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Critical Anomaly (Adept) — Destiny 2 Sniper Rifle
Legendary · Sniper Rifle
Where it drops: Source: "Salvation's Edge" Raid

“Embrace the chaos, for you are entropy incarnate.”

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Built from 62 curated wishlist rolls for this Sniper 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 52 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Critical Anomaly has one of the most interesting perks we have seen on a sniper rifle. Chill Clip allows you to stun 2/3 champions with one weapon and this season’s Radiant Orbs brings in the third allowing you to take care of all three champions with one weapon. Outside of the champion situation you have Rewind Rounds and Reconstruction for ammo and Bait and Switch or Firing Line for damage. Another interesting combination is either Rewind Rounds or Reconstruction with Triple Tap for a harder hitting Supremacy with less shots." Recommended MW: Reload Speed.

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Bait and Switch Rewind Rounds Firing Line Triple Tap Reconstruction Chill Clip Extended Mag Alloy Magazine Fluted Barrel

pandapaxxy

pvp mkb controller 6 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "I’m not gonna lie, the combination of Quickdraw and Snapshot Sights on an aggressive frame sniper gets me interested in this raid, I just don’t want to have to raid multiple weeks in a row to get all the red borders to craft this stinking weapon. For most players the combination of Snapshot Sights and Opening Shot will give you a similar feel to Mechabre or the old Bite of the Fox. Different scopes so do try it out if you like sniping." Recommended MW: Handling.

Essential perks

Snapshot Sights Accurized Rounds

Strong alternatives

Opening Shot Fluted Barrel Keep Away Quickdraw Arrowhead Brake

Community wishlist roll

3 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 111 from 30 July 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4KO3Yr8AkPRBgKlNmacrGS?si=6dfa9e466dde41a0) with @Saint_Kabr, @ImpetusAlways and @CourtProjects (PvE / PvE-Boss/ PvE-MajorSpec / PvE-BossSpec / PvE-EndGame / PvE-God / M+KB / Controller): First-choice PvE pick for backup Boss damage. Shapeable. Base stats are excellent by comparison to its peers, and equate to 0.45s ADS speed, 0.44s ready and 0.39s stow speed, and 3.30s reload speed. Handling is always useful on aggressive snipers - stability is less of a concern if you pace your shots - so Fluted Barrel is the barrel perk to choose. Tactical Mag plus an Adept Backup Mag mod takes you to 5 shots (and boosts a couple of useful stats a little). You can double this with Reconstruction in the first trait column and then, for a backup boss damage weapon, in the second column, Chaos Reshaped is likely to have built up two stacks in your back pocket for a chunky +35% damage boost and occasional bit of healing, or Firing Line provides an easy +20% to damage just for standing near your fireteam. Alternatively, time your Bait and Switch rotation for +35% damage. The Collective Purpose origin trait only works in a fireteam, but offers small boosts to range and handling, which is always useful. Recommended MW: Handling, with a Backup Mag mod.

Essential perks

Tactical Mag Reconstruction Fluted Barrel

Strong alternatives

Chaos Reshaped Firing Line Bait and Switch

Community wishlist roll

1 wishlist roll

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 111 from 30 July 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4KO3Yr8AkPRBgKlNmacrGS?si=6dfa9e466dde41a0) with @Saint_Kabr, @ImpetusAlways and @CourtProjects (PvE / PvE-Utility / PvE-Champion / PvE-EndGame / PvE-God / M+KB / Controller): First-choice PvE pick for anti-Champion use. Shapeable. Base stats are excellent by comparison to its peers, and equate to 0.45s ADS speed, 0.44s ready and 0.39s stow speed, and 3.30s reload speed. Handling is always useful on aggressive snipers - stability is less of a concern if you pace your shots - so Fluted Barrel is the barrel perk to choose. Tactical Mag plus an Adept Backup Mag mod takes you to 5 shots (and boosts a couple of useful stats a little). That's important for Chill Clip in the first trait slot, as it means you'll have three Chill Clip shots. For anti-Champion use, one shot will slow and disrupt an Overload champion and two will freeze and stun an Unstoppable (with a third shot ready, just in case). You can also pierce barriers by simply becoming radiant, and all at a nice, safe range. The second column trait is less important as this is more of a utility roll, but you'll likely have built up two stacks of Chaos Reshaped in your back pocket for a chunky +35% damage boost. The Collective Purpose origin trait only works in a fireteam, but offers small boosts to range and handling, which is always useful. Recommended MW: Handling, with an Adept Backup Mag mod.

