Lionfish-4fr

Charge Time

533

Impact

50

Range

21

Stability

33

Handling

63

Reload Speed

46

Magazine

7

Aim Assistance

36

Zoom

15

Recoil Direction

84

+30

Airborne Effectiveness

7

Ammo Generation

52

• First choicePvELoad roll

  First-choice PvE utility roll to deal with Overload and Unstoppable Champions in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty, particularly for Stasis builds.

  Utility · Endgame · Champions
  BarrelArrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorCorkscrew RiflingExtended BarrelFluted BarrelHammer-Forged RiflingPolygonal RiflingSmallbore

  BatteryAccelerated CoilsEnhanced Battery

  Trait 1Reconstruction

  Trait 2Chill Clip

  Lionfish-4fr is a rapid-fire fusion rifle, which are rated F-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic being a "strict downgrade from high-impact and precision frames for boss damage". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Overload, better total ammo reserves and a ×0.8 reload animation scalar when the battery is empty as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are good by comparison with its peers - you can see them at https://destiny.report/w/2423071981/lionfish-4fr and hopefully https://d2foundry.gg/w/2423071981 will show how weapon stats impact in-game performance when the site is back up and running. With 9 bolts to control, look for a barrel perk that helps with recoil control together with any other stat that you want to bump. As the battery perk, Accelerated Coils improves charge time by 40ms at the cost of ×0.98 base damage, or Enhanced Battery gets you to the maximum of 7 shots. In the first trait perk column, there are some decent options but it's difficult to look past Reconstruction to refill 25% of the battery every 6s (5.5s when enhanced), overflowing to 200% of capacity. That pairs well in the second column with Chill Clip which applies +40 stacks of slow (freezing targets after 3 hits) within a 4m AoE for 4s on a hit - 8s with Whisper of Durance - with ammo in the top half of the base battery size. With Reconstruction, that means up to 12 Chill Clip shots. You'll already disrupt Overloads with the frame intrinsic, and shattering after freezing an Unstoppable will stun it, so you can handle two champion types with one weapon. The Problem Solver Origin Trait is very good for PvE when facing orange and yellow bars - including Champions - 11 bolts hitting (easy to do with two shots) will exhaust them and reduce damage output to ×0.75 for 5s and grant +50 to Reload Speed and Handling for 10s. Otherwise, Veist Stinger has a 10% chance to refill 25% of your base battery on a hit. Recommended MW: Charge Time, with a Charge Time mod or your preferred choice to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.

  Why this roll
  By Adamsdown_Boy · PvE Podcast 173 - The Best Fusion Rifles
• First choicePvELoad roll

  Use against orange and yellow bar enemies in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content.

  Bosses · Majors · Endgame
  BarrelArrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorCorkscrew RiflingFluted BarrelPolygonal Rifling

  BatteryEnhanced BatteryIonized BatteryParticle Repeater

  Trait 1Reconstruction

  Trait 2Reservoir BurstControlled Burst

  Lionfish-4fr is the rapid-fire replacement for the Riptide that's probably been gathering dust in your vault. At base, by comparison with its peers, the stats are good, and that's helped further at Tier 4/5 when barrel and battery perks are enhanced - d2foundry.gg calculates that Range of 21 translates to 11.58m hipfire and 15.05m ADS before damage drop-off, 33 Stability is ×1.0162 flinch resistance, 53 Handling is 0.42s ready, 0.32s ADS and 0.29s stow speed, 46 Reload Speed is a 2.05s reload (1.64s when empty, with the rapid-fire frame intrinsic), Magazine Size is 7 (max 8) and total ammo is 23. With rapid fire fusion rifles shooting 9 bolts, you might need some help with controlling recoil from the barrel perk, and you can use the battery perk either bump up battery size or help control the recoil with a little extra stability. In the first trait perk column, there are some decent options but it's difficult to look past Reconstruction to refill 25% of the battery every 6s (5.5s when enhanced), overflowing to 200% of capacity. For both burst damage and a backup sustained damage weapon against orange and yellow bar enemies, you can use this overfilled battery with either Controlled Burst for ×1.2 damage and ×0.9 charge time for 2s when landing all the bolts in a shot, or Reservoir Burst for ×1.25 damage and an explosive AoE on a kill with any shot when the battery is full or overflowed - so, wit Reconstruction, the first 9 shots when the battery capacity is the maximum of 8 shots. The Problem Solver Origin Trait is very good for PvE when facing orange and yellow bars - 11 bolts hitting (easy to do with two shots) will proc to exhaust them and reduce damage output to ×0.75 for 5s and grant +50 to Reload Speed and Handling for 10s. Otherwise, Veist Stinger has a 10% chance to refill 25% of your base battery on a hit. Recommended MW: Handling or Stability, with your preferred choice of mod/enhanced mod to boost mag size, weapon stats, ammo regeneration, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.

