Destiny 2: Lightfallintroduced Guardians to Strand, a new Darkness element that mixes crowd control with unrivaled mobility.
Fortunately, there are quite a few options available to players.
Unlike Stasis, Strand launched with an impressive suite of weapons for Guardians to chase.
We’ll also give perk recommendations for those interested in chasing a specific weapon.
Entries are focused on PvE performance.
Weapons are in no particular order.
10Fang Of Ir Yut
How to obtain:Crota’s End raid.
The Fang of Ir Yut is a 260 RPM Scout Rifle that packs a serious punch.
Landing rapid headshots will ramp up your reload speed and stability.
Land a kill, and you’ll benefit from a 15% damage buff for seven seconds.
You also have options likeHatchling, Kill Clip, and Keep Awayif you prefer more weapon-centric perks.
Recommended Traits
9Until Its Return
How to obtain:Season of the Deep activities.
Running over an ammo brick will give you a whopping 14-round chamber.
8Swordbreaker
Swordbreaker is the strongest Lightweight Shotgun in the sandbox currently.
PvE players can’t go wrong withDemolitionist and One-Two Punchfor a melee-centric build.
A few kills will refund your grenade, allowing you to auto-reload your Shotgun.
For PvP,Slideshot and Opening Shotis a classic combination that never fails.
Slide into a Shotgun blast to max your range stat.
7Mykel’s Reverence
How to obtain:Root of Nightmares raid.
As far as Sidearms go, Mykel’s Reverence is a great choice.
They only spawn from precision kills on Primary weapons, and Sidearms are notoriously difficult to land headshots with.
Beyond that, this gun is fantastic.Unrelentingpaired withFrenzyorSwashbuckleris fantastic for PvE.
Rewind Rounds is fantastic since it triggers on its own.
5The Navigator
How to obtain:Ghosts of the Deep dungeon.
It’s best to compareThe Navigatorto other support Exotics rather than Trace Rifles.
This Exotic weapon fires a Strand beam of energy that Severs foes, reducing their damage output.
While the DPS of this weapon isn’t great, the Navigator’s utility is simply unmatched.
Scatter Lock is a Rapid-Fire Fusion Rifle that can be earned by playing Season of the Wish content.
It’s the highest DPS Fusion Rifle in the game, making it a must-own.
If you prefer to use Fusion Rifles against majors, consider usingSlicein place of Overflow.
Combine this with Woven Mail or a similar survivability buff to trivialize GM Nightfalls and Master content.
3Final Warning
How to obtain:Complete “The Final Strand” quest on Neomuna.
For PvP, Final Warning can be difficult to use but incredibly satisfying when it works.
2The Immortal
How to obtain:Trials of Osiris matches and Engrams.
This should come as no surprise.
This greatly increases your damage against majors in PvE and slightly lowers its TTK in the Crucible.
But that’s not all The Immortal has going for it.
If you aren’t a fan of Target Lock, Kill Clip makes for a great substitute.
1The Call
How to obtain:The Pale Heart content.
If it’s crucial that you slay adds and majors alike, this archetype is ideal.
But The Call is more than just its archetype.
Some of Destiny 2’s Exotics can be made better with Exotic Catalysts.
Here’s what all of them do.
