Python

Python — Destiny 2 Legendary Shotgun
Legendary Shotgun · Void · Special
Where it drops: Random Perks: This item cannot be reacquired from Collections.

“"If they let you get that close, they deserve it." —The Drifter”

Weapon stats

Stability 24
Handling 27
Range 25
Aim Assistance 37
Ammo Generation 37
Airborne Effectiveness 2
Recoil Direction 60
Zoom 12
Magazine 4
Impact 80
Reload Speed 36
Rounds Per Minute 55

Intrinsic Traits

Aggressive Frame

Weapon Perks

Rifled Barrel Smoothbore Smallbore Barrel Shroud Corkscrew Rifling Full Choke Rifled Barrel Smoothbore Smallbore Barrel Shroud Corkscrew Rifling Full Choke
Assault Mag Appended Mag Tactical Mag Extended Mag Steady Rounds Accurized Rounds Light Mag Assault Mag Appended Mag Tactical Mag Extended Mag Steady Rounds Accurized Rounds Light Mag Flared Magwell Flared Magwell
Threat Detector Slideshot Overflow Dimensional Shift Loose Change Pugilist Repulsor Brace Threat Detector Slideshot Overflow Dimensional Shift Loose Change Pugilist Repulsor Brace
Opening Shot One-Two Punch Destabilizing Rounds Withering Gaze Trench Barrel Swashbuckler Harmony Opening Shot One-Two Punch Destabilizing Rounds Withering Gaze Trench Barrel Swashbuckler Harmony
Gun and Run

What the Python perks do

Aggressive Frame

Hard-hitting, high recoil. Increases rate of fire after kill.

Rifled Barrel

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

Smoothbore

Increases Shotgun Pellet Spread by 7.5%

Smallbore

Dual strength barrel. • Increases range • Increases stability

Barrel Shroud

Balanced shotgun barrel. • Increases stability • Increases handling speed

Corkscrew Rifling

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

Full Choke

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

Assault Mag

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

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

Accurized Rounds

This weapon can fire longer distances. • Increases range

Light Mag

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

Flared Magwell

Optimized for fast reloading. • Slightly increases stability • Greatly increases reload speed

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

Slideshot

Sliding refills 15% of the Magazine (rounded up) and grants 20 Range and Stability for your next shot (of the burst) within 2.5 seconds. 0.3 second cooldown after activation but can activate multiple times during a slide. Buff is removed on stow.

Overflow

Upon picking up Special or Heavy Ammo: Refills and Overfills the Magazine from reserves. Overfill amount maxes out at 100% of the Magazine Capacity. Activates even while stowed.

Dimensional Shift

Collecting a Void Breach grants 'Dimensional Breach' until your next Weapon Kill. Scoring a Weapon Kill while Dimensional Breach is active grants a 22.5 HP Void Overshield for 8 seconds (12 with Echo of Persistence) and begins a 5 second timer. Additional weapon kills extend the timer back to 5 seconds.

Loose Change

Applying an Elemental Debuff grants the following benefits for 9 seconds: • 50 Reload Speed and 20 Aim Assist • 20% decreased ADS Movement Speed Penalty Buff can be activated while stowed.

Pugilist

Weapon Kills grant 10% Melee Ability Energy. Kills with Sniper Rifles, Shotguns, Glaives, and Fusion Rifles grant 20%. Dealing Melee Damage grants 35 Handling for 3 seconds. 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.

Repulsor Brace

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

Opening Shot

Grants the following benefits for your first shot (of the burst): • 20 Aim Assist and 25 Range • 5% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 10% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth Special weapons only receive 50% of the benefits. Stats are rounded up. Firing the weapon prevents the perk from activating for 3 seconds.

One-Two Punch

Hitting a target with all 12 Pellets in the spread increases the damage of your next Melee attack within 3 seconds. Melee Damage increase by weapon type: • Shotgun: 150% additional base melee damage • Hand Cannon: 75% [100?%] additional base melee damage Stowing the weapon removes the buff. The buff does not stack with the passive Melee Damage increase against Frozen non-Boss targets. The higher buff of the two takes precedence.

Destabilizing Rounds

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.

Withering Gaze

Aiming Down Sights (ADS) for 1.5 seconds without firing and staying ADS causes your next shot to apply Weaken on a Direct Hit. Timer starts as soon as ADS input is pressed.

Trench Barrel

Dealing Melee Damage grants the following for the next 3 shots within 5 seconds: • 30 Reload Speed and 30 Handling • 50% increased damage Stowing the weapon removes the buff.

Swashbuckler

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.

Harmony

Upon readying the weapon within 3 seconds of getting a Kill with a different weapon: Grants 20% increased damage and 15 Handling for 7 seconds.

Gun and Run

Kills grant one stack of 'Gun And Run' for 10 (🡅 11) seconds. Maximum of 3 stacks. If the buff expires, the next kill will grant however many stacks were previously held. After sprinting for 0.75 seconds without a full magazine, consume one stack and refill 25% magazine capacity every 0.85 seconds. For bows, this trait instead grants a 15% Faster Draw Time for ? seconds. Provides no benefit to Swords.

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