Canis Major

Canis Major — Destiny 2 Legendary Grenade Launcher
Legendary Grenade Launcher · Solar · Heavy
Where it drops: Random Perks: This item cannot be reacquired from Collections.

“"The stars roar with violent destruction. Channel their astral rage." —Ylaia, Awoken Techeun”

Weapon stats

Stability 24
Handling 20
Aim Assistance 30
Ammo Generation 36
Velocity 52
Airborne Effectiveness 6
Recoil Direction 69
Zoom 13
Blast Radius 20
Magazine 5
Reload Speed 22
Rounds Per Minute 150

Intrinsic Traits

Rapid-Fire Frame

Weapon Perks

Volatile Launch Confined Launch Countermass Hard Launch Linear Compensator Quick Launch Smart Drift Control Volatile Launch Confined Launch Countermass Hard Launch Linear Compensator Quick Launch Smart Drift Control
Proximity Grenades Spike Grenades Alloy Casing Augmented Drum High-Explosive Ordnance High-Velocity Rounds Mini Frags Sticky Grenades Proximity Grenades Spike Grenades Alloy Casing Augmented Drum High-Explosive Ordnance High-Velocity Rounds Mini Frags Implosion Rounds Disorienting Grenades Implosion Rounds Disorienting Grenades Sticky Grenades
Impulse Amplifier Clown Cartridge Rampage Incandescent Reconstruction Adagio Impulse Amplifier Clown Cartridge Rampage Incandescent Reconstruction Adagio
Chain Reaction Full Court Kill Clip Aggregate Charge Bait and Switch Explosive Light Chain Reaction Full Court Kill Clip Aggregate Charge Bait and Switch Explosive Light
Ignoble Deeds

What the Canis Major perks do

Rapid-Fire Frame

Deeper ammo reserves. Slightly faster reload when magazine is empty.

Volatile Launch

This weapon is optimized for an especially explosive payload. • Greatly increases blast radius • Slightly decreases handling speed • Slightly decreases projectile speed

Confined Launch

This weapon's launch parameters are particularly stable. • Greatly increases stability • Increases blast radius • Decreases projectile speed

Countermass

This weapon is weighted for vertical recoil. • Greatly controls recoil • Increases stability • Increases handling speed

Hard Launch

This weapon's launch barrel is optimized for projectile speed. • Greatly increases projectile speed • Decreases stability • Slightly decreases blast radius

Linear Compensator

This weapon's launch barrel is well-balanced. • Slightly increases projectile speed • Slightly increases blast radius • Slightly increases stability

Quick Launch

This weapon's barrel provides faster projectiles and much faster aiming. • Greatly increases handling speed • Increases projectile speed

Smart Drift Control

This barrel is broadly optimized for firing control. • Moderately controls recoil • Increases stability • Increases handling speed • Slightly increases projectile speed

Proximity Grenades

Grenades fired from this weapon have increased proximity detection but a decreased blast radius.

Spike Grenades

Increases Grenade Impact damage: • 12.12% increase on Special Grenade Launchers • 12.5% increase on Power Grenade Launchers Due to the ratio of Detonation and Impact damage being tied to the Blast Radius stat on Grenade Launchers, a lower stat will provide a slightly higher overall damage increase.

Alloy Casing

Reduces weight for faster reloads. • Greatly increases reload speed • Decreases stability

Augmented Drum

Heavy, high capacity drum. • Greatly increases magazine size • Greatly decreases reload speed

High-Explosive Ordnance

This weapon's projectiles are larger and travel faster. • Increases blast radius • Slightly increases projectile speed • Decreases magazine size

High-Velocity Rounds

This weapon's projectiles are particularly light and quick. • Increases projectile speed • Increases reload speed

Mini Frags

Grenades are smaller and more compact for easier reloading. • Increases magazine size • Increases reload speed • Decreases blast radius

