Plasma Coil is a legendary submachine gun in Borderlands 3 manufactured by Maliwan, and is exclusive to the Designer's Cut DLC. It is obtained randomly from any suitable loot source at Stormblind Complex (with an increased chance to drop in Madwidth Power) during the Arms Race mode, and can be brought outside of the area when extracted with a Gear Extractor.

Special Weapon Effects

Harness the 4th state of matter.

• +1900% weapon damage. +150% fire rate. -30% reload time. -75% spread and recoil. Always shock and radiation.
• Will either spawn with 24-round magazine with 48 magazine size (75% chance), or 44-round magazine with 64 magazine size (25% chance).
• Charges up to fire in full-automatic, but has a short delay after firing every 16 rounds. Fires high speed elemental orbs.
• Damage dealt by this weapon are counted as splash damage.

Usage & Description

The Plasma Coil is a submachine gun that has a damage-per-shot and fire rate that is comparable to rocket launchers and Vladof weapons respectively. As such, it can be used in a "spray and pray" manner as only a handful of enemies can survive multiple shots.

Able to decimate virtually any enemy, it is widely considered to be one of the best weapons in the game.

Notes

• The Plasma Coil will always spawn with the "Superconducting" prefix.

Trivia

• The flavor text is a reference to plasma being the fourth state of matter.

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