
@koolkidd-cr As for Ruby, I believe its tied to the quest with getting Mordecai booze but giving it to Moxxi. Though you may need to cheat your saves depending on the system.
@@slydoorkeeper4783 yeah I'm playing on console not sure if going thru saves is possible. Was hoping to get some solid guns to get thru tvhm pretty quick. Waiting until uvhm to get better guns just doesn't seem right. I'll grab some good mission guns on my tvhm run tho, thanks for the help
No one gonna mention that you got that Norfleet from Hyperius? I think thats probably the most impressive part, drop rate like 0.01 or something ridiculous like that. How many times did you have to kill him to get it?
@@theDEERGOOSE Hyperius has a 1.67% chance to drop a Norfleet. Zer0 can B0re kill him very quickly, I probably did about 250 kills over the course of a week or so and got 4 Norfleets, but never got the fire one I was needing
@GarnetAnarchist3 damn bro, i play with zero and use bore to kill him, can't remember how many times I've killed him but never got it. That's awesome that you got 4. That's the only weapon I wanted but never got.
That was also a really good parted one, damage prefix with matching grip, bandit exhaust is pretty meh cause the extra mag doesnt give you an extra shot before reloading.
I dont mean to sound dumb here but how do you get the stalker and antagonist shield?
No worries, these two will take a bit of explaining. Lootlemon is a good resource for Borderlands btw. The Stalker is easiest to get from the Binary Boss at the end of Digistruct Peak (he only spawns from OP5 and on). If you wanna check out the Raid Speedrun video in the description I do the Digistruct Peak skip in that video. Outside of that, you'll have to farm Tubby enemies for Pearlescents (Commander Lilith DLC "Claptocurrency" quest has the best Tubby farm, it's hard to explain you'll probably need to look up a youtube video for it.) Don't complete that mission, or the "Space Cowboy" mission (that one has the best loot midget farm)
The Antagonist is obtained from the Seraph Vendor in Flamerock Refuge. You need Seraph Crystals, which are obtained by defeating Seraph Guardians (certain raid bosses.) MrTx01 has a video covering the easiest ways to get the crystals
Hey i realized that underneath the item cards it tells you the parts manufacturers and such, how did you do this? I noticed youre on console so did you find a way to mod it?
@@koolaidiv9090 that is the Python Part Notifier Mod. I am actually on pc, I just prefer playing with a controller
It's a good pistol to be fair
@@saiyankiller6632 it is indeed!
Check out whollymilks recent series on 100% two-fang. I think you'll like tye build if you're a Zer0 enjoyer. I forget offhand what all you need to achieve the 100% chance.
Yep, I actually did that build on my first channel. You just need a Legendary Killer (or something to boost Tw0 Fang) and a Shadow of the Seraphs to achieve a 100% double shot chance