The Choir of One Void Auto Rifle was released today as part of Act 3 of Episode 1. This new Exotic is part of the new Exotic quest called Encore, and according to Bungie, it is the “biggest Exotic mission” ever released in Destiny 2.
The other thing that makes Choir of One extremely unique is that it is the first-ever Auto Rifle that uses Special ammo. Today, we cover how powerful this new Exotic is and how to get both weapon and catalyst.
 Name: Choir of One | Type: Auto RifleArchetype: Exotic | Ammo:  SpecialElement:  Void | Craftable:  YesReleased: The Final Shape | Source: Exotic QuestRequires: Episode 1: Echoes |
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How to get the Choir of One
Choir of One was released today, August 27, at reset. It drops from the secret Encore Exotic Mission and requires ownership of Episode 1: Echoes.
How to get Choir of One, Destiny 2
How to get the Choir of One Catalyst
Choir of One features three Catalysts that can be acquired from the Expert version of Encore. The three Catalysts available for Choir of One are:
- Destabilizing Rounds Refit
- Onslaught Refit
- Subsistence Refit
Once unlocked, you can craft one Catalyst at a time through the Enclave on Mars. Then, you’ll need several hundred weapon kills to unlock it. Typical farming methods such as Shuro Chi or the opening section of Grasp of Avarice will speed things along.
Choir of One God Catalyst, Destiny 2
Choir of One Crafted God Rolls & Perk Pool
The crafted Choir of One Exotic auto rifle can equip the following traits:
- Barrel: Extended Barrel, Arrowhead Brake, Hammer-Forged Rifling, Full Bore, Corkscrew Rifling, Polygonal Rifling, Chambered Compensator, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel.
- Magazine: Light Mag, Flared Magwell, Alloy Magazine, Accurized Rounds, Steady Rounds
- Stock: Composite Stock, Hand-Laid Stock, Fitted Stock, Short-Action Stock.
- Catalyst Trait: Destabilizing Rounds Refit, Onslaught Refit, Subsistence Refit.
Choir of One God Rolls, Destiny 2
Choir of One PvE god roll
| PvE Roll: All-Around | |
|---|---|
| Barrel | Fluted Barrel |
| Magazine | Flared Magwell |
| Stock | Composite Stock |
| Catalyst Trait | Subsistence Refit or Onslaught Refit |
Handling and Stability are always lovely on a weapon, especially in PvE, where other stats like Range don’t matter as much, so Composite Stock and Fluted Barrel are our picks. Flared Magwell is also nice for the bump to Reload Speed.
Subsistence and Onslaught both have their unique use cases. Subsistence allows you to spam more shots, mainly the Wyvern shot, as your gun will auto-reload five bullets back into the magazine, which is the amount of ammo the Wyvern shot takes.
Onslaught, on the other hand, boosts the ADS variant of the gun, allowing it to mow through trash mobs a little quicker. On top of this, if Onslaught is active, it should boost the RPM of the Wyvern shot as well, improving the burst damage. Both perks are excellent, and you should choose what fits best with your playstyle.
Choir of One PvP god roll
| PvE Roll: All-Around | |
|---|---|
| Barrel | Fluted Barrel |
| Magazine | Accurized Rounds |
| Stock | Short-Action Stock |
| Catalyst Trait | Onslaught Refit |
Again, Handling and Stability are essential in PvP. Still, Range isn’t to be ignored either, so we opt for Fluted Barrel, Accurised Rounds, and Short-Action Stock to boost the Handling by 30 and provide a decent bump to the Range of the weapon.
The perks are pretty disappointing here as this weapon is geared more towards PvE content, but Onslaught is the best of a bad bunch as the RPM increase may net you some multi-kills you might’ve missed before.
How good is Choir of One
Choir of One features the following unique Exotic perks :
- Command Frame: Fires extended-range, heavy-caliber projectiles at a reduced rate of fire. Deals increased precision damage when aiming down sights.
- Fanatical Lance: Rapid final blows cause targets to explode into a pool of radiolarian fluid. Hip firing launches multiple projectiles at once in a slower moving spread pattern. Projectiles detonate on impact.
As a Special ammo Auto Rifle, Choir of One is the first of its kind. It joins Rocket Sidearms and Wave-Frame Grenade Launchers in the Special ammo ad-clear niche. But it can also behave like a Shotgun, blasting Majors and dealing remarkable damage.
Its aim-down sights (ADS) mode behaves like a typical Auto Rifle but at a much lower RPM. That mode is less satisfying but more ammo efficient, allowing you to ADS lower HP enemies. However, the star of the show is its Wyvern hip-fire mode. Some testing has shown that this weapon does incredibly high damage for a Special Weapon, making it not only a good weapon to deal with chunking beefy targets but also capable for boss DPS as a backup option, something that Rocket Sidearms and Wave-Frame Grenade Launchers can’t do.
Overall, Choir of One can do outrageously high damage with its Wyvern-Shot mode. Its ADS mode may leave some slightly underwhelmed, but it should be understood that it is a longer-range tool to pick off weaker targets, supplementing the up-close and personal Wyvern burst damage.
Best Alternatives:
 | Aberrant Action | Sidearm | Special |  Solar | Echoes Activities | Incandescent |
 | Indebted Kindness | Sidearm | Special |  Arc | Warlord's Ruin Dungeon | Voltshot |
 | The Call | Sidearm | Special |  Strand | The Pale Heart |
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Nice write up on the new exotic, any recommendations on best kinetic to use along side it?