The Mountaintop god roll & best perks

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "We can still make Mountaintop into a formidable weapon and certainly one to chase. Ambitious Assassin allows up to two shots per magazine after a kill, if you were to pair that with Frenzy for 100 reload you could use this for back to back firing against a boss. The added 15% damage boost won't hurt either. Vorpal weapon is another flat 15% damage boost. The best bang for your shot is Recombination. This gives you a 100% damage increase for any 10 elemental weapon kills. If you ever wanted Izanagi’s Burden in the form of a grenade launcher, Recombination paired with Auto-Loading Holster will be the roll to grab." Recommended MW: Velocity.

Strong alternatives

Recombination Ambitious Assassin Spike Grenades Quick Launch Frenzy Vorpal Weapon Overflow High-Velocity Rounds Auto-Loading Holster Smart Drift Control Linear Compensator

pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "Mountaintop originally didn't have much of a footing in PvP but quickly dove right into our nightmares. If you want a quick-swap roll go for Slickdraw. If you want more of a long ranged tube shotgun roll, Impulse Amplifier will make the grenade shot near instant. With the way special ammo is shaking up in the crucible through the meter or boxes, I think some of the best perks for Mountaintop are the swap perks, Harmony and Recombination. Both allow you to build up a higher damage shot to make Mountaintop one shot again, bringing it back to Recluse or another Harmony weapon to flex on all the hunters out there." Recommended MW: Velocity.

Strong alternatives

Recombination Impulse Amplifier High-Velocity Rounds Quick Launch Harmony Auto-Loading Holster Sticky Grenades Smart Drift Control Linear Compensator

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 103 from 7 May 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4QnASNlI9E2wArvSynJjVp?si=eb7298468d714686) with @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways. First-choice PvE pick for sustained Boss Spec damage as part of a Bait and Switch weapon rotation in end-game content. If you find a roll you like, keep for the ability to enhance perks when Final Shape arrives. The Mountaintop has great stats and, even though it's now a "Micro-missile" frame, still retains the +20 Mobility and +6.25% movement speed bonuses of a lightweight. You're looking for Hard Launch ideally, but any barrel that boosts handling still works, to speed up swap speed. In the magazine park slot, Implosion Rounds gives the highest damage but Spike Grenades is so close as to make little practical difference. For the trait perks, Auto-Loading Holster just works - reloading in your pocket while you're doing dame with your heavy. To boost damage, Recombination provides a huge 100% bonus damage on your first shot when fully procced, but if you're firing eight or more shots over the course of a longer damage phase, you'll get more bonus damage from Frenzy or Vorpal Weapon. The Indomitability origin trait seems built for the Prismatic subclass, generating grenade or melee energy according to your subclass type. The Indomitability origin trait seems built for the Prismatic subclass, generating grenade or melee energy according to your subclass type. Recommended MW: Handling (if you get Blast Radius DO NOT MASTERWORK!), with a damage boosting (Boss or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-BossSpec, PvE-EndGame, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Auto-Loading Holster

Strong alternatives

Recombination Implosion Rounds Quick Launch Smart Drift Control Countermass Spike Grenades Frenzy Vorpal Weapon

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 103 from 7 May 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4QnASNlI9E2wArvSynJjVp?si=eb7298468d714686) with @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways. First-choice PvE pick for bulkier add clearing in end-game content, particularly for grenade builds. If you find a roll you like, keep for the ability to enhance perks when Final Shape arrives. The Mountaintop has great stats and, even though it's now a "Micro-missile" frame, still retains the +20 Mobility and +6.25% movement speed bonuses of a lightweight. You're looking for Hard Launch ideally, but any barrel that boosts handling still works, to speed up swap speed. In the magazine park slot, Implosion Rounds gives the highest damage but Spike Grenades is so close as to make little practical difference. For the trait perks, to support a grenade build, the trait combination of Demolitionist (together with the origin trait on light subclasses) and Adrenaline Junkie is available for a very decent +33% damage boost when fully procced. The Indomitability origin trait seems built for the Prismatic subclass, generating grenade or melee energy according to your subclass type. The Indomitability origin trait seems built for the Prismatic subclass, generating grenade or melee energy according to your subclass type. Recommended MW: Handling (if you get Blast Radius DO NOT MASTERWORK!), with a damage boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-EndGame, PvE-God, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Adrenaline Junkie Demolitionist

Strong alternatives

Hard Launch Spike Grenades Quick Launch Smart Drift Control Countermass Implosion Rounds

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 103 from 7 May 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4QnASNlI9E2wArvSynJjVp?si=eb7298468d714686) with @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways. First-choice PvE pick for sustained Boss Spec damage as part of a Bait and Switch weapon rotation in end-game content. If you find a roll you like, keep for the ability to enhance perks when Final Shape arrives. The Mountaintop has great stats and, even though it's now a "Micro-missile" frame, still retains the +20 Mobility and +6.25% movement speed bonuses of a lightweight. To maximise damage, you need to minimise the Blast Radius - there's only one barrel perk that does that, so Hard Launch is the only god-roll option. In the magazine park slot, Implosion Rounds gives the highest damage but Spike Grenades is so close as to make little practical difference. For the trait perks, Auto-Loading Holster just works - reloading in your pocket while you're doing dame with your heavy. To boost damage, Recombination provides a huge 100% bonus damage on your first shot when fully procced, but if you're firing eight or more shots over the course of a longer damage phase, you'll get more bonus damage from Frenzy or Vorpal Weapon, which also needs no setting up. The Indomitability origin trait seems built for the Prismatic subclass, generating grenade or melee energy according to your subclass type. The Indomitability origin trait seems built for the Prismatic subclass, generating grenade or melee energy according to your subclass type. Recommended MW: Handling (if you get Blast Radius DO NOT MASTERWORK!), with a damage boosting (Boss or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-BossSpec, PvE-EndGame, PvE-God, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Hard Launch Auto-Loading Holster

Strong alternatives

Recombination Implosion Rounds Spike Grenades Frenzy Vorpal Weapon