What perks are best for Boltgun?

[Zenpa]

8,5% Reload speed seems neat on veteran sharpshooter, because skills gives more as well.

What do you guys recommend?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDnOP4ryJaE

[Gilmore]

+ Unyielding damage.
+ Carapace damage.

[seaotters]

Pinning Fire is excellent.

[m99noble]

Perks on mine:
10% Ranged Weak Spot DMG
10% Ranged DMG vs Specialist

Blessing on mine:
Shattering Impact
Pinning Fire

[Snobby Hobo]

I actually find this very hard to tell. On the one hand you can get something specific like Carapace damage since it offers a rather extreme 25% additional damage, but I often don't find Carapace armored enemies to be very dangerous. Flak armored helps against the Flamer and Trapper, but I'm not sure if that alone really justifies the perk. It all depends on what thresholds you can hit.

I tend to go for things that are widely applicable like the 10% additional damage on a headshot or, indeed 10% reload - but I'm not sure how good that would be on the Bolter.

The best you can do is test what you need to increase your TTK in the Meatgrinder. Say something goes from 3 to 2 shots, or perhaps even from 2 to 1 (which is huge).

[m99noble]

Amping reload speed is not a bad build out but on damnation target selection and TTK make or break a run so much more due to the amount of armored heavies that spawn.

[Gilmore]

Originally posted by seaotters:

Pinning Fire is excellent.

Thats a blessing.