The episodic ritual weapons (from this season’s episode) are all solid with some really fun perk combinations. As usual, rocket sidearms and area-denial grenade launchers are great special ammo weapons. If you played consistently before you took a break and have weapons you enjoy that have subclass vocab perks (incandescent, slice, destabilizing rounds, etc) then you should be fine. Even though you didn’t ask for exotic recommendations, I HIGHLY recommend you use the exotic Choir of One from Episode: Echoes. It’s the only exotic that you missed that I recommend you use.

Edit: the weapons from the Vespers Host dungeon (especially the heavy and special GLs) are very good

rocket sidearms and area denial frames in general, and then everything that drops from vog is a good start

Anything that has ability synergy loot doesn’t really matter anymore 

All of them. Kind of the entire point of the game.

Last season Banshee was giving away some absolute god rolls as a make good for Weightgate. I can’t remember if they are still available or not but the rocket sidearm from Warlord’s ruin and the GL from Vesper’s host are amazing. You’ll need a clear of both those dungeons but if you can complete the dungeons, do so and grab those guns.

Also not sure when Bungie said the freebies would expire, maybe someone can advise but I’m pretty sure you can still get them!

Thanks again! I always look forward to these! I swear I come back to check these like a million times when I get drops and am determining what to keep 🙂 very helpful 👍

Thanks for sharing this Panda, many of us really appreciate your efforts. Will you be updating your DIM / Wishlist file? (or maybe it already has been?)

Finally! I’ve been eagerly waiting like it was Christmas Eve!

Oh yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Good shit brother <3

Thanks for reading!!!

At this point... Bungie needs to hire you on the weapons team bro. 😊 🙏

My list is not exhaustive, but rather covers the vast majority of situations and necessary components of loadouts. There are some weapons which are side-grades or work for specific strategies not listed below. (Ex. Cataphract is a sidegrade to edge transit, but strand). Here’s my list:

Rocket sidearms The Call - TFS destination Indebted Kindness - warlords ruin dungeon

Auto Rifles Khvostov - TFS quest (also has an exotic version) Rufus’ fury - Root Of Nightmares raid No Hesitation - TFS destination

Hand cannons Midnight Coup - onslaught Fatebringer - vault of glass raid Zaouli’s bane - kings fall raid Sun shot - exotic Malfeasance - exotic Wardens law - nightfalls (only needed if you’re a hunter) Ace of spades - exotic Thorn - exotic

Pulse rifles Blast furnace - onslaught Nullify - Salvation’s edge raid Outbreak perfected - exotic (zero hour mission)

SMGs Riskrunner - exotic Calus mini tool - season of the haunted/ banshee Submission - vow of the disciple raid

Sidearms Forerunner - exotic Drang - season of the haunted/ banshee

Scout rifles Hung Jury - onslaught

Bow Trinity ghoul - exotic No denouement - salvations edge raid Leviathans breath - exotic

Sniper rifles Supremacy - last wish raid Succession - deep stone crypt raid Izanagis burden - exotic Still hunt - TFS quest exotic Whisper of the worm - exotic (whisper mission)

Shotguns Heritage - deep stone crypt raid Conditional finality - root of nightmares exotic Ikelos SG - season do the seraph / banshee Tractor cannon - exotic

Trace rifles Agers Scepter - exotic Appetence - season of the wish / banshee Acasias deception - root of nightmares raid

Fusion rifles Riptide - crucible Cartesian coordinate - world drop/ banshee Bastion - exotic

Swords Ergo sum - exotic sword from TFS The other half - eager edge sword from 30th anniversary pack Falling guillotine - onslaught Lament - beyond light exotic

Grenade launchers Mountaintop - onslaught Forbearance - onslaught/ vow of the disciple raid Witherhoard - exotic Edge transit - onslaught

Machine guns Commemoration - deep stone crypt raid Xenophage - shadowkeep dungeon exotic THUNDERLORD - exotic

Linear fusion rifles Euphony - Salvation’s edge exotic Briars contempt - root of nightmares raid Cataclysmic - vow of the disciple raid Arbalest - exotic

Rocket launcher Apex predator - last wish raid Gjallarhorn - 30th anniversary

Hope this helps.

For just standard PVE, The Call / Sunshot or Graviton / Edge Transit or Pro Memoria is a great all round combo.

Basically anything from The Pale Heart destination is amazing. The Sidearm, Hand cannon, and Auto Rifle especially

The Call is fantastic. It’s a strand sidearm that shoots grenades. It goes in the kinetic slot. Once you get one, you will see why. The Khvostov legendary and exotic are both great as well. The legendary is very customizable. They both take some work to get but I highly recommend acquiring them.

21% delirium from gambit grind. Ace of spades from banshee if you have forsaken. Jotun from black armoury

Recluse, sunshot, any trace rifle really, ace of spades, last word, izanagi, truth. Just to name a few, and you need to do quests, or get a random drops.

Recluse - Sell your soul to the Devil or reach Fabled in Comp.

