Mistral Lift

Charge Time

533

Impact

44

Range

41

Stability

46

Handling

31

Reload Speed

26

Magazine

6

Aim Assistance

60

Zoom

25

Recoil Direction

76

Airborne Effectiveness

9

Ammo Generation

33

• First choicePvELoad roll

  Maintaining Weaken in a fireteam for sustained DPS against a single yellow-bar target in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty.

  Bosses · Utility · Endgame
  Trait 1

  Withering Gaze

  Trait 2

  Rewind Rounds

  Barrel

  Any of

  Arrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorCorkscrew RiflingExtended BarrelFluted BarrelPolygonal RiflingSmallbore

  Battery

  Any of

  Accelerated CoilsEnhanced BatteryIonized Battery

  Mistral Lift is an adaptive burst linear fusion rifle, which are rated D-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic being "worse DPS than even upper-middle special weapons and no access to ammo return perks". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Barrier, fires a 3-round burst as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are low by comparison with its peers - you can see them at https://destiny.report/w/270610849/mistral-lift and hopefully https://d2foundry.gg/w/270610849 will show how weapon stats impact in-game performance when the site is back up and running. The recoil direction is slightly right and reasonably tight so you could improve recoil control or just look to boost Stability to help hit crits, or Handling if you can land your shots. As the battery perk, Accelerated Coils improves charge time by 40ms at the cost of ×0.98 base damage, or Enhanced Battery with a Backup Mag mod or Ionized Battery gets you the maximum of 7 shots. To be honest, adaptive burst LFRs are a weak subfamily for boss damage but, if you need to maintain Void Weaken from, say a Deadfall Shadowshot, then Withering Gaze in the first trait perk slot can apply the Void Weaken debuff to targets after ADS-ing for 1.4s (1.3s enhanced) for ×1.15 damage for a refreshable 6s for your fireteam, but if the stronger ×1.3 weaken has been applied from Tractor Cannon or Shadowshot, a proc will reapply at the higher value, while in the second column, Rewind Rounds refills 60% of hits landed (70% when enhanced) from reserves when the battery empties. You can contribute to damage with special weapon in between shots. The Veist Stinger is the best choice of origin trait for a boss damage roll, providing a 10% chance per hit to refill 25% of the battery, or Dawning Surprise has a hidden counter - 6 red bar kills (5 enhanced) or 2 orange/yellow bars will fill this to generate a pickup which lasts 10s that grants 10% energy to melee, grenade and super, +22 HP and start regeneration, so is less useful here. If you're interested, a mistral is a strong, cold, north-westerly wind that blows through France into the Mediterranean. Recommended MW: Charge Time, with a Backup Mag or 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

  Burst damage to Banes, Elites, Champions and Minibosses in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content.

  Bosses · Majors · Endgame
  Trait 1

  Any of

  ReconstructionOverflow

  Trait 2

  Reservoir Burst

  Barrel

  Any of

  Arrowhead BrakeCorkscrew RiflingFluted Barrel

  Battery

  Any of

  Accelerated CoilsEnhanced BatteryIonized Battery

  Mistral Lift is an adaptive LFR which are rated D-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic having been seriously power crept by crossbows and heavy disruptor snipers, so this is more to think about keeping in case there's a future rebalancing. The stats are low by comparison with its peers - see https://d2foundry.gg/w/766122634 for how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. Look for a barrel perk that helps Handling, and then a battery perk that helps with charge time or magazine size. For a burst damage roll, which can also be useful for shorter boss DPS windows too, in the first trait perk column Reconstruction refills 25% of the magazine every 6s (5.5s when enhanced) up to ×2 capacity when stowed or not firing, or Overflow overflows the magazine by ×2 (×2.2 when enhanced), rounded up, on picking up an ammo brick. Pair one of those with Reservoir Burst in the second column to provide a ×1.25 damage boost when the battery is at or above maximum capacity, and trigger an AoE explosion on a kill. For the Origin Trait, Dawning Surprise has a hidden counter - 6 red bar kills (5 enhanced) or 2 orange/yellow bars will fill this to generate a pickup which last 10s that grants 10% energy to melee, grenade and super, +22 HP and start regeneration, but as LFRs really aren't for add-clearing, Veist Stinger providing a 10% chance per hit to refill 25% of the battery, is probably more useful. Recommended MW: Charge Time, with Backup Mag or your preferred choice of mod/enhanced mod to boost weapon stats, ammo regeneration, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.

  Why this roll
  By Saint_Kabr and CourtProjects · PvE Podcast 163 Dawning 2025 and Arms Week 2026 weapons
• First choicePvELoad roll

  Sustained damage to bosses in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content.

