Exotic Kinetic Weapons PvP
Automatic rifle:
- Intrinsic exotic: Four Headed Hound - Fires erratic bullets from all gun barrels at the same time.
- Exotic character: Spread-Shot Pack - Aiming this weapon reduces the spread of its projectiles.
Automatic rifle:
- Intrinsic exotic: SUROS Legacy - The bottom half of each magazine deals bonus damage and has a chance to regain health on killing.
- Exotic character: Rotation - Holding the trigger down increases the rate of fire.
Combat arc:
- Intrinsic exotic: Wrath of the Queen - While aiming at sites with a fully drawn bow, enemies behind walls are highlighted.
- Legendary trait: Broadhead - Piercing arrowhead that damages the target on entry and exit. One shot can overpenetrate multiple targets.
Hand cannon:
- Intrinsic exotic: Fire Fan - This weapon can be fired quickly and continuously. Faster reloading and increased accuracy on successive damage from hip shots.
- Legendary trait: Hip-Fire Grip - Ergonomic grips that increase precision and stability when shooting from the hip.
Hand cannon:
- Basic intrinsic: Memento Mori - Reloading after a magazine kill charges with a few extra bullets. Grants radar while aiming sights.
- Legendary trait: Firefly - Accuracy kills with this weapon increases reload speed and detonates the target, dealing solar damage to nearby enemies.
Linear Fusion Rifle:
- Basic intrinsic: Compounding Force - Fires slugs that deal massive damage to the elemental shields of enemy fighters.
- Legendary trait: Pause of Disruption - Shattering an enemy's shield with this weapon makes them more vulnerable to kinetic damage for a short time.
- The Arbalest is currently the only linear fusion rifle in the game that uses special ammo instead of heavy.
Pulse rifle: - Season 9
- Intrinsic exotic: Harsh Truths - This weapon fires a burst of 5 rounds. When a nearby ally is killed, gain health regeneration and increased movement speed.
- Legendary trait: Last Stand - Improved weapon performance and significantly increased recovery when its wielder is the last living member of a fire team.
Pulse rifle:
- Basic intrinsic: Corruption Spreads - This weapon creates swarms of SIVA Nanites on quick hits and precision shots.
- Legendary trait: Parasitism - This weapon deals more damage to enemies based on the number of SIVA Nanites attached to it.
Scout Rifle:
- Intrinsic exotic: MIDA Multi-Tool - This weapon increases movement speed.
- Legendary trait: MIDA Radar - Radar remains active while aiming sights.
- When equipped with the MIDA Mini Tool, a legendary solar SMG, a “MIDA Synergy” creates greater speed advantages.
Shotgun:
- Basic intrinsic: Precision Slug - Fires a single-slug precision ball.
- Exotic character: The Roadborn - Precision briefly kills grants handling, range, and accuracy bonuses with this weapon.
Exotic Energy Weapons PvP
Combat arc:
- Intrinsic exotic: Poison Arrows - Arrows shot quickly after a full draw become poison arrows. Precision hits with poison arrows spread poison on nearby enemies.
- Legendary trait: Snapshots - Faster time to aim down.
Combat arc:
- Basic intrinsic: Split Electron - Fires an arrow that splits when released. Aiming down and fully drawing the bow decreases the spread.
- Exotic character: Lightning Rod - Precision attacks grant chain lightning abilities on the next shot.
Fusion rifle:
- Intrinsic exotic: Unplanned Reprieve - Fusion projectiles attach and detonate with delayed Void blast.
- Exotic character: Harbinger's Pulse - Multikills with this weapon immediately recharges your equipped kinetic and energy weapons from reserves.
Fusion rifle:
- Intrinsic exotic: Charge Shot - Hold the trigger to charge a follow-up shot that explodes and burns on impact.
- Legendary trait: Disoriented Shield - A shield explosion of equal energy disorients nearby fighters.
Grenade Launcher:
- Intrinsic exotic: Deferred Gratuity - Grenade projectiles will bounce off surfaces. Hold to shoot and release to detonate.
- Legendary trait: Thin the Herd - Direct hits do more damage to enemy shields. Rapid fire against enemies damaged by a grenade fills the magazine. The killed always deposit primary ammunition.
- This weapon has a bit of a learning curve, but once you get the hang of it you'll appreciate that all it takes to blast your opponents off the scoreboard is a bit of primary ammo (no special ammo or power) and some measured Hourly.
