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The Summoner — Destiny 2 Auto Rifle
Legendary · Auto Rifle
Where it drops: Source: Trials of Osiris Challenges

“Join the dance of fire and birth.”

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Built from 211 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.

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Strong alternatives

Moving Target Celerity High-Caliber Rounds Fluted Barrel Elemental Capacitor Dynamic Sway Reduction Rangefinder Overflow Ricochet Rounds Arrowhead Brake Smallbore

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Strong alternatives

Fluted Barrel Armor-Piercing Rounds Dragonfly Overflow Dynamic Sway Reduction Rampage Appended Mag Extended Mag Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling

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Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 14. PvE first-choice roll for general content. The Alacrity trait is surprisingly useful for solo Lost Sectors. Recoil Direction needs attention, which Arrowhead Brake sorts without the need for a Counterbalance mod. Overflow keeps you shooting longer, or Perpetual Motion boosts weapon stats, and a damage boosting or ability boosting perk rounds out the last column. Recommended MW: Stability or Range, with a Backup Mag mod or damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake

Strong alternatives

Armor-Piercing Rounds Rampage Overflow High-Caliber Rounds Ricochet Rounds Flared Magwell Perpetual Motion Wellspring Multikill Clip Focused Fury

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Essential perks

Hammer-Forged Rifling

Strong alternatives

Moving Target High-Caliber Rounds Rangefinder Celerity Elemental Capacitor Dynamic Sway Reduction Overflow Ricochet Rounds

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pve 16 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 14. PvE first-choice roll for general content. The Alacrity trait is surprisingly useful for solo Lost Sectors. Recoil Direction needs attention, which Arrowhead Brake sorts without the need for a Counterbalance mod. Dynamic Sway Reduction can help with landing mid-range shots, and a damage boosting or ability boosting perk rounds out the last column. Recommended MW: Stability or Range, with a Backup Mag mod or damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake Dynamic Sway Reduction

Strong alternatives

Armor-Piercing Rounds Rampage High-Caliber Rounds Ricochet Rounds Flared Magwell Wellspring Multikill Clip Focused Fury

Community wishlist roll

pve 16 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 14. PvE backup roll for general content. The Alacrity trait is surprisingly useful for solo Lost Sectors. Recoil Direction needs attention, which you might need a Counterbalance mod to help control. Dynamic Sway Reduction can help with landing mid-range shots, and a damage boosting or ability boosting perk rounds out the last column. Recommended MW: Stability or Range, with a Counterbalance mod or, if you're able to handle the wonky recoil, a Backup Mag mod or damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Dynamic Sway Reduction

Strong alternatives

Armor-Piercing Rounds Rampage High-Caliber Rounds Ricochet Rounds Flared Magwell Wellspring Multikill Clip Focused Fury

Community wishlist roll

pve 15 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 14. PvE backup roll for general content. The Alacrity trait is surprisingly useful for solo Lost Sectors. Recoil Direction needs attention, which you might need a Counterbalance mod to help control. Overflow keeps you shooting longer, or Perpetual Motion/Dynamic Sway Reduction boosts weapon stats, and a damage boosting or ability boosting perk rounds out the last column. Recommended MW: Stability or Range, with a Counterbalance mod or, if you're able to handle the wonky recoil, a Backup Mag mod or damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.

Strong alternatives

Golden Tricorn Overflow Perpetual Motion Dynamic Sway Reduction Rampage Wellspring Multikill Clip Focused Fury

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Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 14. PvE first-choice roll for general content. The Alacrity trait is surprisingly useful for solo Lost Sectors. Recoil Direction needs attention, which Arrowhead Brake sorts without the need for a Counterbalance mod. Overflow keeps you shooting longer, or Perpetual Motion boosts weapon stats, and Golden Tricorn is just waiting for Solar 3.0 to drop. Recommended MW: Stabilit or Rangey, with a Backup Mag mod or damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake Golden Tricorn

Strong alternatives

Armor-Piercing Rounds Overflow High-Caliber Rounds Ricochet Rounds Flared Magwell Perpetual Motion

Community wishlist roll

pve 8 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 14. PvE backup roll for general content. The Alacrity trait is surprisingly useful for solo Lost Sectors. Recoil Direction needs attention, which you might need a Counterbalance mod to help control. Overflow keeps you shooting longer, or Perpetual Motion boosts weapon stats, and Golden Tricorn is just waiting for Solar 3.0 to drop. Recommended MW: Stability or Range, with a Counterbalance mod or, if you're able to handle the wonky recoil, a Backup Mag mod or damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Golden Tricorn