  Bosses · Endgame
  Trait 1

  Envious Arsenal

  Trait 2

  Bait and Switch

  Barrel

  Any of

  Arrowhead BrakeCorkscrew RiflingFluted Barrel

  Battery

  Any of

  Accelerated CoilsEnhanced BatteryIonized Battery

  Mistral Lift is an adaptive LFR which are rated D-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic having been seriously power crept by crossbows and heavy disruptor snipers, so this is more to think about keeping in case there's a future rebalancing. The stats are low by comparison with its peers - see https://d2foundry.gg/w/766122634 for how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. Look for a barrel perk that helps Handling, and then a battery perk that helps with charge time or magazine size. For a classic sustained boss damage roll for longer DPS windows, ignore the weird collection of add clearing trait perks, and go with Envious Arsenal and Bait and Switch, which both proc on dealing damage with both of your other weapons to refill the magazine from reserves and boost damage by ×1.3 for 10s (11s when enhanced). For the Origin Trait, Dawning Surprise has a hidden counter - 6 red bar kills (5 enhanced) or 2 orange/yellow bars will fill this to generate a pickup which last 10s that grants 10% energy to melee, grenade and super, +22 HP and start regeneration, so can be very useful or Field Test provides steady boosts to Range, Stability, Handling and Reload Speed on hits and kills, lasting until you die. Recommended MW: Charge Time, with Backup Mag or your preferred choice of mod/enhanced mod to boost weapon stats, ammo regeneration, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.

  Why this roll
  By Saint_Kabr and CourtProjects · PvE Podcast 163 Dawning 2025 and Arms Week 2026 weapons
• First choicePvELoad roll

  "LFRs are pretty terrible right now, but if they were to come back into meta this is a legitimate contender with Scintillation as the most viable option.

  Trait 1

  Envious Arsenal

  Trait 2

  Bait and Switch

  Barrel

  Arrowhead Brake

  Battery

  Enhanced Battery

  The utility potential of having withering gaze in the first column paired with a damage perk is honestly pretty intriguing." Recommended MW: Charge Time.

  Why this roll
  By SpaceMonkey · SpaceMonkey's Weapon Guide - Dawning 2025
• BackupPvELoad roll

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

  Bosses · Sustained damage · Endgame
  Trait 1

  Any of

  ReconstructionOverflow

  Trait 2

  Any of

  Precision InstrumentReservoir Burst

  Barrel

  Any of

  Arrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorCorkscrew RiflingExtended BarrelFluted BarrelPolygonal RiflingSmallbore

  Battery

  Any of

  Accelerated CoilsEnhanced BatteryIonized Battery

  Mistral Lift is an adaptive burst linear fusion rifle, which are rated D-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic being "worse DPS than even upper-middle special weapons and no access to ammo return perks". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Barrier, fires a 3-round burst as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are low by comparison with its peers - you can see them at https://destiny.report/w/270610849/mistral-lift and hopefully https://d2foundry.gg/w/270610849 will show how weapon stats impact in-game performance when the site is back up and running. The recoil direction is slightly right and reasonably tight so you could improve recoil control or just look to boost Stability to help hit crits, or Handling if you can land your shots. As the battery perk, Accelerated Coils improves charge time by 40ms at the cost of ×0.98 base damage, or Enhanced Battery with a Backup Mag mod or Ionized Battery gets you the maximum of 7 shots. To be honest, adaptive burst LFRs are a weak subfamily for boss damage but, if you insist, in the first trait perk column, Overflow refills the battery and boosts its capacity to ×2 of base (×2.2 when enhanced), rounded up, on picking up an ammo brick, or Reconstruction refills 25% of the battery every 6s (5.5s enhanced) up to ×2 capacity when stowed or not firing. For damage, in the second column Reservoir Burst provides a ×1.3 (×1.33 enhanced) damage boost when the battery is at or above maximum base capacity and triggers an AoE explosion on a kill, as well as passively granting +30 to Battery Capacity - the equivalent of a Backup Mag mod. Alternatively, Precision Instrument grants up to ×6 stacks of escalating damage on repeated crit hits up to a max ×1.25 (×1.3 enhanced) for 1.25s or until you miss a crit. The Veist Stinger is the best choice of origin trait for a boss damage roll, providing a 10% chance per hit to refill 25% of the battery, or Dawning Surprise has a hidden counter - 6 red bar kills (5 enhanced) or 2 orange/yellow bars will fill this to generate a pickup which lasts 10s that grants 10% energy to melee, grenade and super, +22 HP and start regeneration, so is less useful here. If you're interested, a mistral is a strong, cold, north-westerly wind that blows through France into the Mediterranean. Recommended MW: Charge Time, with a Backup Mag or 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 against a single yellow-bar target in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty.

