Introduction
Ever since the release of the Outriders Demo, over two million players have logged in to get their new looter shooter experience and to mainly get the legendary weapons. With 10 legendary Weapons in the demo, players wanted to collect every single one, myself included.
After completing the demo, I discovered two legendary farms, both of which were pretty effective. However, one was more efficient than the other and that was the captain farm. It took less than 20 seconds to rinse and repeat. This is also how I obtained every single legendary. With that said, let’s get started with my three chosen weapons and why I picked them.
Thunderbird
Coming in first place is the Thunderbird, which is a legendary assault rifle. There is so much about the Thunderbird that makes it easy to rank it in first place, in my personal opinion.
The main unique mod that really justifies putting this weapon on its pedestal is the Ultimate Storm Whip, which strikes down lightning every 2-3 seconds even as you’re sinking bullets into an enemy dealing an insane amount of damage.
Visually, this is the most pleasant thing to look at, as it’s a visual cue to players that what you’re doing is strong, powerful, and dealing large amounts of damage. Taking out large groups of enemies is so easy with the Thunderbird and you can clear entire areas out on tier 5 in a matter of seconds.
Secondly, for every critical shot that you get with Thunderbird, 30% of that damage will get refunded to you as health. This is incredible. Not only as the Technomancer would you receive health back with every shot you land, but the Thunderbird gives you even more health back. Having gotten every legendary weapon in the game, I haven’t taken this off since.
Aerie Master
In my personal opinion, this is the best shotgun in the game so far. Literally everything about the Aerie Master is ten out of ten, from the looks, to the gameplay, to the stats and mods, and here’s why.
You only have to look at this gun to see that it is a beautiful-looking shotgun, the design team really did a fantastic job on this one.
What makes the Aerie Master really shine is how it can levitate enemies into the air for 5 seconds, giving players a huge window of opportunity to lay in some free damage. It’s also a good way to escape from close combat if you’re in the need of healing, however, I highly doubt that is the case as this game encourages players to stay in combat to regain health.
Due to the second mod of Aerie Master, you have a higher chance of hitting critical damage shots. This means that enemies will likely take more damage during the 5-second window that this gun gives you. Combining all these features together creates not only a good failsafe but also control over the battlefield. I’ve used this exact combo to string enemies up, back-roll out of the way, and then lay in some free bullets. This is by far one of the best legendary weapons in the demo.
Torment and Agony
These dual pistols are currently the only legendary side-arms in the demo, so putting this in third place was an easy decision to make. Having said that, there is a lot that goes into Torment and Agony that really makes it shine above other legendaries.
The feeling of firing this weapon is so satisfying and it absolutely shreds enemies like paper. Reloading Torment and Agony near enemies also deals damage, knocking off that last bit of health they may have.
Torment and Agony also marks targets with every shot you hit and each target that’s marked will also take huge amounts of damage upon reloading the weapon. In theory, you could wipe out an entire area with just reloading – which sounds crazy. I’ve tested this personally and have almost cleared areas with this one mod alone. Because of all this, it makes Torment and Agony not just any old sidearm, but a legendary sidearm that has strategy behind it and for that, I love this weapon. It’s original and unique.
Conclusion
Of course, it goes without saying that this is my personal opinion on what I think are the best three legendaries in the Outriders demo. Although, I did run this past a few friends of mine and they actually agree. These three weapons tick the boxes in so many areas, plus you can have them all equipped at the same time turning you into an absolute god.
This also works really well with all four classes simply because the playstyle of these weapons are so diverse. One thing that should make a legendary weapon legendary is that it should feel different from anything else, making it its own thing, and I feel all three of these legendaries have that. I really hope you enjoyed my summary and let me know your opinions below!
Credits
| Program | Freedom! Scholarship |
| Author | Brad Hahn |
| YouTuber | Brad Hahn |
| Publisher | MGN TV |
| Game | Outriders |