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Mistral Lift — Destiny 2 Linear Fusion Rifle
Legendary · Linear Fusion Rifle
Where it drops: Source: Earned during the seasonal Dawning event.

“The unceasing cold without. The glowing hearth within.”

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Built from 26 curated wishlist rolls for this Linear Fusion Rifle. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

Community wishlist roll

18 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 126 from 17 December 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6SVRlV4ttvPkAm9HA44Km0?si=a9d7a25536b747c3) with @ImpetusAlways, @CourtProjects and @Saint_Kabr (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): Backup PvE pick for boss damage in general, and end-game underleveled content. Mistral Lift has decent stats, and a whole stack of boss damage trait perk options. At base - 40 Handling equates to a 0.46s ready 0.37s ADS time and 0.37s stow time, and 26 Reload Speed is a 2.39s reload. Magazine size is 5 (max 7) and with 0/1/2/3 Reserves mods, you'll have total ammo of 23/24/26/26 (max 26). To help control the recoil, Arrowhead Brake straightens Recoil Direction to 100 and adds handling or, if you can handle the recoil, Fluted Barrel works too. Extended Battery and a Backup Mag mod gets you to 7 shots. For boss damage, in the first trait perk column, You can overflow your magazine with Reconstruction, Envious Assassin or Clown Cartridge, and you have a choice of High Ground, Firing Line of Precision Instrument in the second for easy boosts to damage output. The Dawning Surprise origin trait is pretty potent for PvE (although it won't proc much during boss damage) - 6 Minor add rapid kills drops a "gift" for your fireteam which on pickup grants +20% energy to all your abilities, restores 22HP and starts health regeneration. Recommended MW: Charge Time or Handling, with a Backup Mag mod.|tags:PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Enhanced Battery

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Reconstruction High Ground Fluted Barrel Envious Assassin Clown Cartridge Firing Line Precision Instrument

Community wishlist roll

2 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 126 from 17 December 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6SVRlV4ttvPkAm9HA44Km0?si=a9d7a25536b747c3) with @ImpetusAlways, @CourtProjects and @Saint_Kabr (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for boss damage in general, and end-game underleveled content. Mistral Lift has decent stats, and a whole stack of boss damage trait perk options. At base - 40 Handling equates to a 0.46s ready 0.37s ADS time and 0.37s stow time, and 26 Reload Speed is a 2.39s reload. Magazine size is 5 (max 7) and with 0/1/2/3 Reserves mods, you'll have total ammo of 23/24/26/26 (max 26). To help control the recoil, Arrowhead Brake straightens Recoil Direction to 100 and adds handling or, if you can handle the recoil, Fluted Barrel works too. Extended Battery and a Backup Mag mod gets you to 7 shots. For boss damage, Envious Arsenal and Bait and Switch are a perfect pairing - rotate through your weapons to reload and boost damage by ×1.3 for 10s. The Dawning Surprise origin trait is pretty potent for PvE (although it won't proc much during boss damage) - 6 Minor add rapid kills drops a "gift" for your fireteam which on pickup grants +20% energy to all your abilities, restores 22HP and starts health regeneration. Recommended MW: Charge Time or Handling, with a Backup Mag mod.|tags:PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Enhanced Battery Bait and Switch Envious Arsenal

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Fluted Barrel

Community wishlist roll

2 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 126 from 17 December 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6SVRlV4ttvPkAm9HA44Km0?si=a9d7a25536b747c3) with @ImpetusAlways, @CourtProjects and @Saint_Kabr (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for boss damage in general, and end-game underleveled content. Mistral Lift has decent stats, and a whole stack of boss damage trait perk options. At base - 40 Handling equates to a 0.46s ready 0.37s ADS time and 0.37s stow time, and 26 Reload Speed is a 2.39s reload. Magazine size is 5 (max 7) and with 0/1/2/3 Reserves mods, you'll have total ammo of 23/24/26/26 (max 26). To help control the recoil, Arrowhead Brake straightens Recoil Direction to 100 and adds handling or, if you can handle the recoil, Fluted Barrel works too. Extended Battery and a Backup Mag mod gets you to 7 shots. To support a fireteam's boss damage, Withering Gaze in the first column is effectively a ×1.15 damage boost for everyone, while Frenzy provides its own reload speed and handling boost, and your own additional damage boost of ×1.15. The Dawning Surprise origin trait is pretty potent for PvE (although it won't proc much during boss damage) - 6 Minor add rapid kills drops a "gift" for your fireteam which on pickup grants +20% energy to all your abilities, restores 22HP and starts health regeneration. Recommended MW: Charge Time, with a Backup Mag mod.|tags:PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Withering Gaze Enhanced Battery Frenzy

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Fluted Barrel

Panda

pve mkb controller 1 wishlist roll

Panda (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Not only will Mistral Lift, lift your spire. It will also be one hell of a good heavy weapon to bring into damage rotations. Enhanced Battery gives us extra in the mag without sacrificing reload, though Ionized Battery is also okay. Withering Gaze will proc Weaken on your first hit buffing the follow up two shots in your burst. Add in a stacking damage bonus through Precision Instrument and you've got yourself an incredibly strong weapon for solo or group activities." Recommended MW: Reload.

Essential perks

Precision Instrument Arrowhead Brake Withering Gaze Enhanced Battery

Panda

pvp mkb controller 1 wishlist roll

Panda (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "While not Doomed Petitioner for PvP, Mistral Lift does have some utility in Keep Away or Moving Target and High-Impact Reserves for bonus damage on those last shots. You'll almost never be at max mag so there's no downside. Drop that charge time to have a nuclear sniper with better body shot damage." Recommended MW: Charge Time.

Essential perks

Accelerated Coils High-Impact Reserves Hammer-Forged Rifling Keep Away

Stallion

pve mkb controller 1 wishlist roll

Stallion (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Truthfully, Envious and BnS just work. The two go together like gingerbread and.. Me. Everything else is just icing. More handling for better feeling BnS swaps, but truthfully it could be more charge time too, if that's your jam. Personally, I will be looking for either/or, because farming these is a nuisance." Recommended MW: Handling.

Essential perks

Accelerated Coils Arrowhead Brake Envious Assassin Bait and Switch

Stallion

pvp mkb controller 1 wishlist roll

Stallion (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "I dont.. I dont know. 3 burst LFR in PvP, my brain goes to "Kill Super gooder" and I just.. Full sent into it. Moving Target is probably just as good, if not better but.. New perk. Might aswell." Recommended MW: Charge Time.

Essential perks

Accelerated Coils Arrowhead Brake Withering Gaze Vorpal Weapon

What these Mistral Lift perks do

Bait and Switch

Dealing damage with a weapon starts a 7 second timer. Dealing additional weapon damage resets the timer to 7 seconds. Dealing damage with all 3 of your weapons without letting the timer run out grants you 'Bait and Switch' for 10 seconds, granting 30% increased damage. Timer is disabled while Bait and Switch is active, requiring a full activation sequence once the buff expires.

Envious Arsenal

Dealing any damage with both of your other weapons refills the magazine from reserves upon readying the weapon.

Withering Gaze

Aiming Down Sights (ADS) for 1.5 seconds without firing and staying ADS causes your next shot to apply Weaken on a Direct Hit. Timer starts as soon as ADS input is pressed.

Frenzy

After being in Combat for 12 seconds: Grants 15% increased damage, 100 Handling, and 100 Reload Speed for 7.2 seconds. Works and can activate while stowed. Dealing and receiving damage refreshes the buff duration. For Frenzy, being in Combat is defined as having either dealt or received damage within the last 5 seconds. Self-damage and environmental damage do not count.

Reconstruction

Every 6 seconds while not firing the weapon: Loads 25% of the Magazine Capacity (rounded up) into the Magazine from reserves. Can overfill the Magazine up to double the normal capacity. Works even while stowed.

High Ground

Scoring a Kill grants 1 [2] Stacks of 'High Ground' for 7 seconds. Maximum of 3 Stacks. Weapon damage increases at 1|2|3 Stacks: 10% [5%] | 17.5% [10%] | 25% [15%] While you are not airborne: Damaging targets that are 2 meters [5 for Primary weapons] lower in elevation than the ground you stand on immediately grants all 3 Stacks [Primary weapons only grant 1 Stack] of the buff. The damage increase is applied to the shot triggering the perk as well. The reference point of enemies' elevation is generally their lowest point.

Envious Assassin

Upon readying the weapon after scoring Kills with your other Weapons: Refills and/or overfills the Magazine from reserves based on the amount of Weapon Kills scored. Maximum total overfill amount is 200% of the Magazine Capacity. Each activation can only load up to 100% of the Magazine Capacity into the magazine. Loaded ammo per Kill by ammo type (rounds up): • Primary Weapons: 10% of Magazine Capacity • Special and Power Weapons: 20%

Clown Cartridge

Reloading randomly overfills the Magazine from reserves by 10% to 50% of the base Magazine Capacity (rounded up). Works out to a 30% overfill on average.

Firing Line

Being within 15 meters of 2 allies grants 20% increased Precision Damage.

Precision Instrument

Direct Weapon Hits grant a stack of Precision Instrument for 1.25 seconds (2.1 seconds on weapons with a Draw/Charge Time). Maximum of 6 stacks. Reloading the weapon (except on Bows) or missing removes all stacks... usually. Heavy Burst Frame weapons can only gain 1 stack per burst. Adaptive Burst Linear Fusion Rifles require 1.5? Hits for each stack (and missing sometimes does not remove your stacks on them). Precision damage increase at 1|2|... stacks: 4.17% | 8.33% | 12.5% | 16.67% | 20.83% | 25%

Accelerated Coils

Decreases charge time by 40ms and damage by 2%.

High-Impact Reserves

Increases damage by 12.1% [3%] to 25.6% [6%] as the Magazine drops from 50% of its base capacity to empty. The buff in PVE ranges between 10.3% and 22.9% instead on Fusion Rifles and Aggressive Frame Linear Fusion Rifles. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Keep Away

While no enemies are within 15 meters: Grants 10 Range, 30 Reload Speed, and decreases Accuracy Cone Growth by 5?%.

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%]

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