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Cataclysmic (Adept) god roll & best perks

Cataclysmic (Adept) — Destiny 2 Linear Fusion Rifle
Legendary · Linear Fusion Rifle
Where it drops: Source: "Vow of the Disciple" Raid

“Shape: Fatal”

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Built from 97 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

pandapaxxy

pve mkb controller 34 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Cataclysmic is an interesting linear fusion rifle [...] While it doesn’t directly beat out Reed’s Regret in terms of damage it possibly could. It really depends on your damage window. Firing line will do longer burst damage, but if you don’t have mag extending perks you won’t be able to keep up with Cataclysmic. Fourth time’s the charm will let you deal damage for longer if you spec your Cataclysmic the right way, and you can craft the exact roll you want.". Recommended MW - Reload or Charge Time.

Strong alternatives

Accelerated Coils Arrowhead Brake Fourth Time's the Charm High-Impact Reserves Fluted Barrel Liquid Coils Ionized Battery Surplus Adaptive Munitions Clown Cartridge

Community wishlist roll

pve 20 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 8. Shapeable through the Mars Relic. PvE first choice roll for sustained boss DPS. Focused Fury procs after three crit hits (half of the mag), and Fourth Time's the Charm then gives you seven more crits with a 20% damage buff, on the base mag size of six. Useful with Divinity in the fireteam, to make sure the crits are easier to land. Recommended MW: Stability, with a damage-boosting (Adept Big Ones or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Accelerated Coils

Strong alternatives

Fourth Time's the Charm Polygonal Rifling Focused Fury Chambered Compensator Smallbore Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Fourth Time's the Charm Focused Fury

Community wishlist roll

pve 19 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 8. Shapeable through the Mars Relic. PvE first choice roll for burst boss DPS. High-Impact Reserves procs after three shots (two with the Enhanced perk), and Fourth Time's the Charm then gives you seven more crits with an increasing damage buff that tops out at 25.4%. Useful with Divinity in the fireteam, to make sure crits are easier to land. Recommended MW: Stability, with a damage-boosting (Adept Big Ones or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Accelerated Coils

Strong alternatives

Fourth Time's the Charm Polygonal Rifling High-Impact Reserves Chambered Compensator Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling Fourth Time's the Charm Fluted Barrel High-Impact Reserves

Community wishlist roll

12 wishlist rolls

Adamsdown_Boy - information as at v8.0.0.6 PvE / PvE-Boss / PvE-BossSpec / PvE-EndGame / PvE-God / M+KB / Controller): PvE pick for killing boss-tier Subjugators. As per @mossy_max (https://x.com/mossy_max/status/1804893174965338387) - boss-tier Subjugators have a 20% damage reduction to all non-matching damage, going up to 30% DR to all damage after they "screech", which counts as a shield in-game and reacts to shield-based trait perks. If you've been collecting red-box weapons from Vow of the Disciple, then you'll be able to shape this to your liking. Arrowhead Brake to help with recoil (if you just drop one, Chambered Compensator or Polygonal Rifling will also to help land consistent crits). Then Enhanced Battery with a Backup Mag mod gets you to 7 shots (same as Ionized Battery with Backup Mag), or alternatively Accelerated Coils for better burst damage or Particle Repeater for more stability. In the first trait column, Fourth Time's the Charm will extend your mag up to 10 shots when you hit crits. In the second, Adaptive Munitions provides a +30% (+56% when enhanced) damage boost after 3 hits. The Souldrinker origin trait is useful for recovering health after reloading. Recommended MW: Charge Time, with a Backup Mag mod

Essential perks

Adaptive Munitions Fourth Time's the Charm

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Enhanced Battery Chambered Compensator Polygonal Rifling Ionized Battery Accelerated Coils Particle Repeater

pandapaxxy

pvp mkb controller 12 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "For PvP linear fusions can be hit or miss (zing), they require either set up for OHK, or to lower the charge time to treat it more like a sniper. Cataclysm can get the latter to a very strong degree. Accelerated coils, charge time MW, and successful warm up will net you such a fast charge time. And with linear fusion rifles being one shot kills to the head you can have a linear that is basically a sniper rifle after that first kill. You know what? Just use a sniper rifle.". Recommended MW - Charge Time.

Essential perks

High-Impact Reserves

Strong alternatives

Accelerated Coils Fluted Barrel Successful Warm-Up Arrowhead Brake Hammer-Forged Rifling Projection Fuse Sleight of Hand

What these Cataclysmic (Adept) perks do

Adaptive Munitions

Hits against Barrier Champion or non-matching Elemental Shields deal increasingly higher damage. Buff is removed upon hitting a matching shield or an unshielded enemy. Damage increase by Weapon Archetype: • Fusion Rifles: untested • Machine Guns, Auto/Pulse/Trace Rifles: 10% per hit, up to 50% • Linear Fusion Rifles: 22% per hit, up to 44% • Bows, Glaives, Hand Cannons, Scout Rifles: 25% per hit, up to 50%

Fourth Time's the Charm

Scoring 4 Precision Hits within 2 seconds of each refills 2 Ammo into the Magazine from thin air. Cannot load the Magazine beyond its base capacity. Precision Hit counter persists through stow.

Accelerated Coils

Decreases charge time by 40ms and damage by 2%.

High-Impact Reserves

Increases damage by 12.1% [3%] to 25.6% [6%] as the Magazine drops from 50% of its base capacity to empty. The buff in PVE ranges between 10.3% and 22.9% instead on Fusion Rifles and Aggressive Frame Linear Fusion Rifles. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Liquid Coils

Increases charge time by 40ms and damage by 2%.

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

Clown Cartridge

Reloading randomly overfills the Magazine from reserves by 10% to 50% of the base Magazine Capacity (rounded up). Works out to a 30% overfill on average.

Successful Warm-Up

Weapon Kills decrease Charge/Draw Time by 37.5% for 6 seconds. Kills while the perk is active add 4 seconds to the duration up to a maximum of 20 seconds. Buff is removed on stow.

Sleight of Hand

Scoring any Kill while the weapon is stowed grants a "trigger stack". Maximum of 3 stacks. Readying the weapon with active "trigger stacks" converts them to Stacks of 'Sleight of Hand' with a 7.5 second duration. Benefits at 1|2|3 Stacks of 'Sleight of Hand': 10|20|30 Handling, Reload Speed, and Stability Stowing the weapon removes the buff.

Focused Fury

Scoring 35% of the Base Magazine Capacity as Precision Hits grants 25% increased damage for 11 seconds. Stowing or Reloading the weapon resets the Precision Hit counter. The buff remains active while stowed. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Fourth Time's the Charm

Scoring 4 Precision Hits within 🡅3 seconds of each refills 2 Ammo into the Magazine from thin air. Cannot load the Magazine beyond its base capacity. Precision Hit counter persists through stow. 🡅 Allowed time between Precision Hits is increased by 1 second.

Focused Fury

Scoring 35% of the Base Magazine Capacity as Precision Hits grants 25% increased damage for 🡅12 seconds. Stowing or Reloading the weapon resets the Precision Hit counter. The buff remains active while stowed. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks. 🡅 Buff Duration is increased by 1 second.

High-Impact Reserves

Increases damage by 12.1% [3%] to 25.6% [6%] as the Magazine drops from 🡅55% of its base capacity to empty. The buff in PVE ranges between 10.3% and 22.9% instead on Fusion Rifles and Aggressive Frame Linear Fusion Rifles. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks. 🡅 Activates with 5% more of the Magazine Capacity remaining.

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