If you’re lucky, you may have found a Submersion god roll before Call to Arms. Now, though, this Legendary crossbow is available to all players, making it the easiest it’s been to acquire this weapon (and your first crossbow in Destiny 2 if you don’t raid).
Submersion doesn’t need a strong perk pool to be a hard-hitting weapon. That’s good, because the weapon’s perk combinations wouldn’t be anything to write home about in other guns, outside of maybe a couple pairings. Luckily for anyone who wants to wield this new archetype, Submersion still packs a punch and feels good to use.
Here are our Submersion god rolls in Destiny 2, based on perk data from d2foundry.gg.
Submersion god rolls and best perks in Destiny 2
- Rail: Frictionless Rail, Low-Profile Rail, or Empowered Rail
- Bolt: Charged, Heavy, Spring-Auger, or Serrated Bolts
- First perk: Impulse Amplifier or Auto-Loading Holster
- Second perk: Chill Clip, Firing Line, or Aggregate Charge.
When High Ground gets close enough to orbit the best perks around a weapon, you know that’s a dire situation. Seems Bungie saved all the goodies for The Desert Perpetual’s Opaque Hourglass, which is the first crossbow in The Edge of Fate, and barely left the bones for Submersion.
For the third column, Impulse Amplifier is our undisputed pick. It works in any scenario without any setup required, giving you a noticeable boost to both reload and projectile speed. Auto-Loading Holster may make for a more fire-and-forget setup or something to weave into damage rotations. Bolt Scavenger isn’t bad, but Impulse Amplifier requires no setup. Lead From Light might be interesting since Submersion has nearly infinite ammunition, so it’s particularly useful if you’re struggling with special ammo economy or just running two weapons that use green ammo.
When it comes to the second perk, Chill Clip is the main draw for Submersion, since it freezes in two bolts when enhanced and allows you to dish out some shatter damage. Firing Line is another great option for group content (and Ensemble actually gets some use when paired with it).
The other damage perks tell a different story. Collective Action gives you more damage when grabbing an elemental pickup, Aggregate Charge gives you more damage per elemental debuff stacked, and High Ground is the most straightforward of them: it gives you a big damage boost if you’re standing above an enemy. That’s it.
Sure, wishing for Bait and Switch or Elemental Honing may have been too much, but Submersion doesn’t even roll Frenzy or Vorpal Weapon, so you’re stuck with those options. We’ve been using Impulse Amplifier/Chill Clip, and the weapon still feels good—though, at the risk of sounding obvious, a better perk pool would make the crossbow even more popular.
For our part, we’re fond of Charged Bolts for the extra damage-over-time effect, which adds up over its ticks. Serrated Bolts is good if you plan on ripping arrows from living targets (especially frozen ones), and Spring-Auger Bolts is great for flinching enemies. Heavy Bolts, on the other hand, gives you a noticeable damage boost, but it requires you to aim far more carefully to compensate for the turbocharged projectile dropoff.
Your rail depends on what you want from your weapon: Frictionless Rail is a free bump to reload speed and projectile velocity, like a mini Impulse Amplifier, and Low-Profile Rail for more handling and persistence. Empowered Rail trims your handling but gives you even more persistence, meaning your bolts will stay in the world for longer. This helps if you need more time to retrieve them, and is bound to affect the damage-over-time from Charged Bolts.
Submersion drops from the Call to Arms event activities, and attuning to it from Devrim’s menu in the Tower drastically improves your chances of getting this weapon. The festivities run until Nov. 25, though Bungie hasn’t outlined a way to get this crossbow after Renegades releases.
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