Pulse rifles are a class of primary weapons in Destiny characterized by burst-fire mechanisms and medium-range effectiveness.
Pulse rifles typically fire in three-round bursts. Häkke pulse rifles fire in four-round bursts, but the four rounds together do roughly the same amount of damage as a three-round burst.[1]
Archetypes[]
- High-Impact: High-impact pulse rifles have a Rate of Fire value of 59 and an Impact value of 30. Examples include The Messenger, Spare Change.25 and Parthian Shot. The Häkke pulse rifle in this archetype is Lyudmila-D.
- Medium-High-Impact: Medium-high-impact pulse rifles have a Rate of Fire value of 66 and an Impact value of 14. Examples include Red Death, Smite of Merain and SUROS PDX-41. The Häkke pulse rifles in this archetype are Apple of Discord, Raskova-A, STEEL MEDULLA~, ((STEEL MEDULLA~)) and Herja-D.
- Medium-Low-Impact: Medium-low-impact pulse rifles have a Rate of Fire value of 73 and an Impact value of 7. Examples include Bad Juju, Hawksaw and Outbreak Prime.
- Low-Impact: Low-impact pulse rifles have a Rate of Fire value of 77 and an Impact value of 4. Examples include Grasp of Malok, Oversoul Edict and The Waltz.
Crucible[]
The following table illustrates the performance of each pulse rifle archetype in the Crucible:[2][3]
Archetype | Damage Per Hit | Time-to-Kill (seconds) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Crit | Body | Crit | Body | |
High-Impact | 33 | 22 | 1.14 | 1.34 |
Medium-High-Impact | 30 | 20 | 1.00 | 1.50 |
Medium-Low-Impact | 25 | 17 | 0.92 | 1.42 |
Low-Impact | 24 | 16 | 0.93 | 1.60 |
High-Impact (Häkke) | 26 | 18 | 0.73 | 1.33 |
Medium-High-Impact (Häkke) | 21 | 14 | 1.14 | 2.01 |
References[]
- ↑ Dague, David. (2015) "Bungie Weekly Update - 07/23/2015". Bungie. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
- ↑ Reddit "In-depth weapons sats spreadsheet 2.0 (Time To Kill, Damage, RPM), featuring all new weapons from The Taken King Expansion!". Retrieved June 12, 2016.
- ↑ Reddit "Mercules' Massive Breakdown Weapon Stats Spreadsheet, Including Stats and Times-to-Kill". Retrieved June 12, 2016.