Top 16 legendary weapons in Destiny 2 that will remain meta in the upcoming Edge of Fate expansion, detailing why they’re powerful, recommended rolls, and how to obtain each one.

Weapon List and Acquisition Tips

• Only legendary weapons are included; exotics are excluded for brevity.

• VS Chill Inhibitor: Top DPS grenade launcher; get from Banshee after completing Vespers Host Dungeon.

• Corrective Measure: Best machine gun; rolls with destabilizing rounds and one for all; get/craft from Vault of Glass raid.

• One-Two Punch Shotguns: Key for melee DPS builds despite coming changes; Sudden Death from Prophecy Dungeon is recommended.

• The Call: Strong strand rocket-frame sidearm; best with Lead from Gold and One for All or Vorpal Weapon; craft via Ghost in the Pale Heart.

• Praedyth’s Revenge: Backup DPS sniper; Elemental Honing or Bait and Switch recommended; craft from Vault of Glass.

• Indebted Kindness: Arc rocket sidearm; Lead from Gold and Volt Shot preferred; farm from Warlord’s Ruin Dungeon.

• VS Velocity Baton: Area denial grenade launcher; Demolitionist and Attrition Orbs ideal; farm Vespers Host Dungeon.

• Scatter Signal: Strand fusion rifle; Overflow and Controlled Burst; only obtainable from Star-Crossed Exotic Mission.

• Multimach CCX: Kinetic SMG for orb generation; Attrition Orbs and Kinetic Tremors; free god roll from Banshee (limited time).

• Aberrant Action: Solar rocket sidearm; Heel Clip and Incandescent; focus at Failsafe (Helm) via Episode Echoes content.

• Lost Signal: Area denial grenade launcher; best with Auto-Loading Holster and Vorpal Weapon; get from Episode Echoes/Failsafe.

• Rake Angle: Standout glaive; Overflow or Lead from Gold with Chill Clip or Close to Melee; focus via Commander Zavala.

• Hezen Vengeance: Top DPS rocket launcher; Envious Arsenal and Bait and Switch; craft from Vault of Glass.

• Tenasha’s Mastery: Stasis rocket sidearm; Chill Clip favored; was Iron Banner-only, now unavailable until September.

• Lotus Eater: Void rocket sidearm; Repulsor Brace and Destabilizing Rounds; focus via Zavala, featured July 1st Nightfall drop.

• Unloved: Strand hand cannon; Hatchling/Dragonfly and Frenzy; run Sunder Doctrine Dungeon for drops.

Meta and Perk Insights

• Rocket frame sidearms remain dominant unless heavily nerfed.

• Perk combinations (e.g., Bait and Switch, Attrition Orbs) are crucial for maximizing damage/survivability.

• Some melee and utility perks are being rebalanced in Edge of Fate; plan builds accordingly.

Acquisition Deadlines and Tips

• Some weapons (Multimach CCX, Tenasha’s Mastery) are/were time-limited via Banshee or Iron Banner.

• Take advantage of current opportunities (e.g., Banshee’s god rolls, July 1st Nightfall for Lotus Eater).

Questions / Follow-Ups

• Future video requested: best exotics to use in Edge of Fate—comment if interested.

If you're not sure what weapons you should get before Destiny 2 The Edge of Fate, I gotchu. This is my guide of the best weapons in Destiny 2 to get & keep BEFORE the Edge of Fate Launches on July 15th. Enjoy

Legendary Weapons in Destiny 2

Howdy y'all, I'll cut to the chase. Even though using new weapons in Destiny 2 in the Edge of Fate will give you a damage buff, there are still some weapons that exist in the game right now that are so good, they'll still be meta in the Edge of Fate, even without getting a damage buff. Today we're going to go over my entire list of what those weapons are and how to get them. Take note though, this list will only cover legendary weapons.

because adding in exotic weapons would make the video way too long. However, if you want another video for exotics only, be sure to leave a comment down below and let me know. Okay, we got 16 weapons in total.

Here we go. Number 16, the VS Chill Inhibitor. Should be no surprise that this weapon is on the list because one, it is a strong DPS weapon and two, it's insanely easy to get.

The Chill Inhibitor is a rapid fire frame grenade launcher and the role you're looking for is what else? Envious Arsenal and bait and switch. Dealing damage with both your other weapons before taking out the inhibitor will both auto refill the mag from reserves and set you up to activate bait and switch after your first shot, which will make the rest of your shots all do an extra 30% more damage.

If we get a new grenade launcher in the Edge of Fate that can drop with the same role, then obviously use that launcher instead to get the additional 10% damage buff for using a new weapon in the new season. that will soon be a thing. But if we don't get a new GL with that role, Chill Inhibitor will remain an awesome damage dealing option.

