Cruoris FR4 god roll & best perks

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Quite the interesting revival of this long forgotten frame. We have not one, but TWO additions to this archetype introduced way back in Season 12. For those of you who forget time. That was Beyond Light launch on November 10, 2020. Cruoris FR4 is interesting with Discord giving nearly infinite ammo, and Recycled Energy topping off low ability charges. Barrel Constrictor helps the horizontal spread a bit, while One for All works well at clearing groups of enemies with ease." Recommended MW: Charge Time.

Strong alternatives

Accelerated Coils Barrel Constrictor Fluted Barrel Recycled Energy One for All Successful Warm-Up Discord Enhanced Battery Ionized Battery Smallbore

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 136 from 1 April 2025 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6I828LxsIqdth4iIlSYRmG?si=8022df8ede664223) with @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): Backup PvE pick for clearing tougher adds in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content, particularly with arc builds. Cruoris FR4 is a rare Aggressive Frame fusion rifle that shoots three horizontal bursts of four bolts in a widening spread - think of how the Bastion exotic works. At base, by comparison with its peers, the stats are decent - standard 667ms charge time, 37 Range equates to 21.09m ADS and 16.22m hipfire before damage dropoff, 36 Stability is ×1.11.80 flinch resist at 100 Resilience, 34 Handling is 0.45s ready, 0.35s ADS and 0.35s stow speed, 31 Reload Speed is a 2.27s reload, Recoil Direction is 55, Zoom is 15, and magazine size is 6 (max 8). With 0/1/2/3 reserves mods, total ammo is 17/20/23/24 (max 25). Handling is the stat that needs the most TLC, so that's the top choice for the barrel perks. As the battery perk, boost the battery size or use Accelerated Coils to reduce charge time. For arc builds, kills with Rolling Storm in the second trait perk column generate a stack of Bolt Charge (two when amplified) for a chunk of single target plus AoE damage. To speed up reload, and improve general gunfeel you can choose either Eddy Current, to tie into arc synergy further, or Stats For All. If you're interested, Cruoris is the genitive singular form of the Latin word for blood or blood clot, "cruor". The Omolon Fluid Dynamics is a useful origin trait, boosting stability and reload speed in the top half of a battery. Recommended MW: Reload Speed or Handling, with a Backup Mag mod or, when masterworked, Synergy to create Ionic Traces or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader. Also, don't forget to check whether there's a useful Seasonal Fragile mod for the activity you're running.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Rolling Storm

Strong alternatives

Eddy Current Arrowhead Brake Enhanced Battery Stats for All Accelerated Coils Fluted Barrel Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling Polygonal Rifling

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 136 from 1 April 2025 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6I828LxsIqdth4iIlSYRmG?si=8022df8ede664223) with @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-MajorSpec PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): Backup PvE pick for clearing tougher adds and burst damage against Elites, Champions and Minibosses in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content, particularly with prismatic builds. Cruoris FR4 is a rare Aggressive Frame fusion rifle that shoots three horizontal bursts of four bolts in a widening spread - think of how the Bastion exotic works. At base, by comparison with its peers, the stats are decent - standard 667ms charge time, 37 Range equates to 21.09m ADS and 16.22m hipfire before damage dropoff, 36 Stability is ×1.11.80 flinch resist at 100 Resilience, 34 Handling is 0.45s ready, 0.35s ADS and 0.35s stow speed, 31 Reload Speed is a 2.27s reload, Recoil Direction is 55, Zoom is 15, and magazine size is 6 (max 8). With 0/1/2/3 reserves mods, total ammo is 17/20/23/24 (max 25). Handling is the stat that needs the most TLC, so that's the top choice for the barrel perks. As the battery perk, boost the battery size or use Accelerated Coils to reduce charge time. For prismatic builds, Elemental Honing can provide a ×1.35 damage boost for 20s for cycling through all 5 elemental damage types with your abilities and other weapons. To speed up reload, and improve general gunfeel you can choose either Stats For All, or Eddy Current (especially if you can use abilities to become Amplified). If you're interested, Cruoris is the genitive singular form of the Latin word for blood or blood clot, "cruor". The Omolon Fluid Dynamics is a useful origin trait, boosting stability and reload speed in the top half of a battery. Recommended MW: Reload Speed or Handling, with a Backup Mag mod or, when masterworked, Synergy to create Ionic Traces or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader. Also, don't forget to check whether there's a useful Seasonal Fragile mod for the activity you're running.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Elemental Honing

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Stats for All Enhanced Battery Eddy Current Accelerated Coils Fluted Barrel Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling Polygonal Rifling

Adamsdown_Boy written v8.5.2.3 (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): Backup PvE pick for clearing tougher adds in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content. Cruoris FR4 is a rare Aggressive Frame fusion rifle that shoots three horizontal bursts of four bolts in a widening spread - think of how the Bastion exotic works. At base, by comparison with its peers, the stats are decent - standard 667ms charge time, 37 Range equates to 21.09m ADS and 16.22m hipfire before damage dropoff, 36 Stability is ×1.11.80 flinch resist at 100 Resilience, 34 Handling is 0.45s ready, 0.35s ADS and 0.35s stow speed, 31 Reload Speed is a 2.27s reload, Recoil Direction is 55, Zoom is 15, and magazine size is 6 (max 8). With 0/1/2/3 reserves mods, total ammo is 17/20/23/24 (max 25). Handling is the stat that needs the most TLC, so that's the top choice for the barrel perks. As the battery perk, boost the battery size or use Accelerated Coils to reduce charge time. You'll probably be engaging targets within 15m, so Threat Detector should be permanently procced for significant gunfeel boosts. Pair that together with One For All a ×1.3 damage boost for 10s hitting three enemies, or Rolling Storm to generate stacks of Bolt Charge for target and AoE damage, and you can cook anything within 15m or so. If you're interested, Cruoris is the genitive singular form of the Latin word for blood or blood clot, "cruor". The Omolon Fluid Dynamics is a useful origin trait, boosting stability and reload speed in the top half of a battery. Recommended MW: Reload Speed or Handling, with a Backup Mag mod or, when masterworked, Synergy to create Ionic Traces or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader. Also, don't forget to check whether there's a useful Seasonal Fragile mod for the activity you're running.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Threat Detector

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Enhanced Battery One for All Rolling Storm Accelerated Coils Fluted Barrel Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling Polygonal Rifling

pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "These frames were never good in PvP. I wouldn't recommend it at all. Kickstart helps give you more damage per shot to secure the kill in 4 bolts instead of 5, but that's still hard with an uncontrollable horizontal spread." Recommended MW: Range or Charge Time.

Essential perks

Threat Detector

Strong alternatives

Accelerated Coils Kickstart Fluted Barrel Barrel Constrictor Successful Warm-Up Projection Fuse Hammer-Forged Rifling Smallbore

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 136 from 1 April 2025 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6I828LxsIqdth4iIlSYRmG?si=8022df8ede664223) with @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for clearing tougher adds in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content, particularly with a double special loadout. Cruoris FR4 is a rare Aggressive Frame fusion rifle that shoots three horizontal bursts of four bolts in a widening spread - think of how the Bastion exotic works. At base, by comparison with its peers, the stats are decent - standard 667ms charge time, 37 Range equates to 21.09m ADS and 16.22m hipfire before damage dropoff, 36 Stability is ×1.11.80 flinch resist at 100 Resilience, 34 Handling is 0.45s ready, 0.35s ADS and 0.35s stow speed, 31 Reload Speed is a 2.27s reload, Recoil Direction is 55, Zoom is 15, and magazine size is 6 (max 8). With 0/1/2/3 reserves mods, total ammo is 17/20/23/24 (max 25). Handling is the stat that needs the most TLC, so that's the top choice for the barrel perks. As the battery perk, boost the battery size or use Accelerated Coils to reduce charge time. If you're running double special then, after a kill with another weapon, Discord in the first trait perk column gives you 7s of free ammo on a kill as well as reducing both ADS animation and accuracy cone size to ×0.75. Pair that with One For All in the second column for a ×1.3 damage boost for hitting three enemies, and you can cook anything within 15m or so. If you're interested, Cruoris is the genitive singular form of the Latin word for blood or blood clot, "cruor". The Omolon Fluid Dynamics is a useful origin trait, boosting stability and reload speed in the top half of a battery (which should be easy with Discord). Recommended MW: Reload Speed or Handling, with a Backup Mag mod or, when masterworked, Synergy to create Ionic Traces or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader. Also, don't forget to check whether there's a useful Seasonal Fragile mod for the activity you're running.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Discord One for All

