Xenoclast IV god roll & best perks

Xenoclast IV — Destiny 2 Shotgun
Legendary · Shotgun
Where it drops: Source: Complete strikes and earn rank-up packages from Commander Zavala.

“"Nice chitin. It'd be a shame if someone broke it." —Liu Feng”

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Built from 201 curated wishlist rolls for this Shotgun. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

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YeezyGT's S16

god-pve 72 wishlist rolls

[YeezyGT's S16] [MW: Handling/Range] "Here's my favourite OTP Shotgun. Intrinsic Mobility buffs from being a Lightweight, faster ready/stow and Auto-Loading Holster. This is really the best option, with the Moon Shotgun One Small Step being a close second (which is far, far easier to farm for). "

Essential perks

One-Two Punch

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Assault Mag Full Choke Auto-Loading Holster Pulse Monitor Surplus Accurized Rounds Light Mag Extended Mag Appended Mag Tactical Mag Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling Barrel Shroud

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Tactical Mag Barrel Shroud Vorpal Weapon Grave Robber One-Two Punch Field Prep Swashbuckler Assault Mag Auto-Loading Holster Appended Mag Corkscrew Rifling Smallbore

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28 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns Podcast 190. PvE backup roll. Recommended MW: Reload Speed.

Strong alternatives

Assault Mag Trench Barrel Auto-Loading Holster Corkscrew Rifling Tactical Mag Barrel Shroud Grave Robber Swashbuckler Thresh Demolitionist

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Chevy's S13 Super Pog PvE Loot List (MKB/PVE). Recommended MW - Handling

Essential perks

Assault Mag

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Full Choke Vorpal Weapon Auto-Loading Holster Lead from Gold Corkscrew Rifling Surrounded Trench Barrel One-Two Punch

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10 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns Podcast 190. PvP backup roll. Recommended MW: Handling.

Essential perks

Full Choke

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Light Mag Killing Wind Slideshot Accurized Rounds Slideways Assault Mag Demolitionist

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Essential perks

Full Choke Accurized Rounds

Strong alternatives

Surplus Demolitionist Killing Wind Vorpal Weapon Eye of the Storm Slideshot Slideways

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5 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns Podcast 190. PvE first choice roll boss DPS. Recommended MW: Reload Speed.

Essential perks

Assault Mag

Strong alternatives

Full Choke Grave Robber One-Two Punch Barrel Shroud Trench Barrel Auto-Loading Holster Swashbuckler

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2 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns Podcast 190. PvP first choice roll. Recommended MW: Handling.

Essential perks

Assault Mag Full Choke Killing Wind

Strong alternatives

Slideshot Slideways

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Essential perks

Tactical Mag Barrel Shroud Vorpal Weapon Auto-Loading Holster

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Essential perks

Eye of the Storm Full Choke Accurized Rounds Surplus

What these Xenoclast IV perks do

Full Choke

While Aiming Down Sights: • Decreases Shotgun Pellet Spread by 5% • Reduces Precision Multiplier by 7.6% (1.1078x🠚1.0294x)

Killing Wind

On Weapon Kill, for 5 seconds: • 50 Mobility • 40 Handling and 20 Range • 5% increased Damage Falloff Distance Additional Kills extend the duration by 5 seconds, up to 8 seconds. Buff is removed on stow.

Slideshot

Sliding refills 15% of the Magazine (rounded up) and grants 20 Range and Stability for your next shot (of the burst) within 2.5 seconds. 0.3 second cooldown after activation but can activate multiple times during a slide. Buff is removed on stow.

Slideways

Sliding refills 15% of the magazine (rounded up) from reserves and grants 15? Stability and 30 Handling for 3 seconds. 0.5 second cooldown between activations. Buff is removed on stow.

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.

Grave Robber

Powered Melee Hits and (Glaive) Melee Kills refill the magazine from reserves. 3 second cooldown between activations.

One-Two Punch

Hitting a target with all 12 Pellets in the spread increases the damage of your next Melee attack within 3 seconds. Melee Damage increase by weapon type: • Shotgun: 150% additional base melee damage • Hand Cannon: 75% [100?%] additional base melee damage Stowing the weapon removes the buff. The buff does not stack with the passive Melee Damage increase against Frozen non-Boss targets. The higher buff of the two takes precedence.

Trench Barrel

Dealing Melee Damage grants the following for the next 3 shots within 5 seconds: • 30 Reload Speed and 30 Handling • 50% increased damage Stowing the weapon removes the buff.

Auto-Loading Holster

Refills stowed weapon from reserves after 3.5 seconds of it being stowed.

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.

Thresh

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

Vorpal Weapon

Deals increased damage against Minibosses, Bosses, and Vehicles, as well as Players in their Super Ability. Damage increase by Ammo Type: • Primary Weapons: 20% [60%] • Special Weapons: 15% [20%] • Power Weapons: 10% [20%]

Eye of the Storm

Grants a scaling buff to Handling and Accuracy as your Shield Health drops below 40 and reaches maximum strength at 0 Shield HP. Buff at maximum strength grants: • 30 Handling • 40% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 17% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth The buff linearly scales from 0% at 80 Shield HP to 100% at 0 Shield HP (Critical Health). It initially triggers as you drop to 40 Shield HP — giving you 50% of the maximum buff. However, as you regenerate your Shield Health, the buff will still remain until you reach 80 Shield HP where the benefits scale down to zero.

Surplus

Grants Stat Bonuses depending on the number of Charged Abilities. Stat Bonuses with 1|2|3+ Charged Abilities: • 5|15|25 Stability • 5|25|60 Handling • 10|25|60 Reload Speed

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)

Pulse Monitor

Refills Magazine from reserves upon dropping to 30% Shield Health. Can activate while stowed. Grants 50 Handling and a 0.95x Ready/Stow Animation Duration Multiplier while at or below 30% Shield Health. Buff lingers for 1 second once the condition is no longer met.

Lead from Gold

Heavy Ammo Pickups grants 25% of your maximum Special Ammo Reserves even while the weapon is stowed. Equipping two Special Weapons halves the amount of ammo granted.

Surrounded

Being within 15 meters of 3 Enemies grants 40% increased damage. Buff lingers for 1.5 seconds once the condition is no longer met. Exceptions: • Swords only receive a 35% damage increase. • Grenade and Rocket Launchers receive a 35% Explosive Damage increase and a 40% Impact Damage increase. • Wolfpack Rounds receive a 35% Explosive Damage increase.

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