Speleologist god roll & best perks

Constructed by @Adamsdown_Boy (PvE PvE-Minor PvE-SingleAdd PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for clearing individual Minor adds or tougher enemies in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty. Speleologist is a rapid fire LMG, which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic Endgame Analysis Spreadsheet​, who says "good damage profile but mediocre total damage and worst recoil of any LMG frame". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Overload, better total ammo reserves and a ×0.8 reload animation scalar when the magazine is empty as per the Destiny Data Compendium. The recoil direction is quite right of vertical and loose so you could improve recoil control or look to boost Stability to help hit crits, or Handling if you can land your shots. In the magazine perk slot, perks that improve Reload Speed or mag size are the best available. For add clear, in the first trait perk column, there are plenty of options that help with refills and reloads - Slideways refills 15% of the magazine and boosts Stability by +18 and Handling by +33 when you slide, Envious Assassin overflows the magazine to up to ×3 capacity at 12.5% of base size per kill with primary weapons and 22.5% with specials before readying, Enlightened Action builds stacks on hits for a refreshable 2s that build after 12 hits to a max +55 Handling and Reload Speed, or Stats for All boosts Handling and Reload Speed by +35 with a ×0.95 reload animation scalar, and Stability and Range by +10 with a ×1.05 damage dropoff distance for a non-refreshable 11s, after hitting three separate targets within 3s of each. In the second column, for damage, One For All boosts damage by ×1.35 for a non-refreshable 11s after hitting three separate targets within 3s of each, Killing Tally gains a stack for each enemy killed up to ×3 to boost damage by up to ×1.3 until you reload or stow, or in add dense areas, Surrounded boosts damage by up to to ×1.47 while within 15m of 3+ enemies. Aegis ranks the Radiolaria Transposer origin trait as A-Tier - three Minors or one Major or Boss enemy kill will result in a 3m AoE explosion on death, leaving a damaging pool of radiolaria for a few seconds - this damage is treated as weapon damage so inherits damage boosts. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.|tags:PvE PvE-Minor PvE-SingleAdd PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Slideways One for All Killing Tally Surrounded Envious Assassin Enlightened Action Stats for All Appended Mag Alloy Magazine Flared Magwell Chambered Compensator Extended Barrel Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Polygonal Rifling Smallbore Hammer-Forged Rifling

Constructed by @Adamsdown_Boy (PvE PvE-Minor PvE-GroupAdd PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for clearing individual Minor adds or tougher enemies in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty, particularly on Solar builds. Speleologist is a rapid fire LMG, which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic Endgame Analysis Spreadsheet​, who says "good damage profile but mediocre total damage and worst recoil of any LMG frame". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Overload, better total ammo reserves and a ×0.8 reload animation scalar when the magazine is empty as per the Destiny Data Compendium. The recoil direction is quite right of vertical and loose so you could improve recoil control or look to boost Stability to help hit crits, or Handling if you can land your shots. In the magazine perk slot, perks that improve Reload Speed or mag size are the best available. For add groups, in the first trait perk column, there are plenty of options that help with refills and reloads - Slideways refills 15% of the magazine and boosts Stability by +18 and Handling by +33 when you slide, Envious Assassin overflows the magazine to up to ×3 capacity at 12.5% of base size per kill with primary weapons and 22.5% with specials before readying, Enlightened Action builds stacks on hits for a refreshable 2s that build after 12 hits to a max +55 Handling and Reload Speed, or Stats for All boosts Handling and Reload Speed by +35 with a ×0.95 reload animation scalar, and Stability and Range by +10 with a ×1.05 damage dropoff distance for a non-refreshable 11s, after hitting three separate targets within 3s of each. In the second column, Incandescent spreads +30 Solar Scorch stacks within 4m on a red bar Minor add kill (+45 stacks within 8m for orange and yellow bars), with scorch damage counting as weapon damage so can inherit damage boosts, and also proc subclass fragments. All of the scorch stacks are increased by ×1.5 with Ember of Ashes. Aegis ranks the Radiolaria Transposer origin trait as A-Tier - three Minors or one Major or Boss enemy kill will result in a 3m AoE explosion on death, leaving a damaging pool of radiolaria for a few seconds - this damage is treated as weapon damage so inherits damage boosts. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.|tags:PvE PvE-Minor PvE-SingleAdd PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Incandescent

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Slideways Envious Assassin Enlightened Action Stats for All Appended Mag Alloy Magazine Flared Magwell Chambered Compensator Extended Barrel Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Polygonal Rifling Smallbore Hammer-Forged Rifling

pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): "Over in PvP you can take advantage of the blistering TtK at 0.40s with 7 crits on all resilience levels. One stack of Killing Tally adds forgiveness but if you manage to get 2 kills you’ll drop T4 resilience guardians in a blistering 0.33s (3 stacks of Killing Tally bring the resilience gate to T9). Incandescent would probably be my pick as you’re not trying to guess what resilience level your enemies are at and allows for some splash damage also making the second kill easier. You can also swap off this weapon allowing for a more fluid game experience." Recommended MW: Stability.

