Pulse Rifles

Pulse Rifles are burst-firing Primary Weapons in Destiny. Pulse Rifles are accurate and effective at mid to long range.

Play Style

Three-round burst only, with significant recoil. The recoil is such that multiple bursts are needed to kill an opposing player (1 of 3 shots in each burst might hit the head). I found a Pulsar MSM with a Full Auto special property (still fires in bursts, but holding down the trigger keeps firing the weapon) on my Hunter, but the recoil made it unwieldy. Hard to recommend over the more controllable Auto Rifles.

• Play Style section is currently based on beta feedback. Feel free to add / change it.

Types of Pulse Rifles

	Item Level	Rarity	Damage Type	Attack	Impact	Range	Stability	Reload	Rate of Fire	Magazine	Zoom	Recoil	Equip Speed	Aim Assis
((STEEL MEDULLA~))		Exotic	Void	320–400	14	33–59	68–100	73–80	66	33	17	80–100	49–54
123 Syzygy	60	Legendary	Kinetic	272-331	4	25	64	48	77	30	17	57	16
33 Trustfall	60	Legendary	Kinetic	??	30	32	48	50	70	60	17	80	50
55A-allFATE	60	Legendary	Kinetic	331-365	14	47	65	62	66	27	17	67	54
Aegis of the Kell	60	Legendary	Kinetic	365-365	7	28	68	78	73	21	17	58	82
Aegis of the Kell II	60	Legendary	Random Elemental	365-365	7	28	68	78	73	21	17	58	82
Aegis of the Reef		Legendary	Kinetic	300	7	33	68	78	73	21	17	58	82
Anomie MSm		Rare	Kinetic	155 - 365	7	35	52	66	73	21	17	40	76
Antapex MSc		Uncommon	Kinetic	?	4	26	50	48	77	24	17	50	18
Apple of Discord		Legendary	Kinetic	280	14	44	59	68	66	33	17	70	55
B-29 Party Favor		Legendary	Kinetic	350	7	31	65	78	73	21	17	59	74
Bad Juju (Year 1)	70	Exotic	Kinetic	331-365	7	33	55	65	73	24	17	85	50
Bad Juju (Year 2)		Exotic	Kinetic	320 - 400	7	33	62	65	73	24	17	85	50
Bad Seed Down	60	Legendary	Kinetic	248-300	14	44	59	67	66	30	17	51	53
Baryon MSc	40	Rare	Kinetic	??	30	48	44	40	70	43	17	74	31
Black Poltergeist MS	60	Legendary	Kinetic	??	30	40	20	50	70	60	0	70	50
Black SUROS SWB-42	40	Rare	Kinetic	??	0	22	35	38	100	40	17	58	30
Blind Perdition		Legendary	Kinetic	300	7	38	64	76	73	21	17	60	71
Blind Perdition (Adept)		Legendary	Kinetic	380	7	38	64	76	73	21	17	60	71
Catena MSc	40	Rare	Kinetic	??	0	30	26	34	100	44	17	50	25
Coiled Hiss 1919	60	Legendary	Kinetic	272-331	4	33	55	53	77	30	17	44	23
Cold Current	40	Rare	Kinetic	??	10	18	47	68	90	19	17	48	77
Corona MSc	40	Rare	Kinetic	??	80	29	72	31	20	51	17	75	23
Crackerjack.beta	40	Rare	Kinetic	??	30	44	47	54	70	29	17	69	45
Dead Air 09F3	40	Rare	Kinetic	??	80	24	76	47	20	36	17	70	38
Down/Out	60	Legendary	Kinetic	300-365	30	61	50	52	59	24	17	80	21
Echo 33	40	Rare	Kinetic	??	80	33	67	38	20	44	17	80	30
Evergreen II.I	60	Rare	Kinetic	272-331	30	41	80	62	59	27	17	79	36
Fair and Square	60	Legendary	Kinetic	248-300	30	61	57	52	59	24	17	80	21
Final Duty		Legendary	Kinetic	300	14	36	76	66	66	24	17	72	30
Grasp of Malok		Legendary	Kinetic	220 - 400	4	33	54	61	77	30	17	59	60
Harrowed Smite of Merain (Year 2)		Legendary	Kinetic	319–335	14	25	78	45	66	30	17	80	36
Harrowed Smite of Merain (Year 3)		Legendary	Kinetic	365–400	14–15	41–68	43–66	51	66	30	17	80–100	36
Hawksaw		Legendary	Kinetic	280	7	27	72	80	73	27	17	50	89
