Astral Horizon

Astral Horizon — Destiny 2 Legendary Shotgun
Legendary Shotgun · Kinetic · Special
Where it drops: Source: Complete Trials tickets and earn rank-up packages from the Emissary of the Nine.

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Weapon stats

Stability 27
Handling 28
Range 24
Aim Assistance 34
Ammo Generation 40
Airborne Effectiveness 5
Recoil Direction 62
Zoom 12
Magazine 4
Impact 80
Reload Speed 33
Rounds Per Minute 55

Intrinsic Traits

Aggressive Frame

Weapon Perks

Rifled Barrel Smoothbore Smallbore Barrel Shroud Corkscrew Rifling Full Choke Rifled Barrel Smoothbore Smallbore Barrel Shroud Corkscrew Rifling Full Choke
Assault Mag Appended Mag Tactical Mag Extended Mag Steady Rounds Accurized Rounds Light Mag Assault Mag Appended Mag Tactical Mag Extended Mag Steady Rounds Accurized Rounds Light Mag Flared Magwell Flared Magwell
Lead from Gold Barrel Constrictor Slideshot Snapshot Sights Stopping Power Threat Detector Pugilist Lead from Gold Barrel Constrictor Slideshot Snapshot Sights Stopping Power Threat Detector Pugilist
Bewildering Burst One-Two Punch Opening Shot Proximity Power Closing Time All-Star Vorpal Weapon Bewildering Burst One-Two Punch Opening Shot Proximity Power Closing Time All-Star Vorpal Weapon
Fleet Footed

What the Astral Horizon perks do

Aggressive Frame

Hard-hitting, high recoil. Increases rate of fire after kill.

Rifled Barrel

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

Smoothbore

Increases Shotgun Pellet Spread by 7.5%

Smallbore

Dual strength barrel. • Increases range • Increases stability

Barrel Shroud

Balanced shotgun barrel. • Increases stability • Increases handling speed

Corkscrew Rifling

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

Full Choke

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

Assault Mag

This shotgun's magazine is optimized for quick combat. • Greatly increases stability • Increases rate of fire

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

Accurized Rounds

This weapon can fire longer distances. • Increases range

Light Mag

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

Flared Magwell

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

Lead from Gold

Heavy Ammo Pickups grants 25% of your maximum Special Ammo Reserves even while the weapon is stowed. Equipping two Special Weapons halves the amount of ammo granted.

Barrel Constrictor

Kills with the weapon reduce Pellet/Projectile Spread by 20% for 7.5 seconds. Buff duration cannot be refreshed.

Slideshot

Sliding refills 15% of the Magazine (rounded up) and grants 20 Range and Stability for your next shot (of the burst) within 2.5 seconds. 0.3 second cooldown after activation but can activate multiple times during a slide. Buff is removed on stow.

Snapshot Sights

Passively decreases the ADS Animation Duration: • 50% decrease on Primary Weapons • 20% decrease on Special Weapons

Stopping Power

Grants the following benefits against low (under 30%) Health targets. Ignores Shield HP: • Increased Stagger Force • 7% to 15% increased damage, scaling with remaining Health • ? Increased Target Acquisition

Threat Detector

Grants 1|2 Stacks while within 15 meters of 1|2+ enemies. Bonuses at 1|2 Stacks: • 15|40 Stability • 18|60 Reload Speed • 25|100 Handling • 0.9x|0.81x Handling Animation Duration Multiplier

Pugilist

Weapon Kills grant 10% Melee Ability Energy. Kills with Sniper Rifles, Shotguns, Glaives, and Fusion Rifles grant 20%. Dealing Melee Damage grants 35 Handling for 3 seconds. Ability energy gained may be significantly decreased based on your selected ability's Chunk Energy Scalar. Learn more about this mechanic in our explainer blog post on the Clarity website.

Bewildering Burst

Finishing a reload within ? seconds of a kill grants 'Bewildering Burst' for 6 seconds. While Bewildering Burst is active, your next Direct Hit spawns a Kinetic explosive above the target that detonates after a 0.85 second delay. The detonation deals 10 [4] damage and Disorients enemies within a 10 meter radius for 3.5 [1] seconds.

One-Two Punch

Hitting a target with all 12 Pellets in the spread increases the damage of your next Melee attack within 3 seconds. Melee Damage increase by weapon type: • Shotgun: 150% additional base melee damage • Hand Cannon: 75% [100?%] additional base melee damage Stowing the weapon removes the buff. The buff does not stack with the passive Melee Damage increase against Frozen non-Boss targets. The higher buff of the two takes precedence.

Opening Shot

Grants the following benefits for your first shot (of the burst): • 20 Aim Assist and 25 Range • 5% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 10% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth Special weapons only receive 50% of the benefits. Stats are rounded up. Firing the weapon prevents the perk from activating for 3 seconds.

Proximity Power

Weapon Kills while within 15 meters of an enemy grant a stack of Proximity Power 10 seconds. Maximum of 3 stacks. Each stack grants 15 Melee stat.

Closing Time

Grants linearly scaling benefits as the Magazine drops from 50% capacity to empty: • 10 to 20 Range • 30? to 50? Handling • 10-20% decreased Handling Animation Duration • 5?% to 10?% decreased Accuracy Cone Size Special weapons only receive 50% of the benefits. Stats are rounded up.

All-Star

Picking up a Special ammo brick refills the magazine and grants 100 Reload and 35% [15%] increased damage for 6 seconds. Heavy ammo bricks grants the buff for 9 seconds. Timer only decreases while the weapon is readied, and remains paused while stowed.

Vorpal Weapon

Deals increased damage against Minibosses, Bosses, and Vehicles, as well as Players in their Super Ability. Damage increase by Ammo Type: • Primary Weapons: 20% [60%] • Special Weapons: 15% [20%] • Power Weapons: 10% [20%]

Fleet Footed

Dealing damage grants 15 Airborne Effectiveness and ?% increased Movement Speed for 5 seconds. Scoring a Weapon Kill increases this to 30 Airborne Effectiveness and ?% increased Movement Speed for 5 seconds. Weapon damage refreshes buff duration.

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