FAQ

Why use Anemic Agility when Knell has 1 round?

Knell has a special ability called "Death Knell". On a headshot Knell gains unlimited auto-fire ammo with a 2.5x crit multiplier. Having the insane boost to fire-rate sends [Knell]'s damage through the roof.

Why don't you have corrosion, viral, or heat?

As [Knell] is a crit weapon with only 5% status proc chance, the odds of benefiting from the status chance is minimal. Even with the higher fire rate you're better off with more crit damage
What I said for this I take back. as I was unaware that Death [Knell] also gave a 60% status chance buff. Likely I'll completely rethink this build...

Why so much crit damage over crit chance?

This is mostly from experimentation and personal damage calculations. [Primed Pistol Gambit] alone gives so much extra crit chance that more crit damage seems to give more damage output. Plus, crit damage multiplies with the pistols ability.

I don't have [Primed Pistol Gambit]. What do I do?

A: No worries! Just swap [Barrel Diffusion] and [Pistol Gambit] in the slots and max out [Sharpened Bullets]. It might be better to add another crit chance mod but I haven't checked. Leave a comment if you decide to check it out.

Why only three forma instead of seven or eight like other builds?

This build was designed as a three forma optimization as I have never put more than three forma in any of my equipment. Short answer, I don't want to level something eight or nine times before it's good.

Why didn't you use more primed mods?

See my previous answer. This is mostly a very generic build for most high level content. Here are some possible ways completely maximize it.

• Use more forma: More forma means you can fit better mods
• Use with [Harrow]: [Harrow] has a crit ability that has good synergy
• Use Saryn: Saryn's armor stripping spores really opens the enemies to your attacks
• Use a corrosion primary/melee: This will strip higher level enemies of their armor