A Distant Pull god roll & best perks

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): Recommended MW: Reload Speed. Rapid-Fire Frame(140) Stasis Sniper Rifle Special Ammo. "A Distant Pull is an interesting sniper. Rapid-fire snipers aren’t meta but this one could be incredibly strong to keep within your vault. Collective Action is an incredibly useful buff as it can be applied on any subclass. Headstone gives you some great cover and add control, but I find it far less useful on a sniper. Triple Tap gives you some great utility against majors, bosses, or vehicles where you can continuously crit them. I don’t think this sniper will really shake up the meta, but it does offer some great utility on all classes. Jack of all trades, master of none."

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake

Strong alternatives

Appended Mag Collective Action Triple Tap Tactical Mag Extended Mag Overflow Ambitious Assassin Headstone Focused Fury

pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): Recommended MW: Handling. Rapid-Fire Frame(140) Stasis Sniper Rifle Special Ammo. "A Distant Pull is not going to be great in the Crucible. You can roll some really high handling, but without Snapshot Sights, some players won’t even look at it, and being a rapid-fire other players won’t even equip it. These snipers are not as dominant as they used to be before their double body nerf and haven’t seen the sun since. Moving Target and Opening Shot will bump up your aim assist to 100 and you can craft this sniper for either 90 range or 90 handling. While it has some amazing stats, the frame and lack of snapshot will just put it under."

Essential perks

Fluted Barrel Accurized Rounds

Strong alternatives

Opening Shot Moving Target Keep Away Headstone Explosive Payload

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 61 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4XT0gPkoVSh3cM6gMtSupq?si=18db495353ca49ad) with @ImpetusAlways, @Saint_Kabr and @CourtProjects. Backup PvE pick for burst damage against Majors in end-game content. Shapeable. As at S21, A Distant Pull is the only non-raid kinetic rapid-fire sniper rifle. As you might expect, it comes with lower stats but it's still usable if you can fill the gaps. Fluted Barrel and Tactical Mag fill out Handling, Stability, Reload Speed and also max out the magazine size to 7. If you can reliably hit crits, you can get 10 shots off without reloading with Triple Tap as a first trait column support park. As a second column signature perk, Explosive Payload or Collective Action both add additional damage for burst DPS against Majors, and the occasional sustained damage phase against a boss. Recommended MW: Handling, with a damage-boosting (Major, Boss, or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-MajorSpec, PvE-BossSpec, PvE-EndGame, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Tactical Mag Fluted Barrel Triple Tap

Strong alternatives

Explosive Payload Collective Action

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 61 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4XT0gPkoVSh3cM6gMtSupq?si=18db495353ca49ad) with @ImpetusAlways, @Saint_Kabr and @CourtProjects. First-choice PvE pick for burst damage against Majors and sustained damage against Bosses in end-game content. Shapeable. As at S21, A Distant Pull is the only non-raid kinetic rapid-fire sniper rifle. As you might expect, it comes with lower stats but it's still usable if you can fill the gaps. Fluted Barrel and Tactical Mag fill out Handling, Stability, Reload Speed and also max out the magazine size to 7. Overflow is laughably good on a special weapon, as a first trait column support park, doubling the magazine size just for picking up an ammo brick, even when stowed. Explosive Payload gives you a 30% passive damage boost, plus flinch, so is easily the best second column trait choice for your signature perk. Recommended MW: Handling, with a damage-boosting (Major, Boss or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-MajorSpec, PvE-BossSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Tactical Mag Fluted Barrel Explosive Payload Overflow

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 61 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4XT0gPkoVSh3cM6gMtSupq?si=18db495353ca49ad) with @ImpetusAlways, @Saint_Kabr and @CourtProjects. First-choice PvE pick for burst damage against Majors in end-game content. Shapeable. As at S21, A Distant Pull is the only non-raid kinetic rapid-fire sniper rifle. As you might expect, it comes with lower stats but it's still usable if you can fill the gaps. Fluted Barrel and Tactical Mag fill out Handling, Stability, Reload Speed and also max out the magazine size to 7. Overflow is laughably good on a special weapon, as a first trait column support park, doubling the magazine size just for picking up an ammo brick, even when stowed. Collective Action should be easy to proc for a 7 second 20% damage boost as your signature perk, which should be long enough for damage against a stunned Champion or Majors. Recommended MW: Handling, with a damage-boosting (Major, or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-MajorSpec, PvE-BossSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Tactical Mag Fluted Barrel Collective Action Overflow

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 61 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4XT0gPkoVSh3cM6gMtSupq?si=18db495353ca49ad) with @ImpetusAlways, @Saint_Kabr and @CourtProjects. Backup PvE pick for sustained damage against Bosses in end-game content. Shapeable. As at S21, A Distant Pull is the only non-raid kinetic rapid-fire sniper rifle. As you might expect, it comes with lower stats but it's still usable if you can fill the gaps. Fluted Barrel and Tactical Mag fill out Handling, Stability, Reload Speed and also max out the magazine size to 7. If you can reliably hit crits, you can get 10 shots off without reloading with Triple Tap as a first trait column support park. As a second column signature perk, Focused Fury procs after three crits, giving you 7 shots with a 20% boost to damage for a sustained damage phase against a boss. Recommended MW: Handling, with a damage-boosting (Major, Boss, or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-MajorSpec, PvE-BossSpec, PvE-EndGame, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Tactical Mag Fluted Barrel Focused Fury Triple Tap