Black Scorpion-4sr

For all possible perks, check out Black Scorpion-4sr over on d2gunsmith.com

No general overview as only PvP rolls featured for this one!

PvP Rolls

CoolGuy’s review (8/2019) is great source of info for the Black Scorpion, as well as the Massive Breakdown Podcast Ep. 148. There are seven perks in the final two columns (versus the usual four to six) and during Season 9, this weapon does not benefit from the Rank 92 extra-final-column-perk bonus. That means these rolls are going to be super challenging to get, so we’re going to relax a few constraints along the way.

• Recoil is 60, so using a Counterbalance mod to make it vertical is a slam dunk. Check out CoolGuy’s video for a before/after.
• All these rolls will recommend Rampage in the final column because “Rampage x 1 will kill with four crits in 0.7s.”
• The base Range hits max damage at 68m which you’re not going to find often on a PvP map, so we’re OK with it. We don’t want to harm the range, but this roll isn’t dying for more range. Mercules904 - “The 2x zoom blows through your range requirements. I really just like this gun more with a heck of a lot of Stability.”
• Zen Moment? YES. Stability is where our focus will be. Zen Moment gives you a bump to your base Stability which you can see here and the base Stability is a terrific 54, the highest among all Scout Rifles (?!).
• No Outlaw? NOPE. The reload is already plenty fast and there’s no DPS perk to play off of in column three. It’s not bad, it’s just not make-or-break.

Check out ZkMushroom and nKuch to see the Black Scorpion in action. I was surprised to hear how much Mercules904 digs the Black Scorpion (it’s the weapon he used to get Randy’s).

“Mercules Collector’s Edition”

Let’s call this the “Mercules” roll, since listening to the podcast linked above informed its creation. All Stability, all day, with better Aim Assistance and mobility from Moving Target. Because of the quantity of perks in the final two columns, your chance of this roll is… slim.

  Barrels [ 22%]: Chambered Compensator
  Mags    [ 25%]: Steady Rounds
  Perks 1 [ 28%]: Moving Target, Zen Moment
  Perks 2 [ 14%]: Rampage
  MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

“Mercules Collector’s Edition (Minus Rampage)”

Same as the above, swappin in some non-Rampage options.

  Barrels [ 22%]: Chambered Compensator
  Mags    [ 25%]: Steady Rounds
  Perks 1 [ 28%]: Moving Target, Zen Moment
  Perks 2 [ 28%]: Opening Shot, Snapshot
  MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW