Alternatives

-Primed pistol gambit can be replaced by Creeping Bullseye. Avoid Galvanized crosshair as slash kills do not stack.
-[Sharpened Bullets] or [Hornet Strike] can be replaced by faction specific Expel Mods to increase damage done by status effects. ( Using Sharpened Bullets as it is much more suitable to genera use)

Explanation on Faction Expel Mods

-By equipping a faction mod, the status damage will be multiplied by 1.3 for the regular version and 1.55 for primed.
EG. Total status after Status mods =100. By adding regular Expel mods, it is multiplied by 1.3 thus becoming 130 and so on for primed mods. Doing so will increase sustained dps but requires the change in expel mods for seperate missions. For general use this is impractical but for endurance runs, this will have a significance in damage output.

Arcanes

Merciless is better as it accounts for slash kills.

Status

Impact status is guaranteed on hit; using cold, toxin would increase viral without affect proc priority of impact.( Heat can be used as well)