Built from 1804 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
YeezyGT's WQ
pve
1728 wishlist rolls
[YeezyGT's WQ] [MW: Any] "Syncopation feels somewhat standard as a 390RPM, with a decent suite of perks. There's some interesting PvP capabilities here with Enhanced Hip-Fire Grip, though for PvE, I'd say it works as you'd expect, with very few surprises."
Essential perks
Suros Synergy
Strong alternatives
Headstone
Outlaw
High-Caliber Rounds
Fluted Barrel
Headstone
Vorpal Weapon
Vorpal Weapon
Frenzy
Frenzy
Outlaw
Zen Moment
Zen Moment
Moving Target
Moving Target
Ricochet Rounds
Light Mag
Appended Mag
Armor-Piercing Rounds
Flared Magwell
Arrowhead Brake
Chambered Compensator
Corkscrew Rifling
Extended Barrel
Hammer-Forged Rifling
Smallbore
Polygonal Rifling
pandapaxxy
pvp
mkb
24 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB): "If one pulse screamed consistency this pulse would do it. PvP falls into one of two categories. Consistency or lethality. Syncopation doesn’t have anything to push it into the 2 burst realm outside of person buffs (empowering rift, inertia override, etc) but it does have utter consistency. Arrowhead cleans up the recoil perfectly, while high-caliber rounds makes it harder to get hit in return. Then the choice between moving target, the newly buffed hip-fire grip in combination with headseeker or rangefinder." Recommended MW - Range.
Strong alternatives
Moving Target
Arrowhead Brake
High-Caliber Rounds
Rangefinder
Hammer-Forged Rifling
Fluted Barrel
Ricochet Rounds
Hip-Fire Grip
Headseeker
pandapaxxy
pve
mkb
controller
18 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Syncopation is in an interesting spot right now. It competes with Eyasluna, the previous best headstone weapon while also being able to make crystals, but from further ranges. Being a pulse rifle puts it in a better spot for range and having multiple bullets per burst rivals hand cannon’s big single shot damage. The unfortunate part is no rapid hit to maximize the weapons feel, but it does have some incredible utility with stasis builds and general crystal shattering." Recommended MW - Reload.
Essential perks
Outlaw
Strong alternatives
Appended Mag
Vorpal Weapon
Fluted Barrel
Arrowhead Brake
Smallbore
Extended Mag
Headstone
Focused Fury
Community wishlist roll
pve
12 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 13. PvE first-choice roll for stasis builds. Shapeable. Solid feeling weapon - could do with a tiny bit of help with recoil direction in the barrel, and then your choice of mag perk for stability, range, reload speed or combat effect. Maybe more PvP options with the traits, but Outlaw and Headstone provide a solid choice of weapon for stasis builds. Recommended MW: Handling or Reload Speed, with Backup Mag or damage-boosting (Minor, Major, or Taken Spec) mod.
Strong alternatives
Headstone
Arrowhead Brake
Outlaw
Chambered Compensator
Extended Barrel
Outlaw
Headstone
Community wishlist roll
pve
12 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 13. PvE first-choice roll for end-game use. Shapeable. Solid feeling weapon - could do with a tiny bit of help with recoil direction in the barrel, and then your choice of mag perk for stability, range, reload speed or combat effect. Maybe more PvP options with the traits, but Outlaw will help keep kill streaks going once you proc Frenzy. Recommended MW: Handling or Reload Speed, with Backup Mag or damage-boosting (Major, Boss or Taken Spec) mod.
Strong alternatives
Arrowhead Brake
Outlaw
Frenzy
Chambered Compensator
Extended Barrel
Outlaw
Frenzy
Community wishlist roll
pve
8 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 13. PvE backup roll for stasis builds. Shapeable. Solid feeling weapon - your choice of barrel and mag. Maybe more PvP options with the traits, but Outlaw and Headstone provide a solid choice of weapon for stasis builds. Recommended MW: Handling or Reload Speed, with Backup Mag or damage-boosting (Minor, Major, or Taken Spec) mod.
Strong alternatives
Headstone
Outlaw
Outlaw
Headstone
Frenzy
Frenzy
Community wishlist roll
2 wishlist rolls
Chevy's S16 Super Pog PvE Loot List. Recommended MW - Range
Essential perks
Outlaw
High-Caliber Rounds
Corkscrew Rifling
Strong alternatives
Headstone
Frenzy
Recommendations aggregated from curated community wishlists; credit to the curators linked above.