Hailing Confusion god roll & best perks

Hailing Confusion — Destiny 2 Pulse Rifle
Legendary · Pulse Rifle

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Built from 94 curated wishlist rolls for this Pulse Rifle. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

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Community wishlist roll

76 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns Podcast 186 Part 1. PvP backup roll - not many great perk 2 options though. Recommended MW: Stability.

Strong alternatives

Quickdraw Outlaw Flared Magwell Chambered Compensator Light Mag Arrowhead Brake High-Caliber Rounds Appended Mag Firmly Planted Ricochet Rounds Zen Moment Slideways Demolitionist

Community wishlist roll

8 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns Podcast 186 Part 1. PvE first choice roll. Recommended MW: Stability.

Essential perks

Wellspring

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Ricochet Rounds Surplus Chambered Compensator Flared Magwell Outlaw

Community wishlist roll

6 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns Podcast 186 Part 1. PvE backup roll. Recommended MW: Stability.

Essential perks

Outlaw Wellspring

Strong alternatives

Light Mag Arrowhead Brake Chambered Compensator High-Caliber Rounds Appended Mag

Community wishlist roll

4 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns Podcast 186 Part 1. PvP first choice roll - not many great perk 2 options though. Recommended MW: Stability

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake Outlaw

Strong alternatives

Quickdraw Ricochet Rounds Flared Magwell Demolitionist

What these Hailing Confusion perks do

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.

Outlaw

Precision Kills grant 70 Reload Speed with a 0.9x decreased Reload Animation Duration for 6 seconds. Buff is removed on stow.

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%.

Firmly Planted

While Crouched: • 30 Handling and 20 Stability • -40% Accuracy Cone Size • -17% Accuracy Cone Growth • -80% horizontal Recoil Effects are halved on Fusion Rifles (decimals are rounded up).

Zen Moment

Weapon Hits grant 1 Stack of the perk for 1 second up to the maximum of 5? Stacks. Benefits granted per Stack: • Grants ?% Flinch Resistance • Reduces Visual Weapon Shake by 15% • Reduces Reticle Bounce by 15% Stacks gained per Weapon Hit by weapon type: • Hand Cannons, Scout Rifles: 2? • Pulse Rifles, Sidearms: 1.5 • Other Weapons: 1

Slideways

Sliding refills 15% of the magazine (rounded up) from reserves and grants 15? Stability and 30 Handling for 3 seconds. 0.5 second cooldown between activations. Buff is removed on stow.

Demolitionist

Weapon Kills grant 10% Grenade Ability Energy. Kills with Sniper Rifles, Shotguns, Glaives, and Fusion Rifles grant 20%. Using your Grenade Ability refills the Magazine with a 3 second cooldown. Ability energy gained may be significantly decreased based on your selected ability's Chunk Energy Scalar. Learn more about this mechanic in our explainer blog post on the Clarity website.

Surplus

Grants Stat Bonuses depending on the number of Charged Abilities. Stat Bonuses with 1|2|3+ Charged Abilities: • 5|15|25 Stability • 5|25|60 Handling • 10|25|60 Reload Speed

Wellspring

On Weapon Kill: Grants 8% Ability Energy split equally amongst all uncharged abilities. Abilities with multiple charges only receive one third of the ability energy normally split to them once they have a full ability charge ready. Ability energy gained may be significantly decreased based on your selected ability's Chunk Energy Scalar. Learn more about this mechanic in our explainer blog post on the Clarity website.

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