BrayTech Werewolf god roll & best perks

WarlockMaggie (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "450 Autos got a buff with the mid-season update with increased Stability and a more forgiving damage profile. With its above average stats and equally viable perk pool, the Braytech Werewolf can be a solid contender within PvP. Focus on improving the Stability and Recoil direction as a damage perk like Kill Clip can make down a Guardian in .53 seconds." Recommended MW: Stability

Strong alternatives

Compulsive Reloader Kill Clip High-Caliber Rounds Fluted Barrel Tap the Trigger Swashbuckler Slideshot Dynamic Sway Reduction Ricochet Rounds Armor-Piercing Rounds Corkscrew Rifling Arrowhead Brake

WarlockMaggie (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "The Braytech Werewolf emerges into the mid-season sandbox with increased Stability and a more forgiving damage profile. Werewolf has above-average stats for its archetype (especially Range) and the perk pool doesn’t disappoint. Alongside the typical damage and consistency perks, the options of Pugilist, Well-Rounded, Swashbuckler, and Osmosis make this rifle a solid option for PvE" Recommended MW: Stability

Strong alternatives

Subsistence Fluted Barrel Ricochet Rounds Swashbuckler Vorpal Weapon Osmosis Pugilist Well-Rounded Extended Mag Armor-Piercing Rounds Corkscrew Rifling Smallbore

Inspired by DMB Podcast 280 with @ImpetusAlways. Backup PvP pick for duelling. The Origin Trait is aimed more at 3v3 game modes, where you're less likely to be near a team mate to gain the better ADS and strafe speed. A competitive subfamily TTK of 0.8s if you can hit 6 crits and 1 body shot, and a not-awful accuracy-adjusted TTK of 0.93s (4c, 4b) as at v6.2.5. Decent stats within the subfamily. Ignore the recoil direction, as this is a precision frame, so you can use the barrel and mag perks to fill in your favoured stats - this does have the lowest zoom of its peers so you can either try and compensate with range, or live with it and improve stability. For duelling, Dynamic Sway Reduction is always great although, if you have the discipline to use the bottom half of a magazine, rather than continually reloading, Under Pressure offers great stability and accuracy boosts too. Finally, in the second trait column, Tap the Trigger which adds stability and accuracy when you need it, on initial trigger pull. Recommended MW: Stability or Range, with a Quick Access Sling, Sprint Grip or Targeting Adjuster mod depending on your preference.

Essential perks

Tap the Trigger

Strong alternatives

Dynamic Sway Reduction Polygonal Rifling Flared Magwell Chambered Compensator Smallbore Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Hammer-Forged Rifling Light Mag Under Pressure Ricochet Rounds

[YeezyGT's S18] [MW: Handling/Reload] "BrayTech Werewolf is my favourite Auto. Great looking frame, cool gimmick with an environment-dynamic aesthetic, manageable recoil direction and great perks both before and after the rework. Gutshot is a free 10% damage buff against all enemies, Vorpal is 20% against Champions. Slideshot is a personal favourite for reload management, though there's some other great options here that would be less synergistic to recommend (Subsistence, Kill Clip, etc)." tags:pve

Essential perks

Search Party Slideshot

Strong alternatives

Vorpal Weapon High-Caliber Rounds Fluted Barrel Gutshot Straight Ricochet Rounds Flared Magwell Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 37. PvE backup roll for add clear in non-endgame content. The Origin Trait, gaining better ADS and strafe speed when on your own, might be useful when you're away from your fireteam, but think of it more as a useful added extra when it's procced. Excellent, pretty much best-in-class stats, and the precision frame means you don't really have to worry about Recoil Direction, so boost your gunfeel stats with barrel and mag. You can turn this into a Legendary mini-Monte Carlo with Pugilist in the first trait column and pair this with Swashbuckler in the second to boost your damage. Recommended MW: Handling, Stability or Reload Speed, with a damage-boosting (Minor or Taken Spec) mod. Tags: PvE, PvE-God, PvE-MinorSpec, Controller, MKB

