Ranking Every Exotic Weapon in Destiny 2 PvP (2023)
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- Опубліковано 7 чер 2024
- Today I ranked ALL of the Destiny 2 Exotic Weapons into a tier list! This video covers each weapon and ranks it based on its potential for Destiny 2 PvP. This video should give you a better idea of which exotics are worth obtaining and using in the Crucible. Since power ammo is only a small part of the Crucible, I did not rank power weapons in the main part of the video, BUT I did include a power ammo tier list at the end of the video. This video took a really long time to make, so I hope you enjoy!
Rules: The ranks in this video are determined by a weapon's potential and general effectiveness in all PvP modes. This means that 6v6 modes like Iron Banner are considered in addition to 3v3 modes like Trials of Osiris and Competitive.
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Sections:
0:00 Ace of Spades
0:52 Ager's Scepter
1:23 Arbalest
1:53 Bad Juju
2:22 Bastion
2:45 Borealis
3:37 Cerberus+1
4:08 Cloudstrike
4:46 Coldheart
5:04 Collective Obligation
5:38 Crimson
6:33 Cryosthesia
7:05 Dead Man's Tale
7:46 Dead Messenger
8:06 Delicate Tomb
8:35 Devil's Ruin
9:11 Divinity
9:37 Duality
10:15 All Exotic Glaives
11:02 Eriana's Vow
11:34 Fighting Lion
12:10 Forerunner
12:37 Graviton Lance
13:09 Hard Light
13:50 Hawkmoon
14:21 Hierarchy of Needs
15:18 Izanagi's Burden
15:43 Jotunn
16:08 Le Monarque
16:43 Lord of Wolves
17:06 Lorentz Driver
17:57 Lumina
18:26 Malfeasance
18:48 Merciless
19:22 Mida Multi-Tool
19:44 Monte Carlo
20:09 No Time to Explain
20:40 Osteo Striga
21:20 Outbreak Perfected
21:42 Polaris Lance
22:05 Quicksilver Storm
22:33 Prometheus Lens
22:53 Rat King
23:21 Revision Zero
24:09 Riskrunner
24:44 Ruinous Effigy
25:11 Skyburner's Oath
25:29 Sturm
25:55 Sunshot
26:39 Suros Regime
27:09 Sweet Business
27:51 Symmetry
28:23 Tarrabah
29:07 Telesto
29:33 The Chaperone
30:03 The Fourth Horseman
30:33 The Huckleberry
31:13 The Jade Rabbit
31:44 The Last Word
32:22 The Manticore
32:53 Thorn
33:26 Ticuu's Divination
34:00 Tommy's Matchbook
34:41 Touch of Malice
35:10 Traveler's Chosen
35:42 Trinity Ghoul
36:08 Trespasser
36:37 Vex Mythoclast
37:00 Vigilance Wing
37:46 Wavesplitter
38:08 Wish-Ender
38:35 Witherhoard
39:14 Power Ammo Exotic Tier List
39:23 Secret channel
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I have a question that you may be able to answer, but is fatebringer a good pvp hand cannon? Just wondering cause I have opening shot explosive payload with a range masterwork and it doesn’t seem to bad, but compared to rose I cant tell which to use when trials comes back.
@@fremchcrab2276 yea it's a good HC
@@ShadowDestiny2 thanks
Do a list of attainable ones for the " free to play" players.
@@ShadowDestiny2 why isn’t whisper higher? Its perfect in air accuracy automatically makes it an s tier weapon lol
27:41 - "It’s pretty easy for opponents to just listen for you to stop firing and then peek you after you've run out of ammo."
Titan with Actium War Rig: After you what?
lmaooo!
running out of ammo never heard of it
Sister of the Actium War Cult: What is this "Running out of ammo" you speak of? Have you ever heard of this, fellow brother?
Brother of the Actium War Cult: This sounds of Heresy.
I got put in three IB matches back to back with a sweet biz War Rig titan. I made it my entire mission to freeze him from an off angle with my Cryosthesia 77k. It was the most fun I have had against that set up in a long time.
Reloading is actually frowned upon among actium war rig sweet business enjoyers
Thought this was an imposter account for a second.
📮
That's kinda sus ngl
@@dinogonzales8805 It’s a second channel, read the pinned comment
@@Linkman8912 oop
@@dinogonzales8805 dumb
Polaris Lance is one of the best scouts in the game and feels amazing to use. The thing is good for solar builds and is one of the most solid scouts in the game. What a list!
I just started playing around with it since my pattern was largely
Get Tower Exotic
Get catalyst drop and activate it.
