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Shoreline Dissident — Destiny 2 Sniper Rifle
Legendary · Sniper Rifle
Where it drops: Source: The Edge of Fate Campaign

“Worse things happen at sea.”

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Built from 40 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.

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Community wishlist roll

24 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 148 from 5 August 2025 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3S0TObWihybmZdCLM6wIUw?si=cf08fccbb9d44fa7) with @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for a backup sustained Boss DPS weapon in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content. Shoreline Dissident is a rapid fire sniper, so the best subfamily for damage output - the frame provides a useful ×0.8 reload animation multiplier when reloading from an empty mag. At base, by comparison with its peers, the stats are good - Range is 35, but is largely irrelevant, and d2foundry.gg calculates 45 Stability is ×1.0313 flinch resist at base, 70 Handling is 0.32s ready, 0.37s ADS and 0.29s stow speed, and 60 Reload Speed is a 2.69s reload (2.15s when the mag's empty). Ammo Generation is 55, Recoil Direction is 55, and Zoom is 35. With the barrel perk, bump up to recoil control on controller or add Handling for M+KB. Tactical Mag boosts the mag size to 7, but if you don't get that, Appended Mag works to, or look for a reload boosting option. For sustained damage, in the first trait perk column Triple Tap refills one round from reserves after three crit hits - with the max 7 in the magazine that's up to 10 shots without reloading. For damage, depending on your circumstances you could use Precision Instrument boosts damage by up to ×1.25 after six crits, if you're in an elevated position then High Ground also provides ×1.25 damage, or if there are adds that you can kill with an opposite type of weapon or ability energy (that would be darkness - so Stasis or Strand kills) boost damage by ×1.25 for 8.5s. The Bray Legacy Origin Trait is solid in PvE, although less useful on a sniper, generating around 0.2% energy per hit for whichever ability is closest to a full charge. Recommended MW: Handling or Stability, with your preferred choice of mod/enhanced mod to boost weapon stats, ammo regeneration, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods. |tags:PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Triple Tap

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Binary Orbit High Ground Precision Instrument Appended Mag Alloy Magazine Flared Magwell Fluted Barrel

Community wishlist roll

16 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 148 from 5 August 2025 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3S0TObWihybmZdCLM6wIUw?si=cf08fccbb9d44fa7) with @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-MajorSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for a burt damage weapon against Majors, Banes, Champions and Minibosses in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content. Shoreline Dissident is a rapid fire sniper, so the best subfamily for damage output - the frame provides a useful ×0.8 reload animation multiplier when reloading from an empty mag. At base, by comparison with its peers, the stats are good - Range is 35, but is largely irrelevant, and d2foundry.gg calculates 45 Stability is ×1.0313 flinch resist at base, 70 Handling is 0.32s ready, 0.37s ADS and 0.29s stow speed, and 60 Reload Speed is a 2.69s reload (2.15s when the mag's empty). Ammo Generation is 55, Recoil Direction is 55, and Zoom is 35. With the barrel perk, bump up to recoil control on controller or add Handling for M+KB. Tactical Mag boosts the mag size to 7, but if you don't get that, Appended Mag works to, or look for a reload boosting option. For burst damage, in the first trait perk column Explosive Payload passively boosts crit damage by ×1.044 and bodyshots by ×1.15. In the second column, depending on your circumstances Binary Orbit boosts damage by ×1.25 for 8.5s if you've recently killed an add with an opposite type of energy (which would be darkness - so Stasis or Strand), or if you're in an elevated position then High Ground also provides ×1.25 damage. The Bray Legacy Origin Trait is solid in PvE, although less useful on a sniper, generating around 0.2% energy per hit for whichever ability is closest to a full charge. Recommended MW: Handling or Stability, with your preferred choice of mod/enhanced mod to boost weapon stats, ammo regeneration, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.|tags:PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Explosive Payload

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Binary Orbit High Ground Appended Mag Alloy Magazine Flared Magwell Fluted Barrel

What these Shoreline Dissident perks do

Binary Orbit

Scoring opposing Elemental Alignment Kills grants 25% increased damage for 8.5 seconds. Buff can be activated while stowed. Elemental Alignment details: • Arc, Solar, Void Kills buff Kinetic, Stasis, and Strand Weapons • Kinetic, Stasis, and Strand Kills buff Arc, Solar, and Void Weapons

Triple Tap

Scoring 3 Precision Hits within 2 seconds of each refills 1 Ammo into the Magazine from thin air. Cannot load the Magazine beyond its base capacity. Precision Hit counter persists through stow.

High Ground

Scoring a Kill grants 1 [2] Stacks of 'High Ground' for 7 seconds. Maximum of 3 Stacks. Weapon damage increases at 1|2|3 Stacks: 10% [5%] | 17.5% [10%] | 25% [15%] While you are not airborne: Damaging targets that are 2 meters [5 for Primary weapons] lower in elevation than the ground you stand on immediately grants all 3 Stacks [Primary weapons only grant 1 Stack] of the buff. The damage increase is applied to the shot triggering the perk as well. The reference point of enemies' elevation is generally their lowest point.

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%

Alloy Magazine

Linearly grants a Reload Duration Multiplier as your magazine drops from 50% capacity to empty. Reload Duration Multiplier scales from 0.9x at 50% capacity to 0.8x with an empty magazine.

Explosive Payload

Splits off 50% of the weapon's bodyshot damage into an Explosive Payload that detonates on impact. The Payload deals 30% increased damage in PvE and staggers PvE Combatants more. On Hand Cannons, the Payload deals 7% decreased damage in PvP. 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. For crits, the overall increase is roughly equal to 15% divided by the Crit Multiplier. [PvP] Total damage remains roughly the same but can vary by 1-2% in either direction for crits.

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