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Ionized Battery Enhanced Battery Accelerated Coils Fluted Barrel Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling Polygonal Rifling

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 136 from 1 April 2025 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6I828LxsIqdth4iIlSYRmG?si=8022df8ede664223) with @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): Backup PvE pick for clearing tougher adds in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content. Cruoris FR4 is a rare Aggressive Frame fusion rifle that shoots three horizontal bursts of four bolts in a widening spread - think of how the Bastion exotic works. At base, by comparison with its peers, the stats are decent - standard 667ms charge time, 37 Range equates to 21.09m ADS and 16.22m hipfire before damage dropoff, 36 Stability is ×1.11.80 flinch resist at 100 Resilience, 34 Handling is 0.45s ready, 0.35s ADS and 0.35s stow speed, 31 Reload Speed is a 2.27s reload, Recoil Direction is 55, Zoom is 15, and magazine size is 6 (max 8). With 0/1/2/3 reserves mods, total ammo is 17/20/23/24 (max 25). Handling is the stat that needs the most TLC, so that's the top choice for the barrel perks. As the battery perk, boost the battery size or use Accelerated Coils to reduce charge time. The fan-favourite SOFA pairing of Stats For All and and One For All is available to boost Reload Speed and Handling by +35, Stability and Range by +10, with a ×1.05 damage distance falloff and ×0.95 reload animation, together with a ×1.3 damage boost for 10s hitting three enemies, so you can cook anything within 15m or so. If you're interested, Cruoris is the genitive singular form of the Latin word for blood or blood clot, "cruor". The Omolon Fluid Dynamics is a useful origin trait, boosting stability and reload speed in the top half of a battery. Recommended MW: Reload Speed or Handling, with a Backup Mag mod or, when masterworked, Synergy to create Ionic Traces or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader. Also, don't forget to check whether there's a useful Seasonal Fragile mod for the activity you're running.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Stats for All One for All

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Enhanced Battery Accelerated Coils Fluted Barrel Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling Polygonal Rifling

Adamsdown_Boy written v8.5.2.3 PvE PvE-Boss PvE-MajorSpec PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): Backup PvE pick for clearing tougher adds and burst damage against Elites, Champions and Minibosses in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content, particularly with prismatic builds. Cruoris FR4 is a rare Aggressive Frame fusion rifle that shoots three horizontal bursts of four bolts in a widening spread - think of how the Bastion exotic works. At base, by comparison with its peers, the stats are decent - standard 667ms charge time, 37 Range equates to 21.09m ADS and 16.22m hipfire before damage dropoff, 36 Stability is ×1.11.80 flinch resist at 100 Resilience, 34 Handling is 0.45s ready, 0.35s ADS and 0.35s stow speed, 31 Reload Speed is a 2.27s reload, Recoil Direction is 55, Zoom is 15, and magazine size is 6 (max 8). With 0/1/2/3 reserves mods, total ammo is 17/20/23/24 (max 25). Handling is the stat that needs the most TLC, so that's the top choice for the barrel perks. As the battery perk, boost the battery size or use Accelerated Coils to reduce charge time. For prismatic builds, Elemental Honing in the second trait perk column can provide a ×1.35 damage boost for 20s for cycling through all 5 elemental damage types with your abilities and other weapons. You'll probably be engaging targets within 15m, so Threat Detector should be permanently procced for significant gunfeel and reload speed boosts. If you're interested, Cruoris is the genitive singular form of the Latin word for blood or blood clot, "cruor". The Omolon Fluid Dynamics is a useful origin trait, boosting stability and reload speed in the top half of a battery. Recommended MW: Reload Speed or Handling, with a Backup Mag mod or, when masterworked, Synergy to create Ionic Traces or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader. Also, don't forget to check whether there's a useful Seasonal Fragile mod for the activity you're running.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Elemental Honing Threat Detector

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Enhanced Battery Accelerated Coils Fluted Barrel Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling Polygonal Rifling