The number of shots per minute this weapon can fire.

Rounds Per Minute

Increases the damage inflicted by each round.

Impact

Increases the effective range of this weapon.

Range

How much or little recoil you will experience while firing the weapon.

Stability

The speed with which the weapon can be readied and aimed.

Handling

Reload Speed

The amount of heat generated per shot fired.

Heat Generated

How quickly the weapon cools per second when not being fired.

Cooling Efficiency

The weapon's ability to augment your aim.

Aim Assistance

How much the weapon's scope can zoom in on targets.

Zoom

The weapon's tendency to move while firing.

Recoil Direction

How accurate and stable this weapon is while airborne.

Airborne Effectiveness

Ammo progress earned for final blows with this weapon. Primary weapons generate the most progress. Heavy and Special weapons generate additional progress towards the ammo type that they do not use.

Ammo Generation

Void

Higher base damage, increased damage versus powerful combatants. High heat generated. [Reload]  to vent heat from the weapon. Overheating forces a sustained vent. Weapon cools down more rapidly between shots.

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Kill Shot

Reloading after a final blow loads a high-powered round, causing the next hit to cause additional splash damage. Strong against [Shield-Piercing] Barrier Champions.

Stay in the Fight

When your shields are broken, this weapon gains a period of increased stability and ammo generation.

Opening Salvo

This weapon gains bonus range and deals more flinch at the start of combat for a duration. Strong against [Stagger] Unstoppable Champions.

Calm Amidst Chaos

After not taking damage for a short duration, this weapon gains significantly increased aim down sight speed, handling and flinch resistance until the next shot is fired.

Overpressured Munitions

This weapon gains bonus damage against Cabal targets.

Reloading after a final blow loads a high-powered round, causing the next hit to cause improved additional splash damage. Strong against [Shield-Piercing] Barrier Champions.

When your shields are broken, this weapon gains an improved period of increased stability and ammo generation.

This weapon gains bonus range and deals more flinch at the start of combat for an improved duration. Strong against [Stagger] Unstoppable Champions.

After not taking damage for a short duration, this weapon gains significantly increased aim down sight speed, handling and flinch resistance until the next shot is fired. Activates faster.

This weapon gains improved bonus damage against Cabal targets.

Counterbalance Stock

Passively decreases Hip-Fire Accuracy Cone Size by 30% and grants a 0.95x Ready Animation Duration Multiplier.

Freehand Grip

Increases accuracy and ready speed while firing from the hip.

Passively grants 15 Airborne Effectiveness.

Icarus Grip

Moderately increases airborne effectiveness.

Radar immediately returns once no longer Aiming Down Sights. (Normally takes 1.5 seconds)

Radar Tuner

Radar immediately returns when you stop aiming down sights.

Targeting Adjuster

This weapon gains better target acquisition.

Passively increases maximum Radar Range by 8 meters (48⁠🠚⁠56 meters).

Radar Booster

Slightly increases the range at which radar detects enemies.

Sprinting for 1.5 seconds while holding the weapon grants 35 ADS and Ready Handling.

Sprint Grip

Temporarily increases the weapon's ready speed and aim down sights speed after sprinting.

Passively decreases Ready/Stow Animation Duration by 10%.

Quick Access Sling

Increases this weapon's ready and stow speed.

Significantly increases accuracy and ready speed while firing from the hip.

Greatly increases airborne effectiveness.

Radar immediately returns when you stop aiming down sights and slightly increases the range at which radar detects combatants.

Greatly increases the weapon's ready speed and aim down sights speed temporarily after sprinting.

Greatly increases this weapon's ready and stow speed.

Enhanced Stability

Enhanced Range

Enhanced Handling

Enhanced Vent Speed

Enhanced Heat Generated

Weapon Fires Full Auto. Identical to the Gameplay Setting.

Full Auto Retrofit

Holding down the trigger will fire this weapon at full auto.

Passively grants 6 Range and 6 Stability.

Ballistics

Tactical

Grants slightly increased vent speed and handling.

Anti-Flinch

Decreasing Zoom has the following effects in ADS:

• Decreased Aim Assist Falloff Distance

• Widened Accuracy and Aim Assist Cones (size stays the same on-screen)

CQC Optics: Low

Increasing Zoom has the following effects in ADS:

• Increased Aim Assist Falloff Distance

• Narrowed Accuracy and Aim Assist Cones (size stays the same on-screen)

CQC Optics: High

Weapon Kills provide 10% more activation progress to 

Heavy Ammo Finder Enhancement

Grants slightly increased ammo generation.

Abundant Ammo

 Weapon Kills spawns an Elemental Pickup matching the weapon's element. Kill counter persists through stow.

Kinetic Weapons spawn an Orb of Power that grants ?% Super Energy instead.

Synergy ignores the global spawning cooldowns of the Elemental Pickups but each spawn will still start the global cooldown. A Kill can trigger Synergy's Pickup spawn and that of a different Pickup Spawner simultaneously.

Synergy has its own Pickup spawning cooldowns separately from the global ones:

Kills during Synergy's Pickup spawning cooldown do not contribute any activation progress.

Synergy

Final blows with this weapon have a chance to create an elemental pickup matching its damage type, or an Orb of Power for weapons that deal Kinetic damage.

