Honor's Edge

Honor's Edge — Destiny 2 Legendary Sword
Legendary Sword · Arc · Heavy
Where it drops: Source: Open Legendary engrams and earn faction rank-up packages.

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Weapon stats

Ammo Capacity 69
Range 40
Swing Speed 40
Charge Time 20
Charge Rate 20
Magazine 60
Impact 60

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
Tireless Blade Relentless Strikes Energy Transfer En Garde
Flash Counter Shattering Blade En Garde Surrounded Counterattack

What the Honor's Edge 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.

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.

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.

En Garde

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

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.

Shattering Blade

Grants 67% increased damage for Grounded Heavy Attacks that consume all remaining ammo.

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.

Counterattack

Upon receiving damage within 0.5 seconds of starting to Guard: Grants 50% increased damage for 2 seconds.

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