Age Old Bond Is Worth Your Time to Craft And Here's Why (PvE and PvP) 

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Idk why but every time I look at these weapons reviews I really feel like coolguy is trying to sell me something, and I’m here for it lmao

One of my first drops from LW after the weapons became craftable was Age-Old Bond with Repulser Brace and Destabilizing Rounds. It's been hands down one of my favorite go-to weapons ever since. Gives some really nice added survivability and overall just fun to play with.

I know destabilizing repulsor is the go to but the the ability spam void Titan and warlock builds that I absolutely adore, I just can’t say no to repulsor golden tricorn. So damn fun

When those range normalizations happen, and autos show themselves, here's a few things to note from an auto lover. For 360 autos, Age-Old Bond and Lodbrok are absolutely worth a look, Herod-C has some sauce but can be kinda awkward. The Suros auto is great, too. For 450s, Ammit and the Braytech Werewolf go crazy. And don't sleep on the Seventh Seraph Carbine with Target Lock. And of course, Centrifuse is solid, but exponentially better with the catalyst. 600s, I recommend looking to Summoner and Perpetualis, don't bother with the rest. Summoner can get rangefinder or moving target in 3rd slot with some great killchaining perks and insane stats, while Perpetualis has solid stats and Target Lock - which fixes what is in my opinion the one thing holding the archetype back, the head/body shot ratio, which is horrid for its TTK - worse than 600 smgs and 540 pulses, requiring 100% headshots against 10 resil, without target lock. The Suros auto is solid if you like playing around the ramp-up. Monte Carlo is lacking in zoom, but might see itself be pretty good after these changes with a melee build, despite basically being "better swashbuckler: the gun" currently. Hard light has crazy stats, but, that's about it - certainly solid, but in my opinion, not as good as the rest mentioned here so long as 600s continue to deal so little to the body. for 720s, Rufus's Fury is probably my highest recommendation easily. There's just so much that gun can do that any review on youtube will serve you better, faster, than I can here. My personal roll would be moving target/target lock, however. Krait is very slept on and pretty solid with some good stats and the ever-slept-on auto killchaining perk Adagio (phenomenal on 600s and 720s specifically), Sweet Sorrow has always been pretty good since its release, Dark Decider is very awkward but can get some crazy range for a 720 with a solid origin perk (but it can be quite unwieldy), chroma rush is solid but at this point feels a little lackluster due to lacking an origin perk, arctic haze is decent, but something I think is worth keeping an eye on here is Reckless Oracle. It's a solid gun as-is, surprisingly good for what it is, with a great feel to it... but it's a raid weapon, from Garden of Salvation. Meaning, it's going to get the Last Wish treatment in the future. That thing will go crazy when it does. It will absolutely have the opportunity to become the best 720 for pvp - and it will forever be my lesson as to why Mulligan is really fun on a 720 auto rifle (even if not that great). Of course quicksilver storm is solid, and tommy's is actually pretty good but more of an 'acquired taste' due to how unique it is, it almost has its own skill gap to using it effectively and taking advantage of its exotic perk and hidden perfect hipfire effectively. And for the last two exotics, Cerberus is a really weird shotgun, Sweet Business is already kind of underrated - albeit weird to use.

Golden Tricorn is such a sleeper pick for any gun. In PvE, it's pretty easy get x2 because of how strong abilties are as well as how quickly we can get them back. And it stacks with Surge mods, so you can benefit from those too. In PvP, all you need to do is just not swap your gun out or you'll drop the x1

That ensnaring play against the camper, literally was saying out loud “cool guy do the thing!” And bam….so satisfying as a titan main to see other class specific plays

I have to say, that I love the PVE roll for age old. Holy crap is it fantastic for void builds

Once I get it crafted I will 100% put it into my nothing manacles build, repulsor brace golden tricorn, with the fragment that gives you volitile on grade kill will give me the 50% damage bonus and trigger the origin trait. This plus devour is honestly going to be my favorite build ever.

If you're a gyrfalcon hunter, repulsor + golden tricorn is definitely the play over destabilizing rounds.

Don't forget about regnant for repulsor brace+destabilizing

Another great pairing I think is Repulsor Brace/Golden Tricorn on Omnioculus Void Hunter. Weaken up close or at range with the snare bomb, set up for invisibility from kills thanks to Stylish Executioner , or kill for repulsor overshield when not invis. Amazing utility, plus getting Golden Tricorn x2 is stupid easy on this thing; it shreds when it gets going. Got it as a random drop during the farming weekend, haven't put it down since.

