Destiny 2 Doom of Chelchis: Best PvE and PvP Perks

TL;DR

• Doom of Chelchis is a Void Scout Rifle from the King’s Fall raid — fully craftable.
• Best PvE god roll: Arrowhead Brake, Tactical Mag, Explosive Payload, One for All.
• Best PvE endgame roll: Arrowhead Brake, Tactical Mag, Vorpal Weapon, Frenzy.
• Best PvP roll: Arrowhead Brake, Accurized Rounds, Explosive Payload, Eye of the Storm.
• Harrowed (Adept) version drops from Master King’s Fall challenges — worth farming for enhanced perks.
• Explosive Payload in Column 3 is the core of almost every strong roll on this weapon.

The Destiny 2 Doom of Chelchis god roll is one of the most debated topics in the King’s Fall raid community — and for good reason. This Void Scout Rifle has one of the most flexible perk pools of any raid weapon, with multiple strong combinations depending on whether you are farming endgame PvE content, running Grandmaster Nightfalls, or competing in the Crucible. Since the Monument of Triumph update launched on June 9, 2026, Doom of Chelchis also benefits from the new enhanced weapon crafting system, letting you lock in perfect perks permanently through the Relic. Get Destiny 2 free on Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, or the Bungie website.

Doom of Chelchis Overview and Base Stats

Doom of Chelchis is a Legendary Void Scout Rifle that drops from the King’s Fall raid. It was originally introduced in Destiny 1 as a weapon carried by Chelchis, the Kell of Stone — a Fallen leader taken by Oryx. In Destiny 2, it returns as one of the six Legendary weapons from King’s Fall and is fully craftable once you collect enough red-border (Deepsight) pattern copies.

Here are the base stats for Doom of Chelchis:

• Type: Lightweight Frame Scout Rifle
• Element: Void
• Impact: 55
• Range: 56
• Stability: 46
• Handling: 62
• Reload Speed: 54
• Rounds Per Minute: 180
• Magazine: 16
• Origin Trait: Runneth Over — being near allies overflows your magazine from reserves

The Lightweight Frame archetype fires at 180 RPM and gives a passive bonus to movement speed. This makes Doom of Chelchis feel snappy and mobile in both PvE and PvP. The Void damage type gives it natural synergy with Void builds, Nightstalker, and Void subclass buffs like Volatile and Weaken. It also has Anti-Barrier properties through the seasonal Artifact, making it situationally valuable against Champions in Grandmaster Nightfalls and Master raids.

All Possible Perks on Doom of Chelchis

Knowing the full perk pool is essential before farming or crafting this weapon. Here is every possible perk in each column:

Barrels

Arrowhead Brake, Chambered Compensator, Corkscrew Rifling, Extended Barrel, Fluted Barrel, Full Bore, Hammer-Forged Rifling, Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore

Magazines

Accurized Rounds, Appended Mag, Tactical Mag, Extended Mag, Steady Rounds, Alloy Magazine, Flared Magwell

Column 3 (Trait 1)

Steady Hands, Adaptive Munitions, Stats for All, Explosive Payload, Firefly, Vorpal Weapon, Rangefinder

Column 4 (Trait 2)

Unrelenting, Repulsor Brace, One for All, Frenzy, Focused Fury, Dragonfly, Eye of the Storm

What Is the Best PvE God Roll for Doom of Chelchis?

There are three distinct PvE god rolls depending on what content you are running. Here they are in order of priority.

Best General PvE God Roll

• Barrel: Arrowhead Brake
• Magazine: Tactical Mag
• Column 3: Explosive Payload
• Column 4: One for All
• Masterwork: Range or Reload Speed

This is the strongest all-around PvE roll and the one most endgame players chase first. Here is why each perk was chosen.

Arrowhead Brake sets your recoil direction to perfectly vertical and gives a large Recoil Direction stat bonus. For a scout rifle, straight-up recoil means every shot tracks naturally with minimal effort. Tactical Mag adds a small amount of stability, slightly increases reload speed, and adds one round to the magazine — all useful upgrades that do not sacrifice anything meaningful.

