Hailing Confusion god roll & best perks

Hailing Confusion — Destiny 2 Pulse Rifle
Legendary · Pulse Rifle
Where it drops: Random Perks: This item cannot be reacquired from Collections.

“"Do not face your foes head-on. Barrage them from above. Bewilder them with misdirection." —Clovis Bray”

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Built from 90 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

60 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-Minor PvE-GroupAdd PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for clearing groups of Minor adds in activities rated Normal difficulty, particularly with Stasis builds. Hailing Confusion returns as an Adaptive pulse rifle which as a subfamily are currently rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic Endgame Analysis spreadsheet in https://www.destiny2.science/ as "small step down from C tier pulse damage profile, but has barrier intrinsic". The frame intrinsic offers no bonuses beyond "being well-rounded and reliable" as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are decent by comparison with its peers - you can see them at https://destiny.report/w/4236134153/hailing-confusion and hopefully https://d2foundry.gg/w/4236134153 will show how weapon stats impact in-game performance when the site is back up and running. The recoil is left and loose, so to tighten that up, look for a barrel perk that helps with Recoil Direction or, if you can handle it just go for extra handling, and then with the magazine perk go for any of the combat effect mags or something that helps improve magazine size or reload. For Stasis synergy and clearing groups of adds in general content, in the first trait perk column Rimestealer generates ×1 stack (×2 stacks when enhanced) of Stasis Frost Armor on shattering a Stasis crystal or killing a frozen enemy, or Headstone generates a Stasis crystal on a crit kill. In the second column, Crystalline Corpsebloom procs on a kill to provide a 4s buff - kills with the buff active generate a Stasis seeker which travels 3m before spawning a medium Stasis crystal (large when enhanced). The Stasis crystals are weapon-generated entities so can inherit damage buffs, and proc Stasis subclass fragments when shattered for AoE damage. The Winterized Gear origin trait provides ×3 stacks after 12s out of combat - each stack decays after 5s in combat providing a gradually reducing boost to Stability, Handling and Reload Speed. If you're interested, the name reflect the harsh, disorienting nature of Europa's freezing storms as well as Clovis Bray's calculated military philosophy. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.|tags:PvE PvE-Minor PvE-GroupAdd PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Crystalline Corpsebloom

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake High-Caliber Rounds Rimestealer Headstone Armor-Piercing Rounds Ricochet Rounds Alloy Magazine Appended Mag Flared Magwell Chambered Compensator Extended Barrel Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling

Community wishlist roll

30 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-Minor PvE-GroupAdd PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for clearing groups of Minor adds in activities rated Normal difficulty, particularly with Stasis builds. Hailing Confusion returns as an Adaptive pulse rifle which as a subfamily are currently rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic Endgame Analysis spreadsheet in https://www.destiny2.science/ as "small step down from C tier pulse damage profile, but has barrier intrinsic". The frame intrinsic offers no bonuses beyond "being well-rounded and reliable" as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are decent by comparison with its peers - you can see them at https://destiny.report/w/4236134153/hailing-confusion and hopefully https://d2foundry.gg/w/4236134153 will show how weapon stats impact in-game performance when the site is back up and running. The recoil is left and loose, so to tighten that up, look for a barrel perk that helps with Recoil Direction or, if you can handle it just go for extra handling, and then with the magazine perk go for any of the combat effect mags or something that helps improve magazine size or reload. For Stasis synergy and clearing groups of adds in general content, in the first trait perk column Headstone generates a Stasis crystal on a crit kill - these are weapon-generated entities so can inherit damage buffs, and proc Stasis subclass fragments when shattered for AoE damage. In the second column, Meganeura builds up to ×3 stacks on crit hits for a refreshable 3.5s (4s when enhanced) for AoE explosive damage in a 7.5m radius on a crit kill. Unfortunately, the explosion occurs slightly before the Headstone stasis crystal is formed, so you'll need to shatter the crystal manually. The Winterized Gear origin trait provides ×3 stacks after 12s out of combat - each stack decays after 5s in combat providing a gradually reducing boost to Stability, Handling and Reload Speed. If you're interested, the name reflect the harsh, disorienting nature of Europa's freezing storms as well as Clovis Bray's calculated military philosophy. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.|tags:PvE PvE-Minor PvE-GroupAdd PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Headstone Meganeura

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake High-Caliber Rounds Armor-Piercing Rounds Ricochet Rounds Alloy Magazine Appended Mag Flared Magwell Chambered Compensator Extended Barrel Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling

What these Hailing Confusion perks do

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%.

Rimestealer

Killing Frozen Enemies or Shattering a Stasis Crystal with the weapon grants a Stack of Frost Armor.

Crystalline Corpsebloom

Weapon Kills grant 'Crystalline Corpsebloom' for 4 seconds. Kills while Crystalline Corpsebloom is active spawn a Stasis Crystal 3 meters away from the enemy death location in a random direction.

Headstone

Precision Kills create a Large Stasis Crystal at the target's location. Tier 1-2 Minor and Tier 1 Elite Combatants only spawn a Medium Stasis Crystal. Creating 5 Crystals within ? seconds prevents the perk from activating for 5 seconds.

Armor-Piercing Rounds

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

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.

Meganeura

Precision Hits grant one stack of Meganeura for 3.5 seconds. Maximum of 3 stacks. Precision Kills cause targets to explode, dealing 123.89 [95.3] | 173.6 [?] | 207.57 [?] weapon-matching elemental damage in a 7.5-meter radius at 1|2|3| stacks. Explosion has up to 50% damage falloff at the furthest point.

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