Talons of the Eagle

PvP

For all possible perks, check out Talons of the Eagle over on light.gg

Talons of the Eagle is a 150 RPM “High-Impact Frame” Kinetic Scout Rifle. It originally appeared wayyy back in Season 4 (aka Forsaken). It’s been recently re-issued in the first Season 11 Iron Banner. As part of this re-issue, the perk pool is unchanged, so we have years’ worth of knowledge about how these work and years’ worth of confusion as to why Scout Rifles can roll with Threat Detector and Hip-Fire Grip.

In order to beat out other long-range options in the Kinetic slot for PvP, I think you really want Explosive Payload here. 150s are the slowest-firing, heaviest-hitting scouts but when you’re competing against snipers and Arbalests, I think you need more flinch than they can put out at base.

The general drawbacks of 150s is their low Stability and Handling so we’re going to address those as a secondary focus in all in all of our rolls.

(PvP) “Planting Bombs” 🌿🌿🌿💣🌟Collector’s Edition - 0.0% chance: Firmly Planted is terrific on long-range weapons like Pulse and Scout Rifles where you can post up in cover and peek shoot from a distance. There’s also not much else terrific in that slot. Zen Moment is good, but Firmly Planted outclasses it.
```
Barrels [ 22%]: Polygonal Rifling
Mags    [ 25%]: Steady Rounds
Perks 1 [ 20%]: Firmly Planted
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Explosive Payload
MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW
```

(PvP) “Planting Bombs” 🌿🌿🌿💣 CE (+ Barrels) - 0.2% chance

Barrels [ 83%]: Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling, Arrowhead Brake
Mags    [ 25%]: Steady Rounds
Perks 1 [ 20%]: Firmly Planted
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Explosive Payload
MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

(PvP) “Planting Bombs” 🌿🌿🌿💣 CE (+ Magazines) - 0.1% chance

Barrels [ 22%]: Polygonal Rifling
Mags    [ 64%]: Steady Rounds, Tactical Mag, Flared Magwell
Perks 1 [ 20%]: Firmly Planted
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Explosive Payload
MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

(PvP) “Planting Bombs” 🌿🌿🌿💣 CE (+ Barrels + Magazines) - 0.4% chance

Barrels [ 83%]: Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling, Arrowhead Brake
Mags    [ 64%]: Steady Rounds, Tactical Mag, Flared Magwell
Perks 1 [ 20%]: Firmly Planted
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Explosive Payload
MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

(PvP) “Planting Bombs” 🌿🌿🌿💣 (+ Barrels - Magazines) - 0.7% chance

Barrels [ 83%]: Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling, Arrowhead Brake
Mags    [100%]: *
Perks 1 [ 20%]: Firmly Planted
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Explosive Payload
MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

(PvP) “Planting Bombs” 🌿🌿💣 (+ Magazines + Barrels + Perks - Masterworks) - 1.8% chance

Barrels [ 83%]: Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling, Arrowhead Brake
Mags    [ 64%]: Steady Rounds, Tactical Mag, Flared Magwell
Perks 1 [ 20%]: Firmly Planted
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Explosive Payload
MWorks  [100%]: *

(PvP) “Planting Bombs” 🌿💣 (Baseline) - 3.3% chance

Barrels [100%]: *
Mags    [100%]: *
Perks 1 [ 20%]: Firmly Planted
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Explosive Payload
MWorks  [100%]: *

(PvP) “Raining Fire” 🌧🌧🌧🔥🌟Collector’s Edition - 0.0% chance: We’re going to repeat the same set of rolls that we have above, minus Firmly Planted which is a pretty big playstyle preference that some folks are not super keen on. It’s not a make-or-break here, so we’re also going to feature rolls without it.
```
Barrels [ 22%]: Polygonal Rifling
Mags    [ 25%]: Steady Rounds
Perks 1 [ 20%]: Zen Moment
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Explosive Payload
MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW
```

(PvP) “Raining Fire” 🌧🌧🌧🔥 CE (- Perks) - 0.2% chance

Barrels [ 22%]: Polygonal Rifling
Mags    [ 25%]: Steady Rounds
Perks 1 [100%]: *
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Explosive Payload
MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

(PvP) “Raining Fire” 🌧🌧🌧🔥 CE (+ Barrels) - 0.2% chance

Barrels [ 83%]: Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling, Arrowhead Brake
Mags    [ 25%]: Steady Rounds
Perks 1 [ 20%]: Zen Moment
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Explosive Payload
MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

(PvP) “Raining Fire” 🌧🌧🌧🔥 CE (+ Barrels - Perks) - 0.9% chance

Barrels [ 83%]: Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling, Arrowhead Brake
Mags    [ 25%]: Steady Rounds
Perks 1 [100%]: *
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Explosive Payload
MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

