Nox Sidereal IV god roll & best perks

SpaceMonkey (PvE): "Even though this is a good archetype this is a seriously outdated perk pool." Recommended MW: Reload.

Essential perks

Enhanced Battery

Strong alternatives

Reservoir Burst Fluted Barrel Clown Cartridge Crystalline Corpsebloom Demolitionist Hammer-Forged Rifling Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling Arrowhead Brake

Inspired by @Saint_Kabr, @CourtProjects and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-Minor PvE-GroupAdd PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for clearing groups of Minor adds in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content. Nox Sidereal IV is an aggressive fusion rifle, which are rated B-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic offering best one-mag boss DPS post-buff 9.5.0 in December 2025, although still a bit awkward to use on some bosses. The frame intrinsic fires three bursts of four bolts each in an increasingly wider spread as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are poor by comparison with its peers - hopefully when the website's back https://d2foundry.gg/w/2875763009 will show how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. First priority with the barrel perk is recoil control, and then with the magazine perk look for something that helps improve battery capacity or speeds up Charge Time. For add group clearing, use Clown Cartridge or Ambitious Assassin to overflow the battery to use with Reservoir Burst, which boosts battery capacity and provides a ×1.25 (×1.275 when enhanced) damage boost when the battery is at or above maximum capacity, triggering a ~1-2m AoE explosion on a kill. If you can get close enough to reliably land shots, with the high one-mag damage this could also be a good burst damage weapon against orange and yellow-bar enemies. 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. Of less interest is Vanguard Vindication which provides up to ×3 stacks that reduces incoming damage at max to ×0.94 for a refreshable 10s (12.5s when enhanced), on kills within 20s of using a class ability. If you're interested, "Nox Sidereal" is a compound phrase derived from Latin, meaning "night of the stars". Recommended MW: Charge Time, with an enhanced Charge Time mod or with 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-GroupAdd PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Reservoir Burst

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Clown Cartridge Enhanced Battery Ambitious Assassin Accelerated Coils Chambered Compensator Extended Barrel Polygonal Rifling

Inspired by @Saint_Kabr, @CourtProjects and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-Minor PvE-GroupAdd PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for clearing groups of Minor adds in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content. Nox Sidereal IV is an aggressive fusion rifle, which are rated B-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic offering best one-mag boss DPS post-buff 9.5.0 in December 2025, although still a bit awkward to use on some bosses. The frame intrinsic fires three bursts of four bolts each in an increasingly wider spread as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are poor by comparison with its peers - hopefully when the website's back https://d2foundry.gg/w/2875763009 will show how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. First priority with the barrel perk is recoil control, and then with the magazine perk look for something that helps improve battery capacity or speeds up Charge Time. For add group clearing, use Clown Cartridge or Ambitious Assassin to overflow the battery to use with Crystalline Corpsebloom which procs on a kill to provide a 4s buff - kills with the buff active generate a Stasis seeker which travels 3m before spawning a medium Stasis crystal (large when enhanced) - these are weapon-generated entities so can inherit damage buffs, and proc weapon traits like Ambitious Assassin, and subclass fragments when shattered for AoE damage. 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. Of less interest is Vanguard Vindication which provides up to ×3 stacks that reduces incoming damage at max to ×0.94 for a refreshable 10s (12.5s when enhanced), on kills within 20s of using a class ability. If you're interested, "Nox Sidereal" is a compound phrase derived from Latin, meaning "night of the stars". Recommended MW: Charge Time, with 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-GroupAdd PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Crystalline Corpsebloom

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Clown Cartridge Enhanced Battery Ambitious Assassin Accelerated Coils Chambered Compensator Extended Barrel Polygonal Rifling

Adamsdown_Boy written as at v9.5.6 (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. Nox Sidereal IV is an aggressive fusion rifle, which are rated B-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic offering the best one-mag boss DPS post-buff 9.5.0 in December 2025, although still a bit awkward to use on some bosses. The frame intrinsic fires three bursts of four bolts each in an increasingly wider spread as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are poor by comparison with its peers - hopefully when the website's back https://d2foundry.gg/w/2875763009 will show how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. First priority with the barrel perk is recoil control, and then with the magazine perk look for something that helps improve battery capacity or speeds up Charge Time. For burst damage when you're close enough not to worry about landing bolts, in the first trait perk column use Clown Cartridge to overflow the battery or Demolitionist to refill the battery on grenade use once the battery's empty with Frenzy which, after being in combat for 12s - that's dealing or taking damage, boosts damage by ×1.15 for a refreshable 7.2s and boosts Handling and Reload Speed by +100. 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. Of less interest is Vanguard Vindication which provides up to ×3 stacks that reduces incoming damage at max to ×0.94 for a refreshable 10s (12.5s when enhanced), on kills within 20s of using a class ability. If you're interested, "Nox Sidereal" is a compound phrase derived from Latin, meaning "night of the stars". 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

Frenzy

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Clown Cartridge Enhanced Battery Demolitionist Accelerated Coils Chambered Compensator Extended Barrel Polygonal Rifling