Nature of the Beast god roll & best perks

Nature of the Beast — Destiny 2 Hand Cannon
Legendary · Hand Cannon
Where it drops: Source: Open Legendary engrams and earn faction rank-up packages.

“Don't let them change you.”

Full perk pool, stats & source for Nature of the Beast →

Built from 63 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.

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Community wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Subsistence

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Fastdraw HCS Demolitionist Dragonfly Appended Mag Vorpal Weapon Extended Mag SteadyHand HCS TrueSight HCS

Community wishlist roll

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Strong alternatives

Quickdraw Vorpal Weapon SteadyHand HCS Accurized Rounds Demolitionist Snapshot Sights Rangefinder Tactical Mag Fastdraw HCS

Community wishlist roll

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Essential perks

TrueSight HCS

Strong alternatives

Quickdraw Rangefinder Accurized Rounds Vorpal Weapon Demolitionist Snapshot Sights Tactical Mag

Community wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Tactical Mag Vorpal Weapon Subsistence Fastdraw HCS

Community wishlist roll

controller god-pvp 1 wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Quickdraw SteadyHand HCS Rangefinder Accurized Rounds

Community wishlist roll

god-pvp 1 wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Quickdraw Fastdraw HCS Rangefinder Accurized Rounds

What these Nature of the Beast perks do

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%]

Subsistence

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

Quickdraw

Switching to the Weapon grants 100 Ready/Stow Handling and a 0.95x Ready Animation Duration Multiplier for 1 second. Buff is removed as soon as ADS input is pressed.

Rangefinder

Aiming Down Sights grants the following benefits: • 10 Range • 10% increased Effective Zoom • 5% increased Projectile Speed The Effective Zoom increase pushes out Aim Assist Falloff by 10%, reduces (Absolute) Recoil by 10% and narrows the Accuracy and Aim Assist Cones by the same amount. (This is the normal behavior of Zoom and isn't unique to Rangefinder)

Demolitionist

Weapon Kills grant 10% Grenade Ability Energy. Kills with Sniper Rifles, Shotguns, Glaives, and Fusion Rifles grant 20%. Using your Grenade Ability refills the Magazine with a 3 second cooldown. 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.

Dragonfly

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

Snapshot Sights

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

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

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