Hand cannon:
- Basic intrinsic: Looks Can Kill - This weapon fires special Piercing Shield ammo. It comes with a scope. Strong against Barrier Champions.
- Legendary trait: Death at First Glance - Damage bonus when aiming down on the opening hit of an attack. This bonus is retained if the shot deals precision damage or hits an elemental shield.
- Takes special ammunition (not primary).
Scout Rifle: - Season 9
- Basic intrinsic: Revolution - This weapon fires in fully automatic mode. Hold cooldown to enter Arc Seeker mode. Bow seekers move towards enemies you target.
- Legendary trait: Dynamic Charge - Precision shots build up a dynamic charge. Switching to Arc Seeker mode increases damage and partially recharges the magazine based on the number of charges.
Handgun: - Season 9
- Basic intrinsic: Close the Gap - Variable trigger. Press and release to fire individual shots. Hold it down to reload a high powered Stagger laser. Strong against unstoppable
- Legendary trait: Pyrogenesis - Fully charging the laser fills the charger with reserves.
Trace gun:
- Intrinsic exotic: Cold Fusion - This weapon fires a stable laser powered by cold fusion.
- Legendary trait: Longest Winter - Coldheart's laser deals exponential damage the longer it stays on a target.
Trace gun:
- Basic intrinsic: Harmonic Laser - Laser damage has three power levels that oscillate when the trigger is held down.
- Legendary battery: Supercharged Battery - Collecting an Orb of Light grants a short period of maximum power that begins with an automatic recharge.
PvP Exotic Weapons of Power
Fusion rifle:
- Basic intrinsic: Eye of Ahamkara - Charging this weapon triggers a giant continuous death ray.
- Exotic character: Unintended Impact - This weapon's beam overheats its targets on impact, causing delayed explosions.
Grenade Launcher:
- Intrinsic exotic: Insectoid Robotic Grenades - Grenades in this weapon are insectoid robots that chase and detonate targets near them.
- Exotic character: Serve Colony - Insectoid Robotic Grenades quickly repopulate the Reserve Store while the Colony is unequipped.
Linear Fusion Rifle:
- Basic intrinsic: Wire Rifle - Fires a precision long-range bow bolt that blinds enemies when hit.
- Legendary trait: Hip-Fire Grip - Ergonomic grips that increase precision and stability when shooting from the hip.
Linear Fusion Rifle:
- Intrinsic exotic: Dornröschen - The weapon's laser penetrates enemies and refracts against hard surfaces.
- Legendary trait: Moving Target - Increased target movement speed and acquisition when moving while aiming sights.
Submachine gun:
- Intrinsic exotic: Reign Havoc - Killing with this weapon generates lightning strikes from above.
- Legendary trait: Feeding Frenzy - Killing with this weapon increases reload speed for a short time.
Rocket Launcher:
- Intrinsic exotic: Mad Scientist - This weapon fires a volley of rockets.
- Legendary trait: Mechanized Autoloader - This weapon automatically reloads when picking up ammo.
Rocket Launcher:
- Intrinsic exotic: Dark Deliverance - Fires projectiles from a distance that detonate Void Orbs at enemies. Hold to shoot, release to detonate.
- Legendary trait: Dark Descent - The more an empty orb falls, the more powerful its detonation becomes.
Rocket Launcher:
- Intrinsic exotic: Prototype Trueseeker - Rockets for this weapon have a tracker. Lock targets when aiming down.
- Legendary trait: Grenades and Horseshoes - Projectiles explode when near their targets.
Shotgun:
- Intrinsic exotic: Shock Blast - This weapon fires high damage arc energy blasts that excessively penetrate enemies.
- Legendary trait: Long March - Detect enemies on your radar from further away.
Shotgun:
- Intrinsic exotic: Repulsor Force - This weapon emits a powerful pulse that knocks enemies back, removes their abilities, and makes them more vulnerable to any incoming damage.
- Legendary trait: The Scientific Method - Damaging an opponent temporarily increases speed and maneuverability.
Sword:
- Intrinsic exotic: Tesseract - While sprinting, press the designated button to perform an AoE attack. After sprinting and then jumping, press the designated button in flight to teleport forward.
- Legendary trait: Tireless Blade - Sword ammo granted for every other Motorized Sword destruction.
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