Strong alternatives

Firmly Planted Target Lock Arrowhead Brake Accurized Rounds Incandescent Killing Tally Slideways Flared Magwell Polygonal Rifling Smallbore

pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB): "Over in PvP you can take advantage of the blistering TtK at 0.40s with 7 crits on all resilience levels. One stack of Killing Tally adds forgiveness but if you manage to get 2 kills you’ll drop T4 resilience guardians in a blistering 0.33s (3 stacks of Killing Tally bring the resilience gate to T9). Incandescent would probably be my pick as you’re not trying to guess what resilience level your enemies are at and allows for some splash damage also making the second kill easier. You can also swap off this weapon allowing for a more fluid game experience." Recommended MW: Range.

Essential perks

Accurized Rounds Hammer-Forged Rifling

Strong alternatives

Firmly Planted Target Lock Incandescent Killing Tally Slideways

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 115 from 6 September 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6axWXT6NCn4jZVuRkCTfiu?si=72aafbad8138409a) with @ImpetusAlways, @CourtProjects and @Saint_Kabr (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for add clearing minor enemies in end-game content. Speleologist's stats are on the low side, unfortunately, but there are still some very usable rolls. At base, 28 Range equates to 46.60m while ADS, 49 handling is 0.38s ready, 0.40s ADS speed and 0.35s stow speed, while the reload speed of 61 is a 4.59s reload. Total ammo is 514 total out of the box - which is pretty much the ceiling - increasing to 583/652/687 with 1/2/3 reserve mods. On controller, you're going to find the recoil difficult - Arrowhead Brake is the obvious choice as the barrel perk to straighten recoil direction, and the additional Handling is useful on M+KB too. Controllers might even benefit from Steady Rounds as the magazine perk too, but if you can keep to short, controlled bursts (like Cpl Hicks advises) then use Extended Magazine to increase mag size. As your trait perk combination, there's Slideways to reload by sliding (boosting handling and stability for a few seconds too) to keep Killing Tally's up to ×1.35 damage boost going by bypassing manual reloads. The Radiolaria Transposer origin trait is extra AoE damage that inherits the weapon's damage multiplier, so the initial explosion can be more damaging than a special ammo Chain Reaction explosion - what's not to love? If you're interested, a Speleologist is someone involved in the scientific study or exploration of caves. Recommended MW: Stability (Controller) or Handling (M+KB), with a Quick Access Sling mod.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Killing Tally Arrowhead Brake Slideways

Strong alternatives

Steady Rounds Extended Mag

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 115 from 6 September 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6axWXT6NCn4jZVuRkCTfiu?si=72aafbad8138409a) with @ImpetusAlways, @CourtProjects and @Saint_Kabr (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for add clearing minor enemies in end-game content. Speleologist's stats are on the low side, unfortunately, but there are still some very usable rolls. At base, 28 Range equates to 46.60m while ADS, 49 handling is 0.38s ready, 0.40s ADS speed and 0.35s stow speed, while the reload speed of 61 is a 4.59s reload. Total ammo is 514 total out of the box - which is pretty much the ceiling - increasing to 583/652/687 with 1/2/3 reserve mods. On controller, you're going to find the recoil difficult - Arrowhead Brake is the obvious choice as the barrel perk to straighten recoil direction, and the additional Handling is useful on M+KB too. Controllers might even benefit from Steady Rounds as the magazine perk too, but if you can keep to short, controlled bursts (like Cpl Hicks advises) then use Extended Magazine to increase mag size. As your trait perk combination, there's the fan-favourite SOFA combination of Stats for All and One for All, granting bonus range, stability and reload speed (to overcome Extended Mags's -20 malus) together with a ×1.35 bonus damage for 10s when procced. The Radiolaria Transposer origin trait is extra AoE damage that inherits the weapon's damage multiplier, so the initial explosion can be more damaging than a special ammo Chain Reaction explosion - what's not to love? If you're interested, a Speleologist is someone involved in the scientific study or exploration of caves. Recommended MW: Stability (Controller) or Handling (M+KB), with a Quick Access Sling mod.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake Stats for All One for All

