Eye of Sol (Adept) god roll & best perks

Eye of Sol (Adept) — Destiny 2 Sniper Rifle
Legendary · Sniper Rifle
Where it drops: Source: Trials of Osiris Challenges

“"The sun took my sight; thus, the sun became my eyes." —Parables of the Allspring”

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Built from 99 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

pvp mkb controller 81 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "Eye of Sol lost Encore, Steady Rounds, Accurized Rounds, and Tactical Mag, and instead gained Air Trigger, Armor-Piercing Rounds, High-Caliber Rounds, Light Mag and Ricochet Rounds." Recommended MW: Handling.

Strong alternatives

Snapshot Sights Perpetual Motion Fluted Barrel Ricochet Rounds Opening Shot Keep Away Moving Target Slickdraw High-Caliber Rounds Light Mag Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling

pandapaxxy

pve mkb controller 18 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Eye of Sol lost Encore, Steady Rounds, Accurized Rounds, and Tactical Mag, and instead gained Air Trigger, Armor-Piercing Rounds, High-Caliber Rounds, Light Mag and Ricochet Rounds." Recommended MW: Reload Speed.

Essential perks

Perpetual Motion

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Appended Mag Firing Line Vorpal Weapon Precision Instrument Armor-Piercing Rounds Flared Magwell Fluted Barrel

What these Eye of Sol (Adept) perks do

Perpetual Motion

While moving at a minimum of 2 meters per second: Grants a Stack of 'Perpetual Motion' after 2 seconds and a second Stack after 10 seconds. Each Stack provides 10 Stability, 10 Handling, and 10 Reload Speed. All Stacks are removed if movement speed is below 2 m/s for 0.5 seconds. Works and can activate while stowed.

Firing Line

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

Vorpal Weapon

Deals increased damage against Minibosses, Bosses, and Vehicles, as well as Players in their Super Ability. Damage increase by Ammo Type: • Primary Weapons: 20% [60%] • Special Weapons: 15% [20%] • Power Weapons: 10% [20%]

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%

Armor-Piercing Rounds

Grants 5% increased damage against Elemental and Barrier Champion Shields. Allows bullets to overpenetrate enemies once.

Snapshot Sights

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

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.

Keep Away

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

Moving Target

Grants the following while Aiming Down Sights (ADS): • 10 Aim Assist • 10% decreased ADS Movement Speed Penalty

Slickdraw

Passively grants: • 100 Handling • 0.95x Ready Animation Duration Multiplier • 20% decreased Auto Aim Cone Size (No effect on Magnetism AKA Reticle Stickiness)

High-Caliber Rounds

Hits inflict increased Flinch on Enemies. PVE: Tier 1-2 Minors can be repeatedly staggered. Higher Tier Combatants stagger quicker. PVP: Flinch against Players varies based on damage and Weapon Archetype. Flinch increase ranges between 5-10%.

Recommendations aggregated from curated community wishlists; credit to the curators linked above.

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