Built from 57 curated wishlist rolls for this Grenade Launcher. 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
36 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "What a fun little grenade launcher. Area denial where all the kills also build up your Bolt Charge. Ambitious Assassin gives you more chances for those kills. If you prefer less Arc synergy (look elsewhere????) then go for Unrelenting in the final column to get passive health back as unsuspecting Thrall walks through your pools." Recommended MW: Reload Speed.
Strong alternatives
Ambitious Assassin
High-Velocity Rounds
Rolling Storm
Quick Launch
Unrelenting
Feeding Frenzy
Envious Arsenal
Implosion Rounds
Smart Drift Control
Linear Compensator
pandapaxxy
pvp
mkb
controller
18 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "Area Denial grenade launchers have not been meta outside of Witherhoard because Witherhoard can stick. The area denial frames just leave a nice pool around them, but do even less tick damage than Witherhoard. I know you're giving up your exotic slot, but Witherhoard is a straight upgrade over the legendaries in PvP." Recommended MW: Blast Radius.
Essential perks
Threat Detector
Strong alternatives
Harmony
High-Velocity Rounds
Quick Launch
Demolitionist
Unrelenting
Implosion Rounds
Smart Drift Control
Linear Compensator
Community wishlist roll
2 wishlist rolls
Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 129 from 4 February 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/19eFPPXbMv7cC0w8kJ234H?si=d61c9144b9aa4974) with @Saint_Kabr, @ImpetusAlways and @CourtProjects (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for clearing Minor add crowds in general, and end-game underleveled content. Psychopomp adds an S-Tier arc option to the lineup of area denial frame grenade launchers. At base, the stats are in-band - at the time of writing, D2Foundry isn't showing the in-game stats, but hopefully they'll be added in soon. With 0/1/2/3 reserves mods, total ammo is 24/25/25/25 (max 25). Quick Launch as the barrel perk boosts both Handling and Velocity, and the High-Velocity Rounds magazine perk adds more Velocity with Reload Speed. In the first trait perk column, Ambitious Assassin overflows the magazine for two shots from a reload after a kill, as can the Runneth Over origin trait when you're with 15m of at least one other ally and, when the stars align, they can both proc for a physics-defying three in the tube. Alternatively, for melee builds, you gain 20% ability energy per kill from Pugilist. In the second column, Frenzy maxes out Handling and Reload Speed and boosts damage by ×1.15 just for being in combat. Runneth Over is probably the more immediately useful origin trait, overflowing your magazine by 10% of base magazine capacity per nearby ally (up to 5) when reloading. Recommended MW: Handling or Stability, with a Quick Access Sling mod or, when masterworked, Synergy to create Ionic Traces or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader. Also, don't forget to check whether there's a useful Seasonal Fragile mod for the activity you're running.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller
Essential perks
High-Velocity Rounds
Quick Launch
Frenzy
Strong alternatives
Ambitious Assassin
Pugilist
Adamsdown_Boy written v8.2.0.1
1 wishlist roll
Adamsdown_Boy written v8.2.0.1 (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for clearing Minor add crowds in general, and end-game underleveled content, particularly wit arc builds. Psychopomp adds an S-Tier arc option to the lineup of area denial frame grenade launchers. At base, the stats are in-band - at the time of writing, D2Foundry isn't showing the in-game stats, but hopefully they'll be added in soon. With 0/1/2/3 reserves mods, total ammo is 24/25/25/25 (max 25). Quick Launch as the barrel perk boosts both Handling and Velocity, and the High-Velocity Rounds magazine perk adds more Velocity with Reload Speed. In the first trait perk column, Ambitious Assassin overflows the magazine for two shots from a reload after a kill, as can the Runneth Over origin trait when you're with 15m of at least one other ally and, when the stars align, they can both proc for a physics-defying three in the tube. Alternatively, for melee builds, you gain 20% ability energy per kill from Pugilist. In the second column, for arc build synergy, Rolling Thunder speeds up accumulation of Bolt Charge, adding a stack on a kill (2 when Amplified) for additional damage from lightning bolts. Runneth Over is probably the more immediately useful origin trait, overflowing your magazine by 10% of base magazine capacity per nearby ally (up to 5) when reloading. Recommended MW: Handling or Stability, with a Quick Access Sling mod or, when masterworked, Synergy to create Ionic Traces or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader. Also, don't forget to check whether there's a useful Seasonal Fragile mod for the activity you're running.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller
Essential perks
Pugilist
High-Velocity Rounds
Rolling Storm
Quick Launch
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