Run survival, reach Fabled, get 100 wins in any crucible mode, collect THE Recluse. Profit

Tinashas mastery, the call, midnight coup, lost signal, perfect paradox, supremacy for first slot

Choir of one, VS velocity baton, lord of wolves, lotus eater, nullify, unworthy, le monarque, zaouli’s bane, aberrant action, psychopomp for second slot

Commemoration, retrofit escapade, thunder lord, time lost Hezen vengeance, queen breaker, briars contempt, dragons breath for heavy slot

Some underrated weapons I like include imminence smg, khvostov auto rifle, unsworn trace rifle, ikelos smg

VOID: I regularly use Reckless Oracle (GOS) and Corrective Measure (VOG) for volatile void builds

ARC: I’m struggling to find a weapon I like for my arc builds. VS Pyroelectric Propellant (Vesper’s Host) is awesome, but it takes up half the screen. I’m still working on getting volshot on Unworthy (Sundered Doctrine). The fire rate of Vantage Point (Revenant) is too slow for my taste

STRAND: For strand I really like Unloved (Sundered Doctrine) and Scintillation (nightfall)

SOLAR: Literally anything with incandescent is good; there are too many options to list

STASIS: Tinasha’s Mastery (nightfall), Rake Angle (nightfall), Lost Signal (Echoes) are my go to. I usually prioritize stasis as my special ammo weapon

KINETIC: Chroma Rush (Revenant) and Multimach CCX (Iron Banner) are my favorites. Easy to trigger kinetic tremors constantly

This is my mix for PvE

I agree, but it’s rarely seen around. Its usage rate has also dropped pretty dramatically compared to where it was at when it first came out. But not to its fault really, there are just other exotics that are stronger this season. For example, quicksilver storm is used more than it currently, I assume because of the heavy strand focus artifact perks. But hell even witherhoard is getting used more than it and I used to LOVE witherhoard, it was my baby, but it got nerfed into the ground and then area denial frame GLs came out and just completely pounded it into obsoletion

It's my favorite exotic, useful anywhere an auto rifle and melee can be used. So not top tier content but I do dungeons with it all the time and I'm sure it can do raids besides boss damage

Vault of Glass has a couple BiS slot weapons.
Hezens Vengance rocket launcher
Corrective Measure MG
People really love Fatebringer

My favorite daily drivers are
- The submission
- Multimach with AO and KT
- Imminence
- Unworthy

Classic banner of war, synthoceps, and Monte carlo. Monte carlo catalyst does insnae damage, about 400k on a melee with synthoceps

Outbreak Perfected is a real Swiss Army knife of a primary. It’s an Exotic that really feels worth the slot.

Mint Retrograde is new but its damage output and perk pool are undeniably great. Might be a best-in-slot for Legendary Pulse Rifles in PvE.

As for a third, I’m still partial to the Envious Arsenal + Bait and Switch combo on the VS Chill Inhibitor.

Is microcosm really that good? I’ve got the other two and they’re well worthy of the top spots, never got micro

Agree. This is what Ive been running in Edge of Fate with it. https://mobalytics.gg/destiny-2/profile/ca26f6c4-43e7-4dea-bb94-478009e56fc5/builds/ff83c482-7276-40b5-b3d4-79608e6e8c91

Been using it on Mythic difficulty and it's been cooking.

Outbreak, mint retrograde, and one I don’t see mentioned but puts in work is dragons breath.

Mint Retrograde, Thunderlord (/w catalyst), Mint Retrograde.

I usually will only use the weapons that I get to drop during the campaign but starting loadout will be Midnite Coup with firefly + one for all (if I can get one to drop), Indebted Kindness with beacon rounds + voltshot, and Parasite. Guna start with arc titan with Cannon Brace. But I’ve got a full legendary set ready for when I get a solid exotic class item.

Really depends on what gets changed or buffed, what kind of champs we might have to deal with.

My gut response is le Monarque for gyrfalcons because it makes soloing content much easier and has great damage output. Being able to disappear and reposition when playing new content is a godsend.

Then there’s my trusty quicksilver/suspend strand warlock that has amazing damage and CC and lets me bring my volt shot indebted kindness which has proven to be one of the most clutch weapons in the game.

Finally there’s Titan. Lately been running a devour/banner build with old sterling and buried bloodline. You get banner going, threadlings for damage. Buried gives you devour and weaken for harder enemies. Pair with abeyant leap for more CC.

Really excited to run through the campaign on legend with these builds and tweak as needed.

Ace of Spades

”The Man They Called Cayde” starts playing

I it depends on what gets nerfed, but I suppose Wardens law, Eremite, and Dragon’s breath, because they served me well in the witch queen campaign recently.

MT Recluse Anarchy.

Tearing Penance is one my favs. Doesn´t do high damage but you can cover long distance and have wide range for crowds.

Fiery Zealots second cause they´re actually pretty cool, deal good damage and not very slow for such a heavy weapon.

Gotta say i used the Sword, Whip, Hammer and Zealots the most cause they feel like the tools to get every job done. The Gauntlet does feel nice in terms of having a counter, tho it sometimes feels wonky. The more i use the bow the more i feel like it is the most useless as sometimes it doesnt seem to track all too well, even with enough enemies around, cause it could have been quite healthy for enemies lurking offscreen. The merciful blades ive seen being used by many to deal damage fast, im almost done with my second playthrough and just NOW am learning to appreciate them

Hammer is great for launchers. And I use them quite a lot

Cant say the overall utility of the Fiery Zealots, but the overall cool factor is max

Tearing Penance reminds me a lot of Blades Of Chaos from GOW. It doesn't do really high damage but it has great crowd control and the fact that you can pull yourself towards an enemy with it.