PvE

For all possible perks, check out Falling Guillotine over on light.gg

Dark Drinker 2.0 is… sorry I mean Falling Guillotine… is a new “Vortex Frame” sword in S11. It does a ridiculous - amount - of - damage and is also just weird.

What makes this even better is that as with all other swords, the perk pool is super small, and with the Recaster perk Umbral Enhancement III, all of your Focused Umbral weapons get an additional final-column perk. As of this writing it appears to be bugged and I’m getting an extra final perk on unfocused drops 🤷‍♂️ (but also bugged in that I’m not getting a second perk on Cold Denial or Falling Guillotine 🤪) Chances are you’ll get the roll you’re after relatively quickly? When you do, rejoice! That roll will keep you all the way through Season 14.

We’re going for the classics here: Whirlwind and Surrounded. Maybe you’ll get insanely lucky and get both Whirlwind and Surrounded as the perks in the final column?

Note that swords only have one possible Masterwork (Impact) hence the appearance of “any MW will do” in the wishlist; which isn’t really the case

  • (PvE) Sustained DPS 🗡🗡🗡 🌟Collector’s Edition - 2.7% chance: With Whirlwind and Relentless you’ll be slicing for what seems like forever. C/o this analysis, Jagged Edge is the clear choice for the first column, but you’ll want to make sure your reserves are increased in armor. Heavy Guard sacrifices Charge Rate and massive increased all the other important sword stats, but that’s fine because Charge Rate is such a compressed stat you won’t notice the difference.

    Barrels [ 40%]: Jagged Edge
Mags    [ 40%]: Swordmaster's Guard
Perks 1 [ 33%]: Relentless Strikes
Perks 2 [ 50%]: Whirlwind Blade
MWorks  [100%]: *

  • (PvE) Sustained DPS 🗡🗡 (- Edges) - 6.7% chance

    Barrels [100%]: *
Mags    [ 40%]: Swordmaster's Guard
Perks 1 [ 33%]: Relentless Strikes
Perks 2 [ 50%]: Whirlwind Blade
MWorks  [100%]: *

  • (PvE) Sustained DPS 🗡🗡 (- Guards) - 6.7% chance

    Barrels [ 40%]: Jagged Edge
Mags    [100%]: *
Perks 1 [ 33%]: Relentless Strikes
Perks 2 [ 50%]: Whirlwind Blade
MWorks  [100%]: *

  • (PvE) Sustained DPS 🗡 (Baseline) - 16.7% chance

    Barrels [100%]: *
Mags    [100%]: *
Perks 1 [ 33%]: Relentless Strikes
Perks 2 [ 50%]: Whirlwind Blade
MWorks  [100%]: *

  • (PvE) “Lawnmower Man” 🚜🚜🚜 Collector’s Edition - 2.7% chance: With Surrounded up, you’ll be mowing through hordes of adds in no time. C/o this analysis, Jagged Edge is the clear choice for the first column, but you’ll want to make sure your reserves are increased in armor. Heavy Guard sacrifices Charge Rate and massive increased all the other important sword stats, but that’s fine because Charge Rate is such a compressed stat you won’t notice the difference.

    Barrels [ 40%]: Jagged Edge
Mags    [ 40%]: Swordmaster's Guard
Perks 1 [ 33%]: Relentless Strikes
Perks 2 [ 50%]: Surrounded
MWorks  [100%]: *

  • (PvE) “Lawnmower Man” 🚜🚜 (- Edges) - 6.7% chance

    Barrels [100%]: *
Mags    [ 40%]: Swordmaster's Guard
Perks 1 [ 33%]: Relentless Strikes
Perks 2 [ 50%]: Surrounded
MWorks  [100%]: *

  • (PvE) “Lawnmower Man” 🚜🚜 (- Guards) - 6.7% chance

    Barrels [ 40%]: Jagged Edge
Mags    [100%]: *
Perks 1 [ 33%]: Relentless Strikes
Perks 2 [ 50%]: Surrounded
MWorks  [100%]: *

  • (PvE) “Lawnmower Man” 🚜 Baseline - 16.7% chance

    Barrels [100%]: *
Mags    [100%]: *
Perks 1 [ 33%]: Relentless Strikes
Perks 2 [ 50%]: Surrounded
MWorks  [100%]: *