Nox Perennial V - Legendary Fusion Rifle

Nox Perennial V is a Fusion Rifle Strand Special in Destiny 2. Review its base stats, perk pool, and masterwork options.

Weapon overview

Fusion Rifle - Strand - Special - High-Impact Frame

Source: Random Perks: This item cannot be reacquired from Collections.

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Weapon frame

High-Impact Frame

Slow firing and high damage. This weapon is more accurate when stationary, moving slowly, and aiming down sights.

Base stats

StatValue
Impact95
Range45
Stability24
Handling18
Reload Speed16
Aim Assistance59
Zoom15
Airborne Effectiveness6
Ammo Generation21
Charge Time967
Magazine5
Recoil Direction65

Available perks

Barrel or sight options

  • Arrowhead Brake
    Lightly vented barrel.
    • Greatly controls recoil
    • Increases handling speed
  • Chambered Compensator
    Stable barrel attachment.
    • Increases stability
    • Moderately controls recoil
    • Slightly decreases handling speed
  • Corkscrew Rifling
    Balanced barrel.
    • Slightly increases range and stability
    • Slightly increases handling speed
  • Extended Barrel
    Weighty barrel extension.
    • Increases range
    • Decreases handling speed
    • Moderately controls recoil
  • Fluted Barrel
    Ultra-light barrel.
    • Greatly increases handling speed
    • Slightly increases stability
  • Full Bore
    Barrel optimized for distance.
    • Greatly increases range
    • Decreases stability
    • Slightly decreases handling speed
  • Hammer-Forged Rifling
    Durable ranged barrel.
    • Increases range
  • Polygonal Rifling
    Barrel optimized for recoil reduction.
    • Increases stability
  • Smallbore
    Dual strength barrel.
    • Increases range
    • Increases stability

Magazine or battery options

  • Accelerated Coils
    Speeds up charge.
    • Faster charge time
    • Decreases impact damage
  • Enhanced Battery
    Strong battery life.
    • Increases magazine size
  • Ionized Battery
    Large heavy battery.
    • Greatly increases magazine size
    • Greatly decreases reload speed
  • Liquid Coils
    Slower-building charge for higher damage.
    • Increases impact damage
    • Slower charge time
  • Particle Repeater
    Improves stability.
    • Increases stability
  • Projection Fuse
    Distance optimizations.
    • Increases range

Left column perks

  • Envious Assassin
    Defeating targets with other weapons before drawing this one transfers ammo to the magazine from reserves. This effect can overflow the magazine based on the number of targets defeated.
  • Fragile Focus
    This weapon gains bonus range until your shield is destroyed. The bonus returns once your shield has regenerated to full strength.
  • Threat Detector
    Increased reload, stability, and handling when enemies are in close proximity.
  • Lead from Gold
    Picking up Heavy ammo also grants ammo to this weapon.
  • Loose Change
    Applying an elemental debuff to a target increases this weapon's reload speed, aim assist, and movement while aiming down sights for a short duration.
  • Under Pressure
    Improved stability and accuracy as the magazine gets lower.

Right column perks

  • Elemental Capacitor
    Increased stats based on the currently equipped Super.
    • [Solar] increases your reload speed.
    • [Arc] increases handling.
    • [Void] increases stability.
    • [Stasis] moderately controls recoil and increases movement speed when aiming down sights.
    • [Strand] increases airborne effectiveness.
  • Controlled Burst
    Landing every shot in a burst grants this weapon increased damage and reduced charge time for a short duration.
  • Kickstart
    Gain bonus damage and charge rate during a slide after sprinting for a short duration.
  • Collective Action
    Collecting an Elemental pickup or destroying a Tangle grants this weapon a stacking period of increased damage. Throwing a Tangle provides additional time.

    Elemental pickups include [Solar]Firesprites, [Void]Void Breaches, [Arc]Ionic Traces, [Stasis]Stasis Shards, and [Strand]Strand Tangles.
  • Wellspring
    Kills with this weapon generate ability energy. This energy is divided between your uncharged abilities.
  • Hatchling
    Precision final blows or rapidly defeating targets with this weapon spawns a Threadling at the target's location.

Origin trait or grip options

  • Wild Card
    Final blows with this weapon have a chance to create experimental submunitions at the target's location.

Masterwork options