Voltaic Shade

Voltaic Shade — Destiny 2 Legendary Scout Rifle
Legendary Scout Rifle · Arc · Primary
Where it drops: Source: Equilibrium

“Spoken aboard the Malphas Contemptus and quickly hushed: "It was never so under the empress."”

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Weapon stats

Stability 47
Handling 31
Range 35
Aim Assistance 70
Ammo Generation 59
Airborne Effectiveness 21
Recoil Direction 52
Heat Generated 50
Zoom 20
Cooling Efficiency 40
Impact 45
Reload Speed 57
Rounds Per Minute 260

Intrinsic Traits

Balanced Heat Weapon

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 Heatsink Overclocked Heatsink Enhanced Heatsink Ionized Heatsink Particle Repeater Projection Fuse Light Heatsink Tactical Heatsink Accelerated Heatsink Overclocked Heatsink Enhanced Heatsink Ionized Heatsink Particle Repeater Projection Fuse Light Heatsink Tactical Heatsink
Jolting Feedback Delicate Tuning Cooling Baubles Trickle Charge Rapid Hit Shoot to Loot Keep Away Jolting Feedback Delicate Tuning Cooling Baubles Trickle Charge Rapid Hit Shoot to Loot Keep Away
Rolling Storm Thermal Atomization Voltshot Frenzy Precision Instrument Desperate Measures Meganeura Rolling Storm Thermal Atomization Voltshot Frenzy Precision Instrument Desperate Measures Meganeura
Imperial Allegiance

What the Voltaic Shade perks do

Balanced Heat Weapon

Increased damage versus powerful combatants. Very low heat generated. [Reload] to vent heat from the weapon. Overheating forces a sustained vent. Manually venting at very high heat greatly increases venting speed.

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 Heatsink

Slightly reduces damage in exchange for improved cooling.

Overclocked Heatsink

Passively grants 2% increased damage and 10 decreased Cooling Efficiency stat.

Enhanced Heatsink

Strong battery life. Reduces heat generation.

Ionized Heatsink

A large, heavy battery. Increases the time it takes to vent, in exchange for greatly reduced heat generation.

Particle Repeater

Improves stability. • Increases stability

Projection Fuse

Distance optimizations. • Increases range

Light Heatsink

Lightweight, agile battery. Increases handling and vent speed.

Tactical Heatsink

This weapon has multiple small improvements. Slightly improves stability, vent speed, and range.

Jolting Feedback

Scoring multiple Direct Hits with the weapon within 3 seconds of each causes the next Direct Hit to apply Jolt. Being Amplified decreases the number of Hits required. Hits needed to activate normally | while Amplified: • Submachine Guns, Trace Rifles: 18 | 13 • Machine Guns: 16 | 11 • Auto Rifles: 15 | 11 • Pulse Rifles: 14 | 9 • Sidearms: 10 | 7 • Rocket Pulse Rifle: 8 | 5 • Scout Rifles, Hand Cannons: 7 | 6 • Swords: 6 | 4 • Glaives, Linear Fusion Rifles: 4 | 3 • Rocket Sidearm, Sniper Rifle?: 4 | 2 • Bows, Grenade Launchers: 3 | 2 • Shotguns, Aggressive Frame Fusion Rifle: 3|1

Delicate Tuning

Grants linearly decreasing benefits as Weapon Heat increases from 0% to 50%: • 20 to 10 Range • ? to ? Handling • ? to ? decreased Accuracy Cone Growth

Cooling Baubles

Collecting an Orb of Power or Elemental Pickup dissipates 33% Weapon Heat. Elemental Pickups include Firesprites, Ionic Traces, Stasis Shards, Tangles, and Void Breaches.

Trickle Charge

Receiving Bolt Charge refills 10% of the magazine. Does not currently dissipate Heat for Heat Weapons. Discharging Bolt Charge refills 20% of the magazine. Dissipates 100% Heat on Heat Weapons. Works while stowed.

Rapid Hit

"Buffed Hits" grant 1 Stack of Rapid Hit for 2 seconds. Maximum of 5 Stacks. "Buffed Hits" refer to any "Yellow Number" Hits such as Precision Hits or Hits against debuffed targets. Benefits at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: • 2|12|14|18|25 Stability • 5|30|35|42|60 Reload Speed • 0.99x|0.96x|0.95x|0.945x|0.92x Reload Duration Multiplier

Shoot to Loot

Weapon Hits against Orbs of Power collect them. If collecting ammo is possible: Weapon Hits against Ammo Bricks pick them up, trigger Ammo Pickup Effects, and refill all Weapons from reserves. Does not require direct hits.

Keep Away

While no enemies are within 15 meters: Grants 10 Range, 30 Reload Speed, and decreases Accuracy Cone Growth by 5?%.

Rolling Storm

Weapon Kills grant 1 Stack of Bolt Charge. While Amplified, this is increased to 2 Stacks.

Thermal Atomization

While above 50% Heat: • Grants 8.25% [3.5] to 14% [?] increased weapon damage as Heat increases from 50% to 100% • Enemies explode on direct damage kills, dealing up ? damage matching the weapon's element in a 7.5 meter radius. Detonation damage by weapon type: • Hand Cannons: 74 (lol) [77?] • Submachine Guns: 289 [?] • Sniper Rifles: 552 [?] Detonation damage falls off to 0% damage at the edge of the radius. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Voltshot

Finishing a reload within 5.3 seconds of a Weapon Kill grants Voltshot for 7 seconds. While Voltshot is active, your next Weapon Hit consumes the buff and applies Jolt to the target. Applied Jolt's damage (generally) does not count as Weapon Damage.

Frenzy

After being in Combat for 12 seconds: Grants 15% increased damage, 100 Handling, and 100 Reload Speed for 7.2 seconds. Works and can activate while stowed. Dealing and receiving damage refreshes the buff duration. For Frenzy, being in Combat is defined as having either dealt or received damage within the last 5 seconds. Self-damage and environmental damage do not count.

Precision Instrument

Direct Weapon Hits grant a stack of Precision Instrument for 1.25 seconds (2.1 seconds on weapons with a Draw/Charge Time). Maximum of 6 stacks. Reloading the weapon (except on Bows) or missing removes all stacks... usually. Heavy Burst Frame weapons can only gain 1 stack per burst. Adaptive Burst Linear Fusion Rifles require 1.5? Hits for each stack (and missing sometimes does not remove your stacks on them). Precision damage increase at 1|2|... stacks: 4.17% | 8.33% | 12.5% | 16.67% | 20.83% | 25%

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.

Meganeura

Precision Hits grant one stack of Meganeura for 3.5 seconds. Maximum of 3 stacks. Precision Kills cause targets to explode, dealing 123.89 [95.3] | 173.6 [?] | 207.57 [?] weapon-matching elemental damage in a 7.5-meter radius at 1|2|3| stacks. Explosion has up to 50% damage falloff at the furthest point.

Imperial Allegiance

Grants one stack of Imperial Allegiance for each ally within 15 meters. Benefits at 1|2|3 stacks: • ? Charge Rate • 3.5%|7%|10.5% increased Cooling Efficiency • 3.5%|7%|10.5% increased damage while above 50% Weapon Heat

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