Apostate god roll & best perks

Apostate — Destiny 2 Sniper Rifle
Legendary · Sniper Rifle
Where it drops: Source: Altars of Sorrow

“"Survival is our most holy writ. Heterodoxy will be its own undoing." —Kuldax”

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Built from 107 curated wishlist rolls for this Sniper Rifle. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

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Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Outlaw Wellspring Lead from Gold Explosive Payload Surplus Appended Mag Extended Mag Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling

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Strong alternatives

Opening Shot Firmly Planted Fluted Barrel Accurized Rounds Explosive Payload Quickdraw Surplus Killing Wind Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Hammer-Forged Rifling

Community wishlist roll

1 wishlist roll

Mercules904 (must have PvP/curated) - "Definitely rate this gun as a must have for PvP snipers."

Essential perks

Rapid Hit Fluted Barrel Accurized Rounds Shield Disorient

Community wishlist roll

controller god-pve 1 wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Outlaw Explosive Payload

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Essential perks

Firmly Planted Quickdraw Fluted Barrel Accurized Rounds

What these Apostate perks do

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

Shield Disorient

On Matching Elemental Shield Break: Explosion disorients enemies within 7 meters for 5 seconds.

Outlaw

Precision Kills grant 70 Reload Speed with a 0.9x decreased Reload Animation Duration for 6 seconds. Buff is removed on stow.

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.

Firmly Planted

While Crouched: • 30 Handling and 20 Stability • -40% Accuracy Cone Size • -17% Accuracy Cone Growth • -80% horizontal Recoil Effects are halved on Fusion Rifles (decimals are rounded up).

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.

Wellspring

On Weapon Kill: Grants 8% Ability Energy split equally amongst all uncharged abilities. Abilities with multiple charges only receive one third of the ability energy normally split to them once they have a full ability charge ready. Ability energy gained may be significantly decreased based on your selected ability's Chunk Energy Scalar. Learn more about this mechanic in our explainer blog post on the Clarity website.

Lead from Gold

Heavy Ammo Pickups grants 25% of your maximum Special Ammo Reserves even while the weapon is stowed. Equipping two Special Weapons halves the amount of ammo granted.

Surplus

Grants Stat Bonuses depending on the number of Charged Abilities. Stat Bonuses with 1|2|3+ Charged Abilities: • 5|15|25 Stability • 5|25|60 Handling • 10|25|60 Reload Speed

Opening Shot

Grants the following benefits for your first shot (of the burst): • 20 Aim Assist and 25 Range • 5% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 10% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth Special weapons only receive 50% of the benefits. Stats are rounded up. Firing the weapon prevents the perk from activating for 3 seconds.

Killing Wind

On Weapon Kill, for 5 seconds: • 50 Mobility • 40 Handling and 20 Range • 5% increased Damage Falloff Distance Additional Kills extend the duration by 5 seconds, up to 8 seconds. Buff is removed on stow.

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