Bequest

Bequest — Destiny 2 Legendary Sword
Legendary Sword · Arc · Heavy
Where it drops: Source: "Deep Stone Crypt" Raid

“A single word etched on the guard: "Lusia-1."”

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Weapon stats

Ammo Capacity 67
Range 40
Swing Speed 40
Charge Time 70
Charge Rate 70
Magazine 50
Impact 70

Intrinsic Traits

Adaptive Frame

Weapon Perks

Hungry Edge Enduring Blade Honed Edge Jagged Edge Tempered Edge Hungry Edge Enduring Blade Honed Edge Jagged Edge Tempered Edge
Balanced Guard Burst Guard Enduring Guard Heavy Guard Swordmaster's Guard Balanced Guard Burst Guard Enduring Guard Heavy Guard Swordmaster's Guard
Energy Transfer Tireless Blade Relentless Strikes Thresh Wellspring Duelist's Trance Unrelenting Jolting Feedback Valiant Charge Energy Transfer Thresh Wellspring Relentless Strikes Duelist's Trance Tireless Blade Unrelenting Jolting Feedback Valiant Charge Killing Wind
Flash Counter En Garde Surrounded Assassin's Blade Chain Reaction Demolitionist Vorpal Weapon One for All Elemental Honing Redirection Surrounded Assassin's Blade En Garde Demolitionist Vorpal Weapon Chain Reaction One for All Elemental Honing Redirection

What the Bequest perks do

Adaptive Frame

[Heavy Attack] : Launch a heavy uppercut attack. Heavy attacks are stronger with full energy.

Hungry Edge

Increased sword ammo.

Enduring Blade

Greatly increased sword ammo at the cost of damage.

Honed Edge

Increased sword damage.

Jagged Edge

Increased damage at the cost of sword ammo.

Tempered Edge

Increased sword damage and ammo.

Balanced Guard

Sword Guard has balanced overall defenses.

Burst Guard

Sword Guard has high resistance, but low endurance.

Enduring Guard

Sword Guard has high endurance, but low resistance.

Heavy Guard

Sword Guard has high overall defenses, but lowers charge rate.

Swordmaster's Guard

Sword Guard has low overall defenses, but increases charge rate.

Energy Transfer

Every point of damage taken while Guarding grants Class Ability Energy: • 1.5% when Melee Damage is Blocked • 1% when non-Melee Damage is Blocked • 0.5% when damage isn't Blocked (getting hit from behind) 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.

Tireless Blade

Your first Powered Sword Kill after (re)spawning refunds 1 Ammo. Afterward, every other Powered Sword Kill also refunds 1 Ammo.

Relentless Strikes

Scoring 3 Powered Hits within 2? seconds of each refunds 1 ammo. Wolfpack Round Hits do not count.

Thresh

Weapon Kills grant an additional 1% Super Energy. Kills with Sniper Rifles, Shotguns, Glaives, and Fusion Rifles grant an additional 1.5% instead.

Wellspring

On Weapon Kill: Grants 8% Ability Energy split equally amongst all uncharged abilities. Abilities with multiple charges only receive one third of the ability energy normally split to them once they have a full ability charge ready. 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.

Duelist's Trance

Sword Kills grant 60 Guard Resistance, Guard Endurance, and (Guard) Charge Rate. Buff is removed on stow.

Unrelenting

Starts Health Regeneration and restores 65 HP upon reaching 100% Activation Progress with Weapon Kills within 5 seconds of each. Activation Progress by Enemy Rank: • Minor Combatants: 34% • Players: 67% • Elites, Minibosses, and Bosses: 100%

Jolting Feedback

Scoring multiple Direct Hits with the weapon within 3 seconds of each causes the next Direct Hit to apply Jolt. Being Amplified decreases the number of Hits required. Hits needed to activate normally | while Amplified: • Submachine Guns, Trace Rifles: 18 | 13 • Machine Guns: 16 | 11 • Auto Rifles: 15 | 11 • Pulse Rifles: 14 | 9 • Sidearms: 10 | 7 • Rocket Pulse Rifle: 8 | 5 • Scout Rifles, Hand Cannons: 7 | 6 • Swords: 6 | 4 • Glaives, Linear Fusion Rifles: 4 | 3 • Rocket Sidearm, Sniper Rifle?: 4 | 2 • Bows, Grenade Launchers: 3 | 2 • Shotguns, Aggressive Frame Fusion Rifle: 3|1

Valiant Charge

Taking any damage while Guarding increases Lunge Distance by 80% for the next swing within 1 second. Guarding while receiving Healing Effects (including healing over time from Restoration) from allies also activates the perk.

Killing Wind

On Weapon Kill, for 5 seconds: • 50 Mobility • 40 Handling and 20 Range • 5% increased Damage Falloff Distance Additional Kills extend the duration by 5 seconds, up to 8 seconds. Buff is removed on stow.

Flash Counter

Taking damage while Guarding emits a blast in a wide, 8? meter long wide cone in front of you. The blast disorients enemies hit by it for 5 seconds and deals weapon-matching elemental damage. The damage scales up from 75 [14] damage at point-blank range to the maximum of 110 [45] damage after ? meters. The strength of the disorientation against Players similarly also scales up with distance. 2.5 second cooldown between activations.

En Garde

Readying the Sword grants 30% increased damage for 1.5 seconds. 2? second cooldown after the buff expires.

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.

Assassin's Blade

Grants the following on Weapon Kills for 5 seconds: • 15% increased damage • Maximized Movement Speed Remains active even if stowed.

Chain Reaction

Weapon Kills trigger an elemental explosion matching the weapon's element. Damage and radius of the explosions varies based on the weapon's ammo type: • Special Weapons: Up to 67.2 [44.8] damage in a 2.4 meter radius • Power Weapons: Up to 109.2 [72.8] damage in a 3 meter radius

Demolitionist

Weapon Kills grant 10% Grenade Ability Energy. Kills with Sniper Rifles, Shotguns, Glaives, and Fusion Rifles grant 20%. Using your Grenade Ability refills the Magazine with a 3 second cooldown. 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.

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%]

One for All

Scoring Weapon Hits against 3 Separate Enemies within 3 seconds of each grants 35% increased damage for 10 seconds. Does not require Direct Hits. Buff duration cannot be refreshed.

Elemental Honing

Dealing Elemental Damage grants a stack of Elemental Honing for 20 seconds for each unique Element used. Maximum of 5 stacks. Gaining a stack refreshes the buff duration. Duration cannot be refreshed once at 5 stacks. Buff can be activated while stowed. Kinetic Damage does not trigger the buff. Weapon damage increase at 1|2|3|4|5 stacks by weapon damage type: • Kinetic: 10%|20%|30%|35%|40% • Elemental (PVE): 2.5%|10%|20%|30%|35% • Elemental (PVP): 1.25%|5%|20%|30%|35%

Redirection

Hits against Minor Combatants grant 2 Stacks of Redirection. Maximum of 30 Stacks. Stacks remain active while stowed. Hits against Elite or higher-ranked Combatants consume up to 3 Stacks to grant 33% increased damage per Stack consumed.

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