Destiny 2 Guide: Surviving Pantheon 2.0 And Claiming Every God Roll
Bungie resurrected several vaulted raid encounters for Pantheon 2.0 and tied them to an unforgiving boss rush.
Don't walk into Pantheon blind. You'll wipe. Facing off against Argos, Emperor Calus, Gahlran, and Insurrection Prime requires actual preparation. The encounters for Warpriest, Consecrated Mind, and Morgeth are entirely revamped from their original states.
You run these encounters to secure the Pantheon Resplendent armor set and a specific pool of reprized weapons. Every boss has a chance to drop the Helm, Gauntlets, Chest Armor, Boots, and Class Item. Weapons work on a distinct unlock system. A gun drops from its designated boss first. Once you claim it, the weapon enters your general reward pool and can drop from any subsequent boss clear.
The Boss Roster And Loot Drops
Building Your Pantheon God Rolls
Every weapon on this list rolls natively with the Elliptical Orbit origin trait. Don't instantly shard a reward because the stats look weird at first glance. These are the exact perk combinations I hunt for.
Zaouli's Bane
This Solar hand cannon is an absolute S-tier weapon.
Barrel: Fluted Barrel
Magazine: Flared Magwell
Perk 1: Firefly or Explosive Payload
Perk 2: Chaos Reshaped or Incandescent
Masterwork: Handling
Fluted keeps it feeling snappy. You get consistent damage output without the gun feeling heavy.
Reckless Oracle
If you need an S-tier option to clear a room without reloading constantly, look for this Void auto rifle.
Barrel: Fluted Barrel
Magazine: Tactical Mag
Perk 1: Destabilizing Rounds
Perk 2: Chaos Reshaped or Repulsor Brace
Masterwork: Stability
Destabilizing Rounds does the heavy lifting here. It chains volatile effects and handles ad-clear entirely on its own.
Threat Level
This Kinetic shotgun outputs a naturally high RPM.
Barrel: Rifled Barrel
Magazine: Appended Mag
Perk 1: One-Two Punch
Perk 2: Trench Barrel
Masterwork: Handling
Perfect Paradox beats this for melee builds because of its superior origin trait. If Threat Level drops with these perks anyway, keep it.
Chattering Bone
A reliable Kinetic pulse rifle for your primary slot.
Barrel: Arrowhead Brake
Magazine: Accurized Rounds
Perk 1: Kill Clip
Perk 2: Headseeker or Kinetic Tremors
Masterwork: Reload Speed
Kinetic Tremors is great for punishing targets sitting behind cover.
Bane of Sorrow
Grab this Heavy machine gun when you need massive Void damage to wipe out an incoming wave.
Barrel: Arrowhead Brake
Magazine: Extended Mag
Perk 1: Destabilizing Rounds
Perk 2: Killing Tally or Mega Kill Clip
Masterwork: Reload Speed
Destabilizing Rounds chains explosions rapidly and clears your path instantly.
Alone as a God
This Kinetic sniper rifle drops from both Argos and Emperor Calus. That makes it slightly easier to farm if you stick to the Calus Resplendent gauntlet.
Barrel: Arrowhead Brake
Magazine: Accurized Rounds
Perk 1: Rewind Rounds
Perk 2: Kinetic Tremors or Bait and Switch
Masterwork: Reload Speed
Rewind Rounds keeps you scoped in on a boss critical hit spot. You won't have to drop your aim to reload during a tight DPS window.
