The Helmsman

The Helmsman — Destiny 2 Legendary Sniper Rifle
Legendary Sniper Rifle · Arc · Special
Where it drops: Random Perks: This item cannot be reacquired from Collections.

“Keen of eye. Steady of hand. Stalwart on the endless sea.”

Weapon stats

Stability 27
Handling 41
Range 59
Aim Assistance 59
Ammo Generation 43
Airborne Effectiveness 4
Recoil Direction 79
Zoom 25
Magazine 8
Impact 90
Reload Speed 19
Rounds Per Minute 72

Intrinsic Traits

High-Impact 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
No Distractions Light Touch Snapshot Sights Lone Wolf Explosive Payload Discord No Distractions Light Touch Snapshot Sights Lone Wolf Explosive Payload Discord
Box Breathing Gear Shift Opening Shot Closing Time Vorpal Weapon Elemental Honing Box Breathing Gear Shift Opening Shot Closing Time Vorpal Weapon Elemental Honing
Accelerated Assault

What the The Helmsman perks do

High-Impact Frame

Slow-firing and high-damage. This weapon is more accurate when stationary and aiming down sights.

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

No Distractions

Grants 35% Flinch Resistance after 1 second of Aiming Down Sights (ADS) without firing. Remains active until you're no longer ADS. Timer starts as soon as the ADS input is pressed.

Light Touch

While Amplified, Radiant, or Devour is active: • ? Handling • ? Reload Speed • ?% decreased Reload Animation Duration • ?% decreased ADS Animation Duration

Snapshot Sights

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

Lone Wolf

Passively grants 5 Aim Assist, 15 Airborne Effectiveness, and a 10% decreased ADS Animation Duration. While no allies are within 15 meters: Bonuses are increased to 10 Aim Assist, 30 Airborne Effectiveness, and a 20% decreased ADS Animation Duration.

Explosive Payload

Splits off 50% of the weapon's bodyshot damage into an Explosive Payload that detonates on impact. The Payload deals 30% increased damage in PvE and staggers PvE Combatants more. On Hand Cannons, the Payload deals 7% decreased damage in PvP. The remaining Impact damage portion receives an increased Crit Multiplier to compensate for the Payload not benefitting from crits. [PvE] Total damage is increased by 15% of the weapon's bodyshot damage. For crits, the overall increase is roughly equal to 15% divided by the Crit Multiplier. [PvP] Total damage remains roughly the same but can vary by 1-2% in either direction for crits.

Discord

Grants the following for 7 seconds upon readying the weapon within 5? seconds of scoring a Kill with a different weapon: • 25% decreased ADS Animation Duration • 25% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 30 Airborne Effectiveness Weapon Kills while Discord is active fully refill the Magazine of Primary Weapons, and refund 1 Ammo for Special and Power Weapons. (Scoring multiple kills with a single shot/burst still only refunds 1 ammo.)

Box Breathing

Aiming Down Sights for 1.5 seconds without firing grants the following for a single shot: • 10% increased Aim Assist Falloff Distance • 40% increased precision damage (35% for Scout Rifles, 30% for Heavy Ammo Sniper Rifles) Timer starts as soon as the ADS input is pressed. Unscoping immediately removes the buff. For glaives (Greasy Luck), the projectile must strike the target's critical hitbox in order to recieve the 40% [35%] damage bonus.

Gear Shift

Finishing a reload within ? seconds of a Weapon Kill, or becoming Amplified, grants 1 stack of 'Gear Shift' for 15 seconds. Maximum of 5 stacks. Grants 15%|20%|25%|30%|35% increased damage at 1|2|3|4|5 stacks. Buff can be triggered while stowed and refreshed with each new application of Amplified.

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.

Closing Time

Grants linearly scaling benefits as the Magazine drops from 50% capacity to empty: • 10 to 20 Range • 30? to 50? Handling • 10-20% decreased Handling Animation Duration • 5?% to 10?% decreased Accuracy Cone Size Special weapons only receive 50% of the benefits. Stats are rounded up.

Vorpal Weapon

Deals increased damage against Minibosses, Bosses, and Vehicles, as well as Players in their Super Ability. Damage increase by Ammo Type: • Primary Weapons: 20% [60%] • Special Weapons: 15% [20%] • Power Weapons: 10% [20%]

Elemental Honing

Dealing Elemental Damage grants a stack of Elemental Honing for 20 seconds for each unique Element used. Maximum of 5 stacks. Gaining a stack refreshes the buff duration. Duration cannot be refreshed once at 5 stacks. Buff can be activated while stowed. Kinetic Damage does not trigger the buff. Weapon damage increase at 1|2|3|4|5 stacks by weapon damage type: • Kinetic: 10%|20%|30%|35%|40% • Elemental (PVE): 2.5%|10%|20%|30%|35% • Elemental (PVP): 1.25%|5%|20%|30%|35%

Accelerated Assault

For single-shot weapons: Scoring 3 hits with at least 1.2 seconds or at most 4 seconds between each other grants ? Reload Speed and 5% [?] increased damage for 8 seconds. Additional hits while the buff duration is below 4 seconds refresh the timer to 4 seconds. For multi-shot weapons: Scoring 3 hits with at least 0.8 seconds or at most 1.2 seconds between each other refills 10% of the magazine and grants 5% [?] increased damage for 4 seconds.

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