Bite of the Fox god roll & best perks

Bite of the Fox — Destiny 2 Sniper Rifle
Legendary · Sniper Rifle

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

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Built from 40 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

Community wishlist roll

controller pve 17 wishlist rolls

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Essential perks

Rapid Hit

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Field Prep Appended Mag Explosive Payload Extended Mag Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling

Community wishlist roll

controller pvp 17 wishlist rolls

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Essential perks

Snapshot Sights

Strong alternatives

Moving Target Fluted Barrel Accurized Rounds Explosive Payload Opening Shot Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Hammer-Forged Rifling

Community wishlist roll

4 wishlist rolls

PvP pick

Essential perks

Opening Shot Snapshot Sights Fluted Barrel

Strong alternatives

Flared Magwell Appended Mag Extended Mag Alloy Magazine

Community wishlist roll

controller god-pve 1 wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Tactical Mag Rapid Hit Arrowhead Brake Explosive Payload

Community wishlist roll

controller god-pvp 1 wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Opening Shot Snapshot Sights Fluted Barrel Accurized Rounds

What these Bite of the Fox 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

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

Field Prep

Grants the following while Crouched: • 50 Reload Speed • 0.8x Reload Duration Multiplier • 0.8x Ready/Stow Duration Multiplier Passively grants 20 Ammo Generation stat. (50% more than 1 Ammo Generation armor mod)

Moving Target

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

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.

Recommendations aggregated from curated community wishlists; credit to the curators linked above.

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