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Point of the Stag — Destiny 2 Combat Bow
Legendary · Combat Bow

“Gore befalls those who do not respect the hart.”

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Built from 78 curated wishlist rolls for this Combat Bow. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

pandapaxxy

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pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): "Precision frame bows did not receive any buffs recently, so their lightweight brethren are feeling much better this season. I still think these bows are better for swapping but you let me know if you're finding success with lightweight blinting. Both Golden Tricorn 2x and Swashbuckler will allow you to 1 crit kill any guardian and Archer's Tempo will make the follow up kills easier." Recommended MW: Draw Time.

Strong alternatives

Archer's Tempo Eye of the Storm Elastic String Fiberglass Arrow Shaft Swashbuckler Elemental Capacitor Golden Tricorn Straight Fletching Helical Fletching Polymer String Flexible String

pandapaxxy

mkb controller pve 9 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "This is arguably the best ritual weapon bungie introduced. It remains strong to this day only really outclassed by exotic bow buffs. The tried and true classic of Archer's Tempo and Vorpal Weapon remains, but you can get higher damage through Precision Instrument or Golden Tricorn on Arc. If you can maintain Golden Tricorn 2x you will for sure enjoy this bow." Recommended MW: Draw Time.

Essential perks

Archer's Tempo Helical Fletching

Strong alternatives

Precision Instrument Elastic String Golden Tricorn Vorpal Weapon Polymer String Flexible String

Community wishlist roll

6 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 77 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4RxkTOwLINWvKzUitNoAFy?si=1426d1f760c544b5) with @ImpetusAlways and @Saint_Kabr while @CourtProjects is on holiday. First-choice PvE pick for add clearing beefier Minor Spec enemies in end-game content. Solid stats by comparison with its Precision Bow peers, and some decent PvE traits mean this is worth focusing a few Iron Banner engrams if you've not already got a decent one. As ever with bows, we're looking to reduce the draw time with the bowstring, so Elastic String is the top choice, with Polymer String and Flexible String being decent alternate choices. Then, to recover the lost accuracy with the arrow perk, choose between Fiberglass Arrow Shaft or Straight Fletching. Point of the Stag is the first bow that offers the trait combination of the ever reliable Archer's Tempo as the support perk to speed up draw time, and the new to Season 22 Precision Instrument as the signature perk for an escalating boost to damage - maybe better to use for repeated crits against a single target than for clearing groups of adds. Recommended MW: Draw Time or Reload Speed, with a damage-boosting (Minor or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Archer's Tempo Precision Instrument

Strong alternatives

Elastic String Straight Fletching Polymer String Flexible String Fiberglass Arrow Shaft

Community wishlist roll

6 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 77 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4RxkTOwLINWvKzUitNoAFy?si=1426d1f760c544b5) with @ImpetusAlways and @Saint_Kabr while @CourtProjects is on holiday. First-choice PvE pick for Minor Spec add clear in general content. Point of the Stag has solid stats by comparison with its Precision Bow peers, and some decent PvE traits mean this is worth focusing a few Iron Banner engrams if you've not already got a decent one. As ever with bows, we're looking to reduce the draw time with the bowstring, so Elastic String is the top choice, with Polymer String and Flexible String being decent alternate choices. Then, to recover the lost accuracy with the arrow perk, choose between Fiberglass Arrow Shaft or Straight Fletching. Archer's Tempo is the usual top choice as the support perk to speed up draw time, and Dragonfly as the second trait column signature perk is great for clearing groups of minor adds in general content. Recommended MW: Draw Time or Reload Speed, with a damage-boosting (Minor or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Archer's Tempo Dragonfly

Strong alternatives

Elastic String Straight Fletching Polymer String Flexible String Fiberglass Arrow Shaft

