Borderlands 3 continues to roll with the series' tradition of bountiful loot and fun weapons while kicking things into overdrive by dialing up the quantity and insanity of its guns. The game's list of potent Legendary weapons is more expansive than ever, as are the variants and customizations.
One pistol really manages to stand out amongst this vast lineup, and that's the Queen's Call. It makes sense that this Jakobs gun is so distinct and powerful given that it typically drops from the final ominous boss fight, Tyreen the Destroyer. However, there are more details and traits than meet the eye when it comes to this beast of a pistol.
10 Comes In Three Elemental Types
Elemental powers serve to augment weapons and add a fun way to inflict bonus damage on foes, and this is certainly the case with the Queen's Call. The weapon always comes in either cryo, radiation, or corrosive. All of these help keep the DPS coming while players frequently reload with its small magazine size.
This is compounded by the unique ricochet feature of the weapon, which piles on even more elemental wear and tear.
9 Nearly Identical To It's Kingly Counterpart
As one might have guessed from their similar names and appearances, the Queen's Call is quite similar to its sibling, the King's Call. This makes sense, as it's essentially the "Troy" counterpart to this weapon's "Tyreen." In fact, these weapons are nearly identical in their features, statistics, and materials. The only ways in which they're different are their monikers and their elements.
The King's Call comes laced with one of the two elemental effects not covered by the Queen's: incendiary or shock. Both of these can be equally impactful under the right circumstances.
8 The Duality Of Its Ammo Consumption And Capacity
The Queen's Call is truly unique with its perks tied to ammo consumption and magazine size. On the one hand, the weapon can be pretty limited and cumbersome in this area, as its magazine size of six is quite low.
This is compounded by its hefty consumption of three ammo per shot, which naturally leads to frequent reloads. Even with that amusing spin animation, this constant reloading can become an annoyance for some.
On the other hand, sharpshooting players can really exploit the perk of recollecting three bullets as a result of a critical. Landing ample critical hits means that players can fire off a constant stream of shots with minimal reloading and near-infinite ammo. Basically, the Queen's Call can either be swift and resourceful or a slow glutton of a pistol.
7 Goes Well With One Of Amara's Useful Action Skills
The Siren Amara can take further advantage of this weapon by shoring up one of its few weak areas, the aforementioned ammo capacity. Her passive Action Skill known as Deep Well will bump up her magazine size, tacking on an extra 20%.
While it may not seem like much, it can be useful in giving a nice little buffer for those missed criticals over time. And given its recoil, there's a good chance these shots will be missed with regularity.
6 Greatly Complements One Of FL4K's Action Skills
The Queen's Call can excel with various builds and classes, to be sure. Though many fans point to the Beastmaster FL4K as the biggest beneficiary of the Queen's Call by far.Â
And the reason is his impactful Action Skill from the Stalker skill tree, Fade Away. The skill not only makes FL4K invisible to foes for fifteen seconds but also grants automatic criticals. Of course, this goes quite well with Queen's Call, which is hugely enhanced by scoring criticals.
Though this altered version of critical hits is a bit less potent than a true critical, it can still be effective in piling on the DPS over time, especially with reload not being a factor.
5 Recommended For Bosses
Though practiced shooters can tear it up with most baddies when using Queen's Call, it's really more tailored towards larger foes and bosses.
The emphasis on landing criticals means that its power and efficiency go way up on bosses, who usually have larger, meatier critical spots. The ricochet feature is very useful here too, as projectiles usually return to their original target.
4 An Eerily Organic Monster Skin
The distinct traits of this beastly pistol extend to its skin, which actually tends to look like a beast in gun form.
In adhering to the monstrous theme of Tyreen the Destroyer, the weapon's barrel has a warped organic mesh that even comes with moving parts and blinking eye clusters.
3 It Can Be Found Without Slaying Tyreen The Destroyer
Borderlands 3 players often see fit to farm Tyreen the Destroyer to get this pistol, as slaying her grants the best chance to find it. However, it can technically still be found randomly from any loot source in the game.
But keep in mind that being a Legendary means that finding this coveted pistol elsewhere in the wild won't be easy.
2 A Cryptic Heavy Metal Lyrical Reference
Beyond its in-game Tyreen reference, Queen's Call also holds a more subtle, seemingly random reference by way of the flavor text on its stat card. The line that reads "life is ours, we live it our way" is actually a homage to the hit Metallica single, "Nothing Else Matters."
One would think a nod to their St. Anger track "Some Kind of Monster" would have been a more suitable reference, but perhaps Gearbox was going for popularity points over context.
1 Has Been Hit With Nerfs
The King's and Queen's Call found themselves among the biggest victims of a September 2019 update from Gearbox, which included certain tweaks and patches.
These changes included a somewhat negligible drop in damage output for the gun. But most notable was significantly slowing down the fire rate, which dialed back over 50%. This has brought criticism from some fans, as it tends to conflict with the swift nature of Jakobs weapons and hampers the effectiveness of this once beastly-pistol.
Regardless, most of the Queen's Call's other perks and abilities remain unchanged, and it's still considered a top-tier Legendary.