Remember that if you have fully completed the Vespers Host Dungeon just one time, you can actually just go to Banshee at the Tower and pick up a free Chill Inhibitor with this exact role. It's basically a gift from Bungie after the whole Waitgate fiasco that happened a while back. But yeah, TLDR, do the dungeon, one time, go to Banshee and get the god roll, do it. Number 15, Corrective Measure. There's a lot of pretty damn good machine guns in D2 right now, but if I had to pick just one to recommend to other players, it would probably be Corrective Measure.

It has a lot of fun perk options on the table, but it's the only machine gun in the game capable of rolling both destabilizing rounds and one for all together, making it able to blow through entire rooms of people with little to no trouble. The Time Lost Magazine Origin trait is also incredibly good. More super energy for free, and then after you use your super, you double your mag size. GG.

Remember, it's okay to use heavy weapons for Ad Clear because you can just change to a DPS loadout when you reach a boss. Not to mention some DPS loadouts straight up have you using special weapons to begin with. You can get the corrective measure by doing the Vault of Glass raid, and remember it's also craftable.

Something to keep in mind for your deepside harmonizers, although don't use them until you've watched the whole video because there are other weapons you could use them on too. Number 14, any one-two punch shotguns. shotgun. I'm keeping this one kind of broad to make sure your farming is a little bit easier.

If you've been away from D2 for a really long time or you're out of the loop, one-two punch shotguns are used in a unique, very fun DPS strategy where you activate the perk one-two punch and then literally just beat the bejesus out of a boss. It is important to know though that Bungie did release a twid not too long ago that mentioned how melee damage buffs are getting reworked in the Edge of Fate. They are now going to be additive instead of multiplicative.

they're tweaking a bunch of things so players in theory won't be able to omega nuke a boss with insane over-the-top melee builds. That being said though, even with these changes, one-two punching will still likely be a thing to some degree in the Edge of Fate, So you probably want to have at least one good option to do that. There are many craftable shotguns you can get capable of rolling this perk.

I'd say just make sure you have at least one of the following weapons. If you have absolutely none, though, you can easily go get a Sudden Death shotgun from farming the first boss encounter of the Prophecy Dungeon. That shotgun can roll with one-two punch and trench barrel, which is what I would say you should be on the lookout to get.

Number 13, the Call. Spoiler alert: there will be many rocket-frame sidearms on today's list, as if you didn't already know, because without a heavy nerf, they will remain incredibly good in basically every PvE activity. They've got good damage output and great ammo economy, to the point where you can pretty much use them as a primary weapon. The Call is your Strand-flavored rocket-frame sidearm, and the role most players gravitate towards is Lead from Gold in column 3 and either One for All or Vorpal Weapon in column 4. One for All is a great perk that I'm a big fan of, but if you find it too micromanage-y to use, you could always just run with Vorpal for a head-empty way to deal an extra 15% damage To bosses and mini-bosses: To get the Call, head to your Ghost over in the Pale Heart.

And remember, as long as you have the Deep Sight weapon focusing upgrade purchased, then every reset your first selected weapon will be a guaranteed Deep Sight. That should help you get your crafted version of the Call faster. Number 12, Praedyth's Revenge.

Yet another Vault of Glass weapon makes today's list. Praedyth is a sick weapon that falls under the category of backup DPS. If you don't know what that means, then okay, hypothetical scenario.

You've entered a DPS phase for a dungeon or a raid, but you're about to run out of ammo with your main damage-dealing heavy weapons. you need backup DPS, with Praedyth being a strong option. With either bait and switch or elemental honing, you can continue to dish out respectable damage even after you've run out of heavy ammo.

Bait and switch is good, but remember you do need some heavy ammo left to activate bait and switch on Praedyth, so that role will only help you if you literally finish the mag on your heavy weapon then swap to Praedyth and start shooting right away. Elemental Honing, though, can be taken advantage of, even if you've run out of heavy ammo completely. It's a little bit weirder of a perk to proc, but Kinetic Weapons get a good damage buff from it.

You only need to hit a target with three different elements in a 20-second window to get the same damage buff that you would with Bait and Switch, aka 30%. In theory, you can get up to a maximum of 40% extra damage with elemental honing, but that's a bit harder and requires a little extra build crafting. A great perk for Praetor though, no matter what. For column three, you could go with Envious Arsenal if you want, but it would probably just be easier to go with Fourth Times the Charm for auto-refunded ammo. Just be sure to hit your shots, obviously.

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Thank you, Starforge. Alright, number 11, Indebted Kindness. Yep, another rocket sidearm.

I told you there would be more. Indebted Kindness is the arc-flavored rocket sidearm, and like the others, it's very good. The perks you should probably aim to get are Lead from Gold in column 3 for better ammo management, and Volt Shot in column 4 to spread around Jolt, which is always fun and great for crowd control.

