In Destiny 2 Renegades, there are dozens (or even hundreds) of weapons. They all are different and have their strong and weak points, which are meant to make the game well-balanced. However, there are always so-called meta weapons, which excel due to their top-tier performance and versatility.
Best PvP Weapons for Warlocks (Top-3)
Cloudstrike: Top-tier Exotic SR
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| What Makes it a Meta Weapon? | The Cloudstrike is a top-tier weapon in both PvE and PvP due to its powerful Exotic perks, such as Mortal Polarity and Stormbringer. These perks generate lightning bolts at the target’s location and create a lightning storm at the point of impact, respectively. Additionally, the Triple Tap perk, which is obtained through the catalyst, further enhances the weapon’s effectiveness by providing extra ammo on rapid precision hits. |
| How to Get it? | To get the Cloudstrike, you’ll need to own the Beyond Light DLC and follow these steps:
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The Immortal: Aggressive SMG
| Weapon Name: | The Immortal |
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| Archetype: | Aggressive |
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| What Makes it a Meta Weapon? | The Immortal is known for its impressive perks, such as Rangefinder in the third column, which increases its range, and damage-enhancing perks like Target Lock or Kill Clip in the fourth column.
The Immortal SMG has a god roll that is particularly effective in PvP, making it a popular choice among players. Its short time-to-kill (TTK) and great perk combinations make it a powerful weapon in the Crucible. Its Strand damage makes it unique, as it is one of the few SMGs that deals this type of damage, sitting in the Kinetic slot. |
| How to Get it? | It can be obtained exclusively from playing Trials of Osiris on the weekends. Once you acquire your first roll, you can focus it using extra Trials engrams. To unlock it, you can either get lucky with a random drop or reach rank 10 with Saint-14. An Adept version of The Immortal is occasionally available, which requires going flawless or getting 7 wins on your Trials card and then trading the card in at Saint-14. |
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Conditional Finality: A Meta Shotgun
| Weapon Name: | Conditional Finality |
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| What Makes it a Meta Weapon? | Conditional Finality is a versatile Exotic shotgun that can deal both Stasis and Solar damage. Its unique perks, Paracausal Pellets and Split Decision, allow it to freeze or ignite targets, making it a great choice for both PvE and PvP.
In PvE, it has Champion-stunning capabilities and high potential damage, while in PvP, it has great handling, a solid one-hit kill range, and can take down supers with its Freeze-Ignite effect. |
| How to Get it? | It can only drop from the final boss of the Root of Nightmare raid. It is estimated to have a base drop rate of around 5%, but completing Triumphs can increase the drop rate. |
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Best PvP Weapons for Titans (Top-4)
High Tyrant (Pulse Rifle)
| Weapon Name: | High Tyrant |
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| Archetype: | Balanced Heat Weapon |
| Rarity: | Legendary |
| What Makes it a Meta Weapon? | High Tyrant is currently the only Pulse Rifle in the “Balanced Heat” archetype. It is famous for having some of the best Void synergy perks in the game.
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| How to Get it? | You can get High Tyrant by completing encounters in the Equilibrium Dungeon. It is part of the regular loot table for the dungeon’s encounters, including the Harvester, Harrow, and Dredgen Sere fights. |
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Matador 64 (Shotgun)
| Weapon Name: | Matador 64 |
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| Archetype: | Precision |
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| What Makes it a Meta Weapon? | The Matador 64 is a powerful shotgun in Destiny 2 Renegades, particularly in the Crucible (PvP). It is an Arc Precision Frame Shotgun with a small but impressive perk package that makes it a desirable addition to any PvPer’s loadout. Its Precision Frame causes pellets to be fired in an oval shape, which is roughly the entire outline of a guardian at the right range, making it extremely effective in PvP. |
| How to Get it? | To get it, you need to venture into the Grasp of Avarice dungeon, which is available for those who purchased the 30th Anniversary Pack. |
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The Other Half (Sword)
| Weapon Name: | The Other Half |
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| Archetype: | Adaptive |
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| What Makes it a Meta Weapon? | The Other Half is a unique adaptive sword with the ability to boost damage, handling, and reloading during a fight. What makes this sword stand out is its exclusive perks and its rarity, making it a sought-after item among players. Unlike other swords, The Other Half’s god rolls focus on maximizing ammo rather than damage, with Enduring Blade being a top option. |
| How to Get it? | To obtain The Other Half, players can follow these steps:
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Igneous Hammer (Hand Cannon)
| Weapon Name: | Igneous Hammer |
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| Archetype: | Aggressive |
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| What Makes it a Meta Weapon? | Igneous Hammer is a highly regarded Hand Cannon, particularly in PvP. It is an Aggressive Framed Hand Cannon with high base stats, making it a popular choice among players. The weapon was first introduced in Season of the Chosen and quickly became a fan-favorite due to its power and effectiveness.
