Suggestions for side-arm?

[(PSN)Scythe14]

My primary weapon is a fairly powerful Sobek (I've Forma'd it about six times and kill anything up to level 30 or so in one shot). What's a good secondary weapon to balance this, given that Sobek shoots straight ahead; perhaps something with an area of effect/crowd control? Suggestions if so? 

Thanks!

[(PSN)vamp6x6x6x]

Dreg's Promise...woops, wrong game...

But seriously, for crowd control I have a 5 forma'd Sonicor that works good for me, but to one shot many many enemies I use a 7 forma'd Lex Prime.

[FLSH_BNG]

Sonicor or Atomos, 'nuff said.

[Karamethien]

Sonicor, best sidearm for get out of dodge.

[(PSN)iBoiz]

Atomos for killing tons of mid level enemies. AkStiletto P for quick reload/high fire rate. Sonicor for cc. Veykor Marelok/Lex P for killing strong enemies.

 

[pauli133]

I normally run with SGammacor or Sonicor, depending on what I'm facing and whether or not energy from syndicate procs is going to be important.

[Rakosta_Kai]

Acid Shells is a good addition to the Sobek as is the syndicate mod to get you some AoE.

I would suggest a secondary that offers an alternate IPS damage type, some reliability at range, and ammo economy to pair up with it.

 

Consider some of the thrown weapons as most are slashing or puncture. Some can have the an explosion mod attached, some are explosive out of the box, and all of them are silent.

Castana, Sancti Castana, Kunai, Despair, Hikou, Talons, and Spira are options.   

These are all projectile weapons though so you have to account in the difference of aiming from hitscan weapons.

 

If you want to keep to hitscan weapons the list is huge, but remember that you want stuff that will work for you at range and ideally broaden your damage types options if you plan to continue using the Sobek. 

 

[(XBOX)Cotton Tail]

Being a fan of things that go boom I like the Kulstar with multishot, but I can see potentially blowing yourself up every so often isn't everyone's cup of tea :-)

 

Art. 

[NinjaZeku]

Staticor has AoE damage and status aplenty :D

A Suppress'd Kulstar (or Staticor, heh) is quite silly and quite fun especially for solo stealth,
Hikou Prime with Concealed Explosives is ~slightly more conservative but great nevertheless.

Akstiletto Prime would be my long-range hitscan supplement of choice
(though Twin Grakatas TWO GRAKATA just has that certain charm that's hard to ignore).

Edited August 26, 2016 by NinjaZeku

[Quanlain]

Staticor and atomos

[(PSN)Regiampiero]

It all depends on the enemy you'll be facing. For corpus I prefer the synoid gammacor because it tears shields apart, and the syndicate proc is pretty nice too. For greener I guess you could use the atomos, but I prefer a straight up puncture build for the desparis. Finally for infested you could ether go with sonicor for (the knock back) or the atomos for max damage. It all depends on your play style I guess, so experiment with all the listed weapons and decide for yourself. 

Edited August 26, 2016 by (PS4)Regiampiero

[(PSN)Scythe14]

These are all great. I have some homework to do. Thanks!

[(PSN)forChristsake]

On 8/26/2016 at 11:50 AM, Padre_Akais said:

Acid Shells is a good addition to the Sobek as is the syndicate mod to get you some AoE.

This. I've seen a couple slightly different builds, but basically everything blows up in 1 or more shots☺. I run a corrosive sobek. For secondary I've had surprising luck with radiation/viral twin gremlins. 

Edited August 27, 2016 by (PS4)forChristsake

[(XBOX)Booga81]

If I run with a shotgun I usually take akstelleto prime. If I take soma prime I take the vaykor Marelok.

 

Guilty pleasure is the embolist, with the syndicate mod on. Think I put 4-5 forma on it & ive used it on some pretty high levels. Will work on the atamos soon do like that weapon, great for cc.

I only tend to use my Kulstar when doing credit runs, out of the weapons which you can kill your self with that's my personal fav.