Destiny 2 Keen Thistle: God Rolls & How to get it

Trials of Osiris just got its biggest revamp ever, offering more loot to a wider audience than ever before.

Today, we’ll cover the newest weapon to enter the Trials loot pool, a sniper that competes with some of the best: Keen Thistle.

Name: Keen Thistle

Type: Sniper Rifle Archetype: Aggressive

Ammo: Special Element: Solar

Craftable: No Released: Episode 3

Source: Trials of Osiris Requires: The Final Shape

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How good is Keen Thistle

While Keen Thistle’s frame does lower its desirability slightly, the weapon has an outstanding and diverse perk pool that allows it to excel everywhere.

Envious Arsenal and Bait and Switch is the obvious combination for PvE, although rocking it on an aggressive frame sniper isn’t something that’s commonly seen. If you’re instead using this as your sole DPS weapon, opting for Triple Tap and Fourth Time’s the Charm isn’t horrible, allowing you to expend tons of ammo in a brief period.

Being a Trials weapon, it’s no surprise that Keen Thistle excels in PvP as well. With outstanding perks and its only direct competition being Mechabre from Festival of the Lost, this sniper is a great pick for players who love aggressive frames. Keen Thistle is A-Tier for PvE and S-tier for PvP.

Best alternatives:

	Mechabre	Sniper Rifle	Special	Arc	Event: Festival of the Lost	Voltshot
	Succession (Brave)	Sniper Rifle	Special	Kinetic	Onslaught Activity	Reconstruction
	Succession	Sniper Rifle	Special	Kinetic	Deep Stone Crypt Raid	Reconstruction
	Beloved	Sniper Rifle	Special	Solar	Presage	Incandescent

Keen Thistle Perks and God Rolls

The Keen Thistle solar sniper rifle can roll with the following perks:

• Perk 1: Snapshot Sights, Lone Incandescent, Triple Tap, Slickdraw, Under Pressure, Envious Arsenal.
• Perk 2: Opening Shot, Moving Target, Closing Time, Vorpal Weapon, Discord, Bait and Switch, Fourth Time’s the Charm.
• Origin Trait: Alacrity, One Quiet Moment, Hakke Breach Armaments.

Keen Thistle God Rolls, Destiny 2

Keen Thistle PvE god rolls

Fluted Barrel, Appended Mag, and a handling masterwork grant us some extra stability, magazine size, and handling, all of which are desperately needed for this weapon.

Envious Arsenal and Bait and Switch make up our primary roll. This combination has become a staple in today’s meta and is a beast on nearly every weapon that can roll with it. If you’re instead looking for a more unique, ammo dump option, Triple Tap and Fourth Time’s the Charm will serve you well.

Keen Thistle PvP god rolls

In terms of The Crucible, we’ll begin with Fluted Barrel, Steady Rounds, and a handling masterwork for a sweep of stats that’s similar to what we looked for in PvE.

Many veteran Guardians will be drawn to a perk combination that has been a reliably strong pick on sniper rifles for years: Snapshot Sights and Opening Shot. While this roll is no doubt potent, switching it up with newer perks like Lone Wolf and Closing Time is another powerful option. Sure, you need to play into them a bit more, but they’re extremely rewarding if you do.

How to get Keen Thistle

Keen Thistle is a drop from Trials of Osiris. It’s able to drop from the end of matches, the chest at the Lighthouse, and can be purchased from Saint-14 for one Trials Engram and 25,000 Glimmer. We cover the Trials weapon this week here.

How to get Keen Thistle, Destiny 2

Before you go

Interested in more top-tier weapons from Trials of Osiris? You should definitely check out these Cataphract GL3 God Rolls.