Smite of Merain god roll & best perks

[YeezyGT's S18] [MW: Handling] "Smite of Merain is a great-feeling Pulse with a stellar perk pool. For PvE, you're looking for consistent damage uptime, high Handling (always important for Champion content), and ways to bolster your abilities. Smite does all of this quite well. I'd be looking at Demo/Gutshot for high-level (Vorpal if Anti-Barrier Pulse is a thing), Demo/Adrenaline for low-level content, and Firefly just for the fun factor. Stats for All / One for All IS good, I just tend not to recommend it on Primary weapons that typically deal with one target at a time, unlike Heavies sporting the ability to really snowball kills." tags:pve

Essential perks

Runneth Over

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Gutshot Straight Flared Magwell Demolitionist Adrenaline Junkie Adrenaline Junkie Firefly Firefly Gutshot Straight Demolitionist Accurized Rounds Steady Rounds Fluted Barrel Polygonal Rifling Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling

pandapaxxy (PvE Controller \ M+KB): Recommended MW: Reload “Smite of Merain is an incredibly strong weapon. You can craft it in so many different ways. I would definitely recommend arrowhead brake for the barrel to clean up the recoil, but any of the recoil enhancing barrels are going to work here. Demolitionist and adrenaline junkie, or pugilist and swashbuckler are going to be the preferred combinations but focused fury and vorpal weapon could just become the next best boss killer (behind dedicated special and heavy weapons of course).“ (Year 5 S18: Season of Plunder Kinetic Pulse Rifle Primary Ammo)|tags:PvE, Controller, M+KB

Strong alternatives

Adrenaline Junkie Pugilist Appended Mag Chambered Compensator Extended Mag Arrowhead Brake Flared Magwell Extended Barrel Tactical Mag Focused Fury Demolitionist Swashbuckler Vorpal Weapon

pandapaxxy (M+KB PvP) Recommended MW: Range “In PvP it has an incredibly sight picture and a decent perk pool. Eye of the storm and moving target it give Spite the best dueling potential. Either of the above mentioned combinations could also work if you wanted specialized builds.“ (Year 5 S18: Season of Plunder Kinetic Pulse Rifle Primary Ammo)|tags:PvP, M+KB

Strong alternatives

Moving Target Eye of the Storm Extended Barrel Accurized Rounds Hammer-Forged Rifling Extended Mag Arrowhead Brake Steady Rounds Demolitionist Pugilist Adrenaline Junkie Swashbuckler

pandapaxxy (PvP Controller): Recommended MW: Stability “In PvP it has an incredibly sight picture and a decent perk pool. Eye of the storm and moving target it give Spite the best dueling potential. Either of the above mentioned combinations could also work if you wanted specialized builds.“ (Year 5 S18: Season of Plunder Kinetic Pulse Rifle Primary Ammo)

Strong alternatives

Moving Target Eye of the Storm Arrowhead Brake Accurized Rounds Smallbore Chambered Compensator Steady Rounds Demolitionist Pugilist Adrenaline Junkie Swashbuckler

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 32. PvE first-choice roll for end-game content. Shapeable. The Origin Perk is aimed at playing with a fireteam - the larger, the better your magazine size after reload will be. Excellent in-slot stats and a great perk pool will give probably give you crafting headaches to shape and level all the rolls you might want! Arrowhead Brake will straighten up the recoil direction, but to be honest you could go with boosts to stability or handling instead. Tactical Mag or Flared Magwell help with stability and reload speed. For endgame content, you'll have plenty of bullets to proc a SOFA (Stats for All/One for All) roll for boosts to gunfeel stats and a chunky damage bonus. Recommended MW: Stability or Handling, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major, or Taken Spec) or Backup Mag mod.

Essential perks

Stats for All One for All

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Polygonal Rifling Chambered Compensator Smallbore Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Hammer-Forged Rifling Flared Magwell

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 32. PvE first-choice roll for end-game content. Shapeable. The Origin Perk is aimed at playing with a fireteam - the larger, the better your magazine size after reload will be. Excellent in-slot stats and a great perk pool will give probably give you crafting headaches to shape and level all the rolls you might want! Arrowhead Brake will straighten up the recoil direction, but to be honest you could go with boosts to stability or handling instead. Tactical Mag or Flared Magwell help with stability and reload speed. For endgame content, it's unusual to be able to have two damage perks on a weapon, but Focused Fury can pair well with Firefly for dealing with groups of Minor adds and the occasional Major. Recommended MW: Stability or Handling, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major, or Taken Spec) or Backup Mag mod.