By that time I can get another cipher. Get another Tower Exotic
Rinse and repeat.
Took it into the Crucible once to try it out, fell in love with it. Recoil is easy to deal with, and Dragonfly/No Distractions all by itself results in plenty of Control kills even without the Exotic kicking in. Prefer it to Jade Rabbit. It just feels good.
Quicksilver Storm was criminally underrated. 50 rounds in the mag, great rpm and really good stability. The rockets and grenades are pure bonus. Don't even need the catalyst.
Wishender should have been higher too. The level of information for high level play is really impactful
I agree I am using quicksilver storm (with the catalyst) and it seems at least b tier Plus if you do die on a close gun fight there is a 75% chance they will die too from a clutch rocket after you
I totally agree with both especially wish ender with the over penetration it has now thanks to the season artifact and the damage output you can kill with it using just one headshot at full power and I minimal shot
I was so confused when I saw this lol! Hope you can have fun with this channel, I know a second one helps a lot of creators put out more content without having to spend as much time on super duper high quality for main channel standards
Yes! I want to upload more over here. Thanks for watching :)
Definitely disagree on quicksilver storm being D tier. For one its the best 720rpm and they are arguably the best ARs right now having about 30m of range with the fastest TTK of any archetype. And the TTK does get a boost when the rocket his, it is inconsistent but does help. However I've consistently been able to get the grenades and being able to pop barricades easily and the occasional Well is absolutely hilarious. Realistically no exotic AR has a better TTK unless they spin up which isn't the most reliable and movement being invaluable at high level play makes them impractical in something like Trials. Personally I'd say that Quicksilver Storm was the best exotic AR pre lightfall and still is post.
True, his ranking really didn't seem to correlate with the qualities of the guns, more like just how much he liked the gun.
Which is fine, but it just feels like odd juxtaposed the way he presented it.
Same with Symmetry. i cannot tell you how many times ive been in Crucible and been clapped by it :'( Symmetry in the right hands is deadly asf!
Few things to note, if anyone wants to try out any new exotic weapons!
-Scavenger mods actually work again in crucible, so trace rifles are a bit more viable.
-Cryosthesia's freezing shot has virtually infinite range, I tend to pair it with a quickdraw ALH sniper to get a quick cleanup if an opponent is out of range
-When using cerberus, don't think of it as a shotgun and aim center-mass. I've found much more success if you simply aim for the head.
-The coldheart exotic perk actually procs on titan barricades, leading you to absolutely melt the titan behind it. The fact that it's a special weapon also means bonus damage against the barricade as well.
-Symmetry works insanely well with solar warlock with heat rises. With the easy radiant proc, the damage is boosted to a 4 shot headshot. With heat rises, you could get headshots fairly easily.
-Ruinous effigy synergizes scarily well with blink. The thing with Ruinous is that it forces you to learn how to position yourself in a match, it's a great gun to make you learn how to use cover and the third-person mode to your advantage. My favorite build currently is a voidwalker astrocyte verse build, and I haven't cackled harder in my life when I give my opponents the taste of my lean-flavored powerbomb after immediately materializing thirty feet above them. 10/10.
Hope this helps! Take care!
Yeah idk. Some of these are agreeable but a lot of high skill cealing weapons got a low score just bcz skill issue i guess. Symmetry and fighting lion stick out like a sore thumb. P lance too cuz my man doesn't know it 2 shots after a kill with radiant lmao
scavs already gone😔
I agree w/ the Cerberus +1 part bc it is true, and the spread was and has never been random.
I’m so happy you actually put them in tiers adding in controller vs m/k. No one else does this?!
I’d like to contest Coldheart; it might not seem too interesting, but when compared with traces that DON’T increase damage over time, that actually makes all the difference in TTK/forgiveness. If you encounter multiple enemies, it’ll hit max damage after the first kill and all following enemies will be instantly deleted. I’ve found extreme success using Coldheart lately.
It’s also capable of eliminating Well of Radiance players if you’re lucky and you have the ammo for it, which isn’t hard post-Lightfall. (edit: they patched the ammo and I’m devastated)
It’s also just really cool lol. Other trace rifles exist, but none of them match its feel. So maybe I’m a little biased.
edit: wtf, how is Malfeasance above it?! This is a travesty!
As a well main, even in PvP, I was surprised when someone with coldheart just vaporized me while in my well once. I've since leaned to give it some more respect.
I agree
Even if it didn’t make a difference, it deserves to be much higher than the E tier. I’d put it C, as I’d use it over many of the weapons in there such as arbalest
Yes!!! thank you, as someone with more then 4,000 pvp kills on my coldheart the ttk bump makes all the difference in gunfights against good opponents. It does have a steep learning curve so I guess for tier lists where they just play 2 games with the gun it can be hard to see it's potential.
