Built from 91 curated wishlist rolls for this Grenade Launcher. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.
Recommended rolls
pandapaxxy
pve
mkb
controller
52 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "While it might not be as strong as Salvager’s Salvo in terms of room clearing as you’d need to get the enemies to line up to a degree, that will still not stop its fun factor. Getting the Salvager’s Salvo roll on Forbearance or unrelenting and chain reaction to get health from your booms would also be a nice way to roll into some thrall.". Recommended MW - Reload.
Strong alternatives
Linear Compensator
Ambitious Assassin
Chain Reaction
High-Velocity Rounds
Smart Drift Control
Implosion Rounds
Quick Launch
Unrelenting
Surplus
Golden Tricorn
One for All
YeezyGT's WQ
god-pve
15 wishlist rolls
[YeezyGT's WQ] [MW: Reload] "Forby is the best Legendary weapon of the expansion. A wave frame version of Salvo, which means you'll get way more shots off (no waiting for travel time), can point it at your feet, Souldrinker that heals you, Chain Reaction that essentially matches the Dead Messenger blast radius, its a Craftable, combo with Explosive Wellmaker and Well of Life to become unkillable as you run through trash adds like Thor, God of Thunder. It's viable in every level of content. It's Forby. It's King."
Essential perks
High-Velocity Rounds
Strong alternatives
Chain Reaction
Surplus
Quick Launch
Chain Reaction
Surplus
Hard Launch
Ambitious Assassin
Ambitious Assassin
Unrelenting
Unrelenting
Community wishlist roll
pve
12 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 8. Shapeable through the Mars Relic. PvE first choice roll for end-game content. The first arc wave-frame Grenade Launcher, but no boss damage parks, so focus on those that help with add clear. You'll want decent weapon swap speeds, and shots to get where they're going as fast as possible. Both Unrelenting and Ambitious Assassin have their place with Chain Reaction. Recommended MW: Reload Speed, Velocity or Handling, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.
Essential perks
High-Velocity Rounds
Strong alternatives
Unrelenting
Chain Reaction
Quick Launch
Smart Drift Control
Ambitious Assassin
Chain Reaction
Unrelenting
Ambitious Assassin
Speedrunner's Shopping List
god-pve
6 wishlist rolls
Speedrunner's Shopping List: Ammo efficient add clear (good for: all S21 raids and dungeons)
Essential perks
High-Velocity Rounds
Quick Launch
Strong alternatives
Ambitious Assassin
Wellspring
Chain Reaction
Genesis
Unrelenting
pandapaxxy
pvp
mkb
controller
6 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "Similarly to Explosive Personality, wave frame grenade launchers aren’t going to break the meta, and won’t be super strong. They have some utility especially in Control or Iron Banner where there are capture points and choke points. But outside of that they are pretty limited.". Recommended MW - Handling or Reload.
Essential perks
Steady Hands
Chain Reaction
Strong alternatives
High-Velocity Rounds
Quick Launch
Linear Compensator
Smart Drift Control
Implosion Rounds
Recommendations aggregated from curated community wishlists; credit to the curators linked above.