Taraxippos god roll & best perks

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 133 from 18 March 2025 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4NmtGbfgA5USVGjtqEcqps?si=17c11135a8cb4f39) with @ImpetusAlways and @Saint_Kabr (PvE PvE-MinorSpec M+KB Controller): Backup PvE pick for use against Minor add groups in both general at-level or better, and end-game underlevelled content. The reprised Taraxippos returns without the weirdly great Gutshot Straight/Explosive Payload combination, although it is a lightweight frame, offering +20 Mobility and ×1.0625 movement speed which is always nice. At base, the stats are excellent by comparison with its peers - 30 Range and 19 Zoom equate to 69.91m ADS and 34.95m hipfire, 42 Stability is ×1.1495 flinch resist at 100 Resilience, 69 Handling is 0.34s ready, 0.29s ADS and 0.32s stow speed, 59 Reload Speed is a 1.84s reload, Recoil Direction is 54, and base magazine size is 15 (max 20). Use the barrel perk help control the recoil or add Handling if you're on M+KB, and then the magazine perk can round out Reload Speed and/or bump up magazine size. In the first trait perk column, Enlightened Action stacks boost Handling and Reload Speed by up to +50 on weapon hits, or Fourth Time's the Charm extends your magazine on crit hits. As the second column damage trait perk, Explosive Payload boosts crit damage by ×1.1 and bodyshot damage by ×1.15 as well as flinching enemies, or High Ground either provides escalating damage on kills up to ×1.25, or ×1.25 damage for your feet being 2m or more higher then an enemy's lowest point. If you're interested, it's named after a ghost that's blamed for frightening horses at hippodromes throughout Greece. Classy Contender is an unspectacular origin trait, generating roughly 5% class ability energy on kills, or of you're a serial reloader, Omolon Fluid Dynamics boosts reload Speed and Stability in the top half of your magazine. Recommended MW: Handling with a Backup Mag mod or, when fully enhanced, Synergy to create Strand Tangles or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader. Also, don't forget to check whether there's a useful Seasonal Fragile mod for the activity you're running.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec M+KB Controller

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Explosive Payload Enlightened Action High Ground Fourth Time's the Charm Alloy Magazine Flared Magwell Appended Mag Extended Mag Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Polygonal Rifling

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 133 from 18 March 2025 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4NmtGbfgA5USVGjtqEcqps?si=17c11135a8cb4f39) with @ImpetusAlways and @Saint_Kabr (PvE PvE-MinorSpec M+KB Controller): Backup PvE pick for use against Minor add groups in both general at-level or better, and end-game underlevelled content, particularly with strand builds. The reprised Taraxippos returns without the weirdly great Gutshot Straight/Explosive Payload combination, although it is a lightweight frame, offering +20 Mobility and ×1.0625 movement speed which is always nice. At base, the stats are excellent by comparison with its peers - 30 Range and 19 Zoom equate to 69.91m ADS and 34.95m hipfire, 42 Stability is ×1.1495 flinch resist at 100 Resilience, 69 Handling is 0.34s ready, 0.29s ADS and 0.32s stow speed, 59 Reload Speed is a 1.84s reload, Recoil Direction is 54, and base magazine size is 15 (max 20). Use the barrel perk help control the recoil or add Handling if you're on M+KB, and then the magazine perk can round out Reload Speed and/or bump up magazine size. In the first trait perk column, Enlightened Action stacks boost Handling and Reload Speed by up to +50 on weapon hits, or Fourth Time's the Charm extends your magazine on crit hits. For Strand builds, in the second column, you can choose between Tear to apply Sever as an AoE effect on a crit kill, to reduce enemy damage output by ×0.6 for 8s or Hatchling to create a Threadling on crit kills or getting three kills within 3s of each other. If you're interested, it's named after a ghost that's blamed for frightening horses at hippodromes throughout Greece. Classy Contender is an unspectacular origin trait, generating roughly 5% class ability energy on kills, or of you're a serial reloader, Omolon Fluid Dynamics boosts reload Speed and Stability in the top half of your magazine. Recommended MW: Handling with a Backup Mag mod or, when fully enhanced, Synergy to create Strand Tangles or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader. Also, don't forget to check whether there's a useful Seasonal Fragile mod for the activity you're running.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec M+KB Controller

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Tear Enlightened Action Hatchling Fourth Time's the Charm Alloy Magazine Flared Magwell Appended Mag Extended Mag Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Polygonal Rifling

pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): "Taraxippos didn't make too much of a splash in PvP either, being able to use Cascade Point to blister down enemies. Now High Ground comes by and takes...well the high ground. Zen Moment will keep you on target, but I'd personally go with Kill Clip to keep things nice and easy." Recommended MW: Stability.

Essential perks

Accurized Rounds

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Kill Clip Zen Moment Explosive Payload High Ground Keep Away Lone Wolf Fluted Barrel