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SMITE OF MERAIN

Legendary / Kinetic / Pulse Rifle

"No tomb but the battlefield! No legacy but the scars we etch upon our foes!"

Source: "King's Fall" Raid

Archetype

Adaptive Frame

Adaptive Frame

A well-rounded grip, reliable and sturdy.

Stats

Impact
29
Range
43
Damage Falloff  
Stability
50
Handling
47
Reload Speed
47
Reload Time  
Aim Assistance
60
Inventory Size
49
Zoom
17
Airborne Effectiveness
21
Recoil
70
Rounds Per Minute 390
Magazine 36
Selected Perks
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Popularity: Perks  
Popularity: Trait Combo  
Popularity: MW Bonus  
Credits

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TIP: Theorycrafter Recommendations

The blue/red/gold icons & glows below are Theorycrafter Recommendations. They are the perks that trusted community theorycrafters like for this weapon and can disagree with what is most popular. The colors indicate the game mode for which they prefer the perk.
Color Icon Game Mode
Blue PVE
Red PVP
Gold PVE & PVP
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Popular Trait Combos

This weapon can be crafted or enhanced. Enhanced and normal perks are combined in the stats below.
Demolitionist
+ Firefly
20.09% of Rolls
Demolitionist
+ Adrenaline Junkie
7.46% of Rolls
Focused Fury
+ Firefly
5.22% of Rolls
Moving Target
+ Eye of the Storm
3.96% of Rolls
Stats for All
+ One for All
3.58% of Rolls
Moving Target
+ Firefly
3.14% of Rolls
Pugilist
+ Firefly
2.89% of Rolls
Focused Fury
+ Vorpal Weapon
2.8% of Rolls

Popular Individual Perks

Based on 39.2K+ copies of this weapon, these are the most frequently equipped perks.
Crafted versions of this weapon below Level 10 are excluded.
This weapon can be crafted or enhanced. Enhanced and normal perks are combined in the stats below.
  • 27.6%
     
  • 11.8%
     
  • 11.0%
     
  • 10.9%
     
  • 10.2%
     
  • 8.0%
     
  • 7.6%
     
  • 6.8%
     
  • 5.7%
     
  • 32.0%
     
  • 19.5%
     
  • 12.9%
     
  • 12.2%
     
  • 11.1%
     
  • 6.9%
     
  • 5.0%
     
  • 35.6%
     
  • 14.3%
     
  • 13.7%
     
  • 10.8%
     
  • 10.5%
     
  • 7.8%
     
  • 7.0%
     
  • 38.5%
     
  • 13.6%
     
  • 10.7%
     
  • 10.3%
     
  • 10.1%
     
  • 9.2%
     
  • 7.2%
     
  • 100.0%
     

Masterwork Popularity

Based on 37.3K+ copies of this weapon, these are the most frequently equipped masterworks:
Of those 37.3K+ copies, 7.5K+ (20.3%) were fully masterworked.
Handling
18.4% of Rolls
Reload Speed
22.3% of Rolls
Stability
25.4% of Rolls
Range
33.6% of Rolls

Mod Popularity

Based on 18.8K+ copies of this weapon with a mod equipped, these are the 8 most frequently used:
Backup Mag
35.7% of Rolls
Counterbalance Stock
20.1% of Rolls
Full Auto Retrofit
13.1% of Rolls
Targeting Adjuster
9.9% of Rolls
Ballistics
5.3% of Rolls
Heavy Ammo Finder Enhancement
4.1% of Rolls
Special Ammo Finder Enhancement
2.2% of Rolls
Tactical
1.8% of Rolls

Your Rolls

TIP: Popularity Ranks

The letters F thru S below are Popularity Ranks. They measure how popular your roll is versus the most popular roll for this weapon among the global community. The most popular roll is ranked S+. The least popular is ranked F-. Popular doesn't necessarily mean "good"; unpopular doesn't necessarily mean "bad". Use what you enjoy!

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TIP: Theorycrafter Recommendations

The blue/red/gold icons & glows below are Theorycrafter Recommendations. They are the perks that trusted community theorycrafters like for this weapon and can disagree with what is most popular. The colors indicate the game mode for which they prefer the perk.
Color Icon Game Mode
Blue PVE
Red PVP
Gold PVE & PVP
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116
One of the most pushed PvE weapons in the game. As far as feel goes, the sight is clean despite its ornamentation, it's snappy in the hands, and most importantly, it comes up to a perfect 100 recoil direction with the de facto pulse perk, Arrowhead Brake.

Fans of ability uptime have access to some of the most potent perk combos in the game with Demolitionist/Adrenaline Junkie and the newly-introduced Pugilist/Swashbuckler. Firefly lets you spec for efficient add clear at a much longer range than Fatebringer while being on an actually good weapon class, unlike the Hung Jury. Also unlike Fatebringer, Firefly can roll with a damage perk in the form of Focussed Fury, or feed you huge amounts of energy with the ability regeneration perks.