Essential perks

Tactical Mag Fluted Barrel Chill Clip Chaos Reshaped

What these Critical Anomaly (Adept) perks do

Chill Clip

While at/above 50% of the Base Magazine Capacity: Direct Hits apply 60 Slow Stacks for 4 [1.5] seconds (8 [2] with Whisper of Durance) to enemies within 4 meters of the target. Micro-Missile Sidearms and Rapid-Fire Fusion Rifles only apply 40 Slow Stacks. Only activates once per shot/burst.

Chaos Reshaped

Being in Combat for 12 seconds grants a Stack of 'Chaos Reshaped' for 7 seconds. Maintaining the first Stack for 12 seconds grants a second Stack. Buff can be activated while stowed. For Chaos Reshaped, being in Combat is defined as having either dealt or received damage within the last 5 seconds. Benefits at Chaos Reshaped x1 and x2: • x1: grants 20% increased damage • x2: grants 35% increased damage and grants a periodic burst of healing Healing effect is bugged! While Chaos Reshaped x2 is active: Stowing the weapon or keeping it readied for 7 seconds grants a continous healing effect of 5 HP per second. Stowing this weapon grants the effect for 1 to 7 seconds (cycling, it's complicated), while keeping it readied after activation makes the healing effectively constant. While this healing effect is active, NO OTHER SOURCE OF HEALING CAN RESTORE THE FINAL [~35 to 5] HP OF YOUR HEALTH BAR! This unrecoverable HP segment can only be healed by Chaos Reshaped's 5/HPs effect. For more details, visit the perk description in the Destiny Data Compendium.

Reconstruction

Every 6 seconds while not firing the weapon: Loads 25% of the Magazine Capacity (rounded up) into the Magazine from reserves. Can overfill the Magazine up to double the normal capacity. Works even while stowed.

Firing Line

Being within 15 meters of 2 allies grants 20% increased Precision Damage.

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.

Rewind Rounds

Upon emptying the Magazine: Refills 60% of the number of Hits landed (rounded up) into the Magazine from reserves. Hits are counted from either your last reload or the last time the perk was triggered. Does not require Direct Hits. Requires firing 28.75% of the Magazine Capacity for the refill to activate. Cannot load the Magazine beyond its base capacity. Hits after triggering a refill do not count while the Rewind Rounds buff is active (1? second). Adaptive Burst Linear Fusion Rifle behavior: • Each individual bolt in the burst counts as a Hit • Refill amount is uniquely 14% of the number of Hits rounded up (numbers are subject to change once we get more data points)

Triple Tap

Scoring 3 Precision Hits within 2 seconds of each refills 1 Ammo into the Magazine from thin air. Cannot load the Magazine beyond its base capacity. Precision Hit counter persists through stow.

Alloy Magazine

Linearly grants a Reload Duration Multiplier as your magazine drops from 50% capacity to empty. Reload Duration Multiplier scales from 0.9x at 50% capacity to 0.8x with an empty magazine.

Opening Shot

Grants the following benefits for your first shot (of the burst): • 20 Aim Assist and 25 Range • 5% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 10% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth Special weapons only receive 50% of the benefits. Stats are rounded up. Firing the weapon prevents the perk from activating for 3 seconds.

Snapshot Sights

Passively decreases the ADS Animation Duration: • 50% decrease on Primary Weapons • 20% decrease on Special Weapons

Keep Away

While no enemies are within 15 meters: Grants 10 Range, 30 Reload Speed, and decreases Accuracy Cone Growth by 5?%.

Quickdraw

Switching to the Weapon grants 100 Ready/Stow Handling and a 0.95x Ready Animation Duration Multiplier for 1 second. Buff is removed as soon as ADS input is pressed.

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