The Number

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The Number is a 450 RPM Precision Frame, Arc Energy Auto Rifle, offered as a random roll beginning in Season 14. It initially appeared years ago in the “Faction Rallies” events as part of the Future War Cult weapon pool. It compares closely to the Shadow Price, a Nightfall-only reward offerd in Season 13.

PvP Thoughts#

450s haven’t been great in PvP since the first year of Destiny 2. In S14 they received a minor buff to precision damage though it doesn’t appear to have made a dent in the overall PvP meta. It isn’t that they’re “bad” per se, it’s that so many other weapons are so good. Well, with one of the worst body-shot TTKs in the game I think some folks might state that they are actually “bad” 🤷

As 450s go, The Number is perhaps a bit more interesting because its base Recoil is 70 which means you have a number of options to ‘fix’ the Recoil to vertical. Archetype and Recoil aside, The Number doesn’t have a whole lot of PvP perks to choose from so we won’t have too many rolls here.

PvE Thoughts#

450s (and ARs in general) are in a tough spot for PvE. Ehroar demonstrates this comprehensively: they have a confusing damage profile compared to other alternatives in that slot. If The Number were a kinetic, perhaps less so, but the Energy slot is so loaded with great weapons that it’s hard to imagine this being your top choice in its current state. That being said, frame buffs are always a thing and 450s seem long overdue for one!

👮 Sheikh’s Choice (pvp)#

Mr. Fun Police himself nabbed an absolutely phenomenal roll which happens to be this one right here. Just getting a single kill and activating Multikill Clip x 1 takes you from a 6h2b/0.93s to a 6h0b/0.67s TTK. This place nicely with an ability or two up with Surplus, to get those crispy reloads.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Arrowhead Brake
  • Magazines: Ricochet Rounds
  • Perks 1: Surplus
  • 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, Hammer-Forged Rifling
  • Magazines: Ricochet Rounds, Flared Magwell, High-Caliber Rounds, Light Mag, Armor-Piercing Rounds

♻️ Feedback Loop (pvp)#

Classic combo here. Surplus and Wellspring were introduced in the same season and compliment each other nicely. Wellspring takes some of the edge off the reluctance to use abilities when running with a Surplus-based primary.

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

🙋 One-for-All is the Loneliest (pve)#

PvE tends to be quite ability-heavy so Surplus might not be up that often but it’s gravy when it is, helping you maximize the uptime of One-for-All and refreshing Multikill Clip.

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