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Just in Case — Destiny 2 Sword
Legendary · Sword
Where it drops: Source: Season of the Deep Fishing

“Even contingencies need contingencies.”

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Built from 117 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

pve mkb controller 108 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): Recommended MW: Impact. Adaptive Frame(20) Solar Sword Heavy Ammo. "I was always a fan of the way this sword looked in PvE. It felt sleek and was the closest my Titan and Warlock got to the Wee-a-boo sword. Jagged Edge and Swordmaster’s Guard will give you the best damage and most often heavy attacks, if you prefer different play styles with swords either using them as your main add clearing weapon through Incandescent or as less of a boss killer you might want to use Burst Guard or Enduring Guard for your build."

Strong alternatives

Swordmaster's Guard Relentless Strikes Collective Action Jagged Edge Tempered Edge Honed Edge Burst Guard Enduring Guard Enduring Guard Tireless Blade Unrelenting Incandescent Valiant Charge

pandapaxxy

pvp controller 9 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): Recommended MW: Impact. Adaptive Frame(20) Solar Sword Heavy Ammo. "In PvP the only perk that truly matters is Tireless Blade for the most sword swings per kill. Valiant Charge is fun and unpredictable but can also set you up for bad positioning. En Garde can set you up for a super kill. Niche but worth knowing."

Essential perks

Swordmaster's Guard

Strong alternatives

Energy Transfer Jagged Edge Valiant Charge Tempered Edge Honed Edge En Garde Tireless Blade

What these Just in Case perks do

Relentless Strikes

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

Collective Action

Elemental Pickup Interactions grant 30% [10%] increased damage for a variable duration based on the pickup. Can be activated while stowed. Ionic Traces, Stasis Shards, and Tangle Detonations grant the buff for 4 seconds. Throwing a held Tangle grants 4 additional seconds. Firesprites and Void Breaches grant the buff for 8 seconds. Additional Pickups can extend the duration up to the maximum of 16 seconds. Elemental Pickup Interactions: • Destroying a Tangle (or Elemental Orbs), either by shooting or throwing. • Collecting Firesprites, Ionic Traces, Stasis Shards, or Void Breaches Does not trigger with Stasis Shards generated from Facet of Awakening or Facet of Command.

Tireless Blade

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

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%

Incandescent

Weapon Kills trigger a Solar explosion that applies 30 Scorch Stacks (40 with Ember of Ashes) and deals up to 30 damage to enemies within 4 meters of the target. Killing Elite or higher tier Combatants and Players increases the radius to 8 meters and applies 10 more Scorch Stacks. Scorch damage can be increased through Weapon Damage Buffs.

Valiant Charge

Taking any damage while Guarding increases Lunge Distance by 80% for the next swing within 1 second. Guarding while receiving Healing Effects (including healing over time from Restoration) from allies also activates the perk.

Energy Transfer

Every point of damage taken while Guarding grants Class Ability Energy: • 1.5% when Melee Damage is Blocked • 1% when non-Melee Damage is Blocked • 0.5% when damage isn't Blocked (getting hit from behind) 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.

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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