Destiny 2’s Choir of One auto rifle rose to prominence thanks to its unique effects and deadly firepower—and those get even better with its god roll.
The first Exotic auto rifle to use Special ammo in Destiny 2 has three different catalysts you must find by opening secret chests in the Encore mission. Each one grants this weapon a perk, and they also unlock some parts you can use at the Enclave to fine-tune your weapon.
Here are the Choir of One god rolls we’ve been using for PvE. Since this is mainly a PvE weapon, we won’t cover the PvP god roll.
Choir of One PvE god roll and best perks in Destiny 2
- Barrel: Polygonal Rifling
- Magazine: Flared Magwell
- Catalyst: Destabilizing Rounds or Onslaught
- There’s an argument to be made for all of them, which we’ll break down below.
- Stock: Hand-Laid Stock or Short-Action Stock
As far as the parts go, we chose Polygonal Rifling for the extra stability, and Flared Magwell for a mix of stability and reload speed. Combined, they add 15 points to both Choir of One’s stability and reload speed—a hard bargain to pass up on. If you can control the recoil, you can use this space to aim for handling.
If you want to make Choir of One even more accurate, go for Hand-Laid Stock as the final customizable part. That’s another 10 points in stability, which functions well when making the most of its bonus to crits. This bumps it up to 70 stability.
Since we neglected the handling in the first two columns, you can also make up for it with the Short-Action Stock, which grants another 15 points to handling. This is up to player preference, and we liked the stability better than the handling.
The biggest question, however, is which catalyst to use on this Exotic auto rifle, and it’s the least simple part of the Choir of One god roll.
What catalyst should I use for Choir of One in Destiny 2?
No one catalyst is in a league of its own compared to the others. This would have been a completely different gun if the catalysts were Vorpal Weapon or even Precision Instrument, but as it stands, there’s no huge disparity between the three.
Subsistence, the first unlocked catalyst, works for basically any situation. There’s little to add to it: Taking down an enemy refills a bit of your magazine, which comes in handy when you’re shooting down multiple enemies. This is our go-to choice in regular content, given we barely need to reload. In higher-content, where you’re forced to take cover more often and you need more shots to kill an enemy, this falls off a bit.
Destabilizing Rounds can swing the scales either way. If you’re just shooting enemies in base content, you probably don’t need the extra explosions. The blasts can help clear up some enemies in higher-level activities, depending on what you’re running, but that’s slightly redundant thanks to the Fanatical Lance trait. If you’re a Void or Prismatic Hunter, the Volatile debuff helps you activate Stylish Executioner more easily. We liked this better than Subsistence in anything above Legend/Expert.
Onslaught can and will eat up your ammo if you’re not careful, and you need to chain kills to make the most of it, though it handled enemies more than fine on Legend/Expert difficulty. That said, in higher-end activities, being too aggressive can lead to death, and you may find yourself getting too pinned down to refresh Onslaught’s five-second timer before it ends. We like this perk particularly for the flavor, though we’d likely switch to Destabilizing Rounds depending on what individual activity we’re running.
Ultimately, you can’t go wrong with either of them—provided you maneuver your playstyle and builds to make the most of whatever you’re using. And that’s the beauty of it: You can change them at will at the Enclave.
