Since everyone who plays Sora just uses the default loadout (sometimes opting for Zapper instead of Sword), I decided it was time to let some of the other weapons shine! This loadout is somewhat decent, at least it's a fun one.
Rifle-S is nowhere near as good as the Suguri variant, but it's still useable. Weak damage from afar to the point where even some light enemies won't get 1-shotted, but great burst damage with its dash attack at point blank. The hyper is very potent on big midbosses, Nath, and Star Breaker 2, melting their HP bars very quickly.
Pod is very fun to use, having passive damage while dashing around or shooting is a nice thing to have. Each pod deals up to 280 damage (1,400 damage if all 5 are active) which is actually pretty significant.
Pile Bunker ain't too great, but it's useful in a pinch. It has a tendency to miss even when you're really close to the target, but at least the damage is nice (especially if you charge it up). When attack with this weapon, a shield will get deployed, so you can safely pass through attacks that you would otherwise get hit from. The hyper is great for deal with single target enemies, it deals the most amount of damage out of any hyper in a single blow (stuff like Zapper and Pulsegun deal damage in multiple hits).
One thing that's fun to do with this loadout is to combine a set of 5 pods while point blank dash attacking with Rifle-S. Overall, a very average loadout.