Monody-44 god roll & best perks

Monody-44 — Destiny 2 Fusion Rifle
Legendary · Fusion Rifle
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Built from 51 curated wishlist rolls for this 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

24 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @Saint_Kabr, @CourtProjects and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-Minor PvE-SingleAdd PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for clearing individual Minor adds or tougher enemies in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content. Monody-44 is a high-impact fusion rifle, which are rated B-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic being a big total damage outlier, and very underrated. The frame intrinsic provides ×0.8 accuracy cone size and ×0.83 accuracy cone growth when stationary or moving less than 2.8m/s (crouch walking) and ADS as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are good by comparison with its peer - hopefully when the website's back https://d2foundry.gg/w/3201200906 will show how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. Use the barrel perk to boost Handling, and the battery perk to improve Charge Time or boost battery size. For clearing tougher adds, Discord in the first trait perk column Discord grants free ammo on kills for 7s (8s when enhanced) after swapping within 5s of another weapon kill, as well as a ×0.75 ADS animation modifier and improving accuracy or Subsistence reloads 10% of the magazine (20% enhanced, not that that makes any difference here) on kills. In the second column, Controlled Burst reduces charge time to ×0.9 and boosts damage by ×1.2 for 2s (2.5s when enhanced) after landing all the bolts in a burst, or a kill. Situationally, you might also consider Surrounded to boost damage by up to to ×1.4 (×1.47 enhanced) while within 15m of 3+ enemies. The Suros Synergy origin trait is useful, granting +30 Handling and ×1.2 flinch resistance for 6s after reloading. If you're interested, a monody is an ode sung by one voice (as in a Greek tragedy) or an elegy or dirge performed by one person. Recommended MW: Charge Time, with an enhanced Charge Time mod or your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.|tags:PvE PvE-Minor PvE-SingleAdd PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Strong alternatives

Fluted Barrel Controlled Burst Enhanced Battery Discord Surrounded Subsistence Accelerated Coils Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling

Community wishlist roll

12 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @Saint_Kabr, @CourtProjects and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BurstDamage PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for burst DPS against Banes, Elites, Champions or Minibosses, or shorter boss DPS windows in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content. Monody-44 is a high-impact fusion rifle, which are rated B-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic being a big total damage outlier, and very underrated. The frame intrinsic provides ×0.8 accuracy cone size and ×0.83 accuracy cone growth when stationary or moving less than 2.8m/s (crouch walking) and ADS as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are good by comparison with its peer - hopefully when the website's back https://d2foundry.gg/w/3201200906 will show how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. Use the barrel perk to boost Handling, and the battery perk to improve Charge Time or boost battery size. There aren't any trait perks that help with reloading or refilling the battery in a boss fight, so you're best option in the first trait perk column is Attrition Orbs, which will at least drop a power orb after you've emptied your battery to keep ammo mods charged. In the second column, Controlled Burst reduces charge time to ×0.9 and boosts damage by ×1.2 for 2s (2.5s when enhanced) after landing all the bolts in a burst, or a kill. Situationally, you might also consider Surrounded to boost damage by up to to ×1.4 (×1.47 enhanced) while within 15m of 3+ enemies. The Suros Synergy origin trait is useful, granting +30 Handling and ×1.2 flinch resistance for 6s after reloading. If you're interested, a monody is an ode sung by one voice (as in a Greek tragedy) or an elegy or dirge performed by one person. Recommended MW: Charge Time, with an enhanced Charge Time mod or your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.|tags:PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BurstDamage PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Attrition Orbs

Strong alternatives

Fluted Barrel Controlled Burst Enhanced Battery Surrounded Accelerated Coils Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling

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6 wishlist rolls

Inspired by https://www.youtube.com/@Legoleflash (PvE PvE-MajorSpec PvE-EndGame PM+KB Controller): Good PvE roll for burst damage against Banes, Elites, Champions and Minibosses in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content. Monody-44, which Lego describes as being "an absolute sledgehammer", is a a high-impact adaptive fusion rifle, that are rated B-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic being a big damage total outlier and very underrated. High Impacts offer a frame intrinsic of an ×0.8 accuracy cone size and ×0.83 accuracy cone growth when stationary or moving slowly (<2.8m/s which is walking speed when crouched). The stats aren't great compared to the high-impact king Glacioclasm, but as the only one that offers tiered rolls, you can get enhanced barrel, mag, weapon mods and origin traits to fill all of the stat gaps at Tiers 4 and 5. You can see the in-game effect of stat changes at https://d2foundry.gg/w/3201200906 for yourself. You'll probably want a barrel perk that boosts Handling, to make it a bit snappier, and an extra shot from Extended Battery as the battery perk. For burst damage and shorter DPS windows against bosses, in the first trait perk column Cornered provides ×0.85 Charge time when within 15m or 2+ enemies. Then, for damage in the second column, Surrounded boosts damage by up to to ×1.4 (×1.47 enhanced) while within 15m of 3+ enemies or Controlled Burst reduces charge time to ×0.9 and boosts damage by ×1.2 for 2s (2.5s when enhanced) after a kill or landing all the bolts in a burst. The Suros Synergy origin trait grants +30 Handling and ×1.2 flinch resistance for 6s after reloading which is probably more useful for PvP. Recommended MW: Charge Time, with a Charge Time enhanced mod, or your choice depending on your play style.|tags:PvE PvE-MajorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Cornered Enhanced Battery

Strong alternatives

Fluted Barrel Surrounded Controlled Burst Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling

SpaceMonkey

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SpaceMonkey (PvP): "High-Impact fusion rifles don't exist in PvE. For PvP this gets the classic combo and is just here for those who enjoy this in crucible." Recommended MW: Charge Time, Range.

Essential perks

Closing Time Projection Fuse

Strong alternatives

Full Bore Discord Extended Barrel Lone Wolf Hammer-Forged Rifling

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3 wishlist rolls

Inspired by https://www.youtube.com/@Legoleflash (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): God-roll PvE for for controlling groups of Minor adds in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content, particularly for Void builds. Monody-44, which Lego describes as being "an absolute sledgehammer", is a a high-impact adaptive fusion rifle, that are rated B-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic being a big damage total outlier and very underrated. High Impacts offer a frame intrinsic of an ×0.8 accuracy cone size and ×0.83 accuracy cone growth when stationary or moving slowly (<2.8m/s which is walking speed when crouched). The stats aren't great compared to the high-impact king Glacioclasm, but as the only one that offers tiered rolls, you can get enhanced barrel, mag, weapon mods and origin traits to fill all of the stat gaps at Tiers 4 and 5. You can see the in-game effect of stat changes at https://d2foundry.gg/w/3201200906 for yourself. You'll probably want a barrel perk that boosts Handling, to make it a bit snappier, and an extra shot from Extended Battery as the battery perk. For controlling groups of adds, in the first trait perk column Discord grants a +30 Aerial Effectiveness, a ×0.75 ADS animation modifier and a ×0.75 accuracy cone size for 7s (8s when enhanced) after swapping within 5s of another weapon kill, but crucially any kills while it's active refund a shot from thin air so you can runs in a double special loadout and not run out of ammo. In the second column, Destabilizing Rounds spreads Void Volatility on a kill in a 6.5m radius and provides Volatile Rounds for 4.5s (5.25s when enhanced), which should make short work of add groups. The Suros Synergy origin trait grants +30 Handling and ×1.2 flinch resistance for 6s after reloading which is probably more useful for PvP. Recommended MW: Charge Time, with a Charge Time enhanced mod, or your choice depending on your play style.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Destabilizing Rounds Enhanced Battery Discord