  Why this roll
  By PodvsEnemies ep. 151 (26 August 2025) with ImpetusAlways, Saint_Kabr and CourtProjects · PvE Podcast 151 Edge of Fate Pinnacle weapons
• First choicePvELoad roll

  First-choice utility PvE roll in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content.

  Utility · Endgame
  BarrelArrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorCorkscrew RiflingFluted BarrelPolygonal Rifling

  BatteryEnhanced BatteryIonized BatteryParticle Repeater

  Trait 1Reconstruction

  Trait 2Chill Clip

  Lionfish-4fr is the rapid-fire replacement for the Riptide that's probably been gathering dust in your vault. At base, by comparison with its peers, the stats are good, and that's helped further at Tier 4/5 when barrel and battery perks are enhanced - d2foundry.gg calculates that Range of 21 translates to 11.58m hipfire and 15.05m ADS before damage drop-off, 33 Stability is ×1.0162 flinch resistance, 53 Handling is 0.42s ready, 0.32s ADS and 0.29s stow speed, 46 Reload Speed is a 2.05s reload (1.64s when empty, with the rapid-fire frame intrinsic), Magazine Size is 7 (max 8) and total ammo is 23. With rapid fire fusion rifles shooting 9 bolts, you might need some help with controlling recoil from the barrel perk, and you can use the battery perk either bump up battery size or help control the recoil with a little extra stability. In the first trait perk column, there are some decent options but it's difficult to look past Reconstruction to refill 25% of the battery every 6s (5.5s when enhanced), overflowing to 200% of capacity. In the second column, Chill Clip is still there as a good add control perk to apply 40 stacks of Stasis slow to the target and enemies in 4m with any shot in the top half of the base battery (so with Reconstruction on a battery capacity of 8, that would be 12 Chill Clip shots) - also excellent for disrupting annoying Overload Champions. The Problem Solver Origin Trait is very good for PvE when facing orange and yellow bars - 11 bolts hitting (easy to do with two shots) will proc to exhaust them and reduce damage output to ×0.75 for 5s and grant +50 to Reload Speed and Handling for 10s. Otherwise, Veist Stinger has a 10% chance to refill 25% of your base battery on a hit. Recommended MW: Handling or Stability, with your preferred choice of mod/enhanced mod to boost mag size, weapon stats, ammo regeneration, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.

  Why this roll
  By PodvsEnemies ep. 151 (26 August 2025) with ImpetusAlways, Saint_Kabr and CourtProjects · PvE Podcast 151 Edge of Fate Pinnacle weapons
• First choicePvELoad roll

  Use against bulkier minor adds in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content, particularly with a Stasis build.

