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Wendigo GL3 (Adept)
Wendigo GL3 (Adept) god roll & best perks
Legendary · Grenade Launcher
“Turn your hunger outward, never inward.”
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Built from 60 curated wishlist rolls for this Grenade Launcher. 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
54 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Is the current meta open enough to allow Wendigo to flex its tired muscles? I think so. GLs aren’t oppressive in PvP but they offer better in between than a rocket or a machine gun. It can clear rooms quickly and do decent single target damage. With a linear fusion rifle nerf incoming we might see a rise in grenade launcher usage. With Wendigo being at the top of the list. Spike will give you damage, but better utility might be blinding. If you want to go all into damage, spike grenades, golden tricorn, adept big ones, and font of might will give you some incredible damage output. It’s a lot harder to upkeep on a grenade launcher, and especially when you’re dealing with a boss with limited fodder you might not be able to sustain golden tricorn 2x. Even with that set up you will have some great burst damage." Recommended MW - Reload.
Strong alternatives
Chain Reaction
Disorienting Grenades
Quick Launch
Frenzy
Linear Compensator
Smart Drift Control
Spike Grenades
Auto-Loading Holster
Field Prep
Golden Tricorn
Explosive Light
pandapaxxy
pvp
mkb
controller
6 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "Wendigo is interesting in PvP. I wouldn’t use it, but I also wouldn’t be upset with someone if they did. It has utility and it can work similar to other grenade launchers. Proximity grenades adds forgiveness and flexibility. Impulse amplifier makes it more of a pocket rocket launcher, and rangefinder will just make whatever arc the grenade has minimal. Another good shout is explosive light. If you hold onto your explosive light shots, or build it up without having power ammo, you will have even more flexibility with the added damage, and be able to counter supers with ease." Recommended MW - Blast Radius.
Essential perks
Proximity Grenades
Impulse Amplifier
Strong alternatives
Rangefinder
Quick Launch
Smart Drift Control
Countermass
Explosive Light
What these Wendigo GL3 (Adept) perks do
Chain Reaction
Weapon Kills trigger an elemental explosion matching the weapon's element.
Damage and radius of the explosions varies based on the weapon's ammo type:
• Special Weapons: Up to 67.2 [44.8] damage in a 2.4 meter radius
• Power Weapons: Up to 109.2 [72.8] damage in a 3 meter radius
Disorienting Grenades
Passively grants -200 Blast Radius, 25% decreased damage, and 15% decreased detonation radius.
Enemies within 6 meters of the explosion are disoriented for 4.5 seconds. Disorient radius cannot be increased using other perks.
Champions and Bosses are unaffected by Disorient.
(Disorient is effectively the equivalent of Arc Blind without any of the elemental synergies and anti-champion benefits)
Players near the explosion briefly lose their HUD and have their screen distorted for up to ? seconds. Duration varies depending on the distance from the blast.
Frenzy
After being in Combat for 12 seconds:
Grants 15% increased damage, 100 Handling, and 100 Reload Speed for 7.2 seconds.
Works and can activate while stowed. Dealing and receiving damage refreshes the buff duration.
For Frenzy, being in Combat is defined as having either dealt or received damage within the last 5 seconds.
Self-damage and environmental damage do not count.
Spike Grenades
Increases Grenade Impact damage:
• 12.12% increase on Special Grenade Launchers
• 12.5% increase on Power Grenade Launchers
Due to the ratio of Detonation and Impact damage being tied to the Blast Radius stat on Grenade Launchers, a lower stat will provide a slightly higher overall damage increase.
Field Prep
Grants the following while Crouched:
• 50 Reload Speed
• 0.8x Reload Duration Multiplier
• 0.8x Ready/Stow Duration Multiplier
Passively grants 20 Ammo Generation stat. (50% more than 1 Ammo Generation armor mod)
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.
Explosive Light
Orb of Power pickups (even while the weapon is stowed) grant 1 Stack of Explosive Light. Maximum of 6 Stacks.
Firing the weapon comsumes 1 Stack per Shot, granting increased damage and 100 Blast Radius.
Grenade Launchers: 60% increased Explosive damage.
Rocket Launchers: 25% increased Impact and Explosive damage. (Does not affect Wolfpack Rounds)
Impulse Amplifier
Passively grants 20 Reload Speed and 15% decreased Reload Animation Duration (20% for Rocket Launchers).
Passively increases Projectile Velocity based on Weapon Archetype:
• Rocket Launchers: 10%
• Support-Frame Auto Rifles: 15%
• Micro-Missile Frame Weapons: 25%
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)
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