Gridskipper

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Gridskipper is a 540RPM Rapid-Fire Pulse Rifle introduced in Season 14. It’s the only 540 RPM Energy Pulse Rifle available at the moment and drops with all of the new seasonal perks. Definitely pick this up if you frequent the Crucible.

PvP Thoughts#

Gridskipper is a phenomenal PvP weapon and arguably the best weapon introduced in S14. Many folks have reviewed it; here are a handful of selections:

• Ascendant Nomad - “The feel of this gun is so very Destiny… and so terribly well-balanced and is yet another reminder that Bungie is the best at fun gameplay, bar none.
• ZkMushroom - “This is the best pulse rifle in the game. Better than Messenger, 100%. Time to do the new activity to get the god roll!”
• DFP - “This thing is an absolute laser beam. Terrific Aim Assist and a vertical recoil pattern. It ticks all the boxes for me."

Frenzy, while great in PvE, has steep activation requirements in PvP and has an immaterial impact on your TTK. Let’s go with Multikill Clip instead: At x1, MKC drops your TTK from 7c2b/0.80s to 7c0b/0.67s and your body shot TTK from 1.40s to a much more palatable 1.13s.

🥵 Heat Dome (pvp)#

The two new third-column perks Heating Up and Tunnel Vision are brilliant on the Gridskipper. I’m partial to Heating Up but people love them both. The roll wouldn’t otherwise be different so I’m combining them here.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Arrowhead Brake
  • Magazines: Ricochet Rounds
  • Perks 1: Heating Up, Tunnel Vision
  • Perks 2: Multikill Clip
  • Masterworks: Stability MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Arrowhead Brake, Chambered Compensator, Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Corkscrew Rifling, Fluted Barrel
  • Magazines: Ricochet Rounds, High-Caliber Rounds, Flared Magwell, Light Mag, Armor-Piercing Rounds

💀 Quick and the Dead (pvp)#

Nice little pairing of two perks that play off of each other’s benefits to ADS (Moving Target increases movement speed while ADS and Snapshot increases ADS speed).

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Arrowhead Brake
  • Magazines: Ricochet Rounds
  • Perks 1: Moving Target
  • Perks 2: Snapshot
  • Masterworks: Stability MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Arrowhead Brake, Chambered Compensator, Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Corkscrew Rifling, Fluted Barrel
  • Magazines: Ricochet Rounds, High-Caliber Rounds, Flared Magwell, Light Mag, Armor-Piercing Rounds

🪴 Gardening (pvp)#

On Pulse Rifles, Firmly Planted is an acquired taste. I loved it on my Jian 7 paired with Rangefinder; amazing laser beam on long(er) sight lines.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Arrowhead Brake
  • Magazines: Ricochet Rounds
  • Perks 1: Firmly Planted
  • Perks 2: Multikill Clip
  • Masterworks: Stability MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Arrowhead Brake, Chambered Compensator, Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Corkscrew Rifling, Fluted Barrel
  • Magazines: Ricochet Rounds, High-Caliber Rounds, Flared Magwell, Light Mag, Armor-Piercing Rounds