Essential perks

Pugilist Swashbuckler

Strong alternatives

Smallbore Armor-Piercing Rounds Corkscrew Rifling Polygonal Rifling High-Caliber Rounds Flared Magwell Light Mag Appended Mag

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 37. PvE backup utility roll for endgame content, particularly soloing. The Origin Trait, gaining better ADS and strafe speed when on your own, might be useful when you're away from your fireteam, but think of it more as a useful added extra when it's procced. Excellent, pretty much best-in-class stats, and the precision frame means you don't really have to worry about Recoil Direction, so boost your gunfeel stats with your barrel and mag. You can turn this into a Legendary mini-Monte Carlo with Pugilist in the first trait column and pair this with Osmosis in the second for an additional primary energy weapon option when you use your grenade - useful as a utility roll, and for soloing activities in particular. This won't replace a Demolitionist/Osmosis The Last Breath, and you only really need one Osmosis auto rifle in your Vault, but you never know - Bungie might just add melee kills to proc... Recommended MW: Handling, Stability or Reload Speed, with a damage-boosting (Major or Taken Spec) mod. Tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-MajorSpec, PvE-Champion, Controller, MKB|tags:1840239774|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-MajorSpec, PvE-Champion, Controller, MKB

Essential perks

Pugilist Osmosis

Strong alternatives

Smallbore Armor-Piercing Rounds Corkscrew Rifling Polygonal Rifling High-Caliber Rounds Flared Magwell Light Mag Appended Mag

Inspired by DMB Podcast 280 with @ImpetusAlways. First-choice PvP pick for duelling. The Origin Trait is aimed more at 3v3 game modes, where you're less likely to be near a team mate to gain the better ADS and strafe speed. A competitive subfamily TTK of 0.8s if you can hit 6 crits and 1 body shot, and a not-awful accuracy-adjusted TTK of 0.93s (4c, 4b) as at v6.2.5. Decent stats within the subfamily. Ignore the recoil direction, as this is a precision frame, so you can use the barrel to fill in your favoured stat - this does have the lowest zoom of its peers so you can either try and compensate with range, or live with it and improve stability. Ricochet Rounds adds range and stability, and is your best mag choice. For duelling, you don't really need to look further than Dynamic Sway Reduction and Tap the Trigger which together add stability and accuracy through your volley. Recommended MW: Stability or Range, with a Quick Access Sling, Sprint Grip or Targeting Adjuster mod depending on your preference.

Essential perks

Dynamic Sway Reduction Ricochet Rounds Tap the Trigger

Strong alternatives

Polygonal Rifling Chambered Compensator Smallbore Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Hammer-Forged Rifling

Inspired by DMB Podcast 280 with @ImpetusAlways. Backup PvP pick for kill-chaining. The Origin Trait is aimed more at 3v3 game modes, where you're less likely to be near a team mate to gain the better ADS and strafe speed. A competitive subfamily TTK of 0.8s if you can hit 6 crits and 1 body shot, and a not-awful accuracy-adjusted TTK of 0.93s (4c, 4b) as at v6.2.5. Decent stats within the subfamily. Ignore the recoil direction, as this is a precision frame, so you can use the barrel to fill in your favoured stat - this does have the lowest zoom of its peers so you can either try and compensate with range, or live with it and improve stability. Ricochet Rounds adds range and stability, and is your best mag choice. For kill-chaining, Swashbuckler x5 after a melee kill reduces TTK to 0.67 (4c, 2b), while Pugilist turns this into a legendary "Monte Carlo-lite", recovering melee ability energy to repeat the cycle. Recommended MW: Stability or Range, with a Quick Access Sling, Sprint Grip or Targeting Adjuster mod depending on your preference.

