Arcane Embrace

Arcane Embrace — Destiny 2 Legendary Shotgun
Legendary Shotgun · Arc · Special
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Weapon stats

Stability 39
Handling 63
Range 62
Aim Assistance 40
Ammo Generation 42
Airborne Effectiveness 4
Recoil Direction 55
Zoom 12
Magazine 12
Impact 70
Reload Speed 69
Rounds Per Minute 62

Intrinsic Traits

Heavy Burst

Weapon Perks

Arrowhead Brake Chambered Compensator Corkscrew Rifling Extended Barrel Fluted Barrel Full Bore Hammer-Forged Rifling Polygonal Rifling Smallbore Arrowhead Brake Chambered Compensator Corkscrew Rifling Extended Barrel Fluted Barrel Full Bore Hammer-Forged Rifling Polygonal Rifling Smallbore Full Choke Rifled Barrel Full Choke Rifled Barrel
Accurized Rounds Drop Mag Appended Mag Tactical Mag Extended Mag Steady Rounds Alloy Magazine Flared Magwell Accurized Rounds Appended Mag Tactical Mag Extended Mag Steady Rounds Alloy Magazine Flared Magwell High-Caliber Rounds Light Mag Ricochet Rounds Drop Mag High-Caliber Rounds Light Mag Ricochet Rounds
Fourth Time's the Charm Reconstruction Lone Wolf Rapid Hit Envious Assassin Dual Loader Grave Robber Fourth Time's the Charm Reconstruction Lone Wolf Rapid Hit Envious Assassin Dual Loader Grave Robber
Rolling Storm Voltshot Precision Instrument Surrounded Aggregate Charge Dragonfly Collective Pugilism Rolling Storm Voltshot Precision Instrument Surrounded Aggregate Charge Dragonfly Collective Pugilism
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What the Arcane Embrace perks do

Heavy Burst

Fires a hard-hitting, two-round burst. Slightly reduces flinching from incoming fire while aiming.

Arrowhead Brake

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

Chambered Compensator

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

Corkscrew Rifling

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

Extended Barrel

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

Fluted Barrel

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

Full Bore

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

Hammer-Forged Rifling

Durable ranged barrel. • Increases range

Polygonal Rifling

Barrel optimized for recoil reduction. • Increases stability

Smallbore

Dual strength barrel. • Increases range • Increases stability

Full Choke

While Aiming Down Sights: • Decreases Shotgun Pellet Spread by 5% • Reduces Precision Multiplier by 7.6% (1.1078x🠚1.0294x)

Rifled Barrel

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

Accurized Rounds

This weapon can fire longer distances. • Increases range

Drop Mag

Passively grants 30 Reload Speed with a 0.9x Reload Duration Multiplier. Decreases Magazine Size Stat by 30. (Equivalent to the "inverse" of Extended Mag)

Appended Mag

This weapon's magazine is built for higher capacity. • Increases magazine size

Tactical Mag

This weapon has multiple tactical improvements. • Slightly increases stability • Increases reload speed • Slightly increases magazine size

Extended Mag

This weapon has a greatly increased magazine size, but reloads much slower. • Greatly increases magazine size • Greatly decreases reload speed • Increases airborne effectiveness

Steady Rounds

This magazine is optimized for recoil control. • Greatly increases stability • Slightly decreases range • Increases airborne effectiveness

Alloy Magazine

Linearly grants a Reload Duration Multiplier as your magazine drops from 50% capacity to empty. Reload Duration Multiplier scales from 0.9x at 50% capacity to 0.8x with an empty magazine.

Flared Magwell

Optimized for fast reloading. • Slightly increases stability • Greatly increases reload speed

High-Caliber Rounds

Hits inflict increased Flinch on Enemies. PVE: Tier 1-2 Minors can be repeatedly staggered. Higher Tier Combatants stagger quicker. PVP: Flinch against Players varies based on damage and Weapon Archetype. Flinch increase ranges between 5-10%.

Light Mag

Improved reload and range. • Increases reload speed • Slightly increases range

Ricochet Rounds

Rounds ricochet off hard surfaces. • Increases stability • Slightly increases range

Fourth Time's the Charm

Scoring 4 Precision Hits within 2 seconds of each refills 2 Ammo into the Magazine from thin air. Cannot load the Magazine beyond its base capacity. Precision Hit counter persists through stow.

