Blast Furnace god roll & best perks

Blast Furnace — Destiny 2 Pulse Rifle
Legendary · Pulse Rifle
Where it drops: Source: Into the Light

“Forged in the hottest fires.”

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Built from 135 curated wishlist rolls for this Pulse 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 81 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Blast Furnace is probably the best feeling 450 aggressive frame pulse. Personally I liked the Meyrin RDL scope as it highlighted targets, but I can understand it wasn't everyone's cup of tea. The best combo that I will be farming for will be Kinetic Tremors and Firefly for AoE on top of AoE. Keep Away also serves as a good reload perk, while also making it easier to get yellow numbers. Shoot to Loot combined with Firefly will allow you to pick up orbs and ammo from afar." Recommended MW: Range, Stability, Handling, Reload Speed.

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Appended Mag Firefly Kinetic Tremors Rapid Hit Desperate Measures Keep Away Shoot to Loot Tactical Mag Flared Magwell Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling

pandapaxxy

controller pvp 36 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): "Over in the Crucible Blast Furnace has yet to make its mark. It has some stiff competition in the form of both Belisarius-D and Disparity. Both of which come with some incredible rolls. Outside of its frame you have some other strong pulses like the new Relentless or Messenger (Adept). Blast Furnace does have a leg up over recent additions with the combination of Zen Moment and Kill Clip for easy follow-up two burst kills. Outside of S16 Messenger (which might not be possible due to the perk updates) no other aggressive frame pulse has that combination. (Elsie's Rifle also gets this combo but we will talk about that later). Another lethal combo is Headseeker and Kill Clip which allows for double damage, the only other pulse to get this combination is Chattering Bone." Recommended MW: Stability.

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Kill Clip Zen Moment Accurized Rounds Rapid Hit Desperate Measures Keep Away Headseeker Steady Rounds Smallbore

pandapaxxy

pvp mkb 18 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB): "Over in the Crucible Blast Furnace has yet to make its mark. It has some stiff competition in the form of both Belisarius-D and Disparity. Both of which come with some incredible rolls. Outside of its frame you have some other strong pulses like the new Relentless or Messenger (Adept). Blast Furnace does have a leg up over recent additions with the combination of Zen Moment and Kill Clip for easy follow-up two burst kills. Outside of S16 Messenger (which might not be possible due to the perk updates) no other aggressive frame pulse has that combination. (Elsie's Rifle also gets this combo but we will talk about that later). Another lethal combo is Headseeker and Kill Clip which allows for double damage, the only other pulse to get this combination is Chattering Bone." Recommended MW: Range.

Essential perks

Hammer-Forged Rifling

Strong alternatives

Headseeker Kill Clip Accurized Rounds Rapid Hit Desperate Measures Zen Moment Keep Away Steady Rounds

What these Blast Furnace perks do

Firefly

On Precision Kills: • Target explodes, dealing 104 [80] Solar damage in a 4 meter radius • Grants 50 Reload Speed for 6 seconds

Kinetic Tremors

Scoring multiple Direct Hits against a target within 3 seconds of each emits 3 damaging shockwaves from its location at the time of activation. Hit counter persists through stow. Shockwaves appear 0.25 seconds after scoring enough Hits and have a 1 second delay between each pulse. With Bows, the initial delay is decreased to 0.167 seconds. Each shockwave deals up to 90 [20] damage in a 6 meter radius. Shockwaves deal 33.33% more damage when activated on Miniboss or higher tier PvE Combatants. Shockwaves inherit Weapon Damage Buffs, the weapon's passive Kinetic Damage Bonus in PVE (10% on Primary, 15% on Special), and its Combatant Damage Scaling. They also count as non-direct Hits with the weapon for other interactions. The perk cannot be retriggered by anyone on a target until 2? seconds after the last shockwave. Hits required for Activation: • Submachine Guns: 14 • Auto Rifles: 12 • Pulse Rifles: 11 • Sidearms: 8 • Precision Hand Cannons and Precision Scout Rifles: 6 • Hand Cannons, Scout Rifles: 5 • Bows, Sniper Rifles: 3

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

Desperate Measures

Weapon Kills grant 'Desperate Measures x1' (DMx1), increasing damage by 10% for 7 seconds. Grenade or Melee Kills grant 20% increased damage for 7 seconds (DMx2). Scoring another Grenade or Melee Kill with DMx2 active increases this to 30% (DMx3). Can be activated while stowed. Weapon, Grenade, and Melee Kills refresh the buff duration.

Keep Away

While no enemies are within 15 meters: Grants 10 Range, 30 Reload Speed, and decreases Accuracy Cone Growth by 5?%.

Shoot to Loot

Weapon Hits against Orbs of Power collect them. If collecting ammo is possible: Weapon Hits against Ammo Bricks pick them up, trigger Ammo Pickup Effects, and refill all Weapons from reserves. Does not require direct hits.

Kill Clip

Finishing a reload within 3.6 seconds of a kill grants 25% increased damage for 5 seconds. Stowing the weapon removes the buff. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Zen Moment

Weapon Hits grant 1 Stack of the perk for 1 second up to the maximum of 5? Stacks. Benefits granted per Stack: • Grants ?% Flinch Resistance • Reduces Visual Weapon Shake by 15% • Reduces Reticle Bounce by 15% Stacks gained per Weapon Hit by weapon type: • Hand Cannons, Scout Rifles: 2? • Pulse Rifles, Sidearms: 1.5 • Other Weapons: 1

Headseeker

Dealing non-Precision Direct damage grants the following benefits for 0.55 seconds: • 20% increased Precision Bonus (complicated, see specific damage increases below) • 3% increased Aim Assist Cone size Precision damage increases by weapon type/frame: • Pulse Rifles: Adaptive: 7.1%, Aggressive Burst: 10%, Heavy Burst: 9.5%, High-Impact: 8.74%, Lightweight: 6.3%, Rapid-Fire: 10.3% • Sidearms: Adaptive Burst: 8.46%, Heavy Burst: 7.36% • Scout Rifles: Precision: 8.66% [Bug] Heavy Burst Hand Cannons: 7% increased Weakspot damage. The distinction between Weakspots and Critspots is complicated and we might write an explainer blog post about it eventually. For the purposes of PvP, the two are equivalent.

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