Essential perks

Pugilist Ricochet Rounds Swashbuckler

Strong alternatives

Polygonal Rifling Chambered Compensator Smallbore Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Hammer-Forged Rifling

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 37. PvE first-choice roll for add clear in non-endgame content. The Origin Trait, gaining better ADS and strafe speed when on your own, might be useful when you're away from your fireteam, but think of it more as a useful added extra when it's procced. Excellent, pretty much best-in-class stats, and the precision frame means you don't really have to worry about Recoil Direction, so boost your gunfeel stats with barrel and mag. You can turn this into a Legendary mini-Monte Carlo with Pugilist in the first trait column and pair this with Swashbuckler in the second to boost your damage. Recommended MW: Handling, Stability or Reload Speed, with a damage-boosting (Minor or Taken Spec) mod. Tags: PvE, PvE-God, PvE-MinorSpec, Controller, MKB

Essential perks

Pugilist Fluted Barrel Swashbuckler

Strong alternatives

Armor-Piercing Rounds High-Caliber Rounds Flared Magwell Light Mag Appended Mag

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 37. PvE first-choice utility roll for endgame content, particularly soloing. The Origin Trait, gaining better ADS and strafe speed when on your own, might be useful when you're away from your fireteam, but think of it more as a useful added extra when it's procced. Excellent, pretty much best-in-class stats, and the precision frame means you don't really have to worry about Recoil Direction, so boost your gunfeel stats with your barrel and mag. You can turn this into a Legendary mini-Monte Carlo with Pugilist in the first trait column and pair this with Osmosis in the second for an additional primary energy weapon option when you use your grenade - useful as a utility roll, and for soloing activities in particular. This won't replace a Demolitionist/Osmosis The Last Breath, and you only really need one Osmosis auto rifle in your Vault, but you never know - Bungie might just add melee kills to proc... Recommended MW: Handling, Stability or Reload Speed, with a damage-boosting (Major or Taken Spec) mod. Tags: PvE, PvE-God, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-EndGame, PvE-Solo, Controller, MKB

Essential perks

Pugilist Osmosis Fluted Barrel

Strong alternatives

Armor-Piercing Rounds High-Caliber Rounds Flared Magwell Light Mag Appended Mag

Inspired by DMB Podcast 280 with @ImpetusAlways. Backup PvP pick for kill-chaining. The Origin Trait is aimed more at 3v3 game modes, where you're less likely to be near a team mate to gain the better ADS and strafe speed. A competitive subfamily TTK of 0.8s if you can hit 6 crits and 1 body shot, and a not-awful accuracy-adjusted TTK of 0.93s (4c, 4b) as at v6.2.5. Decent stats within the subfamily. Ignore the recoil direction, as this is a precision frame, so you can use the barrel and mag perks to fill in your favoured stats - this does have the lowest zoom of its peers so you can either try and compensate with range, or live with it and improve stability. For kill-chaining, Swashbuckler x5 after a melee kill reduces TTK to 0.67 (4c, 2b), while Pugilist turns this into a legendary "Monte Carlo-lite", recovering melee ability energy to repeat the cycle. Recommended MW: Stability or Range, with a Quick Access Sling, Sprint Grip or Targeting Adjuster mod depending on your preference.

Essential perks

Pugilist Swashbuckler

Strong alternatives

Flared Magwell Chambered Compensator Hammer-Forged Rifling Light Mag

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 37. PvE backup roll for Barrier Champions, when the mod's around. The Origin Trait, gaining better ADS and strafe speed when on your own, might be useful when you're away from your fireteam, but think of it more as a useful added extra when it's procced. Excellent, pretty much best-in-class stats, and the precision frame means you don't really have to worry about Recoil Direction, so boost your gunfeel stats with your barrel. Armor-Piercing Rounds adds 5% damage against shields and barriers, and Vorpal Weapon in the second trait column boosts damage against Majors (including Champions), Bosses and vehicles by 20%. There's noting much that helps in the first trait column, so just take Pugilist to turn this into a Legendary mini-Monte Carlo. Recommended MW: Handling, Stability or Reload Speed, with a damage-boosting (Major or Taken Spec) mod. Tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-MajorSpec, PvE-Champion, Controller, MKB

Essential perks

Pugilist Vorpal Weapon Armor-Piercing Rounds

Strong alternatives

Corkscrew Rifling Polygonal Rifling