Essential perks

Focused Fury Firefly

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Polygonal Rifling Chambered Compensator Smallbore Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Hammer-Forged Rifling Flared Magwell

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 32. PvE first-choice roll for end-game content. Shapeable. The Origin Perk is aimed at playing with a fireteam - the larger, the better your magazine size after reload will be. Excellent in-slot stats and a great perk pool will give probably give you crafting headaches to shape and level all the rolls you might want! Arrowhead Brake will straighten up the recoil direction, but to be honest you could go with boosts to stability or handling instead. Tactical Mag or Flared Magwell help with stability and reload speed. For endgame content, it's unusual to be able to have two damage perks on a weapon, but Focused Fury can pair well with Vorpal Weapon for dealing with chunkier Minors, the occasional Major, and with Champions, when there's a matching mod around. Recommended MW: Stability or Handling, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major, or Taken Spec) or Backup Mag mod.

Essential perks

Vorpal Weapon Focused Fury

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Polygonal Rifling Smallbore Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Hammer-Forged Rifling Flared Magwell

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 32. PvE first-choice roll for melee builds in general content. Shapeable. The Origin Perk is aimed at playing with a fireteam - the larger, the better your magazine size after reload will be. Excellent in-slot stats and a great perk pool will give probably give you crafting headaches to shape and level all the rolls you might want! Arrowhead Brake will straighten up the recoil direction, but to be honest you could go with boosts to stability or handling instead. Tactical Mag or Flared Magwell help with stability and reload speed. For melee-focused builds, the combination of Pugilist and Swashbuckler are the obvious matching traits to choose. Recommended MW: Stability or Handling, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major, or Taken Spec) or Backup Mag mod.

Essential perks

Pugilist Swashbuckler

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Polygonal Rifling Smallbore Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Hammer-Forged Rifling Flared Magwell

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 32. PvE first-choice roll for grenade builds in general content. Shapeable. The Origin Perk is aimed at playing with a fireteam - the larger, the better your magazine size after reload will be. Excellent in-slot stats and a great perk pool will give probably give you crafting headaches to shape and level all the rolls you might want! Arrowhead Brake will straighten up the recoil direction, but to be honest you could go with boosts to stability or handling instead. Tactical Mag or Flared Magwell help with stability and reload speed. For grenade-focused builds, the combination of Demolitionist and Adrenaline Junkie are the obvious matching traits to choose. Recommended MW: Stability or Handling, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major, or Taken Spec) or Backup Mag mod.

Essential perks

Adrenaline Junkie Demolitionist

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Polygonal Rifling Smallbore Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Hammer-Forged Rifling Flared Magwell

Chevy's S18 Super Pog PVE List - MW Range tags:pve, M+KB

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake

Strong alternatives

Accurized Rounds Demolitionist Firefly Focused Fury Adrenaline Junkie Tactical Mag

Inspired by DMB Podcast 277 with @illPhysics. Shapeable. First-choice PvP pick for duelling. Average stats compared to its competition in-slt, apart from a higher Aerial Effectiveness stat, but very responsive to any damage buff - Radiant, Empowering Rift and High Energy Fire mean you can achieve an on-paper 2-burst, 6-crit kill in 0.6s against any resilience, as at v6.2.0.7. The lower zoom of 17 means you have a more open sight picture than other adaptive pulse rifles, but also means the recoil is less constrained too, so first choice in the barrel is Arrowhead Brake, which brings Recoil Direction to 100, and improves Handling. Flared Magwell or Tactical Mag adds some Stability and Reload Speed, and then for duelling Moving Target and Eye Of The Storm make hitting those crits easier in a gunfight. Recommended MW: Stability, with a Quick Access Sling or Sprint Grip mod depending on your preference.

Essential perks

Moving Target Eye of the Storm Arrowhead Brake

Strong alternatives

Flared Magwell Tactical Mag

Inspired by DMB Podcast 277 with @illPhysics. Shapeable. First-choice PvP pick for kill-chaining. Average stats compared to its competition in-slt, apart from a higher Aerial Effectiveness stat, but very responsive to any damage buff - Radiant, Empowering Rift and High Energy Fire mean you can achieve an on-paper 2-burst, 6-crit kill in 0.6s against any resilience, as at v6.2.0.7. The lower zoom of 17 means you have a more open sight picture than other adaptive pulse rifles, but also means the recoil is less constrained too, so first choice in the barrel is Arrowhead Brake, which brings Recoil Direction to 100, and improves Handling. Flared Magwell or Tactical Mag adds some Stability and Reload Speed, and then for kill-chaining, Swashbuckler x5 will provide an easy 2-burst kill of 4 crits and 2 body shots in 0.6s, while Pugilist boosts melee energy. Recommended MW: Stability, with a Quick Access Sling or Sprint Grip mod depending on your preference.

Essential perks

Pugilist Arrowhead Brake Swashbuckler

Strong alternatives

Flared Magwell Tactical Mag