  Add clear · Endgame
  BarrelArrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorCorkscrew RiflingFluted BarrelPolygonal Rifling

  BatteryEnhanced BatteryIonized BatteryParticle Repeater

  Trait 1Proximity Power

  Trait 2Swashbuckler

  Lionfish-4fr is the rapid-fire replacement for the Riptide that's probably been gathering dust in your vault. At base, by comparison with its peers, the stats are good, and that's helped further at Tier 4/5 when barrel and battery perks are enhanced - d2foundry.gg calculates that Range of 21 translates to 11.58m hipfire and 15.05m ADS before damage drop-off, 33 Stability is ×1.0162 flinch resistance, 53 Handling is 0.42s ready, 0.32s ADS and 0.29s stow speed, 46 Reload Speed is a 2.05s reload (1.64s when empty, with the rapid-fire frame intrinsic), Magazine Size is 7 (max 8) and total ammo is 23. With rapid fire fusion rifles shooting 9 bolts, you might need some help with controlling recoil from the barrel perk, and you can use the battery perk either bump up battery size or help control the recoil with a little extra stability. or melee builds, in the first trait perk column, Proximity Power can stack three times to provide +15 (+18 when enhanced) to your Melee stat per stack - a total a +45 (+54) for 10s, refreshable on further kills. In the second column, for damage, Swashbuckler is a natural pairing for an up to ×1.33 damage bonus for 4.5s (6.5s enhanced) after a melee kill. The Problem Solver Origin Trait is very good for PvE when facing orange and yellow bars - 11 bolts hitting (easy to do with two shots) will proc to exhaust them and reduce damage output to ×0.75 for 5s and grant +50 to Reload Speed and Handling for 10s. Otherwise, for add clearing rolls, Veist Stinger has a 10% chance to refill 25% of your base battery on a hit. Recommended MW: Handling or Stability, with your preferred choice of mod/enhanced mod to boost mag size, weapon stats, ammo regeneration, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.

  Why this roll
  By Adamsdown_Boy · PvE Podcast 151 Edge of Fate Pinnacle weapons
• First choicePvELoad roll

  Use against bulkier minor adds in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content, particularly with a Stasis build.

  Add clear · Endgame
  BarrelArrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorCorkscrew RiflingFluted BarrelPolygonal Rifling

  BatteryEnhanced BatteryParticle Repeater

  Trait 1Rimestealer

  Trait 2Chill Clip

  Lionfish-4fr is the rapid-fire replacement for the Riptide that's probably been gathering dust in your vault. At base, by comparison with its peers, the stats are good, and that's helped further at Tier 4/5 when barrel and battery perks are enhanced - d2foundry.gg calculates that Range of 21 translates to 11.58m hipfire and 15.05m ADS before damage drop-off, 33 Stability is ×1.0162 flinch resistance, 53 Handling is 0.42s ready, 0.32s ADS and 0.29s stow speed, 46 Reload Speed is a 2.05s reload (1.64s when empty, with the rapid-fire frame intrinsic), Magazine Size is 7 (max 8) and total ammo is 23. With rapid fire fusion rifles shooting 9 bolts, you might need some help with controlling recoil from the barrel perk, and you can use the battery perk either bump up battery size or help control the recoil with a little extra stability. For Stasis builds, you can use the trait perk combination of Rimestealer and Chill Clip to freeze opponents and break crystals or frozen enemies for stacks of Frost Armor. The Problem Solver Origin Trait is very good for PvE when facing orange and yellow bars - 11 bolts hitting (easy to do with two shots) will proc to exhaust them and reduce damage output to ×0.75 for 5s and grant +50 to Reload Speed and Handling for 10s. Otherwise, for add clearing rolls, Veist Stinger has a 10% chance to refill 25% of your base battery on a hit. Recommended MW: Handling or Stability, with your preferred choice of mod/enhanced mod to boost mag size, weapon stats, ammo regeneration, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.

  Why this roll
  By PodvsEnemies ep. 151 (26 August 2025) with ImpetusAlways, Saint_Kabr and CourtProjects · PvE Podcast 151 Edge of Fate Pinnacle weapons
• BackupPvELoad roll

  Sustained DPS in a damage phase against a single yellow-bar target in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty.

