Nox Perennial V god roll & best perks

Nox Perennial V — Destiny 2 Fusion Rifle
Legendary · Fusion Rifle
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“Truth endures beneath the surface froth of time.”

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Built from 96 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.

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Constructed by @Adamsdown_Boy (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-SustainedDamage PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for sustained DPS in a damage phase against a single yellow-bar target in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty. Nox Perennial V is a high impact fusion rifle, which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic being "strongest standout for body and ranged QoL DPS and a big step up over other fusions". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Overload, and a ×0.8 accuracy cone size and ×0.83 accuracy cone growth when ADS and moving slower that 2.8m/s - crouch walking speed - as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are good by comparison with its peers - you can see them at https://destiny.report/w/2366022261/nox-perennial-v and hopefully https://d2foundry.gg/w/2366022261 will show how weapon stats impact in-game performance when the site is back up and running. The Recoil Direction is vertical but loose, but with only 5 bolts to control, you could look to boost Range with the barrel perk, which helps to a degree with recoil anyway, or to boost your preferred stat. As the battery perk, Accelerated Coils improves charge time by 40ms at the cost of ×0.98 base damage, or Enhanced or Ionized Battery gets you to 7 or the maximum of 8 shots respectively. High-impacts provide the best boss total damage and DPS among fusions. You can overflow the battery with Envious Assassin in the first trait perk column, which overflows the battery to up to ×3 capacity at 10% of mag size per kill with primary weapons and 20% with heavy (12.5%/22.5% when enhanced) before readying, which can preload almost all of your reserves. Otherwise there are reload parks like Loose Change to use with a heavy weapon or ability that applies an elemental debuff, which provides +50 Reload Speed +20 Aim Assist and ×1.2 ADS movement speed, for 9s (10s enhanced). or Threat Detector which procs per enemy within 15m up to ×2 stacks, with two stacks providing +40 Stability, +60 Reload Speed with a ×0.81 animation scalar and +100 Handling (+44, +64 and +100 respectively, enhanced). In the second column, for damage, 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 Wild Card origin trait isn't that useful in a boss fight, providing the chance of Telesto-like "Experimental Submunitions" dropping on a kill - the number depends on the enemy tier - that last up to 10.5s and explode on contact or proximity to an enemy. If you're interested, "Nox Perennial" is a compound phrase derived from Latin, meaning "Everlasting Night" or "Enduring Darkness". Recommended MW: Charge Time, with a Charge Time mod or your preferred choice to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.|tags:PvE PvE-Boss PvE-SustainedDamage PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Controlled Burst

Strong alternatives

Accelerated Coils Envious Assassin Extended Barrel Loose Change Threat Detector Enhanced Battery Ionized Battery Smallbore Hammer-Forged Rifling Corkscrew Rifling Fluted Barrel Polygonal Rifling Arrowhead Brake Chambered Compensator

Community wishlist roll

24 wishlist rolls

Constructed by @Adamsdown_Boy (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BurstDamage PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for damage against a single orange or yellow-bar target, such as a Bane, Elite, Champion or Miniboss, or shorter Boss DPS windows in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty. Nox Perennial V is a high impact fusion rifle, which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic being "strongest standout for body and ranged QoL DPS and a big step up over other fusions". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Overload, and a ×0.8 accuracy cone size and ×0.83 accuracy cone growth when ADS and moving slower that 2.8m/s - crouch walking speed - as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are good by comparison with its peers - you can see them at https://destiny.report/w/2366022261/nox-perennial-v and hopefully https://d2foundry.gg/w/2366022261 will show how weapon stats impact in-game performance when the site is back up and running. The Recoil Direction is vertical but loose, but with only 5 bolts to control, you could look to boost Range with the barrel perk, which helps to a degree with recoil anyway, or to boost your preferred stat. As the battery perk, Accelerated Coils improves charge time by 40ms at the cost of ×0.98 base damage, or Enhanced or Ionized Battery gets you to 7 or the maximum of 8 shots respectively. High-impacts provide the best boss total damage and DPS among fusions. To help with ammo pickups during add phases, Lead from Gold in the first trait perk column generates 25% (35% when enhanced) of your special ammo reserves when you pick up heavy bricks, saving on Ammo Generation, Scavenger and Finder mods. In the second column, for damage, 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 Wild Card origin trait provides the chance of Telesto-like "Experimental Submunitions" dropping on a kill - the number depends on the enemy tier - that last up to 10.5s and explode on contact or proximity to an enemy. If you're interested, "Nox Perennial" is a compound phrase derived from Latin, meaning "Everlasting Night" or "Enduring Darkness". Recommended MW: Charge Time, with a Charge Time mod or your preferred choice to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.|tags:PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BurstDamage PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Lead from Gold Controlled Burst

Strong alternatives

Accelerated Coils Extended Barrel Enhanced Battery Ionized Battery Smallbore Hammer-Forged Rifling Corkscrew Rifling Fluted Barrel Polygonal Rifling Arrowhead Brake Chambered Compensator

What these Nox Perennial V perks do

Accelerated Coils

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

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%

Controlled Burst

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

Loose Change

Applying an Elemental Debuff grants the following benefits for 9 seconds: • 50 Reload Speed and 20 Aim Assist • 20% decreased ADS Movement Speed Penalty Buff can be activated while stowed.

Threat Detector

Grants 1|2 Stacks while within 15 meters of 1|2+ enemies. Bonuses at 1|2 Stacks: • 15|40 Stability • 18|60 Reload Speed • 25|100 Handling • 0.9x|0.81x Handling Animation Duration Multiplier

Lead from Gold

Heavy Ammo Pickups grants 25% of your maximum Special Ammo Reserves even while the weapon is stowed. Equipping two Special Weapons halves the amount of ammo granted.

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