Acantha-D XK8434 god roll & best perks

Acantha-D XK8434 — Destiny 2 Grenade Launcher
Legendary · Grenade Launcher
Where it drops: Source: Crafted in a Black Armory forge.

“A Black Armory experimental prototype.”

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Built from 39 curated wishlist rolls for this Grenade Launcher. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

Community wishlist roll

27 wishlist rolls

PvE pick

Essential perks

Rampage

Strong alternatives

Linear Compensator Field Prep Spike Grenades Confined Launch Volatile Launch High-Explosive Ordnance Proximity Grenades Auto-Loading Holster Threat Detector

Community wishlist roll

12 wishlist rolls

PvP pick

Strong alternatives

Proximity Grenades Linear Compensator Rangefinder Rampage Volatile Launch Spike Grenades Quickdraw Auto-Loading Holster

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Curators explicitly flag these combinations as not worth vault space.

no full court, and redundant elements to Love and Death or Wendigo

What these Acantha-D XK8434 perks do

Field Prep

Grants the following while Crouched: • 50 Reload Speed • 0.8x Reload Duration Multiplier • 0.8x Ready/Stow Duration Multiplier Passively grants 20 Ammo Generation stat. (50% more than 1 Ammo Generation armor mod)

Spike Grenades

Increases Grenade Impact damage: • 12.12% increase on Special Grenade Launchers • 12.5% increase on Power Grenade Launchers Due to the ratio of Detonation and Impact damage being tied to the Blast Radius stat on Grenade Launchers, a lower stat will provide a slightly higher overall damage increase.

Rampage

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of Rampage. Maximum of 3 Stacks. Stacks expire one at a time every 4.5 seconds. Grants a 10%|21%|33.1% damage increase at 1|2|3 Stacks. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Auto-Loading Holster

Refills stowed weapon from reserves after 3.5 seconds of it being stowed.

Threat Detector

Grants 1|2 Stacks while within 15 meters of 1|2+ enemies. Bonuses at 1|2 Stacks: • 15|40 Stability • 18|60 Reload Speed • 25|100 Handling • 0.9x|0.81x Handling Animation Duration Multiplier

Rangefinder

Aiming Down Sights grants the following benefits: • 10 Range • 10% increased Effective Zoom • 5% increased Projectile Speed The Effective Zoom increase pushes out Aim Assist Falloff by 10%, reduces (Absolute) Recoil by 10% and narrows the Accuracy and Aim Assist Cones by the same amount. (This is the normal behavior of Zoom and isn't unique to Rangefinder)

Quickdraw

Switching to the Weapon grants 100 Ready/Stow Handling and a 0.95x Ready Animation Duration Multiplier for 1 second. Buff is removed as soon as ADS input is pressed.

Recommendations aggregated from curated community wishlists; credit to the curators linked above.

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