Built from 257 curated wishlist rolls for this Pulse Rifle. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.
Recommended rolls
pandapaxxy
pvp
mkb
144 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB): "Belisarius-D comes from the crucible, and it belongs in the crucible. Rapid Hit and Headseeker are fantastic neutral perks that no one would argue belong together. Keep Away and Moving Target can substitute as well for a very strong neutral weapon. Eye of the Storm is conditional in that you will have to take damage, but the benefits far outweigh the drawbacks. In the crucible you will be taking damage, so getting some extra benefits alongside that is all upsides. Kill Clip doesn’t change the time to kill enough to be noticeable unless you hit nothing but headshots. In which case you’ll drop down to a 0.60 TtK with 6 crits on Tier 8 Resilience or below. Without Kill Clip on those higher tiered resilience levels you’ll need 1 extra bullet, either way it still remains a two-burst as you won’t stop the burst mid-burst." Recommended MW - Range.
Strong alternatives
Rapid Hit
Headseeker
Arrowhead Brake
Short-Action Stock
Ricochet Rounds
Extended Barrel
Smallbore
Extended Mag
High-Caliber Rounds
Keep Away
Eye of the Storm
Kill Clip
Moving Target
Composite Stock
pandapaxxy
pve
mkb
controller
77 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Belisarius-D is already making waves as one of the strongest pulse rifles with a ton of combinations. It might not be as good as pre-nerf No Time to Explain, but it certainly holds its own in our current Meta. Arrowhead isn’t necessary with our deterministic recoil, but I found the bursts a bit tighter and easier to control. I like that Vorpal Weapon can be paired with Kill Clip for extra damage against majors and champions. Rapid Hit is a better neutral perk for cleaning up the burst and adding much needed reload speed." Recommended MW - Stability.
Essential perks
Short-Action Stock
Strong alternatives
Arrowhead Brake
Kill Clip
Appended Mag
Vorpal Weapon
Fluted Barrel
Smallbore
Armor-Piercing Rounds
Flared Magwell
Rapid Hit
Keep Away
Hatchling
Deconstruct
Community wishlist roll
27 wishlist rolls
Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 93 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0uYGSQqlyX1faCyATCDuno?si=IMSCRgTRQr-_THJdjxFMIQ) with @ImpetusAlways and @Saint_Kabr. First-choice PvE pick for add-clearing Minor spec enemies in end-game content, particularly for Strand subclasses. Belisarius-D (Belisarius isn't a dinosaur, but rather a 5th Century Byzantine general) has strong stats but, like all Aggressive Burst pulse rifles, suffers poor handling and reload speed. Arrowhead Brake adds handling and corrects the recoil direction to 100 or Fluted Barrel gives the highest handling bump as the barrel perk. Flared Magwell, or as an alternative, Light Mag or Alloy Mag help out with reload in the magazine slot. The traits are mostly PvP flavoured but Slice and Hatchling in the first and second trait columns work together as a weapon to synergise with Strand subclass fragments - this could make it a good option as part of a Bait and Switch rotation with Slice reducing outgong damage from a major boss by 40% when procced - or alternatively, Rapid Hit and Keep Away, again in the first column bump up gunfeel stats. Short Action Stock is the stock of choice, for another +15 to handling. Recommended MW: Handling, with a damage boosting (Boss Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-EndGame, PvE-God, M+KB, Controller
Essential perks
Hatchling
Short-Action Stock
Strong alternatives
Arrowhead Brake
Slice
Flared Magwell
Fluted Barrel
Corkscrew Rifling
Light Mag
Alloy Magazine
Rapid Hit
Keep Away
Community wishlist roll
9 wishlist rolls
Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 93 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0uYGSQqlyX1faCyATCDuno?si=IMSCRgTRQr-_THJdjxFMIQ) with @ImpetusAlways and @Saint_Kabr. First-choice PvE pick for damage against vehicles and constructs in end-game content. Belisarius-D (Belisarius isn't a dinosaur, but rather a 5th Century Byzantine general) has strong stats but, like all Aggressive Burst pulse rifles, suffers poor handling and reload speed. Arrowhead Brake adds handling and corrects the recoil direction to 100 or Fluted Barrel gives the highest handling bump as the barrel perk. Flared Magwell, or as an alternative, Light Mag or Alloy Mag help out with reload in the magazine slot. For a unique roll - something to add to a collection, just in case you ever need it - Vorpal Weapon is in the first trait column(!), so if you pair it with Deconstruct in the second and Hakke Breach Armaments as the origin trait, with a Boss Spec mod, and that's every perk available that provides additional damage against vehicles and constructs. Now all you've got to do is decide where to use it... Recommended MW: Handling, with a damage boosting (Boss Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-EndGame, PvE-God, M+KB, Controller
Essential perks
Vorpal Weapon
Häkke Breach Armaments
Deconstruct
Strong alternatives
Arrowhead Brake
Flared Magwell
Fluted Barrel
Corkscrew Rifling
Light Mag
Alloy Magazine
Recommendations aggregated from curated community wishlists; credit to the curators linked above.