Players can equip a total of 12 mods for the Implement of Curiosity artifact in Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate, but with 30 to choose from, players are going to want to know the best set to equip so that they can get the most out of their build to make sure the Nine are watching this skilful Guardian. Below, players will find the b est Artifact perks in The Edge of Fate from column 1 to column 5, ensuring that every Destiny 2 player has what they need to succeed.
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12 Anti-Barrier Scout and Pulse
Stun Barrier Champs and Enjoy Extra Damage with Third Iteration
- Your equipped Scout Rifles and Pulse Rifles fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions.
The most important Artifact Mod in Column 1 is Anti-Barrier Scout and Pulse. While this is necessary to take out Barrier Champions and enemies with shields, the real kicker comes from the Third Iteration Exotic Scout Rifle, which is the reward from The Edge of Fate Season Pass. The Third Iteration receives a massive damage buff with this Artifact Mod, but this is a glitch that will eventually be patched out, so enjoy it for now.
11 Unstoppable Sidearm and Hand Cannon
Stun the Unstoppable Champions with Hand Cannons and Sidearms
- Aiming down the sights of a Hand Cannon or Sidearm for a short time loads a powerful payload that stuns unshielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions.
The main reason to use Unstoppable Sidearm and Hand Cannon is just so that players can fulfill the requirements for Column 2, but it's also nice to have a perk that allows players to deal with Unstoppable Champions when they come up and cause some trouble. Sidearms and Hand Cannons are fun to use in The Edge of Fate thanks to the new set of weapons on Kepler, so this is definitely worth using over Sniper Rifles.
10 Overload Rapid Fire
Stun Overload Champions with SMGs and Auto Rifles
- Uninterrupted fire from your equipped Auto Rifles and Submachine Guns grants bullets that stun combatants, delaying ability energy regeneration and lowering combatant damage output. Strong against Overload Champions.
The final Artifact Mod to use in Column 1 is the Overload Rapid Fire mod. This mod requires Auto Rifles and Submachine Guns, and allows these weapons to take out Overload Champions, which are the most unrelenting of the bunch.
9 Flame, Fiber, and Freeze
Combine Weapon Final Blow Mods
- Combines the Solar/Strand and Solar/Stasis Siphon mods into one.
The first Column 2 Artifact Mod that players should use is Flame, Fiber, and Freeze. With this mod, players will be able to equip a Solar/Strand Dual Siphon mod or a Solar/Stasis Dual Siphon, or both. With these mods, players will get Orbs of Power for Rapid Strand/Solar/Stasis final blows, which allows for further versatility with weapons that have Solar, Strand, or Stasis elements equipped.
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8 Rapid Precision Rifling
Increases Reload and Reduces Flinch with Scout Rifles
- Rapid precision hits or final blows with Scout Rifles grants them increased reload and reduced incoming flinch.
Rapid Precision Rifling is definitely a mod that players will want to use if they see the joys of Third Iteration, since it will increase the reload speed of all Scout Rifles and reduce the incoming flinch when aiming, so long as they get rapid precision hits or final blows with Scout Rifles. Since Third Iteration is in an (accidental) buffed spot, then using Rapid Precision Rifling is a decent enough idea.
7 Fever and Chill
Become Radiant or Get Frost Armor with Rapid Precision Hits
- Rapid precision hits with Solar weapons grant Radiant. Rapid precision hits with Stasis weapons grant Frost Armor.
Earning elemental buffs with builds can be hard to juggle, which is why Fever and Chill come in as one of the best mods for The Edge of Fate's artifact. With Fever and Chill, players can land rapid precision hits with a Solar weapon to get Radiant, or rapid precision hits with Stasis to grant themselves Frost Armor. This only takes a few bullets, and players barely need to be accurate. With Radiant or Frost Armor equipped, players will have greater defense to help them.
6 Frost Renewal
Critical Damage with Frost Armor Freezes Nearby Enemies
- While you have Frost Armor, taking critical damage releases a burst that freezes nearby combatants and grants Frost Armor to you and nearby allies.
Pairing perfectly with Stasis builds and the Fever and Chill perk is Frost Renewal, which acts somewhat like an extra life. If players have Frost Armor, and their health gets too low, then they will emit a freezing burst to stop nearby enemies from the final shot, and this will also refresh Frost Armor for not just the player who wields it, but for their allies too. It's a great burst of damage to passively help players escape death.
5 Threaded Blast
Increases the Power and Radius of Strand Tangles
- Destroying a Tangle with Strand damage increases the radius of the explosion and its damage.
The Edge of Fate's Artifact doesn't just focus on Stasis and Solar, as there are a few Strand perks thrown in the mix. Threaded Blast is one of them, and it's a useful one at that. With Threaded Blast, players can destroy Tangles with Strand damage to make the explosion and damage extremely powerful, which will eviscerate nearby enemies. If players have a build that relies on Tangles, then Threaded Blast is a must-have.
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4 Elemental Daze
Stun Champions for Matching Elemental Explosions
- Stunning a Champion with an elemental weapon creates an elemental aligned explosion, applying a matching elemental debuff to them and nearby targets.
Elemental Daze is perfect for players who don't want to think too hard when they are in an activity that has Champions. If players stun a Champion with a weapon with an element to it, then the Champion will release a burst of that element. This basically means that stunning a Champion with a Solar weapon provides an Ignition, or a Suspend for Strand, and a Jolt for Arc. Essentially, it's more damage against the Champion, which needs to be stunned in order to deal damage.
3 Shoulder to Shoulder
A 25% Damage Resist Just for Precision Hits and Standing with Allies
- Dealing sustained precision damage against combatants while near two or more allies grants you damage resistance.
Shoulder to Shoulder is the best perk in the Implement of Curiosity Artifact. With this perk, players can play with other Guardians to receive a whopping 25% damage resistance from enemies, so long as they are hitting enemies with sustained precision damage. Allies don't need to be so close for this perk to activate, so as long as Guardians are somewhat nearby, players will build Resist x2 for an amazing damage resistance modifier that will help them take additional hits while in damage phases.