Compact Defender

Higher base damage, increased damage versus powerful combatants. High heat generated. [Reload] to vent heat from the weapon. Overheating forces a sustained vent. Weapon cools down more rapidly between shots.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Durable ranged barrel. • Increases range

Barrel optimized for recoil reduction. • Increases stability

Dual strength barrel. • Increases range • Increases stability

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

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

Slightly reduces damage in exchange for improved cooling.

Passively grants 2% increased damage and 10 decreased Cooling Efficiency stat.

Strong battery life. Reduces heat generation.

A large, heavy battery. Increases the time it takes to vent, in exchange for greatly reduced heat generation.

Improves stability. • Increases stability

Distance optimizations. • Increases range

Lightweight, agile battery. Increases handling and vent speed.

This weapon has multiple small improvements. Slightly improves stability, vent speed, and range.

Collecting an Orb of Power or Elemental Pickup dissipates 33% Weapon Heat. Elemental Pickups include Firesprites, Ionic Traces, Stasis Shards, Tangles, and Void Breaches.

Weapon Kills apply Volatile to enemies in a 7 meter radius around the target and grant Volatile Rounds for 3 seconds. 1.5 second cooldown between activations.

Grants the following benefits while Void Overshield, Frost Armor, or Woven Mail is active: • 30 Stability • ? Aim Assist • ?% Flinch Resistance

Grants the following benefits while hipfiring: • 25 Stability and 15 Aim Assist • 2.7° larger Precision Aim Cone Angle • 30% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 20% increased Aim Assist Falloff Distance • 20% increased Damage Falloff Distance The Damage Falloff increase does not apply to The Last Word, Shotguns, Sniper Rifles, and Fusion Rifles. PvP-specific note: the Precision Aim Cone Angle increase essentially just allows you to hit Crits while aimed above or slightly to the side of the head. (This is already the default behavior of Submachine Guns, Sidearms, Bows, Machine Guns, and Linear Fusion Rifles so it does not affect them)

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.

Aiming Down Sights grants the following benefits: • 10 Range • 10% increased Effective Zoom • 5% increased Projectile Speed The Effective Zoom increase pushes out Aim Assist Falloff by 10%, reduces (Absolute) Recoil by 10% and narrows the Accuracy and Aim Assist Cones by the same amount. (This is the normal behavior of Zoom and isn't unique to Rangefinder)

Grants linearly decreasing benefits as Weapon Heat increases from 0% to 50%: • 20 to 10 Range • ? to ? Handling • ? to ? decreased Accuracy Cone Growth

Weapon Kills grant 'Desperate Measures x1' (DMx1), increasing damage by 10% for 7 seconds. Grenade or Melee Kills grant 20% increased damage for 7 seconds (DMx2). Scoring another Grenade or Melee Kill with DMx2 active increases this to 30% (DMx3). Can be activated while stowed. Weapon, Grenade, and Melee Kills refresh the buff duration.

After being in Combat for 12 seconds: Grants 15% increased damage, 100 Handling, and 100 Reload Speed for 7.2 seconds. Works and can activate while stowed. Dealing and receiving damage refreshes the buff duration. For Frenzy, being in Combat is defined as having either dealt or received damage within the last 5 seconds. Self-damage and environmental damage do not count.

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.

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of 'Swashbuckler' for 4.5 seconds. Maximum of 5 Stacks. (Glaive) Melee Kills grant all 5 Stacks instantly. Damage increase at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: 6.7% | 13.3% | 20% | 26.6% | 33.3% Stowing the weapon removes the buff.

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%

Kills against Void Debuffed enemies grant a 45 HP Void Overshield for 8 seconds (12 with Echo of Persistence).

While above 50% Heat: • Grants 8.25% [3.5] to 14% [?] increased weapon damage as Heat increases from 50% to 100% • Enemies explode on direct damage kills, dealing up ? damage matching the weapon's element in a 7.5 meter radius. Detonation damage by weapon type: • Hand Cannons: 74 (lol) [77?] • Submachine Guns: 289 [?] • Sniper Rifles: 552 [?] Detonation damage falls off to 0% damage at the edge of the radius. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Grants ? Handling and ?% decreased ADS Movement Speed Penalty while your magazine is fully loaded or weapon Heat is below 10%. Sprinting for 0.5 seconds grants ? Reload Speed for 6 seconds.