Agreed coldheart shreds
something i never hear mentioned about monarque is the overload slowing ability regen
Glad you differentiated between M&K and Controller for Crimson. I am a controller player and LOVE crimson especially with full auto now part of the controls option. Crazy strong and can go on long runs but for M&K its not a good choice
I've played with you previously and just wanted to say your video is very informative!
If you are like me and only care about the S-Tiers here is all their timestamps.
Ace - 0:00
Dead Mans Tale - 7:05
Hierarchy of Needs - 14:21
No Time - 20:09
Tarrabah - 28:23
Chaperon - 29:33
Last Word (Controller) - 31:44
Thanks dude, that vid helped a lot. I was torn between Bad Juju and Ace of Spades.
I actually have my own disagreements about the placings of weapons personally and feel that Duality just eats Chaperone now in terms of both ease of use and stats overall. 1 Reload Speed is lower than 30 BUT duality reloads all at once meaning its automatically better for reloading. Duality is the king of range and versatility being that Chaperone barely has any range over it.
I'll agree that Duality is more versatile, but Chaperone is still a far superior slug in my opinion. More aim assist, more range, and when roadborn is active, more handling.
@@ShadowDestiny2 They both do have high handling and can use subclasses or classes to max it out. As for Range stat, yeah only by 45in which Chaperone's range without Roadborn is that of a legendary slug. Aim Assistance wise....Chaperone does beat it by 5. If you do get Duality's exotic perk going though with the ammo....Duality will map better than Chaperone due to it increasing damage by 55% in PvP iirc at 5 stacks.
But I will say...I've tried using Chaperone and it just didn't go well. Meanwhile with Heritage (non-HFG roll), I was able to map people with it and land far more consistent kills than Chaperone. Chaperone just feels oof to be honest in my humble opinion. I don't know what its catalyst would be though.
@@ShadowDestiny2chaperone fell hard, now it's a good slug shotgun, but duality it's the definitive shotgun, without a kill it's already the best at both
And Jotunn is OP af
@@justinhaynes917 really not
I have yet to see a tier list where people put any respect on Skyburner, it’s a high impact scout with 90 aim assist and EP, the thing can’t miss heads and flinches to high hell. On long range maps it’s easily at least A tier
I know! It’s got a faster ttk at base then any hand cannon and twice the range! You can also launch the hipfire shots around corners and have wall hacks for a short time
Victory or death!
Plus it sounds like a cannon
Great production dude. Wishing you the best in your Content Creation.
appreciate it man :)
Thank you for putting this together very helpful.
You're very welcome!
Just discovered this which means more shadow destiny vids lets go!!! Ill make sure to save this vid for future reference
really appreciate that man! thank you
Thought you just updated the channel then I saw the sun count. Can’t wait to see what you make on the second channel
Wonderful video g can only must of take a long time yo make big up u self gg
With the new updated catalyst, Traveler’s Chosen is even better. I’ve been using it for a while now, and it’s my favorite weapon for PvP. It effectively rewards me for playing the way I love to play, which is more gunplay focused instead of ability focused.
Way back in D1, Telesto caught the whole crucible off-guard for about a day, lol.
No one who hadn't gotten/used it seemed to know the shots stuck, so I had about a dozen rounds where I didn't even need to aim, I'd just "miss" my shots near someone taking cover, and the delayed explosion would get them for me.
Then everyone figured it out and it became almost entirely useless overnight.
Solid list I remember the early days of trespasser in D1 that thing melted lol
Great video as always i still watch alot of you crucible videos to get better. Only thing I diaagree with is where you put jade rabbit i take it over dead mans tale any day.
For the Class Specific Glaives, if you DO want to make their Alt. Fire more usable, run it with Lucent Blade.
A little weird interaction that I discovered about Le monarche poison arrows. If fully charged, you can shoot it at a hydra's shield and still poison it. Just in case no one knows yet
I just found time to finish watching this. Very helpful video especially for a guardian pretty new to pvp like me
Glad it helped!
On Traveler's Chosen: With the Catalyst, it also has Osmosis and Surplus. Surplus on top of Gift of the Traveler means you basically have max weapon stats across the board at just about all times.
Loved how you ranked the Bastion, s you explain how bad it is, you were popping off w it. Hmm
Having the newest ornament for crimson and having fov of 95. Crimson has been such a fun weapon to use, im on m&k btw. Newest ornament makes everything visible, including the reticle dot when aiming down sights. 😊
I'm pretty new to D2 and I just learned about how good Ace of Spades is. Thanks
I didn't know about The Chaperone either. Imma try it today
I use the crimson for so long now it was my first exotic and I love it both on vanguard and pvp
You forgot to mention that with the right grenade, you can damage yourself with arc and activate the superconductor.
