Zephyr god roll & best perks

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. PvE first-choice roll for Minor add clear. No second origin trait, but Dawning Surprise helps you gain ability energy and restart healing by collecting a small box after killing a half-dozen enemies or so - ideal in keeping you alive in CQC. In the blade slot, Jagged Edge to maximises damage or Tempered Edge balances a bit of extra damage and ammo, for all-round utility. Swordmaster's Guard is the usual recommendation in the guard slot, to get your heavy attack up as quickly as possible. Unrelenting works for an add-clear weapon build, recovering your health from both the perk itself and the origin trait. In the second trait column, Chain Reaction, Surrounded and Whirlwind Blade all help with Minors and the occasional chunky Major. Recommended MW: Impact, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Swordmaster's Guard Unrelenting

Strong alternatives

Tempered Edge Chain Reaction Jagged Edge Surrounded Whirlwind Blade

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. PvE first-choice roll for Stasis subclass synergy. No second origin trait, but Dawning Surprise helps you gain ability energy and restart healing by collecting a small box after killing a half-dozen enemies or so - ideal in keeping you alive in CQC. In the blade slot, Jagged Edge to maximises damage or Tempered Edge balances a bit of extra damage and ammo, for all-round utility. Swordmaster's Guard is the usual recommendation in the guard slot, to get your heavy attack up as quickly as possible. Cold Steel is Zephyr's signature trait - ideal for synergising with Stasis subclasses by adding slow stacks and freezing opponents. Relentless Strikes works well against both groups of adds or a single target, or Unrelenting works for add-clear, recovering your health from both the perk itself and the origin trait. Recommended MW: Impact, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Swordmaster's Guard Cold Steel

Strong alternatives

Unrelenting Jagged Edge Tempered Edge Relentless Strikes

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. PvE first-choice roll for Minor add clear. No second origin trait, but Dawning Surprise helps you gain ability energy and restart healing by collecting a small box after killing a half-dozen enemies or so - ideal in keeping you alive in CQC. In the blade slot, Jagged Edge to maximises damage or Tempered Edge balances a bit of extra damage and ammo, for all-round utility. Swordmaster's Guard is the usual recommendation in the guard slot, to get your heavy attack up as quickly as possible. Relentless Strikes helps with your ammo economy for an add-clear weapon build. In the second trait column, Chain Reaction, Surrounded and Whirlwind Blade all help with Minors and the occasional chunky Major. Recommended MW: Impact, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Swordmaster's Guard Relentless Strikes

Strong alternatives

Chain Reaction Jagged Edge Tempered Edge Surrounded

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. PvE first-choice roll for for Majors and Bosses. No second origin trait, but Dawning Surprise helps you gain ability energy and restart healing by collecting a small box after killing a half-dozen enemies or so - ideal in keeping you alive in CQC. In the blade slot, Jagged Edge to maximises damage or Tempered Edge balances a bit of extra damage and ammo, for all-round utility. Swordmaster's Guard is the usual recommendation in the guard slot, to get your heavy attack up as quickly as possible. For groups and single target damage, Relentless Strikes helps with your ammo economy, while Whirldwind Blade builds up to 30% bonus damage after 10 hits - great for chunkier Minor add clear or a Major or Boss.. Recommended MW: Impact, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Swordmaster's Guard Relentless Strikes Whirlwind Blade

Strong alternatives

Jagged Edge Tempered Edge

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. PvE backup roll for Majors and Bosses. No second origin trait, but Dawning Surprise helps you gain ability energy and restart healing by collecting a small box after killing a half-dozen enemies or so - ideal in keeping you alive in CQC. In the blade slot, Jagged Edge to maximises damage or Tempered Edge balances a bit of extra damage and ammo, for all-round utility. Swordmaster's Guard is the usual recommendation in the guard slot, to get your heavy attack up as quickly as possible. For groups and single target damage, Relentless Strikes helps with your ammo economy, while Whirldwind Blade builds up to 30% bonus damage after 10 hits - great for chunkier Minor add clear or a Major or Boss.. Recommended MW: Impact, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Swordmaster's Guard Vorpal Weapon Relentless Strikes

Strong alternatives

Jagged Edge Tempered Edge

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "It just looks cool. Besides the general Stasis sword go ColdSteel (brrrrrrrr) I would also recommend another roll. Unrelenting to get your health back and chain reaction for STASIS BOOM." Recommended MW - Impact.

Essential perks

Swordmaster's Guard Chain Reaction Unrelenting Jagged Edge

pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "In PvP there isn’t a lot to talk about, swords aren’t really hot commodities within PvP and those that use swords are mostly using eager edge. Zephyr looks amazing but looks won't win you crucible matches." Recommended MW - Impact.

Essential perks

Swordmaster's Guard Assassin's Blade Tireless Blade Jagged Edge

WarlockMaggie (PvE / M+KB / Controller): Cold Steel is what sets this blade apert from every other, the slow-into-freeze ability is an amazing pairing with Stasis subclasses as well as good utility for mods and effects that care about Stasis/Slow application. Couple it with Duelist’s Trance for extra stats. It’s a chilling prospect to consider… Recommended MW: Impact

Essential perks

Swordmaster's Guard Cold Steel Jagged Edge Duelist's Trance

WarlockMaggie (PvP / M+KB / Controller): Okay, hear me out on this combo. It’s a unique one to the Adaptive frame sword archetype and what it allows is the ability to steal the overshield of a supering Guardian and apply it to yourself while dealing increased damage. This could mean you can easily shut down roaming, ground-based supers and survive the opposing team’s retribution. Otherwise, it’s just like any other sword in the Crucible (that doesn’t have Eager Edge). Recommended MW: Impact

Essential perks

Swordmaster's Guard Vorpal Weapon Turnabout Jagged Edge

/u/SirStallion_ (PvE / M+KB / Controller): This one is tricky. I wanted to look for Thresh and Chain Reaction, but Half Truths can get that same roll and it would be enhanced via crafting. So it's necessary to commit to the thing only this sword can do, and that's Cold Steel. I figured Cold Steel and Wellspring would be a nice combo for any hyper aggressive Stasis builds. Recommended MW: Impact

Essential perks

Swordmaster's Guard Wellspring Cold Steel Jagged Edge

/u/SirStallion_ (PvP / M+KB / Controller): I got nothing. I personally would never take this sword into PvP, but if I absolutely had to I'd likely end up using my heavy to fight supers, which would never result in me escaping unscathed so unrelenting might help? Maybe? In any case, Cold Steel is doing nothing for you in PvP, which is the only thing that makes this sword unique. Recommended MW: Impact

Essential perks

Swordmaster's Guard Vorpal Weapon Unrelenting Jagged Edge