Apex Predator god roll & best perks

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): Recommended MW: Velocity. Adaptive Frame(20) Solar Rocket Launcher Heavy Ammo. "Apex Predator is the best rocket launcher in the game. With enhanced Reconstruction you can almost always have a rocket ready to fire at any given time. With Explosive Light you get incredible amounts of damage and orbs are easy to make now. Bait and Switch is another great damage perk and does more damage, but I find Explosive Light easier to work with, especially with the new mod system revolving around orbs of power. Simple answer is, use Explosive Light if you’re lazy, if you’re trying to min-max use Bait and Switch."

Essential perks

Impact Casing

Strong alternatives

Reconstruction Explosive Light Quick Launch Linear Compensator Smart Drift Control Incandescent Demolitionist Bait and Switch Frenzy

pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): Recommended MW: Velocity. Adaptive Frame(20) Solar Rocket Launcher Heavy Ammo. "Apex Predator is the best rocket launcher in the game. With enhanced Reconstruction you can almost always have a rocket ready to fire at any given time. With Explosive Light you get incredible amounts of damage and orbs are easy to make now. Bait and Switch is another great damage perk and does more damage, but I find Explosive Light easier to work with, especially with the new mod system revolving around orbs of power. Simple answer is, use Explosive Light if you’re lazy, if you’re trying to min-max use Bait and Switch."

Essential perks

High-Velocity Rounds Explosive Light

Strong alternatives

Quick Launch Incandescent Linear Compensator Smart Drift Control Tracking Module Demolitionist

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 69 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ZIEMYfNzOu5TyLlLhU7hH?si=90ffff909a2e40f2) with @Saint_Kabr and @CourtProjects - @ImpetusAlways is on holiday. Backup PvE pick for burst damage against majors and sustained damage against bosses in end-game activities. Shapeable. Apex Predator has gone from the insta-shard class when it dropped, to pretty much the best rocket launcher option for putting out damage. Even though the stats are only middling, and you can't get to 10 shots - the maximum is 9, with two reserve mods, it's already in the highest subfamily for damage along with Aggressives, and is the best craftable rocket launcher in the game, as at S21. For an unguided rocket, Velocity is usually the play for the barrel perk - Hard Launch and Quick Launch are the two best options, depending on whether you want better Velocity or a combination of Velocity and Handling. Impact Casing adds 2.2% multiplicative damage in the magazine perk slot. In the first trait column as the support perk, you can have a choice of Reconstruction to passively overfill the barrel with 2 shots, or Demolitionist for the instant reload when throwing a grenade (and the extra damage from the grenade as well). Enhanced Explosive Light lets you shoot seven rockets with a 25% damage boost, just for picking up orbs. Recommended MW: Reload Speed, Velocity or Handling, with a damage-boosting (Major, Boss or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-MajorSpec, PvE-BossSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Hard Launch Explosive Light Impact Casing

Strong alternatives

Demolitionist Reconstruction

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 69 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ZIEMYfNzOu5TyLlLhU7hH?si=90ffff909a2e40f2) with @Saint_Kabr and @CourtProjects - @ImpetusAlways is on holiday. Backup PvE pick for burst damage against majors and bosses with short damage windows in end-game activities. Shapeable. Apex Predator has gone from the insta-shard class when it dropped, to pretty much the best rocket launcher option for putting out damage. Even though the stats are only middling, and you can't get to 10 shots - the maximum is 9, with two reserve mods, it's already in the highest subfamily for damage along with Aggressives, and is the best craftable rocket launcher in the game, as at S21. For a guided rocket, you want to velocity as low as possible, to give the shot plenty of time for course correction if your target jinks, and Confined Launch is the barrel to do that. Impact Casing adds 2.2% multiplicative damage in the magazine perk slot. In the first trait column Tracking Module is very useful for hitting more mobile majors and bosses, while in the second slot as the signature perk, Enhanced Explosive Light lets you shoot seven rockets with a 25% damage boost, just for picking up orbs. Recommended MW: Reload Speed, Velocity or Handling, with a damage-boosting (Major, Boss or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-MajorSpec, PvE-BossSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Confined Launch Explosive Light Impact Casing Tracking Module