Biting Winds god roll & best perks

Biting Winds — Destiny 2 Combat Bow
Legendary · Combat Bow
Where it drops: Source: Fallen Empire Campaign

“"The Fallen describe Darkness as a gale. A force of nature, arising suddenly, from seemingly nowhere." —The Exo Stranger”

Full perk pool, stats & source for Biting Winds →

Built from 116 curated wishlist rolls for this Combat Bow. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

YeezyGT's S16

pve 72 wishlist rolls

[YeezyGT's S16] [MW: Draw Time / Reload] "Biting Winds rolls with some great perk combinations, like Rapid Hit/Explosive Head, Killing Wind/Swashbuckler, and even some utility picks like Sympathetic Arsenal. In general, for PvE you likely want to pin down an Explosive Head roll, Elastic String (Polymer or Flexible as 2nd choice), and just invest into getting Draw Time and Reload as far down as you can. It's infinitely more farmable than the (slightly better) Accrued Redemption, if you don't mind having to re-fight Kridis three thousand times."

Strong alternatives

Rapid Hit Elastic String Explosive Head Fiberglass Arrow Shaft Swashbuckler Snapshot Sights Killing Wind Straight Fletching Helical Fletching Compact Arrow Shaft Polymer String Flexible String

Community wishlist roll

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Strong alternatives

Rapid Hit Elastic String Sympathetic Arsenal Fiberglass Arrow Shaft Explosive Head Surplus Swashbuckler Straight Fletching Flexible String Polymer String

Community wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Moving Target

Strong alternatives

Snapshot Sights Elastic String Fiberglass Arrow Shaft Swashbuckler Explosive Head Straight Fletching Flexible String Polymer String

Community wishlist roll

4 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns Podcast 186 Part 1. PvE first choice roll

Essential perks

Polymer String Sympathetic Arsenal

Strong alternatives

Moving Target Fiberglass Arrow Shaft Straight Fletching Rapid Hit

Community wishlist roll

2 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns Podcast 186 Part 1. PvP/PvE first choice roll

Essential perks

Moving Target Polymer String Swashbuckler

Strong alternatives

Fiberglass Arrow Shaft Straight Fletching

Community wishlist roll

2 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns Podcast 186 Part 1. PvE first choice roll plus for overload/unstoppable mods

Essential perks

Moving Target Polymer String Explosive Head

Strong alternatives

Fiberglass Arrow Shaft Straight Fletching

Community wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Moving Target Elastic String Explosive Head Fiberglass Arrow Shaft

What these Biting Winds perks do

Moving Target

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

Explosive Head

Splits off 50% of the Bow's bodyshot damage into an Explosive Payload that detonates in a 3 meter radius on impact. The Payload deals 30% increased damage in PvE and staggers PvE Combatants more. Payload detonation time after hitting a target or surface depends on the distance. 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. On crits, the overall increase is 10.33% for Precision Bows and 9.69% for Lightweight Bows. [PvP] Total damage remains roughly the same but can vary by 1-2% in either direction for crits.

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

Sympathetic Arsenal

Passively grants 20 Reload Speed. Finishing a reload within 3.6 seconds of a Weapon Kill refills stowed weapons from reserves.

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

Swashbuckler

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of 'Swashbuckler' for 4.5 seconds. Maximum of 5 Stacks. (Glaive) Melee Kills grant all 5 Stacks instantly. Damage increase at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: 6.7% | 13.3% | 20% | 26.6% | 33.3% Stowing the weapon removes the buff.

Snapshot Sights

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

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.

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

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