Pre Astyanax IV god roll & best perks

Pre Astyanax IV — Destiny 2 Combat Bow
Legendary · Combat Bow
Where it drops: Source: Nightfall

“The lord of the city grants the blessing of precision.”

Full perk pool, stats & source for Pre Astyanax IV →

Built from 90 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

pve mkb controller 54 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Pre Astyanax IV loses Collective Action, Enlightened Action, Perfect Float, Perpetual Motion, and Rangefinder. In their place will be Archer’s Gambit, Attrition Orbs, Cornered, Surrounded and To the Pain." Recommended MW: Draw Time.

Strong alternatives

Archer's Tempo Fiberglass Arrow Shaft Flexible String Incandescent Archer's Gambit Explosive Head Shoot to Loot Straight Fletching Helical Fletching High Tension String Polymer String

pandapaxxy

pvp mkb controller 36 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "Pre Astyanax IV loses Collective Action, Enlightened Action, Perfect Float, Perpetual Motion, and Rangefinder. In their place will be Archer’s Gambit, Attrition Orbs, Cornered, Surrounded and To the Pain." Recommended MW: Draw Time.

Strong alternatives

Archer's Tempo Successful Warm-Up Fiberglass Arrow Shaft Flexible String Opening Shot Explosive Head Archer's Gambit Straight Fletching Helical Fletching High Tension String Polymer String

What these Pre Astyanax IV perks do

Archer's Tempo

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

Incandescent

Weapon Kills trigger a Solar explosion that applies 30 Scorch Stacks (40 with Ember of Ashes) and deals up to 30 damage to enemies within 4 meters of the target. Killing Elite or higher tier Combatants and Players increases the radius to 8 meters and applies 10 more Scorch Stacks. Scorch damage can be increased through Weapon Damage Buffs.

Archer's Gambit

Hip-fire Precision Hits grant the following benefits for 4 seconds: • 60% decreased Draw Time • 100 Reload Speed • ? Reload Duration Multiplier Hip-fire Precision Hits extend the buff duration by 4 seconds up to the maximum of 8 seconds.

Explosive Head

Splits off 50% of the Bow's bodyshot damage into an Explosive Payload that detonates in a 3 meter radius on impact. The Payload deals 30% increased damage in PvE and staggers PvE Combatants more. Payload detonation time after hitting a target or surface depends on the distance. 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. On crits, the overall increase is 10.33% for Precision Bows and 9.69% for Lightweight Bows. [PvP] Total damage remains roughly the same but can vary by 1-2% in either direction for crits.

Shoot to Loot

Weapon Hits against Orbs of Power collect them. If collecting ammo is possible: Weapon Hits against Ammo Bricks pick them up, trigger Ammo Pickup Effects, and refill all Weapons from reserves. Does not require direct hits.

Successful Warm-Up

Weapon Kills decrease Charge/Draw Time by 37.5% for 6 seconds. Kills while the perk is active add 4 seconds to the duration up to a maximum of 20 seconds. Buff is removed on stow.

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.

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

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