Jurassic Green god roll & best perks

WarlockMaggie (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "Jurassic Green is back with new perks and an intrinsic trait. Unfortunately, Jurassic continues to be plagued with lowest-in-archetype stats nearly across the board. Improving recoil direction, increasing stability and handling, and building out a perk combo is going to be your plan for making this gun work for you." Recommended MW: Handling or Stability

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Perpetual Motion High-Caliber Rounds Multikill Clip Adrenaline Junkie Rangefinder Golden Tricorn Killing Wind Ricochet Rounds Flared Magwell Fluted Barrel Smallbore

WarlockMaggie (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Jurassic Green is back with new perks and an intrinsic trait. Unfortunately, Jurassic continues to be plagued with lowest-in-archetype stats nearly across the board. Improving recoil direction, increasing stability and handling, and building out a perk combo is going to be your plan for making this gun work for you." Recommended MW: Handling or Stability

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Subsistence Extended Mag Frenzy Golden Tricorn Adrenaline Junkie Perpetual Motion Steady Hands Appended Mag Ricochet Rounds Polygonal Rifling Chambered Compensator

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 37. PvE first-choice roll for non-endgame content, particularly for solar subclasses. The Origin Trait, gaining better ADS and strafe speed when on your own, might be useful when you're away from your fireteam, but think of it more as a useful added extra when it's procced. Dreadful stats compared to any other energy rapid-fire pulse rifle as at v6.2.5.1, but it's the only solar one currently available. Wonky recoil direction of 50, so you'll need to straighten that out as much as possible with a Recoil Direction barrel, Stability Barrel or a bit of both. Take your choice of the combat-effect mag perks in your mag slot - any of them should work fine. Subsistence keeps your magazine topped up or Perpetual Motion boosts gunfeel stats passively. In the second column, Golden Tricorn provides a reliable 15% damage boost with one stack, or a full 50% at two stacks after a solar ability kill, or play with solar subclass scorch and ignite stacks with Incandescent. Recommended MW: Handling or Stability, with a damage-boosting (Minor or Taken Spec) mod. Tags: PvE, PvE-God, PvE-MinorSpec, Controller, MKB

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Subsistence Armor-Piercing Rounds Golden Tricorn Chambered Compensator Polygonal Rifling Smallbore High-Caliber Rounds Ricochet Rounds Perpetual Motion Incandescent

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 37. PvE first-choice roll for endgame content. The Origin Trait, gaining better ADS and strafe speed when on your own, might be useful when you're away from your fireteam, but think of it more as a useful added extra when it's procced. Dreadful stats compared to any other energy rapid-fire pulse rifle as at v6.2.5.1, but it's the only solar one currently available. Wonky recoil direction of 50, so you'll need to straighten that out as much as possible with a Recoil Direction barrel, Stability Barrel or a bit of both. Take your choice of the combat-effect mag perks in your mag slot. For endgame use, Perpetual Motion boosts gunfeel stats passively and Frenzy provides a decent 15% damage boost in combat. Recommended MW: Handling or Stability, with a damage-boosting (Minor or Taken Spec) mod. Tags: PvE, PvE-God, PvE-MinorSpec, PvP-EndGame, Controller, MKB

Essential perks

Perpetual Motion Frenzy

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Armor-Piercing Rounds Chambered Compensator Polygonal Rifling Smallbore High-Caliber Rounds Ricochet Rounds

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 37. PvE first-choice roll for general content. The Origin Trait, gaining better ADS and strafe speed when on your own, might be useful when you're away from your fireteam, but think of it more as a useful added extra when it's procced. Dreadful stats compared to any other energy rapid-fire pulse rifle as at v6.2.5.1, but it's the only solar one currently available. Wonky recoil direction of 50, so you'll need to straighten that out as much as possible with a Recoil Direction barrel, Stability Barrel or a bit of both. Take your choice of the combat-effect mag perks in your mag slot. Subsistence keeps your mag topped up and Frenzy provides a decent 15% damage boost in combat. Recommended MW: Handling or Stability, with a damage-boosting (Minor or Taken Spec) mod. Tags: PvE, PvE-God, PvE-MinorSpec, Controller, MKB

