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High Ground

High Ground — Destiny 2 Trait
Trait
60 weapons

What High Ground does

Scoring a Kill grants 1 [2] Stacks of 'High Ground' for 7 seconds. Maximum of 3 Stacks. Weapon damage increases at 1|2|3 Stacks: 10% [5%] | 17.5% [10%] | 25% [15%] While you are not airborne: Damaging targets that are 2 meters [5 for Primary weapons] lower in elevation than the ground you stand on immediately grants all 3 Stacks [Primary weapons only grant 1 Stack] of the buff. The damage increase is applied to the shot triggering the perk as well. The reference point of enemies' elevation is generally their lowest point.

Weapons that can roll High Ground

Every weapon whose perk pool includes High Ground, exotics first.

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