Strong alternatives

Steady Rounds Extended Mag

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 115 from 6 September 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6axWXT6NCn4jZVuRkCTfiu?si=72aafbad8138409a) with @ImpetusAlways, @CourtProjects and @Saint_Kabr (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for add clearing minor enemies in end-game content, particularly with solar builds. Speleologist's stats are on the low side, unfortunately, but there are still some very usable rolls. At base, 28 Range equates to 46.60m while ADS, 49 handling is 0.38s ready, 0.40s ADS speed and 0.35s stow speed, while the reload speed of 61 is a 4.59s reload. Total ammo is 514 total out of the box - which is pretty much the ceiling - increasing to 583/652/687 with 1/2/3 reserve mods. On controller, you're going to find the recoil difficult - Arrowhead Brake is the obvious choice as the barrel perk to straighten recoil direction, and the additional Handling is useful on M+KB too. Controllers might even benefit from Steady Rounds as the magazine perk too, but if you can keep to short, controlled bursts (like Cpl Hicks advises) then use Extended Magazine to increase mag size. As your trait perk combination, Enlightened Action helps with both Handling and Reload Speed and Incandescent mows down add mobs with ease, particularly when building into solar scorch and ignition verbs. The Radiolaria Transposer origin trait is extra AoE damage that inherits the weapon's damage multiplier, so the initial explosion can be more damaging than a special ammo Chain Reaction explosion - what's not to love? If you're interested, a Speleologist is someone involved in the scientific study or exploration of caves. Recommended MW: Stability (Controller) or Handling (M+KB), with a Quick Access Sling mod.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake Enlightened Action Incandescent

Strong alternatives

Steady Rounds Extended Mag

Adamsdown_Boy written v8.0.5.4 (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): PvE pick for add clearing minor enemies in end-game content. Speleologist's stats are on the low side, unfortunately, but there are still some very usable rolls. At base, 28 Range equates to 46.60m while ADS, 49 handling is 0.38s ready, 0.40s ADS speed and 0.35s stow speed, while the reload speed of 61 is a 4.59s reload. Total ammo is 514 total out of the box - which is pretty much the ceiling - increasing to 583/652/687 with 1/2/3 reserve mods. On controller, you're going to find the recoil difficult - Arrowhead Brake is the obvious choice as the barrel perk to straighten recoil direction, and the additional Handling is useful on M+KB too. Controllers might even benefit from Steady Rounds as the magazine perk too, but if you can keep to short, controlled bursts (like Cpl Hicks advises) then use Extended Magazine to increase mag size. As your trait perk combination, Envious Assassin works quietly in the background to overfill your magazine by up to 200%, depending on the circumstances, giving you plenty of ammo to use with Killing Tally's up to a ×1.3 damage boost. The Radiolaria Transposer origin trait is extra AoE damage that inherits the weapon's damage multiplier, so the initial explosion can be more damaging than a special ammo Chain Reaction explosion - what's not to love? If you're interested, a Speleologist is someone involved in the scientific study or exploration of caves. Recommended MW: Stability (Controller) or Handling (M+KB), with a Quick Access Sling mod.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Killing Tally Arrowhead Brake Envious Assassin

Strong alternatives

Steady Rounds Extended Mag

Adamsdown_Boy written v8.0.5.4 (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): PvE pick for add clearing minor enemies in end-game content, particularly with solar builds. Speleologist's stats are on the low side, unfortunately, but there are still some very usable rolls. At base, 28 Range equates to 46.60m while ADS, 49 handling is 0.38s ready, 0.40s ADS speed and 0.35s stow speed, while the reload speed of 61 is a 4.59s reload. Total ammo is 514 total out of the box - which is pretty much the ceiling - increasing to 583/652/687 with 1/2/3 reserve mods. On controller, you're going to find the recoil difficult - Arrowhead Brake is the obvious choice as the barrel perk to straighten recoil direction, and the additional Handling is useful on M+KB too. Controllers might even benefit from Steady Rounds as the magazine perk too, but if you can keep to short, controlled bursts (like Cpl Hicks advises) then use Extended Magazine to increase mag size. As your trait perk combination, Envious Assassin works quietly in the background to overfill your magazine by up to 200%, depending on the circumstances, giving you plenty of ammo to use with Incandescent to mow down add mobs with ease, particularly when building into solar scorch and ignition verbs. The Radiolaria Transposer origin trait is extra AoE damage that inherits the weapon's damage multiplier, so the initial explosion can be more damaging than a special ammo Chain Reaction explosion - what's not to love? If you're interested, a Speleologist is someone involved in the scientific study or exploration of caves. Recommended MW: Stability (Controller) or Handling (M+KB), with a Quick Access Sling mod.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake Envious Assassin Incandescent

Strong alternatives

Steady Rounds Extended Mag