Retraced Path god roll & best perks

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns from Podcast 240. PvE backup roll. Recommended MW: Stability or Range with Backup Mag or damage boosting mod.

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Polygonal Rifling Projection Fuse Shoot to Loot Frenzy Genesis Hammer-Forged Rifling One for All Smallbore Tactical Battery Subsistence Feeding Frenzy Demolitionist Harmony Disruption Break

[YeezyGT's S16] [MW: Any] "A new meme beam. You'll find this actually out-performing Prometheus Lens when paired with Subsistence/Frenzy. You can do some decent numbers with One for All given the easy activation requirements for a weapon of this type, and Golden Tricorn is a pretty huge damage buff if that matches your playstyle. I really think Subsistence transforms this gun in a way that makes it necessary, though I'll include Perpetual here for the steady Reload + Stability buffs. Try hip-firing for a very Halo-esque experience."

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Smallbore Subsistence Projection Fuse Frenzy One for All Golden Tricorn Perpetual Motion Hammer-Forged Rifling Corkscrew Rifling Fluted Barrel Tactical Battery Arrowhead Brake Enhanced Battery Light Battery Extended Barrel

Inspired by DMB Podcast 279 with @Saint_Kabr. Backup PvP pick for kill-chaining, particularly with a solar subclass. Shapeable. The Hot Swap origin trait works well for PvP, boosting handling when swapping to the weapon while damaged for quick swaps and ADS speed. Great stats - standard for trace rifles, but not quite as good as Hollow Denial. Difficult to work out what role it plays in the sandbox, effectively being a very accurate high ROF auto rifle that uses special ammo. The base accuracy-adjusted TTK is 0.8s wth 8 crits and 5 body shots, but small damage buffs do make it easier to use - Golden Tricorn x1 or Radiant get you to 0.73s TTK in 5 crits and 7 bodies, and if you can get Golden Tricorn x2 up (and have enough battery charge left), you can get an Accuracy-Adjusted TTK of 0.53s with 5 crits and 4 bodies. Choose barrel and mag perks that boost gunfeel and don't have any penalties. In the first trait column, Well-Rounded or Perpetual Motion both help further with gunfeel stats and, in the second, Golden Tricorn is the best damage boost for PvP. This could be very good with a Hunter Caliban's Hand build... Recommended MW: Stability or Handling, with a Targeting Adjuster, Quick Access Sling or Sprint Grip mod depending on your preference.

Essential perks

Golden Tricorn

Strong alternatives

Tactical Battery Well-Rounded Fluted Barrel Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling Polygonal Rifling Hammer-Forged Rifling Smallbore Particle Repeater Projection Fuse Light Battery Perpetual Motion

Inspired by DMB Podcast 279 with @Saint_Kabr. Backup PvP pick for kill-chaining. Shapeable. The Hot Swap origin trait works well for PvP, boosting handling when swapping to the weapon while damaged for quick swaps and ADS speed. Great stats - standard for trace rifles, but not quite as good as Hollow Denial. Difficult to work out what role it plays in the sandbox, effectively being a very accurate high ROF auto rifle that uses special ammo. The base accuracy-adjusted TTK is 0.8s wth 8 crits and 5 body shots, but small damage buffs do make it easier to use - Radiant gets you to 0.73s TTK in 5 crits and 7 bodies. Choose barrel and mag perks that boost gunfeel and don't have any penalties. In the first trait column, Well-Rounded or Perpetual Motion both help further with gunfeel stats and, in the second, Incandescent's ignite can catch groups of opponents to make follow-up kills easier. Recommended MW: Stability or Handling, with a Targeting Adjuster, Quick Access Sling or Sprint Grip mod depending on your preference.

Essential perks

Incandescent

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Tactical Battery Well-Rounded Fluted Barrel Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling Polygonal Rifling Hammer-Forged Rifling Smallbore Particle Repeater Projection Fuse Light Battery Perpetual Motion

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 26. PvE first-choice roll for general content. This was our first legendary Trace Rifle, and has some very useful combinations. Use the barrel and battery to improve range, stability, reload speed or battery capacity. Feeding Frenzy helps with reloads and pairs well with your preferred damage perk. Recommended MW: Reload Speed, with a Backup Mag or damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Feeding Frenzy

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Tactical Battery Smallbore One for All Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Hammer-Forged Rifling Polygonal Rifling Light Battery Enhanced Battery Golden Tricorn Frenzy

pandapaxxy (M+KB / PvP): "For PvP I am not sure this will really shake up the sandbox. But it's for sure an interesting play and will allow some loadout diversity as you can pair a trace rifle with an exotic." Recommended MW: Range.

