Ahab Char god roll & best perks

Ahab Char — Destiny 2 Auto Rifle
Legendary · Auto Rifle
Where it drops: Source: The Edge of Fate Campaign

“I'd strike the sun if it insulted me.”

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Built from 80 curated wishlist rolls for this Auto Rifle. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

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Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 148 from 5 August 2025 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3S0TObWihybmZdCLM6wIUw?si=cf08fccbb9d44fa7) with @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for clearing Minor adds in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content, particularly with a Solar build. We've not seen a new rapid fire solar auto rifle since Beyond Light - the frame provides a useful ×0.8 reload animation multiplier when reloading from an empty mag. At base, by comparison with its peers, the stats are decent - d2foundry.gg calculates that 25 Range equates to 14.50m hipfire and 23.20m when ADS before damage falloff, 42 Stability is ×1.1094 flinch resist at base, 30 Handling is 0.44s ready, 0.33s ADS and 0.40s stow speed, and 45 Reload Speed is a 1.89s reload (1.51s when the mag's empty) . Ammo Generation is 52, Recoil Direction is 50, and Zoom is 16. With the barrel perk, bump up to recoil control on controller or add Handling for M+KB. The high RPM makes High-Caliber Rounds great, but any of the combat effect or reload boosting options will work. In the first trait perk column, Heal Clip can be a literal lifesaver providing Cure ×2 to you and ×1 to teammates within 15m when you reload within 5.3s of a kill. On ability-spamming builds, Recycled Energy might also be worth a look, synergising with the origin trail to refill both your ability closest to, and furthest from a full charge. Burning Ambition inflicts 10 scorch on enemies with 29 hits (26 when enhanced), so could fit nicely into a solar build. The Bray Legacy Origin Trait is solid in PvE, generating around 0.2% energy per hit for whichever ability is closest to a full charge. Recommended MW: Handling or Stability, with your preferred choice of mod/enhanced mod to boost weapon stats, ammo regeneration, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Burning Ambition

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake High-Caliber Rounds Heal Clip Recycled Energy Armor-Piercing Rounds Ricochet Rounds Flared Magwell Alloy Magazine Fluted Barrel Chambered Compensator Polygonal Rifling

Community wishlist roll

40 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 148 from 5 August 2025 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3S0TObWihybmZdCLM6wIUw?si=cf08fccbb9d44fa7) with @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for clearing Minor adds in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content, particularly with a melee build. We've not seen a new rapid fire solar auto rifle since Beyond Light - the frame provides a useful ×0.8 reload animation multiplier when reloading from an empty mag. At base, by comparison with its peers, the stats are decent - d2foundry.gg calculates that 25 Range equates to 14.50m hipfire and 23.20m when ADS before damage falloff, 42 Stability is ×1.1094 flinch resist at base, 30 Handling is 0.44s ready, 0.33s ADS and 0.40s stow speed, and 45 Reload Speed is a 1.89s reload (1.51s when the mag's empty) . Ammo Generation is 52, Recoil Direction is 50, and Zoom is 16. With the barrel perk, bump up to recoil control on controller or add Handling for M+KB. The high RPM makes High-Caliber Rounds great, but any of the combat effect or reload boosting options will work. For melee builds, Proximity Power can stack three times to provide +15 (+18 when enhanced) to your Melee stat per stack - a total a +45 (+54) for 10s, refreshable on further kills in the first column. Alternatively, Grave Robber refills your magazine on a melee kill or elemental melee hit. In the second column, Swashbuckler can boost damage by up to ×1.33 for 4.5s (6.5s when enhanced) after a melee kill. The Bray Legacy Origin Trait is solid in PvE, generating around 0.2% energy per hit for whichever ability is closest to a full charge. Recommended MW: Handling or Stability, with your preferred choice of mod/enhanced mod to boost weapon stats, ammo regeneration, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Swashbuckler

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake High-Caliber Rounds Proximity Power Grave Robber Armor-Piercing Rounds Ricochet Rounds Flared Magwell Alloy Magazine Fluted Barrel Chambered Compensator Polygonal Rifling

What these Ahab Char perks do

High-Caliber Rounds

Hits inflict increased Flinch on Enemies. PVE: Tier 1-2 Minors can be repeatedly staggered. Higher Tier Combatants stagger quicker. PVP: Flinch against Players varies based on damage and Weapon Archetype. Flinch increase ranges between 5-10%.

Burning Ambition

Direct Hits against Scorched Enemies apply additional Scorch on a 0.5 second cooldown: • Primary Weapons apply 10 [4] additional Scorch per Direct Hit (15 [9?] with Ember of Ashes) • Special and Power Weapons apply 20 additional Scorch (30 with Ember of Ashes) Scoring multiple Direct Hits within 3? seconds of each causes the next Direct Hit to Scorch the target. Hit counter persists through stow. Number of Direct Hits required by weapon type: • Bows: 2 • Swords: 3 • Other Weapons: 55% of the base magazine size Scorch applied by Burning Ambition to Unscorched targets counts as Weapon Damage. Ember of Ashes increases the amount of Scorch applied by 50%.

Heal Clip

Finishing a reload within 5.3? seconds of a Kill grants Cure x2 to you and Cure x1 to allies within 15 meters.

Recycled Energy

Finishing a reload within ? seconds after scoring 1|2|3|4|5 Weapon Kills grants 5.7%|8%|9.7%|13.3%|20% Ability Energy to the least-charged Ability.

Armor-Piercing Rounds

Grants 5% increased damage against Elemental and Barrier Champion Shields. Allows bullets to overpenetrate enemies once.

Alloy Magazine

Linearly grants a Reload Duration Multiplier as your magazine drops from 50% capacity to empty. Reload Duration Multiplier scales from 0.9x at 50% capacity to 0.8x with an empty magazine.

Swashbuckler

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of 'Swashbuckler' for 4.5 seconds. Maximum of 5 Stacks. (Glaive) Melee Kills grant all 5 Stacks instantly. Damage increase at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: 6.7% | 13.3% | 20% | 26.6% | 33.3% Stowing the weapon removes the buff.

Proximity Power

Weapon Kills while within 15 meters of an enemy grant a stack of Proximity Power 10 seconds. Maximum of 3 stacks. Each stack grants 15 Melee stat.

Grave Robber

Powered Melee Hits and (Glaive) Melee Kills refill the magazine from reserves. 3 second cooldown between activations.

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