Destiny 2 Subjunctive God Roll: Best PvP & PvE Perks

The Subjunctive is an Arc lightweight frame submachine gun from the reprised Undying weapon set. The weapons in this set look closely in appearance to the Vex of the Sol Divisive and can be seen as recovered relics from Destiny 2 seasons past. Subjunctive, for its part, received several changes to its perk pool while acquiring the new Nano-Munitions Origin Trait.

I very much disliked the look of this gun initially. There’s so much visual clutter around the scope that the leaves can occasionally distract you when aiming down sights. I’ve learned to deal with it somewhat but you can’t unsee it. Compare this to the Out of Bounds, one of its direct competitors; the difference is night and day.

How to get Subjunctive in Destiny 2

The Subjunctive submachine gun can only be acquired from chests at the end of the Season of the Wish activities. It is slightly more difficult to acquire than the Wish weapons due to them having lesser priority over the seasonal weapons. However, you will have greater chances of getting Undying weapons early by getting a Platinum rating inside the Coil. The same goes for completing the Starcrossed Exotic Quest with the caviate of already having unlocked all of the Wish weapons.

Unlocking the weapon in Collections will allow you to farm several rolls of the weapon by exchanging Wish Engram for rolls from the Spirit of Riven. With enough drops, you can even get the crafting pattern for the weapon thus allowing you to craft Subjunctive with enhanced perks.

Best Subjunctive PvP God Rolls

I prefer Golden Tricorn in the 4th slot over Swashbuckler. For one, you get a lot more from your first kill with Tricorn. And two, a melee kill while the perk is active drastically improves Tricorn. On the other hand, if you’re an Arc Titan, you have better odds of activating Swashbuckler after getting a kill with your melee attacks.

I usually wouldn’t recommend playing this SMG in the Crucible. It’s a lesser version of the Out of Bounds with a lot less flexibility. I did, however, find some fun with it in 6v6 lobbies where the Nano-Munitions come into play. One stack instantly reloads 4 bullets into the magazine when empty and the stacks build up pretty quickly when close to allies.

Best Subjunctive PvE God Rolls

If you don’t already have the IKELOS SMG with Voltshot, then you can consider getting a Voltshot roll before getting the crafting pattern for the IKELOS. If you already have the IKELOS SMG in your vault, there’s no reason to get this SMG for PvE content unless you somehow run with teams to have Nano-Munitions active all the time.

How good is the Subjunctive?

The Subjunctive is not a must-have SMG by any stretch of the imagination. The only thing good about it is that it can crafted with enhanced perks and even then, it’s not all that impressive. The Out of Bounds has more base stats in practically all categories including the all-important Zoom stat. Despite all that, it’s still a decent gun with a nice feel to it. If that’s to your liking then that’s reason enough to get the crafting pattern for it.

Subjunctive’s perk pool is a balanced mix of PvP and PvE perks. You can certainly be able to make something work to a certain extent if you can mold your playstyle to suit the perks you’re currently running. Even Hip-Fire Grip has its uses in close-quarters combat if that’s how you want to play the game. There’s even a part of me that wishes to test out a combination of Shoot to Loot and Voltshot.

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And that’s all I have for this Subjunctive god roll guide. I won’t deny that I was somewhat disappointed with the SMG when compared to some of the ones that are best in class. I did enjoy playing around with it as a lightweight SMG. That’s what ultimately matters in Destiny 2. Also, it’s another 6 months before anything major happens in the game so we might as well get comfy for the long haul. Good luck and have fun out there, Guardians.