Love the weapon reviews as always. One piece of feedback for this video that I noticed; the text on screen is quite a lot and quite small. Could definitely do with either blowing up the relevant text related to what you are talking about, or larger fonts overall everywhere. You could also consider removing or blurring the background footage, at least where the text is, when you're trying to draw focus to the text info on screen. More editing effort I know but I think it would help a lot. Keep up the great work

Crafted Age old is my favorite pve auto with destabilizing/repulsor. Insanely good.

repulsor+collective action is mine since i haven't crafted it just yet, the constant overshield and the constant damage buff makes this thing not only demolish any amount of red bars you put in front of it but the buff plus volatile lets it put in work on higher health enemies too. plus i have alllllways been a fan of 360's to everybody's amusement so this just feels like a dream come true

These are the videos that need to be posted next to each crafted weapons o swear Especially for the new/casual D2 players who don't watch YT videos. Such a good breakdown of what the weapon is capable of. Not just sucking it off by how good it is or writing it off just saying it's trash like everyone else. Coolguy man, your so cool

As someone who has put over 2k pvp kills on an ammit and considers it a soul weapon of mine for pvp, as soon as i saw the rolls on the age old i knew it would be a contender with the ammit for the top of the line pvp autos, and after crafting it i am happy to say it is performing amazingly. After about 500 or so kills i still like my ammit but age old has that stupid amount of range that allows you to contend at those longer ranges and target lock makes up for any damage drop off. Props to bungie for making this thing an actual monster compared to how it was when it released

Rivens Wishes.....I spent about 30 minutes last night looking up stats on lightgg and reading comments on destiny reddit and bungie message boards. What Im trying to decide between is either using 5 wishes to craft Apex Predator or Age Old Bond. Im going with age old bond because I need a powerful void AR to round out my void 'No Backup Plans' Titan build. Right now Its Conditional Finality pair'd with Positive Outlook (Destabilizing rounds is the key here), But Positive Outlook sometimes just doesnt cut it in harder content. I know people love Apex but I dont Raid much or spend much time standing in wells with 5 other guardians trying to melt bosses so after really thinking about it im going with the Void AR. A crafted Void Assault Rifle with enhanced Destabilizer and Repulsar Brace is just too good for me to pass up. It will synergize absolutely perfectly with my 'No backup plans' build.

If you get a good Lodbrok-C you can get a feel now what those upcoming Range changes will feel like because it's a 19 Zoom Auto, so if you get 100 Range on it it can hit out at 40m right now. (I got a real wacky SB/RR/DSR/Cascade/Range MW roll that can make some crazy plays if used right.) Which I'm glad is what they're all being brought up to because that's the range they feel like they need to function in the meta.

Another high quality in-depth review from Cool guy. Great editing as well.

Coolguy is the insurance salesman of destiny weapons

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Dude you nailed it! This gun is the epitome of Peanut Butter and Jelly. That PVE roll of Repulser/Destabilizing is just so fun

On my titan im using this with repulsor and destablizing with AWR paired with witherhorde and retrofit. Feels great to use, i feel i have all roles covered with this combo

Titans with armamentariums using vortex grenades and the fragment that gives your weapon volatile. You basically have destabilizing rounds all the time, so you might as well go for golden tricorn for that easy 50% buff. As a titan, you always have void overshield, so you might as well go for dragonfly. Now you have dragonfly + repulsor brace + 50% golden tricorn buff + destabilizing rounds. You're welcome for the idea

Totally didn't realize the potential for this gun. Kinda just crafted it and vaulted it. That Tap Kill clip roll is looking pretty crispy!

I'm looking forward to getting this one. I basically never take off Nezarec's Sin on my voidwalker for pve.

destabilizing rounds + repulsor brace is the funniest roll I've ever had on an auto rifle. It's overshield machine on any class, anytime.

The name's Bond. Age Old Bond.

Dragonfly with destabilising rounds is crazy vs ads.

Finally crafted this so I came back to rewatch this review LOL

I went Repulsor Brace/Golden Tricorn. Destabilizing is cool and all, but honestly I don’t see why you wouldn’t be running the fragment for volatile rounds from nade kills on Titan and Warlock (Hunter has Gyrfalcons) With the high grenade uptime Void has, you’re basically perma Golden Tricorn x2, and all those nades are giving you volatile so you can take advantage of Repulsor Brace. Personally I think it’s way better than Repulsor/Destabilizing, I can’t stand the activation cooldown on that perk. You’re right that it’s a good option for non-Void subclasses though.

