The King's Call and Queen's Call are legendary pistols in Borderlands 3. The weapons are essentially mirror images of each other. The only differences between the two pistols are the weapon elements. The King's Call will drop with the Incendiary or Shock elements and the Queen's call will drop with either the Cryo, Radiation, or Corrosive elements.
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Both of the weapons can be very powerful if used correctly. This guide will cover the two ways of finding these pistols, as well as their strengths and weaknesses. Players that have accurate aim can take advantage of critical hits and dominate bosses in Borderlands 3.
The legendary pistols can be found one in one of two locations. Gamers that get lucky will find one of these guns in a random loot crate in Borderlands 3. The chances of finding a legendary weapon in a crate are low, and the probability of finding these two in one of them is exponentially lower.
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The best way to get the two pistols is by defeating Tyreen The Destroyer. Players will find the boss at the end of the Destroyer's Rift on Pandora. Tyreen has a very high chance of dropping the pistols after being killed. If she does not drop the legendary pistols, she will drop a legendary submachine gun.
Tyreen's weak spot is on the head, so players will want to focus gunfire there for critical hits. She is much more powerful up close, and keeping a good distance from her will make it easier to win the fight. Movement will be crucial while trying to take her down as well. A simple strafe jump will be enough to keep her fooled for the most part.
At the beginning of the fight, the boss will spam a purple crystal attack that sends lines of damaging crystals in three different directions. To avoid this attack, gamers will want to play the edge of the platform and constantly strafe to the left or right of the boss. Another one of Tyreen's attacks is a fireball barrage. It does a lot of damage, but the attack will only cover a small radius.
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In the meantime, players should be shooting at Tyreen when her little head is exposed. Tyreen's third attack is a large purple rock that will explode a few seconds after it hits the ground. It can be disarmed by firing a few shots into the rock. The boss will also summon a sphere that shoots concentrated beams of energy in multiple directions. To avoid the beams, the proper tactic is to move clockwise with them while the attack is active.
If Tyreen's health bar turns white, it means that she is immune. The boss will kneel down, and players need to mantle up the gold indicators on her back. On the top of Tyreen's back, there is a bright pink aura. Shooting that aura will expose her head and accelerate the process of taking down the boss while she is immune. The second immunity phase will begin as soon as she is at half health. By mounting and attacking the aura again, she will be exposed once more for additional damage.
In the final phases, Tyreen uses an attack that shoots horizontal beams of light and a line of fireballs that travel directly toward the user. The only way to avoid this attack is by timing the rotating beams of light while fitting between two of the fireballs. Tyreen uses yet another beam attack, dragging closely spaced beams of light across the platform. As the final stage ensues, she will attack faster and combo each attack. Eventually, Tyreen will fall.
Those lucky enough to get the pistols during the first playthrough will have amazing legendary weapons at their disposal. The main benefit of using the pistols is the critical hit effect. Each critical hit returns three bullets to the gun's barrel and ricochets three bullets toward nearby enemies. The pistols have six bullet magazines and fire in three-round bursts.
Those that have precision aim will basically have infinite ammo as long as they connect critical hits. With a decent fire rate and unlimited ammo, each of the pistols will destroy any enemy in the game. Using the weapons against groups of enemies is more difficult, but with the ricochet effect, gamers will deal two times the damage on every lone enemy.
Most people will want to stray away from using the pistols to clear out mobs, as it is far more effective against bosses. Below are the base stats of both pistols.
- Damage: 971
- Accuracy: 70%
- Handling: 54%
- Reload Time: 2.4 seconds
- Fire Rate: 10.50/s
- Magazine: 6