Destiny 2 Red Tape: God Rolls & How to get it

Red Tape is a new Lightweight Scout Rifle released as part of Episode: Revenant. Today, we cover how good the weapon is, the ideal roll to chase, and where to get the weapon. 

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How good is Red Tape

While Lightweight Scout Rifles aren’t very noticeable in the current meta, Red Tape has some decent perk options to make it viable in both PvE and PvP. 

In PvE, Red Tape can be a viable option with good combinations for both general play and as a backup damage option for some of the beefier enemy types, alongside the seasonal Anti-Barrier Scout Rifle.

PvP also has some decent perk options available, making the weapon more viable as an off-meta pick. 

  

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Red Tape Perks & God Rolls

The Red Tape scout rifle can roll with the following perks:

• Perk 1: Rimestealer, Closing Time, Keep Away, Lone Wolf, Attrition Orbs, Fourth Times The Charm, Demolitionist.
• Perk 2: Headstone, High Impact Reserves, Focused Fury, One For All, Adrenaline Junkie, Rampage, Explosive Payload.
• Origin Trait: Dark Ether Reaper.

Red Tape PvE god rolls

PvE Roll: All-Around
Barrel	Fluted Barrel
Magazine	Flared Magwell
Perk 1	Rimestealer (also good: Demolitionist)
Perk 2	Headstone (also good: Adrenaline Junkie)
Masterwork	Stability

Fluted Barrel and Flared Magwell are both recommended for a much needed boost to this weapon’s stability.

In terms of perks, Rimestealer and Headstone are recommended as they have very nice synergy in terms of improving survivability in general play. Headstone creates Stasis Crystals on critical kills, which can then be used to activate Rimestealer, granting the user Frost Armour.

Demolitionist and Adrenaline Junkie is also a viable option, especially when using ability focused builds. Demolitionist allows for much more frequent grenade usage, pairing with Adrenaline Junkie to provide a higher uptime on the weapon’s damage boost.

Overall, a good weapon with uses in multiple different scenarios.

Red Tape PvP god rolls

PvP Roll: All-Around
Barrel	Arrowhead Brake
Magazine	Steady Rounds
Perk 1	Keep Away
Perk 2	Explosive Payload
Masterwork	Stability

Arrowhead Brake is recommended to boost Handling while significantly improving this weapon’s Recoil Direction.

Steady Rounds and a Stability Masterwork is recommended to reduce incoming flinch as much as possible. Although Steady Rounds does reduce range, Keep Away will almost always be active when using a Scout Rifle, taking the damage falloff to 70+ meters.

Explosive Payload is recommended as the explosive damage has no falloff range and makes duels harder for your opponent, as it causes a significant amount of flinch.

How to get Red Tape

Red Tape is one of many legendary weapons released with Episode 2: Revenant. It was released with Act 3. You can acquire this weapon by:

• Completing Revenant activities, including the Kell’s Fall Exotic Mission
• Utilizing tonics available at the H.E.L.M
• Increasing your Seasonal reputation

Much like previous seasons/episodes, there are vendor upgrades that increase your chances of a roll with double perks and the ability to attune to a specific one. There are also Enriching Tonics that can give you specific rewards for defeating combatants. As of now, there is only one that can drop seasonal gear. We cover all Revenant Weapons here.

Before you go

Interested in more top-tier weapons from Episode Revenant? You should check out these Heretic’s Fervor God Rolls.