Herja-D		Legendary	Kinetic	280	14	33	72	68	66	33	17	70	45
Hopscotch Pilgrim (Year 2)		Legendary	Kinetic	140	14	45	68	62	66	30	17	65	50
Hopscotch Pilgrim (Year 3)		Legendary	Kinetic	300	14	45	68	62	66	30	17	65	50
Hotspur-A		Uncommon	Kinetic	160	14	44	59	71	66	33	17	80	51
Hyderabad PR4	60	Legendary	Kinetic	??	30	64	41	55	70	40	17	67	35
Hydrus	40	Rare	Kinetic	??	10	22	44	61	90	26	17	54	70
KAU8 Constellation Scar		Legendary	Kinetic	140	14	54	58	65	66	24	17	50	50
Lump Distribution	40	Rare	Kinetic	??	10	27	39	57	90	31	17	41	65
Lyudmila-D		Legendary	Kinetic	280	30	63	54	51	59	33	17	70	25
Moriaen-D		Rare	Kinetic	210 - 355	14	36	59	61	66	33	17	60	50
New Heart LDD	60	Rare	Kinetic	272-331	30	53	66	61	59	21	17	64	34
Nirwen's Mercy		Legendary	Kinetic	280	14	34	71	68	66	30	17	60	59
No Time to Explain		Exotic	Kinetic	290 - 320	14	51	62	65	66	21	17	90	80
Occulate MSc		Rare	Kinetic	260 - 280	14	43	60	63	66	21	17	70	38
Outbreak Prime		Exotic	Kinetic	320 - 390	7	36	48	76	73	33	17	60	60
Oversoul Edict (Adept)		Exotic	Arc	320–400	4	33–37	54–71	61–64	77	30	17–20	59	60–64
Oversoul Edict (Year 1)	60	Legendary	Arc	300-331	4	33	55	61	77	30	17	59	60
Oversoul Edict (Year 3)		Legendary	Kinetic	365–400	4	33–37	54–71	61–64	77	30	17–20	59	60–64
Painted Apollo MSc	60	Rare	Kinetic	272-331	14	43	75	66	66	24	17	77	41
Painted Lebanon PR5	60	Legendary	Kinetic	??	30	65	40	50	70	40	17	50	50
Painted Neptune MSc	60	Rare	Kinetic	272-331	7	37	57	73	73	24	17	58	71
Painted SUROS BZL-45	40	Rare	Kinetic	??	30	53	39	51	70	32	17	62	42
Parthian Shot		Legendary	Kinetic	350	30	52	62	62	59	24	17	71	26
Payment VI	60	Legendary	Kinetic	331-365	14	37	60	66	66	24	17	72	51
Peregrine LongRail	60	Legendary	Kinetic	300-365	14	34	64	65	66	30	17	80	50
Praedyth's Timepiece (Adept)		Exotic	Arc	320–400	4	25–31	64–88	54–68	77	30	17–23	55	25
Praedyth's Timepiece (Year 1)	60	Legendary	Arc	248-300	4	25	64	55	77	30	17	55	25
Praedyth's Timepiece (Year 3)		Legendary	Kinetic	365–400	4	25–31	64–88	54–68	77	30	17–23	55	25
Primed Singularity MS	60	Legendary	Kinetic	??	80	80	20	40	20	40	17	50	50
Primed Starfall MSc	40	Rare	Kinetic	??	30	40	39	51	70	45	17	62	51
Psi Alba IV		Rare	Kinetic	155 - 355	4	28	54	51	77	27	17	50	21
Psi Alto III		Rare	Kinetic	155 - 355	14	33	66	57	66	24	17	70	30
Psi Lento III		Rare	Kinetic	155 - 355	14	40	55	65	66	30	17	40	35
Psi Tempus II	5	Common	Kinetic	??	30	24	38	32	70	44	17	58	32
Psi Tempus III	15	Uncommon	Kinetic	??	30	25	44	32	70	53	17	41	32
Psi Umbra I	5	Common	Kinetic	??	30	39	33	37	70	29	17	70	30
Psi Umbra II	??	Common	Kinetic	??	30	30	33	36	70	40	17	68	36
Psi Umbra II-A	??	Common	Kinetic	??	80	30	50	34	20	32	17	65	27
Psi Volo II	5	Common	Kinetic	??	10	26	26	43	90	26	17	42	50
Psi Volo III	15	Uncommon	Kinetic	??	10	26	42	52	90	25	17	50	60
Pulsar MSC		Rare	Kinetic	148	??	??	??	??	450	34
Pulsar MSe	5	Common	Kinetic	??	0	20	25	21	100	41	17	41	15
Pulsar MSm	15	Uncommon	Kinetic	??	10	22	35	57	90	20	17	57	65
Raskova-A		Uncommon	Kinetic	37	14	27	59	57	66	33	17	70	32
Red Death (Year 1)	70	Exotic	Kinetic	302-365	26	33	44	76	66	27	17	65	70
Red Death (Year 2)		Exotic	Kinetic	320 - 400	14	33	51	76	66	30	17	65	70