9:43 I just know your heart rate skyrocketed
for crimson if you have the green ornament it fixes the recoil hiding what you're shooting at
Crazy quality for the new account. Thumbs up for building big account
I can say with complete honesty, that I agree with every single ranking on this list... except one.
Wish Ender is an A+ without a doubt. Paired with a Hunter using Oathkeepers it is literally infinite ESP and information for the team. In 3v3 this has been my go-to weapon since its release. The information alone is a major edge over any other weapon in the game, but it also 1 Shots to the head when an enemy has lost at least 30% of their shield, making it an excellent follow up weapon and even first engage as it leaves them with 25% health max. Easy kills for your teammates who know exactly where they are and what they're doing thanks to you being able to see through walls. Personally, I'd put it in S tier, but only on a Hunter with Oathkeepers. Every other class is A+ ❤️
I disagree w/ Cerberus +1 bc of the misinformation. Its' spread isn't random it rotates around the center bullet so if you aim for the head it will just kill faster bc of the extra bullets damage that hits as it rotates around
I’d like to see more dedicated sniper videos, seeing you hit those snipes is always amazing
if snipers become more popular in the future I may make an updated ultimate sniper guide :) What other types of sniper videos would you be interested in?
@@ShadowDestiny2 anything man, new sniper reviews, best obtainable snipers now that beloved is unobtainable right now. Anything sniper related, I love them. Also the ammo economy is much better now
Great vid! Keep it up. +1 sub
Appreciate it!
I miss the old DMT exotic perk of damage increase based off headshot or crit hits. That with 4th times or subsistence was so good in PVE.
Devil’s ruin has helped me a lot on legend difficulty for the light fall campaign.
Me seeing this new channel: this is getting out of hand! Now there are two of them!
Shadow talking about the Business: “when you run out of ammo”
Actium War Rig: 😏
Love the bow lemon arc
where have I heard this voice before... 🥸
Crimson does some nice flinch, so I use it against snipers if the range map is small enough.
I have been absolutely slapping with the Quicksilver in Iron Banner. Where you don't get the nades too. S Tier for me. I also got the catalyst while doing it. Since it works with the nades it doesn't help for IB but I'm still happy.
Hopefully this channel takes off like your other one, great work as usual.
I hope so too! Appreciate the support
Official second channel or testing the destiny algorithm on youtube ?
Either way I'm here for it
official 2nd channel! Will be posting here regularly going forward
@@ShadowDestiny2 Aight cool! always like watching your content as I grind on destiny
thank you
Fire blind around the corners with the striga or thorn with the necrotic grips and the low posion damage mostly fixes itself especially if the enemy team is bunched up
I'd like to make a note about Bastion since one was made about Arbalest: Bastion, like The Arbalest, used to be a bit of a problem child when it launched, you were capable of killing three Max Resilience Guardians from outside Mindbender's Range (or damn near close) with each trigger pull. You could even take out Supers without a problem, it was that strong. Then Bungie nerfed it because they brought Trials back and it was a problem in Trials.
I missed getting that scout/pulse exotic and was hoping they’d put it in vault or xur by now. Feels bad.
Tractor Cannon was so fun to use when it one shot people back then, watching there body fly into a wall
I love that divinity is so slept on lol
Wait a second I just realized One Thousand Voices isn't in here lmao also I loved the video! My favorite gun has been the Ace of Spades ever since I got it, and I always use the Jade Rabbit when I invade in Gambit
Big love for giving my beloved cloudstrike the respect it deserves!
The new target lock perk has made auto rifles so enjoyable:)
tbh, you trailer was a solid 8/10
I usually use the hunter glaive in gambit, it's a whole lot easier to get kills with it as an invader or to kill invaders, and it doesn't cost heavy ammo
Absolutely spot on I'd maybe swap Malfeasance with Lorenz(personal preference), also bring back the hipfire tracking for skyburners
Thank you :D
21:27 atm yes, but not too long ago Bad Juju had that as well, but it got fixed due to it making B.J feel weird with that recoil, idk why it worked for Outbreak
different archetypes of AR. One resulted in net positive effects, one net negative
The prometheus lense was so fun to use when it first came out.
