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Hero of Ages — Destiny 2 Sword
Legendary · Sword

“After every age of darkness, an age of light.”

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Built from 106 curated wishlist rolls for this Sword. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

pandapaxxy

mkb pve 66 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (M+KB / PvE): "This is probably the best thing to come this season. It’s an incredible design. A second spin-to-win sword and comes with Chain Reaction? Heck yeah! Arguably One for All is going to be better on this sword as you can spin in a group and instantly get full stacks. BUT sword go boom? Sword go boom. I’m excited." Recommended MW: Impact.

Strong alternatives

Enduring Guard Relentless Strikes Jagged Edge One for All Honed Edge Tempered Edge Heavy Guard Swordmaster's Guard Duelist's Trance Demolitionist Tireless Blade Chain Reaction

pandapaxxy

mkb pvp 24 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (M+KB / PvP): "For PvP it’s clearly outclassed by the energy swords Half Truths and The Other Half." Recommended MW: Impact.

Strong alternatives

Swordmaster's Guard Assassin's Blade Tireless Blade Jagged Edge Honed Edge Tempered Edge Burst Guard Demolitionist En Garde

YeezyGT's S16

god-pve 16 wishlist rolls

[YeezyGT's S16] [MW: Impact] "Unrelenting/Chain Reaction makes this one of the greatest CQC experiences in the game. The now-buffed Unrelenting is the perfect pairing for Swords, especially on a Vortex Frame where you clear multiple enemies at a time to instantly get your health back. One for All is interesting, though not really needed outside of some niche solo Lost Sector situations. Demolitionist is also super interesting, and refunds 50% of your charge attack when using the grenade."

Essential perks

Swordmaster's Guard

Strong alternatives

Chain Reaction Unrelenting Jagged Edge One for All Relentless Strikes Honed Edge Hungry Edge Tempered Edge

What these Hero of Ages perks do

Chain Reaction

Weapon Kills trigger an elemental explosion matching the weapon's element. Damage and radius of the explosions varies based on the weapon's ammo type: • Special Weapons: Up to 67.2 [44.8] damage in a 2.4 meter radius • Power Weapons: Up to 109.2 [72.8] damage in a 3 meter radius

Unrelenting

Starts Health Regeneration and restores 65 HP upon reaching 100% Activation Progress with Weapon Kills within 5 seconds of each. Activation Progress by Enemy Rank: • Minor Combatants: 34% • Players: 67% • Elites, Minibosses, and Bosses: 100%

One for All

Scoring Weapon Hits against 3 Separate Enemies within 3 seconds of each grants 35% increased damage for 10 seconds. Does not require Direct Hits. Buff duration cannot be refreshed.

Relentless Strikes

Scoring 3 Powered Hits within 2? seconds of each refunds 1 ammo. Wolfpack Round Hits do not count.

Duelist's Trance

Sword Kills grant 60 Guard Resistance, Guard Endurance, and (Guard) Charge Rate. Buff is removed on stow.

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.

Tireless Blade

Your first Powered Sword Kill after (re)spawning refunds 1 Ammo. Afterward, every other Powered Sword Kill also refunds 1 Ammo.

Assassin's Blade

Grants the following on Weapon Kills for 5 seconds: • 15% increased damage • Maximized Movement Speed Remains active even if stowed.

En Garde

Readying the Sword grants 30% increased damage for 1.5 seconds. 2? second cooldown after the buff expires.

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

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