Reflection Sum		Legendary	Kinetic	280	30	59	59	53	59	24	17	66	23
Reflection Sum (Adept)		Legendary	Kinetic	310	30	59	59	53	59	24	17	66	23
STEEL MEDULLA~		Legendary	Kinetic	380	14	51	71	73	66	33	17	80	54
SUROS BNS-13		Uncommon	Kinetic	160	7	32	69	90	73	24	17	60	71
SUROS JPS-20	??	Common	Kinetic	??	30	31	42	34	70	32	17	79	27
SUROS JPS-32	15	Uncommon	Kinetic	??	30	37	44	46	70	27	17	76	39
SUROS JPS-55	40	Rare	Kinetic	??	0	15	30	45	100	60	17	85	40
SUROS MIN-15		Uncommon	Kinetic	192	14	28	59	50	66	24	17	80	41
SUROS PDX-41		Legendary	Kinetic	280	14	48	68	62	66	27	17	70	31
SUROS PDX-45		Legendary	Kinetic	280	7	22	75	90	73	27	17	50	71
SUROS PRI-44		Rare	Kinetic	210 - 355	7	20	68	76	73	27	17	40	68
SUROS TMR-4	60	Legendary	Kinetic	??	30	40	20	50	70	60	17	70	50
Silvered Continuum MSc	40	Rare	Kinetic	??	30	32	46	49	70	47	17	78	49
Silvered Procyon MSc	60	Rare	Kinetic	272-331	4	30	58	59	77	27	17	42	31
Skorri's Revenge	60	Legendary	Kinetic	331-365	4	30	58	48	77	30	17	51	16
Skorri's Revenge (The Dark Below)	60	Legendary	Kinetic	272-331	0	25	40	26	100	64	17	51	16
Smite of Merain		Legendary	Kinetic	300-335	14	41	66	45	66	30	17	80	36
Smite of Merain (Adept)		Exotic	Solar	320–400	14–15	41–68	43–66	51	66	30	17	80–100	36
Snappy. Omolon AR3.	60	Legendary	Kinetic	??	0	25	20	45	100	75	17	85	50
Spare Change.25		Legendary	Kinetic	270	30	63	44	58	59	24	17	50	50
Strange Suspect	60	Legendary	Kinetic	248-300	14	34	71	65	66	30	17	80	50
Super Pox VLO	60	Legendary	Kinetic	248-300	30	53	66	64	59	21	17	65	39
TAU 5051505 UAT	60	Legendary	Kinetic	300-365	30	53	59	64	59	21	17	65	39
TKO (First Round)	60	Rare	Kinetic	272-331	14	46	71	75	66	21	17	71	54
Tango Da Nada	60	Legendary	Kinetic	??	80	77	28	31	20	44	17	80	21
Temporal MSm		Rare	Kinetic	155 - 355	30	50	52	48	59	18	17	60	33
The Clever Dragon		Legendary	Kinetic	350	4	31	58	59	77	27	17	58	29
The Conduit	60	Legendary	Kinetic	331-365	7	35	59	78	73	18	17	45	78
The Gun with No Name	60	Legendary	Arc	248-300	4	30	44	62	77	36	17	85	50
The Messenger	60	Legendary	Kinetic	365-365	30	59	59	53	59	24	17	66	23
The Messenger (Adept)	60	Legendary	Random Elemental	365-365	30	59	59	53	59	24	17	66	23
The Ninth Edict	60	Legendary	Kinetic	248-300	14	40	64	71	66	27	17	72	59
The Stranger's Rifle	40	Rare	Kinetic	??	30	60	45	50	70	30	17	90	80
The Villainy		Legendary	Kinetic	280	14	39	65	71	66	27	17	60	41
The Waltz		Legendary	Kinetic	350	4	28	59	54	77	27	17	56	28
Three Little Words	60	Legendary	Kinetic	272-331	30	61	57	55	59	24	17	62	26
Time On Target	60	Legendary	Kinetic	272-331	7	35	59	81	73	21	17	50	83
Trifecta S.2	30	Uncommon	Kinetic	??	30	31	39	38	70	47	17	47	38
Velocity-PR3	60	Legendary	Kinetic	??	30	40	20	50	70	60	17	70	50
Viper P3		Legendary	Kinetic	??	??	??	??	2s	180	33
Volans	60	Legendary	Kinetic	??	30	35	15	70	70	30	15	85	80

Pulse Rifle Tips

When aiming with your Pulse Rifle, do not aim for the head, instead aim at your enemy's chest. As your fire a burst of shots, your barrel will climb with recoil and your final shots will hit the head of enemy.

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