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Mindbender's Ambition (Adept) god roll & best perks

Mindbender's Ambition (Adept) — Destiny 2 Shotgun
Legendary · Shotgun
Where it drops: Source: Season of Plunder Grandmaster Nightfall

“"Hiraks always did like to leave an impression." —The Spider”

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Built from 129 curated wishlist rolls for this Shotgun. 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 81 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): Recommended MW: Reload. Aggressive(55) Solar Shotgun Special Ammo. "I am both happy and sad that I am, yet again, talking about Mindbender’s Ambition. I am so very over this gun existing but it is certainly a solid aggressive frame shotgun. Being able to focus it makes this shotgun more accessible. Meaning more prevalent and more common. Please just do not bring back Spare Rations. I love that gun but we do not need it. Mindbender’s in PvE sits in an interesting position, it can get adept mods for more oomph, but it also doesn’t roll grave robber to make the use of One-Two Punch. Pugilist is great for more melee energy on Warlocks but not every class needs more melee energy."

Strong alternatives

Pugilist Appended Mag Barrel Shroud One-Two Punch Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling Tactical Mag Assault Mag Surplus Threat Detector Swashbuckler Vorpal Weapon

pandapaxxy

pvp controller 48 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): Recommended MW: Handling or Range. Aggressive(55) Solar Shotgun Special Ammo. "In PvP it might be a tough sell, Aggressive Frames are not the strongest right now. That and you really only need Threat Detector or Surplus to bring up the handling past your barrel and masterwork. There are not a lot of good perks in the fourth column to really let this shotgun shine over something like A Sudden Death."

Strong alternatives

Smallbore Accurized Rounds Threat Detector Swashbuckler Barrel Shroud Corkscrew Rifling Snapshot Sights Assault Mag Surplus Fragile Focus Incandescent

What these Mindbender's Ambition (Adept) perks do

Pugilist

Weapon Kills grant 10% Melee Ability Energy. Kills with Sniper Rifles, Shotguns, Glaives, and Fusion Rifles grant 20%. Dealing Melee Damage grants 35 Handling for 3 seconds. 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.

One-Two Punch

Hitting a target with all 12 Pellets in the spread increases the damage of your next Melee attack within 3 seconds. Melee Damage increase by weapon type: • Shotgun: 150% additional base melee damage • Hand Cannon: 75% [100?%] additional base melee damage Stowing the weapon removes the buff. The buff does not stack with the passive Melee Damage increase against Frozen non-Boss targets. The higher buff of the two takes precedence.

Surplus

Grants Stat Bonuses depending on the number of Charged Abilities. Stat Bonuses with 1|2|3+ Charged Abilities: • 5|15|25 Stability • 5|25|60 Handling • 10|25|60 Reload Speed

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

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.

Vorpal Weapon

Deals increased damage against Minibosses, Bosses, and Vehicles, as well as Players in their Super Ability. Damage increase by Ammo Type: • Primary Weapons: 20% [60%] • Special Weapons: 15% [20%] • Power Weapons: 10% [20%]

Snapshot Sights

Passively decreases the ADS Animation Duration: • 50% decrease on Primary Weapons • 20% decrease on Special Weapons

Fragile Focus

Passively grants 20 Range but deactivates if you drop to 0 Shield HP (Critical Health). Buff reactivates 1 second after your Shields HP fully regenerates.

Incandescent

Weapon Kills trigger a Solar explosion that applies 30 Scorch Stacks (40 with Ember of Ashes) and deals up to 30 damage to enemies within 4 meters of the target. Killing Elite or higher tier Combatants and Players increases the radius to 8 meters and applies 10 more Scorch Stacks. Scorch damage can be increased through Weapon Damage Buffs.

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