Strong alternatives

Fluted Barrel Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling

Inspired by https

1 wishlist roll

Inspired by https://www.youtube.com/@Legoleflash (PvP PvP-KillChain PvP-God M+KB Controller): God-roll PvP for kill-chaining in 6s. Monody-44 is, at time of writing, a solid A-Tier or high-end B-Tier special option, which Lego describes as having "an accuracy cone that ignores the law of physics" and is demonstrated in Lego's video. The @hugowo_ spreadsheet at https://www.destiny2.science/, shows a base charge time for high-impact fusions of 967ms - the v9.5.0 patch nerfed the charge time slightly from .960s - and a 3-bolt kill, out of 5 bolts fired. High Impacts reward a play slower and methodical approach from the huge frame intrinsic of an ×0.8 accuracy cone size and ×0.83 accuracy cone growth when stationary or moving slowly (<2.8m/s which is walking speed when crouched). That's the equivalent of the average Under Pressure cone size buff and the original unnerfed Firmly Planted accuracy cone growth buff rolled into one. The stats aren't great compared to the high-impact king Glacioclasm, but as the only one that offers tiered rolls, you can get enhanced barrel, mag, weapon mods and origin traits to fill all of the stat gaps at Tiers 4 and 5. You can see the in-game effect of stat changes at https://d2foundry.gg/w/3201200906 for yourself. Range with the barrel and battery perks is key to controlling the recoil - ideally without any stat penalties. In the first trait perk column for kill-chaining, Discord grants a +30 Aerial Effectiveness, ×0.75 ADS animation modifier and a ×0.75 accuracy cone size for 7s (8s when enhanced) after swapping within 5s of another weapon kill, but crucially any kills while active refund a shot from thin air so you'll not run out of ammo. In the second column Closing Time provides a linearly scaling buff from half full battery to empty up to +10 Range, +25 Handling, ×0.95 accuracy cone size and a ×0.90 handling animation scalar at max effect. The Suros Synergy origin trait is useful for PvP - on finishing a reload, you'll gain +40 Handling and ×0.8 flinch for 6s. Recommended MW: Charge Time, with a Range enhanced mod, or your choice depending on your play style.|tags:PvP PvP-KillChain PvP-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Closing Time Projection Fuse Hammer-Forged Rifling Discord

SpaceMonkey

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SpaceMonkey (PvP / God-PvP): "High-Impact fusion rifles don't exist in PvE. For PvP this gets the classic combo and is just here for those who enjoy this in crucible." Recommended MW: Charge Time.

Essential perks

Full Bore Closing Time Lone Wolf Projection Fuse

What these Monody-44 perks do

Attrition Orbs

Scoring multiple Hits against enemies within 5 seconds of each spawns an Orb of Power that grants 0.8% Super Energy. Does not require Direct Hits. Hit counter persists through stow. Hit requirements for activation: • Rocket Launchers: 2 hits • Heavy Grenade Launchers: 3 Hits • Wave-Frame Grenade Launchers: 4 hits • Bows: 4 Hits • Swords: 5 Hits • Area-Denial Grenade Launchers: 26 Hits • Others: 55% of Magazine Size rounded down + 1 Support Frame Auto Rifle healing round Hits on damaged allies count as 2 Hits.

Controlled Burst

Scoring a Kill or hitting every shot in a burst grants 20% increased damage and 10% decreased Charge Time for 2 seconds.

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.

Accelerated Coils

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

Discord

Grants the following for 7 seconds upon readying the weapon within 5? seconds of scoring a Kill with a different weapon: • 25% decreased ADS Animation Duration • 25% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 30 Airborne Effectiveness Weapon Kills while Discord is active fully refill the Magazine of Primary Weapons, and refund 1 Ammo for Special and Power Weapons. (Scoring multiple kills with a single shot/burst still only refunds 1 ammo.)

Subsistence

Weapon Kills refill 10% of the magazine (rounded up) from reserves. Submachine Gun and Auto Rifle Kills refill 17% of the magazine.

Closing Time

Grants linearly scaling benefits as the Magazine drops from 50% capacity to empty: • 10 to 20 Range • 30? to 50? Handling • 10-20% decreased Handling Animation Duration • 5?% to 10?% decreased Accuracy Cone Size Special weapons only receive 50% of the benefits. Stats are rounded up.

Cornered

Grants 15% decreased Charge/Draw Time while within 15 meters of 2 enemies. Buff lingers for 1.5 seconds once no longer surrounded.

Destabilizing Rounds

Weapon Kills apply Volatile to enemies in a 7 meter radius around the target and grant Volatile Rounds for 3 seconds. 1.5 second cooldown between activations.

Lone Wolf

Passively grants 5 Aim Assist, 15 Airborne Effectiveness, and a 10% decreased ADS Animation Duration. While no allies are within 15 meters: Bonuses are increased to 10 Aim Assist, 30 Airborne Effectiveness, and a 20% decreased ADS Animation Duration.

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