Frontier's Cry

Frontier's Cry — Destiny 2 Legendary Hand Cannon
Legendary Hand Cannon · Solar · Primary
Where it drops: Source: Complete Iron Banner matches and earn rank-up packages from Lord Saladin.

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Weapon stats

Stability 59
Handling 41
Range 42
Aim Assistance 75
Ammo Generation 48
Airborne Effectiveness 19
Recoil Direction 94
Zoom 14
Magazine 13
Impact 78
Reload Speed 47
Rounds Per Minute 180

Intrinsic Traits

Precision Frame

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 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 Ricochet Rounds Light Mag Armor-Piercing Rounds Drop Mag Assault Mag High-Caliber Rounds Ricochet Rounds Light Mag Armor-Piercing Rounds Drop Mag Assault Mag High-Caliber Rounds
Tunnel Vision Steady Hands Compulsive Reloader Rapid Hit Adaptive Munitions Stats for All
Adagio Iron Reach Iron Grip One for All Kill Clip Eye of the Storm
Skulking Wolf

What the Frontier's Cry perks do

Precision Frame

Recoil pattern on this weapon is more predictably vertical. Fires quickly with high accuracy.

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

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

Ricochet Rounds

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

Light Mag

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

Armor-Piercing Rounds

Grants 5% increased damage against Elemental and Barrier Champion Shields. Allows bullets to overpenetrate enemies once.

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)

Assault Mag

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

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%.

Tunnel Vision

Grants the following for 5 seconds upon finishing a Reload within 3.6 seconds of a Weapon Kill: • 20 Aim Assist • ? ADS Handling • ?% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth

Steady Hands

Weapon Kills grant 100 Handling and a 0.825x Handling Animation Duration Multiplier to all weapons for 8.5 seconds. Additional kills while the perk is active refresh the duration to 6.5 seconds.

Compulsive Reloader

While above 50% Magazine Capacity: 50 Reload Speed with a 0.95x Reload Duration Multiplier.

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

Adaptive Munitions

Hits against Barrier Champion or non-matching Elemental Shields deal increasingly higher damage. Buff is removed upon hitting a matching shield or an unshielded enemy. Damage increase by Weapon Archetype: • Fusion Rifles: untested • Machine Guns, Auto/Pulse/Trace Rifles: 10% per hit, up to 50% • Linear Fusion Rifles: 22% per hit, up to 44% • Bows, Glaives, Hand Cannons, Scout Rifles: 25% per hit, up to 50%

Stats for All

Upon damaging 3 Separate Enemies within 3 seconds of each, for 10 seconds: • 35 Handling and Reload Speed • 10 Stability and Range • 5% increased Damage Falloff Distance • 0.95x Reload Duration Multiplier Buff duration cannot be refreshed.

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.

Iron Reach

Passively increases Range by 20 but decreases Stability by 20.

Iron Grip

Passively increases Stability by 20 but decreases Reload Speed by 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.

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.

Eye of the Storm

Grants a scaling buff to Handling and Accuracy as your Shield Health drops below 40 and reaches maximum strength at 0 Shield HP. Buff at maximum strength grants: • 30 Handling • 40% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 17% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth The buff linearly scales from 0% at 80 Shield HP to 100% at 0 Shield HP (Critical Health). It initially triggers as you drop to 40 Shield HP — giving you 50% of the maximum buff. However, as you regenerate your Shield Health, the buff will still remain until you reach 80 Shield HP where the benefits scale down to zero.

Skulking Wolf

Weapon Kills while at or below 90 HP grant the following benefits for 10 seconds: • Enhanced Radar (6⁠🠚⁠12 sectors) • Removes you from passively pinging enemy radars • PvE Combatants become less accurate when targeting you Firing weapons will still ping enemy radars for 2 seconds. (Radar Blip indicates that it's only visible for 0.75 seconds; this is inaccurate)

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