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Origin Story — Destiny 2 Auto Rifle
Legendary · Auto Rifle
Where it drops: Source: Complete strikes and earn rank-up packages from Commander Zavala.

“Your inciting incident is their tragic ending.”

Full perk pool, stats & source for Origin Story →

Built from 166 curated wishlist rolls for this Auto Rifle. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

pandapaxxy

pve mkb controller 54 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Origin Story was probably most Vanilla vets first legendary weapon. Autos being as strong as they were in year 1 plus you got a great and consistent one right out the gate. Feeding Frenzy and Target Lock or Kinetic Tremors or even Onslaught will be amazing in all activities with Keep Away being a more passive bonus to reload and accuracy." Recommended MW: Reload Speed.

Strong alternatives

Target Lock Arrowhead Brake Appended Mag Feeding Frenzy Kinetic Tremors Onslaught Keep Away Armor-Piercing Rounds Flared Magwell Fluted Barrel Smallbore

pandapaxxy

pvp controller 36 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): "Legendary autos have not seen a real big resurgence in recent times but to give yourself the best leg up you’ll want any of the consistency perks in column 3; Zen Moment, Keep Away or Dynamic Sway Reduction. Pair any of those with Onslaught or Target Lock depending on if you want a kill chaining weapon or a weapon that's more consistent in every gunfight." Recommended MW: Range.

Strong alternatives

Onslaught Arrowhead Brake Ricochet Rounds Zen Moment Target Lock Keep Away Dynamic Sway Reduction High-Caliber Rounds Fluted Barrel Hammer-Forged Rifling

Community wishlist roll

26 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 109 from 17 July 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2nTeQvaqobDnHpu43iq8eH?si=091612d7b0604589) with @CourtProjects and @Saint_Kabr (PvE / PvE-MinorSpec / PvE-God / M+KB / Controller): First-choice PvE pick for Minor add clearing in general content. Wanna fire the same Precision AR as Zavala? Origin Story returns with a refreshed (if huge) perk pool. If you're focussing make sure you've reset your reputation a few times first. The precision frame makes recoil easier to handle but the stats are on the low side, so you can use the barrel and magazine perks to fill them out a little. You've got a choice of first column support perks to add utility, boost gunfeel stats or directly improve reload speed. In the second column, Onslaught can dramatically improve outgoing damage as you're killing adds. Either Origin Trait can work, depending on whether you want a little bit of health or slightly improved gunfeel. The perk pool is huge, so reset Vanguard rank as many times as you can before you start focusing engrams. Recommended MW: any - dealer's choice, with a Backup Mag mod.

Essential perks

Onslaught

Strong alternatives

Alloy Magazine Fluted Barrel Demolitionist Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling Flared Magwell Threat Detector Dynamic Sway Reduction Feeding Frenzy Keep Away

pandapaxxy

pvp mkb 24 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB): "Legendary autos have not seen a real big resurgence in recent times but to give yourself the best leg up you’ll want any of the consistency perks in column 3; Zen Moment, Keep Away or Dynamic Sway Reduction. Pair any of those with Onslaught or Target Lock depending on if you want a kill chaining weapon or a weapon that's more consistent in every gunfight." Recommended MW: Range.

Strong alternatives

Onslaught Smallbore Ricochet Rounds Keep Away Target Lock Dynamic Sway Reduction Zen Moment High-Caliber Rounds Corkscrew Rifling

Community wishlist roll

20 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 109 from 17 July 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2nTeQvaqobDnHpu43iq8eH?si=091612d7b0604589) with @CourtProjects and @Saint_Kabr (PvE / PvE-MinorSpec / PvE-God / M+KB / Controller): First-choice PvE pick for Minor add clearing in general content. Wanna fire the same Precision AR as Zavala? Origin Story returns with a refreshed (if huge) perk pool. If you're focussing make sure you've reset your reputation a few times first. The precision frame makes recoil easier to handle but the stats are on the low side, so you can use the barrel and magazine perks to fill them out a little. You've got a choice of first column support perks to add utility, boost gunfeel stats or directly improve reload speed. In the second column, Kinetic Tremors needs 12 shots to hit, but is a good AoE damage effect for staggering beefier adds and controlling any nearby Minors and Majors. Either Origin Trait can work, depending on whether you want a little bit of health or slightly improved gunfeel. The perk pool is huge, so reset Vanguard rank as many times as you can before you start focusing engrams. Recommended MW: any - dealer's choice, with a Backup Mag mod.

