The Epicurean god roll & best perks

The Epicurean — Destiny 2 Fusion Rifle
Legendary · Fusion Rifle
Where it drops: Source: Dungeon "Duality"

“An Earth artifact, refashioned to suit the Emperor's modest tastes.”

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Built from 268 curated wishlist rolls for this Fusion Rifle. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

YeezyGT's S18

pve 128 wishlist rolls

[YeezyGT's S18] [MW: Charge/Stab/Handling] "There's something specific Epicurean does which few others do. Quickdraw/Backup Plan is an incredible combo - something akin to a hot-swap that lets you fire a burst off as quickly as a shotgun can. Similarly, Surplus is a nice option that gives more Handling uptime than Quickdraw." tags:pve

Strong alternatives

Accelerated Coils Quickdraw Backup Plan Fluted Barrel Backup Plan Cornered Cornered Quickdraw Surplus Surplus Particle Repeater Polygonal Rifling Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling

Community wishlist roll

pve 40 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 18. PvE first-choice roll for general use. Shapeable. To Excess origin perk is most useful with Tier 4/5 supers with the shortest cooldown, but can add to melee/grenade builds. There are better void fusion rifles available but, if you must, use stability to constrain bolt spread (as a precision frame, recoil is already straight up and down), reduce charge speed with Accelerated Coils and then Feeding Frenzy, or Ensemble in a fireteam, to help with reload, and Repulsor Brace to give yourself an overshield when killing enemies with a void shield. Recommended MW: Stability, with a Backup Mag or damage-boosting (Major, Boss or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Accelerated Coils

Strong alternatives

Polygonal Rifling Ensemble Repulsor Brace Chambered Compensator Smallbore Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Ensemble Feeding Frenzy Feeding Frenzy Repulsor Brace

Community wishlist roll

pve 40 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 18. PvE first-choice roll for general use. Shapeable. To Excess origin perk is most useful with Tier 4/5 supers with the shortest cooldown, but can add to melee/grenade builds. There are better void fusion rifles available but, if you must, use stability to constrain bolt spread (as a precision frame, recoil is already straight up and down), reduce charge speed with Accelerated Coils and then Feeding Frenzy, or Ensemble in a fireteam, to help with reload, and Swashbuckler (especially with Solar Titan bonk hammer) to boost damage against beefier champions and minibosses. Recommended MW: Stability or Reload Speed, with a Backup Mag or damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Accelerated Coils

Strong alternatives

Swashbuckler Polygonal Rifling Ensemble Chambered Compensator Smallbore Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Ensemble Feeding Frenzy Feeding Frenzy Swashbuckler

pandapaxxy

pve mkb controller 36 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "The Epicurean was always a great alternative to Main Ingredient, and after the two Xur Main Ingredients I would like a little breath of fresh air. The Epicurean can roll feeding frenzy and swashbuckler as its main two perks. While it doesn’t have the best PvE applications it is still a great option" Recommended MW - Reload.

Strong alternatives

Liquid Coils Fluted Barrel Feeding Frenzy Swashbuckler Arrowhead Brake Chambered Compensator Enhanced Battery Ionized Battery Surplus Cornered

pandapaxxy

pvp mkb 12 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB): "Rangefinder is the absolute best in slot perk for the Epicurean. Zoom is the most important thing on fusion rifles. While Main Ingredient still boasts the best in class zoom, the Epicurean can come pretty close. Snapshot sights or surplus will make the Epicurean feel lighter or handle better which is one of its lowest stats. Look for arrowhead brake to clean up the recoil and make those longer ranged voops easier to handle." Recommended MW - Stability.

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake

Strong alternatives

Accelerated Coils Rangefinder Surplus Particle Repeater Snapshot Sights Well-Rounded Moving Target

pandapaxxy

pvp controller 12 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): "Rangefinder is the absolute best in slot perk for the Epicurean. Zoom is the most important thing on fusion rifles. While Main Ingredient still boasts the best in class zoom, the Epicurean can come pretty close. Snapshot sights or surplus will make the Epicurean feel lighter or handle better which is one of its lowest stats. Look for arrowhead brake to clean up the recoil and make those longer ranged voops easier to handle." Recommended MW - Stability.

Essential perks

Chambered Compensator

Strong alternatives

Accelerated Coils Rangefinder Surplus Particle Repeater Snapshot Sights Well-Rounded Moving Target

What these The Epicurean perks do

Accelerated Coils

Decreases charge time by 40ms and damage by 2%.

