Ancient Gospel god roll & best perks

Ancient Gospel — Destiny 2 Hand Cannon
Legendary · Hand Cannon
Where it drops: Source: "Garden of Salvation" Raid

“"These forces have existed forever, but only one of them speaks to us." —Rekkana, Warlock of the Kentarch 3”

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Built from 62 curated wishlist rolls for this Hand Cannon. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

pandapaxxy

pve mkb controller 32 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Ancient Gospel comes back with better than ever perks. Besides the obvious Void Synergy with Destabilizing Rounds and Repulser Brace, we also get a Kindled Orchid exclusive perk combination of Rampage and Kill Clip. For those who missed Black Armory this is certainly a roll to try out. With Destabilizing Rounds in the third column you can also pair that with damage perks unheard of adaptive frame hand cannons. There's a ton you can do with this hand cannon and with it being craftable you can try different things" Recommended MW: Reload Speed.

Strong alternatives

Rapid Hit Appended Mag Fluted Barrel Explosive Payload Kill Clip Destabilizing Rounds Rampage Tactical Mag Flared Magwell Smallbore

pandapaxxy

pvp mkb controller 18 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "Ancient Gospel has a particular feel over in the crucible. There's a consensus that this weapon just feels off. Perks like Rapid Hit or Lone Wolf will improve the feel, while Eye of the Storm or To the Pain will improve that even further within your gunfights. Kill Clip will allow for some 2c1b kills, and Explosive Payload will allow you to hit a bit further and retain better damage versus non-Explosive Payroll rolls." Recommended MW: Range.

Essential perks

Accurized Rounds

Strong alternatives

Rapid Hit Explosive Payload Hammer-Forged Rifling Kill Clip To the Pain Lone Wolf Eye of the Storm Smallbore

Community wishlist roll

12 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 125 from 3 December 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0unzzecMfqDsL3nxHGSQsp?si=d40055092caa4fa1) with @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-Minor PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for add-clearing minor enemies in general, and end-game underleveled content. Ancient Gospel returns as, for some reason, a void adaptive hand cannon this time with a whole load of PvP trait perks, but not much for PvE fans. At base the stats are solid - 41 Range equates to 29.54m when ADS and 19.69m hipfire, 46 Handling is a 0.34s ready, 0.26s ADS and 0.38s stow time, and 43 Reload Speed is a 2.69s reload. Recoil Direction is a perfect 100. Use the barrel and mag perks to round out your preferred stats - you might lean into Range or Handling for the barrel, and Range or Reload Speed with the magazine. There's really only one PvE trait perk roll pairing that works - Destabilizing Rounds and Explosive Payload - also useful against Overload Champions in particular, needing only two shots to disrupt when the artifact mod is around. The Photoinhibition origin trait is very strong for PvE - a ×1.343 damage boost against barriers and elemental shields and ×1.216 against combatant overshields plus disorienting your target and, if matched with the shield type adds nearby too for 7s. Recommended MW: Any, depending on personal preference, with a Backup Mag mod or, when masterworked, Synergy to create Void Breaches or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader.|tags:PvE PvE-Minor PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Destabilizing Rounds Explosive Payload

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Smallbore Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Alloy Magazine Flared Magwell Accurized Rounds

What these Ancient Gospel perks do

Destabilizing Rounds

Weapon Kills apply Volatile to enemies in a 7 meter radius around the target and grant Volatile Rounds for 3 seconds. 1.5 second cooldown between activations.

Explosive Payload

Splits off 50% of the weapon's bodyshot damage into an Explosive Payload that detonates on impact. The Payload deals 30% increased damage in PvE and staggers PvE Combatants more. On Hand Cannons, the Payload deals 7% decreased damage in PvP. The remaining Impact damage portion receives an increased Crit Multiplier to compensate for the Payload not benefitting from crits. [PvE] Total damage is increased by 15% of the weapon's bodyshot damage. For crits, the overall increase is roughly equal to 15% divided by the Crit Multiplier. [PvP] Total damage remains roughly the same but can vary by 1-2% in either direction for crits.

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.

Rapid Hit

"Buffed Hits" grant 1 Stack of Rapid Hit for 2 seconds. Maximum of 5 Stacks. "Buffed Hits" refer to any "Yellow Number" Hits such as Precision Hits or Hits against debuffed targets. Benefits at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: • 2|12|14|18|25 Stability • 5|30|35|42|60 Reload Speed • 0.99x|0.96x|0.95x|0.945x|0.92x Reload Duration Multiplier

Kill Clip

Finishing a reload within 3.6 seconds of a kill grants 25% increased damage for 5 seconds. Stowing the weapon removes the buff. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

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.

To the Pain

Every 30 points of damage taken with the weapon readied grants a Stack of 'To the Pain'. Maximum of 10 Stacks. Stowing the weapon removes all Stacks. Each Stack grants ? Handling and 2 Aim Assist, maxing out at ? Handling and 20 Aim Assist. Self-damage and environmental damage do not count.

Lone Wolf

Passively grants 5 Aim Assist, 15 Airborne Effectiveness, and a 10% decreased ADS Animation Duration. While no allies are within 15 meters: Bonuses are increased to 10 Aim Assist, 30 Airborne Effectiveness, and a 20% decreased ADS Animation Duration.

Eye of the Storm

Grants a scaling buff to Handling and Accuracy as your Shield Health drops below 40 and reaches maximum strength at 0 Shield HP. Buff at maximum strength grants: • 30 Handling • 40% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 17% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth The buff linearly scales from 0% at 80 Shield HP to 100% at 0 Shield HP (Critical Health). It initially triggers as you drop to 40 Shield HP — giving you 50% of the maximum buff. However, as you regenerate your Shield Health, the buff will still remain until you reach 80 Shield HP where the benefits scale down to zero.

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