The Other Half god roll & best perks

The Other Half — Destiny 2 Sword
Legendary · Sword
Where it drops: Source: Xûr's Treasure Hoard in Eternity

“If only there was a way to combine them…”

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Built from 124 curated wishlist rolls for this Sword. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

pandapaxxy

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pandapaxxy (M+KB / PvE): "While the Half Truths might be the best in PvE and PvP for zooming around the map. The Other Half will be the best for straight up damage. Pick your poison and enjoy." Recommended MW: Impact.

Strong alternatives

Swordmaster's Guard Relentless Strikes Jagged Edge Whirlwind Blade Honed Edge Tempered Edge Enduring Guard Heavy Guard Duelist's Trance Eager Edge Vorpal Weapon Frenzy Surrounded

Speedrunner's Shopping List

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Speedrunner's Shopping List: Movement (good for: all S21 raids and dungeons)

Essential perks

Eager Edge

Strong alternatives

Enduring Blade Heavy Guard Frenzy Vorpal Weapon Surrounded Swordmaster's Guard Jagged Edge

YeezyGT's S16

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[YeezyGT's S16] [MW: Impact] "Could you imagine being a Blue Sword Noob? Having your blueberry status leaking into the colour of your weaponry? Couldn't be you. You're a man of sheer dedication. A man of elegance. You opened 200 chests in Dares of Eternity for this. You've heard every variation of the Impossible Horse's neigh; triumphant, exuberant, or otherwise. You deserve to flex it. You're faultless. And so is your sword."

Essential perks

Swordmaster's Guard Eager Edge

Strong alternatives

Hungry Edge Surrounded Vorpal Weapon Whirlwind Blade Frenzy Honed Edge

Community wishlist roll

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Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 101 from 17 April 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1CJQuqM89I7hWA9KYvjCop?si=arncPmZ1SseRp6Atuf1ilw) with @ImpetusAlways and @CourtProjects. First-choice PvE pick for Major and Boss Spec enemies in end-game content. The Other Half returns with a few new perks, so if you haven't got one yet Dares of Eternity awaits! Boost the damage with the blade perk, and then Swordmaster's Guard adds a little bit of everything useful. While Eager Edge was the unique Dares perk back in the day, it's appeared elsewhere since so Relentless Strikes is probably the more sensible first column trait perk to combine with Surrounded in the second for 35% (41.8% when enhanced) bonus damage when in a crowd. The Hot Swap origin trait is always useful for boosting charge time and guarding stats when you first swap to it. Recommended MW: Impact, with a damage boosting (Major, Boss or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-MajorSpec, PvE-BossSpec, PvE-EndGame, PvE-God, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Swordmaster's Guard Surrounded

Strong alternatives

Relentless Strikes Jagged Edge Honed Edge Tempered Edge Eager Edge

pandapaxxy

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pandapaxxy (M+KB / PvP): "While the Half Truths might be the best in PvE and PvP for zooming around the map. The Other Half will be the best for straight up damage. Pick your poison and enjoy." Recommended MW: Impact.

Essential perks

Eager Edge Burst Guard

Strong alternatives

Jagged Edge Frenzy Honed Edge Vorpal Weapon

Community wishlist roll

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Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 26. PvE first-choice roll for general content. Boost damage with the Blade and Swordmaster's Guard boosts the charge rate for heavy attacks. Eager Edge is the unique Dares park that helps you with movement between attacks, and Whirlwind Strikes, Frenzy or Surrounded boosts weapon damage. Recommended MW: Impact, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Swordmaster's Guard Eager Edge

Strong alternatives

Jagged Edge Whirlwind Blade Tempered Edge Frenzy

Community wishlist roll

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Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 30. PvE first-choice roll for general content. Boost damage with the Blade and Swordmaster's Guard boosts the charge rate for heavy attacks. Flash Counter debuffs a target to then generate an overshield when killed using Repulsor Brace. Recommended MW: Impact, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major, or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Swordmaster's Guard Repulsor Brace Flash Counter

Strong alternatives

Jagged Edge Tempered Edge

Community wishlist roll

1 wishlist roll

Chevy's S18 Super Pog PVE List - MW Impact tags:pve, M+KB

Essential perks

Swordmaster's Guard Tempered Edge Vorpal Weapon Eager Edge

What these The Other Half perks do

Relentless Strikes

Scoring 3 Powered Hits within 2? seconds of each refunds 1 ammo. Wolfpack Round Hits do not count.

Surrounded

Being within 15 meters of 3 Enemies grants 40% increased damage. Buff lingers for 1.5 seconds once the condition is no longer met. Exceptions: • Swords only receive a 35% damage increase. • Grenade and Rocket Launchers receive a 35% Explosive Damage increase and a 40% Impact Damage increase. • Wolfpack Rounds receive a 35% Explosive Damage increase.

Eager Edge

Readying the Sword grants 80% increased Grounded and 64% increased Airborne Lunge Distance for 3 seconds. Buff is removed on stow. 3 second cooldown after the buff is removed.

Frenzy

After being in Combat for 12 seconds: Grants 15% increased damage, 100 Handling, and 100 Reload Speed for 7.2 seconds. Works and can activate while stowed. Dealing and receiving damage refreshes the buff duration. For Frenzy, being in Combat is defined as having either dealt or received damage within the last 5 seconds. Self-damage and environmental damage do not count.

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%]

Whirlwind Blade

Powered Sword Hits grant 3% increased damage for 3.5 seconds. Stacks 10 times for a 30% Buff. Stowing the weapon or Blocking removes all stacks. Wolfpack Round Hits also count as Powered Sword Hits.

Repulsor Brace

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

Flash Counter

Taking damage while Guarding emits a blast in a wide, 8? meter long wide cone in front of you. The blast disorients enemies hit by it for 5 seconds and deals weapon-matching elemental damage. The damage scales up from 75 [14] damage at point-blank range to the maximum of 110 [45] damage after ? meters. The strength of the disorientation against Players similarly also scales up with distance. 2.5 second cooldown between activations.

Duelist's Trance

Sword Kills grant 60 Guard Resistance, Guard Endurance, and (Guard) Charge Rate. Buff is removed on stow.

Recommendations aggregated from curated community wishlists; credit to the curators linked above.

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