Built from 223 curated wishlist rolls for this Linear Fusion 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
mnk
pve
126 wishlist rolls
DPS is the best-suited job for Briar’s Contempt inside PvE. Fluted Barrel is still the best option due to the large increase in handling. This means a faster swapping speed which can be crucial to maximizing DPS. For the magazine, either Liquid Coils or Ionized Battery are the best choices. Liquid Coils grant an increase in impact, resulting in higher damage per shot. Ionized Battery adds an additional round to the magazine, which helps during longer DPS phases. The best perks in column 1 are Rewind Rounds, Demolionist, and Reconstruction. All three perks grant reloading effects/increase total magazine size, which removes/lowers the need to manually reload the gun. This is great for sustained damage. Frenzy and Focused Fury are the best column 2 perks due to the increase in damage that they provide. Surrounded can situationally be the best option, but the requirements to activate it can be difficult.
Strong alternatives
Reconstruction
Arrowhead Brake
Liquid Coils
Focused Fury
Frenzy
Frenzy
Focused Fury
Reconstruction
Rewind Rounds
Rewind Rounds
Demolitionist
Demolitionist
Enhanced Battery
Ionized Battery
Fluted Barrel
pandapaxxy
pve
mkb
controller
54 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): Recommended MW: Charge Time. Aggressive(533) Solar Linear Fusion Rifle Heavy Ammo. "Briar’s Contempt might be better than Stormchaser or Fire and Forget. Being able to slot Adept mods is incredibly useful. That alongside Reconstruction and Frenzy could make for a solid DPS weapon. It loses 5 percent of damage without Firing Line but does make up for that in non-precision damage. Firing Line only deals bonus precision damage. Will the extra magazine make up for the lack of damage? I know Adept Big Ones will certainly make up for it. Being able to use this fusion against any beefy enemy regardless of spec mod you have on is perfect."
Strong alternatives
Accelerated Coils
Arrowhead Brake
Rewind Rounds
Frenzy
Fluted Barrel
Enhanced Battery
Ionized Battery
Reconstruction
Envious Assassin
High-Impact Reserves
Focused Fury
pandapaxxy
pvp
controller
18 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): Recommended MW: Charge Time. Aggressive(533) Solar Linear Fusion Rifle Heavy Ammo. "I don’t know how many people will try and get a PvP Briar’s Contempt. It does allow for one-shot body-shots with Harmony and Keep Away is best in slot. Adagio also gives you those one-shot bodies. Look to lower the charge time as much as possible."
Essential perks
Projection Fuse
Strong alternatives
Harmony
Fluted Barrel
Keep Away
Full Bore
Hammer-Forged Rifling
Slideshot
Adagio
High-Impact Reserves
Community wishlist roll
8 wishlist rolls
Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 57 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3LOWj7jLe0eiacDYwEbK22) with @CourtProjects, @ImpetusAlways and @Saint_Kabr. First-choice PvE roll for sustained DPS against bosses in end-game content. The first solar aggressive frame LFR - there's no Veist Stinger origin trait like Fire and Forget has, but Harmonic Resonance can boost damage by up to 10%, and damage against Tormentors and Lucent Hive by 25%, so it's still going to be decent for damage. You'll want to be able to control the recoil, so look for stability or recoil direction in a barrel, and Enhanced Battery adds a useful extra shot. For boss damage, both Rewind Rounds and Reconstruction, as your first trait column support perk, overfill or refill the magazine, or alternatively Demolitionist provides an instant reload to keep damage uptime for Frenzy's 15% damage boost as your second trait column signature perk. The additional 50 Reload Speed from Frenzy is handy, once you do need to reload, too. The Harmonic Resonance origin trait can boost damage still further by a stacking 3.33% with one other RoN Raid weapon or 10% with two. Recommended MW: Stability - just go with your preference, with a damage-boosting (Boss or Taken Spec) or Backup Mag mod|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-BossSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, Controller, M+KB
Essential perks
Enhanced Battery
Frenzy
Strong alternatives
Polygonal Rifling
Rewind Rounds
Chambered Compensator
Reconstruction
Fluted Barrel
Demolitionist
Arrowhead Brake
Community wishlist roll
pvp
mnk
7 wishlist rolls
For PvP, handling and accuracy are the two most important factors for a linear fusion rifle. Hence, Fluted Barrel is the best barrel due to the large bump in handling. Particle Repeater or Projection Fuse are the best magazine choices due to the flat bump in stats they give to stability/range, respectively. For column 1 perks, Keep Away is the stand-out choice. Keep Away provides several buffs for keeping your distance, most noticeably an increase in weapon accuracy. Paired with High Impact Reserves makes Briar’s Contempt a good option for a ranged heavy.
Essential perks
Fluted Barrel
Strong alternatives
High-Impact Reserves
Projection Fuse
Keep Away
High-Impact Reserves
Keep Away
Particle Repeater
Community wishlist roll
4 wishlist rolls
Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 57 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3LOWj7jLe0eiacDYwEbK22) with @CourtProjects, @ImpetusAlways and @Saint_Kabr. First-choice PvE roll for sustained DPS against bosses in end-game content. The first solar aggressive frame LFR - there's no Veist Stinger origin trait like Fire and Forget has, but Harmonic Resonance can boost damage by 10%, and damage against Tormentors and Lucent Hive by 25%, so it's still going to be decent for damage. You'll want to be able to control the recoil, so look for stability or recoil direction in a barrel, and Enhanced Battery adds a useful extra shot. For boss damage, both Rewind Rounds and Reconstruction, as your first trait column support perk, overfill or refill the magazine to keep get as many shots with Focused Fury's damage boost as possible, as your second trait column signature perk. The Harmonic Resonance origin trait can boost damage still further by a stacking 3.33% with one other RoN Raid weapon or 10% with two. Recommended MW: Stability - just go with your preference, with a damage-boosting (Boss or Taken Spec) or Backup Mag mod|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-BossSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, Controller, M+KB
Essential perks
Enhanced Battery
Focused Fury
Strong alternatives
Polygonal Rifling
Rewind Rounds
Chambered Compensator
Reconstruction
Community wishlist roll
4 wishlist rolls
Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 57 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3LOWj7jLe0eiacDYwEbK22) with @CourtProjects, @ImpetusAlways and @Saint_Kabr. First-choice PvE roll for solar synergy in end-game content. The first solar aggressive frame LFR - there's no Veist Stinger origin trait like Fire and Forget has, but Harmonic Resonance can boost damage by 10% so it's still going to be decent for damage. You'll want to be able to control the recoil, so look for stability or recoil direction in a barrel, and Enhanced Battery adds a useful extra shot. Unusually, you can roll Incandescent in the first trait column as your support perk, to synergise with solar subclasses to improve scorch and ignition, and proc Paracausal Affinity in the second column as your signature park. Paracausal Affinity then buffs ignition damage to keep the loop going. The Harmonic Resonance origin trait can boost damage still further by a stacking 3.33% with one other RoN Raid weapon or 10% with two. Recommended MW: Stability - just go with your preference, with a damage-boosting (Boss or Taken Spec) or Backup Mag mod|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-BossSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, Controller, M+KB
Essential perks
Enhanced Battery
Paracausal Affinity
Incandescent
Strong alternatives
Fluted Barrel
Polygonal Rifling
Arrowhead Brake
Chambered Compensator
Speedrunner's Shopping List
god-pve
2 wishlist rolls
Speedrunner's Shopping List: Specialized sustained damage (good for: all S21 raids and dungeons)
Essential perks
Accelerated Coils
Fluted Barrel
Surrounded
Strong alternatives
Demolitionist
Reconstruction
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