Warlord's Spear god roll & best perks

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "What a fun little trace rifle. I would recommend Rewind Rounds with Killing Tally to make the most of your ammo while supplementing your builds. Or you can go High-Impact Reserves with Target Lock to really deal damage into bosses. The newest perk, Detonator Beam, looks to be a trace rifle equivalent of Kinetic Tremors. Definitely a good perk to try out." Recommended MW: Reload Speed.

Strong alternatives

Killing Tally Fluted Barrel Enhanced Battery Rewind Rounds Target Lock High-Impact Reserves Detonator Beam Loose Change Light Battery Tactical Battery Corkscrew Rifling Smallbore

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 133 from 11 March 2025 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/49VFDRj05iDXTJDOBqQpga?si=e61731a19fb64938) with @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for use against Minor add groups in both general at-level or better, and end-game underlevelled content, particularly with arc builds. There are a few legendary adaptive frame trace rifles available now, and Warlord's Spear is not a bad arc variant. At base, the stats are good by comparison with its peers - 67 Range and 16 Zoom equate to 34.51m ADS and 21.57m hipfire, 76 Stability is ×1.2575 flinch resist at 100 Resilience, 55 Handling is 0.37s ready, 0.29s ADS and 0.34s stow speed, 33 Reload Speed is a 2.01s reload and Recoil Direction is 93. Base magazine size is 97 (Max 104) and, with 0/1/2/3 reserves mods, total ammo is 525/575/626/641 (max 687). Use the barrel perk to improve Handling (M+KB) or Stability (Controller), and then either a battery perk to boost capacity or Stability or something to help with reload speed. In the first trait perk column, Rewind Rounds is probably the pick of the utility perks, although Envious Assassin or Loose Change are very decent alternatives. For arc builds, Jolting Feedback is great to apply Jolt for both single target damage and add clearing, proccing after 18 hits (17 when the perk's enhanced and 13 when amplified), to synergise with arc fragments. The reworked Skulking Wolf origin trait can be useful in PvE, making enemies less accurate when firing at you for 10s after getting a kill while at low health. Recommended MW: Handling with a Backup Mag mod or, when fully enhanced, Synergy to create Ionic Traces or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader. Also, don't forget to check whether there's a useful Seasonal Fragile mod for the activity you're running.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Jolting Feedback

Strong alternatives

Ionized Battery Fluted Barrel Rewind Rounds Envious Assassin Loose Change Enhanced Battery Light Battery Particle Repeater Tactical Battery Polygonal Rifling Arrowhead Brake

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 133 from 11 March 2025 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/49VFDRj05iDXTJDOBqQpga?si=e61731a19fb64938) with @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for use against Minor add groups in both general at-level or better, and end-game underlevelled content. There are a few legendary adaptive frame trace rifles available now, and Warlord's Spear is not a bad arc variant. At base, the stats are good by comparison with its peers - 67 Range and 16 Zoom equate to 34.51m ADS and 21.57m hipfire, 76 Stability is ×1.2575 flinch resist at 100 Resilience, 55 Handling is 0.37s ready, 0.29s ADS and 0.34s stow speed, 33 Reload Speed is a 2.01s reload and Recoil Direction is 93. Base magazine size is 97 (Max 104) and, with 0/1/2/3 reserves mods, total ammo is 525/575/626/641 (max 687). Use the barrel perk to improve Handling (M+KB) or Stability (Controller), and then either a battery perk to boost capacity or Stability or something to help with reload speed. In the first trait perk column, Rewind Rounds is probably the pick of the utility perks, although Envious Assassin or Loose Change are very decent alternatives. In the second column, Detonator Beam is very strong, providing a wide AoE detonation that's like a heavy weapon Chain Reaction on steroids, and about twice the damage Firefly and Dragonfly for landing about 25 shots (around 20 when enhanced), to wipe out groups of adds around your target. The reworked Skulking Wolf origin trait can be useful in PvE, making enemies less accurate when firing at you for 10s after getting a kill while at low health. Recommended MW: Handling with a Backup Mag mod or, when fully enhanced, Synergy to create Ionic Traces or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader. Also, don't forget to check whether there's a useful Seasonal Fragile mod for the activity you're running.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Detonator Beam

