Nation of Beasts god roll & best perks

Nation of Beasts — Destiny 2 Hand Cannon
Legendary · Hand Cannon
Where it drops: Source: Last Wish raid.

“I can show you how we were in our prime. You need only ask, o student mine.”

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Built from 96 curated wishlist rolls for this Hand Cannon. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

YeezyGT's S16

pve 54 wishlist rolls

[YeezyGT's S16] [MW: Range] "Nation of Beasts was Fatebringer before Fatebringer came back. It's still a really great feeling Hand Cannon that's been kind of left behind - some stellar PvE options in Outlaw pairings; Dragonfly/Explosive Payload/Rampage/Kill Clip. Almost every roll on this thing will put in work. It looks great too!"

Essential perks

Outlaw

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Smallbore Dragonfly Kill Clip Light Mag Explosive Payload Rampage Accurized Rounds Hammer-Forged Rifling Fluted Barrel Extended Barrel Corkscrew Rifling

Community wishlist roll

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Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Kill Clip Fluted Barrel Ambitious Assassin Outlaw Extended Mag Explosive Payload Rampage Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling

Community wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Opening Shot

Strong alternatives

Kill Clip Fluted Barrel Accurized Rounds Tactical Mag Explosive Payload Smallbore

Community wishlist roll

pve pve-god pve-endgame pve-minor pve-champion controller mkb 6 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 23. PvE first choice roll for endgame content. Round out the stats with barrel and mag. Both Ambitious Assassin and Outlaw have their place in the first trait column, and then Explosive Rounds adds damage and flinch, and helps with anti-Champion mods. Recommended MW: Stability or Handling, with a Backup Mag or damage boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Tactical Mag Explosive Payload

Strong alternatives

Fluted Barrel Ambitious Assassin Corkscrew Rifling Smallbore Outlaw

Community wishlist roll

pve pve-god pve-minor controller mkb 6 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 23. PvE first choice roll for general content. Round out the stats with barrel and mag. Both Ambitious Assassin and Outlaw have their place in the first trait column, and then Rampage is a reliable damage boost in non-endgame content. Recommended MW: Stability or Handling, with Rampage Spec, Backup Mag or a damage boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Tactical Mag Rampage

Strong alternatives

Fluted Barrel Ambitious Assassin Corkscrew Rifling Smallbore Outlaw

Community wishlist roll

controller god-pvp 1 wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Opening Shot Fluted Barrel Explosive Payload Accurized Rounds

Community wishlist roll

pve pve-god pve-minor controller mkb 1 wishlist roll

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 23. PvE first choice roll for general content. The curated roll is the old "Fakebringer", pairing Outlaw and Dragonfly for fun in general content. Recommended MW: Stability or Handling, with a Backup Mag or damage boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Full Bore Light Mag Outlaw Dragonfly

What these Nation of Beasts perks do

Opening Shot

Grants the following benefits for your first shot (of the burst): • 20 Aim Assist and 25 Range • 5% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 10% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth Special weapons only receive 50% of the benefits. Stats are rounded up. Firing the weapon prevents the perk from activating for 3 seconds.

Explosive Payload

Splits off 50% of the weapon's bodyshot damage into an Explosive Payload that detonates on impact. The Payload deals 30% increased damage in PvE and staggers PvE Combatants more. On Hand Cannons, the Payload deals 7% decreased damage in PvP. The remaining Impact damage portion receives an increased Crit Multiplier to compensate for the Payload not benefitting from crits. [PvE] Total damage is increased by 15% of the weapon's bodyshot damage. For crits, the overall increase is roughly equal to 15% divided by the Crit Multiplier. [PvP] Total damage remains roughly the same but can vary by 1-2% in either direction for crits.

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.

Ambitious Assassin

Reloading after scoring Kills with the weapon overfills the magazine from reserves based on the number of Kills scored. Overfill amount maxes out at 150% of the Magazine Capacity. Always rounds up. Kill counter persists through stow. Overfill amount per Kill scored: • Primary Weapons: 20% • Special and Power Weapons: 10%

Outlaw

Precision Kills grant 70 Reload Speed with a 0.9x decreased Reload Animation Duration for 6 seconds. Buff is removed on stow.

Rampage

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of Rampage. Maximum of 3 Stacks. Stacks expire one at a time every 4.5 seconds. Grants a 10%|21%|33.1% damage increase at 1|2|3 Stacks. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Dragonfly

Precision Kills cause targets to explode, dealing up to 123.89 [95.3] weapon-matching elemental damage in a 4.5-meter radius.

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

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