Titan bros, Age Old Bond with Repulsor Brace/Destabilizing Rounds and Until Its Return with Auto Loading/ Cascade is THE build to use with No Backup Plans. Slap on Tractor in your heavy and it's a champion killing machine.

The sights on these things are tops!

I love the clean text, editing, and video quality. 11/10 vid

I think a max range TTT//Target Lock roll might actually be the Meta post Range Changes. It will reach max range, is an archetype that handles fall off pretty strongly already, has Target lock to boost Ease of Use as well as further Range Falloff. All in a very competitve TTK that is completely boosted by Enhanced Tap The Trigger. Very Very Strong

I still have the old curated 4th times rampage roll and i think i prefer that perk combo over anything the new one has but thats just me.

got destabilizing and dragonfly on mine for PvE I LOVE IT

I find myself winning duels with most things and find myself challenging multiple opponents pretty regularly, with varying results. This repulsor/destabilize combo will help me get those team wipes

I have enhanced repulcer brace and destabilizing rounds on mine. I paid it with second chance for the double shield throw for more shields and making things volitile. Purple explosions everywhere

As the auto rifle freak that I am, man I miss zen movement on this thing

Been an AOB fan for a while. Have two Tap the Trigger Kill Clip rolls with over 220 PvP kills each on them from before this season (I don't play PvP enough to get super high kill counters, and I'm picky with my weapons, so I don't have a lot of guns over 100 kills Crafted a Tap the Trigger Target Lock roll for PvP, but I've been reconsidering for Golden Tricorn or Kill Clip, and now I'm considering crafting a PvE roll with Repulsor/Destab!

I played with my old Age-Old Bond in crucible last week. It has Zen Moment/High-Impact reserves. It legitimately MAPS. I've been waiting for this video to see how you would craft it, because it's the first AR I enjoyed playing with in the crucible.

Had 5 of these in my vault, deleted all except zen moment Kc. You are bang on about ttt over dsr. Dsr does basically nothing on this archetype. Very keen to try enhanced ttt!

Here's what I'm thinking: Do I need Destab rounds if I'm a Gyrfalc hunter?? I personally went with Collective Action since I'll be spawning a lot of breaches

Repulsor Brace/Golden Tricorn may be the best PvE roll of any void weapon ever.

Bro I love autos. It’s a shame they aren’t that competitive in 3s. But they are my fun gun in 6s. Love high impacts

Love Void, love Autos, love High Impacts. This one is money.

so the consensus I’m getting from the new version of LW weapons is they’re the best raid weapons in all of D2. Every vid about these weapons is how good their rolls are.

I just picked up my first red box roll from Wishes; Tricorn/Tap The Trigger and it's spicy on Voidlock

I currently run the exact void hunter build as my main but with knawring hunger subsistence and demo for less reloads and more grenades. NGL, you've made me want to hit up lfg and spend my season pass crafting mats on it.

Hey! I thought that was you the other day when I was playing. I’m in this video for just a bit, was a great game playing with you

For me this is an absolute sleeper when it comes to the Last Wish Weapons, actually any of the Raid Weapons! With the updated Perks, I'm hoping to get a decent roll whilst I nag my buddies to hop in!

I primarily repulsor + destabilizing to have access to void overshield on subclasses other than void. I used it to make a damage resist build that went all the way up to 97% DR in PvE. You can see the build on my channel :)

man if they give us this combo on an smg, ggs

I really like this weapon but I still am not a fan of destabilizing rounds. I think if you're playing Warlock or Hunter there are better ways to get volatile rounds (Nezarec's Sin is my go-to but Contraverse Hold works too, and then obviously gyrfalcon) and the huge buff Tricorn x2 gives you really makes this thing shine. You'll have plenty of uptime on Volatile and it'll apply to every target you shoot without being reliant on enemies grouping up, and then repulsor brace will keep your overshield going pretty much permanently. Huge fan

Not you killing my man like 6 times in the first match 😂😅 lol its MistaThumbs

Cool Guy, could you please use your connections with Bungie and ask them to include deadzone settings? D2 is the only major shooter at this point without them. Love D2 but just can’t play anymore without them.

