Built from 380 curated wishlist rolls for this Sidearm. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.
Recommended rolls
Community wishlist roll
pve
299 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 18. PvE backup roll for general content. Shapeable. To Excess origin perk is most useful with Tier 4/5 supers with the shortest cooldown, but can add to melee/grenade builds. Highest zoom in the subtype, which constrains the recoil, so while you're waiting to build your own, push out the range with your barrel and add some reload boosts from your mag. Not really any standout first traits, but Disruption Break, Wellspring and Well-Rounded all have their place. For your second trait, Incandescent works well for Solar 3.0, Swashbuckler pairs particularly well with solar Titans with their bonk hammer, and Rampage just adds easy damage in general content. Recommended MW: Range, with a Backup Mag or damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod (or Rampage Spec, wth Rampage).
Strong alternatives
Full Bore
Disruption Break
Incandescent
Accurized Rounds
Extended Barrel
Tactical Mag
Hammer-Forged Rifling
Flared Magwell
Disruption Break
Wellspring
Wellspring
Well-Rounded
Well-Rounded
Incandescent
Swashbuckler
Swashbuckler
Rampage
Rampage
pandapaxxy
pve
mkb
controller
36 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Drang (Baroque) is hot right now. [...] Well-rounded paired with your choice of rampage, or incandescent is probably going to be your best bet. Swashbuckler and wellspring together is also another good combination." Recommended MW - Reload.
Strong alternatives
Tactical Mag
Well-Rounded
Fluted Barrel
Rampage
Smallbore
Appended Mag
Extended Mag
Wellspring
Swashbuckler
Incandescent
pandapaxxy
pvp
mkb
16 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB): "Sturm and Drang are the other duo pairing. Sturm fell off after the 120 nerf, but Drang and the Baroque version are both incredibly strong. The in-air accuracy nerf hurt all weapons, but I think sidearms were one weapon type that got hit the hardest. Having better in-air accuracy at base is rather nice, but the lack of air assault and across the board air penalties hurts sidearm play. I think swashbuckler is the best option for the last column as melee kills in cqc are common and going into the next fight with a large damage boost will make your sidearm hit like a hand cannon." Recommended MW - Range.
Essential perks
Accurized Rounds
Strong alternatives
Full Bore
Moving Target
Swashbuckler
Hammer-Forged Rifling
Extended Barrel
Extended Mag
Eye of the Storm
Rampage
Community wishlist roll
pve
12 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 18. PvE first-choice roll for end-game content. Shapeable. To Excess origin perk is most useful with Tier 4/5 supers with the shortest cooldown, but can add to melee/grenade builds. Highest zoom in the subtype, which constrains the recoil, so if you're building your own, push out the range with your barrel and mag. Not really any standout first traits, but Disruption Break, Wellspring and Well-Rounded all have their place, and Incandescent synergises really well with Solar 3.0. Recommended MW: Range, with a Backup Mag or damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.
Essential perks
Accurized Rounds
Hammer-Forged Rifling
Strong alternatives
Disruption Break
Incandescent
Disruption Break
Wellspring
Wellspring
Well-Rounded
Well-Rounded
Incandescent
Community wishlist roll
pve
12 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 18. PvE first-choice roll for end-game content. Shapeable. To Excess origin perk is most useful with Tier 4/5 supers with the shortest cooldown, but can add to melee/grenade builds. Highest zoom in the subtype, which constrains the recoil, so if you're building your own, push out the range with your barrel and mag. Not really any standout first traits, but Disruption Break, Wellspring and Well-Rounded all have their place, and Swashbuckler pairs well for solar Titans with their bonk hammer. Recommended MW: Range, with a Backup Mag or damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.
Essential perks
Accurized Rounds
Hammer-Forged Rifling
Strong alternatives
Swashbuckler
Disruption Break
Disruption Break
Wellspring
Wellspring
Well-Rounded
Well-Rounded
Swashbuckler
pandapaxxy
pvp
controller
4 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): "Sturm and Drang are the other duo pairing. Sturm fell off after the 120 nerf, but Drang and the Baroque version are both incredibly strong. The in-air accuracy nerf hurt all weapons, but I think sidearms were one weapon type that got hit the hardest. Having better in-air accuracy at base is rather nice, but the lack of air assault and across the board air penalties hurts sidearm play. I think swashbuckler is the best option for the last column as melee kills in cqc are common and going into the next fight with a large damage boost will make your sidearm hit like a hand cannon." Recommended MW - Range.
Essential perks
Smallbore
Accurized Rounds
Strong alternatives
Moving Target
Swashbuckler
Eye of the Storm
Rampage
Community wishlist roll
1 wishlist roll
Chevy's S17 Super Pog PVE List Reload MW tags:pve, M+KB
Essential perks
Tactical Mag
Wellspring
Corkscrew Rifling
Incandescent
Recommendations aggregated from curated community wishlists; credit to the curators linked above.