Strong alternatives

Ionized Battery Fluted Barrel Rewind Rounds Envious Assassin Loose Change Enhanced Battery Light Battery Particle Repeater Tactical Battery Polygonal Rifling Arrowhead Brake

Adamsdown_Boy written v8.5.2.1 (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for use against Minor add groups in both general at-level or better, and end-game underlevelled content. There are a few legendary adaptive frame trace rifles available now, and Warlord's Spear is not a bad arc variant. At base, the stats are good by comparison with its peers - 67 Range and 16 Zoom equate to 34.51m ADS and 21.57m hipfire, 76 Stability is ×1.2575 flinch resist at 100 Resilience, 55 Handling is 0.37s ready, 0.29s ADS and 0.34s stow speed, 33 Reload Speed is a 2.01s reload and Recoil Direction is 93. Base magazine size is 97 (Max 104) and, with 0/1//3 reserves mods, total ammo is 525/575/626/641 (max 687). Use the barrel perk to improve Handling (M+KB) or Stability (Controller), and then either a battery perk to boost Reload Speed or something to help with Stability. The first trait perk column standout Rewind Rounds is a decent alternative to extend your magazine and reduce the need to reload, although Envious Assassin can overfill your battery with kills from other weapons. In the second column, Killing Tally increases damage up to ×1.3 after three kills, until you reload or stow. The reworked Skulking Wolf origin trait can be useful in PvE, making enemies less accurate when firing at you for 10s after getting a kill while at low health. Recommended MW: Handling with a Backup Mag mod or, when fully enhanced, Synergy to create Ionic Traces or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader. Also, don't forget to check whether there's a useful Seasonal Fragile mod for the activity you're running.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Killing Tally

Strong alternatives

Fluted Barrel Light Battery Rewind Rounds Envious Assassin Tactical Battery Particle Repeater Polygonal Rifling Arrowhead Brake

Adamsdown_Boy written v8.5.2.1 (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for use against Minor add groups in both general at-level or better, and end-game underlevelled content. There are a few legendary adaptive frame trace rifles available now, and Warlord's Spear is not a bad arc variant. At base, the stats are good by comparison with its peers - 67 Range and 16 Zoom equate to 34.51m ADS and 21.57m hipfire, 76 Stability is ×1.2575 flinch resist at 100 Resilience, 55 Handling is 0.37s ready, 0.29s ADS and 0.34s stow speed, 33 Reload Speed is a 2.01s reload and Recoil Direction is 93. Base magazine size is 97 (Max 104) and, with 0/1//3 reserves mods, total ammo is 525/575/626/641 (max 687). Use the barrel perk to improve Handling (M+KB) or Stability (Controller), and then either a battery perk to boost Reload Speed or something to help with Stability. You have access to double damage perks in the two trait perk columns with High-Impact Reserves in the first providing between ×1.121 and ×1.256 damage between halfway and an empty battery. In the second, you have Target Lock, which ramps up damage as you fire for an overall additional damage boost of ×1.25, or Killing Tally for a ×1.3 damage boost after three enemy kills until you reload or stow. The reworked Skulking Wolf origin trait can be useful in PvE, making enemies less accurate when firing at you for 10s after getting a kill while at low health. Recommended MW: Handling with a Backup Mag mod or, when fully enhanced, Synergy to create Ionic Traces or, when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader. Also, don't forget to check whether there's a useful Seasonal Fragile mod for the activity you're running.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

High-Impact Reserves

Strong alternatives

Target Lock Fluted Barrel Light Battery Killing Tally Tactical Battery Particle Repeater Polygonal Rifling Arrowhead Brake

pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "Trace rifles have seen less usage thanks to the special ammo changes a while back. The lower ammo count really hurts these weapons. Bungie keeps trying to adjust them but they're only fun when you can run around with them as a primary suped up auto rifle. Dynamic Sway Reduction will help the bloom and accuracy, though High-Impact Reserves will be nice every time you spawn dealing extra damage." Recommended MW: Range.

Essential perks

Projection Fuse

Strong alternatives

Target Lock Dynamic Sway Reduction Hammer-Forged Rifling Killing Tally Desperate Measures High-Impact Reserves Hip-Fire Grip Smallbore