Top 10 Worst Sniper Rifles in Borderlands History! (Borderlands 2, 1 and Pre-Sequel!)  

Maliwan if elemental damage is your thing, Jakobs if you enjoy the sniper vibe more than getting kills, Dahl if you can control the constant instinct to reload after every shot, Hyperion if you are a sniper god, and Vladof if you shouldn't be sniping in the first place.

Adding base damage makes the hawkeye way better than the muck, adding crit makes the muck better than the hawkeye. So on Axton, Maya, and Gaige its more powerful. Also it has better mag and reload, helping the DPS

Storm is made for Catalyst Gaige, its orb damage and orb's DoT damage is based on gun damage, so any bonus to gun damage can boost shock DoT damage. With high Anarchy or (and) shield Amp can lead to insanely high incendiary DoT damage. At non-OP this build is very easy and fun to use, and insanely power.

15:25 - the moment we've all been waiting for. Totally deserved.

I bet a simple twig that you would find on the side of a highway would deal more damage compared to an E-tech sniper

Top weapon parts for each gun in the Borderlands series, been waiting for a while except assault rifles.

The only thing I disagree with is that bolt action rifles are on this list. I go out of my way to get these because in my opinion it gives a better sniper vibe when using zero. I think the bolt action rifles are slower yes, but when I’m using a sniper rifle I’m either attacking one guy at a time or if need I will switch to my pistol when they get close.

Wheedle... Imagine if the orbs of storm has 100% of base damage... I mean why not? Is a fucking pearl...

I have gotten 3 Pearlescent Drops in BL2 all 3 where Storm..... Like what is even the Chance of that.... But it still is my fav Sniper purely for the concept

Number one: *every Hyperion sniper!*

I personally like bolt action rifles. It makes it easier 2 line up the perfect shot again. But every1 has their opinion

I love the communtiy patch for fixing most of these snipers. Still, I'd go for a Lyuada any day.

I've yet to see anyone successfully wheedle a refund out of Marcus.

Without further ado it's worth mentioning that it is far more that this will be at first glance and on par with that is noticeably a controversial pick that again as is without a doubt to be fair to the developers that hopefully on the one hand that both this and that like most other making it difficult with the other problem being that it's worth mentioning that on the other hand that this is VinlycPumaGaming and ultimately it is fairly overrated and would be far better choices and can be obtained from any suitable loot source.

Hey Puma, you ever think of doing weapon part guides (stocks, grips, etc.)? I'm certain the playerbase would appreciate it.

The Storm should've just been a shock Volcano.

While the Storm is a bad gun, it's a spectacle to watch it fire.

Can you do "Worst Guns/Weapons in Your ENTIRE Gaming Experience" ?

Hey puma i got an idea for some content why not make a serie of video about weapon parts and their exact statistics

I found a barking storm in the red chest in WEP by the docks

15:25 Brings the nostalgia.

I agree with some comments below: make a weapons parts guide. WHEEDLE

I thought you were gonna say the Minecraft Easter egg sniper and I was bouta cry

@VinylicPumaGaming I hope that The Storm would appear in borderlands 3 but with a big buff, just like you said in the video.

The reverse hall of fame for snipers... neat ! Wheedel I use the invader because it’s one of the only legendary snipers I have gotten without having to farm yet

The main problem I have with the Elephant gun isn't the slow rate of fire, it's the barrel. Jakobs barrels have an iron sight built onto the end which makes aiming with the scopeless Buffalo/Razorback a lot easier. You can get pretty precise shots in with it even without a scope. The Hyperion barrel on the Elephant Gun doesn't have that, so it's harder to aim and make each shot count to its fullest since you only have the rail the scope WOULD be mounted on to use as a guide. The higher base damage of the EG doesn't count when you miss the crucial headshot.

I agree other than the bolt action, only because I find the Buffalo to be a lot of fun. Great video!

I like your videos they're awesome keep it up dude.

I love using the storm when Im helping my lower leveled friends in they're games. Just fire 1 shot into a crowd and watch the enemies disintegrate

Could do a color rarity video.. I've looked everywhere for one and couldn't find it. I'm just getting in to borderlands and all your videos have been helpful

“The player’s level maxes out at 69 with the dlc” Nice

I remember when I first got a cyclops in bl1, it was a white item so I think this was actually a pearl item before pearl items were their own quality. One day, the cyclops turned into an orange rarity weapon, pretty cool. Not a very good weapon but I always thought the scope zoom was cool

9:34 since the Elephant Gun has such a low base fire rate, meeleing after shooting it will end up giving it higher firerate. And if you play Axton/Zero, you can use their swap speed increase skills to make it fire even faster by swapping away and back to it everytime you shoot it

I love your videos and i like that you have on 30 seconds

On earlier play throughs, I think the storm is really fun. I used it for a solid 5-8 levels after the loot midgets

E-techs do have 2 very nice properties, a ricochet or two, and piercing (I think)

The Storm is what got me through the final boss of Commander Lilith on UVHM. Can't be that bad.

I actually think the storm does quite well on maya, but then again it’s after cloud kill and ruin

The problem is that white/blue Jakobs snipers should have a stat trade to compensate. If they offered higher base damage or crit in exchange for the fire rate it'd be more up to personal taste than an easy choice.

The invader is op with axton and zer0 even without ca and also really good with alot of characters on the pre sequel

I actually Like both semi auto and bolt actions Jakobs snipers, the Slower RoF allows my bad aim to be more accurate instead of spamming with a Semi-Auto

They should have made the Storm orbs unlisted projectiles for the Bee

I can see why u put the hawk eye on here but it is really good for me since I play as zero and headshot and crit essention can let u get better damage

I think the best way to redo the Storm is to a) make it available in all elements or as a pan elemental weapon and b) Give the initial nova much higher damage. And maybe give the orbs random chances to deal crit damage like Nisha.

Cool video dude. The Barking Storm isn't one of my favourite sniper rifles either, a real boat loada wheedle! However the lyuda is amazing in any element.

While I agree with the E-Tech towards the end, I found a really good one early on (As you stated) and it was amazing. It was level 9, and i just went through the WEP, with a 700 damage skookum Jakobs (Green) with 13 shots, the E-tech was superior in everyway, and I'm a bit bias with Jakobs, i almost always choose Jakobs but this hypeeion had 274+ more damage, and 5 more bullets. But it does fall short with the reload speed, and i will have it as a tertiary gun until i get better weapons. Peace out and keep up the good work!

I thought that the Surkov was pretty good

Tbh who doesn't use the ucp, which makes almost every weapon better especially the storm, because the storm with the ucp is insanely powerful

The variant of the Invader on Borderlands TPS I have fires explosive rounds and only fires one round at a time, it's quite a nice sniper rifle and works incredibly well for me even in mid / close range ranged combat. The eTech sniper rifles are pretty good however they become incredibly powerful if given to Maya especially if you have a Matriarch build, I have a Leeching Matriarch build and her damage output is greatly enhanced with the eTech sniper rifles.

Aaw i just love using a good old bolt action jackobs, way more satisfying to get kills with than a lame semi auto

You're great man!

I may be annoyed that bolt actions are here (its fun enough) but at least we can agree on the Patriot. My defining memory of the Patriot is looking at its stats compared to my Lyuda and being all like “why the SHIT is this thing desirable”

the invader isnt a bad sniper its one of the best its what a hyperion weapon should be

I killed Hector with the storm a few days ago, it took about an hour to kill.

I love elephant gun, looks awesome and got a good dmg... but yes its dificult to aim

Hence why if Gearbox does re release BL1, make Kyros and Typhoon respawnable, improve sniper physics, and make the Rider a drop from the Rakk hive after its quest.(of course if they decide to do that)

heres a fun idea. - get gaige with max anarchy stacks -get the elephant gun good luck

the part with the elephant gun i have a few questions do you not use transfusion grenades on zero and if not, why not? its his only good health regen and a good longbow slag one can certainly be a reliable piece of gear

Figures the storm is number one on this list. Its been a while since I played BL2 but I have an op4 shock gaige build that uses the storm to great effect.

but were is the cobra ?

"The invader is really going to be a controversial pick" No it's not.

The Storm is garbage. It had me fooled when I got it. Thought I was getting some amazing weapon but then nothing would die....

Ok, on the number 1! I do agree!

Kind of surprised the BL1 Gamble was not on the list, a sniper built purely on chance and low ammo count.

lol i was wondering if the storm would be on this list. i've never had one and the few people i meet in game that do have it seem to enjoy it and/or think it's good, but i've only heard crap about it from videos

I personally really like blue Jakobs sniper rifles, infact if I ever do use a sniper I only use Jakobs snipers, I like their high base damage and I like their design. I also just like older Winchester rifles and Jakobs reminds me of them... Wheedle.

Do a video on the best Vault Hunters OF ALL TIME! Even though everyone knows who is going to be #1, I think this would make a great video!

i think we can all agree that the buffalo is the best sniper in the game cause gotta love the iron sights and you got it from dukino and who doesn't love him

I had a white-rarity sniper rifle carry me through 40% of my Zer0 game.

I actually really enjoy the bolt action snipers...I actually want to snipe from long distance when playing sniper surprisingly

WELL JUST TO ADD, i think the hawk eye is an incredible sniper rifle, i do all my one shots with that sniper, but there are some situations were i change of sniper but really i think is a good sniper

The Surkov is pretty good as a close to mid range weapon for Sniper builds.

