Perfect Paradox god roll & best perks

Perfect Paradox — Destiny 2 Shotgun
Legendary · Shotgun
Where it drops: Source: Obelisk Bounties and Resonance Rank Increases Across the System

“A tale that's different from the rest: the thread unfurls against the clocks. The one the Speaker loved the best must have a perfect paradox.”

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Built from 25 curated wishlist rolls for this Shotgun. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

Mercules904 notes

12 wishlist rolls

Mercules904 notes (must have PvE DPS): "Long story short, this is an excellent shotgun, and a ton of fun in PvE and even PvP. Super fast RoF, huge mag size, high inventory and reload speed, all combine to make this a weapon that excels in a multitude of roles."

Essential perks

Appended Mag

Strong alternatives

Barrel Shroud One-Two Punch Field Prep Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling Demolitionist Trench Barrel

Mercules904 notes

12 wishlist rolls

Mercules904 notes (must have PvE add clear): "Long story short, this is an excellent shotgun, and a ton of fun in PvE and even PvP. Super fast RoF, huge mag size, high inventory and reload speed, all combine to make this a weapon that excels in a multitude of roles."

Essential perks

Slideshot

Strong alternatives

Appended Mag Barrel Shroud Swashbuckler Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling Tactical Mag Rampage

Mercules904 notes

1 wishlist roll

Mercules904 notes (must have PvP): "Long story short, this is an excellent shotgun, and a ton of fun in PvE and even PvP. Super fast RoF, huge mag size, high inventory and reload speed, all combine to make this a weapon that excels in a multitude of roles."

Essential perks

Opening Shot Full Choke Accurized Rounds Slideshot

What these Perfect Paradox perks do

Opening Shot

Grants the following benefits for your first shot (of the burst): • 20 Aim Assist and 25 Range • 5% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 10% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth Special weapons only receive 50% of the benefits. Stats are rounded up. Firing the weapon prevents the perk from activating for 3 seconds.

Full Choke

While Aiming Down Sights: • Decreases Shotgun Pellet Spread by 5% • Reduces Precision Multiplier by 7.6% (1.1078x🠚1.0294x)

Slideshot

Sliding refills 15% of the Magazine (rounded up) and grants 20 Range and Stability for your next shot (of the burst) within 2.5 seconds. 0.3 second cooldown after activation but can activate multiple times during a slide. Buff is removed on stow.

One-Two Punch

Hitting a target with all 12 Pellets in the spread increases the damage of your next Melee attack within 3 seconds. Melee Damage increase by weapon type: • Shotgun: 150% additional base melee damage • Hand Cannon: 75% [100?%] additional base melee damage Stowing the weapon removes the buff. The buff does not stack with the passive Melee Damage increase against Frozen non-Boss targets. The higher buff of the two takes precedence.

Field Prep

Grants the following while Crouched: • 50 Reload Speed • 0.8x Reload Duration Multiplier • 0.8x Ready/Stow Duration Multiplier Passively grants 20 Ammo Generation stat. (50% more than 1 Ammo Generation armor mod)

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.

Trench Barrel

Dealing Melee Damage grants the following for the next 3 shots within 5 seconds: • 30 Reload Speed and 30 Handling • 50% increased damage Stowing the weapon removes the buff.

Swashbuckler

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of 'Swashbuckler' for 4.5 seconds. Maximum of 5 Stacks. (Glaive) Melee Kills grant all 5 Stacks instantly. Damage increase at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: 6.7% | 13.3% | 20% | 26.6% | 33.3% Stowing the weapon removes the buff.

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.

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