Stunloader

Stunning a Champion vents heat from this weapon.

Stun Ventilator

Grants increased vent speed and handling.

Greatly decreases incoming flinch for this weapon.

Final blows with this weapon have a greater chance to create an elemental pickup matching its damage type, or an Orb of Power for weapons that deal Kinetic damage damage.

Stunning a Champion vents a large amount of heat from this weapon.

Masterworked: Stability

Masterworked: Handling

Masterworked: Range

Masterworked: Cooling Efficiency

Masterworked: Reload Speed

Lightly vented barrel.
  •  Greatly controls recoil
  •  Increases handling speed

Arrowhead Brake

Stable barrel attachment.
  •  Increases stability
  •  Moderately controls recoil
  •  Slightly decreases handling speed

Chambered Compensator

Balanced barrel. 
  •  Slightly increases range and stability
  •  Slightly increases handling speed

Corkscrew Rifling

Weighty barrel extension.
  •  Increases range
  •  Decreases handling speed
  •  Moderately controls recoil

Extended Barrel

Ultra-light barrel. 
  •  Greatly increases handling speed
  •  Slightly increases stability

Fluted Barrel

Barrel optimized for distance.
  •  Greatly increases range
  •  Decreases stability
  •  Slightly decreases handling speed

Full Bore

Durable ranged barrel.
  •  Increases range

Hammer-Forged Rifling

Barrel optimized for recoil reduction.
  •  Increases stability

Polygonal Rifling

Dual strength barrel.
  •  Increases range
  •  Increases stability

Smallbore

Full Choke

Tightened barrel. Reduces projectile spread when aiming down sights at the cost of precision damage.

Ranged shotgun barrel.
  •  Increases range
  •  Greatly decreases handling speed

Rifled Barrel

Slightly reduces damage in exchange for improved cooling.

Accelerated Heatsink

Slightly increases damage in exchange for reduced cooling.

Overclocked Heatsink

Strong battery life. Reduces heat generation.

Enhanced Heatsink

A large, heavy battery. Increases the time it takes to vent, in exchange for greatly reduced heat generation.

Ionized Heatsink

Improves stability. 
  •  Increases stability

Particle Repeater

Distance optimizations.
  •  Increases range

Projection Fuse

Lightweight, agile battery. Increases handling and vent speed.

Light Heatsink

This weapon has multiple small improvements. Slightly improves stability, vent speed, and range.

Tactical Heatsink

Collecting elemental pickups or an Orb of Power reduces heat.

Cooling Baubles

Destabilizing Rounds

Defeating a target creates a Void burst; hitting other targets with this burst makes them volatile and grants you Volatile Rounds for a short duration.

Gain aim assist, stability, and flinch resistance while you have Woven Mail, Frost Armor, or Void Overshield.

Built to Blast

Hip-Fire Grip

Increases accuracy, stability, and precision hit targeting when firing from the hip.

Proximity Power

When targets are nearby, final blows grant bonus Melee stat.

Rangefinder

Aiming this weapon increases its effective range and zoom magnification. Increased projectile velocity while aiming Rocket Launchers, Grenade Launchers, and Bows.

While at low heat, this weapon has improved range, handling, and accuracy.

Delicate Tuning

Collecting an elemental pickup or an Orb of Power reduces slightly more heat.

Defeating a target creates a Void burst; hitting other targets with this burst makes them volatile and grants you Volatile Rounds for an improved duration.

Gain lingering aim assist, stability, and flinch resistance while you have Woven Mail, Frost Armor, or Void Overshield.

Greatly increases accuracy, stability, and precision hit targeting when firing from the hip.

When targets are nearby, final blows grant an improved amount of bonus Melee stat.

Aiming this weapon increases its effective range and zoom magnification, and improves handling. Increased projectile velocity while aiming Rocket Launchers, Grenade Launchers, and Bows.

While at low heat, this weapon has slightly more improved range, handling, and accuracy.

Desperate Measures

Weapon final blows grant bonus damage. Melee and grenade final blows grant a larger damage bonus that can stack.

Frenzy

Being in combat for an extended time increases damage, handling, and reload for this weapon until you are out of combat.

Kill Clip

Reloading after a kill grants increased damage.

Swashbuckler

This weapon gains increased damage from melee kills and kills with this weapon.

Precision Instrument

Dealing sustained damage increases precision damage.

Repulsor Brace

Defeating a Void-debuffed target grants an overshield.

While at high heat, this weapon deals increased damage and causes targets to explode when defeated.

Thermal Atomization

Weapon final blows grant bonus damage for an improved duration. Melee and grenade final blows grant a larger damage bonus that can stack.

Being in combat for an extended time increases damage, handling, and reload for this weapon for an improved duration until you are out of combat.

Reloading after defeating a target grants increased damage for an improved duration.

This weapon gains increased damage for an improved duration from melee final blows and defeating targets with this weapon.

Dealing sustained damage significantly increases precision damage.

Defeating a Void-debuffed target grants an overshield that lasts for an improved duration.

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Perks

Curated

Masterwork

Mods

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Basic

Damage Profile

Time-to-Kill

Range

Handling

Flinch Resist

Ammo and Reload

Perks

Curated

Masterwork

Mods

Effects

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