Strong alternatives

Perpetual Motion Projection Fuse Hammer-Forged Rifling Demolitionist Fluted Barrel Smallbore Tactical Battery Killing Wind Disruption Break Harmony

Adamsdown_Boy - information as at v8.0.0.6 PvE / PvE-Boss / PvE-BossSpec / PvE-EndGame / PvE-God / M+KB / Controller): PvE pick for killing boss-tier Subjugators. As per @mossy_max (https://x.com/mossy_max/status/1804893174965338387) - boss-tier Subjugators have a 20% damage reduction to all non-matching damage, going up to 30% DR to all damage after they "screech", which counts as a shield in-game and reacts to shield-based trait perks. If you do have a Retraced Path from Dares of Eternity, it's shapeable, so you can craft exactly the roll to help. First, a barrel that helps with stability, to keep your reticule steady will help land consistent crits. Then, as a Backup Mag mod gets you to the maximum of 107 shots, Light Mag or Tactical Mag boost reload speed. In the first trait column, Adaptive Munitions increases damage to non-matching Subjugator "shields" by for a total damage boost of around +45% after 15 hits (+73% when enhanced). In the second column you can stack damage further - Frenzy is most straightforward for +15% damage (and maxxed reload speed and handling), slightly trickier is Focused Fury for +20% once you've hit crits with half the mag. If you're really good in a firefight and there are minor adds around, One for All grants +35% damage for 10s when procced and if you want to roll the dice, you might just be able to pull off the second stack of Golden Tricorn for +50% damage for 10s. You won't get too much use out of the Hot Swap perk except possibly for the initial swap to the weapon. Recommended MW: Stability, with a Backup Mag mod

Essential perks

Adaptive Munitions

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Polygonal Rifling Light Battery Frenzy Smallbore Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Tactical Battery Focused Fury One for All Golden Tricorn

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 101 from 17 April 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1CJQuqM89I7hWA9KYvjCop?si=arncPmZ1SseRp6Atuf1ilw) with @ImpetusAlways and @CourtProjects. First-choice PvE pick for add clearing Minor Spec enemies in end-game content. Retraced Path was our first legendary Trace Rifle, and has some very useful combinations. Use the barrel and battery to improve range, stability, reload speed or battery capacity. Shoot to Loot is really useful in raids and end-game content, particularly if you're a Warlock running Cenotaph Mask to mark targets. You have a range of second-column trait perk options - One For All is an easily triggered 35% damage boost, or Golden Tricorn provides a useful 15% with one stack or 50% with two (easily achieved with the solar toolkit!). The Hot Swap origin trait is always useful for a snappier gunfeel when you swap weapons. Recommended MW: Reload Speed, with a damage boosting (Minor or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-EndGame, PvE-God, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Shoot to Loot

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Tactical Battery Fluted Barrel One for All Polygonal Rifling Smallbore Hammer-Forged Rifling Corkscrew Rifling Light Battery Enhanced Battery Golden Tricorn

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 26. PvE first-choice roll for end-game content. This was our first legendary Trace Rifle, and has some very useful combinations. Use the barrel and battery to improve range, stability, reload speed or battery capacity. Perpetual Motion boosts your gunfeel stats or Subsistence keeps your battery topped up, and One For All is an easily triggered 35% damage boost. Recommended MW: Reload Speed, with a Backup Mag or damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

One for All

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Tactical Battery Perpetual Motion Smallbore Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Hammer-Forged Rifling Polygonal Rifling Light Battery Enhanced Battery Subsistence

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 101 from 17 April 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1CJQuqM89I7hWA9KYvjCop?si=arncPmZ1SseRp6Atuf1ilw) with @ImpetusAlways and @CourtProjects. First-choice PvE pick for add clearing Minor Spec enemies in end-game content. Retraced Path was our first legendary Trace Rifle, and has some very useful combinations. Use the barrel and battery to improve range, stability, reload speed or battery capacity. Shoot to Loot is really useful in raids and end-game content, particularly if you're a Warlock running Cenotaph Mask to mark targets. For an all-purpose damage boost, Frenzy adds 15% damage just for being in combat, and boosts reload and handling to 100. You probably won't feel the Hot Swap origin trait with Frenzy, but it's always useful for a snappier gunfeel when you first swap weapons. Recommended MW: Reload Speed, with a damage boosting (Minor or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-EndGame, PvE-God, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Shoot to Loot Frenzy

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Ionized Battery Fluted Barrel Polygonal Rifling Smallbore Hammer-Forged Rifling Corkscrew Rifling Enhanced Battery Tactical Battery Light Battery

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 26. PvE first-choice roll for end-game content. This was our first legendary Trace Rifle, and has some very useful combinations. Use the barrel and battery to improve range, stability, reload speed or battery capacity. Perpetual Motion boosts your gunfeel stats or Subsistence keeps your battery topped up, and Golden Tricorn is can give a massive 50% damage boost when used with solar subclass abilities. Recommended MW: Reload Speed, with a Backup Mag or damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Golden Tricorn

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Perpetual Motion Smallbore Enhanced Battery Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Hammer-Forged Rifling Polygonal Rifling Tactical Battery Subsistence Light Battery

pandapaxxy (Controller / PvP): "For PvP I am not sure this will really shake up the sandbox. But it's for sure an interesting play and will allow some loadout diversity as you can pair a trace rifle with an exotic." Recommended MW: Stability or Range.

Essential perks

Particle Repeater

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Perpetual Motion Smallbore Demolitionist Fluted Barrel Hammer-Forged Rifling Killing Wind Disruption Break Harmony