Mint Retrograde

Rounds Per Minute

200

Blast Radius

87

Velocity

54

Stability

42

Handling

15

Reload Speed

25

Magazine

6

+1

Aim Assistance

74

Zoom

20

Recoil Direction

60

Airborne Effectiveness

20

Ammo Generation

9

• First choicePvEM+KBControllerLoad roll
  PvE Podcast 172 - The Best Pulse Rifles
  Launcher BarrelHard LaunchQuick LaunchSmart Drift Control

  MagazineAny but High-Velocity Rounds or Implosion Rounds or High-Explosive Ordnance

  Trait 1Field PrepHatchling

  Trait 2Elemental HoningFrenzy

  Inspired by @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BurstDamage PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for burst DPS against a single orange or yellow-bar target, such as a Bane, Elite, Champion or Miniboss in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty. Mint Retrograde is a Micro-Missile pulse rifle which as a subfamily which as a subfamily are currently rated S-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic Endgame Analysis spreadsheet in https://www.destiny2.science/ providing "game-warping levels of add clear, nearly 2x damage per brick vs. special ammo HC, forgiving crit multi". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Unstoppable and micro-missile projectiles that track locked-on targets as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are decent by comparison with its peers - you can see them at https://destiny.report/w/3285784871/mint-retrograde and hopefully https://d2foundry.gg/w/3285784871 will show how weapon stats impact in-game performance when the site is back up and running. Look for a barrel perk that improves Handling, and then with the magazine perk go for something that helps improve magazine size or reload. For burst damage against beefier enemies, in the first trait perk column Field Prep bumps the very low Ammo Generation stat by +30 and grants +50 Reload Speed with a ×0.8 animation scalar to both reload and ready/stow when crouched (+40 Ammo Generation and +55 Reload Speed when enhanced) or Hatchling spawns a Strand Threadling on a crit kill or three crit hits within 3s of each other for additional damage. For burst damage, you need a second column trait perk that doesn't require too much prep - Frenzy, after being in combat for 12s - that's dealing or taking damage - boosts Handling and Reload Speed by +100 and boosts damage by ×1.15 for a refreshable 7.2s or, for 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. If you're lucky you'll drop one with the Accelerated Assault origin trait which passively refills 10% of the magazine, and boosts damage by ×1.05 for getting 3 hits within a 1.6s window, but the Problem Solver Origin Trait is also very good for PvE when facing orange and yellow bars - 11 hits (which, from Mint Retrograde, can be either impact or explosive damage, so two 3-round bursts is 12 hits) will proc to exhaust them and reduce damage output to ×0.75 for 5s and grant +50 to Reload Speed and Handling for 10s. There's also Vanguard Vindication which provides up to ×3 stacks that reduces incoming damage to max ×0.94 for a refreshable 10s (12.5s when enhanced), on kills within 20s of using a class ability. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.

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• First choicePvEM+KBControllerLoad roll
  PvE Podcast 172 - The Best Pulse Rifles
  Launcher BarrelHard LaunchQuick LaunchSmart Drift Control

  MagazineAny but High-Velocity Rounds or Implosion Rounds or High-Explosive Ordnance

