Exalted Truth (Adept) god roll & best perks

Exalted Truth (Adept) — Destiny 2 Hand Cannon
Legendary · Hand Cannon
Where it drops: Source: Flawless Chest in Trials of Osiris

“"It's the end of the world. We don't have another choice." —Ikora Rey”

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Built from 105 curated wishlist rolls for this Hand Cannon. 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 42 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "The Trials version of Palindrome. They feel slightly different between the two. Withering Gaze and Demoralize, Repulsor Brace and Destabilizing Rounds. Take your pick. All will work well together." Recommended MW: Reload Speed.

Strong alternatives

Repulsor Brace Appended Mag Withering Gaze Fluted Barrel Demoralize Precision Instrument Destabilizing Rounds Tactical Mag Flared Magwell Corkscrew Rifling Smallbore

pandapaxxy

pvp mkb controller 27 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "Exalted Truth is a better Palindrome depending on what you're looking for. Slideshot and Zen Moment are both incredible. Lone Wolf or Keep Away are also great in slot. There's only bad options if you want a strictly PvP roll instead of both PvP and PvE. Eye of the Storm will allow for some much needed forgiveness as the gunfight goes on. Opening Shot will all but guarantee your first shot is a crit. And Magnificent Howl will allow for two taps." Recommended MW: Range.

Essential perks

Accurized Rounds

Strong alternatives

Eye of the Storm Fluted Barrel Keep Away Opening Shot Magnificent Howl Lone Wolf Slideshot Hammer-Forged Rifling Smallbore

Community wishlist roll

24 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 133 from 11 March 2025 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/49VFDRj05iDXTJDOBqQpga?si=e61731a19fb64938) with @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for use against Minor add groups in both general at-level or better, and end-game underlevelled content, particularly with void builds. Exalted Truth returns with a perk refresh and provides quite a convincing argument for popping into Trials to get some useful PvE rolls. At base, the stats are good by comparison with its peers - 50 Range and 14 Zoom equate to 30.75m ADS and 20.50m hipfire, 58 Stability is ×1.1641 flinch resist at 100 Resilience, 55 Handling is 0.32s ready, 0.24s ADS and 0.35s stow speed, 47 Reload Speed is a 2.61s reload, Recoil Direction is 95, and base magazine size is 11 (max 14). Use the barrel perk to improve Handling, and then the magazine perk can round out Reload Speed and/or bump up magazine size. For void builds, Destabilizing Rounds is in the first trait perk column, spreading volatility and proccing volatile rounds for clearing add crowds which you can combine in the second column with Repulsor Brace for a void overshield, or Demoralize to provide an effective ×1.18 damage boost to nearby enemies by spreading void weaken. The reworked Skulking Wolf origin trait can be useful in PvE, making enemies less accurate when firing at you for 10s after getting a kill while at low health, or if you're soloing content, Alacrity provides excellent gunfeel boosts: +20 to Range and Stability, +50 to Reload Speed and +10 to Aim Assist. Recommended MW: Handling with an Adept Backup Mag mod or, when fully enhanced, Synergy to create Void Breaches 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 M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Destabilizing Rounds

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Repulsor Brace Fluted Barrel Demoralize Alloy Magazine Flared Magwell Appended Mag Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling

Community wishlist roll

12 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 133 from 11 March 2025 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/49VFDRj05iDXTJDOBqQpga?si=e61731a19fb64938) with @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for use against Minor add groups in both general at-level or better, and end-game underlevelled content, particularly with void builds. Exalted Truth returns with a perk refresh and provides quite a convincing argument for popping into Trials to get some useful PvE rolls. At base, the stats are good by comparison with its peers - 50 Range and 14 Zoom equate to 30.75m ADS and 20.50m hipfire, 58 Stability is ×1.1641 flinch resist at 100 Resilience, 55 Handling is 0.32s ready, 0.24s ADS and 0.35s stow speed, 47 Reload Speed is a 2.61s reload, Recoil Direction is 95, and base magazine size is 11 (max 14). Use the barrel perk to improve Handling, and then the magazine perk can round out Reload Speed and/or bump up magazine size. For void builds, Destabilizing Rounds is in the first trait perk column, spreading volatility and proccing volatile rounds for clearing add crowds which can proc One for All in the second column for a ×1.3 damage boost for 10s. The reworked Skulking Wolf origin trait can be useful in PvE, making enemies less accurate when firing at you for 10s after getting a kill while at low health, or if you're soloing content, Alacrity provides excellent gunfeel boosts: +20 to Range and Stability, +50 to Reload Speed and +10 to Aim Assist. Recommended MW: Handling with an Adept Backup Mag mod or, when fully enhanced, Synergy to create Void Breaches 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 M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Destabilizing Rounds One for All

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Fluted Barrel Alloy Magazine Flared Magwell Appended Mag Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling

What these Exalted Truth (Adept) perks do

Repulsor Brace

Kills against Void Debuffed enemies grant a 45 HP Void Overshield for 8 seconds (12 with Echo of Persistence).

Destabilizing Rounds

Weapon Kills apply Volatile to enemies in a 7 meter radius around the target and grant Volatile Rounds for 3 seconds. 1.5 second cooldown between activations.

Demoralize

Precision Kills apply Weaken to enemies within 7 meters of the target for ? seconds. 1.5? second cooldown between activations.

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.

One for All

Scoring Weapon Hits against 3 Separate Enemies within 3 seconds of each grants 35% increased damage for 10 seconds. Does not require Direct Hits. Buff duration cannot be refreshed.

Withering Gaze

Aiming Down Sights (ADS) for 1.5 seconds without firing and staying ADS causes your next shot to apply Weaken on a Direct Hit. Timer starts as soon as ADS input is pressed.

Precision Instrument

Direct Weapon Hits grant a stack of Precision Instrument for 1.25 seconds (2.1 seconds on weapons with a Draw/Charge Time). Maximum of 6 stacks. Reloading the weapon (except on Bows) or missing removes all stacks... usually. Heavy Burst Frame weapons can only gain 1 stack per burst. Adaptive Burst Linear Fusion Rifles require 1.5? Hits for each stack (and missing sometimes does not remove your stacks on them). Precision damage increase at 1|2|... stacks: 4.17% | 8.33% | 12.5% | 16.67% | 20.83% | 25%

Eye of the Storm

Grants a scaling buff to Handling and Accuracy as your Shield Health drops below 40 and reaches maximum strength at 0 Shield HP. Buff at maximum strength grants: • 30 Handling • 40% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 17% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth The buff linearly scales from 0% at 80 Shield HP to 100% at 0 Shield HP (Critical Health). It initially triggers as you drop to 40 Shield HP — giving you 50% of the maximum buff. However, as you regenerate your Shield Health, the buff will still remain until you reach 80 Shield HP where the benefits scale down to zero.

Keep Away

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

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.

Magnificent Howl

Scoring a Precision Kill grants 1 Stack of 'Precision Final Blows' up to the maximum of 10 Stacks. Reloading converts 'Precision Final Blows' Stacks into 'Magnificent Howl' Stacks. Having active 'Magnificent Howl' Stacks prevents you from gaining 'Precision Final Blows' Stacks. Each shot consumes 1 Stack of Magnificent Howl, granting 50% increased damage and ?% increased Damage Falloff Distance. Precision Kills with buffed shots refund a Stack of Magnificent Howl.

Lone Wolf

Passively grants 5 Aim Assist, 15 Airborne Effectiveness, and a 10% decreased ADS Animation Duration. While no allies are within 15 meters: Bonuses are increased to 10 Aim Assist, 30 Airborne Effectiveness, and a 20% decreased ADS Animation Duration.

Slideshot

Sliding refills 15% of the Magazine (rounded up) and grants 20 Range and Stability for your next shot (of the burst) within 2.5 seconds. 0.3 second cooldown after activation but can activate multiple times during a slide. Buff is removed on stow.

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