Lazer tag baby... I still think bungo should have made that a game mode
while i was grinding nightmare containments at the end of last season, i was changing my exotic weapon every wave. Made for a fun time to just shut my brain off and enjoy goofy weapons. Bad juju really clicked with me. I was glad it got a new skin, and that bundled shader is god-tier. Bought it day one. I've been using it in quickplay and its pretty fun. The reload on kills offsets the smaller mag size. Its fun to not use the most meta build 24/7
I love this approach! I think people need to experiment more, it's so refreshing
If you buy sunshot’s silver skin the visibility issue goes away. Can also use dust sometimes.
In the recent ib monte absolutely helped wiped entire groups on the control points
When facing sentinel titans,bastion will chew through their barricade and life in one burst. It's my favorite weapon when facing titans crutching void shield.
The anxiety in the duality clip with the thundercrash just flying past was intense
Lmao that was hilarious
I remember when I first started playing Destiny and had gotten the Eriana’s. That was deadass my favorite weapon and I would go into Crucible terrorizing lobbies with it. If anybody was already shot even just once, all it took was one shot from me to finish them off. 😂
As a titan main, I never run out of ammo in the sweet business, action goes crazy :)
Great video and tier list
Thanks!
Great video but, Where is Sleeper Simulant?
Damn I got to this channel early
I’m literally so happy that multiple people keep sleeping on Sky Burners Oath!
when you said the lorentz has the coolest sound design in the game i was really hoping you’d show off some sound bytes
wavesplitter is slept on with the right void build
can you show the void hunter build you were using in the clips?
Id like to see this person's PVE list, the thing is even if you disagree its education since he explains the weapons well, pros and cons, and the perks.
Levy's Breath is underrated as well. It's basically two easy kills if you get your hands on heavy ammo.
Mida c tier is mental, such an underrated weapon for pvp once mastered
Btw Cerberus +1's spread was never random, it has a consistent spread. The 3 extra bullets spread rotates as you hold the trigger. If you aim for the head every other bullet at around 25m and below will hit as extra damage.
Also you not supposed to use it like a rifle, its more akin to a shotgun.
@@mephistoshel1256 But you can roughly use it like one
Yeah. While it's not the best, nor most accurate weapon, it's a lot better than people give it credit for. It's the epitome of what the term 'Exotic' should mean. It has traits that are unique to that weapon you have to learn to use for certain situations.
Also drive Titan's nuts by knocking their shields down a couple of seconds after they put it up.
Tarrabah definitely is over powered. 2 kills to get the perk is insane
Quicksilver has been an amazing gun for me. I've gone from neg KDA to positive using it.
Great video, will we get a PVE list too?
perhaps in the future! Thanks for watching :)
Excellent analysis and very informative. Subbed and can't wait for more of your content. You plan of ranking exotic armor or legendary weapons?
I’ve been flawless so many times because of Cerberus it’s my favorite gun for pvp and pve
Just remembered that hierarchy of needs had a hidden perk on it where destroying a warmind cell would make a giant ring like 3x bigger than normal and now it's gone
lol yup
Holy...watching this during Season of the Wish in January 2024 is wild. Some of these are definitely in need of a review.
good thing my next video is exactly that ;)
For sweet bossiness use the war rig for almost infinite ammo and never have to reload I just walk around the map holding down shoot cus it takes like 70 seconds to run out of ammo
Certainly not 70 seconds haha. But you’re right that is a great exotic pairing
Ive got over 20,000 kills with my Trinity Ghoul. I just discovered the pure joy that is hand cannons. I have the Sunshot and have over 3500 kills with it in just 2 weeks of using it.
This is the video every new player needs
Also do a armor piece tier list pls
Say what about Sky Burner’s Oath? Great weapon but mainly for PVE. Still it doesn’t let me down in PVP.
FYI, grav lance is getting a buff in a week or so that will increase its RPM and make the damage gap between the two shots smaller, making it far not forgiving.
it is?
@@ShadowDestiny2 yup! I believe you can find it on bungies TWAB from last work or the week prior
I'm glad my man Borealis is finally getting some good recognition lol
16:28 actually, Le Monarque isn’t really a Light-weight Frame, it’s a Precision Frame
now me personally I'm a PvE player mainly but I do dabble in PvP and my main for both is ace for two reasons, to respect Cayde and because its just a really good gun overall so seeing it in S tier makes me happy.
5:39 (crimson) I play keyboard and mouse with 105 fov and while the recoil does cover up targets, I got used to it and could hit like half precision shots when PvE i dont doo too much PvP tho so i recommend trying it and see for yourself.
A few months ago there was a skin for crimson in eververse, which didn't hide the red dot, so you could aim normally even at highest fov. Fov decreasing below 85-95 also shows red dot in aim.