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Throne-Cleaver god roll & best perks

Throne-Cleaver — Destiny 2 Sword
Legendary · Sword
Where it drops: Source: Open Legendary engrams and earn faction rank-up packages.

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

Full perk pool, stats & source for Throne-Cleaver →

Built from 30 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

pve mkb controller 27 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): Recommended MW: Impact. Aggressive(20) Solar Sword Heavy Ammo. "Titans are happy about this one. Crown-Splitter for damage, Throne-Cleaver for zooms. Crown-Splitter doubled with Strongholds will make for a very fun build. You will be able to have health, class ability energy, and zoomies all by blocking. Certainly a favorite for Stronghold lovers."

Essential perks

Heavy Guard

Strong alternatives

Energy Transfer Jagged Edge Valiant Charge Hungry Edge Tempered Edge Duelist's Trance Unrelenting Incandescent Vorpal Weapon

pandapaxxy

pvp controller 3 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): Recommended MW: Impact. Aggressive(20) Solar Sword Heavy Ammo. "In PvP it’s a sword that does a lot of damage to supers but is very slow to use. Tireless Blade will give you the most kills for your ammo and Valiant Charge will help you cover distance or get into cover better."

Essential perks

Heavy Guard Tireless Blade Valiant Charge

Strong alternatives

Jagged Edge Hungry Edge Tempered Edge

What these Throne-Cleaver perks do

Energy Transfer

Every point of damage taken while Guarding grants Class Ability Energy: • 1.5% when Melee Damage is Blocked • 1% when non-Melee Damage is Blocked • 0.5% when damage isn't Blocked (getting hit from behind) 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.

Valiant Charge

Taking any damage while Guarding increases Lunge Distance by 80% for the next swing within 1 second. Guarding while receiving Healing Effects (including healing over time from Restoration) from allies also activates the perk.

Duelist's Trance

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

Unrelenting

Starts Health Regeneration and restores 65 HP upon reaching 100% Activation Progress with Weapon Kills within 5 seconds of each. Activation Progress by Enemy Rank: • Minor Combatants: 34% • Players: 67% • Elites, Minibosses, and Bosses: 100%

Incandescent

Weapon Kills trigger a Solar explosion that applies 30 Scorch Stacks (40 with Ember of Ashes) and deals up to 30 damage to enemies within 4 meters of the target. Killing Elite or higher tier Combatants and Players increases the radius to 8 meters and applies 10 more Scorch Stacks. Scorch damage can be increased through Weapon Damage Buffs.

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%]

Tireless Blade

Your first Powered Sword Kill after (re)spawning refunds 1 Ammo. Afterward, every other Powered Sword Kill also refunds 1 Ammo.

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

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