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Imperial Needle god roll & best perks
Legendary · Combat Bow
Where it drops: Source: Battlegrounds
“Honor among foes. Glory to the vanquished.”
Full perk pool, stats & source for Imperial Needle →
Built from 110 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
YeezyGT's S15
pve
54 wishlist rolls
[YeezyGT's S15] (PvE): [MW: Draw Time / Reload Speed] "Imperial Needle is the Void Bow. If you need a Void Bow for Overload Champions, this is the only Legendary one. Lightweight Frames typically don't have much advantage over Precision Frames, given that there's a "limit" for how low you can get Draw Time, but this will still steer you right. Most perks will work on this, Swashbuckler is pretty great for range variation, Quickdraw/Opening Shot if you're just wanting a Champion stopper, and Frenzy is great if you're playing mid-range. Truthfully, this is more of a PvP Bow, but we'll take the slot fillers where we can."
Strong alternatives
Impulse Amplifier
Elastic String
Helical Fletching
Swashbuckler
Opening Shot
Frenzy
Archer's Tempo
Quickdraw
Straight Fletching
Fiberglass Arrow Shaft
Natural String
Community wishlist roll
controller
pve
26 wishlist rolls
File auto generated from csv pandapaxxy-s15-roundup (tags: controller,pve)
Strong alternatives
Archer's Tempo
Elastic String
Sympathetic Arsenal
Fiberglass Arrow Shaft
Impulse Amplifier
Straight Fletching
Flexible String
Frenzy
Swashbuckler
Polymer String
Community wishlist roll
controller
pvp
18 wishlist rolls
File auto generated from csv pandapaxxy-s15-roundup (tags: controller,pvp)
Strong alternatives
Archer's Tempo
Elastic String
Fiberglass Arrow Shaft
Wellspring
Opening Shot
Killing Wind
Straight Fletching
Flexible String
Polymer String
Community wishlist roll
6 wishlist rolls
Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns from Podcast 201. PvP first choice roll.
Essential perks
Opening Shot
Polymer String
Strong alternatives
Archer's Tempo
Fiberglass Arrow Shaft
Straight Fletching
Helical Fletching
Killing Wind
Community wishlist roll
6 wishlist rolls
Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns from Podcast 201. PvE first choice roll.
Essential perks
Archer's Tempo
Polymer String
Strong alternatives
Thresh
Fiberglass Arrow Shaft
Straight Fletching
Helical Fletching
Swashbuckler
What these Imperial Needle perks do
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.
Archer's Tempo
Precision Hits decrease Draw Time by 25% for 3 seconds.
Buff is removed on stow.
Killing Wind
On Weapon Kill, for 5 seconds:
• 50 Mobility
• 40 Handling and 20 Range
• 5% increased Damage Falloff Distance
Additional Kills extend the duration by 5 seconds, up to 8 seconds. Buff is removed on stow.
Thresh
Weapon Kills grant an additional 1% Super Energy.
Kills with Sniper Rifles, Shotguns, Glaives, and Fusion Rifles grant an additional 1.5% instead.
Swashbuckler
Weapon Kills grant a Stack of 'Swashbuckler' for 4.5 seconds. Maximum of 5 Stacks.
(Glaive) Melee Kills grant all 5 Stacks instantly.
Damage increase at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks:
6.7% | 13.3% | 20% | 26.6% | 33.3%
Stowing the weapon removes the buff.
Impulse Amplifier
Passively grants 20 Reload Speed and 15% decreased Reload Animation Duration (20% for Rocket Launchers).
Passively increases Projectile Velocity based on Weapon Archetype:
• Rocket Launchers: 10%
• Support-Frame Auto Rifles: 15%
• Micro-Missile Frame Weapons: 25%
Frenzy
After being in Combat for 12 seconds:
Grants 15% increased damage, 100 Handling, and 100 Reload Speed for 7.2 seconds.
Works and can activate while stowed. Dealing and receiving damage refreshes the buff duration.
For Frenzy, being in Combat is defined as having either dealt or received damage within the last 5 seconds.
Self-damage and environmental damage do not count.
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.
Sympathetic Arsenal
Passively grants 20 Reload Speed.
Finishing a reload within 3.6 seconds of a Weapon Kill refills stowed weapons from reserves.
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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