Essential perks

Kinetic Tremors

Strong alternatives

Alloy Magazine Fluted Barrel Demolitionist Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling Flared Magwell Threat Detector Feeding Frenzy Keep Away

Community wishlist roll

6 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 109 from 17 July 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2nTeQvaqobDnHpu43iq8eH?si=091612d7b0604589) with @CourtProjects and @Saint_Kabr (PvE / PvE-MinorSpec / PvE-God / M+KB / Controller): First-choice PvE pick for Minor add clearing in general content. Wanna fire the same Precision AR as Zavala? Origin Story returns with a refreshed (if huge) perk pool. If you're focussing make sure you've reset your reputation a few times first. The precision frame makes recoil easier to handle but the stats are on the low side, so you can use the barrel and magazine perks to fill them out a little. ARs are currently outpacing SMGs for damage output, so if you're using this at close range, Threat Detector and Surrounded is a natural pairing to boost gunfeel and damage by +40% (+47% when enhanced). Either Origin Trait can work, depending on whether you want a little bit of health or slightly improved gunfeel. The perk pool is huge, so reset Vanguard rank as many times as you can before you start focusing engrams. Recommended MW: any - dealer's choice, with a Backup Mag mod.

Essential perks

Surrounded Threat Detector

Strong alternatives

Alloy Magazine Fluted Barrel Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling Flared Magwell

What these Origin Story perks do

Target Lock

Successive Hits within 0.2 seconds of each grant a ramping Damage Buff after scoring 12.5% of the Magazine Capacity as hits. Missing deactivates the buff. Stacks displayed on-screen are only visual aides, the buff ramps up with each shot once active. Reaches maximum strength at 5 Stacks. % of the Magazine Capacity as Hits required for each Visual Stack: 12.5%|35.5%|54.5%|74.5%|110.33% Damage Buff ramps up from 16.73% [10.46%] to 40% [25%] upon reaching maximum strength. Assuming no missed shots, it provides roughly a 25% [15.85%] Damage Buff on average after firing 100% of the Magazine Capacity.

Feeding Frenzy

Weapon Kills grant 1 Stack of Feeding Frenzy for 3.5 seconds, increasing the Reload Speed of the weapon. Maximum of 5 Stacks. Bonuses at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: • 8|50|60|75|100 Reload Speed • 2.5%|10%|13%|16%|20% decreased Reload Animation Duration

Kinetic Tremors

Scoring multiple Direct Hits against a target within 3 seconds of each emits 3 damaging shockwaves from its location at the time of activation. Hit counter persists through stow. Shockwaves appear 0.25 seconds after scoring enough Hits and have a 1 second delay between each pulse. With Bows, the initial delay is decreased to 0.167 seconds. Each shockwave deals up to 90 [20] damage in a 6 meter radius. Shockwaves deal 33.33% more damage when activated on Miniboss or higher tier PvE Combatants. Shockwaves inherit Weapon Damage Buffs, the weapon's passive Kinetic Damage Bonus in PVE (10% on Primary, 15% on Special), and its Combatant Damage Scaling. They also count as non-direct Hits with the weapon for other interactions. The perk cannot be retriggered by anyone on a target until 2? seconds after the last shockwave. Hits required for Activation: • Submachine Guns: 14 • Auto Rifles: 12 • Pulse Rifles: 11 • Sidearms: 8 • Precision Hand Cannons and Precision Scout Rifles: 6 • Hand Cannons, Scout Rifles: 5 • Bows, Sniper Rifles: 3

Onslaught

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of 'Onslaught' for 4.5 seconds. Maximum of 3 Stacks. Benefits at 1|2|3 Stacks of Onslaught: • 16.7% | 28.6% | 37.5% decreased Firing Delay • 15 | 25 | 35 Reload Speed

Keep Away

While no enemies are within 15 meters: Grants 10 Range, 30 Reload Speed, and decreases Accuracy Cone Growth by 5?%.

Armor-Piercing Rounds

Grants 5% increased damage against Elemental and Barrier Champion Shields. Allows bullets to overpenetrate enemies once.

Zen Moment

Weapon Hits grant 1 Stack of the perk for 1 second up to the maximum of 5? Stacks. Benefits granted per Stack: • Grants ?% Flinch Resistance • Reduces Visual Weapon Shake by 15% • Reduces Reticle Bounce by 15% Stacks gained per Weapon Hit by weapon type: • Hand Cannons, Scout Rifles: 2? • Pulse Rifles, Sidearms: 1.5 • Other Weapons: 1

Dynamic Sway Reduction

Each shot while holding down the trigger grants the following benefits: • 1 Stability • ?% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 10% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth Reaches maximum strength after 10 shots, granting 10 Stability, ?% decreased Accuracy Cone Size, and 100% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth.

High-Caliber Rounds

Hits inflict increased Flinch on Enemies. PVE: Tier 1-2 Minors can be repeatedly staggered. Higher Tier Combatants stagger quicker. PVP: Flinch against Players varies based on damage and Weapon Archetype. Flinch increase ranges between 5-10%.

Alloy Magazine

Linearly grants a Reload Duration Multiplier as your magazine drops from 50% capacity to empty. Reload Duration Multiplier scales from 0.9x at 50% capacity to 0.8x with an empty magazine.

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.

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

Surrounded

Being within 15 meters of 3 Enemies grants 40% increased damage. Buff lingers for 1.5 seconds once the condition is no longer met. Exceptions: • Swords only receive a 35% damage increase. • Grenade and Rocket Launchers receive a 35% Explosive Damage increase and a 40% Impact Damage increase. • Wolfpack Rounds receive a 35% Explosive Damage increase.

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