Primary weapons
Pulses
Pulses ranked by endgame role, perk package, competition, and total score.
WEAPON | INFO | PERKS | ANALYSIS | ||||||||||||||
🖼️ | Name | Season | Energy | Frame | Source | Stun | Ammo | ⬆️ | Barrel | Mag | MW | Perk 1 | Perk 2 | Origin Trait | Notes | # | Tier |
 | Joxer's Longsword | 29 | Void | Heavy Burst | Crucible |  | 49 | Yes | Fluted Barrel | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Repulsor BraceDragonflyShoot to Loot | Destabilizing RoundsWithering GazeKill Clip | Accelerated Assault | solid origin, great frame, good perk diversity, has double stagger access too | 1 | S |
 | Claws of the Wolf | 29 | Void | Rapid | Iron Banner |  | 46 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Repulsor Brace | Destabilizing RoundsRampageAttrition Orbs | Skulking Wolf | nice origin paired with solid frame and classic void combo | 2 | S |
 | The Martlet | 28 | Void | Lightweight | Trials |  | 56 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Alloy Magazine | Reload | Repulsor BraceFirefly | Destabilizing RoundsWithering GazeDesperate Measures | Fleet Footed | trades better origin trait for Firefly alternative in first column, not really worth | 3 | S |
| Gridskipper | 29 | Void | Rapid | World, Banshee |  | 55 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Repulsor BraceDemoralize | Destabilizing RoundsDesperate Measures | Splicer Surge | basically just worse than Claws but still good | 4 | S |
| Nullify | 24 | Solar | Heavy Burst | Salvation's Edge |  | 51 | Yes | Fluted Barrel | Alloy Magazine | Reload | Heal ClipFireflyBurning Ambition | IncandescentMeganeuraChaos Reshaped | Collective Purpose | definitely the most diverse solar double splash option, just not a great origin trait, sadly no high-cal | 5 | S |
| Veles-X | 29 | Void | Aggressive Burst | Solo Ops |  | 54 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Repulsor BraceDemoralize | Destabilizing RoundsWithering GazeFirefly | Vanguard Determination | some double splash pairings but mediocre frame and origin | 6 | S |
| High Tyrant | 28 | Void | Balanced | Equilibrium |  | 5818 Heat Generated
20 Cooling Efficiency | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Enhanced Heatsink | Cooling Efficiency | Repulsor BraceDestabilizing Rounds | MeganeuraDemoralizeWithering Gaze | Imperial Allegiance | no Destab in 2nd column but can be covered by artifact setup, very potent if accounted for | 7 | S |
| Elsie's Rifle | 29 | Void | High-Impact | Onslaught |  | 52 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Repulsor BraceDimensional Shift | Destabilizing RoundsDemoralizeDesperate Measures | Indomitability | double stagger, standard void combos, better origin than Premonition | 8 | S |
| Premonition | 29 | Void | High-Impact | Moon |  | 53 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Repulsor BraceFireflyDemoralize | Destabilizing RoundsMeganeuraWithering Gaze | Loss | has double stagger, lots of perk diversity, just a bad frame and origin | 9 | S |
| The Time-Worn Spire | 29 | Stasis | Rapid | Iron Banner |  | 53 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Firefly | HeadstoneCrystalline Corpsebloom | Skulking Wolf | probably as good as a stasis pulse gets | 10 | A |
| All or Nothing | 28 | Strand | Dynamic | Tharsis Outpost |  | 5630 Heat Generated
42 Cooling Efficiency | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Enhanced Heatsink | Cooling Efficiency | FireflySlice | TearHatchling | Accelerated Assault | pretty solid strand double splash on a good frame with a good origin | 11 | A |
| Chattering BonePantheon version | 29 | Kinetic | Lightweight | Pantheon |  | 49 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Alloy Magazine | Reload | Kill ClipAttrition OrbsBewildering Burst | Kinetic TremorsChaos ReshapedAncillary Ordinance | Elliptical Orbit | better perk diversity than normal version, much better origin | 12 | A |
| Redrix's Estoc | 29 | Stasis | Legacy PR-55 | Competitive |  | 60 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Alloy Magazine | Reload | FireflyCrystalline Corpsebloom | Headstone | None | best stasis double splash combos but no origin, solid frame though | 13 | A |
