The Third Axiom god roll & best perks

Inspired by @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-Utility PvE-Champion PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for piercing Barrier Champions in activities rated Very Hard, Hard or Normal difficulty. The Third Axiom is an Adaptive pulse rifle which as a subfamily are currently rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic Endgame Analysis spreadsheet in https://www.destiny2.science/ as "small step down from C tier pulse damage profile, but has barrier intrinsic". The frame intrinsic offers no bonuses beyond being "well-rounded, reliable and sturdy", as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are on the low side by comparison with its peers - you can see the stats at https://destiny.report/w/3744058588/the-third-axiom and hopefully https://d2foundry.gg/w/3744058588 will show how weapon stats impact in-game performance when the site is back up and running. The recoil is a little left and a bit loose, so to tighten that up, look for a barrel perk that helps with Recoil Direction or, if you can handle it just go for extra handling, and then with the magazine perk go for Armor-Piercing Rounds for the additional ×1.05 shield damage, one of the other cambat effect mags or something that helps improve magazine size or reload. This is, admittedly, a niche roll but if you pair Genesis in the first trait perk column, to refill the mag after breaking a shield or Slideways to refill 15% of the mag and boost Stability by +15 and Handling by +30 (+18 and +33 when enhanced) when you slide, with Disruption Break in the second column to increase kinetic damage by ×1.5 for 5.5s after breaking an elemental shield or barrier, you should be able to quickly finish off Barrier Champions from a safe distance with a kinetic special weapon. The Vanguard Determination origin trait provides up to ×3 stacks that reduces incoming damage to max ×0.94 for a refreshable 10s (12.5s when enhanced), on kills within 20s of using a class ability. If you're interested, in mathematics, the "Third Axiom of Probability" (the axiom of countable additivity) dictates how separate, mutually exclusive events function - this ties perfectly into the weapon's flavour text. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.|tags:PvE PvE-Utility PvE-Champion PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Disruption Break

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Armor-Piercing Rounds Genesis Slideways High-Caliber Rounds Ricochet Rounds Appended Mag Alloy Magazine Flared Magwell Chambered Compensator Extended Barrel Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling