Built from 72 curated wishlist rolls for this Combat Bow. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.
Recommended rolls
Community wishlist roll
36 wishlist rolls
Inspired by @CourtProjects and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for Minor add control in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content. Hushed Whisper is a precision frame bow which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic, and provides ×0.8 horizontal recoil, which isn't that impactful on bows. The stats are good by comparison with its peers, and are helped further at Tier 4/5 when barrel and magazine perks are enhanced - see https://d2foundry.gg/w/3431536253 for how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. As ever for bows, use the bowstring perk to reduce Draw Time and boost Handling, and the arrow perk to boost Accuracy or Reload Speed. In the first trait perk column, Successful Warm-Up applies a ×0.625 scalar after a kill for 6s, with further kills adding 4s at a time to a maximum of 20s or until stowed. For damage in the second column, Hatchling spawns a Threadling on a crit kill or three crit hits within 3s of each other. Alternatively, Explosive Head boosts bodyshot damage by ×1.15 and crit damage by ×1.1 with increased stagger, and inflicts AoE damage on enemies within 3m or Precision Instrument procs on crit hits granting up to 6 stacks of escalating damage for ×1.25 (×1.3 when enhanced) for 1.25s or until you miss a crit. For the Origin Trait, there's either Wild Card to provide the chance of Telesto-like "Experimental Submunitions" dropping on a kill - the number depends on the enemy tier - that last up to 10.5s and explode on contact or proximity to an enemy, or Search Party which applies a ×0.85 ADS animation scalar and ×1.1 ADS movement speed when there are no allies within 15m. Recommended MW: Draw Time, with your preferred choice of mod/enhanced mod to boost mag size, weapon stats, ammo regeneration, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller
Essential perks
Successful Warm-Up
Strong alternatives
Hatchling
Elastic String
Fiberglass Arrow Shaft
Explosive Head
Precision Instrument
Straight Fletching
Helical Fletching
Compact Arrow Shaft
Flexible String
Polymer String
Community wishlist roll
24 wishlist rolls
Inspired by @CourtProjects and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for add group control in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content, particularly on Strand builds. Hushed Whisper is a precision frame bow which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic, and provides ×0.8 horizontal recoil, which isn't that impactful on bows. The stats are good by comparison with its peers, and are helped further at Tier 4/5 when barrel and magazine perks are enhanced - see https://d2foundry.gg/w/3431536253 for how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. As ever for bows, use the bowstring perk to reduce Draw Time and boost Handling, and the arrow perk to boost Accuracy or Reload Speed. For Strand synergy, Tear in the first trait perk column spreads ~4m AoE sever on a crit kill to reduce damage output to ×0.6 from enemies affected. For damage in the second column, Explosive Head boosts bodyshot damage by ×1.15 and crit damage by ×1.1 with increased stagger, and inflicts AoE damage on enemies within 3m. Precision Instrument also procs on crit hits granting up to 6 stacks of escalating damage for ×1.25 (×1.3 when enhanced) for 1.25s or until you miss a crit. For the Origin Trait, there's either Wild Card to provide the chance of Telesto-like "Experimental Submunitions" dropping on a kill - the number depends on the enemy tier - that last up to 10.5s and explode on contact or proximity to an enemy, or Search Party which applies a ×0.85 ADS animation scalar and ×1.1 ADS movement speed when there are no allies within 15m. Recommended MW: Draw Time, with your preferred choice of mod/enhanced mod to boost mag size, weapon stats, ammo regeneration, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller
Essential perks
Tear
Strong alternatives
Elastic String
Explosive Head
Fiberglass Arrow Shaft
Precision Instrument
Straight Fletching
Helical Fletching
Compact Arrow Shaft
Flexible String
Polymer String
Community wishlist roll
12 wishlist rolls
Inspired by @CourtProjects and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for add group control in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content, particularly on Strand builds. Hushed Whisper is a precision frame bow which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic, and provides ×0.8 horizontal recoil, which isn't that impactful on bows. The stats are good by comparison with its peers, and are helped further at Tier 4/5 when barrel and magazine perks are enhanced - see https://d2foundry.gg/w/3431536253 for how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. As ever for bows, use the bowstring perk to reduce Draw Time and boost Handling, and the arrow perk to boost Accuracy or Reload Speed. For Strand synergy, there's the trait perk pairing of Tear which spreads ~4m AoE sever on a crit kill to reduce damage output to ×0.6 from enemies affected. A crit kill, or three crit hits within 3s of each other, also procs Hatchling to spawn a Threadling. For the Origin Trait, there's either Wild Card to provide the chance of Telesto-like "Experimental Submunitions" dropping on a kill - the number depends on the enemy tier - that last up to 10.5s and explode on contact or proximity to an enemy, or Search Party which applies a ×0.85 ADS animation scalar and ×1.1 ADS movement speed when there are no allies within 15m. Recommended MW: Draw Time, with your preferred choice of mod/enhanced mod to boost mag size, weapon stats, ammo regeneration, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller
Essential perks
Hatchling
Tear
Strong alternatives
Elastic String
Fiberglass Arrow Shaft
Straight Fletching
Helical Fletching
Compact Arrow Shaft
Flexible String
Polymer String
Recommendations aggregated from curated community wishlists; credit to the curators linked above.