I'm waiting for that Greasy Luck review, since myself and like 8 other people are glaive enthusiasts but it's nasty!

Dynamic is better for pvp cuz in most gun fights you want the last shots to be more accurate as opposed to the first, a gun getting more stable and accurate with each shot is better imo

cool guy would be an elite salesman

I’m waiting for your Techeun Force review

Repulsor brace/destabilizing rounds

Hope CoolGuy's gonna make a review for the new Randys

This gun shooting like a mythoclast with x6 of the buff like wtf never thought I'd see that. Also i think a lot of ARs are shining in crucible atm. Crucible is gonna shake up a lot. But more range on an auto will def make it much more useable for antichamps. Honestly having replusor destabalonzing on a primary is all ive wanted since they added destabilizing rounds

I wish it had zen moment... It's so much better than tap the trigger. You feel the difference WAY more.

Regent (last seasons GL if I spelled it wrong) also gets Repulser/Destabilizing

I got Repulser Brace- Destabilizing Rounds from the weekly chest, almost deleted it.

This is the only auto/gun in the game that can get repulsor brace with destabilizing rounds. That’s insane

The Regnant also has destabilizing+repulsor

Got all of the patterns done yesterday

That is how I crafted my pve roll. It is great on my void titan.

see the problem with auto rifles is they never received buffs for combat though because they get severely outclassed from damage by every other weapon that exists in the game besides it's own archetype

Best review I've seen in awhile. Great work.

I hope these range changes give these guns a more defined range. Their zoom values are all over the place and for weapons that easily hit 100 range their drop off is sooner than it should be.

If only it had Demo in the 3rd column. I supposed repulsive will have to suffice paired with tricorn for me

If only Vex Mythoclast would get that high-impact auto rifle damage fall off but I’m almost certain bungie will intentionally keep the range the same

Still have a V.1 age old with zen moment/kill clip. Complete with arrowhead and ricochet. Admitted i still need to try it in PvP, but that one will remain locked and saved in my collection right now.

If only I had people to run the raid with faithfully.

If you're running gyrfalcon hunter I don't really see the point in running destabilizing rounds and would opt for collective action instead since you will have constant breeches

i got one of these to drop with dragonfly, target lock. when target lock kicks in this thing melts. so far it has been unforgiving if you miss one or two shots

The only roll I ever got was a zen moment/KC with light mag and 3 barrels of either HF, FB or corkscrew

I'm probably going to craft a repulsor brace/kill clip roll, can use it for a gyrfalcon hunter in both pve and pvp

On my 7th last wish secret chest i got repulser brace and destabilizing rounds, was planing to craft it but ig not anymore

Thank you for the video 😘🤭😁 I love this weapon ❤

Got the perfect 5/5 PvE combo to drop when farming last wish - so won’t be crafting it for PVE. Amazing synergy with destabilising rounds and repulsar brace. Works so well with gyrfalcon’s. Not to interested right now for PVP, yet to be convinced.

2:02 to skip the Raid ad

I hope Marathon has as in depth weapons as this game

What current (obtainable) guns does CoolGuy think are bad? Or at least poor in comparison? Personally, I can't see the point in the craftable Wellspring weapons. Even the ability to craft them isn't enough now.

i always wanted a weapon with repulsor & destabilizing combo at the same, it's just like PBJ! i really hope we can get them on more weapons in future seasons

Destabilizing rounds 😊

I've been using one with dragonfly and destab and it feels p good in pve. I have a crafted one for PvP and i like it.

PLEASE A REVIEW OF MERCURIAL OVERREACH🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

You get devour easy with titan too

Alright, I'm sold. Now I want to unlock the pattern so I can craft one for PvP and another for PvP. It looks like a lot of fun in both modes.

Age Old Bond has been a go-to when I needed a void auto for end game content for a long time. So I am stoked to replace my old roll. I do wish they had done more stat tuning and made some of the se guns busted especially Nation but I get it. This rework was REALLY needed. Last Wish was slowly sliding down the rankings for raids for me simply because the loot, while looking incredible was being beat by other weapons.

Can’t wait to play on titan with this auto in pve looks so fun 🤩

Thanks bro ima grind for this

Thanks for doing the math

Imo this gun feels weak in end game. I was so excited to get repulsor brace + destabilizing rounds on this gun but it just dont feel good to me. I wanted it for a void titan build but Vexcalibur does much better for the same thing.