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Biting Winds god roll & best perks
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
controller
pve
22 wishlist rolls
File auto generated from csv pandapaxxy-s15-roundup (tags: controller,pve)
Strong alternatives
Rapid Hit
Elastic String
Sympathetic Arsenal
Fiberglass Arrow Shaft
Explosive Head
Surplus
Swashbuckler
Straight Fletching
Flexible String
Polymer String
Community wishlist roll
controller
pvp
13 wishlist rolls
File auto generated from csv pandapaxxy-s15-roundup (tags: controller,pvp)
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
controller
god-pvp
1 wishlist roll
File auto generated from csv pandapaxxy-s15-roundup (tags: controller,god-pvp)
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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