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In all The Witch Queen madness we’d almost forgotten that there’s a new season too. It ties in heavily with the plot of Witch Queen, so Destiny 2 players won’t have to whip themselves between two competing plotlines.

The other great thing about Season of the Risen is that all these new weapons can be crafted at the Enclave. Once you’ve unlocked all the perks and gathered enough materials, RNG goes out the window, and you can craft exactly the weapon you want. Don’t know what god rolls to look for? I’ve got a few suggestions that are worth checking out.

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Piece Of Mind

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Those who've been waiting for a Rapid-Fire Frame Pulse Rifle in the Kinetic slot can finally breathe easy. Piece Of Mind offers a little bit of everything, with PvE players likely to enjoy the Land Tank Origin Trait, while PvP players can choose between Heating Up, Perpetual Motion, Moving Target, and Elemental Capacitor. Harmony is a good all-purpose damage bonus if you can pair it with a decent special weapon like perhaps the new Glaive I've heard so much about. Since it's a Rapid-Fire Frame, even Focused Fury can work on this gun. Really, there's no bad roll here.

Best PvE Roll: Arrowhead Brake, Ricochet Rounds, Perpetual Motion, Harmony

Best PvP Roll: Arrowhead Brake, High-Caliber Rounds, Heating Up, Moving Target

Thoughtless

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This Sniper Rifle isn't likely to unseat whatever you're using in the Kinetic slot. It's got less zoom than Long Shadow, which is a plus, but it lacks Triple-Tap for that extra boss DPS. Rapid-Hit and Focused Fury or Firing Line are your likely alternates here. Crucible mains will lament the fact both Quickdraw and Snapshot Sights are in the fourth perk column, forcing you to choose between the two. On the plus side, you can craft this gun, so at least you don't have to rely on RNG.

Best PvE Roll: Arrowhead Brake, Appended Mag, Rapid-Hit, Focused Fury

Best PvP Roll: Arrowhead Brake, Accurized Rounds, Firmly Planted, Snapshot Sights

Sweet Sorrow

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For whatever reason, Bungie insists that every Auto Rifle added in Witch Queen be Arc-based. Although Rapid-Fire frames are quite popular in PvE content, Sweet Sorrow lacks the Subsistence + damage perk combo that makes guns like Chroma Rush so fantastic. The best you can do is Perpetual Motion and One For All or maybe Demolitionist for that extra grenade energy.

In PvP, though, Sweet Sorrow brings quite a few interesting options. Perpetual Motion and Tap the Trigger provides stat bonuses no matter what you're doing. Killing Wind is there for some "win-more" power, while Turnabout can turn you into a monster if you're brave enough to take down a Super.

Best PvE Roll: Arrowhead Brake, Tactical Mag, Triple Tap, One For All

Best PvP Roll: Arrowhead Brake, Accurized Rounds, Perpetual Motion, Tap The Trigger

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Under Your Skin

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Bows are all about accuracy, and Under Your Skin offers both more accuracy and better aim assistance than Wolftone Draw. It's even up there with Le Monarque. And with Opening Shot or Explosive Head in the fourth column, Bow mains should look to crafting Under Your Skin as soon as possible for their next Crucible Match.

Under Your Skin also has great perks for PvE, including Archer's Tempo, Successful Warm-Up, and Dragonfly. Land Tank as an Origin Trait is just icing on this very digestible cake.

Best PvE Roll: Polymer String, Helical Fletching, Archer's Temp, Dragonfly

Best PvP Roll: Polymer String, Helical Fletching, Archer's Temp, Opening Shot

Explosive Personality

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Martyr's Retribution is back and better than ever. Auto-Loading Holster makes this special weapon an on-demand flame wave, while Golden Tricorn, Frenzy, or One For All are all great options to boost damage. Land Tank just makes you tankier whenever you get a kill.

Wave Frame Grenade Launchers aren't really that great in PvP, however, and there's really nothing to recommend you take this thing into the Crucible other than Disruption Break. Best pair that with a high handling Kinetic weapon for quick swaps.

Best PvE Roll: Volatile Launch, High-Velocity Rounds, Auto-Loading Holster, Golden Tricorn

Best PvP Roll: Volatile Launch, High-Velocity Rounds, Auto-Loading Holster, Disruption Break

Recurrent Impact

Recurrent Impact
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What's interesting about Recurrent Impact is that you can roll Subsistence with Headstone for a Stasis ad-clear monster. Otherwise, there's little recommending Recurrent Impact over other, more impactful Machine Guns. Rapid-Fire Frames don't have the range for PvP and Machine Guns in general just don't have the damage for boss phases, and there are so many options to kill red bars these days that it seems wasteful to throw heavy ammo at a thrall.

Still, that Subsistence Headstone roll looks like a lot of fun.

Best PvE Roll: Arrowhead Brake, Tactical Mag, Subsistence, Headstone

Best PvP Roll: Smallbore, Accurized Rounds, Perpetual Motion, Tap The Trigger

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