Built from 124 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
pandapaxxy
pve
mkb
controller
68 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Lethophobia is defined as an abnormal anxiety of forgetting. Let’s hope you don’t forget the god rolls of this bow then. As with most PvE bows you’re looking for a good combination of draw time and accuracy. Successful Warm-Up gives you a better draw time post-defeat, but has a bit less utility against higher health enemies. Explosive Head can stagger those arrow sponges a bit easier but having Rapid Hit or Archer’s Tempo there would have been preferred. Disruption break will work best in conjunction with a high damage kinetic weapon like this season's Supercluster slug shotgun. Golden Tricorn will feel great on a combination of subclasses this season with Permeability changing this weapons damage type from void to your selected subclass. You can run a full void or full strand or stasis loadout without much thought. Just remember that the damage change goes away when you stow this weapon." Recommended MW: Draw Time.
Strong alternatives
Tactile String
Successful Warm-Up
Explosive Head
Fiberglass Arrow Shaft
Agile Bowstring
Straight Fletching
Repulsor Brace
Polymer String
Permeability
Disruption Break
Golden Tricorn
Disruption Break
pandapaxxy
pvp
mkb
controller
44 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB / Controller): " Lethophobia is already making a strong impression on crucible players everywhere being the first bow to roll Disruption Break. Paired with any kinetic weapon you can city shot and get a whopping 50% extra damage on any kinetic weapon from you or anyone on your team. This damage debuff stays applied for a full 5.5 seconds. Be on the lookout for the “Disrupted” debuff off your screen, you will be extra vulnerable for this time." Recommended MW: Accuracy.
Strong alternatives
Impulse Amplifier
Disruption Break
Elastic String
Fiberglass Arrow Shaft
Polymer String
Flexible String
Straight Fletching
Successful Warm-Up
Enlightened Action
Explosive Head
Disruption Break
Community wishlist roll
6 wishlist rolls
Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 92 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2qpoxXfXzBXohHBrdQnHbd?si=aH9jqq3kRwOtwQoh2YhHDA) with @CourtProjects and @ImpetusAlways. First-choice PvE pick for Minor spec add clearing in general content. Shapeable. Lethophobia (or "fear of forgetting", seeing as you're asking) offers +20 Mobility and +6.25% movement speed as the Lightweight Frame bonus but, honestly the stats are poor and it's difficult to recommend for PvE. If you do want to try it out, the tactic with Bowstrong and Arrow perks is to reduce the draw time and improve accuracy. As the support perk in the first trait column, Successful Warm up improves draw time further, although you don't have to get a kill first, Explosive Head in the second as the signature perk is the reliable boost to damage and flinch that it always is. The Dragon's Vengeance origin trait can be useful, although it only procs once your health bar turns red or an ally dies. You'll get a reload and 11s of a boost to range and either charge rate or handling. Recommended MW: Draw Time, with a damage boosting (Minor or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-BossSpec, PvE-EndGame, PvE-God, M+KB, Controller
Essential perks
Successful Warm-Up
Explosive Head
Strong alternatives
Elastic String
Fiberglass Arrow Shaft
Polymer String
Flexible String
Straight Fletching
Community wishlist roll
6 wishlist rolls
Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 92 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2qpoxXfXzBXohHBrdQnHbd?si=aH9jqq3kRwOtwQoh2YhHDA) with @CourtProjects and @ImpetusAlways. First-choice PvE pick for bulkier Minor spec add clearing in end-game content. Shapeable. Lethophobia (or "fear of forgetting", seeing as you're asking) offers +20 Mobility and +6.25% movement speed as the Lightweight Frame bonus but, honestly the stats are poor and it's difficult to recommend for PvE. If you do want to try it out, the tactic with Bowstrong and Arrow perks is to reduce the draw time and improve accuracy. As the support perk in the first trait column, the new-for-season-23 Permeability works well with Golden Tricorn in the second as the signature perk to make the second damage stack, for +50% damage, attainable for any subclass you run. The Dragon's Vengeance origin trait can be useful, although it only procs once your health bar turns red or an ally dies. You'll get a reload and 11s of a boost to range and either charge rate or handling. Recommended MW: Draw Time, with a damage boosting (Minor or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-EndGame, PvE-God, M+KB, Controller
Essential perks
Permeability
Golden Tricorn
Strong alternatives
Elastic String
Fiberglass Arrow Shaft
Polymer String
Flexible String
Straight Fletching
Recommendations aggregated from curated community wishlists; credit to the curators linked above.