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Borderlands 3 Legendary Dahl Sniper Rifle - Sand Hawk - LVL72

Borderlands 3 Legendary Dahl Sniper Rifle – Sand Hawk – LVL72

SAND HAWK - Legendary Weapons Guide!!! | Mayhem 2.0 [Borderlands 3]

Weapon Overview:

Manufacturer: dahl
Type: Sniper
Rarity: Legendary
Drop Rate: 16.5%
Anointed: Yes
Various Parts: Yes
Splash Damage: No

Weapon Stats:

Level: 72
Mayhem: 10
Damage: 35371×7
Accuracy: 61%
Handling: 80%
Reload Time: 2.1s
Fire Rate: 7.31/s
Magazine Size: 20

About the Sand Hawk:

The Sand Hawk is a Legendary weapon in Borderlands 3. This Dahl Sniper has a unique projectile pattern as the Sand Hawk fires a line of 7 bullets that move to mimic the way that a hawk flaps its wings. This weapon can come with the Full-Auto, Semi-Auto, and Burst Fire firing modes. Basically, you want a Sand Hawk with the Full-Auto & Semi-Auto firing modes. Because with Full-auto you actually have an SMG and with the Semi-Auto you have a sniper that can shoot as fast as an SMG. While the pellet spread on the Full-Auto and the Burst Fire is pretty wide, the spread on the pellets of the Semi-Auto is pretty tight.

Special Weapon Effect:

“Wedge a pig.”

  • Fires a line of 7 bullets that move to mimic the way that a hawk flaps its wings.
  • Consumes 3 ammo per shot.

Elements:

Elemental Damage Guide

Fire damage is strong against Flesh and can cause targets to burn. Burning deals high damage over a 5-second duration.

Corrosive damage is strong against Armor and causes targets to melt. Melting deals high damage over a 7-second duration.

Shock damage is strong against Shields and causes targets to be electrocuted. Electrocution deals very high damage over a 3-second duration.

Cryo damage slows enemies and eventually freezing them. Cryo efficiency is the percentage of damage dealt that is applied as Cryo, at 100% efficiency, enemies will freeze at 20% health. Frozen enemies are unable to move and take 3x Melee damage

Radiation damage can cause targets to become Irradiated. Irradiated enemies deal Aura Damage to nearby enemies for 8 seconds. If an Irradiated enemy dies, they explode, Irradiating any enemies damaged by the explosion.

How do you get the Sand Hawk in Borderlands 3?

The Sand Hawk is Mayhem Mode 6 or higher Legendary and has a 16.5% chance to drop from Katagawa Jr. who is located in the Atlas HQ on Promethea. M6 gear will also drop from the bosses in the Guardian Takedown.

Is the Sand Hawk any good?

The Sand Hawk is a Top Tier weapon and is considered one of the best snipers in the game.

Notes:

Changelog:

  • Hotfix June 11th, 2020
    • Increased Shot Cost from 2 to 3 – We’ve increased the cost of firing the weapon, so that players have to more thoughtfully manage ammo.  With the additional SDUs that were added in The Revenge of the Cartels patch, players should still be able to use this weapon quite a bit.
    • Removed 2 projectiles – As stated, the performance cost of this weapon was too high, so we’ve removed two particle systems from each shot.  This also removes some damage output from the weapon.
    • Increased Accuracy Spread – To make up for the difference for the missing projectiles, we’ve spread out the pattern, so it still covers the same space.
    • Lowered lifetime of projectiles – Too many active particle systems from consecutive shots was really hurting performance, so we’ve lowered the lifespan of the projectile.
    • Increased projectile speed – It was important to use to keep the weapon still effective in combat, so to counter the lowered lifetime of the projectiles, we’ve sped them up.  The result is a weapon that still feels as effective as before, and even more responsive

Resources:

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