Shepherd's Watch god roll & best perks

Shepherd's Watch — Destiny 2 Sniper Rifle
Legendary · Sniper Rifle
Where it drops: Source: Open Legendary engrams and earn faction rank-up packages.

“Nobody talks about the day the Shepherd's staff became the Shepherd's rifle.”

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Built from 153 curated wishlist rolls for this Sniper Rifle. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

YeezyGT's S16

pvp 75 wishlist rolls

[YeezyGT's S16] [MW: Range/Handling] "Shepherd's Watch main edge over Eye of Sol is a) Under Pressure, b) Accessibility - the average player will have been showered in Shepherd's Watches before ever thinking about playing a Trials match. While both 90RPMs, they're uniquely different experiences, and Under Pressure is a major help to those both early and late in their sniping careers."

Essential perks

Snapshot Sights

Strong alternatives

Under Pressure Fluted Barrel Accurized Rounds Moving Target No Distractions Ricochet Rounds Tactical Mag Flared Magwell Steady Rounds Arrowhead Brake Hammer-Forged Rifling Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling

Community wishlist roll

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Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Lead from Gold Frenzy Demolitionist Outlaw Firing Line Appended Mag Extended Mag Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling

Community wishlist roll

14 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns from Podcast 238. PvE backup roll for boss DPS. Bit of a "poor man's Eye of Sol, but some good perk options. Recommended MW: Reload Speed with Backup Mag mod.

Strong alternatives

Firing Line Fluted Barrel No Distractions Flared Magwell Arrowhead Brake Appended Mag Lead from Gold Demolitionist

Community wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Opening Shot

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Under Pressure Fluted Barrel Moving Target Arrowhead Brake Accurized Rounds Hammer-Forged Rifling

Community wishlist roll

3 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns from Podcast 238. PvP backup roll. Bit of a "poor man's Eye of Sol, but some good perk options. Recommended MW: Handling with Targeting Adjuster mod.

Essential perks

Opening Shot Accurized Rounds

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Under Pressure Moving Target Fluted Barrel

Community wishlist roll

2 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns from Podcast 238. PvE first choice roll for boss DPS. Bit of a "poor man's Eye of Sol, but some good perk options. Recommended MW: Reload Speed with Backup Mag mod.

Essential perks

Appended Mag Firing Line No Distractions

Strong alternatives

Fluted Barrel Arrowhead Brake

Community wishlist roll

1 wishlist roll

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns from Podcast 238. PvP first choice roll - Under Pressure and Opening Shot make this a headshot magnet. Bit of a "poor man's Eye of Sol, but some good perk options. Recommended MW: Handling with Targeting Adjuster mod.

Essential perks

Opening Shot Under Pressure Fluted Barrel Accurized Rounds

Community wishlist roll

controller god-pve 1 wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Lead from Gold Firing Line

What these Shepherd's Watch 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.

Under Pressure

Grants linearly scaling benefits as the Magazine drops from 50% of its base capacity to empty: • 12.5% to 25% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 0 to 30? Stability

Moving Target

Grants the following while Aiming Down Sights (ADS): • 10 Aim Assist • 10% decreased ADS Movement Speed Penalty

Firing Line

Being within 15 meters of 2 allies grants 20% increased Precision Damage.

No Distractions

Grants 35% Flinch Resistance after 1 second of Aiming Down Sights (ADS) without firing. Remains active until you're no longer ADS. Timer starts as soon as the ADS input is pressed.

Lead from Gold

Heavy Ammo Pickups grants 25% of your maximum Special Ammo Reserves even while the weapon is stowed. Equipping two Special Weapons halves the amount of ammo granted.

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.

Frenzy

After being in Combat for 12 seconds: Grants 15% increased damage, 100 Handling, and 100 Reload Speed for 7.2 seconds. Works and can activate while stowed. Dealing and receiving damage refreshes the buff duration. For Frenzy, being in Combat is defined as having either dealt or received damage within the last 5 seconds. Self-damage and environmental damage do not count.

Outlaw

Precision Kills grant 70 Reload Speed with a 0.9x decreased Reload Animation Duration for 6 seconds. Buff is removed on stow.

Snapshot Sights

Passively decreases the ADS Animation Duration: • 50% decrease on Primary Weapons • 20% decrease on Special Weapons

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

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