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Patron of Lost Causes — Destiny 2 Scout Rifle
Legendary · Scout Rifle
Where it drops: Source: Episode: Echoes

“There is a rough engraving on its side: "In Memoriam."”

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Built from 123 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

pandapaxxy

pvp controller 54 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): "Lightweight frame scout rifles not named MIDA Multi-Tool don't fare as well as other scouts or legendaries. To juice up Patron of Lost Causes, you'll still find the same combo of Rapid Hit and Explosive Payload." Recommended MW: Stability.

Strong alternatives

Rapid Hit Arrowhead Brake Explosive Payload Accurized Rounds Precision Instrument Kinetic Tremors Strategist To the Pain Steady Rounds Corkscrew Rifling Smallbore

pandapaxxy

pve mkb controller 27 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Did we really need another scout in this economy? Probably not especially with the umpteenth Hung Jury reprisal. The tried and true combo of Rapid Hit and Explosive Payload will still work, but an alternative perk is Kinetic Tremors which will allow some decent AoE and passive add clear. Triple tap synergizes really well with Kinetic Tremors to get some ammo back on repeat critical shots." Recommended MW: Stability.

Strong alternatives

Rapid Hit Precision Instrument Arrowhead Brake Appended Mag Triple Tap Kinetic Tremors Explosive Payload Tactical Mag Flared Magwell Fluted Barrel

pandapaxxy

pvp mkb 18 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB): "Lightweight frame scout rifles not named MIDA Multi-Tool don't fare as well as other scouts or legendaries. To juice up Patron of Lost Causes, you'll still find the same combo of Rapid Hit and Explosive Payload." Recommended MW: Handling.

Essential perks

Extended Barrel

Strong alternatives

Rapid Hit Explosive Payload Accurized Rounds Precision Instrument Kinetic Tremors Strategist To the Pain Steady Rounds

Community wishlist roll

12 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 115 from 6 September 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6axWXT6NCn4jZVuRkCTfiu?si=72aafbad8138409a) with @ImpetusAlways, @CourtProjects and @Saint_Kabr (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for add clearing Minor in end-game content. Okay, Scout Rifles aren't meta and, if you do opt for one, Rapid Fire frames are most people's top choice subfamily, but don't pass too fast on Patron of Lost Causes. It's a lightweight frame, so you gain +20 mobility and +6.25% movement speed to start. Its stats are in-band at base - 33 Range equates to 70.85m while ADS, 63 Handling is 0.36s ready, 0.30s ADS speed and 0.34s stow speed, while the Reload Speed of 53 is a 1.94s reload. With it being fast-firing, recoil control needs looking at, either with Arrowhead Brake or Polygonal Rifling as the barrel perk. As the magazine perk, Tactical Mag offers a bit of everything, but Flared Magwell and Appended Mag are worth a look too. In the first trait perk column, Rapid Hit helps with both recoil control and reload on crit hits, while to boost damage, Kinetic Tremors is good for a bit of flinch and AoE damage after 6 hits, or Explosive Payload does much the same job is a smaller area. The Cast No Shadows origin trait is great for topping off roughly 20% of your magazine and boosting handling for a short time on dealing melee damage. Recommended MW: Stability or Handling, with a Backup Mag mod.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Rapid Hit

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Kinetic Tremors Polygonal Rifling Flared Magwell Appended Mag Explosive Payload

Adamsdown_Boy written v8.0.5.4

12 wishlist rolls

Adamsdown_Boy written v8.0.5.4 (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-MajorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): PvE pick for add clearing Minor in end-game content. Okay, Scout Rifles aren't meta and, if you do opt for one, Rapid Fire frames are most people's top choice subfamily, but don't pass too fast on Patron of Lost Causes. It's a lightweight frame, so you gain +20 mobility and +6.25% movement speed to start. Its stats are in-band at base - 33 Range equates to 70.85m while ADS, 63 Handling is 0.36s ready, 0.30s ADS speed and 0.34s stow speed, while the Reload Speed of 53 is a 1.94s reload. With it being fast-firing, recoil control needs looking at, either with Arrowhead Brake or Polygonal Rifling as the barrel perk. As the magazine perk, Tactical Mag offers a bit of everything, but Flared Magwell and Appended Mag are worth a look too. If you're able to hit consistent crits, the trait perk combination of Triple Tap and either Precision Instrument or Focused Fury will help keep the higher damage stacks up for longer before reloading. The Cast No Shadows origin trait is great for topping off roughly 20% of your magazine and boosting handling for a short time on dealing melee damage. Recommended MW: Stability or Handling, with a Backup Mag mod.|tags:PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-MajorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Triple Tap

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Precision Instrument Arrowhead Brake Polygonal Rifling Flared Magwell Appended Mag Focused Fury

What these Patron of Lost Causes 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

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

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.

Precision Instrument

Direct Weapon Hits grant a stack of Precision Instrument for 1.25 seconds (2.1 seconds on weapons with a Draw/Charge Time). Maximum of 6 stacks. Reloading the weapon (except on Bows) or missing removes all stacks... usually. Heavy Burst Frame weapons can only gain 1 stack per burst. Adaptive Burst Linear Fusion Rifles require 1.5? Hits for each stack (and missing sometimes does not remove your stacks on them). Precision damage increase at 1|2|... stacks: 4.17% | 8.33% | 12.5% | 16.67% | 20.83% | 25%

Triple Tap

Scoring 3 Precision Hits within 2 seconds of each refills 1 Ammo into the Magazine from thin air. Cannot load the Magazine beyond its base capacity. Precision Hit counter persists through stow.

Focused Fury

Scoring 35% of the Base Magazine Capacity as Precision Hits grants 25% increased damage for 11 seconds. Stowing or Reloading the weapon resets the Precision Hit counter. The buff remains active while stowed. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Strategist

Weapon Kills grant 10% Class Ability Energy. Kills with Fusion Rifles, Glaives, Shotguns, and Sniper Rifles grant 20%. Class Ability usage grants ? Stability for ? seconds. 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.

To the Pain

Every 30 points of damage taken with the weapon readied grants a Stack of 'To the Pain'. Maximum of 10 Stacks. Stowing the weapon removes all Stacks. Each Stack grants ? Handling and 2 Aim Assist, maxing out at ? Handling and 20 Aim Assist. Self-damage and environmental damage do not count.

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