Sweet Sorrow god roll & best perks

Sweet Sorrow — Destiny 2 Auto Rifle
Legendary · Auto Rifle
Where it drops: Source: Season of the Risen

“A scratched-out inscription on the barrel reads, "A birthday is just a number. How about we pick this one?"”

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Built from 1141 curated wishlist rolls for this Auto Rifle. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

YeezyGT's WQ

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[YeezyGT's WQ] [MW: Stability / Range] "Sweet Sorrow feels really great. There's a number of options here, from consistency with Perpetual Motion, mag refunds in Triple Tap and Pulse Monitor (Enhanced Pulse Monitor is pretty crazy), and then damage boosters in Vorpal and One-for-All. It's actually pretty nice, and may even edge out Chroma Rush for me simply because a couple of these Enhanced perks play really well into bolstering 720RPMs, and Land Tank fits perfectly for the run-and-gun identity of the archetype."

Essential perks

Land Tank

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Perpetual Motion Vorpal Weapon Accurized Rounds Vorpal Weapon Demolitionist Demolitionist One for All One for All Perpetual Motion Pulse Monitor Pulse Monitor Triple Tap Triple Tap Tactical Mag Appended Mag Flared Magwell Chambered Compensator Fluted Barrel Smallbore Polygonal Rifling Hammer-Forged Rifling Corkscrew Rifling

pandapaxxy

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pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "It’s almost a better Chroma Rush for majors while still having good utility in general content. This allows you to expand your loadouts and flex into kinetic (or stasis) special weapons while still having that good bullet hose in your back pocket. You seriously need to clean up the recoil direction so I think arrowhead brake is a must-have on any Sweet Sorrow you do end up keeping. [...] Triple tap and vorpal weapon together can help you shred some majors or champions, but the overall lower base damage leans me to recommending other weapons specifically for major killing. You can make it work but it’s not ideal." Recommended MW: Reload.

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Vorpal Weapon Triple Tap Fluted Barrel Smallbore Appended Mag Extended Mag Perpetual Motion Auto-Loading Holster One for All Focused Fury

pandapaxxy

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pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB): "This is a fun situation where PvE and PvP mix. Arrowhead brake is still the best barrel, and I would recommend a counterbalance mod to get that recoil to 100 and give you the ease of use to invest into range or more consistency perks. The “big” damage perks on Sweet Sorrow don’t lend themselves to the PvP landscape, but one could argue demolitionist is a lethality perk, especially with current Void 3.0 grenades. Truthfully I’d try and make this weapon as consistent as physically possible and spec fully into stability. Autos are not in the best place, especially with their requirement of time-on-target for optimal TtK." Recommended MW: Range.

Strong alternatives

Extended Barrel Tap the Trigger Killing Wind Accurized Rounds Arrowhead Brake Hammer-Forged Rifling Extended Mag Tactical Mag Perpetual Motion Demolitionist

pandapaxxy

pvp controller 16 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): "This is a fun situation where PvE and PvP mix. Arrowhead brake is still the best barrel, and I would recommend a counterbalance mod to get that recoil to 100 and give you the ease of use to invest into range or more consistency perks. The “big” damage perks on Sweet Sorrow don’t lend themselves to the PvP landscape, but one could argue demolitionist is a lethality perk, especially with current Void 3.0 grenades. Truthfully I’d try and make this weapon as consistent as physically possible and spec fully into stability. Autos are not in the best place, especially with their requirement of time-on-target for optimal TtK." Recommended MW: Stability.

Strong alternatives

Smallbore Tap the Trigger Killing Wind Accurized Rounds Polygonal Rifling Tactical Mag Perpetual Motion Demolitionist

Community wishlist roll

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Chevy's S16 Super Pog PvE Loot List. Recommended MW - Range

Essential perks

Accurized Rounds Corkscrew Rifling

Strong alternatives

Stats for All Demolitionist Triple Tap One for All

What these Sweet Sorrow perks do

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%]

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.

Perpetual Motion

While moving at a minimum of 2 meters per second: Grants a Stack of 'Perpetual Motion' after 2 seconds and a second Stack after 10 seconds. Each Stack provides 10 Stability, 10 Handling, and 10 Reload Speed. All Stacks are removed if movement speed is below 2 m/s for 0.5 seconds. Works and can activate while stowed.

Auto-Loading Holster

Refills stowed weapon from reserves after 3.5 seconds of it being stowed.

One for All

Scoring Weapon Hits against 3 Separate Enemies within 3 seconds of each grants 35% increased damage for 10 seconds. Does not require Direct Hits. Buff duration cannot be refreshed.

Focused Fury

Scoring 35% of the Base Magazine Capacity as Precision Hits grants 25% increased damage for 11 seconds. Stowing or Reloading the weapon resets the Precision Hit counter. The buff remains active while stowed. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Tap the Trigger

Firing grants 'Tap The Trigger' for 0.6 seconds, providing the following benefits: • 40 Stability • 50% decreased Recoil • 10% decreased Accuracy Cone Size Fusion Rifles only receive 25% of the benefits. Buff cannot be refreshed until Automatic Weapons stop firing, or until the next burst. [Controller-Only] Weapon fires the instant trigger pressure is applied.

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.

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.

Land Tank

Kills with the weapon grant a stack of Land Tank. Maximum of 3 stacks. Land Tank grants 10|20|30 Health stat and 5%|10%|15% Damage Resist against PvE Combatants for 5 seconds at 1|2|3 stacks.

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%] 🡅 Passively grants 5 Stability or Guard Resistance (Swords).

Demolitionist

Weapon Kills grant 🡅11% Grenade Ability Energy. Kills with Sniper Rifles, Shotguns, Glaives, and Fusion Rifles grant 🡅22%. 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. 🡅 Grenade Ability Energy gains are increased by 10%. (e.g. 10%⁠🠚⁠11%)

One for All

Scoring Weapon Hits against 3 Separate Enemies within 3 seconds of each grants 35% increased damage for 🡅11 seconds. Does not require Direct Hits. Buff duration cannot be refreshed. 🡅 Buff Duration is increased by 1 second.

Perpetual Motion

While moving at a minimum of 2 meters per second: Grants a Stack of 'Perpetual Motion' after 2 seconds and a second Stack after 🡅9 seconds. Each Stack provides 10 Stability, 10 Handling, and 10 Reload Speed. All Stacks are removed if movement speed is below 2 m/s for 0.5 seconds. Works and can activate while stowed. 🡅 Second Stack is gained 1 second sooner.

Pulse Monitor

Refills Magazine from reserves upon dropping to 30% Shield Health. Can activate while stowed. Grants 50 Handling and a 0.95x Ready/Stow Animation Duration Multiplier while at or below 30% Shield Health. Buff lingers for 1 second once the condition is no longer met.

Pulse Monitor

Refills Magazine from reserves upon dropping to 🡅35% Shield Health. Can activate while stowed. Grants 50 Handling and a 0.95x Ready/Stow Animation Duration Multiplier while at or below 🡅35% Shield Health. Buff lingers for 1 second once the condition is no longer met. 🡅 Activates with 5?% more Shield Health remaining.

Triple Tap

Scoring 3 Precision Hits within 🡅3 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. 🡅 Allowed time between Precision Hits is increased by 1 second.

Stats for All

Upon damaging 3 Separate Enemies within 3 seconds of each, for 10 seconds: • 35 Handling and Reload Speed • 10 Stability and Range • 5% increased Damage Falloff Distance • 0.95x Reload Duration Multiplier Buff duration cannot be refreshed.

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