Bite of the Fox god roll & best perks

Bite of the Fox — Destiny 2 Sniper Rifle
Legendary · Sniper Rifle
Where it drops: Source: Complete Iron Banner matches and earn rank-up packages from Lord Saladin.

“"Sometimes Skorri wouldn't show herself until she was the only one left who could stand." —Lord Saladin”

Full perk pool, stats & source for Bite of the Fox →

Built from 78 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

pandapaxxy

pve mkb controller 54 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): Recommended MW: Reload. Aggressive(72) Kinetic Sniper Rifle Special Ammo. "Bite of the Fox finally returns to us in a better capacity. Envious Assassin and Vorpal Weapon will bump up your magazine and give some incredible damage. It’s not a dedicated high-dps weapon for raid bosses, but could be better for GMs or general strikes."

Strong alternatives

Envious Assassin Appended Mag Vorpal Weapon Fluted Barrel Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling Tactical Mag Flared Magwell Rapid Hit Firmly Planted Explosive Payload

Community wishlist roll

12 wishlist rolls

Adamsdown_Boy - information as at v8.0.0.6 PvE / PvE-Boss / PvE-BossSpec / PvE-EndGame / PvE-God / M+KB / Controller): PvE pick for killing boss-tier Subjugators. As per @mossy_max (https://x.com/mossy_max/status/1804893174965338387) - boss-tier Subjugators have a 20% damage reduction to all non-matching damage, going up to 30% DR to all damage after they "screech", which counts as a shield in-game and reacts to shield-based trait perks. Bite of the Fox - which can still be obtained at the time of writing from legacy Iron Banner engram focussing. First, Arrowhead Brake to help with recoil, or Chambered Compensator or Polygonal Rifling will also to help land consistent crits). Then Appended Mag which, with a Backup Mag mod, gets you to 5 in the mag (again, if your drop one, Extended Mag works too). Envious Assassin in the first trait perk column overflows the mag up to 15, or Rapid Hit helps lands crits and boosts reload speed, as a second choice. Finally, Under-Over provides +50% damage against the boss Subjugator "shield". The Skuling Wolf origin trait is pointless outside of PvP, unfortunetely. Recommended MW: Stability, with a Backup Mag mod

Essential perks

Under-Over

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Envious Assassin Appended Mag Chambered Compensator Polygonal Rifling Extended Mag Rapid Hit

pandapaxxy

pvp controller 12 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): Recommended MW: Range. Aggressive(72) Kinetic Sniper Rifle Special Ammo. "One quick roll to get out of the way is Slickdraw with either Opening Shot or Moving Target. With Slickdraw you can invest entirely into range and get 100 range and 100 handling even before Opening Shot. Moving Target will be more passive and grant you +10 Aim Assist. Snapshot and Opening Shot are the bread and butter rolls most Guardians will opt for, but keep an eye out for Slickdraw."

Essential perks

Accurized Rounds

Strong alternatives

Opening Shot Snapshot Sights Hammer-Forged Rifling Fluted Barrel Slickdraw Explosive Payload Moving Target

What these Bite of the Fox perks do

Envious Assassin

Upon readying the weapon after scoring Kills with your other Weapons: Refills and/or overfills the Magazine from reserves based on the amount of Weapon Kills scored. Maximum total overfill amount is 200% of the Magazine Capacity. Each activation can only load up to 100% of the Magazine Capacity into the magazine. Loaded ammo per Kill by ammo type (rounds up): • Primary Weapons: 10% of Magazine Capacity • Special and Power Weapons: 20%

Under-Over

Increases damage against shielded targets: • 125% increase against PVE Combatant Overshields • 50% increase against PVE Combatant Elemental Shields and Barrier Champion Shields • 20% increase against Player Overshields and for bodyshots against Players with Woven Mail Notable Combatant Overshields include Shadow Legion Tech Pack and Lucent Moth Overshields. They are indicated with a glowing outline around the targets as well as a small blue health bar under the normal one. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

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

Vorpal Weapon

Deals increased damage against Minibosses, Bosses, and Vehicles, as well as Players in their Super Ability. Damage increase by Ammo Type: • Primary Weapons: 20% [60%] • Special Weapons: 15% [20%] • Power Weapons: 10% [20%]

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).

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.

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.

Snapshot Sights

Passively decreases the ADS Animation Duration: • 50% decrease on Primary Weapons • 20% decrease on Special Weapons

Slickdraw

Passively grants: • 100 Handling • 0.95x Ready Animation Duration Multiplier • 20% decreased Auto Aim Cone Size (No effect on Magnetism AKA Reticle Stickiness)

Moving Target

Grants the following while Aiming Down Sights (ADS): • 10 Aim Assist • 10% decreased ADS Movement Speed Penalty

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