(PvP) “Raining Fire” 🌧🌧🌧🔥 CE (+ Magazines) - 0.1% chance

Barrels [ 22%]: Polygonal Rifling
Mags    [ 64%]: Steady Rounds, Tactical Mag, Flared Magwell
Perks 1 [ 20%]: Zen Moment
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Explosive Payload
MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

(PvP) “Raining Fire” 🌧🌧🌧🔥 CE (+ Magazines - Perks) - 0.6% chance

Barrels [ 22%]: Polygonal Rifling
Mags    [ 64%]: Steady Rounds, Tactical Mag, Flared Magwell
Perks 1 [100%]: *
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Explosive Payload
MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

(PvP) “Raining Fire” 🌧🌧🌧🔥 CE (+ Barrels + Magazines) - 0.4% chance

Barrels [ 83%]: Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling, Arrowhead Brake
Mags    [ 64%]: Steady Rounds, Tactical Mag, Flared Magwell
Perks 1 [ 20%]: Zen Moment
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Explosive Payload
MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

(PvP) “Raining Fire” 🌧🌧🌧🔥 CE (+ Barrels + Magazines - Perks) - 2.2% chance

Barrels [ 83%]: Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling, Arrowhead Brake
Mags    [ 64%]: Steady Rounds, Tactical Mag, Flared Magwell
Perks 1 [100%]: *
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Explosive Payload
MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

(PvP) “Raining Fire” 🌧🌧🔥 (+ Barrles + Magazines - Perks) - 8.9% chance

Barrels [ 83%]: Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling, Arrowhead Brake
Mags    [ 64%]: Steady Rounds, Tactical Mag, Flared Magwell
Perks 1 [100%]: *
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Explosive Payload
MWorks  [100%]: *

PvE

For all possible perks, check out Talons of the Eagle over on light.gg

As mentioned in the PvP summary, Talons is still rocking that Season 4 perk pool, meaning we’re back to our tried-and-true combinations.

(PvE) “Gunslinger” 🤠🤠🤠🌟 Collector’s Edition - 0.0% chance: Outlaw + Rampage, same as it ever was! Going for the classic DPS combo with as much Range as we can get.
```
Barrels [ 22%]: Hammer-Forged Rifling
Mags    [ 25%]: Accurized Rounds
Perks 1 [ 20%]: Outlaw
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Rampage
MWorks  [ 25%]: Range MW
```

(PvE) “Gunslinger” 🤠🤠🤠 CE (+ Barrels) - 0.1% chance

Barrels [ 58%]: Hammer-Forged Rifling, Smallbore, Corkscrew Rifling
Mags    [ 25%]: Accurized Rounds
Perks 1 [ 20%]: Outlaw
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Rampage
MWorks  [ 25%]: Range MW

(PvE) “Gunslinger” 🤠🤠🤠 CE (- Barrels) - 0.2% chance

Barrels [100%]: *
Mags    [ 25%]: Accurized Rounds
Perks 1 [ 20%]: Outlaw
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Rampage
MWorks  [ 25%]: Range MW

(PvE) “Gunslinger” 🤠🤠🤠 CE (- Magazines) - 0.5% chance

Barrels [ 58%]: Hammer-Forged Rifling, Smallbore, Corkscrew Rifling
Mags    [100%]: *
Perks 1 [ 20%]: Outlaw
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Rampage
MWorks  [ 25%]: Range MW

(PvE) “Gunslinger” 🤠🤠🤠 CE (- Masterwork) - 0.5% chance

Barrels [ 58%]: Hammer-Forged Rifling, Smallbore, Corkscrew Rifling
Mags    [ 25%]: Accurized Rounds
Perks 1 [ 20%]: Outlaw
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Rampage
MWorks  [100%]: *

(PvE) “Gunslinger” 🤠🤠 (- Barrels - Magazines) - 0.8% chance

Barrels [100%]: *
Mags    [100%]: *
Perks 1 [ 20%]: Outlaw
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Rampage
MWorks  [ 25%]: Range MW

(PvE) “Gunslinger” 🤠🤠 (- Barrels - Masterworks) - 0.8% chance

Barrels [100%]: *
Mags    [ 25%]: Accurized Rounds
Perks 1 [ 20%]: Outlaw
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Rampage
MWorks  [100%]: *

(PvE) “Gunslinger” 🤠🤠 (- Magazines - Masterworks) - 1.9% chance

Barrels [ 58%]: Hammer-Forged Rifling, Smallbore, Corkscrew Rifling
Mags    [100%]: *
Perks 1 [ 20%]: Outlaw
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Rampage
MWorks  [100%]: *

(PvE) “Gunslinger” 🤠 (Baseline) - 3.3% chance

Barrels [100%]: *
Mags    [100%]: *
Perks 1 [ 20%]: Outlaw
Perks 2 [ 16%]: Rampage
MWorks  [100%]: *