Indebted Kindness is only mildly annoying to get. It's from the Warlord's Ruin dungeon, but you can get it from farming the first encounter, which isn't really that hard. Number 10, VS Velocity Baton.

The Baton is an area denial frame grenade launcher, and if you haven't played D2 in a long while and you don't know what that means, it is basically a legendary wither horde. The Baton is great in PvE, and the role I'm going to recommend is often referred to as "the orb printer" by the D2 community at large. Demolitionist in column 3, and Attrition Orbs in column 4. Demolitionist just because it is a strong PvE perk in general, but Attrition Orbs will allow you to use the Baton to truly make a lot of Orbs of Power for your fireteam.

Pair together with a Void Siphon Armor mod on your helmet, your team will literally be tripping over orbs of power in any ad-rich activity you go into to get the baton you got to farm the vesper's host dungeon it will not be as easy as getting the vs chill inhibitor which as we mentioned earlier you can just go get at the gunsmith after beating the dungeon you can farm the first encounter of the dungeon which last time i checked you can still use the whole out of bounds farming method thing i made a video on way back when or you can just put Farm the encounter normally, your choice. Number 9: The Scatter Signal A rapid-fire frame-strand fusion rifle, the Scatter Signal can be used either for backup DPS against a close-range boss, or just deal heavy damage to beefy orange or yellow bars at your discretion. The role most folks go for is Overflow in column 3 and Controlled Burst in column 4. Activating overflow means you can fire your fusion rifle longer before eventually needing to reload, and controlled burst gives you a handy 20% damage output buff for a brief duration.

Overall, a very reliable weapon. Because scatter signal was a weapon introduced in Season of the Wish, if you don't have one right now, then the only way you can get one is by doing the Star-Crossed Exotic Mission. No, the gun is not an exotic, but you can't really run Season of the Wish activities anymore. So yeah, Star-Crossed Exotic Mission it is. Good luck with that and hope you finish the crafting pattern.

GG. Number eight, Multimach CCX. The Multimach is a relatively old weapon at this point, but it's still pretty good and one of the better primary weapons in the sandbox in D2 in the event that you're not rocking a double special loadout.

The role that the vast majority of players look for is attrition orbs in column 3 and kinetic tremors in column 4. With those two perks together, you can generate kinetic tremors and generate a lot of orbs of power for your team. I'm actually really looking forward to using this multi-mock role together with the new armor in Edge of Fate that has the tech Okay, I have bad news and great news about getting the Multimach. The bad news is it dropped from Iron Banner and there are no more Iron Banner events between now and the Edge of Fate. But the great news though is remember earlier I mentioned that Bungie gave the gunsmith a few god rolls to flat out give away to people for free due to the whole "wait gate" fiasco?

Well, one of those is a multi-mock with attrition orbs and kinetic tremors. I kinda doubt it'll be available after the Edge of Fate, so if you haven't gotten it yet for whatever reason, stop what you're doing, go to Banshee right now and get your free god roll. Number seven, Aberrant Action. Yeah, we're not quite done yet with Rocket Frame sidearms, boys, so get ready for more.

Anyway, Aberrant Action is our solar-flavored rocket sidearm, which was originally released during Episode Echoes. You can definitely roll with Strategist or Ambitious Assassin in Column 3 if you want, but the role that almost everybody goes for is Heel Clip and Incandescent. That way, you get a little bit of extra survivability paired together with better crowd control, all on a handy hard-hitting rocket sidearm.

The aberrant action can be acquired by doing episode echoes content, and you can also go talk to Failsafe at the helm and directly focus the weapon through her. And on that note, number six, Lost Sniper. signal outside of aberrant action many of the other episode echoes weapons are extremely forgettable but one you definitely should go get is the lost signal grenade launcher like the vs velocity baton it's an area denial frame launcher so just spit hot fire all over the floor gg easy crowd control go ahead and take your pick between either lead from gold and auto loading holster in column 3 and demolitionist or vorpal weapon in column 4. either combo you take should be fine but gun to my head, I'm going with auto loading holster and Vorpal Weapon.

I'm just a big fan of the set it and forget it auto reload vibe. Again, you can get the lost signal by doing episode echoes content and you can go focus them directly from failsafe at the helm. Number five, rake angle. We've got some info not too long ago about how glaives are finally going to get damage increases from things like synthiceps, knockout, and so on in the edge of fate. That all sounds pretty awesome to me.