Can someone please make the "what a boatload of ass" a ringtone please. I really want that

I feel like all the pearlescent weapons were nerfed so they could have cooler effects, like the design team made a bunch of guns with good damage and crazy abilities and showed them to their boss and when the boss forced them to nerf the guns they couldn't change anything but damage

I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again: If they would’ve made the Storm function more like the Orion sniper rifle from BL1, it would actually be amazing.

I never had problems with Whitting's Elephant gun, then again snipers in BL1 didn't need accessories on the scope for damage, or any stat for that matter, aside from zoom level.

Do you know that the rider can spawn accessories that improve the rider and use motecil from bl1

Wheedle The only good any E-Tech sniper has is for re-sale. I'm also quietly surprised that The Godfinger isn't on this list, but I guess even the GF has some redeemable aspects to it. Not many, but far more than any on this list.

How do you know when you got a weapon with perfect parts

storm’s nice at a high BAR also, wheedle? and why was that in autocomplete?

I think the surkov was a bad choice because i found it good for no scoping for crits and because of the boosted fire rate and reload its good for pumpin more bullets out

in all my 300 plus hours playing borderlands 2 i have never come across a etech sniper

I just got a new purple weapon from the golden chest, tried it out in sanctuary, thought, "Wow, this gun is pretty neat, im bored though, ill watch some videos!" Opened this video, and the first thing I see before the countdown is that weapon, and I just went: OOOFFF

I was just reminded of the crappiest weapon in BL2: The Storm

BL1 had Hawkeyes. They were made by multiple companies, always purp, and were rarer than most Ledges. The best (imo) would be an explody 3-sh0t Maliwan version w/barrel4. Same for the Cyclops (3-sh0t, explody, barrel4). I refer to explody-go-nuts sniper rifles as "payload rifles." The Surkov always has barrel2, but otherwise the same standards apply (3-sh0t + explody). 8:33 "Scopeless sniper rifle" = safari rifle. Just call them "safari rifles" from now on because that's what they are. Personally, I like them. They seem like the sort of thing Sir Hammerlock would use since ir0n sights are more intuitive than scopes, allowing for greater situational awareness by keeping your peripheral vision open, while at the same time increasing the satisfaction of sc0ring long sh0ts like a true sportsman. 9:07 Whitting's "Elephant Gun" (which should be called "Whitting's Safari Rifle" since there are no elephants on Pandora) was fantastic for hunting spiderants, even at long range. It was especially fun to use with Mordy running a 5-line purple Sniper class mod w/ammo regen, most especially one made by Jakobs just to be thematic (even if not on an allegiance run). 11:26 I prefer ir0n sights over scopes for the same reason I imagine Hammerlock would (in my headcanon, that is). It's only too bad most of these no-scope "safari" type guns lack ir0n sights. I've never underst0od that. Even the Buffalo only has a front sight but no rear sight, and the front sight doesn't line up perfectly with the center of your view. It's slightly low.

You need to try an anarchist/ elemental build Gaige build with the storm 😁

funny.. i enjoy using the storm. lol.. the mechromancer does decent with it. I also love the volcano.

I like the storm, its amazing on my gaige

If you have a Save Editor and are a Gaige player, the Storm is a good sniper to have. The worst part is that you cannot get it until your level is too high for it to rate as more than shit. If you gib it in, Gaige will make great use of it with Anarchy because the accuracy takes a hit as she gets more stacks. Que the part about splash damage. The Storm affords a good bit of fudge room on those shots. That makes the Storm the only Sniper worth using on Anarchy Gaige as long as you don't use her Class mod that allows 600 Anarchy stacks. At that level, you have to aim at the ground with a shotgun with maximum Close Enough to hit enemies nearest you OR fire a Norfleet and hope you can survive. You get 1,050Xs base damage but hitting your target without nuking yourself is a bitch!

I am actually shocked the Minecraft bow sniper isn't on the list

Invader feels like poor use of the ammo really.

Never had a Rider. I was never able to get. Dang!

do you think you could talk about the Moon in fallout lore? thats one thing i dont see much talk on.

Do you have vids for skill trees? :)

If this wasn’t based on UVHM the storm wouldn’t be bad... it can group strip shields

Grog+Patriot is actually pretty fun on Salvador

For some reason I thought the storm was a spider and I about wrote an angry message. But yeah the storm definitely deserves this rank. I think the only thing I'd say is worse would be. I honestly cant think of anything, guess you're right XD

Update for 2019, Cassius from the Lilith DLC drops g1 pearlescents with surprising frequency. Happy to report that I got a Storm on one of them so now I'm running around at level 76, trying my damndest to kill anything with it. Luckily, I playing as a melee psycho so getting my ass kicked is not incredibly bad... I'll also probably arm myself with a Logan's Gun and captain blades troll grenade for a suicide build....

So when me and my Fiancé where playing borderlands 2 she found a purple rarity vadolth e tech sniper with full auto and a drum mag and slag and the rounds bounced it was the most insane weapon I've ever seen it did a lot of dps but went through so much ammo

Awesome vid!