Touch of Malice

Touch of Malice — Destiny 2 Exotic Scout Rifle
Exotic Scout Rifle · Kinetic · Primary
Where it drops: Source: "King's Fall" Raid

“"Let them feel every lash, every curse, every touch of malice that they first dealt to me." —Eris Morn”

Weapon stats

Stability 36
Handling 40
Range 53
Aim Assistance 40
Ammo Generation 58
Airborne Effectiveness 25
Recoil Direction 85
Zoom 20
Magazine 11
Impact 45
Reload Speed 46
Rounds Per Minute 260

Intrinsic Traits

Touch of Malice

Weapon Perks

Polygonal Rifling
Flared Magwell
Charged with Blight
Hand-Laid Stock

What the Touch of Malice perks do

Touch of Malice

This is a Weapon of Sorrow. The last round of this gun's magazine deals 132% [30%] increased damage, drains 7 HP, and is always refunded when shot. Health drain is not lethal. Scoring kills or activating 'Charged With Blight' restores 105 HP and begins Health Regeneration. Healing Activation from kills is based on Combatant Rank: • Minors: 33.4% • Elites, Minibosses, and Bosses: 100% • Players: 66.7%

Polygonal Rifling

Barrel optimized for recoil reduction. • Increases stability

Flared Magwell

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

Charged with Blight

Precision Hits grant one stack of 'Charged With Blight'. Each stack grants ? Stability and ? Reload Speed, up to a maximum of 10 stacks. At 10 stacks, hold [Reload] to load a 'Taken Blight'. Animation speed is scaled by reload stat. Entering this mode immediately triggers the 105 HP heal and health regeneration. Taken Blight deals 220 [113] Arc Damage on direct impact with a poisoning field around it that inflicts Corruption and applies Blind in a ? meter radius. Corruption deals 27 [0.375] Kinetic Damage every 0.5 seconds for 3.5 [2] seconds. Any target hit by the Blight takes 50% increased damage from all Weapons of Sorrow for 5 seconds. Blight can benefit from the final round damage bonus.

Hand-Laid Stock

This weapon is optimized for recoil control. • Increases stability

Touch of Malice in Destiny 2

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