Night Watch god roll & best perks

Night Watch — Destiny 2 Scout Rifle
Legendary · Scout Rifle
Where it drops: Source: Complete Gambit Prime matches and increase your rank.

“Sleep with both eyes open.”

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Built from 210 curated wishlist rolls for this Scout 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

controller pve 96 wishlist rolls

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Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Rapid Hit Arrowhead Brake Rampage Multikill Clip Demolitionist Subsistence Outlaw Explosive Payload Appended Mag Extended Mag Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling

YeezyGT's S16

god-pve 72 wishlist rolls

[YeezyGT's S16] [MW: Handling] "One of, if not the best Scout Rifle in the game. Overflow/Explosive is the free curated roll from the New Light quest line, and they start you off STRONG. It puts work in vs. Barrier Champs, long-range adds, pretty much anything. Hip fire spam with Explosive. Shoot the floor to prime enemies for finishers. Do whatever. Who cares. You're drowning in ammo and it all makes stuff explode, from any range, at any time."

Essential perks

Explosive Payload

Strong alternatives

Extended Mag Overflow Corkscrew Rifling Subsistence Rapid Hit Accurized Rounds Tactical Mag Flared Magwell Arrowhead Brake Fluted Barrel Hammer-Forged Rifling Polygonal Rifling Smallbore

Community wishlist roll

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Strong alternatives

Rapid Hit Moving Target Arrowhead Brake Accurized Rounds Demolitionist Snapshot Sights Explosive Payload Tactical Mag Fluted Barrel Chambered Compensator

Community wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Extended Barrel

Strong alternatives

Rapid Hit Moving Target Accurized Rounds Demolitionist Snapshot Sights Explosive Payload Tactical Mag

Community wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Rapid Hit Extended Barrel Explosive Payload Accurized Rounds

What these Night Watch perks do

Rapid Hit

"Buffed Hits" grant 1 Stack of Rapid Hit for 2 seconds. Maximum of 5 Stacks. "Buffed Hits" refer to any "Yellow Number" Hits such as Precision Hits or Hits against debuffed targets. Benefits at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: • 2|12|14|18|25 Stability • 5|30|35|42|60 Reload Speed • 0.99x|0.96x|0.95x|0.945x|0.92x Reload Duration Multiplier

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.

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.

Multikill Clip

Finishing a reload within 3.6 seconds of scoring 1|2|3 Weapon Kills within 3.5 seconds of each grants 17%|33%|50% increased damage for 5 seconds. Buff is overwritten every time it is triggered and is removed on stow.

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.

Subsistence

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

Outlaw

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

Moving Target

Grants the following while Aiming Down Sights (ADS): • 10 Aim Assist • 10% decreased ADS Movement Speed Penalty

Snapshot Sights

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

Overflow

Upon picking up Special or Heavy Ammo: Refills and Overfills the Magazine from reserves. Overfill amount maxes out at 100% of the Magazine Capacity. Activates even while stowed.

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