Sojourner's Tale

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Sojourner’s Tale is a Legendary Slug Shotgun in the Energy slot, introduced in S14.

PvP Thoughts#

From a PvP perspective, slug shotguns come in two flavours:

• High Handling + Low Aim Assist: Sojourner's Tale, First In, Last Out
• Low Handling + High Aim Assist: Blasphemer, Heritage, Bonechiller

If you love sniping Guardians with slug shotguns and wish you had a Legendary you could use in place of your Duality then you’re in luck! Sojourner’s offers a solid baseline set of perks that any slug enthusiast will recognize, as well as some interesting new combinations.

PvE Thoughts#

Slug shotguns got a damage boost in PvE and become DPS machines a few seasons back. If you missed out on a solid First In, Last Out roll, now’s your change to secure a workhorse for PvE.

📖 The Tale of Coolguy (pvp)#

Coolguy has a terrific video breakdown of Soujourner’s Tale. It’s the only weapon in the game that can roll with this combo of Tunnel Vision and Killing Wind, which both proc on reload. What was new to me was that the benefits proc as soon as a single shell has been reloaded. You don’t have to wait for the full mag to finish!

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Fluted Barrel
  • Magazines: Assault Mag
  • Perks 1: Tunnel Vision
  • Perks 2: Killing Wind
  • Masterworks: Handling MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling, Hammer-Forged Rifling, Arrowhead Brake, Smallbore
  • Magazines: Assault Mag, Accurized Rounds, Light Mag

🐌 Slugger’s Choice (pvp)#

Your standard set of “secure that first kill” perks.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Fluted Barrel
  • Magazines: Assault Mag
  • Perks 1: Moving Target, Quickdraw, Threat Detector
  • Perks 2: Opening Shot
  • Masterworks: Handling MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling, Hammer-Forged Rifling, Arrowhead Brake, Smallbore
  • Magazines: Assault Mag, Accurized Rounds, Light Mag

🦁 Ehroar’s Pick (pve)#

Ehroar has a great video review of the Sojourner’s Tale. It can’t roll with Vorpal but it can roll with Surrounded and Frenzy, both of which provide significant damage bonuses.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Full Bore
  • Magazines: Assault Mag
  • Perks 1: Auto-Loading Holster
  • Perks 2: Frenzy, Surrounded
  • Masterworks: Range MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Full Bore, Hammer-Forged Rifling, Smallbore, Extended Barrel
  • Magazines: Assault Mag, Accurized Rounds, Light Mag

🏃 Just Passing Through (pve)#

Classic pairing here.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Full Bore
  • Magazines: Assault Mag
  • Perks 1: Threat Detector
  • Perks 2: Surrounded
  • Masterworks: Range MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Full Bore, Hammer-Forged Rifling, Smallbore, Extended Barrel
  • Magazines: Assault Mag, Accurized Rounds, Light Mag