  Bosses · Sustained damage · Endgame
  BarrelArrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorCorkscrew RiflingExtended BarrelFluted BarrelHammer-Forged RiflingPolygonal RiflingSmallbore

  BatteryEnhanced Battery

  Trait 1Reconstruction

  Trait 2Reservoir BurstControlled Burst

  Lionfish-4fr is a rapid-fire fusion rifle, which are rated F-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic being a "strict downgrade from high-impact and precision frames for boss damage". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Overload, better total ammo reserves and a ×0.8 reload animation scalar when the battery is empty as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are good by comparison with its peers - you can see them at https://destiny.report/w/2423071981/lionfish-4fr and hopefully https://d2foundry.gg/w/2423071981 will show how weapon stats impact in-game performance when the site is back up and running. With 9 bolts to control, look for a barrel perk that helps with recoil control together with any other stat that you want to bump. As the battery perk, Accelerated Coils improves charge time by 40ms at the cost of ×0.98 base damage, or Enhanced Battery gets you to the maximum of 7 shots. While losing out to precision and high-impact frames for total boss damage, if you wanted one for ease of use, then Reconstruction refills 25% of the battery every 6s (5.5s when enhanced), overflowing to 200% of capacity. In the second column, for damage, Controlled Burst reduces charge time to ×0.9 and boosts damage by ×1.2 for 2s (2.5s when enhanced) after a kill or landing all the bolts in a burst, or Reservoir Burst provides a ×1.3 (×1.33 enhanced) damage boost when the battery is at or above maximum capacity and triggers an AoE explosion on a kill, as well as passively granting +30 to the Battery Capacity stat - the equivalent of a Backup Mag mod. The Problem Solver Origin Trait is very good for PvE when facing orange and yellow bars - including Champions - 11 bolts hitting (easy to do with two shots) will exhaust them and reduce damage output to ×0.75 for 5s and grant +50 to Reload Speed and Handling for 10s. Otherwise, Veist Stinger has a 10% chance to refill 25% of your base battery on a hit. Recommended MW: Charge Time, with a Charge Time mod or your preferred choice to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.

  Why this roll
  By Adamsdown_Boy · PvE Podcast 173 - The Best Fusion Rifles
• BackupPvELoad roll

  Sustained DPS in a damage phase against a single yellow-bar target in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty, particularly on Prismatic builds.

  Bosses · Sustained damage · Endgame
  BarrelArrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorCorkscrew RiflingExtended BarrelFluted BarrelHammer-Forged RiflingPolygonal RiflingSmallbore

  BatteryEnhanced Battery

  Trait 1Reconstruction

  Trait 2Elemental Honing

  Lionfish-4fr is a rapid-fire fusion rifle, which are rated F-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic being a "strict downgrade from high-impact and precision frames for boss damage". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Overload, better total ammo reserves and a ×0.8 reload animation scalar when the battery is empty as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are good by comparison with its peers - you can see them at https://destiny.report/w/2423071981/lionfish-4fr and hopefully https://d2foundry.gg/w/2423071981 will show how weapon stats impact in-game performance when the site is back up and running. With 9 bolts to control, look for a barrel perk that helps with recoil control together with any other stat that you want to bump. As the battery perk, Accelerated Coils improves charge time by 40ms at the cost of ×0.98 base damage, or Enhanced Battery gets you to the maximum of 7 shots. While losing out to precision and high-impact frames for total boss damage, if you wanted one for ease of use, then Reconstruction refills 25% of the battery every 6s (5.5s when enhanced), overflowing to 200% of capacity. In the second column, on Prismatic builds Elemental Honing grants an escalating stack of damage up to ×1.35 for 20s (23s when enhanced) for each elemental damage type inflicted, which can be refreshed with a new damage type until you've run through all 5. The Problem Solver Origin Trait is very good for PvE when facing orange and yellow bars - including Champions - 11 bolts hitting (easy to do with two shots) will exhaust them and reduce damage output to ×0.75 for 5s and grant +50 to Reload Speed and Handling for 10s. Otherwise, Veist Stinger has a 10% chance to refill 25% of your base battery on a hit. Recommended MW: Charge Time, with a Charge Time mod or your preferred choice to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.

  Why this roll
  By Adamsdown_Boy · PvE Podcast 173 - The Best Fusion Rifles

From the DIM community wish lists (voltron), picks made since Edge of Fate.