Essential perks

Subsistence Frenzy

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Armor-Piercing Rounds Chambered Compensator Polygonal Rifling Smallbore High-Caliber Rounds Ricochet Rounds

Inspired by DMB Podcast 280 with @ImpetusAlways. First-choice PvP pick for kill-chaining, particularly for solar subclasses. The Origin Trait is aimed more at 3v3 game modes, where you're less likely to be near a team mate to gain the better ADS and strafe speed. Reasonably competitive out of the box with a subfamily TTK of 0.8s with 8 crits and 1 body shot), and an accuracy-adjusted TTK of 1.00s (7c, 3b) which only needs the smallest of damage boosts to improve as at v6.2.5. Unfortunately, stats are pretty weak across the board - the 50 Recoil Direction and joint lowest zoom means that, even with a recoil direction-correcting or stability barrel, you'll will still probably find a Counterbalance mod necessary. You really need both more range and more stability, once you've sorted the recoil direction, so Ricochet Rounds are your best mag perk. In the first trait column, Rangefinder will help push out range with an extra point of zoom. The second trait column is a bit short on PvP picks, but Golden Tricorn is the most reliable damage perk. One stack after a kill drops TTK down to 0.73s (7c, 1b) and accuracy-adjusted TTK to 0.8s (5c, 4b). If you manage to proc both stacks, this drops further to a lightning-fast TTK of 0.47s (6c) or an accuracy-adjusted TTK of 0.67s (4c, 3b). Recommended MW: Stability, with a Counterbalance mod.

Essential perks

Ricochet Rounds Golden Tricorn Rangefinder

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Chambered Compensator Polygonal Rifling Smallbore Fluted Barrel

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 37. PvE first-choice roll for Barrier Champions and match game endgame content. The Origin Trait, gaining better ADS and strafe speed when on your own, might be useful when you're away from your fireteam, but think of it more as a useful added extra when it's procced. Dreadful stats compared to any other energy rapid-fire pulse rifle as at v6.2.5.1, but it's the only solar one currently available. Wonky recoil direction of 50, so you'll need to straighten that out as much as possible with a Recoil Direction barrel, Stability Barrel or a bit of both. Armor-Piercing Rounds adds 5% damage to shields in your mag slot. Perpetual Motion boosts gunfeel stats passively and, if you don't already have a better solar pulse rifle with Adaptive Munitions, then you should always have one in your vault to both deal with Barrier Champions, when the mod's around, or for dealing with shields in match game activities. Recommended MW: Handling or Stability, with a damage-boosting (Major or Taken Spec) mod. Tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-God, PvE-MajorSpec, PvP-EndGame, Controller, MKB

Essential perks

Adaptive Munitions Perpetual Motion Armor-Piercing Rounds

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Chambered Compensator Polygonal Rifling Smallbore

Inspired by DMB Podcast 280 with @ImpetusAlways. Backup PvP pick for kill-chaining. The Origin Trait is aimed more at 3v3 game modes, where you're less likely to be near a team mate to gain the better ADS and strafe speed. A competitive subfamily TTK of 0.8s if you can hit 6 crits and 1 body shot, and a not-awful accuracy-adjusted TTK of 0.93s (4c, 4b) as at v6.2.5. Decent stats within the subfamily. Ignore the recoil direction, as this is a precision frame, so you can use the barrel to fill in your favoured stat - this does have the lowest zoom of its peers so you can either try and compensate with range, or live with it and improve stability. Ricochet Rounds adds range and stability, and is your best mag choice. For kill-chaining, Swashbuckler x5 after a melee kill reduces TTK to 0.67 (4c, 2b), while Pugilist turns this into a legendary "Monte Carlo-lite", recovering melee ability energy to repeat the cycle. Recommended MW: Stability or Range, with a Quick Access Sling, Sprint Grip or Targeting Adjuster mod depending on your preference.

Essential perks

Perpetual Motion Fluted Barrel Ricochet Rounds Golden Tricorn