Heretic

Heretic — Destiny 2 Legendary Rocket Launcher
Legendary Rocket Launcher · Arc · Heavy
Where it drops: Source: Altars of Sorrow

“"Death is only and forever an ending. All else is sacrilege." —Kuldax”

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Weapon stats

Stability 26
Handling 23
Aim Assistance 29
Ammo Generation 32
Velocity 79
Airborne Effectiveness 3
Recoil Direction 68
Zoom 20
Blast Radius 20
Magazine 1
Reload Speed 58
Rounds Per Minute 25

Intrinsic Traits

Aggressive 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
Alloy Casing Black Powder High-Velocity Rounds Implosion Rounds Impact Casing Alloy Casing Black Powder High-Velocity Rounds Implosion Rounds Impact Casing
Demolitionist Snapshot Sights Threat Detector Rangefinder Ambitious Assassin Field Prep Genesis Impulse Amplifier Surplus
Cluster Bomb Quickdraw Ambitious Assassin Kill Clip Lasting Impression Demolitionist Disruption Break Thresh

What the Heretic perks do

Aggressive Frame

High damage, high recoil.

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

Alloy Casing

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

Black Powder

This weapon's explosives are more effective. • Slightly increases blast radius • Decreases stability

High-Velocity Rounds

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

Implosion Rounds

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

Impact Casing

Increases Impact damage by 10%, resulting in a 2.2% total damage increase (not accounting for other damage perks). High-Impact Rocket Launchers only receive a 1.03% total damage increase.

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.

Snapshot Sights

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

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

Rangefinder

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)

Ambitious Assassin

Reloading after scoring Kills with the weapon overfills the magazine from reserves based on the number of Kills scored. Overfill amount maxes out at 150% of the Magazine Capacity. Always rounds up. Kill counter persists through stow. Overfill amount per Kill scored: • Primary Weapons: 20% • Special and Power Weapons: 10%

Field Prep

Grants the following while Crouched: • 50 Reload Speed • 0.8x Reload Duration Multiplier • 0.8x Ready/Stow Duration Multiplier Passively grants 20 Ammo Generation stat. (50% more than 1 Ammo Generation armor mod)

Genesis

Energy Weapons are refunded 1 Ammo upon hitting matching PVE Combatant Elemental Shields. Refills magazine from reserves upon breaking a PVE Combatant, Barrier Champion, or Player Shield.

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%

Surplus

Grants Stat Bonuses depending on the number of Charged Abilities. Stat Bonuses with 1|2|3+ Charged Abilities: • 5|15|25 Stability • 5|25|60 Handling • 10|25|60 Reload Speed

Cluster Bomb

Rocket detonations release 8 Cluster Bombs. Each Cluster Bomb deals up to 150 [11] damage in a 4 meter radius.

Quickdraw

Switching to the Weapon grants 100 Ready/Stow Handling and a 0.95x Ready Animation Duration Multiplier for 1 second. Buff is removed as soon as ADS input is pressed.

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.

Lasting Impression

Passively grants 50 Blast Radius. Rockets attach on impact and detonate after 3 seconds, dealing 35% increased Explosive Damage. Due to the split of impact and explosive damage on Rocket Launchers, this perk only provides an overall increase of 26-27% damage for the sake of boss DPS. Does not buff the damage of Wolfpack Rounds.

Disruption Break

On Elemental, Barrier or Guardian Shield Break: Applies Kinetic Damage Vulnerability to the enemy, increasing Kinetic damage taken by 50% for 5.5 [5] seconds. Stacks with all other Buffs and Debuffs (including itself).

Thresh

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

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