Community wishlist roll

6 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 77 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4RxkTOwLINWvKzUitNoAFy?si=1426d1f760c544b5) with @ImpetusAlways and @Saint_Kabr while @CourtProjects is on holiday. First-choice PvE pick for Minor Spec add clear and burst damage against Majors in end-game content. Point of the Stag has solid stats by comparison with its Precision Bow peers, and some decent PvE traits mean this is worth focusing a few Iron Banner engrams if you've not already got a decent one. As ever with bows, we're looking to reduce the draw time with the bowstring, so Elastic String is the top choice, with Polymer String and Flexible String being decent alternate choices. Then, to recover the lost accuracy with the arrow perk, choose between Fiberglass Arrow Shaft or Straight Fletching. Archer's Tempo is the usual top choice as the support perk to speed up draw time, and Golden Tricorn as the second trait column signature perk give the flexibility of a regular 15% damage boost for 7s after a kill, and a 50% damage boost for 10s with an arc ability kill for burst damage against Majors and Champions. Recommended MW: Draw Time or Reload Speed, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec).|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Archer's Tempo Golden Tricorn

Strong alternatives

Elastic String Straight Fletching Polymer String Flexible String Fiberglass Arrow Shaft

Community wishlist roll

6 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 77 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4RxkTOwLINWvKzUitNoAFy?si=1426d1f760c544b5) with @ImpetusAlways and @Saint_Kabr while @CourtProjects is on holiday. First-choice PvE pick for burst damage against Major Spec enemies in general content. Point of the Stag has solid stats by comparison with its Precision Bow peers, and some decent PvE traits mean this is worth focusing a few Iron Banner engrams if you've not already got a decent one. As ever with bows, we're looking to reduce the draw time with the bowstring, so Elastic String is the top choice, with Polymer String and Flexible String being decent alternate choices. Then, to recover the lost accuracy with the arrow perk, choose between Fiberglass Arrow Shaft or Straight Fletching. Archer's Tempo is the usual top choice as the support perk to speed up draw time, and Vorpal Weapon as the second trait column signature perk is useful as a backup against Majors and Bosses in general content. Recommended MW: Draw Time or Reload Speed, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec).|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-MajorSpec, PvE-God, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Archer's Tempo Vorpal Weapon

Strong alternatives

Elastic String Straight Fletching Polymer String Flexible String Fiberglass Arrow Shaft

What these Point of the Stag perks do

Archer's Tempo

Precision Hits decrease Draw Time by 25% for 3 seconds. Buff is removed on stow.

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%

Dragonfly

Precision Kills cause targets to explode, dealing up to 123.89 [95.3] weapon-matching elemental damage in a 4.5-meter radius.

Golden Tricorn

While the perk's buff isn't active, Weapon Kills grant 'Golden Tricorn x1' for 7 seconds, increasing weapon damage by 15%. Additional Kills refresh the buff duration. While Golden Tricorn x1 or x2 is active: Grenade or Elemental Melee Kills matching the element of the Weapon grant Golden Tricorn x2 for 10 seconds, increasing weapon damage by 50%. Clarity tooltip editor's note: We're replacing the previous Powered Melee term with Elemental Melee. The former is now exclusively used for perks that require the consumption of a Melee Ability Charge. This note is temporary and will be removed in the future.

Vorpal Weapon

Deals increased damage against Minibosses, Bosses, and Vehicles, as well as Players in their Super Ability. Damage increase by Ammo Type: • Primary Weapons: 20% [60%] • Special Weapons: 15% [20%] • Power Weapons: 10% [20%]

Eye of the Storm

Grants a scaling buff to Handling and Accuracy as your Shield Health drops below 40 and reaches maximum strength at 0 Shield HP. Buff at maximum strength grants: • 30 Handling • 40% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 17% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth The buff linearly scales from 0% at 80 Shield HP to 100% at 0 Shield HP (Critical Health). It initially triggers as you drop to 40 Shield HP — giving you 50% of the maximum buff. However, as you regenerate your Shield Health, the buff will still remain until you reach 80 Shield HP where the benefits scale down to zero.

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.

Elemental Capacitor

Grants Passive Bonuses based on the element of your selected Super's element: • Solar: 50 Reload Speed • Arc: 50 Handling • Void: 20 Stability • Strand: 20 Airborne Effectiveness • Stasis: 20 Recoil Direction & 20% decreased ADS Movement Speed Penalty

Recommendations aggregated from curated community wishlists; credit to the curators linked above.

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