Astral Horizon god roll & best perks

Astral Horizon — Destiny 2 Shotgun
Legendary · Shotgun

“Even the brightest stars eventually set.”

Full perk pool, stats & source for Astral Horizon →

Built from 48 curated wishlist rolls for this Shotgun. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

Community wishlist roll

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Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Barrel Shroud Auto-Loading Holster Demolitionist Lead from Gold Trench Barrel Appended Mag Extended Mag Corkscrew Rifling Smallbore

Community wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Full Choke

Strong alternatives

Accurized Rounds Surplus Demolitionist Celerity Opening Shot Pulse Monitor Assault Mag

Community wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Tactical Mag Barrel Shroud Trench Barrel Auto-Loading Holster

Community wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Opening Shot Full Choke Accurized Rounds Surplus

What these Astral Horizon perks do

Trench Barrel

Dealing Melee Damage grants the following for the next 3 shots within 5 seconds: • 30 Reload Speed and 30 Handling • 50% increased damage Stowing the weapon removes the buff.

Auto-Loading Holster

Refills stowed weapon from reserves after 3.5 seconds of it being stowed.

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.

Full Choke

While Aiming Down Sights: • Decreases Shotgun Pellet Spread by 5% • Reduces Precision Multiplier by 7.6% (1.1078x🠚1.0294x)

Surplus

Grants Stat Bonuses depending on the number of Charged Abilities. Stat Bonuses with 1|2|3+ Charged Abilities: • 5|15|25 Stability • 5|25|60 Handling • 10|25|60 Reload Speed

Demolitionist

Weapon Kills grant 10% Grenade Ability Energy. Kills with Sniper Rifles, Shotguns, Glaives, and Fusion Rifles grant 20%. Using your Grenade Ability refills the Magazine with a 3 second cooldown. Ability energy gained may be significantly decreased based on your selected ability's Chunk Energy Scalar. Learn more about this mechanic in our explainer blog post on the Clarity website.

Lead from Gold

Heavy Ammo Pickups grants 25% of your maximum Special Ammo Reserves even while the weapon is stowed. Equipping two Special Weapons halves the amount of ammo granted.

Celerity

Passively grants 20 Handling and 20 Reload Speed. While Last Guardian Standing: • 100 Handling, 100 Reload Speed, ? Aim Assist • Greatly increased Flinch Resistance • Increased Accuracy • Stronger Sight Highlight • Enables Radar while ADS Does not activate when playing solo.

Pulse Monitor

Refills Magazine from reserves upon dropping to 30% Shield Health. Can activate while stowed. Grants 50 Handling and a 0.95x Ready/Stow Animation Duration Multiplier while at or below 30% Shield Health. Buff lingers for 1 second once the condition is no longer met.

Recommendations aggregated from curated community wishlists; credit to the curators linked above.

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