 So today people we take a look at another new legendary to the game and it's called the smug. It's a high-period SMG and it does have some uniqueness about it. Could it be top tier? Today we check this thing out and find out what it's capable of. How's it going guys my name's DP Jane today I bring you another BR3 video if you do enjoy living a life really helps out and subscribe if you do want to see more. Also before we go any further for all your gaming needs no matter the platform we play on amazing prices and incredible weekly deals check out G2A linked within the video description. Okay so SMG is one of the exclusive weapons which drops from the new takedown at the Guardian Bridge and it drops from the last bus scourge the invincible. Now I know many many folks out there are unhappy about this new raid and many many aspects of it to be honest guys I have a separate video coming discussed in the many arising problems since the latest update the raid is included in that video so stay tuned for that but all problems aside this new high-period SMG the smug what's special about it well damage is amplified while the weapon shield is active. We can see also this mayhem 10 variant is quite strong offering 5,440 damage decent accuracy handling could be a bit better reload speed on the slower side fire rate for an smg is pretty slow also and a mag size I'd say is average obviously many of these stats can be adjusted via your build and buffed upon so for the most part what we have seen here doesn't really reflect how this may work or play out in combat as we've seen with many many past weapons so it's special trait of having amped damage when a weapon shield are active this comes into play when you're aiming down sights and the damage bonus you get from this is around 50 to 100 percent mark I mean using it in certain instances it seems 100 percent using it in others it seems about 50 percent which is decent either way if you think about it now from what I have experienced so far I would say it's a weapon which is probably benefited today in most having barry active means you take way less damage meaning you can make the most of this thing while aiming down sights and in my opinion the playstyle and to make the most out of this weapon having a vault hunter which could be buffed to move a little quicker would also be beneficial as obviously if you stay idle taking damage while aiming destroys this weapon shield means this effect won't last long at all so moving around helps moving around at speed helps more vault hunters like amaru and moles I feel this won't be a wise choice and due to the fact you are for the most part always going to be taking damage so the benefits of the amped damage won't come into play as often as you like now using it within the slaughter shaft I do feel it lacks that punch we see from weapons I like the chaos and before it's no I mean my variant doesn't have an elemental effect on it which plays a major part in this weapons damage output within the slaughter shaft but I also feel gearbox is scaling and how I do think they messed up on many aspects of the game since the latest patch which didn't need to be touched all the bugs and many other things come into play probably a little bit with this weapon in a way performs and for the most part is actually quite good yes watching this it seems quite weak but remember the enjoyment I have on this is far from the best the fact it doesn't have any elemental offerings either for that damage output which by the way drops offering all elements it would only make this weapon much much better so from what you're seeing within the gameplay footage in the background now I wouldn't base your opinion on the weapon from this I ain't because I've seen what it can do with burns and so much more this I can straight away see being a very decent weapon all things considering if the roles are right for said builds the question is is this worth your time busting your balls trying to get it via farming niggardian takedown I'd straight up say no I have almost everything from the new raid and I will straight up state the current state of the raid and how difficult it is for many I feel the end game reward on this side of the game in its current state isn't worth the grind in my opinion the only thing you're missing out on not having this weapon is a new name other than that I don't feel this thing offers much more than what you can find elsewhere without busting your balls trying to obtain the thing the raid confirmed by gearbox is a little under harder side all things considered and they are confirmed to be making changes so if I were you I'd wait for said changes to take place which I think would come in early next week just because in my opinion how hard this thing is if especially if you're a solo player it's more or less impossible to obtain these things because the last boss is so hard I mean why would you want to do on any of the mayhem mod apart from mayhem 10 and mayhem 10 in my opinion and where the major problems are so overall thoughts on a smug high peering smg it is in my opinion a very decent smg one I feel will become a top tier weapon once everyone gets a hold on it but it isn't really in my opinion anything truly unique on mine blowing or game breaking like we've seen in the past with certain weapons and how they've played out and become it's a new name in a pool of a million things but right now in my opinion you ain't missing out on a said new name and it can't wait until things are sorted on that note we have come to the end of the video if you guys enjoyed it leaving a like really helps out if you have this weapon and have an opinion I didn't let me know it down below in that comment section if you're new around here want to see more boilers be sure to subscribe and if you never want to miss a video I upload content notifications on by hitting that bell button also if you want to become a member of my channel you can by hitting that join button I do appreciate that support again thanks as always for stopping by hopefully you enjoyed the video and hopefully I will see you on 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