Explosive Payload is the centerpiece of this roll. It causes every bullet to trigger a small explosion on impact. This does three things: it gives Doom of Chelchis effective infinite range by removing damage falloff penalties, it adds a flat damage bonus to every shot, and the explosion itself can hit nearby enemies as splash damage. That splash damage is what makes Explosive Payload synergize so strongly with One for All — the explosion counts as hitting multiple enemies, which helps proc the perk faster. One for All activates after you hit three separate targets in quick succession and gives a 35% damage boost for a few seconds. Because Explosive Payload splashes nearby targets, you can trigger One for All even in sparse enemy groups. Once it is active, Doom of Chelchis becomes a genuinely threatening add-clear weapon with elite single-target damage on top.

Best Endgame and Grandmaster PvE God Roll

• Barrel: Arrowhead Brake
• Magazine: Tactical Mag
• Column 3: Vorpal Weapon
• Column 4: Frenzy
• Masterwork: Range

In Grandmaster Nightfalls, Champions, bosses, and elites take up most of your attention. One for All requires hitting multiple targets quickly, which is not always possible when a boss is the only thing in your lane. Vorpal Weapon solves this by giving a flat 15% damage bonus against bosses, vehicles, and Champions regardless of how many enemies are nearby. It requires nothing to activate — it is always on against the right targets.

Frenzy is the ideal Column 4 companion. After being in combat for 12 seconds continuously, it activates and gives a 15% damage boost plus improved handling and reload speed. It stays active as long as you keep fighting, and the bonus is separate from Vorpal Weapon — meaning both perks stack for around 30% bonus damage on Champions and bosses in sustained combat. This is one of the most reliable damage rolls in the game for difficult endgame content and one of the easiest to maintain once active.

Best Add-Clear PvE God Roll

• Barrel: Arrowhead Brake
• Magazine: Flared Magwell
• Column 3: Firefly
• Column 4: Dragonfly
• Masterwork: Reload Speed

This roll turns Doom of Chelchis into a purely add-clear machine. Firefly causes precision kills to explode in Solar damage and temporarily increase reload speed. Dragonfly causes precision kills to trigger an energy explosion based on your weapon’s element — in this case Void. The two explosions do not overlap, so each precision kill triggers a Solar blast from Firefly and a Void blast from Dragonfly independently. Against tightly packed groups of enemies, this chain reaction can wipe entire waves on its own.

This is not the best roll for Grandmaster content or boss damage, but it is excellent in lower-level activities, patrol content, Lost Sectors, and Legend-tier content where enemy density is high and killing trash quickly matters most.

What Is the Best PvP God Roll for Doom of Chelchis?

• Barrel: Arrowhead Brake
• Magazine: Accurized Rounds
• Column 3: Explosive Payload
• Column 4: Eye of the Storm
• Masterwork: Range

Scout rifles have a difficult time competing with pulse rifles in Crucible right now. Pulse rifles have better time-to-kill at mid-range, which is where most engagements happen. Scout rifles win at longer distances where they can two-tap or apply consistent pressure from outside pulse rifle optimal range. This roll leans into that advantage.

Accurized Rounds extends range as far as possible. Combined with an Arrowhead Brake barrel and a Range masterwork, Doom of Chelchis can maintain full damage at very long distances where most opponents cannot effectively fire back. Explosive Payload is the key PvP perk here. The explosion on each hit adds flinch to your opponent — significantly more flinch than a standard scout rifle shot. This disrupts their aim and makes return fire less accurate, which helps you win trades that would otherwise be even. At long range where you are already outside their optimal damage window, the extra flinch from Explosive Payload often seals the fight before they can land enough shots back.

Eye of the Storm activates when your health is low and increases weapon accuracy and handling. It helps you win desperate gunfights when you are at a disadvantage. Alternatively, you can swap Eye of the Storm for Focused Fury, which gives a 20% damage boost after landing precision hits on exactly half your magazine — useful if you prefer a more consistent bonus over a comeback mechanic.

Be honest with yourself about scout rifles in PvP before farming this roll. In the Crucible meta of 2026, aggressive archetypes and pulse rifles dominate most lobbies. Doom of Chelchis is a B-tier PvP weapon at best — functional, but rarely the optimal choice unless you are specifically comfortable playing from extreme range.

Doom of Chelchis vs Other Scout Rifles

Doom of Chelchis vs Hung Jury SR4

Hung Jury SR4 is a 180 RPM Kinetic Scout Rifle that has been a community favorite for years. The key difference is the perk pool. Doom of Chelchis has Explosive Payload, Vorpal Weapon, and One for All in its third column — all significantly stronger than Hung Jury’s equivalent options. Doom of Chelchis wins for endgame PvE. Hung Jury wins if you need a Kinetic scout specifically to pair with a Void or Solar energy weapon. If your build has the energy slot covered, Doom of Chelchis is the better overall pick.

Doom of Chelchis vs Polaris Lance

Polaris Lance is the Solar Exotic Scout Rifle from Ana Bray’s quest and is widely considered the benchmark for scout rifles in PvE. Its Perfect Fifth perk causes every fifth precision hit to fire an explosive round, giving it built-in add-clear without needing any traits. Doom of Chelchis does not match Polaris Lance’s overall ceiling, but it frees up your Exotic slot for armor — which is often the more valuable trade in endgame content. Run Doom of Chelchis when you want a strong Legendary scout and need your Exotic for a build-defining armor piece.

Should You Craft Doom of Chelchis?

Yes, if you are running King’s Fall regularly. Crafting Doom of Chelchis costs five Deepsight (red-border) pattern copies. Once crafted, you can choose any perk combination from the full pool and lock it in permanently. You can also level the crafted weapon up and enhance the perks at Tier 2 and beyond through the Monument of Triumph weapon upgrade system.

The fastest path to five red-border patterns is through the Oryx Deepsight chest — a guaranteed one red-border weapon per account per week after activating the correct rune sequence during the final encounter. Running King’s Fall on three characters and hitting the Deepsight chest each time gives you three patterns per week. At that rate, you can craft Doom of Chelchis in two weeks without needing lucky drops from encounters. For a full breakdown of Tier 5 weapon upgrading after crafting, check out the Destiny 2 how to upgrade crafted weapons to Tier 5 guide.

Harrowed Doom of Chelchis — Is It Worth Farming?

The Harrowed (Adept) version of Doom of Chelchis drops from completing the weekly encounter challenges on Master difficulty. It has higher base stats than the standard version, access to Adept mods — which give a +3 boost to any stat — and enhanced perks that outperform their standard counterparts in feel and output.

Enhanced Explosive Payload hits harder. Enhanced One for All or Frenzy last longer and activate faster. If you are already comfortable in Master King’s Fall, farming Harrowed Doom of Chelchis for the enhanced perk crafted version is worth the extra effort. If you are newer to the raid, craft the standard version first and come back for the Harrowed copy later.

How to Get Doom of Chelchis

Doom of Chelchis drops from the following sources inside King’s Fall:

• Opening area (Portal): Random drop after entering the raid.
• Encounter 1 (Totems): Primary farming encounter for this weapon.
• Encounter 3 (Golgoroth): Can also drop here.
• Encounter 5 (Oryx): Final encounter loot pool includes all previous drops.
• Cache of the King kiosk: Buy directly for 20 Spoils of Conquest after unlocking it from a drop.

During featured weeks, the Totems encounter can be farmed infinitely with no per-completion lockout. This makes King’s Fall one of the best raids to repeat during its featured rotation. Check the Director on Tuesday resets to see if King’s Fall is in the featured slot before loading in. For the complete King’s Fall weapon and encounter list, the Destiny 2 King’s Fall loot table and god rolls guide covers every drop from every encounter in detail.

Is Doom of Chelchis Worth Using in 2026?

Yes for PvE — especially in Void builds. The combination of Void damage, Explosive Payload, and the Runneth Over origin trait makes Doom of Chelchis one of the most self-sufficient Legendary scout rifles in the current sandbox. Runneth Over procs frequently when playing near allies in raids and dungeons, which keeps the magazine full and removes the need to reload as often. In a Void Hunter build that already applies Weaken to groups, Explosive Payload’s splash damage combined with Volatile explosions can clear waves very efficiently.

For Void build references, the Phantom Surge Hunter build is one of the strongest Void setups in the game right now and pairs naturally with the Void damage on Doom of Chelchis. For dungeon content that also rewards Spoils of Conquest to spend at the King’s Fall kiosk, the Destiny 2 dungeons in order guide helps you plan which dungeons to run alongside your King’s Fall sessions each week. And if you want to see how Doom of Chelchis fits into a full raid rotation, check Destiny 2 raids in order for the most efficient weekly farming schedule.