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Abide the Return god roll & best perks

Abide the Return — Destiny 2 Sword
Legendary · Sword
Where it drops: Source: Complete activities in the Dreaming City.

“"It is what she asks of us." —Paladin Kamala Rior”

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Built from 60 curated wishlist rolls for this Sword. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

Community wishlist roll

controller pve 50 wishlist rolls

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Strong alternatives

Swordmaster's Guard Relentless Strikes Thresh Jagged Edge Disruption Break Tireless Blade Whirlwind Blade Enduring Guard Heavy Guard Honed Edge Tempered Edge

Community wishlist roll

3 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns Podcast 219. PvE first choice roll for boss DPS. Recommended MW: Impact with Boss Spec mod, or Major Spec for Champions.

Essential perks

Swordmaster's Guard Relentless Strikes Whirlwind Blade

Strong alternatives

Honed Edge Jagged Edge Tempered Edge

Community wishlist roll

3 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns Podcast 219. PvE first choice roll for add clear. Recommended MW: Impact with Minor Spec mod or Major Spec for Champions.

Essential perks

Swordmaster's Guard Relentless Strikes Thresh

Strong alternatives

Hungry Edge Enduring Blade Tempered Edge

Community wishlist roll

controller pvp 3 wishlist rolls

File auto generated from csv pandapaxxy-s15-roundup (tags: controller,pvp)

Essential perks

En Garde Tireless Blade

Strong alternatives

Burst Guard Jagged Edge Swordmaster's Guard Honed Edge

Community wishlist roll

controller god-pvp 1 wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Swordmaster's Guard En Garde Tireless Blade Jagged Edge

What these Abide the Return perks do

Relentless Strikes

Scoring 3 Powered Hits within 2? seconds of each refunds 1 ammo. Wolfpack Round Hits do not count.

Whirlwind Blade

Powered Sword Hits grant 3% increased damage for 3.5 seconds. Stacks 10 times for a 30% Buff. Stowing the weapon or Blocking removes all stacks. Wolfpack Round Hits also count as Powered Sword Hits.

Thresh

Weapon Kills grant an additional 1% Super Energy. Kills with Sniper Rifles, Shotguns, Glaives, and Fusion Rifles grant an additional 1.5% instead.

En Garde

Readying the Sword grants 30% increased damage for 1.5 seconds. 2? second cooldown after the buff expires.

Tireless Blade

Your first Powered Sword Kill after (re)spawning refunds 1 Ammo. Afterward, every other Powered Sword Kill also refunds 1 Ammo.

Disruption Break

On Elemental, Barrier or Guardian Shield Break: Applies Kinetic Damage Vulnerability to the enemy, increasing Kinetic damage taken by 50% for 5.5 [5] seconds. Stacks with all other Buffs and Debuffs (including itself).

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