  Trait 1Rewind RoundsEnvious Arsenal

  Trait 2Bait and SwitchElemental Honing

  Inspired by @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-SustainedDamage PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for sustained DPS against a single yellow-bar target in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty. Mint Retrograde is a Micro-Missile pulse rifle which as a subfamily which as a subfamily are currently rated S-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic Endgame Analysis spreadsheet in https://www.destiny2.science/ providing "game-warping levels of add clear, nearly 2x damage per brick vs. special ammo HC, forgiving crit multi". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Unstoppable and micro-missile projectiles that track locked-on targets as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are decent by comparison with its peers - you can see them at https://destiny.report/w/3285784871/mint-retrograde and hopefully https://d2foundry.gg/w/3285784871 will show how weapon stats impact in-game performance when the site is back up and running. Look for a barrel perk that improves Handling, and then with the magazine perk go for something that helps improve magazine size or reload. For sustained damage against beefier enemies, in the first trait perk column Rewind Rounds refills 60% of hits landed (70% when enhanced) from reserves when the magazine empties or Envious Arsenal refills the magazine from reserves on dealing damage with both of your other weapons. For damage in the second column, Bait and Switch boosts damage by ×1.3 for 10s (11s when enhanced) for doing damage with your other two weapons, or Elemental Honing grants an escalating stack of damage up to ×1.35 max 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. If you're lucky you'll drop one with the Accelerated Assault origin trait which passively refills 10% of the magazine, and boosts damage by ×1.05 for getting 3 hits within a 1.6s window, but the Problem Solver Origin Trait is also very good for PvE when facing orange and yellow bars - 11 hits (which, from Mint Retrograde, can be either impact or explosive damage, so two 3-round bursts is 12 hits) will proc to exhaust them and reduce damage output to ×0.75 for 5s and grant +50 to Reload Speed and Handling for 10s. There's also Vanguard Vindication which provides up to ×3 stacks that reduces incoming damage to max ×0.94 for a refreshable 10s (12.5s when enhanced), on kills within 20s of using a class ability. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.

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• First choicePvEM+KBControllerLoad roll
  PvE Podcast 172 - The Best Pulse Rifles
  Launcher BarrelHard LaunchQuick LaunchSmart Drift Control

  MagazineAny but High-Velocity Rounds or Implosion Rounds or High-Explosive Ordnance

  Trait 1Rewind Rounds

  Trait 2Cascade PointFrenzy

  Inspired by @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BurstDamage PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for burst DPS against a single orange or yellow-bar target, such as a Bane, Elite, Champion or Miniboss in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty. Mint Retrograde is a Micro-Missile pulse rifle which as a subfamily which as a subfamily are currently rated S-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic Endgame Analysis spreadsheet in https://www.destiny2.science/ providing "game-warping levels of add clear, nearly 2x damage per brick vs. special ammo HC, forgiving crit multi". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Unstoppable and micro-missile projectiles that track locked-on targets as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are decent by comparison with its peers - you can see them at https://destiny.report/w/3285784871/mint-retrograde and hopefully https://d2foundry.gg/w/3285784871 will show how weapon stats impact in-game performance when the site is back up and running. Look for a barrel perk that improves Handling, and then with the magazine perk go for something that helps improve magazine size or reload. For burst damage against beefier enemies, in the first trait perk column Rewind Rounds refills 60% of hits landed (70% when enhanced) from reserves when the magazine empties. For burst damage, you need a second column trait perk that doesn't require too much prep - Frenzy, after being in combat for 12s - that's dealing or taking damage - boosts Handling and Reload Speed by +100 and boosts damage by ×1.15 for a refreshable 7.2s or, if you're dealing with Majors in add groups, Cascade Point builds up on crit hits with other weapons and provides "Cascade Point Ready" for 5s when procced - readying this weapon grants Cascade Point reducing firing delay to ×0.6 for 2.5s (2.75s when enhanced) to boost DPS, if not total damage. If you're lucky you'll drop one with the Accelerated Assault origin trait which passively refills 10% of the magazine, and boosts damage by ×1.05 for getting 3 hits within a 1.6s window, but the Problem Solver Origin Trait is also very good for PvE when facing orange and yellow bars - 11 hits (which, from Mint Retrograde, can be either impact or explosive damage, so two 3-round bursts is 12 hits) will proc to exhaust them and reduce damage output to ×0.75 for 5s and grant +50 to Reload Speed and Handling for 10s. There's also Vanguard Vindication which provides up to ×3 stacks that reduces incoming damage to max ×0.94 for a refreshable 10s (12.5s when enhanced), on kills within 20s of using a class ability. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.

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

• Mint Retrograde
• Mint Retrograde