The Riposte

The Riposte — Destiny 2 Legendary Auto Rifle
Legendary Auto Rifle · Void · Primary
Where it drops: Source: Glory Matches in Crucible

“Bare your blade.”

Weapon stats

Stability 52
Handling 50
Range 34
Aim Assistance 76
Ammo Generation 57
Airborne Effectiveness 19
Recoil Direction 66
Zoom 17
Magazine 52
Impact 18
Reload Speed 51
Rounds Per Minute 720

Intrinsic Traits

Lightweight 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
Extended Mag Alloy Magazine Appended Mag Armor-Piercing Rounds High-Caliber Rounds Ricochet Rounds Flared Magwell Light Mag Extended Mag Alloy Magazine Appended Mag Armor-Piercing Rounds High-Caliber Rounds Ricochet Rounds Flared Magwell Light Mag Accurized Rounds Tactical Mag Drop Mag Steady Rounds Accurized Rounds Tactical Mag Drop Mag Steady Rounds
Repulsor Brace Tap the Trigger Zen Moment Demoralize Light Touch Dimensional Shift Rewind Rounds Repulsor Brace Tap the Trigger Zen Moment Demoralize Light Touch Dimensional Shift Rewind Rounds
Target Lock Destabilizing Rounds Dynamic Sway Reduction Kill Clip Desperate Measures Binary Orbit Built to Blast Target Lock Destabilizing Rounds Dynamic Sway Reduction Kill Clip Desperate Measures Binary Orbit Built to Blast
Hand-Laid Stock Short-Action Stock Composite Stock Fitted Stock Hand-Laid Stock Short-Action Stock Composite Stock Fitted Stock

What the The Riposte perks do

Lightweight Frame

Superb handling. Move faster with this weapon equipped.

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

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

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.

Appended Mag

This weapon's magazine is built for higher capacity. • Increases magazine size

Armor-Piercing Rounds

Grants 5% increased damage against Elemental and Barrier Champion Shields. Allows bullets to overpenetrate enemies once.

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%.

Ricochet Rounds

Rounds ricochet off hard surfaces. • Increases stability • Slightly increases range

Flared Magwell

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

Light Mag

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

Accurized Rounds

This weapon can fire longer distances. • Increases range

Tactical Mag

This weapon has multiple tactical improvements. • Slightly increases stability • Increases reload speed • Slightly increases magazine size

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)

Steady Rounds

This magazine is optimized for recoil control. • Greatly increases stability • Slightly decreases range • Increases airborne effectiveness

Repulsor Brace

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

Tap the Trigger

Firing grants 'Tap The Trigger' for 0.6 seconds, providing the following benefits: • 40 Stability • 50% decreased Recoil • 10% decreased Accuracy Cone Size Fusion Rifles only receive 25% of the benefits. Buff cannot be refreshed until Automatic Weapons stop firing, or until the next burst. [Controller-Only] Weapon fires the instant trigger pressure is applied.

Zen Moment

Weapon Hits grant 1 Stack of the perk for 1 second up to the maximum of 5? Stacks. Benefits granted per Stack: • Grants ?% Flinch Resistance • Reduces Visual Weapon Shake by 15% • Reduces Reticle Bounce by 15% Stacks gained per Weapon Hit by weapon type: • Hand Cannons, Scout Rifles: 2? • Pulse Rifles, Sidearms: 1.5 • Other Weapons: 1

Demoralize

Precision Kills apply Weaken to enemies within 7 meters of the target for ? seconds. 1.5? second cooldown between activations.

Light Touch

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

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.

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)

Target Lock

Successive Hits within 0.2 seconds of each grant a ramping Damage Buff after scoring 12.5% of the Magazine Capacity as hits. Missing deactivates the buff. Stacks displayed on-screen are only visual aides, the buff ramps up with each shot once active. Reaches maximum strength at 5 Stacks. % of the Magazine Capacity as Hits required for each Visual Stack: 12.5%|35.5%|54.5%|74.5%|110.33% Damage Buff ramps up from 16.73% [10.46%] to 40% [25%] upon reaching maximum strength. Assuming no missed shots, it provides roughly a 25% [15.85%] Damage Buff on average after firing 100% of the Magazine Capacity.

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.

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.

Kill Clip

Finishing a reload within 3.6 seconds of a kill grants 25% increased damage for 5 seconds. Stowing the weapon removes the buff. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Desperate Measures

Weapon Kills grant 'Desperate Measures x1' (DMx1), increasing damage by 10% for 7 seconds. Grenade or Melee Kills grant 20% increased damage for 7 seconds (DMx2). Scoring another Grenade or Melee Kill with DMx2 active increases this to 30% (DMx3). Can be activated while stowed. Weapon, Grenade, and Melee Kills refresh the buff duration.

Binary Orbit

Scoring opposing Elemental Alignment Kills grants 25% increased damage for 8.5 seconds. Buff can be activated while stowed. Elemental Alignment details: • Arc, Solar, Void Kills buff Kinetic, Stasis, and Strand Weapons • Kinetic, Stasis, and Strand Kills buff Arc, Solar, and Void Weapons

Built to Blast

Grants the following benefits while Void Overshield, Frost Armor, or Woven Mail is active: • 30 Stability • ? Aim Assist • ?% Flinch Resistance

Hand-Laid Stock

This weapon is optimized for recoil control. • Increases stability

Short-Action Stock

This weapon is especially easy to grip. • Greatly increases handling speed

Composite Stock

This weapon has a versatile dual-purpose stock. • Slightly increases stability • Slightly increases handling speed

Fitted Stock

This stock makes the weapon stable but heavy • Increases stability • Moderately controls recoil • Slightly decreases handling speed

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