Talk:Synapse/@comment-76.173.107.158-20150813220636

Build it with Serration/Split Chamber/Heavy Caliber/Vital Sense/Point Strike/Shred always. At that point you have 2 open slots.

Build #1:  (Max efficiency) 2x 90% elemental. Your choice whether you want to go full corrosive, full radiation, full magnetic, Viral/Electric, Gas/Electric, or Blast/Electric. I cannot, in good conscience, reccomend that you go with Gas/Electric versus anything but infested enemies. Going with full radiation versus infested enemies is a terrible decision, as is full magnetic versus anything that isn't corpus, or full corrosive versus anything that is.

20,445 Burst DPS, 17,109 Sustained DPS. 81,780 Burst / 68,436 Sustained on headshots.

9.1923 second full cycle composed of 7.6923 seconds of firing and 1.5 of reload. 82.68% sustained uptime.

1572.725 damage per ammunition per target hit / 6290.9 damage per ammunition per target headshot.

13 rounds of ammunition fired per second of firing cycle / 10.88 rounds per second sustained.

Build #2:  (Max DPS) 1x 90% elemental + Vile Acceleration. You can only go full corrosive, full radiation, or full magnetic, your choice.

23,479 Burst DPS, 17,653 sustained DPS. 93,916 Burst / 70,612 Sustained on headshots.

6.0455 second full cycle composed of 4.5455 seconds of firing and 1.5 of reload. 75.19% sustained uptime.

1,067.2063 damager per ammunition per target hit / 4,268.825 damage per ammunition per target headshot.

22 rounds of ammunition fired per second of firing cycle / 16.54 rounds per second sustained.

TL;DR:  Don't frigging use Vile Acceleration on Synapse, it's not even remotely worth it, same as any other crit weapon.