Compass Rose god roll & best perks

Compass Rose — Destiny 2 Shotgun
Legendary · Shotgun
Where it drops: Source: Solstice

“"Let the Light be your compass." —Mithrax”

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Built from 16 curated wishlist rolls for this Shotgun. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

Community wishlist roll

8 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 72 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/5vRI9hBynq3jq712XCu7oc?si=c87cbb8036254e4a) with @ImpetusAlways, @Saint_Kabr and @CourtProjects. (??? ???): First-choice PvE pick for burst damage against Major spec enemies in end-game content. First thing to say, if you already have a rapid hit or lightweight Trench Barrel shotgun then just shard this. If you haven't, then Compass Rose can be your stopgap until you do. The stats are a bit of a mixed bag, but Handling is usually the play with shotguns anyway, so Corkscrew Rifling or Barrel Shroud improve that, as well as other useful gunfeel stats, and Assault Mag increases your rate of fire, and hence DPS, or Tactical Mag takes the mag size to six to let you get two full bursts of three shots off without reloading, and then helps with reload speed. Grave Robber can be useful, if you're near a crowd of minors to keep Trench Barrel procced, but if you're doing damage against a single target it's not much use, so Lead From Gold is more reliably useful. The Dream Works origin trait is useful in a fireteam to get the occasional overflowed magazine in a firefight too. Recommended MW: Handling or Reload Speed, with a damage-boosting (Major or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-MajorSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Trench Barrel

Strong alternatives

Assault Mag Lead from Gold Corkscrew Rifling Barrel Shroud Tactical Mag Grave Robber

Community wishlist roll

8 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 72 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/5vRI9hBynq3jq712XCu7oc?si=c87cbb8036254e4a) with @ImpetusAlways, @Saint_Kabr and @CourtProjects. (??? ???): First-choice PvE pick for burst damage against Major spec enemies in end-game content, particularly with a solar subclass. First thing to say, if you already have a rapid hit or lightweight Incandescent shotgun then just shard this. If you haven't, then Compass Rose can be your stopgap until you do. The stats are a bit of a mixed bag, but Handling is usually the play with shotguns anyway, so Corkscrew Rifling or Barrel Shroud improve that, as well as other useful gunfeel stats, and Assault Mag increases your rate of fire, and hence DPS, or Tactical Mag takes the mag size to six and helps with reload speed. Grave Robber can be useful for reloads, as you'll likely be in CQC, or Lead From Gold is top-tier to help with your ammo economy. Incandescent is great for crowd control, particularly if you're on a solar subclass and can use your fragments to enhance the 3.0 verbs. The Dream Works origin trait is useful in a fireteam to get the occasional overflowed magazine in a firefight too. Recommended MW: Handling or Reload Speed, with a damage-boosting (Major or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-MajorSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Incandescent

Strong alternatives

Assault Mag Lead from Gold Corkscrew Rifling Barrel Shroud Tactical Mag Grave Robber

What these Compass Rose perks do

Lead from Gold

Heavy Ammo Pickups grants 25% of your maximum Special Ammo Reserves even while the weapon is stowed. Equipping two Special Weapons halves the amount of ammo granted.

Trench Barrel

Dealing Melee Damage grants the following for the next 3 shots within 5 seconds: • 30 Reload Speed and 30 Handling • 50% increased damage Stowing the weapon removes the buff.

Grave Robber

Powered Melee Hits and (Glaive) Melee Kills refill the magazine from reserves. 3 second cooldown between activations.

Incandescent

Weapon Kills trigger a Solar explosion that applies 30 Scorch Stacks (40 with Ember of Ashes) and deals up to 30 damage to enemies within 4 meters of the target. Killing Elite or higher tier Combatants and Players increases the radius to 8 meters and applies 10 more Scorch Stacks. Scorch damage can be increased through Weapon Damage Buffs.

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