Stars in Shadow

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Stars in Shadow is a 340 RPM “High-Impact Frame” Energy Pulse Rifle introduced in Destiny 2 Year 4 (Beyond Light). See how it compares to the existing High-Impacts that lit up in Season 11. It’s a Crucible drop and if you’re an avid PvP player, you’ll be swimming in these rolls in no time. It’s a solid Pulse Rifle with good base stats, a clean sight and a great feel. I’m sure you’ll see more coverage in the coming weeks as people settle in to Beyond Light and Season 12.

“Why are the odds for these rolls so low?" The final two columns typically have four to six perks in them. In the case of Stars in Shadow, they each have twelve.

PvP Thoughts#

These rolls are going to be similar to those we captured in our coverage of Cold Denial as it’s a comparable 340 RPM.

“Why don’t you have any Outlaw or Feeding Frenzy PvP rolls?"

Good question! Glove mod slots are inexpensive and not contentious in PvP. If you want much faster reload, throw on a two-Energy Pulse Rifle Reload mod. Feeding Frenzy was changed to provide a noticeable benefit after three successive kills, so I no longer recommend it for PvP.

PvE Thoughts#

In PvE you’re going for as much Range as you can get with sustained damage upkeep. There are some solid perks here not in our rolls, becase you don’t need this wishlist to tell you that Demolitionist is a good perk 🙃

🏔🌑 Vertical/Dark Side (pvp)#

This set of rolls is all about maxing out Recoil, and keeps Arrowhead Brake constant as our barrel. You have the option of achieving 100 Recoil by slotting in a Counterbalance mod. If not, go nuts with your nearly perfectly vertical 94. Killing Wind is S-tier and you’d be happy to get any of the final column perks.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Arrowhead Brake
  • Magazines: Steady Rounds
  • Perks 1: Killing Wind
  • Perks 2: Headseeker, Moving Target, Kill Clip, Eye of the Storm
  • Masterworks: Stability MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Magazines: Steady Rounds, Flared Magwell, Tactical Mag

🌑 Dark Side (pvp)#

Same as above, using any Stability-boosting barrel, which we’ll later relax down to no barrel preference.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Chambered Compensator
  • Magazines: Steady Rounds
  • Perks 1: Killing Wind
  • Perks 2: Headseeker, Moving Target, Kill Clip, Eye of the Storm
  • Masterworks: Stability MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Chambered Compensator, Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling
  • Magazines: Steady Rounds, Flared Magwell, Tactical Mag

🏔🌿 Vertical/Gardener (pvp)#

This set of rolls pivots around Firmly Planted. It means that, even on console we can opt for Range-boosting perks because Firmly Planted gives us all the Stability we need.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Arrowhead Brake
  • Magazines: Accurized Rounds
  • Perks 1: Firmly Planted
  • Perks 2: Headseeker, Moving Target, Kill Clip, Eye of the Storm
  • Masterworks: Range MW

🌿 The Gardener (pvp)#

Same as above, using any Range-boosting barrel. We’ll winnow down to drop the barrel requirement as well.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Hammer-Forged Rifling
  • Magazines: Accurized Rounds
  • Perks 1: Firmly Planted
  • Perks 2: Headseeker, Moving Target, Kill Clip, Eye of the Storm
  • Masterworks: Range MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Hammer-Forged Rifling, Full Bore, Smallbore, Corkscrew Rifling
  • Magazines: Accurized Rounds

🏔📦 Vertical/Hoarder (pvp)#

This set of rolls pivots around Surplus. It provides a roughly 25%, 13% and 8% boost depending on how many abilities are charged. You really want to be shooting for all three abilities charged at once which means either foregoing their use entirely or perhaps investing in high tiers of the respective stat (Strength, Discipline, or ) so that you can quickly recharge a single one. The tradeoff is going around with a supercharged weapon the whole match.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Arrowhead Brake
  • Magazines: Accurized Rounds
  • Perks 1: Surplus
  • Perks 2: Headseeker, Moving Target, Kill Clip, Eye of the Storm
  • Masterworks: Range MW

📦 The Hoarder (pvp)#

Same as above, using any Range-boosting barrel. We’ll winnow down to drop the barrel requirement as well.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Hammer-Forged Rifling
  • Magazines: Accurized Rounds
  • Perks 1: Surplus
  • Perks 2: Headseeker, Moving Target, Kill Clip, Eye of the Storm
  • Masterworks: Range MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Hammer-Forged Rifling, Full Bore, Smallbore, Corkscrew Rifling
  • Magazines: Accurized Rounds

♻️ Rapid Reload (pve)#

All Range and all damage.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Hammer-Forged Rifling
  • Magazines: Accurized Rounds
  • Perks 1: Outlaw, Feeding Frenzy
  • Perks 2: Kill Clip
  • Masterworks: Range MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Hammer-Forged Rifling, Smallbore, Corkscrew Rifling
  • Magazines: Accurized Rounds, Appended Mag, Extended Mag

🏆 Barrier Slayer (pve)#

In seasons where Pulse Rifles end up with Barrier mods, Genesis will proc when the shield breaks while you’ll wrecking the champions with Vorpal. Other shields will also proc Genesis, for example “Enlightened” enemies in the Garden of Salvation raid.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Hammer-Forged Rifling
  • Magazines: Accurized Rounds
  • Perks 1: Genesis
  • Perks 2: Vorpal, Disruption Break
  • Masterworks: Range MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Hammer-Forged Rifling, Smallbore, Corkscrew Rifling
  • Magazines: Accurized Rounds, Alloy Magazine, Flared Magwell