Strong alternatives

Armor-Piercing Rounds Overflow High-Caliber Rounds Ricochet Rounds Flared Magwell Perpetual Motion

Community wishlist roll

pve 4 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 14. PvE first-choice roll for general content. The Alacrity trait is surprisingly useful for solo Lost Sectors. Recoil Direction needs attention, which Arrowhead Brake sorts without the need for a Counterbalance mod. Dynamic Sway Reduction can help with landing mid-range shots. Golden Tricorn is just waiting for Solar 3.0 to drop. Recommended MW: Stability or Range, with a Backup Mag mod or damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake Dynamic Sway Reduction Golden Tricorn

Strong alternatives

Armor-Piercing Rounds High-Caliber Rounds Ricochet Rounds Flared Magwell

Community wishlist roll

pve 4 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 14. PvE backup roll for general content. The Alacrity trait is surprisingly useful for solo Lost Sectors. Recoil Direction needs attention, which you might need a Counterbalance mod to help control. Dynamic Sway Reduction can help with landing mid-range shots, and Golden Tricorn is just waiting for Solar 3.0 to drop. Recommended MW: Stability or Range, with a Counterbalance mod or, if you're able to handle the wonky recoil, a Backup Mag mod or damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Dynamic Sway Reduction Golden Tricorn

Strong alternatives

Armor-Piercing Rounds High-Caliber Rounds Ricochet Rounds Flared Magwell

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Essential perks

Fluted Barrel Armor-Piercing Rounds Rampage Overflow

What these The Summoner perks do

Armor-Piercing Rounds

Grants 5% increased damage against Elemental and Barrier Champion Shields. Allows bullets to overpenetrate enemies once.

Golden Tricorn

While the perk's buff isn't active, Weapon Kills grant 'Golden Tricorn x1' for 7 seconds, increasing weapon damage by 15%. Additional Kills refresh the buff duration. While Golden Tricorn x1 or x2 is active: Grenade or Elemental Melee Kills matching the element of the Weapon grant Golden Tricorn x2 for 10 seconds, increasing weapon damage by 50%. 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.

Overflow

Upon picking up Special or Heavy Ammo: Refills and Overfills the Magazine from reserves. Overfill amount maxes out at 100% of the Magazine Capacity. Activates even while stowed.

High-Caliber Rounds

Hits inflict increased Flinch on Enemies. PVE: Tier 1-2 Minors can be repeatedly staggered. Higher Tier Combatants stagger quicker. PVP: Flinch against Players varies based on damage and Weapon Archetype. Flinch increase ranges between 5-10%.

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.

Rampage

This gun has a unique version of Rampage that deals more damage in PvE. Kills grant one stack each. Maximum of 3 Stacks. Stacks expire one at a time every 4.5 seconds. Bonus damage granted at 1|2|3 stacks: PvE: 20%|41%|66% PvP: 10%|21%|33.1%

Wellspring

On Weapon Kill: Grants 8% Ability Energy split equally amongst all uncharged abilities. Abilities with multiple charges only receive one third of the ability energy normally split to them once they have a full ability charge ready. 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.

Multikill Clip

Finishing a reload within 3.6 seconds of scoring 1|2|3 Weapon Kills within 3.5 seconds of each grants 17%|33%|50% increased damage for 5 seconds. Buff is overwritten every time it is triggered and is removed on stow.

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.

Dynamic Sway Reduction

Each shot while holding down the trigger grants the following benefits: • 1 Stability • ?% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 10% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth Reaches maximum strength after 10 shots, granting 10 Stability, ?% decreased Accuracy Cone Size, and 100% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth.

Rampage

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of Rampage. Maximum of 3 Stacks. Stacks expire one at a time every 4.5 seconds. Grants a 10%|21%|33.1% damage increase at 1|2|3 Stacks. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Moving Target

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

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)

Dragonfly

Precision Kills cause targets to explode, dealing up to 123.89 [95.3] weapon-matching elemental damage in a 4.5-meter radius.

Celerity

Passively grants 20 Handling and 20 Reload Speed. While Last Guardian Standing: • 100 Handling, 100 Reload Speed, ? Aim Assist • Greatly increased Flinch Resistance • Increased Accuracy • Stronger Sight Highlight • Enables Radar while ADS Does not activate when playing solo.

Elemental Capacitor

Grants Passive Bonuses based on the element of your selected Super's element: • Solar: 50 Reload Speed • Arc: 50 Handling • Void: 20 Stability • Strand: 20 Airborne Effectiveness • Stasis: 20 Recoil Direction & 20% decreased ADS Movement Speed Penalty

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