Built from 109 curated wishlist rolls for this Shotgun. 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
81 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "There haven't been too many shotguns that excite me outside of FILO from years past. But Redirection’s stealth buff paired with Vorpal Weapon or Bait and Switch is some huge damage. Now I know it's a lot of set up. But it's well worth it. Add in Subjugation for Exhausting the boss and you can stay close without much worry. Destabilizing Rounds in the third column is fun when running around with Frenzy to pop some Volatile with added oomph." Recommended MW: Reload Speed.
Strong alternatives
Assault Mag
Fluted Barrel
Destabilizing Rounds
Bait and Switch
Vorpal Weapon
Frenzy
Fourth Time's the Charm
Redirection
Appended Mag
Tactical Mag
Corkscrew Rifling
Smallbore
pandapaxxy
pvp
mkb
controller
16 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "No Opening Shot is kinda whack, but Closing Time is honestly just as good, if not better and Killing Wind picks up right after for the bonus movement speed and handling. Lone Wolf is an obvious choice for being solid all around and doubling when solo." Recommended MW: Range.
Strong alternatives
Assault Mag
Closing Time
Fluted Barrel
Lone Wolf
Demoralize
Killing Wind
Accurized Rounds
Hammer-Forged Rifling
Adamsdown_Boy written v8.2.0.2
6 wishlist rolls
Adamsdown_Boy written v8.2.0.2: PvE pick for burst damage against Majors in general at-level or better, and in end-game underleveled content. This Unvoiced roll looks like it could be an interesting choice for dealing with Champions and Minibosses that you encounter. At base, the stats are good by comparison with its peers - 70 Range and 12 Zoom equates to 9.40m ADS and 7.83m hipfire, 40 Stability is ×1.1225 flinch resist at 100 Resilience, 75 Handling is 0.29s ready, 0.28s ADS and 0.32s stow speed, 49 Reload Speed is a 0.71s reload per shell and Recoil Direction is 55 (but you can ignore that with the precision frame intrinsic perk. Base mag size is 6 (max 8), and with 0/1/2/3 reserves mods total ammo is 19/21/23/24 (max 24). The barrel perk can be used to improve the Handling while for the magazine perk, Assault Mag is the top choice to improve fire rate for better DPS, or add a shot or two to the mag. With the rework of Redirection, in the first trait column, this now lets you build stacks up to 30, 3 at at time for Minor add kills, and use them 3 at a time for ×1.33 damage (2 at a time for ×1.5 when enhanced) against Majors and Bosses - so think of it as a way to bank extra burst damage against against orange and yellow bar enemies enemies by killing adds. In the second column, Frenzy is active anyway when in combat, boosting damage by ×1.15 and maximising Handling and Reload Speed but then, when you face a tougher enemy, both perks combine to provide ×1.53 damage (×1.73 when enhanced) for bursting down Elites, Champions and Minibosses. The Subjugator origin trait is, frankly, nuts - against Minors and Majors it's an extra explosive rounds-style damage boosting perk that also adds flinch on every fourth shot that hits, while against Bosses it procs Exhaustion to reduce their outgoing damage by ×0.9. Recommended MW: Handling, with a Backup Mag mod or, when masterworked, Synergy to create Void Breaches or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader. Also, don't forget to check whether there's a useful Seasonal Fragile mod for the activity you're running.|tags:PvE PvE-Boss PvE-MajorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller
Essential perks
Redirection
Frenzy
Strong alternatives
Fluted Barrel
Extended Mag
Assault Mag
Arrowhead Brake
Tactical Mag
Appended Mag
Corkscrew Rifling
Community wishlist roll
6 wishlist rolls
Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 131 from 25 February 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ylHiOQP4ev7qlUTWnXzvD?si=gEk_UXaITayODh1wH2j0SA) with @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-MajorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for Boss damage in general at-level or better, and in end-game underleveled content. This Unvoiced roll looks like it could be an interesting choice as part of a Bait and Switch weapon rotation with a heavy weapon that does damage over time, like Anarchy. At base, the stats are good by comparison with its peers - 70 Range and 12 Zoom equates to 9.40m ADS and 7.83m hipfire, 40 Stability is ×1.1225 flinch resist at 100 Resilience, 75 Handling is 0.29s ready, 0.28s ADS and 0.32s stow speed, 49 Reload Speed is a 0.71s reload per shell and Recoil Direction is 55 (but yo can ignore that with the precision frame intrinsic perk. Base mag size is 6 (max 8), and with 0/1/2/3 reserves mods total ammo is 19/21/23/24 (max 24). The barrel perk can be used to improve the Handling while for the magazine perk, Assault Mag is the top choice to improve fire rate for better DPS, or add a shot or two to the mag. With the rework of Redirection, in the first trait column, this now lets you build stacks up to 30, 3 at at time for Minor add kills, and use them 3 at a time for ×1.33 damage (2 at a time for ×1.5 when enhanced) against Majors and Bosses - so think of it as a way to bank extra burst damage against against orange and yellow bar enemies enemies by killing adds. In the second column, Bait and Switch adds an additional ×1.3 boost for 10s for cycling through weapons (so when both are procced, that's ×1.73 damage or ×1.95 when enhanced!). The Subjugator origin trait is, frankly, nuts - against Minors and Majors it's an extra explosive rounds-style damage boosting perk that also adds flinch on every fourth shot that hits, while against Bosses it procs Exhaustion to reduce their outgoing damage by ×0.9. Recommended MW: Handling, with a Backup Mag mod or, when masterworked, Synergy to create Void Breaches or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader. Also, don't forget to check whether there's a useful Seasonal Fragile mod for the activity you're running.|tags:PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-MajorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller
Essential perks
Bait and Switch
Redirection
Strong alternatives
Fluted Barrel
Extended Mag
Assault Mag
Arrowhead Brake
Tactical Mag
Appended Mag
Corkscrew Rifling
Recommendations aggregated from curated community wishlists; credit to the curators linked above.