The Epicurean

The Epicurean — Destiny 2 Legendary Fusion Rifle
Legendary Fusion Rifle · Void · Special
Where it drops: Source: Dungeon "Duality"

“An Earth artifact, refashioned to suit the Emperor's modest tastes.”

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Weapon stats

Stability 49
Handling 30
Range 59
Aim Assistance 65
Ammo Generation 39
Airborne Effectiveness 5
Recoil Direction 80
Charge Time 800
Zoom 15
Magazine 6
Impact 80
Reload Speed 26

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
Accelerated Coils Enhanced Battery Ionized Battery Liquid Coils Particle Repeater Projection Fuse Accelerated Coils Enhanced Battery Ionized Battery Liquid Coils Particle Repeater Projection Fuse
Ensemble Feeding Frenzy Well-Rounded Ensemble Feeding Frenzy Well-Rounded Snapshot Sights Quickdraw Surplus Snapshot Sights Quickdraw Surplus
Cornered Moving Target Rangefinder Cornered Moving Target Rangefinder Backup Plan Swashbuckler Repulsor Brace Backup Plan Swashbuckler Repulsor Brace

What the The Epicurean perks do

Precision Frame

This weapon's recoil pattern is more predictably vertical.

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

Accelerated Coils

Decreases charge time by 40ms and damage by 2%.

Enhanced Battery

Strong battery life. • Increases magazine size

Ionized Battery

Large heavy battery. • Greatly increases magazine size • Greatly decreases reload speed

Liquid Coils

Increases charge time by 40ms and damage by 2%.

Particle Repeater

Improves stability. • Increases stability

Projection Fuse

Distance optimizations. • Increases range

Ensemble

Grants 30 Handling and 40 Reload Speed while within 15 meters of an ally. Buff lingers for 1.5 seconds once you're no longer near allies.

Feeding Frenzy

Weapon Kills grant 1 Stack of Feeding Frenzy for 3.5 seconds, increasing the Reload Speed of the weapon. Maximum of 5 Stacks. Bonuses at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: • 8|50|60|75|100 Reload Speed • 2.5%|10%|13%|16%|20% decreased Reload Animation Duration

Well-Rounded

Grenade Ability usage and Elemental Melee hits grant 1 Stack of Well-Rounded for 15 seconds. Super Ability usage grants 2 Stacks. Maximum of 2 Stacks. Each Stack grants 10 Range, 10 Stability, and 10 Handling. Clarity tooltip editor's note: We're replacing the previous Powered Melee term with Elemental Melee. The former is now exclusively used for perks that require the consumption of a Melee Ability Charge. This note is temporary and will be removed in the future.

Snapshot Sights

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

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.

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

Cornered

Grants 15% decreased Charge/Draw Time while within 15 meters of 2 enemies. Buff lingers for 1.5 seconds once no longer surrounded.

Moving Target

Grants the following while Aiming Down Sights (ADS): • 10 Aim Assist • 10% decreased ADS Movement Speed Penalty

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)

Backup Plan

Grants the following for 2 seconds upon readying: • 30% decreased Charge Time • 20% decreased damage • 100 Handling Weapon must be stowed for 3 seconds before readying for the perk to activate. Linear Fusion Rifles only: firing the weapon refreshes the buff duration (but only at higher framerates).

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.

Repulsor Brace

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

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