And I think if you get one glaive right now, it should probably be the rake angle. I'd say you can take your pick between Overflow or Lead from Gold in the left column and pair that together with either Close to Melee if you're looking for a more melee-heavy build, or Chill Clip in the right column. I should point out that Chill Clip is getting a little bit of an indirect nerf in the Edge of Fate. As mentioned in the most recent twit of Frozen Enemies, Shattering via Stasis is no longer going to stun Unstoppable champions starting in July. This does hurt the viability of Chillcliff a little bit, meaning it can only deal with Overload champions now.

I think it'll still be a rock-solid perk moving forward though, so gun to my head. I'm going to go with Overflow and Chill Clip for the Rake Angle. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like Rake Angle will be a featured Nightfall reward weapon between now and the Edge of Fate. Thankfully, you can always go to Commander Zavala at the tower and focus one directly from him.

Number four, Hezen Vengeance. I feel like I don't really need to explain myself a lot here, but for those who might be out of the loop for a long while, Hezen is basically a god-tier DPS machine. If you're confident in abusing elemental honing, you can go for that, but the combo that 99.9999999% of players go to for uncomplicated, Straightforward DPS is Envious Arsenal and bait and switch, what else?

Oh, and don't forget impact casing in column two. Hezen is very straightforward to get. Just run the Vault of Glass Raid and be sure to grab the quest thing from Hawthorne for a guaranteed deep site drop on completion and then finish the crafting patterns. If you have a bunch of deep side harmonizers, definitely use them on the Hizen before any other craftable weapon, I would say. It really is that good.

Number three, Tenasha's Mastery. Almost done with the rocket frame sidearms, and the list would of course not be complete without Tenasha. This is our stasis-flavored rocket sidearm, and even though it has a lot of interesting perk options available in column four, the heavy favorite is Chill Clip.

Remember a while back when PvE players far and wide were basically glazing the Riptide for being a great utility weapon? and one of the best users of Chill Clip in the game? Well, Riptide caught a nerf from Bungie and Tenasha became the new Chill Clip user on the block.

Again, Bungie did just nerf the overall viability of Chill Clip as moving forward, it'll only be able to handle Overload champions, not Overload and Unstoppable. However, A, Chill Clip will still be a great utility perk overall, and B, Sidearms are getting an Unstoppable Champion mod in the Edge of Fate anyway, meaning Tenasha, for the next half year, will still be able to deal with Unstoppable Champions. And like the Multi-Mach, it kinda pains me to say this, but Tenasha is only available in Iron Banner, and as of right now, there is literally nothing no more Iron Banner until September. So if you don't have a Chill Clip Tenasha laying around in your vault, you're kinda out of luck.

And hey, before you get mad at me for not getting today's video out sooner, I did put out a YouTube short telling people to grab Tenasha during the final Iron Banner event before Edge of Fate. If you didn't see that short, I am sorry, but that is also why we ring the goddamn bell around these parts, so hit it to avoid future catastrophes like this. Okay, how about a rocket sidearm you can still actually get?

Number two, Lotus Eater. Our final rocket sidearm to go over today is Lotus Eater, our void flavored option and my personal favorite out of all the rocket sidearms. Like the other sidearms, it hits hard, has great ammo economy, and that is why people use rocket sidearms a ton in the current meta.

Lotus Eater has a few great options like one for all, withering gaze, and shoot to loot, but I really love the tried and true role of repulsor brace and destabilizing rounds. That offers you really good ad clear and a little extra survivability. It's a fantastic roll on a great gun that I've used a lot ever since I got it, and I recommend it highly. The Lotus Eater is a weapon in the Vanguard loot pool, meaning it's actually focusable via Commander Zavala at the tower, or if you want to run Nightfalls the week of July 1st, Bungie has given us the heads up that it will be the featured weapon that week. Meaning, hey, you can go farm for an adept role if you wish.

Number one, Unloved. With the exception of the Multimach, you might have noticed that every weapon on today's list has either been a heavy or special ammo weapon. That is until now. Unloved is a strand hand cannon and arguably one of the best primary ammo PvE weapons in the D2 sandbox right now. It's a heavy burst hand cannon, so it hits hard and it also has some quality weapon perks available.

The cherry on top for Unloved though comes from the Origin trait, Subjugation. Your weapon adapts to targets. When dealing damage to a weak target, shots explode. When dealing damage to a strong target, the target becomes exhausted, aka they deal reduced outgoing damage. In short, we have a very good origin trait that makes an already solid gun extra great.

Not to mention that we know the artifact in the Edge of Fate will be relatively strand heavy, so yeah. Role wise, go for either Hatchling and Frenzy or Dragonfly and Frenzy, both are good. You can get the Unloved Hand Cannon by running the Sunder Doctrine Dungeon. Might I recommend farming the Shrieker Encounter to try to get a good roll?

And that's it. If you want me to do a follow-up video on the best exotics to have between now and the Edge of Fate, let me know down in the comment section.

Peace!