The Steady Hand god roll & best perks

The Steady Hand — Destiny 2 Hand Cannon
Legendary · Hand Cannon
Where it drops: Source: Complete Iron Banner matches and earn rank-up packages from Lord Saladin.

“Forged in honor of Perun, and a just and unwavering resolve.”

Full perk pool, stats & source for The Steady Hand →

Built from 262 curated wishlist rolls for this Hand Cannon. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

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YeezyGT's S16

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[YeezyGT's S16] [MW: Range/Handling] "The Steady Hand is a solid choice for a Kinetic 120RPM, who's main competition stems from True Prophecy. While True Prophecy has the "flinch" edge from either Explosive or Timed Payload, Steady Hand benefits from a couple of notable Handling options, such as Quickdraw/Snapshot. Steady Hand is perfectly paired for bow-blinting builds, and players see great success with Wellspring both pre- and post-ability cooldown changes."

Strong alternatives

Quickdraw Snapshot Sights Ricochet Rounds HitMark HCS Wellspring Iron Grip Moving Target Slideshot High-Caliber Rounds Armor-Piercing Rounds Light Mag TrueSight HCS Fastdraw HCS SteadyHand HCS Crossfire HCS Sureshot HCS

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Strong alternatives

Quickdraw Ricochet Rounds SteadyHand HCS Swashbuckler Moving Target Iron Grip Killing Wind Snapshot Sights High-Caliber Rounds Fastdraw HCS

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Essential perks

Outlaw

Strong alternatives

Fastdraw HCS Armor-Piercing Rounds Wellspring Appended Mag Swashbuckler Extended Mag SteadyHand HCS TrueSight HCS

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Essential perks

TrueSight HCS

Strong alternatives

Quickdraw High-Caliber Rounds Swashbuckler Moving Target Snapshot Sights Killing Wind Ricochet Rounds

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Essential perks

Outlaw Fastdraw HCS Armor-Piercing Rounds Swashbuckler

What these The Steady Hand perks do

Outlaw

Precision Kills grant 70 Reload Speed with a 0.9x decreased Reload Animation Duration for 6 seconds. Buff is removed on stow.

Armor-Piercing Rounds

Grants 5% increased damage against Elemental and Barrier Champion Shields. Allows bullets to overpenetrate enemies once.

Swashbuckler

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of 'Swashbuckler' for 4.5 seconds. Maximum of 5 Stacks. (Glaive) Melee Kills grant all 5 Stacks instantly. Damage increase at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: 6.7% | 13.3% | 20% | 26.6% | 33.3% Stowing the weapon removes the buff.

Wellspring

On Weapon Kill: Grants 8% Ability Energy split equally amongst all uncharged abilities. Abilities with multiple charges only receive one third of the ability energy normally split to them once they have a full ability charge ready. 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.

Quickdraw

Switching to the Weapon grants 100 Ready/Stow Handling and a 0.95x Ready Animation Duration Multiplier for 1 second. Buff is removed as soon as ADS input is pressed.

Moving Target

Grants the following while Aiming Down Sights (ADS): • 10 Aim Assist • 10% decreased ADS Movement Speed Penalty

Iron Grip

Passively increases Stability by 20 but decreases Reload Speed by 20.

Killing Wind

On Weapon Kill, for 5 seconds: • 50 Mobility • 40 Handling and 20 Range • 5% increased Damage Falloff Distance Additional Kills extend the duration by 5 seconds, up to 8 seconds. Buff is removed on stow.

Snapshot Sights

Passively decreases the ADS Animation Duration: • 50% decrease on Primary Weapons • 20% decrease on Special Weapons

High-Caliber Rounds

Hits inflict increased Flinch on Enemies. PVE: Tier 1-2 Minors can be repeatedly staggered. Higher Tier Combatants stagger quicker. PVP: Flinch against Players varies based on damage and Weapon Archetype. Flinch increase ranges between 5-10%.

Slideshot

Sliding refills 15% of the Magazine (rounded up) and grants 20 Range and Stability for your next shot (of the burst) within 2.5 seconds. 0.3 second cooldown after activation but can activate multiple times during a slide. Buff is removed on stow.

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