Stars in Shadow god roll & best perks

Stars in Shadow — Destiny 2 Pulse Rifle
Legendary · Pulse Rifle
Where it drops: Source: Complete Crucible matches and earn rank-up packages from Lord Shaxx.

“Little is known about the early days of the Collapse. Signals vanished upon the arrival of the Darkness.”

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Built from 278 curated wishlist rolls for this Pulse Rifle. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

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controller pve 107 wishlist rolls

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Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Vorpal Weapon Feeding Frenzy Demolitionist Dragonfly Kill Clip Outlaw Field Prep Appended Mag Extended Mag Fluted Barrel Smallbore

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controller pvp 71 wishlist rolls

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Firmly Planted Moving Target Arrowhead Brake Accurized Rounds Headseeker Eye of the Storm Kill Clip Killing Wind Surplus Tactical Mag Chambered Compensator Smallbore

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32 wishlist rolls

Chevy's S14 Super Pog PvE Loot List (MKB/PVE). Recommended MW - Handling/Range

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Tactical Mag Kill Clip Outlaw Hammer-Forged Rifling Polygonal Rifling Appended Mag Field Prep Demolitionist Dragonfly Thresh

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pvp 30 wishlist rolls

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Strong alternatives

Firmly Planted Arrowhead Brake Snapshot Sights Accurized Rounds Killing Wind Surplus Tactical Mag Kill Clip Extended Barrel Moving Target Eye of the Storm

Community wishlist roll

16 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns Podcast 190. PvP backup roll. Recommended MW: Stability with Targeting Adjuster mod.

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake

Strong alternatives

Kill Clip Feeding Frenzy Steady Rounds Flared Magwell Firmly Planted Outlaw Killing Wind Moving Target

Community wishlist roll

14 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns Podcast 190. PvE backup roll. Recommended MW: Stability.

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake

Strong alternatives

Feeding Frenzy Dragonfly Steady Rounds Flared Magwell Field Prep Thresh Outlaw Demolitionist

Community wishlist roll

4 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns Podcast 190. PvE first choice roll. Recommended MW: Stability.

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake Outlaw

Strong alternatives

Dragonfly Steady Rounds Flared Magwell Thresh

Community wishlist roll

2 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns Podcast 190. PvP first choice roll. Recommended MW: Stability with Targeting Adjuster mod.

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake Kill Clip Outlaw

Strong alternatives

Steady Rounds Flared Magwell

Community wishlist roll

controller god-pve 1 wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Kill Clip Feeding Frenzy

Community wishlist roll

controller god-pvp 1 wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Firmly Planted Arrowhead Brake Kill Clip Accurized Rounds

What these Stars in Shadow perks do

Kill Clip

Finishing a reload within 3.6 seconds of a kill grants 25% increased damage for 5 seconds. Stowing the weapon removes the buff. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Outlaw

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

Feeding Frenzy

Weapon Kills grant 1 Stack of Feeding Frenzy for 3.5 seconds, increasing the Reload Speed of the weapon. Maximum of 5 Stacks. Bonuses at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: • 8|50|60|75|100 Reload Speed • 2.5%|10%|13%|16%|20% decreased Reload Animation Duration

Firmly Planted

While Crouched: • 30 Handling and 20 Stability • -40% Accuracy Cone Size • -17% Accuracy Cone Growth • -80% horizontal Recoil Effects are halved on Fusion Rifles (decimals are rounded up).

Killing Wind

On Weapon Kill, for 5 seconds: • 50 Mobility • 40 Handling and 20 Range • 5% increased Damage Falloff Distance Additional Kills extend the duration by 5 seconds, up to 8 seconds. Buff is removed on stow.

Moving Target

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

Dragonfly

Precision Kills cause targets to explode, dealing up to 123.89 [95.3] weapon-matching elemental damage in a 4.5-meter radius.

Thresh

Weapon Kills grant an additional 1% Super Energy. Kills with Sniper Rifles, Shotguns, Glaives, and Fusion Rifles grant an additional 1.5% instead.

Field Prep

Grants the following while Crouched: • 50 Reload Speed • 0.8x Reload Duration Multiplier • 0.8x Ready/Stow Duration Multiplier Passively grants 20 Ammo Generation stat. (50% more than 1 Ammo Generation armor mod)

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.

Vorpal Weapon

Deals increased damage against Minibosses, Bosses, and Vehicles, as well as Players in their Super Ability. Damage increase by Ammo Type: • Primary Weapons: 20% [60%] • Special Weapons: 15% [20%] • Power Weapons: 10% [20%]

Headseeker

Dealing non-Precision Direct damage grants the following benefits for 0.55 seconds: • 20% increased Precision Bonus (complicated, see specific damage increases below) • 3% increased Aim Assist Cone size Precision damage increases by weapon type/frame: • Pulse Rifles: Adaptive: 7.1%, Aggressive Burst: 10%, Heavy Burst: 9.5%, High-Impact: 8.74%, Lightweight: 6.3%, Rapid-Fire: 10.3% • Sidearms: Adaptive Burst: 8.46%, Heavy Burst: 7.36% • Scout Rifles: Precision: 8.66% [Bug] Heavy Burst Hand Cannons: 7% increased Weakspot damage. The distinction between Weakspots and Critspots is complicated and we might write an explainer blog post about it eventually. For the purposes of PvP, the two are equivalent.

Eye of the Storm

Grants a scaling buff to Handling and Accuracy as your Shield Health drops below 40 and reaches maximum strength at 0 Shield HP. Buff at maximum strength grants: • 30 Handling • 40% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 17% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth The buff linearly scales from 0% at 80 Shield HP to 100% at 0 Shield HP (Critical Health). It initially triggers as you drop to 40 Shield HP — giving you 50% of the maximum buff. However, as you regenerate your Shield Health, the buff will still remain until you reach 80 Shield HP where the benefits scale down to zero.

Surplus

Grants Stat Bonuses depending on the number of Charged Abilities. Stat Bonuses with 1|2|3+ Charged Abilities: • 5|15|25 Stability • 5|25|60 Handling • 10|25|60 Reload Speed

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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