Sticky Grenades

Grenades stick to impacted surfaces for up to ? seconds and detonate once an enemy gets within ? meters. Increases Detonation damage by 30% and decreases Impact damage by 85%. Due to the ratio of Detonation and Impact damage being tied to the Blast Radius stat on Grenade Launchers, a higher stat will be more beneficial: • 20 Blast Radius: 6% decreased total damage • 48 Blast Radius: unchanged total damage • 100 Blast Radius: 11% increased total damage

Implosion Rounds

This weapon's projectiles travel faster and have a controlled explosion. • Increases projectile speed • Greatly increases stability • Decreases blast radius

Disorienting Grenades

Passively grants -200 Blast Radius, 25% decreased damage, and 15% decreased detonation radius. Enemies within 6 meters of the explosion are disoriented for 4.5 seconds. Disorient radius cannot be increased using other perks. Champions and Bosses are unaffected by Disorient. (Disorient is effectively the equivalent of Arc Blind without any of the elemental synergies and anti-champion benefits) Players near the explosion briefly lose their HUD and have their screen distorted for up to ? seconds. Duration varies depending on the distance from the blast.

Impulse Amplifier

Passively grants 20 Reload Speed and 15% decreased Reload Animation Duration (20% for Rocket Launchers). Passively increases Projectile Velocity based on Weapon Archetype: • Rocket Launchers: 10% • Support-Frame Auto Rifles: 15% • Micro-Missile Frame Weapons: 25%

Clown Cartridge

Reloading randomly overfills the Magazine from reserves by 10% to 50% of the base Magazine Capacity (rounded up). Works out to a 30% overfill on average.

Rampage

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of Rampage. Maximum of 3 Stacks. Stacks expire one at a time every 4.5 seconds. Grants a 10%|21%|33.1% damage increase at 1|2|3 Stacks. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Incandescent

Weapon Kills trigger a Solar explosion that applies 30 Scorch Stacks (40 with Ember of Ashes) and deals up to 30 damage to enemies within 4 meters of the target. Killing Elite or higher tier Combatants and Players increases the radius to 8 meters and applies 10 more Scorch Stacks. Scorch damage can be increased through Weapon Damage Buffs.

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.

Adagio

Weapon Kills grant the following for 7 seconds: • 10 Range • 30% increased damage • 20% longer Firing Delay/Charge Time/Draw Time Hand Cannons only recieve a 27% damage increase. Buff is removed on stow.

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

Full Court

Starts linearly increasing Detonation and Burn (DoT) damage 0.2 seconds after the grenade projectile is fired. Reaches maximum strength after 1.1 seconds at a 35% damage increase. The damage increase is finalized at the point of detonation and any lingering effects left will not increase it further.

Kill Clip

Finishing a reload within 3.6 seconds of a kill grants 25% increased damage for 5 seconds. Stowing the weapon removes the buff. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

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.

Bait and Switch

Dealing damage with a weapon starts a 7 second timer. Dealing additional weapon damage resets the timer to 7 seconds. Dealing damage with all 3 of your weapons without letting the timer run out grants you 'Bait and Switch' for 10 seconds, granting 30% increased damage. Timer is disabled while Bait and Switch is active, requiring a full activation sequence once the buff expires.

Explosive Light

Orb of Power pickups (even while the weapon is stowed) grant 1 Stack of Explosive Light. Maximum of 6 Stacks. Firing the weapon comsumes 1 Stack per Shot, granting increased damage and 100 Blast Radius. Grenade Launchers: 60% increased Explosive damage. Rocket Launchers: 25% increased Impact and Explosive damage. (Does not affect Wolfpack Rounds)

Ignoble Deeds

Applying an elemental debuff to a target grants 2 stacks of 'Ignoble Deeds'. Stacks can be earned while stowed. Maximum of 10 stacks. Kills remove 1 [2] stacks. Ignoble Deeds grants 30 (🡅 35) Handling, 30 (🡅 35) Reload Speed, and 20 (🡅?) Sword Charge Rate.

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