  Bosses · Sustained damage · Endgame
  Trait 1

  Any of

  Envious ArsenalReconstructionOverflow

  Trait 2

  Bait and Switch

  Barrel

  Any of

  Arrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorCorkscrew RiflingExtended BarrelFluted BarrelPolygonal RiflingSmallbore

  Battery

  Any of

  Accelerated CoilsEnhanced BatteryIonized Battery

  Mistral Lift is an adaptive burst linear fusion rifle, which are rated D-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic being "worse DPS than even upper-middle special weapons and no access to ammo return perks". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Barrier, fires a 3-round burst as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are low by comparison with its peers - you can see them at https://destiny.report/w/270610849/mistral-lift and hopefully https://d2foundry.gg/w/270610849 will show how weapon stats impact in-game performance when the site is back up and running. The recoil direction is slightly right and reasonably tight so you could improve recoil control or just look to boost Stability to help hit crits, or Handling if you can land your shots. As the battery perk, Accelerated Coils improves charge time by 40ms at the cost of ×0.98 base damage, or Enhanced Battery with a Backup Mag mod or Ionized Battery gets you the maximum of 7 shots. To be honest, adaptive burst LFRs are a weak subfamily for boss damage but, if you insist, in the first trait perk column, Overflow refills the battery and boosts its capacity to ×2 of base (×2.2 when enhanced), rounded up, on picking up an ammo brick, or Reconstruction refills 25% of the battery every 6s (5.5s enhanced) up to ×2 capacity when stowed or not firing. For damage, in the second column Reservoir Burst provides a ×1.3 (×1.33 enhanced) damage boost when the battery is at or above maximum base capacity and triggers an AoE explosion on a kill, as well as passively granting +30 to Battery Capacity - the equivalent of a Backup Mag mod. The Veist Stinger is the best choice of origin trait for a boss damage roll, providing a 10% chance per hit to refill 25% of the battery, or Dawning Surprise has a hidden counter - 6 red bar kills (5 enhanced) or 2 orange/yellow bars will fill this to generate a pickup which lasts 10s that grants 10% energy to melee, grenade and super, +22 HP and start regeneration, so is less useful here. If you're interested, a mistral is a strong, cold, north-westerly wind that blows through France into the Mediterranean. Recommended MW: Charge Time, with a Backup Mag or 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
• PvELoad roll

  "LFRs are pretty terrible right now, but if they were to come back into meta this is a legitimate contender with Scintillation as the most viable option.

  Trait 1

  Any of

  ReconstructionWithering Gaze

  Trait 2

  Any of

  Bait and SwitchPrecision Instrument

  Barrel

  Any of

  Arrowhead BrakeFluted Barrel

  Battery

  Any of

  Accelerated CoilsEnhanced Battery

  The utility potential of having withering gaze in the first column paired with a damage perk is honestly pretty intriguing." Recommended MW: Charge Time, Reload, Handling.

  Why this roll
  By SpaceMonkey · SpaceMonkey's Weapon Guide - Dawning 2025
• PvELoad roll

  "LFRs are pretty terrible right now, but if they were to come back into meta this is a legitimate contender with Scintillation as the most viable option.

  Trait 1

  Envious Arsenal

  Trait 2

  Any of

  Bait and SwitchPrecision Instrument

  Barrel

  Any of

  Arrowhead BrakeFluted Barrel

  Battery

  Accelerated Coils

  The utility potential of having withering gaze in the first column paired with a damage perk is honestly pretty intriguing." Recommended MW: Charge Time, Reload, Handling.

  Why this roll
  By SpaceMonkey · SpaceMonkey's Weapon Guide - Dawning 2025
• PvELoad roll

  "LFRs are pretty terrible right now, but if they were to come back into meta this is a legitimate contender with Scintillation as the most viable option.

  Trait 1

  Envious Arsenal

  Trait 2

  Any of

  Bait and SwitchPrecision Instrument

  Barrel

  Fluted Barrel

  Battery

  Enhanced Battery

  The utility potential of having withering gaze in the first column paired with a damage perk is honestly pretty intriguing." Recommended MW: Charge Time, Reload, Handling.

  Why this roll
  By SpaceMonkey · SpaceMonkey's Weapon Guide - Dawning 2025
• PvELoad roll

  "LFRs are pretty terrible right now, but if they were to come back into meta this is a legitimate contender with Scintillation as the most viable option.

  Trait 1

  Envious Arsenal

  Trait 2

  Precision Instrument

  Barrel

  Arrowhead Brake

  Battery

  Enhanced Battery

  The utility potential of having withering gaze in the first column paired with a damage perk is honestly pretty intriguing." Recommended MW: Charge Time, Reload, Handling.

  Why this roll
  By SpaceMonkey · SpaceMonkey's Weapon Guide - Dawning 2025

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

• Mistral LiftHolofoil
• Mistral Lift