Liminal Vigil god roll & best perks

Liminal Vigil — Destiny 2 Sidearm
Legendary · Sidearm

“Cause and effect like a looped corridor. I stand. Ever watchful, forever.”

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Built from 126 curated wishlist rolls for this Sidearm. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

pandapaxxy

pvp mkb 72 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB): "Luminal Vigil will continue its dominance in PvP. Rangefinder will push out its effective range enough to be viable against some submachine guns. Tap the trigger or headstone for bonus accuracy or stasis crystals. Kill clip for easy damage. Desperado for Luminal Vigil, the machine gun. All fantastic perks that are wrapped up into the Crimson Chin." Recommended MW - Range.

Strong alternatives

Headstone Ricochet Rounds Rangefinder Hammer-Forged Rifling Smallbore Extended Barrel Extended Mag High-Caliber Rounds Perpetual Motion Tap the Trigger Kill Clip Desperado

pandapaxxy

pve mkb controller 36 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Luminal Vigil might be the strongest sidearm to date. Headstone and desperado on an aggressive burst are fantastic. You could also opt for surrounded or swashbuckler for more specific damage bonuses, but both headstone and desperado requiring a crit kill makes it easy. See a crystal? Reload for speedy quick shooting." Recommended MW - Reload.

Strong alternatives

Headstone Desperado Flared Magwell Corkscrew Rifling Smallbore Appended Mag Armor-Piercing Rounds Threat Detector Surrounded Swashbuckler

pandapaxxy

pvp controller 18 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): "Luminal Vigil will continue its dominance in PvP. Rangefinder will push out its effective range enough to be viable against some submachine guns. Tap the trigger or headstone for bonus accuracy or stasis crystals. Kill clip for easy damage. Desperado for Luminal Vigil, the machine gun. All fantastic perks that are wrapped up into the Crimson Chin." Recommended MW - Stability.

Essential perks

Chambered Compensator

Strong alternatives

Ricochet Rounds Tap the Trigger Rangefinder High-Caliber Rounds Perpetual Motion Headstone Kill Clip Desperado

What these Liminal Vigil perks do

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.

Desperado

Finishing a reload 5.2 seconds after a Precision Kill or 3 kills within ? seconds of each reduces Firing Delay by 30% for 6 seconds. Buff is removed on stow.

Armor-Piercing Rounds

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

Threat Detector

Grants 1|2 Stacks while within 15 meters of 1|2+ enemies. Bonuses at 1|2 Stacks: • 15|40 Stability • 18|60 Reload Speed • 25|100 Handling • 0.9x|0.81x Handling Animation Duration Multiplier

Surrounded

Being within 15 meters of 3 Enemies grants 40% increased damage. Buff lingers for 1.5 seconds once the condition is no longer met. Exceptions: • Swords only receive a 35% damage increase. • Grenade and Rocket Launchers receive a 35% Explosive Damage increase and a 40% Impact Damage increase. • Wolfpack Rounds receive a 35% Explosive Damage increase.

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.

Rangefinder

Aiming Down Sights grants the following benefits: • 10 Range • 10% increased Effective Zoom • 5% increased Projectile Speed The Effective Zoom increase pushes out Aim Assist Falloff by 10%, reduces (Absolute) Recoil by 10% and narrows the Accuracy and Aim Assist Cones by the same amount. (This is the normal behavior of Zoom and isn't unique to Rangefinder)

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%.

Perpetual Motion

While moving at a minimum of 2 meters per second: Grants a Stack of 'Perpetual Motion' after 2 seconds and a second Stack after 10 seconds. Each Stack provides 10 Stability, 10 Handling, and 10 Reload Speed. All Stacks are removed if movement speed is below 2 m/s for 0.5 seconds. Works and can activate while stowed.

Tap the Trigger

Firing grants 'Tap The Trigger' for 0.6 seconds, providing the following benefits: • 40 Stability • 50% decreased Recoil • 10% decreased Accuracy Cone Size Fusion Rifles only receive 25% of the benefits. Buff cannot be refreshed until Automatic Weapons stop firing, or until the next burst. [Controller-Only] Weapon fires the instant trigger pressure is applied.

Kill Clip

Finishing a reload within 3.6 seconds of a kill grants 25% increased damage for 5 seconds. Stowing the weapon removes the buff. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Recommendations aggregated from curated community wishlists; credit to the curators linked above.

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