Lotus-Eater - Legendary Sidearm

Lotus-Eater is a Sidearm Void Special in Destiny 2. Review its base stats, perk pool, and masterwork options.

Weapon overview

Sidearm - Void - Special - Micro-Missile Frame

Source: Nightfall

Let it all go.

Fires self-propelled micro-missiles that explode on impact for high damage.

Volatile Launch
This weapon is optimized for an especially explosive payload.
• Greatly increases blast radius
• Slightly decreases handling speed
• Slightly decreases projectile speed
Confined Launch
This weapon's launch parameters are particularly stable.
• Greatly increases stability
• Increases blast radius
• Decreases projectile speed
Countermass
This weapon is weighted for vertical recoil.
• Greatly controls recoil
• Increases stability
• Increases handling speed
Hard Launch
This weapon's launch barrel is optimized for projectile speed.
• Greatly increases projectile speed
• Decreases stability
• Slightly decreases blast radius
Linear Compensator
This weapon's launch barrel is well-balanced.
• Slightly increases projectile speed
• Slightly increases blast radius
• Slightly increases stability
Quick Launch
This weapon's barrel provides faster projectiles and much faster aiming.
• Greatly increases handling speed
• Increases projectile speed
Smart Drift Control
This barrel is broadly optimized for firing control.
• Moderately controls recoil
• Increases stability
• Increases handling speed
• Slightly increases projectile speed

Appended Mag
This weapon's magazine is built for higher capacity.
• Increases magazine size
Tactical Mag
This weapon has multiple tactical improvements.
• Slightly increases stability
• Increases reload speed
• Slightly increases magazine size
Extended Mag
This weapon has a greatly increased magazine size, but reloads much slower.
• Greatly increases magazine size
• Greatly decreases reload speed
• Increases airborne effectiveness
Alloy Magazine
Faster reload when the magazine is nearly empty.
Flared Magwell
Optimized for fast reloading.
• Slightly increases stability
• Greatly increases reload speed
High-Velocity Rounds
This weapon's projectiles are particularly light and quick.
• Increases projectile speed
• Increases reload speed
Implosion Rounds
This weapon's projectiles travel faster and have a controlled explosion.
• Increases projectile speed
• Greatly increases stability
• Decreases blast radius
High-Explosive Ordnance
This weapon's projectiles are larger and travel faster.
• Increases blast radius
• Slightly increases projectile speed
• Decreases magazine size

Strategist
Final blows with this weapon generate class ability energy. Activating your class ability briefly improves this weapon's stability.
Feeding Frenzy
Each rapid kill with this weapon progressively increases reload speed for a short time.
Repulsor Brace
Defeating a Void-debuffed target grants an overshield.
Shoot to Loot
Shooting an Orb of Power picks it up. Shooting an ammo brick picks it up and automatically reloads all of your equipped weapons from reserves.
Beacon Rounds
Final blows with this weapon grant your projectiles tracking and increase reload speed. Dealing further damage extends the duration.
Reconstruction
This weapon slowly reloads itself over time, up to double capacity.

One for All
Hitting three separate targets increases damage for a moderate duration.
Destabilizing Rounds
Defeating a target creates a Void burst; hitting other targets with this burst makes them volatile and grants you Volatile Rounds for a short duration.
High Ground
Final blows with this weapon grant stacks of bonus damage. Attacking targets from higher ground immediately grants the maximum number of stacks.
Reverberation
Final blows with this weapon increase the size of its detonations for a short duration.
Withering Gaze
Aiming this weapon for a short period of time without firing grants the ability to weaken the next target. Timer resets after firing or when you stop aiming down sights.
Adrenaline Junkie
This weapon gains increased damage and handling from final blows with grenades or this weapon.

Stunning Recovery
Stunning a Champion refills your magazine, triggers health regeneration, and improves recovery for a short duration.
Vanguard's Vindication
Final blows with this weapon grant a small amount of health.