Word of Crota (Adept) god roll & best perks

Word of Crota (Adept) — Destiny 2 Hand Cannon
Legendary · Hand Cannon
Where it drops: Source: "Crota's End" Raid

“There was life, and He spoke unto it; and it was silent, and lived no more.”

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Built from 32 curated wishlist rolls for this Hand Cannon. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

Community wishlist roll

12 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 79 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1qz5FD88RfmGHDjedV6nGo?si=7e1c1558ecea4f1c) with @ImpetusAlways, @Saint_Kabr and @CourtProjects. First-choice PvE pick for add-clear against Minor Spec enemies in end-age content. Barrel and Mag re-shapeable. Word of Crota drops with perfect recoil direction (made even more perfect, if that's possible, by the intrinsic frame trait) and best-in-slot stats so is definitely worth a look. You can use the barrel and mag perks to fill out gunfeel stats to your liking. Demolitionist is usually a good choice when it appears in the first trait column as the support perk, to regenerate grenade energy, and pairs naturally with Adrenaline Junkie in the second column as the signature perk to proc a +33% damage boost on a grenade kill. Maybe not so useful with this roll, but the Cursed Thrall origin perk synergises well with melee builds and is a lot of fun for helping soften up groups of enemies when active. Recommended MW: Handling or Range, with a damage boosting (Minor or Taken Spec) or Backup Mag mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-EndGame, PvE-God, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Adrenaline Junkie Demolitionist

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Polygonal Rifling Fluted Barrel Smallbore Hammer-Forged Rifling Flared Magwell Accurized Rounds

Community wishlist roll

12 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 79 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1qz5FD88RfmGHDjedV6nGo?si=7e1c1558ecea4f1c) with @ImpetusAlways, @Saint_Kabr and @CourtProjects. First-choice PvE pick for add-clearing Minor Spec enemies in general content. First-choice PvE pick for void synergy and add-clear against Minor Spec enemies in general content. Barrel and Mag re-shapeable. Word of Crota drops with perfect recoil direction (made even more perfect, if that's possible, by the intrinsic frame trait) and best-in-slot stats so is definitely worth a look. You can use the barrel and mag perks to fill out gunfeel stats to your liking. For void synergy, you can use both current void traits - Repulsor Brace in the first column as the support perk, and Destabilizing Rounds in the second as the signature perk. Get your first kill, to spread volatility in groups of adds, and kill one to get a void overshield, and sync with void subclass verbs. Maybe not so useful with this roll, but the Cursed Thrall origin perk synergises well with melee builds and is a lot of fun for helping soften up groups of enemies when active. Recommended MW: Handling or Range, with a damage boosting (Minor or Taken Spec) or Backup Mag mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-God, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Repulsor Brace Destabilizing Rounds

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Polygonal Rifling Fluted Barrel Smallbore Hammer-Forged Rifling Flared Magwell Accurized Rounds

Community wishlist roll

4 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 79 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1qz5FD88RfmGHDjedV6nGo?si=7e1c1558ecea4f1c) with @ImpetusAlways, @Saint_Kabr and @CourtProjects. First-choice PvE pick for add-clear against Minor Spec enemies in end-age content. Barrel and Mag re-shapeable. Word of Crota drops with perfect recoil direction (made even more perfect, if that's possible, by the intrinsic frame trait) and best-in-slot stats so is definitely worth a look. You can use the barrel and mag perks to fill out range and stability - we can address the handling and reload speed with our signature perk. It's difficult to turn down two damage traits when they're offered so Dragonfly in the first trait column as the support perk will help spread damage in crowds of adds, and Frenzy grants a passive 15% damage boost together with +50 to Reload Speed and Handling. Maybe not so useful with this roll, but the Cursed Thrall origin perk synergises well with melee builds and is a lot of fun for helping soften up groups of enemies when active. Recommended MW: Range or Stability, with a damage boosting (Minor or Taken Spec) or Backup Mag mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-EndGame, PvE-God, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Dragonfly Accurized Rounds Frenzy

Strong alternatives

Polygonal Rifling Smallbore Hammer-Forged Rifling Full Bore

Community wishlist roll

4 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 79 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1qz5FD88RfmGHDjedV6nGo?si=7e1c1558ecea4f1c) with @ImpetusAlways, @Saint_Kabr and @CourtProjects. First-choice PvE pick for add-clear against Minor Spec enemies in end-age content. Barrel and Mag re-shapeable. Word of Crota drops with perfect recoil direction (made even more perfect, if that's possible, by the intrinsic frame trait) and best-in-slot stats so is definitely worth a look. You can use the barrel and mag perks to fill out range and stability - we can address the others with our signature perk. Demolitionist is usually a good choice to regenerate grenade energy when it appears in the first trait column as the support perk, and Frenzy grants a passive 15% damage boost together with +50 to Reload Speed and Handling. Maybe not so useful with this roll, but the Cursed Thrall origin perk synergises well with melee builds and is a lot of fun for helping soften up groups of enemies when active. Recommended MW: Range or Stability, with a damage boosting (Minor or Taken Spec) or Backup Mag mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-EndGame, PvE-God, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Accurized Rounds Demolitionist Frenzy

Strong alternatives

Polygonal Rifling Smallbore Hammer-Forged Rifling Full Bore

What these Word of Crota (Adept) perks do

Dragonfly

Precision Kills cause targets to explode, dealing up to 123.89 [95.3] weapon-matching elemental damage in a 4.5-meter radius.

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.

Demolitionist

Weapon Kills grant 10% Grenade Ability Energy. Kills with Sniper Rifles, Shotguns, Glaives, and Fusion Rifles grant 20%. Using your Grenade Ability refills the Magazine with a 3 second cooldown. Ability energy gained may be significantly decreased based on your selected ability's Chunk Energy Scalar. Learn more about this mechanic in our explainer blog post on the Clarity website.

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

Repulsor Brace

Kills against Void Debuffed enemies grant a 45 HP Void Overshield for 8 seconds (12 with Echo of Persistence).

Destabilizing Rounds

Weapon Kills apply Volatile to enemies in a 7 meter radius around the target and grant Volatile Rounds for 3 seconds. 1.5 second cooldown between activations.

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

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