Zealous Ideal god roll & best perks

Zealous Ideal — Destiny 2 Auto Rifle
Legendary · Auto Rifle
Where it drops: Source: Equilibrium

“Overheard on the Zagan Gloriosus: "Not one more Legionary till he produces results. Invoke Bael if necessary."”

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

Recommended rolls

Community wishlist roll

60 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for single-target damage against tougher enemies in general at-level or better content. Zealous Ideal is a Balanced Heat frame auto rifle, with a precision firing rate, which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic being similar in performance to other autos. The heat frame is like an extra perk set, first providing reduced heat generation, significantly increasing the number of shots before overheating, and providing a pseudo-Reconstruction, automatically "refilling" as the weapon loses heat when not being used. Additionally, there's an intrinsic ×1.15 damage boost against orange and yellow bars and vehicles, plus a ×2 vent rate if you manually reload when the heat bar is at >87.5% of maximum heat to proc Perfect Vent, as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are good by comparison with other precision autos - see https://d2foundry.gg/w/1863583117 for how the weapon stats impact in-game performance, once the formulas have been worked out. With the effect of the precision intrinsic reducing horizonal yaw to ×0.8 you can ignore Recoil Direction and focus on Handling with the barrel perk. For the heatsink perk, look for something that reduces heat generation, or improves cooling efficiency or vent speed. For an auto to use with solar builds, Heal Clip provides ×2 Cure (140 HP), and ×1 Cure on allies within 15m, when you finish a reload within ~5.3s (~5.5s when enhanced) after a kill. Alternatively, Attrition Orbs spawns a power orb after 21 hits within 5s of each other to proc all your useful armour mods - you'll spawn 2-3 orbs from cold to overheated, depending on the heatsink perk. To improve damage, in the second column, One For All boosts damage by ×1.35 for a non-refreshable 10s (11s when enhanced) after hitting three separate targets within 3s of each, or Onslaught doesn't increase total damage per magazine but, as you ramp up to the maximum 3 stacks, it does increase raw DPS for a refreshable 4.5s per kill (5s when enhanced), to increase RPM from 450 to around 620. The Origin Trait, Imperial Allegiance grants a stack for each ally in 15m, up to ×3, to boost both the cooling rate and damage when heat is >50% by up to a max of ×1.105, so is ideal for working in a fireteam. If you're interested, this is modelled on the E-11 medium blaster rifle, the standard-issue weapon for the Galactic Empire's stormtroopers. Recommended MW: Cooling Efficiency, with a Heat Generated mod or your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God M+KB Controller

Strong alternatives

Ionized Heatsink Fluted Barrel Heal Clip One for All Onslaught Attrition Orbs Enhanced Heatsink Accelerated Heatsink Light Heatsink Tactical Heatsink Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling

SpaceMonkey

pve 49 wishlist rolls

SpaceMonkey (PvE): "Precision autos are not very good right now, but this weapon is saved by being a blaster and just naturally being better than every other auto rifle basically. Overall this is a fine weapon. Burning Ambition is also decent for supporting a hellion warlock build, much like Ahab Char." Recommended MW: Reload, Cooling Efficiency, Range, Handling.

Strong alternatives

Overclocked Heatsink Burning Ambition Heal Clip Hammer-Forged Rifling Attrition Orbs Incandescent Light Heatsink Ionized Heatsink Enhanced Heatsink Projection Fuse Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling

Community wishlist roll

45 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for single-target damage against tougher enemies in general at-level or better content, particularly with solar builds. Zealous Ideal is a Balanced Heat frame auto rifle, with a precision firing rate, which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic being similar in performance to other autos. The heat frame is like an extra perk set, first providing reduced heat generation, significantly increasing the number of shots before overheating, and providing a pseudo-Reconstruction, automatically "refilling" as the weapon loses heat when not being used. Additionally, there's an intrinsic ×1.15 damage boost against orange and yellow bars and vehicles, plus a ×2 vent rate if you manually reload when the heat bar is at >87.5% of maximum heat to proc Perfect Vent, as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are good by comparison with other precision autos - see https://d2foundry.gg/w/1863583117 for how the weapon stats impact in-game performance, once the formulas have been worked out. With the effect of the precision intrinsic reducing horizonal yaw to ×0.8 you can ignore Recoil Direction and focus on Handling with the barrel perk. For the heatsink perk, look for something that reduces heat generation, or improves cooling efficiency or vent speed. For an auto to use with solar builds that generate Firesprites, Cooling Baubles reduces weapon heat by 33% for each Elemental pickup or power orb collected. To improve damage, in the second column, One For All boosts damage by ×1.35 for a non-refreshable 10s (11s when enhanced) after hitting three separate targets within 3s of each, or Onslaught doesn't increase total damage per magazine but, as you ramp up to the maximum 3 stacks, it does increase raw DPS for a refreshable 4.5s per kill (5s when enhanced), to increase RPM from 450 to around 620. Alternatively, Incandescent is great for add group control, spreading +30 Scorch stacks within 4m on a red bar Minor add kill (+40 stacks within 8m for orange and yellow bars, +45 when enhanced). The Origin Trait, Imperial Allegiance grants a stack for each ally in 15m, up to ×3, to boost both the cooling rate and damage when heat is >50% by up to a max of ×1.105, so is ideal for working in a fireteam. If you're interested, this is modelled on the E-11 medium blaster rifle, the standard-issue weapon for the Galactic Empire's stormtroopers. Recommended MW: Cooling Efficiency, with a Heat Generated mod or your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Cooling Baubles

Strong alternatives

Ionized Heatsink Fluted Barrel One for All Onslaught Incandescent Enhanced Heatsink Accelerated Heatsink Light Heatsink Tactical Heatsink Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling

Community wishlist roll

30 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for controlling groups of Minor adds in general at-level or better content, particularly for solar builds. Zealous Ideal is a Balanced Heat frame auto rifle, with a precision firing rate, which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic being similar in performance to other autos. The heat frame is like an extra perk set, first providing reduced heat generation, significantly increasing the number of shots before overheating, and providing a pseudo-Reconstruction, automatically "refilling" as the weapon loses heat when not being used. Additionally, there's an intrinsic ×1.15 damage boost against orange and yellow bars and vehicles, plus a ×2 vent rate if you manually reload when the heat bar is at >87.5% of maximum heat to proc Perfect Vent, as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are good by comparison with other precision autos - see https://d2foundry.gg/w/1863583117 for how the weapon stats impact in-game performance, once the formulas have been worked out. With the effect of the precision intrinsic reducing horizonal yaw to ×0.8 you can ignore Recoil Direction and focus on Handling with the barrel perk. For the heatsink perk, look for something that reduces heat generation, or improves cooling efficiency or vent speed. For an auto to use with solar builds, Heal Clip provides ×2 Cure (140 HP), and ×1 Cure on allies within 15m, when you finish a reload within ~5.3s (~5.5s when enhanced) after a kill. Alternatively, Attrition Orbs spawns a power orb after 21 hits within 5s of each other to proc all your useful armour mods - you'll spawn 2-3 orbs from cold to overheated, depending on the heatsink perk. In the second column, Incandescent is great for add group control, spreading +30 Scorch stacks within 4m on a red bar Minor add kill (+40 stacks within 8m for orange and yellow bars, +45 when enhanced). All of the scorch stacks are increased by ×1.5 with Ember of Ashes. The Origin Trait, Imperial Allegiance grants a stack for each ally in 15m, up to ×3, to boost both the cooling rate and damage when heat is >50% by up to a max of ×1.105, so is ideal for working in a fireteam. If you're interested, this is modelled on the E-11 medium blaster rifle, the standard-issue weapon for the Galactic Empire's stormtroopers. Recommended MW: Cooling Efficiency, with a Heat Generated mod or your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Incandescent

Strong alternatives

Ionized Heatsink Fluted Barrel Heal Clip Attrition Orbs Enhanced Heatsink Accelerated Heatsink Light Heatsink Tactical Heatsink Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling

Community wishlist roll

15 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for single-target damage against tougher enemies in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content, particularly for solar builds. Zealous Ideal is a Balanced Heat frame auto rifle, with a precision firing rate, which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic being similar in performance to other autos. The heat frame is like an extra perk set, first providing reduced heat generation, significantly increasing the number of shots before overheating, and providing a pseudo-Reconstruction, automatically "refilling" as the weapon loses heat when not being used. Additionally, there's an intrinsic ×1.15 damage boost against orange and yellow bars and vehicles, plus a ×2 vent rate if you manually reload when the heat bar is at >87.5% of maximum heat to proc Perfect Vent, as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are good by comparison with other precision autos - see https://d2foundry.gg/w/1863583117 for how the weapon stats impact in-game performance, once the formulas have been worked out. With the effect of the precision intrinsic reducing horizonal yaw to ×0.8 you can ignore Recoil Direction and focus on Handling with the barrel perk. For the heatsink perk, look for something that reduces heat generation, or improves cooling efficiency or vent speed. For an auto to use in underleveled content, Attrition Orbs spawns a power orb after 21 hits within 5s of each other to proc all your useful armour mods - you'll spawn 2-3 orbs from cold to overheated, depending on the heatsink perk. Burning Ambition works to build ignitions on tougher targets - it's faster with a solar ability to apply scorch initially, otherwise it'll take ~16 hits to apply +10 scorch stacks with stacks added on additional hits to build towards an ignition at 100. All of the scorch stacks are increased by ×1.5 with Ember of Ashes. The Origin Trait, Imperial Allegiance grants a stack for each ally in 15m, up to ×3, to boost both the cooling rate and damage when heat is >50% by up to a max of ×1.105, so is ideal for working in a fireteam. If you're interested, this is modelled on the E-11 medium blaster rifle, the standard-issue weapon for the Galactic Empire's stormtroopers. Recommended MW: Cooling Efficiency, with a Heat Generated mod or your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Attrition Orbs Burning Ambition

Strong alternatives

Ionized Heatsink Fluted Barrel Enhanced Heatsink Accelerated Heatsink Light Heatsink Tactical Heatsink Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling

SpaceMonkey

pve god-pve 2 wishlist rolls

SpaceMonkey (PvE / God-PvE): "Precision autos are not very good right now, but this weapon is saved by being a blaster and just naturally being better than every other auto rifle basically. Overall this is a fine weapon. Burning Ambition is also decent for supporting a hellion warlock build, much like Ahab Char." Recommended MW: Reload, Cooling Efficiency.

Essential perks

Heal Clip Hammer-Forged Rifling Incandescent

Strong alternatives

Overclocked Heatsink Light Heatsink

What these Zealous Ideal perks do

Attrition Orbs

Scoring multiple Hits against enemies within 5 seconds of each spawns an Orb of Power that grants 0.8% Super Energy. Does not require Direct Hits. Hit counter persists through stow. Hit requirements for activation: • Rocket Launchers: 2 hits • Heavy Grenade Launchers: 3 Hits • Wave-Frame Grenade Launchers: 4 hits • Bows: 4 Hits • Swords: 5 Hits • Area-Denial Grenade Launchers: 26 Hits • Others: 55% of Magazine Size rounded down + 1 Support Frame Auto Rifle healing round Hits on damaged allies count as 2 Hits.

Burning Ambition

Direct Hits against Scorched Enemies apply additional Scorch on a 0.5 second cooldown: • Primary Weapons apply 10 [4] additional Scorch per Direct Hit (15 [9?] with Ember of Ashes) • Special and Power Weapons apply 20 additional Scorch (30 with Ember of Ashes) Scoring multiple Direct Hits within 3? seconds of each causes the next Direct Hit to Scorch the target. Hit counter persists through stow. Number of Direct Hits required by weapon type: • Bows: 2 • Swords: 3 • Other Weapons: 55% of the base magazine size Scorch applied by Burning Ambition to Unscorched targets counts as Weapon Damage. Ember of Ashes increases the amount of Scorch applied by 50%.

Heal Clip

Finishing a reload within 5.3? seconds of a Kill grants Cure x2 to you and Cure x1 to allies within 15 meters.

Incandescent

Weapon Kills trigger a Solar explosion that applies 30 Scorch Stacks (40 with Ember of Ashes) and deals up to 30 damage to enemies within 4 meters of the target. Killing Elite or higher tier Combatants and Players increases the radius to 8 meters and applies 10 more Scorch Stacks. Scorch damage can be increased through Weapon Damage Buffs.

One for All

Scoring Weapon Hits against 3 Separate Enemies within 3 seconds of each grants 35% increased damage for 10 seconds. Does not require Direct Hits. Buff duration cannot be refreshed.

Onslaught

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of 'Onslaught' for 4.5 seconds. Maximum of 3 Stacks. Benefits at 1|2|3 Stacks of Onslaught: • 16.7% | 28.6% | 37.5% decreased Firing Delay • 15 | 25 | 35 Reload Speed

Cooling Baubles

Collecting an Orb of Power or Elemental Pickup dissipates 33% Weapon Heat. Elemental Pickups include Firesprites, Ionic Traces, Stasis Shards, Tangles, and Void Breaches.

Overclocked Heatsink

Passively grants 2% increased damage and 10 decreased Cooling Efficiency stat.

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