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Cataphract GL3 (Adept) god roll & best perks

Cataphract GL3 (Adept) — Destiny 2 Grenade Launcher
Legendary · Grenade Launcher
Where it drops: Source: Trials of Osiris Challenges

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Built from 62 curated wishlist rolls for this Grenade Launcher. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

pandapaxxy

mkb controller pve 24 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "It's interesting when a PvP weapon has strong utility in PvE. Cataphract GL3 is one such example. With Envious Assassin and Bait and Switch you can really get some incredible damage out. Even reloader perks like Auto-Loading Holster and Field Prep are incredible too, it just depends on the damage cycle. Explosive Light and Chain Reaction are both tried and true combinations." Recommended MW: Reload.

Essential perks

Spike Grenades

Strong alternatives

Envious Assassin Explosive Light Quick Launch Chain Reaction Field Prep Bait and Switch Auto-Loading Holster Smart Drift Control Linear Compensator

pandapaxxy

controller pvp 24 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): "In PvP there isn't much to talk about. Grenade launchers are the best in slot, Proximity Grenades allow you some forgiveness and Impulse Amplifier gives you a pocket rocket. Your best option for multikills is with Chain Reaction." Recommended MW: Velocity.

Strong alternatives

Proximity Grenades Impulse Amplifier Chain Reaction Quick Launch Hatchling Demolitionist High-Velocity Rounds Smart Drift Control Linear Compensator

Community wishlist roll

8 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 77 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4RxkTOwLINWvKzUitNoAFy?si=1426d1f760c544b5) with @ImpetusAlways and @Saint_Kabr while @CourtProjects is on holiday. First-choice PvE pick for sustained damage against Boss Spec enemies in end-game content. Cataphract starts off with excellent stats against it's heavy adaptive grenade launcher peers, and just gets better. Start off with increasing the velocity with the barrel perk so enemies have as little time to evade as possible - Quick Launch is the top pick as it bumps handling too, but Hard Launch, Smart Drift Control or even Linear Compensator can work. In the magazine, choose between Augmented Drum, for the extra round at base, or Spike Grenades for the additional 10% damage. For sustained damage, you should aim to overfill the magazine with Envious Assassin as the first trait column support perk - 15 rapid kills will get you 18 in the mag with Augmented Drum or 15 with Spike Grenades, and bypass reload time altogether. Finally, Bait and Switch's 10s of 35% bonus damage when procced should be enough time to unload everything into your boss of choice. Recommended MW: Handling or Velocity, with a damage-boosting (Boss or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-BossSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Envious Assassin Bait and Switch

Strong alternatives

Augmented Drum Quick Launch Hard Launch Smart Drift Control Linear Compensator Spike Grenades

Community wishlist roll

6 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 77 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4RxkTOwLINWvKzUitNoAFy?si=1426d1f760c544b5) with @ImpetusAlways and @Saint_Kabr while @CourtProjects is on holiday. First-choice PvE pick for add-clearing Minor Spec Spec enemies in end-game content. Cataphract starts off with excellent stats against it's heavy adaptive grenade launcher peers, and just gets better. Add clear may not be the obvious role for a heavy grenade launcher but it's still possible to have some fun - start by maximising the blast radius with the barrel and mag perks, and follow up with your choice of first trait column support perk from Demolitionist, Auto-Loading Holster or Field Prep. Finally, as the second column signature perk, you could either use Hatchling, if you're synergising with a Strand build, or Chain Reaction for chaining add explosions. Recommended MW: Blast Radius, with a damage-boosting (Minor or Taken Spec) or Backup Mag mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-BossSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

High-Explosive Ordnance Volatile Launch

Strong alternatives

Hatchling Demolitionist Auto-Loading Holster Field Prep Chain Reaction

What these Cataphract GL3 (Adept) perks do

Envious Assassin

Upon readying the weapon after scoring Kills with your other Weapons: Refills and/or overfills the Magazine from reserves based on the amount of Weapon Kills scored. Maximum total overfill amount is 200% of the Magazine Capacity. Each activation can only load up to 100% of the Magazine Capacity into the magazine. Loaded ammo per Kill by ammo type (rounds up): • Primary Weapons: 10% of Magazine Capacity • Special and Power Weapons: 20%

Bait and Switch

Dealing damage with a weapon starts a 7 second timer. Dealing additional weapon damage resets the timer to 7 seconds. Dealing damage with all 3 of your weapons without letting the timer run out grants you 'Bait and Switch' for 10 seconds, granting 30% increased damage. Timer is disabled while Bait and Switch is active, requiring a full activation sequence once the buff expires.

Spike Grenades

Increases Grenade Impact damage: • 12.12% increase on Special Grenade Launchers • 12.5% increase on Power Grenade Launchers Due to the ratio of Detonation and Impact damage being tied to the Blast Radius stat on Grenade Launchers, a lower stat will provide a slightly higher overall damage increase.

Hatchling

Scoring a Precision Kill or 3 kills within 3 seconds of each other spawns a Threadling at the target's location.

Demolitionist

Weapon Kills grant 10% Grenade Ability Energy. Kills with Sniper Rifles, Shotguns, Glaives, and Fusion Rifles grant 20%. Using your Grenade Ability refills the Magazine with a 3 second cooldown. Ability energy gained may be significantly decreased based on your selected ability's Chunk Energy Scalar. Learn more about this mechanic in our explainer blog post on the Clarity website.

Auto-Loading Holster

Refills stowed weapon from reserves after 3.5 seconds of it being stowed.

Field Prep

Grants the following while Crouched: • 50 Reload Speed • 0.8x Reload Duration Multiplier • 0.8x Ready/Stow Duration Multiplier Passively grants 20 Ammo Generation stat. (50% more than 1 Ammo Generation armor mod)

Chain Reaction

Weapon Kills trigger an elemental explosion matching the weapon's element. Damage and radius of the explosions varies based on the weapon's ammo type: • Special Weapons: Up to 67.2 [44.8] damage in a 2.4 meter radius • Power Weapons: Up to 109.2 [72.8] damage in a 3 meter radius

Explosive Light

Orb of Power pickups (even while the weapon is stowed) grant 1 Stack of Explosive Light. Maximum of 6 Stacks. Firing the weapon comsumes 1 Stack per Shot, granting increased damage and 100 Blast Radius. Grenade Launchers: 60% increased Explosive damage. Rocket Launchers: 25% increased Impact and Explosive damage. (Does not affect Wolfpack Rounds)

Impulse Amplifier

Passively grants 20 Reload Speed and 15% decreased Reload Animation Duration (20% for Rocket Launchers). Passively increases Projectile Velocity based on Weapon Archetype: • Rocket Launchers: 10% • Support-Frame Auto Rifles: 15% • Micro-Missile Frame Weapons: 25%

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