 | Hailing Confusion | 29 | Stasis | Adaptive | Europa |  | 49 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | HeadstoneRimestealer | MeganeuraCrystalline Corpsebloom | Winterized Gear | good for crystal spam, bad origin and okay frame | 14 | A |
| New Purpose | 29 | Stasis | High-Impact | Duality |  | 60 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Headstone | MeganeuraRimestealer | Bitterspite | basically Hailing Confusion with better origin, worse frame, less perks, and double stagger | 15 | A |
| Blast Furnace | 29 | Kinetic | Aggressive Burst | Onslaught |  | 55 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Alloy Magazine | Reload | Kinetic TremorsAncillary OrdinanceBewildering Burst | Chaos ReshapedFirefly | Forge's Kin | mediocre frame but everything else is about as good as you can ask for on a kinetic pulse | 16 | A |
| The Messenger | 29 | Kinetic | High-Impact | Trials |  | 49 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | FireflyBewildering BurstStopping Power | Kinetic TremorsAncillary Ordinance | Wild Card | has triple stagger option, otherwise similar to Blast Furnace with worse origin | 17 | A |
| Oversoul Edict | 29 | Arc | Rapid | Crota's End |  | 57 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Rolling Storm | VoltshotJolting FeedbackGear Shift | Cursed Thrall | excellent origin, solid frame, and good arc diversity in 2nd column | 18 | A |
| Adhortative | 29 | Solar | Adaptive | Starcrossed |  | 52 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Heal ClipShoot to Loot | Incandescent | Nano-Munitions | worse damage profile than Jurassic but has barrier intrinsic and better origin | 19 | A |
| Jurassic Green | 25 | Solar | Rapid | Festival of the Lost |  | 47 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Alloy Magazine | Reload | Heal Clip | Incandescent | Field-Tested | classic Heal Clip + Incandescent combo on solid frame, decent origin | 20 | A |
| Darkest Before | 29 | Solar | Rapid | Prophecy |  | 50 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Heal Clip | IncandescentBurning Ambition | Crossing Over | Burning Ambition option but otherwise worse origin than Jurassic | 21 | A |
| Chattering Bone | 29 | Kinetic | Lightweight | Last Wish |  | 49 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Alloy Magazine | Reload | Kill ClipAncillary OrdinanceStopping Power | Kinetic Tremors | Explosive Pact | interesting single target + KT combo on a good frame, bad origin though | 22 | A |
| Battle Scar | 29 | Kinetic | Lightweight | EDZ |  | 51 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Alloy Magazine | Reload | Attrition OrbsShoot to Loot | Kinetic Tremors | Veteran's Wisdom | excellent origin for KT, solid first column despite lacking double splash | 23 | A |
| Stars in Shadow | 27 | Solar | High-Impact | Tenet of Bravery, Shaxx |  | 49 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Alloy Magazine | Reload | Heal Clip | IncandescentBurning Ambition | Wild Card | classic solar survivability combo, just bad frame and decent origin | 24 | A |
| Infinite Paths 8 | 29 | Arc | Lightweight | World, Banshee |  | 55 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Alloy Magazine | Reload | Dragonfly | Voltshot | Radiolaria Transposer | Dragonfly not great but Voltshot has higher enough uptime to be equal to JF vs. other A tier picks | 25 | A |
| RelentlessRotN version | 26 | Strand | High-Impact | Rite of the Nine |  | 40 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | TearFireflySlice | Hatchling | Gravity Well | double stagger with decent double splash and unique origin, just not a good frame | 26 | A |
| Belisarius-D | 29 | Strand | Aggressive Burst | Competitive |  | 59 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | TearSliceDragonfly | FireflyHatchling | Häkke Breach Armaments | bad frame but decent double strand splash otherwise, has double stagger too | 27 | A |
