Parabellum

Parabellum — Destiny 2 Legendary Submachine Gun
Legendary Submachine Gun · Solar · Primary
Where it drops: Source: Open Legendary engrams and earn faction rank-up packages.

“Desire peace, prepare for war, endure the irony.”

★ See the community god roll for Parabellum →

Weapon stats

Stability 43
Handling 56
Range 43
Aim Assistance 46
Ammo Generation 44
Airborne Effectiveness 19
Recoil Direction 82
Zoom 14
Magazine 37
Impact 20
Reload Speed 54
Rounds Per Minute 900

Intrinsic Traits

Adaptive 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
Heal Clip Shoot to Loot Stats for All Enlightened Action Permeability Rewind Rounds Heal Clip Shoot to Loot Stats for All Enlightened Action Permeability Rewind Rounds
Attrition Orbs Deconstruct Frenzy Adagio Under-Over Dynamic Sway Reduction Attrition Orbs Deconstruct Frenzy Adagio Under-Over Dynamic Sway Reduction
Field-Tested

What the Parabellum perks do

Adaptive Frame

A well-rounded grip, reliable and sturdy.

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%.

Heal Clip

Finishing a reload within 5.3? seconds of a Kill grants Cure x2 to you and Cure x1 to allies within 15 meters.

Shoot to Loot

Weapon Hits against Orbs of Power collect them. If collecting ammo is possible: Weapon Hits against Ammo Bricks pick them up, trigger Ammo Pickup Effects, and refill all Weapons from reserves. Does not require direct hits.

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.

Enlightened Action

Weapon Hits grant Stacks of Enlightened Action for 2 seconds. Maximum of 12 Stacks. Stat bonuses at 1|2|…|12 Stacks: 2|7|12|15|20|25|30|35|38|40|45|50 Handling and Reload Speed Stacks granted per hit by Weapon Type: • Hand Cannons: 3 Stacks • Bows: ? Stacks • Automatic Weapons: 1 Stack

Permeability

Class Ability usage refills ?% of your Magazine (rounded up) from reserves and changes the weapon's element to match your Super Ability until stowed. Magazine Refill cannot be triggered again without stowing the weapon first. Kinetic weapons lose their Passive Damage Bonus against non-Boss PVE Combatants (10% on Primary, 15% on Special).

Rewind Rounds

Upon emptying the Magazine: Refills 60% of the number of Hits landed (rounded up) into the Magazine from reserves. Hits are counted from either your last reload or the last time the perk was triggered. Does not require Direct Hits. Requires firing 28.75% of the Magazine Capacity for the refill to activate. Cannot load the Magazine beyond its base capacity. Hits after triggering a refill do not count while the Rewind Rounds buff is active (1? second). Adaptive Burst Linear Fusion Rifle behavior: • Each individual bolt in the burst counts as a Hit • Refill amount is uniquely 14% of the number of Hits rounded up (numbers are subject to change once we get more data points)

Attrition Orbs

Scoring multiple Hits against enemies within 5 seconds of each spawns an Orb of Power that grants 0.8% Super Energy. Does not require Direct Hits. Hit counter persists through stow. Hit requirements for activation: • Rocket Launchers: 2 hits • Heavy Grenade Launchers: 3 Hits • Wave-Frame Grenade Launchers: 4 hits • Bows: 4 Hits • Swords: 5 Hits • Area-Denial Grenade Launchers: 26 Hits • Others: 55% of Magazine Size rounded down + 1 Support Frame Auto Rifle healing round Hits on damaged allies count as 2 Hits.

Deconstruct

Upon scoring multiple hits within 6 seconds of each: • Refills 10% of the Magazine (rounded up) from reserves. Can be reactivated without a cooldown. Cannot load the Magazine beyond its base capacity. • Grants 40% increased damage against Constructs and Vehicles for 5 seconds. Additional hits refresh the buff duration. Number of Hits Required: • If Magazine Size is 1: 3 Hits • Otherwise: 2 + 50% (25% on Primary Weapons) of Base Magazine Capacity rounded down Hits against Constructs and Vehicles provide 1.5x activation progress for Primary weapons and 2x progress for Special weapons. Wave Frame Grenade Launchers: • Direct Impacts count as 2 Hits • Doesn't receive bonus activation progress against Constructs and Vehicles

Frenzy

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.

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.

Under-Over

Increases damage against shielded targets: • 125% increase against PVE Combatant Overshields • 50% increase against PVE Combatant Elemental Shields and Barrier Champion Shields • 20% increase against Player Overshields and for bodyshots against Players with Woven Mail Notable Combatant Overshields include Shadow Legion Tech Pack and Lucent Moth Overshields. They are indicated with a glowing outline around the targets as well as a small blue health bar under the normal one. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Dynamic Sway Reduction

Each shot while holding down the trigger grants the following benefits: • 1 Stability • ?% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 10% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth Reaches maximum strength after 10 shots, granting 10 Stability, ?% decreased Accuracy Cone Size, and 100% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth.

Field-Tested

Hits and Kills with your Weapon grant you 'Points'. Hitting Point thresholds grants Stacks of Field Test. Maximum of 5 Stacks. Buff is only removed on death. Stat Bonuses at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: • 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 20 Range • 5 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 50 Reload Speed • ? | ? | ? | ? | 30? Stability • ? | ? | ? | ? | ? Handling • 5 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 55 Charge Rate (Swords) • 5 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 Guard Resistance (Swords) Points required for 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: • Primary Weapons: 51|151|351|651|1001 • Special Weapons: 26|76|176|326|501 • Power Weapons: 11|31|71|131|201 Each Hit grants 1 Point regardless of Weapon Archetype and Enemy Rank. Does not require Direct Hits. Points granted by Kills are based on Enemy Rank: • Tier 1-2 Minors: 1 Point • Tier 3-4 Minors, Tier 2+ Elites, and higher: 4 Points • Tier 1 Elites: 5 Points • Enemy Players: 10 Points Kill Point Multipliers by Weapon Archetype: • Primary Weapons and Shotguns: 5x • Sniper Rifles: 2.5x • Breech-Loaded Grenade Launchers: 2x

Parabellum in Destiny 2

Own Parabellum? Find out if your roll is worth keeping

Connect your Bungie account and Shard or Keep appraises every copy in your vault against curated community wishlists.

Connect Bungie account

More Submachine Guns