For the GM enjoyers, Focussed Fury/Vorpal Weapon lets you double-up on anti-champ damage for seasons with pulses in the artifact, while SFA/OFA is a reload+damage combo that scales exceptionally well into harder content. Focussed Fury + another damage perk in general seems absolutely filthy; this gun doesn't really need reload perks, and the Origin Trait makes FF much easier to proc. If your build can already crank out abilities like nobody's business (Contraverse Hold, Heart of Inmost Light, Frostees) then you might really enjoy something like FF/AJ, or even FF/OFA to go all-in on a 60%, easily repeatable damage buff for 10 seconds. The fact that it's craftable really ties the whole package together: it's an endlessly flexible gun that has a little something for everyone. A new favourite for sure.

As far as PvP goes, this has a decent stat package but not much beyond that. For 6es you want a perk like Rampage or Kill Clip for the lethal 2-burst, but Adrenaline Junkie and Swashbuckler both need 2 stacks for 10% damage. There's potential for a Focussed Fury roll to be absolutely disgusting thanks to the Origin Trait giving you more room to proc the perk, but you're going to need a lot more aim and effort to get that train rolling vs. a kill with something like Forge's Pledge. With Desperado now rolling on a couple of 390s, it's not likely the sharpshooters will gravitate towards this adaptive in particular. The lack of Hi-Cal or AP Rounds is also a little disappointing- you're likely to get your head blown off should you challenge snipe lanes, and flinch is part of why slower-killing 390s can still hang with more lethal weapon classes, forcing misses to equalize TTK. A pure duelling roll with Moving Target/Eye of the Storm could work, but it likely still isn't optimal in the current High-Impact meta.
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Do you sell firearms for a living? If not then you missed your calling, because you absolutely sold the shit out of this weapon with that breakdown.
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I really like Stats For All - One For All combo don't @ me
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Amazing gun for pve, the absolute best pulse I feel. Demolitionist + adrenaline junkie, stat's for all + one for all, ensemble + vorpal weapon, pugilist + swash, there are so many good rolls. And the origin trait can get your magazine to 90!

Pvp it feels great and super stable but no top tier damage perk like kill clip/rampage holds it back a little
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Yesterday right before facing Golgaroth I was able to get the magazine up to 96 using the seasonal mod that improves the origin trait, an extended mag weapon perk, and a backup mag mod. I gasped when I finished my reload.
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Unfortunately Demolitionist doesn't seem to proc the origin trait, but I agree otherwise. This Pulse is amazing, probably my new favorite primary ammo kinetic slot weapon.

I'd say look out for Ensemble and your damage perk of choice. If you really don't do lots of co-op, then Stats for All or Pugalist are definitely great options. There's a lot of good rolls here, I'm probably still going to try to craft it too- it's just that good a gun.
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Finally, a worthy replacement for Bygones!
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focused fury + vorpal will be a champion melting machine. 20% on top of 20% for shooting champs like I normally would? might be some of the best DPS we can get from a legendary primary
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Amazing puls rifel for pve, crafted one with demo /Firefly. Its absolut fun. For Gm's i would go for ff/vorpal.

In pvp Other puls rifels are stronger (Desperados, kill clip, rampage). Not the first choise there.
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This gun makes my balls start swelling and my shaft start cumming
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A solid Pulse with great perk options. I have one with Firefly/Demo which pairs great with some of the grenade builds I tend to use but even on those that arent grenade focused it still works well. Maybe once I have a much more solid roll to play with my opinion will change but for now it's very solid in PvE and leaves something to be desired in PvP.
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I was gonna review it, but Threshette already said everything that needed to be said lmao. Awesome pulse.
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multiple refreshing and creative rolls for both high and low power lever content, feel very good, sounds very good. can't say enough good things about the smite, probably best in slot of kinetic primary so far.
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Smite of Merain still holds up well in The Final Shape meta although it and some of the other King's Fall weapons have been power creeped a little bit since though. Demolitionist Firefly combo is still great although it would be nice if you could pair Firefly and One For All together which is why I'm giving it four stars instead of five
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Pretty interesting perk combos here, I snagged a focused fury/one for all early which gives interesting flexibility for single target and ad clear, though the larger mags on offer can make it require a bit of effort to proc FF. Might be worth avoiding expanded mags if you intend to use FF
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I'll agree on avoiding mag increasing perks if you're going to use Focused Fury. FF already has impeccable synergy with the Origin trait as FF only cares about the size of the base magazine (including mag perks but excluding things like ambitious assassin, overflow, and runneth over), so you're better off just building around the free overflow perk at your disposal.
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To echo previous reviews-- This thing is a PvE MONSTER. With available perk combos like Pugilist/Swash, Demo/AJ, and Focused Fury/Vorpal, this is an incredibly versatile gun for PVE. Its' perk pool has a little something for every playstyle, as well as opening up some wild new combinations like Focused Fury/One for All. Combine all of that with the origin trait and you've got one of the best PVE pulses in the game right now.

For PVP there are likely gonna be better options, but even then Adaptives will always be pretty versatile and reliable. The sights are unobtrusive and the ability to get a crafted roll with enhanced perks might give it an edge over the competition. Fun gun!
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