Sidewinder

Sidewinder
General Info
Category	Pistols
Rarity	Rare
Tech Type
Mod Slots	2
Base Stats
Damage	99-157
Rate of Fire	380
Max Clip Size	6
Max Ammo	60-75
Accuracy	45-56
Weight	10-5
Base Stats
Damage	167-200
Rate of Fire	380
Max Clip Size	6
Max Ammo	65-81
Accuracy	45-56
Weight	10-5
Bulwark
Damage Resistance (1 Ally): 15-25 Damage Resistance (2 Allies): 22-37 Damage Resistance (3 Allies): 30-50
Concussive
Area Damage: 800-1500 Radius (m): 7.50
Siphon
% Damage Returned as Health: 3-3.75 % Heal Bonus per kill: 4.5 Kill Streak Duration (s): 7 Max. Kill Bonus: 3

The Sidewinder is a pistol in Mass Effect: Andromeda.

Description

The Sidewinder rapid-fire pistol is a newly developed weapon, crafted by Nexus exiles with materials and technologies unique to the Andromeda Initiative and the Heleus Cluster. Versatile and reliable, the Sidewinder is perfect for a user with few resources to fall back on.

Features

The Sidewinder is a solid mid-tier handgun whose looks, coupled with its 6-shot capacity, evoke the image of a futuristic revolver. It can be considered a middle ground between the basic Predator and the much more powerful Carnifex.

It is important to note that the Sidewinder is outperformed by the Carnifex pistol in all stats except spare ammo count and fire rate. A Carnifex I already boasts higher damage per shot than the Sidewinder can deal at tier X in both singleplayer and multiplayer, thus providing little incentive for to carry a Sidewinder into battle.

This is compounded by the fact that in singleplayer the Sidewinder needs to be researched to become available for crafting whereas the Carnifex automatically unlocks new tiers as Ryder levels up, and since both crafting options are always available in parallel to each other, there is no "gap to bridge" while the player waits for more advanced weapons to unlock. The Sidewinder is also classified as rare which, while giving it one more augmentation slot, means it is much more unlikely to drop as random loot than the uncommon-rated Carnifex is.

Squadmate Peebee wields a Sidewinder as her weapon of choice.

The multiplayer Sidewinder received improvements to damage and max ammo during updates. Its reload speed also decreased to 0.75 seconds from 1.5 seconds.

Strategies

• Singleplayer
• Multiplayer

Singleplayer

Multiplayer

• The Sidewinder is at best a sidearm, only deployed in battle for fun or to rack up points for Pistol Mastery challenges. Its lightweight construction even unupgraded ensures at least one other weapon can be taken for conventional fights.

Stats

• Singleplayer
• Multiplayer

Singleplayer

Rank	Damage	Rate of Fire	Max Clip Size	Max Ammo	Accuracy	Weight
I	99	380	6	60	45	10
II	105	380	6	62	48	9
III	112	380	6	63	50	9
IV	118	380	6	65	52	8
V	125	380	6	67	53	8
VI	131	380	6	68	54	7
VII	138	380	6	70	55	7
VIII	144	380	6	72	55	6
IX	150	380	6	73	56	6
X	157	380	6	75	56	5

Multiplayer

Rank	Damage	Rate of Fire	Max Clip Size	Max Ammo	Accuracy	Weight
I	167	380	6	65	45	10
II	171	380	6	67	48	9
III	174	380	6	68	50	9
IV	178	380	6	70	52	8
V	182	380	6	72	53	8
VI	186	380	6	73	54	7
VII	189	380	6	75	55	7
VIII	193	380	6	77	55	6
IX	197	380	6	78	56	6
X	200	380	6	81	56	5

Development

Rank	Research Cost	Omni-Gel Canister	Beryllium	Nickel	Vanadium	Augmentation Slots
I	125	20	100	50	10	0
II	140	30	110	50	10	3
III	155	30	130	60	20	3
IV	170	30	140	70	20	3
V	185	40	160	80	20	3
VI	200	40	170	80	20	3
VII	215	40	180	80	20	3
VIII	230	40	190	90	20	3
IX	245	50	190	90	20	3
X	260	50	200	100	20	3
Total	1925	370	1570	750	180	N/A