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: Random Perks: This item cannot be reacquired from Collections.

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

Reconstruction
This weapon slowly reloads itself over time, up to double capacity.
Repulsor Brace
Defeating a Void-debuffed target grants an overshield.
Dimensional Shift
Collecting a Void Breach causes final blows to provide a Void Overshield.
Air Trigger
Increased ammo generation. When airborne, accuracy and reload speed are increased but target acquisition is decreased.
Light Touch
This weapon gains reload speed, handling, and aim down sight speed when you are amplified, radiant, or have Devour.
Danger Zone
The blast radius of this weapon increases when surrounded by combatants. While active, this weapon deals significantly less damage to the wielder.

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.
Collective Action
Collecting an Elemental pickup or destroying a Tangle grants this weapon a stacking period of increased damage. Throwing a Tangle provides additional time.

Elemental pickups include [Solar]Firesprites, [Void]Void Breaches, [Arc]Ionic Traces, [Stasis]Stasis Shards, and [Strand]Strand Tangles.
Frenzy
Being in combat for an extended time increases damage, handling, and reload for this weapon until you are out of combat.
Surrounded
This weapon gains bonus damage when three or more enemies are in close proximity.
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.
Cascade Point
Final blows or sustained precision hits with another weapon increase this weapon's rate of fire for a short duration.

Problem Solver
Dealing sustained damage to Champion, miniboss, or boss combatants exhausts them and grants this weapon handling and reload speed.

Exhausted targets deal reduced outgoing damage.
Vanguard Determination
After using your class ability, final blows with this weapon grant you bonus damage resistance.