Quickdraw

Switching to the Weapon grants 100 Ready/Stow Handling and a 0.95x Ready Animation Duration Multiplier for 1 second. Buff is removed as soon as ADS input is pressed.

Backup Plan

Grants the following for 2 seconds upon readying: • 30% decreased Charge Time • 20% decreased damage • 100 Handling Weapon must be stowed for 3 seconds before readying for the perk to activate. Linear Fusion Rifles only: firing the weapon refreshes the buff duration (but only at higher framerates).

Backup Plan

Grants the following for 🡅2.5 seconds upon readying: • 30% decreased Charge Time • 20% decreased damage • 100 Handling Weapon must be stowed for 3 seconds before readying for the perk to activate. Linear Fusion Rifles only: firing the weapon refreshes the buff duration (but only at higher framerates). 🡅 Buff duration is increased by 0.5 seconds.

Cornered

Grants 15% decreased Charge/Draw Time while within 15 meters of 2 enemies. Buff lingers for 1.5 seconds once no longer surrounded.

Cornered

Grants 15% decreased Charge/Draw Time while within 15 meters of 2 enemies. Buff lingers for 1.5 seconds once no longer surrounded. 🡅 Grants 10 Stability while the perk is active.

Quickdraw

Switching to the Weapon grants 100 Ready/Stow Handling and a 0.95x Ready Animation Duration Multiplier for 1 second. Buff is removed as soon as ADS input is pressed. 🡅 Passively grants 5 Reload Speed.

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

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 🡅 Stronger Effect.

Liquid Coils

Increases charge time by 40ms and damage by 2%.

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

Swashbuckler

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of 'Swashbuckler' for 4.5 seconds. Maximum of 5 Stacks. (Glaive) Melee Kills grant all 5 Stacks instantly. Damage increase at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: 6.7% | 13.3% | 20% | 26.6% | 33.3% Stowing the weapon removes the buff.

Rangefinder

Aiming Down Sights grants the following benefits: • 10 Range • 10% increased Effective Zoom • 5% increased Projectile Speed The Effective Zoom increase pushes out Aim Assist Falloff by 10%, reduces (Absolute) Recoil by 10% and narrows the Accuracy and Aim Assist Cones by the same amount. (This is the normal behavior of Zoom and isn't unique to Rangefinder)

Snapshot Sights

Passively decreases the ADS Animation Duration: • 50% decrease on Primary Weapons • 20% decrease on Special Weapons

Well-Rounded

Grenade Ability usage and Elemental Melee hits grant 1 Stack of Well-Rounded for 15 seconds. Super Ability usage grants 2 Stacks. Maximum of 2 Stacks. Each Stack grants 10 Range, 10 Stability, and 10 Handling. Clarity tooltip editor's note: We're replacing the previous Powered Melee term with Elemental Melee. The former is now exclusively used for perks that require the consumption of a Melee Ability Charge. This note is temporary and will be removed in the future.

Moving Target

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

Ensemble

Grants 🡅35 Handling and 🡅45 Reload Speed while within 15 meters of an ally. Buff lingers for 1.5 seconds once you're no longer near allies. 🡅 Stat bonuses are increased by 5.

Repulsor Brace

Kills against Void Debuffed enemies grant a 45 HP Void Overshield for 🡅10 seconds (🡅15 with Echo of Persistence). 🡅 Overshield Duration is increased by 2 seconds.

Ensemble

Grants 30 Handling and 40 Reload Speed while within 15 meters of an ally. Buff lingers for 1.5 seconds once you're no longer near allies.

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: • 🡅13|🡅55|🡅65|🡅85|100 Reload Speed • 2.5%|10%|13%|16%|20% decreased Reload Animation Duration 🡅 Increases Reload Speed stat bonus by 5 at 1-3 Stacks and by 10 at 4 Stacks.

Repulsor Brace

Kills against Void Debuffed enemies grant a 45 HP Void Overshield for 8 seconds (12 with Echo of Persistence).

Swashbuckler

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of 'Swashbuckler' for 🡅6.5 seconds. Maximum of 5 Stacks. (Glaive) Melee Kills grant all 5 Stacks instantly. Damage increase at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: 6.7% | 13.3% | 20% | 26.6% | 33.3% Stowing the weapon removes the buff. 🡅 Buff Duration is increased by 2 seconds.

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