Vengeful Whisper god roll & best perks

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "I’m happy for more variants of weapons. Vengeful Whisper being a strand bow opens up some loadout flexibility and covers your strand subclass verbs. It’s less useful without Match Game but it can still be useful for taking out shields faster. Archer’s Tempo is fantastic on bows for lowering successive draw times, and Precision Instrument fits nicely as you’ll want to hit those crits, the draw time allowing you a bit of forgiveness lining up those crit shots. You could even switch it up and go with Explosive Payload and Successful Warm-Up if you’re using this in lower and PvE where you can one shot everything to keep Successful Warm-Up going." Recommended MW: Draw Time.

Strong alternatives

Archer's Tempo Precision Instrument Elastic String Fiberglass Arrow Shaft Polymer String Flexible String Straight Fletching Explosive Head Enlightened Action Successful Warm-Up Hatchling

pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "In the crucible I don’t think you’ll find as much success. Vengeful Whisper does have Explosive Head for better flinch and AoE but I find bow swapping a bit easier with a handling perk like Shot Swap or even Perpetual Motion. If you’re not bow swapping I prefer Archer’s Tempo or Rapid Hit for better follow up shots. Successful Warm-Up is great but only works after your first kill." Recommended MW: Draw Time.

Strong alternatives

Successful Warm-Up Elastic String Fiberglass Arrow Shaft Keep Away Polymer String Flexible String Straight Fletching Collective Action Explosive Head Archer's Tempo

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 90 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/7C3Wx7xXVw10WshiLn5sT8?si=ZNEiHi_ZRfW5z3BbkOMrVQ) with @CourtProjects, @ImpetusAlways, and @Saint_Kabr. First-choice PvE pick for support against Major and Boss spec enemies in end-game content. Dungeon weapons tend to have better stats than world drops, and Vengeful Whisper is no exception - even going as far as an extra point of zoom over other precision bows. This also has traits appearing in non-standard columns to make for some unique rolls. As with every bow, the aim is to reduce draw time first, and improve accuracy second - Elastic String does the first job and Fiberglass Arrow Shaft or Straight Fletching does the second. The combination of Slice in the first trait column and Precision Instrument in the second could make for an interesting combination to apply Sever to majors and bosses from range - even when they're immune to damage - to reduce their damage output by 40% for 10s or 15s with Thread of Continuity (effectively a 40% DR for the whole fireteam) as well as doing decent, for a primary weapon, damage with the boost from Precision Instrument. The origin trait is situationally useful if you're in a construct-heavy environment, like the Warlord's Ruin dungeon itself. Recommended MW: Draw Time, with a damage boosting (Major, Boss or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-BossSpec, PvE-MajorSpec, PvE-EndGame, PvE-God, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Precision Instrument Slice Elastic String

Strong alternatives

Straight Fletching Fiberglass Arrow Shaft

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 90 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/7C3Wx7xXVw10WshiLn5sT8?si=ZNEiHi_ZRfW5z3BbkOMrVQ) with @CourtProjects, @ImpetusAlways, and @Saint_Kabr. First-choice PvE pick for Strand Synergy in end-game content. Dungeon weapons tend to have better stats than world drops, and Vengeful Whisper is no exception - even going as far as an extra point of zoom over other precision bows. This also has traits appearing in non-standard columns to make for some unique rolls. As with every bow, the aim is to reduce draw time first, and improve accuracy second - Elastic String does the first job and Fiberglass Arrow Shaft or Straight Fletching does the second. The combination of Slice in the first trait column and Collective Action in the second makes this a bit of a Swiss-army knife of weapons. Slice, with Strand of Continuity, Severs an enemy to reduce their damage output by 40% for 15s - you can use this effect on Majors and Bosses, even during an immunity phase to grant an effective 40% damage reduction for your whole fireteam. Or, apply Sever to a minor and kill it to spawn a Tangle that you can use with Collective Action for a 20% damage boost for 7s, then rinse and repeat. The origin trait is situationally useful if you're in a construct-heavy environment, like the Warlord's Ruin dungeon itself. Recommended MW: Draw Time, with a damage boosting (Major, Boss or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-EndGame, PvE-God, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Slice Elastic String Collective Action

Strong alternatives

Straight Fletching Fiberglass Arrow Shaft