| Relentless | 29 | Strand | High-Impact | Prophecy |  | 40 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | TearFireflySlice | Hatchling | Crossing Over | essentially identical to RotN version with worse origin | 28 | A |
| Insidious | 29 | Arc | Aggressive Burst | Vow of the Disciple |  | 59 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Alloy Magazine | Reload | Rolling StormDragonflyFrenzy | VoltshotChaos Reshaped | Souldrinker | basically Infinite Paths but worse due to frame, similar origin quality and more perk diversity | 29 | A |
| Bygones | 29 | Kinetic | Adaptive | Gambit |  | 60 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Attrition OrbsShoot to LootStopping Power | Kinetic Tremors | Gun and Run | basically worse profile Battle Scar with much worse origin and barrier access | 30 | A |
| Smite of Merain | 29 | Kinetic | Adaptive | King's Fall |  | 49 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Alloy Magazine | Reload | Ancillary OrdinanceBewildering Burst | Firefly | Runneth Over | okay double splash, not as potent as top kinetic options | 31 | B |
| Sacred Provenance | 29 | Kinetic | Aggressive Burst | Garden of Salvation |  | 52 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Stopping Power | Kinetic TremorsFirefly | Photoinhibition | triple stagger + KT/Firefly, bad frame and okay origin but sort of interesting | 32 | B |
| Corrasion | 29 | Arc | Heavy Burst | Encore |  | 52 | Yes | Fluted Barrel | Alloy Magazine | Reload | Air TriggerPugilist | Voltshot | Radiolaria Transposer | best single splash Voltshot pulse | 33 | B |
| Vantage Point | 25 | Arc | Adaptive | Xur, Kell's Fall? |  | 53 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Alloy Magazine | Reload | Deconstruct | Jolting Feedback | Dark Ether Reaper | basically Horror's Least with a different refill perk and maybe a slightly better origin | 34 | B |
| Horror's Least | 28 | Arc | Rapid | Tenet of Bravery, Zavala |  | 56 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Alloy Magazine | Reload | Trickle Charge | Jolting Feedback | Accelerated Assault | good JF user and solid origin + frame, but disapppointing 1st column and arc splash isn't great | 35 | B |
| Phyllotactic Spiral | 29 | Arc | High-Impact | Neomuna |  | 48 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Rapid HitTrickle Charge | Voltshot | Nanotech Tracer Missiles | double stagger, bad first column, bad frame, but Voltshot + NTM | 36 | B |
| Nightshade | 29 | Strand | Lightweight | Fireteam Ops |  | 46 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Slice | Hatchling | Accelerated Assault | solid frame and origin, perks are just alright for strand | 37 | B |
| Jorum's Claw | 29 | Solar | Adaptive | Iron Banner |  | 56 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Outlaw | Incandescent | Skulking Wolf | good origin and typical reload + Incandescent combo, decent frame | 38 | B |
| Aisha's Care | 29 | Strand | Heavy Burst | Trials |  | 51 | Yes | Fluted Barrel | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Slice | Hatchling | Omolon Fluid Dynamics | double stagger available, otherwise not very remarkable strand combo and origin | 39 | B |
| BxR-55 Battler | 29 | Solar | Legacy PR-55 | Dares |  | 60 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Alloy Magazine | Reload | Demolitionist | Incandescent | Hot Swap | good frame and decent splash perk, nothing else really going for it | 40 | C |
| Stay Frosty | 29 | Stasis | Lightweight | Tenet of Bravery |  | 51 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Alloy Magazine | Reload | Rimestealer | Headstone | Dawning Surprise | outdated stasis combo with okay origin, solid frame | 41 | C |
| Cruel Mercy | 29 | Arc | Heavy Burst | Zavala |  | 56 | Yes | Fluted Barrel | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Dragonfly | Rolling Storm | Vanguard Determination | no strong splash perk, double stagger, good frame, mediocre origin | 42 | C |
| Psi Hermetic V | 22 | Stasis | High-Impact | Banshee |  | 52 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Alloy Magazine | Reload | Enlightened Action | Headstone | Wild Card | middling origin, bad frame, and basically just Headstone | 43 | C |
| Disparity | 29 | Stasis | Aggressive Burst | Seraph's Shield |  | 53 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Alloy Magazine | Reload | Rapid HitPugilist | Headstone | Ambush | mediocre origin and frame, awful 1st column, basically just Headstone | 44 | C |
| Syncopation-53 | 29 | Stasis | Adaptive | Banshee |  | 45 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Compulsive ReloaderOutlaw | Headstone | Suros Synergy | worse first column than Disparity, better frame | 45 | C |
| Last Thursday | 27 | Strand | Adaptive | Kepler |  | 57 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Rapid Hit | HatchlingSlice | Exhaustive Research | okay frame and origin, but disappointing perk combo | 46 | C |
| Different Times | 29 | Strand | Rapid | Xur |  | 50 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Outlaw | Hatchling | Unsated Hunger | one of the weaker examples of reload + splash, mediocre origin and decent frame | 47 | C |
| Yesteryear | 29 | Void | Adaptive | Gambit |  | 52 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Outlaw | Repulsor BraceDragonflyRampage | Gun and Run | technically usable thanks to volatile access from artifact, otherwise terrible | 48 | C |
| Piece of Mind | 29 | Kinetic | Rapid | Vox Obscura |  | 53 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Compulsive ReloaderOverflow | Focused FuryAdrenaline Junkie | Land Tank | Land Tank is a standout but everything else here is terrible besides frame | 49 | D |
| Ogma PR6 | 29 | Solar | Lightweight | Banshee |  | 45 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Alloy Magazine | Reload | DemolitionistUnrelenting | DragonflyAdrenaline Junkie | Omolon Fluid Dynamics | outdated splash and terrible perks otherwise, frame decent and bad origin | 50 | D |
| Outlast | 21 | Solar | Rapid | Xur |  | 47 | No | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Outlaw | Dragonfly | Disaster Plan | decent frame and basically nothing else going on besides standard reload + splash | 51 | D |
| Autumn Wind | 29 | Kinetic | Rapid | Crucible |  | 58 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Demolitionist | Rampage | Accelerated Assault | great frame and origin, everything else is terrible | 52 | D |
| Forge's Pledge | 15 | Solar | Adaptive | Iron Banner |  | 54 | No | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Alloy Magazine | Reload | SurplusAuto-Loading Holster | RampageUnrelenting | Skulking Wolf | good origin, everything else is mediocre to bad | 53 | D |
| The Third Axiom | 29 | Arc | Adaptive | Zavala |  | 47 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | SurplusFeeding Frenzy | DragonflyRampageOne for All | Vanguard Determination | extremely outdated perk pool, at least it has an origin trait | 54 | D |
| Scalar Potential | 29 | Arc | Rapid | Starcrossed |  | 47 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Alloy Magazine | Reload | Enlightened Action | High GroundFocused FuryGolden Tricorn | Dragon's Vengeance | basically just reload + single target, some more modern options in 2nd column but still D tier | 55 | D |
| Cold Denial | 29 | Kinetic | High-Impact | Xur |  | 46 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Enlightened Action | SwashbucklerDesperado | Paracausal Fluid | double stagger, everything else is bad | 56 | D |
| Jian 7 Rifle | 10 | Arc | Adaptive | Xur, Dares |  | 55 | No | SLO-12 Post | High-Caliber RoundsAlloy Magazine | Reload | Grave Robber | DragonflyRampage | None | mediocre frame, no origin, awful 1st column, mediocre 2nd column | 57 | D |
| Last Perdition | 29 | Void | Adaptive | Crucible |  | 54 | Yes | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Alloy Magazine | Reload | Outlaw | Rampage | Roar of Battle | classic reload + single target, post-buff Rampage is okay, origin and frame are okay | 58 | D |
| Legal Action II | 15 | Kinetic | High-Impact | Xur, Dares |  | 47 | No | Fluted BarrelArrowhead Brake | Alloy Magazine | Reload | SurplusFeeding Frenzy | Rampage | None | bad frame, bad perks, not enhanceable, no origin trait | 59 | D |