what are the best stormbolter builds?

[Gasp]

do you guys damage or recoil barrel attachments?

[Brother Læknishendr]

Damage
Reliability
Extended magazine
Whatever optics you are comfortable with, personally prefere infrared

And if you go as Tactical or the Apothecary you can add more armor pen with perks.
I dont remember but the Librarian may also have more armor pen as a perk choice, i just dont use it on Lib my self.

[SPACKLE]

Seconded on Læknishendr's post. In terms of order, I recommend this:
1. Extended Magazine
2. +Damage muzzle device
3. Optics (I recommend Bio-Scanner)
4. Reliability if you have more Renown than you know what to do with

Tactical and Apoth both have perks that increase AP by 20 pts, although Tac's Perk has the added bonus of much faster Power Fist attack speed. Librarian's "Precognition" perk increases Stormbolter AP by 10 pts, which is rather anemic by comparison; there are more practical perk options for the Librarian so this one is generally overlooked.

[LazarusDarkeyes]

My 2 cents on my 2 preferred ways to play w/ storm bolter:
Librarian + SB MK1 + damage barrel --> i like to play him as snipe-y
Tac + SB MK2 + damage + Tac perk for extra damage/AP --> is something in punching range? punch it. Is something right outside of punching range? shoot it. Is something further away? don't waste ammo; you're too inaccurate to matter.

[Solarrus]

Bolters are useless above medium game difficulty.

[Brother Læknishendr]

Originally posted by Solarrus:

Bolters are useless above medium game difficulty.

This is just not true. Uncountable games behind me on `no mercy` where the whole team gear up with SBs. Challenging, yes. Useless, no.

[Chilli-Göttinger]

Originally posted by Solarrus:

Bolters are useless above medium game difficulty.

only when 3+ have stormbolter, which in itself would be kinda dumb anyway in the size of the game. this weapon is made to be good in much circumstances while others are clearly the slower killing machines.

[Morte Wulfe]

Originally posted by Solarrus:

Bolters are useless above medium game difficulty.

Learn to aim for the head...

[Morte Wulfe]

Originally posted by American Shorthair:

do you guys damage or recoil barrel attachments?

For the regular SB, damage, for the MK2 accuracy.