Liminal Vigil (Adept) god roll & best perks

warlockmaggie (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "True story, I had yet to have a Liminal Vigil drop until Rite of the Nine! Anyways, this Heavy Burst sidearm has some interesting perks to choose from: the obvious stasis wombo-combo, EA + KC, or the potential of Attrition Orbs and Desperate Measures feeding orbs into your abilities which in turn feed a damage buff. Heavy Burst suffer from poor Handling and Reload, so feel free to increase those as you see fit." Recommended MW: Handling or Reload Speed

Strong alternatives

Headstone Kill Clip Fluted Barrel Flared Magwell Rimestealer Enlightened Action Desperate Measures Attrition Orbs Appended Mag Corkscrew Rifling Smallbore

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 139 from 13 May 2025 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0m6Sfdv88fNZmYm9A6PdVR?si=140d643338154357) with @ImpetusAlways @CourtProjects and @Saint_Kabr (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for clearing Minor adds in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content. Liminal Vigil is the only Stasis Heavy Burst sidearm currently in the game - the intrinsic frame perk reduces flinch slightly when you're ADSing. At base, by comparison with its peers, the stats are good - d2foundry.gg calculates that 58 Range equates to 15.98m ADS and 13.32m hipfire before damage dropoff, 39 Stability is ×1.1427 flinch resist at 100 Resilience, 30 Handling is 0.33s ready, 0.27s ADS and 0.36s stow speed, 20 Reload Speed is a 1.91s reload, Recoil Direction is 94, Zoom is 12, and magazine size is 26 (max 40). A little bit of Stability and Handling from the barrel perk are useful to improve gunfeel and control, particularly if you're spamming shots. For the magazine perk, the combat effect magazines all add utility, or look to speed up the reload a bit. For general all-purpose use, the combination of Headstone to create a shatterable Stasis crystal on crit kills, or Attrition Orbs to generate power orbs for landing 2/3-ish of your magazine on target to proc Armour and Artifact mods or fragments effects work well. For damage, Desperate Measures provides up to ×1.3 damage with a combination of weapon and ability kills. The Tex Balanced Stock is there if you like hipfiring, but the Gravity Well origin trait can be very useful to pick up ammo bricks within 5m on a manual reload. Recommended MW: Handling or Stability, with an Adept Backup Mag mod or, when masterworked, Synergy to create Stasis Shards or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Desperate Measures

Strong alternatives

Headstone Fluted Barrel Ricochet Rounds Attrition Orbs High-Caliber Rounds Armor-Piercing Rounds Alloy Magazine Flared Magwell Polygonal Rifling Corkscrew Rifling

warlockmaggie (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "I've not done a ton of PvP with Heavy Burst sidearms, but Liminal Vigil does pack some potency in its perks. Perpetual Motion and Kill Clip feels quite free and synergizes nicely (A BLISTERING .47s TTK no less!). While the range is decent, the handling is quite poor, so definitely work to bring that up if at all possible." Recommended MW: Range or Handling

Essential perks

Flared Magwell

Strong alternatives

Kill Clip Lone Wolf Corkscrew Rifling To the Pain Desperate Measures Tap the Trigger Perpetual Motion Hammer-Forged Rifling Smallbore

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 139 from 13 May 2025 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0m6Sfdv88fNZmYm9A6PdVR?si=140d643338154357) with @ImpetusAlways @CourtProjects and @Saint_Kabr (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for clearing Minor adds in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content, particularly with stasis builds. Liminal Vigil is the only Stasis Heavy Burst sidearm currently in the game - the intrinsic frame perk reduces flinch slightly when you're ADSing. At base, by comparison with its peers, the stats are good - d2foundry.gg calculates that 58 Range equates to 15.98m ADS and 13.32m hipfire before damage dropoff, 39 Stability is ×1.1427 flinch resist at 100 Resilience, 30 Handling is 0.33s ready, 0.27s ADS and 0.36s stow speed, 20 Reload Speed is a 1.91s reload, Recoil Direction is 94, Zoom is 12, and magazine size is 26 (max 40). A little bit of Stability and Handling from the barrel perk are useful to improve gunfeel and control, particularly if you're spamming shots. For the magazine perk, the combat effect magazines all add utility, or look to speed up the reload a bit. For Stasis builds, the combination of Headstone and Rimestealer should generate crystals and shards to proc fragment effects, and apply Frost Armor to help keep you alive while you're in CQC. The Tex Balanced Stock is there if you like hipfiring, but the Gravity Well origin trait can be very useful to pick up ammo bricks within 5m on a manual reload. Recommended MW: Handling or Stability, with an Adept Backup Mag mod or, when masterworked, Synergy to create Stasis Shards or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Headstone Rimestealer

Strong alternatives

Fluted Barrel Ricochet Rounds High-Caliber Rounds Armor-Piercing Rounds Alloy Magazine Flared Magwell Polygonal Rifling Corkscrew Rifling