Reconstruction

Every 6 seconds while not firing the weapon: Loads 25% of the Magazine Capacity (rounded up) into the Magazine from reserves. Can overfill the Magazine up to double the normal capacity. Works even while stowed.

Lone Wolf

Passively grants 5 Aim Assist, 15 Airborne Effectiveness, and a 10% decreased ADS Animation Duration. While no allies are within 15 meters: Bonuses are increased to 10 Aim Assist, 30 Airborne Effectiveness, and a 20% decreased ADS Animation Duration.

Rapid Hit

"Buffed Hits" grant 1 Stack of Rapid Hit for 2 seconds. Maximum of 5 Stacks. "Buffed Hits" refer to any "Yellow Number" Hits such as Precision Hits or Hits against debuffed targets. Benefits at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: • 2|12|14|18|25 Stability • 5|30|35|42|60 Reload Speed • 0.99x|0.96x|0.95x|0.945x|0.92x Reload Duration Multiplier

Envious Assassin

Upon readying the weapon after scoring Kills with your other Weapons: Refills and/or overfills the Magazine from reserves based on the amount of Weapon Kills scored. Maximum total overfill amount is 200% of the Magazine Capacity. Each activation can only load up to 100% of the Magazine Capacity into the magazine. Loaded ammo per Kill by ammo type (rounds up): • Primary Weapons: 10% of Magazine Capacity • Special and Power Weapons: 20%

Dual Loader

Reloading loads 1 additional round into the magazine at a time.

Grave Robber

Powered Melee Hits and (Glaive) Melee Kills refill the magazine from reserves. 3 second cooldown between activations.

Rolling Storm

Weapon Kills grant 1 Stack of Bolt Charge. While Amplified, this is increased to 2 Stacks.

Voltshot

Finishing a reload within 5.3 seconds of a Weapon Kill grants Voltshot for 7 seconds. While Voltshot is active, your next Weapon Hit consumes the buff and applies Jolt to the target. Applied Jolt's damage (generally) does not count as Weapon Damage.

Precision Instrument

Direct Weapon Hits grant a stack of Precision Instrument for 1.25 seconds (2.1 seconds on weapons with a Draw/Charge Time). Maximum of 6 stacks. Reloading the weapon (except on Bows) or missing removes all stacks... usually. Heavy Burst Frame weapons can only gain 1 stack per burst. Adaptive Burst Linear Fusion Rifles require 1.5? Hits for each stack (and missing sometimes does not remove your stacks on them). Precision damage increase at 1|2|... stacks: 4.17% | 8.33% | 12.5% | 16.67% | 20.83% | 25%

Surrounded

Being within 15 meters of 3 Enemies grants 40% increased damage. Buff lingers for 1.5 seconds once the condition is no longer met. Exceptions: • Swords only receive a 35% damage increase. • Grenade and Rocket Launchers receive a 35% Explosive Damage increase and a 40% Impact Damage increase. • Wolfpack Rounds receive a 35% Explosive Damage increase.

Aggregate Charge

Damage against Elemental-Debuffed Targets is increased per unique debuff applied to the target. Damage increased is 10%|20%|30% at 1|2|3 Debuffs.

Dragonfly

Precision Kills cause targets to explode, dealing up to 123.89 [95.3] weapon-matching elemental damage in a 4.5-meter radius.

Collective Pugilism

Collecting an Elemental Pickup enables Weapon Damage to generate Melee Ability energy per hit for 8 seconds. Ionic Traces, Stasis Shards, and Shot Tangles extend the timer by 4 seconds. Firesprites, Void Breaches, and Thrown Tangles extend the timer by 8 seconds. Timer can be extended to a maximum of 16 seconds. Melee energy granted by weapon type: Spreadshot HC: 0.5% Burst Sidearm: 0.78% Fusion Rifle: 1.15% Rocket Pulse: 1.95% Sidearm: 2.34% Scout: 3.34% Rocket Launcher: 12.9% Elemental Pickups include Firesprites, Ionic Traces, Stasis Shards, Tangles, and Void Breaches.

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Grants the following if no allies are within 15 meters: • 10% decreased ADS Movement Speed Penalty • 15% decreased ADS Animation Duration

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