A Good Shout god roll & best perks

SpaceMonkey (PvE): "Not in love with the perk combos for this crossbow tbh. Withering Gaze is cool, but is it worth the heavy slot? Repulsor + Destab combo from the heavy slot is interesting, but worth it? And the lack of Autoloader is pretty sad. As part of a DPS rotation it should be good, but I'd prefer something that had a bit more general usage." Recommended MW: Reload, Persistence, Velocity.

Strong alternatives

Destabilizing Rounds Charged Bolts Envious Arsenal Quickload Rail Withering Gaze High Ground Repulsor Brace Bolt Scavenger Serrated Bolts Low-Profile Rail Frictionless Rail Empowered Rail

Inspired by @ImpetusAlways, @Saint_Kabr and @CourtProjects (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-SustainedDamage PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for sustained Boss DPS against a single yellow-bar target as part of a weapon rotation in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty. A Good Shout is a high-impact heavy bow which as a subfamily are rated A-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic as having very high potential ceiling for damage rotations with refill perks. The frame intrinsic provides a ×0.8 accuracy cone size and ×0.83 accuracy cone growth when stationary or moving less than 2.8m/s - crouch walking speed - as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are excellent by comparison with its peers - you can see at https://d2foundry.gg/w/649691506 how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. Use the rail perk to boost Handling, for faster swaps, and the bolt perk to improve damage. For sustained boss damage, you'll need a special weapon that does damage over time so you can proc Envious Arsenal to refill a bolt from reserves by swapping between this and your primary/ second special weapon - see Llama's video https://youtu.be/sbOB2lOd-g0 for the DPS build. For damage, High Ground either provides ×1.25 damage for your feet being 2m or more higher than an enemy's lowest point, or up to ×3 stacks of escalating damage on kills for a max of ×1.25. Because you can retrieve your bolts from the target, you should have no problems with ammo, making sustained damage easier. You've got a choice of origin traits. You might be lucky and get the rare Accelerated Assault origin trait, which passively refills 10% of the magazine, and boosts damage by ×1.05 for getting 3 hits within a 1.6s window. Otherwise there's Problem Solver, which is very good for PvE when facing yellow bars - 3 hits will apply Exhaust to an enemy, reducing damage output to ×0.9 for a refreshable 5s and grant +50 to Reload Speed and Handling for 10s (12s enhanced) - both effects are also refreshable. There's also Vanguard Vindication which provides up to ×3 stacks on kills within 20s of using a class ability that reduces incoming damage to a max ×0.94 for a refreshable 10s (12.5s enhanced). If you're interested, Sarpedon was a son of Zeus and Europa and king of Lycia, killed in the Trojan War. Recommended MW: Handling or Stability, with your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.|tags:PvE PvE-Minor PvE-SingleAdd PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller

Essential perks

High Ground Envious Arsenal

Strong alternatives

Heavy Bolts Ultralight Rail Charged Bolts Explosive Bolts Low-Profile Rail

SpaceMonkey (PvE / God-PvE): "Not in love with the perk combos for this crossbow tbh. Withering Gaze is cool, but is it worth the heavy slot? Repulsor + Destab combo from the heavy slot is interesting, but worth it? And the lack of Autoloader is pretty sad. As part of a DPS rotation it should be good, but I'd prefer something that had a bit more general usage." Recommended MW: Reload.

Essential perks

High Ground Charged Bolts Envious Arsenal Quickload Rail