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Whistler's Whim (Adept) — Destiny 2 Combat Bow
Legendary · Combat Bow

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

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Built from 153 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

81 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvE Controller \ M+KB): Recommended MW: Accuracy “I feel like this will be a havil sought after weapon. For two reasons, adept mods, and kill clip. Being a lightweight frame combat bow, Whistler's Whim does not need a lot to hit the draw time floor. Polymer string is enough and you will not have to sacrifice as much accuracy to do so. I do not think kill clip is the play for PvE but you can certainly make it work and I would love to see it. Look for other damage increasing perks like swash or AJ.“ (Year 5 S18: Season of Plunder Kinetic Bow Primary Ammo)|tags:PvE, Controller, M+KB

Strong alternatives

Rapid Hit Polymer String Fiberglass Arrow Shaft Swashbuckler Tactile String Natural String Straight Fletching Helical Fletching Cornered Thresh Adrenaline Junkie Kill Clip

pandapaxxy

PvP Controller 72 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP Controller): Recommended MW: Accuracy “In PvP kill clip alone will not be able to one shot every resilience of guardian, but with radiant or an empowering rift, or really any other damage bonus you will be able to. In a team setting you should call out anyone with this bow just on the off-chance someone else is running Lumina or an empowering rift. It will be efficient with a team, but fall off in solo-play.“ (Year 5 S18: Season of Plunder Kinetic Bow Primary Ammo)

Strong alternatives

Opening Shot Polymer String Rangefinder Fiberglass Arrow Shaft Tactile String Natural String Straight Fletching Helical Fletching Rapid Hit Moving Target Kill Clip Successful Warm-Up

What these Whistler's Whim (Adept) 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

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.

Cornered

Grants 15% decreased Charge/Draw Time while within 15 meters of 2 enemies. Buff lingers for 1.5 seconds once no longer surrounded.

Thresh

Weapon Kills grant an additional 1% Super Energy. Kills with Sniper Rifles, Shotguns, Glaives, and Fusion Rifles grant an additional 1.5% instead.

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

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.

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

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.

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