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Whistler's Whim — Destiny 2 Combat Bow
Legendary · Combat Bow
Where it drops: Source: Trials of Osiris Challenges

“The tune is the same, but the aim couldn't be more different.”

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Built from 81 curated wishlist rolls for this Combat Bow. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

pandapaxxy

pvp controller 54 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): Recommended MW: Draw Time. Lightweight(850) Kinetic Combat Bow Primary Ammo. "In PvP you can definitely make a use case for bow-swapping but Lightweights are also outclassed by the damage of precision frames. You can certainly make this bow work with Rangefinder for a faster arrow and Opening Shot to ensure the first shot lands, but you’ll have to have a plan for every shot."

Strong alternatives

Opening Shot Elastic String Rangefinder Fiberglass Arrow Shaft Polymer String Flexible String Straight Fletching Helical Fletching Moving Target Adrenaline Junkie Swashbuckler

pandapaxxy

pve mkb controller 27 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): Recommended MW: Draw Time. Lightweight(850) Kinetic Combat Bow Primary Ammo. "Lightweight Frame bows have not been meta within PvE but are strong contenders for quick double taps and follow up shots. Kill Clip is the best damage perk you have and will refresh on every shot but Whistler’s Whim just doesn't have the perk pool to go higher than low tier PvE or Gambit."

Essential perks

Rapid Hit

Strong alternatives

Kill Clip Elastic String Fiberglass Arrow Shaft Polymer String Flexible String Straight Fletching Helical Fletching Archer's Tempo Successful Warm-Up

What these Whistler's Whim perks do

Rapid Hit

"Buffed Hits" grant 1 Stack of Rapid Hit for 2 seconds. Maximum of 5 Stacks. "Buffed Hits" refer to any "Yellow Number" Hits such as Precision Hits or Hits against debuffed targets. Benefits at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: • 2|12|14|18|25 Stability • 5|30|35|42|60 Reload Speed • 0.99x|0.96x|0.95x|0.945x|0.92x Reload Duration Multiplier

Kill Clip

Finishing a reload within 3.6 seconds of a kill grants 25% increased damage for 5 seconds. Stowing the weapon removes the buff. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Archer's Tempo

Precision Hits decrease Draw Time by 25% for 3 seconds. Buff is removed on stow.

Successful Warm-Up

Weapon Kills decrease Charge/Draw Time by 37.5% for 6 seconds. Kills while the perk is active add 4 seconds to the duration up to a maximum of 20 seconds. Buff is removed on stow.

Opening Shot

Grants the following benefits for your first shot (of the burst): • 20 Aim Assist and 25 Range • 5% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 10% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth Special weapons only receive 50% of the benefits. Stats are rounded up. Firing the weapon prevents the perk from activating for 3 seconds.

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)

Moving Target

Grants the following while Aiming Down Sights (ADS): • 10 Aim Assist • 10% decreased ADS Movement Speed Penalty

Adrenaline Junkie

Weapon Kills grant 1 Stack of Adrenaline Junkie for 4.5 seconds. Grenade Kills grant all 5 Stacks instantly even if the weapon is stowed. Adrenaline Junkie benefits: • 20 Handling • 6.7%|13.3%|20%|26.6%|33.3% increased damage at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks

Swashbuckler

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of 'Swashbuckler' for 4.5 seconds. Maximum of 5 Stacks. (Glaive) Melee Kills grant all 5 Stacks instantly. Damage increase at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: 6.7% | 13.3% | 20% | 26.6% | 33.3% Stowing the weapon removes the buff.

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

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