The weapon’s perks contribute to its popularity, with options like Rapid Hit, Quickdraw, and Rampage providing significant advantages in battle. Its high damage output, combined with these perks, allows for optimal TTK, especially against overshielded Guardians. Igneous Hammer’s range and aim assist also make it a headshot magnet, further enhancing its effectiveness. |
| How to Get it? | Igneous Hammer is a Trials of Osiris exclusive weapon. The Adept version is only available through completing a flawless card and reaching the Lighthouse. Once either version is acquired, you can focus more drops at Saint-14, but keep in mind that you can only focus the Adept version the weekend it is available. |
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Best PvP Weapons for Hunters (Top-3)
Ace of Spades: Hand cannon with great range and TTK
| Weapon Name: | Ace of Spades |
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| What Makes it a Meta Weapon? | The Ace of Spades is a powerful Exotic hand cannon. It is considered one of the best Exotic Primary weapons in the game, especially for PvP. Ace of Spades has excellent base stats and some of the best perks, such as Momento Mori, which is like Kill Clip on steroids and the ability to see your radar while zoomed in. |
| How to Get it? | To obtain the Ace of Spades, you need to acquire the Exotic Quest “The Last Word” from Banshee-44 in the Tower. After completing the questline, you will be rewarded with the Ace of Spades. |
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Osteo Striga SMG
| Weapon Name: | Osteo Striga |
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| What Makes it a Meta Weapon? | The Osteo Striga is a powerful and easy-to-use Exotic Submachine Gun in Destiny 2. Its unique perks, Screaming Swarm and Toxic Overload, allow it to fire toxic projectiles that track enemies and poison nearby targets upon landing final blows or precision hits. The weapon is enjoyable to use and has a high ranking due to its unique features.
It is craftable, allowing players to customize it to their liking and secure a god roll. Its ad-clear potential, ease of use, and fun factor make it the best SMG currently in the game, with a rating of S-tier for PvE and A-tier for PvP. |
| How to Get it? | To acquire the Osteo Striga, players must complete The Witch Queen campaign and have the required resources (7 Resonant Alloy, 15,000 Glimmer, 2,375 Resonant Elements, and 1 Ascendant Alloy) to craft it at the Enclave. |
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Divinity (Trace Rifle)
| Weapon Name: | Divinity |
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| What Makes it a Meta Weapon? | Divinity has unique properties and usefulness in various PvE activities. It is a trace rifle that can debuff enemies, making them more vulnerable to damage from other players. This effect is particularly beneficial in high-level content such as raids and Nightfalls. Divinity’s exotic perk, “Judgment,” creates a persistent area-of-effect damage field and marks enemies hit, making them more susceptible to incoming damage.
Divinity has access to Overload Rounds, which are useful for taking down powerful enemies quickly. Divinity’s ability to weaken enemies and provide a damage bonus makes it a valuable addition to any Destiny 2 player’s arsenal. |
| How to Get it? | The weapon can be obtained by completing the Divine Fragmentation questline, which involves completing various tasks and puzzles in the Garden of Salvation raid. |
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Best PvE Weapons for Warlocks (Top-4)
Witherhoard (Grenade Launcher)
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| What Makes it a Meta Weapon? | Witherhoard is an exceptional exotic grenade launcher, highly regarded for its versatility and effectiveness in various game modes. Its unique perks, Primeval’s Torment and Break the Bank, allow it to inflict damage over time and spread blight to nearby areas, making it a valuable tool for crowd control and sustained damage.
The weapon’s catalyst significantly boosts its handling and provides an auto-loading holster effect, further enhancing its utility. Due to these attributes, Witherhoard has earned a top-tier rating in both PvE and PvP content. |
| How to Get it? | The Witherhoard is available in “The Monument to Lost Lights” in The Tower. |
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VS Velocity Baton (Grenade Launcher)
| Weapon Name: | VS Velocity Baton |
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| What Makes it a Meta Weapon? | VS Velocity Baton has become a top-tier choice for endgame PvE content, and here is why:
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| How to Get it? | VS Velocity Baton is obtained from the Vesper‘s Host dungeon, which was introduced in Episode: Revenant. Here is how to get it:
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Forbearance (Grenade Launcher)
| Weapon Name: | Forbearance |
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| Archetype: | Wave Frame |
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| What Makes it a Meta Weapon? | Forbearance is one of the best weapons in PvE due to its powerful perks. The BRAVE variant is especially noteworthy, offering Demolitionist, which is unique to this weapon and enhances builds involving grenades. This perk, along with others, allows Forbearance to excel in add-clearing, making it a must-have for serious PvE players.
In terms of specific perks, Demolitionist is recommended for the first perk slot, while Chain Reaction or One for All can be chosen for the second slot. |
| How to Get it? | It is acquired from the final two encounters in the Vow of the Disciple Raid or can be crafted once five Deepsight versions have been obtained. |
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Wish-Ender (Bow)
| Weapon Name: | Wish-Ender |
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| What Makes it a Meta Weapon? | Wish-Ender is a top-tier Exotic bow in Destiny 2 Renegades, known for its unique perks that make it a powerful choice for PvE and PvP activities.
Its primary perk, Queen’s Wrath, allows you to see enemies through walls when aiming down sights with a fully drawn bow, which is incredibly useful for planning your next move. Additionally, Wish-Ender’s arrows can pierce through enemies and shields, making it especially effective against Barrier Champions, which are common in endgame content like Grandmaster Nightfalls and raids. This ability to instantly stun Barrier Champions with one shot is a game-changer in hardcore encounters. Moreover, the bow’s Broadhead perk enables arrows to over-penetrate, hitting multiple targets in a single shot. It gives it this combat bow the potential for high damage against groups of enemies. Overall, Wish-Ender is considered an S-tier for PvE due to its utility and damage, and while it might be less dominant in PvP, it still offers strong performance. |
| How to Get it? | It can be obtained by completing the Starcrossed Exotic mission on the weekly rotation. |
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Best PvE Weapons for Titans (Top-6)
Hezen Vengeance (Rocket Launcher)
| Weapon Name: | Hezen Vengeance |
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| What Makes it a Meta Weapon? | Hezen Vengeance is an Aggressive Frame Solar rocket launcher. With its reprised perk pool and the new Timelost Magazine origin trait, it has quickly become the best rocket launcher in all of Destiny 2 for PvE damage.
The reason it stands out is the perfect synergy between its new origin trait and its perk pool. Timelost Magazine doubles the magazine size immediately after you use your Super, letting you fire two rockets in quick succession. This alone is huge, but it also interacts beautifully with Hezen Vengeance’s main perk. The community consensus for PvE is that the best-in-slot perk combination is Envious Arsenal and Bait and Switch. Envious Arsenal is the key – it automatically refills the rocket launcher’s magazine after you deal damage with your other two weapons. This reload pairs perfectly with Bait and Switch, which provides a whopping 30% damage bonus for the same weapon-swapping rotation. This allows you to complete entire damage phases without ever manually reloading. |
| How to Get it? | To get your hands on a god roll Hezen Vengeance, you’ll need to run the Vault of Glass (VoG) raid. It’s a craftable weapon, and there are a few reliable paths to get the patterns, as well as a more powerful Timelost (Adept) version for endgame players. |
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Cold Comfort (Rocket Launcher)
| Weapon Name: | Cold Comfort |
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| What Makes it a Meta Weapon? | It is a highly sought-after Rocket Launcher in Destiny 2 due to its impressive perks and unique origin trait. It can fire up to 4 rockets in a row with the correct perks, making it a potent damage dealer. The Restoration Ritual origin trait reloads the magazine to double its capacity (2 rockets in the case of Cold Comfort) when executing a finisher on an enemy or reviving a teammate, significantly improving its DPS. |
| How to Get it? | To obtain the Cold Comfort Rocket Launcher, players need to complete encounters in the Ghost of the Deep Dungeon, which is available with the Dungeon Pass released alongside the Lightfall Expansion. |
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Yeartide Apex (Submachine Gun)
| Weapon Name: | Yeartide Apex |
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| Archetype: | Lightweight (900 RPM) |
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| What Makes it a Meta Weapon? | Yeartide Apex is a Solar Lightweight SMG firing at 900 RPM, putting it in the same blistering archetype as Multimach CCX and Out of Bounds. Its true strength lies in its Tex Mechanica chassis, which gives it excellent base handling and a unique lever-action reload animation that is both stylish and functional.
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| How to Get it? | Yeartide Apex is a Solstice event weapon, so it is only available for a limited time each year. During the event, it can drop from any Portal activity that rewards a Distorted Solstice Engram. You can also focus Engrams directly into the weapon from the Solstice event screen in the Tower using Event Tokens. Since it’s an event drop, you may need to run multiple activities to get the specific roll (and the high-tier Holofoil version) you are after. |
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Calus Mini-Tool SMG
| Weapon Name: | CALUS Mini-Tool |
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| What Makes it a Meta Weapon? | The Calus Mini-Tool in Destiny 2 is a highly regarded Solar damage Submachine Gun that utilizes Primary Ammo. It boasts impressive Stability and Handling stats, making it a reliable and efficient weapon in various combat situations.
The weapon’s appeal lies in its unique perks, such as Incandescent, which synergizes well with Solar 3.0 rework. It has a PvE-focused god roll with the Incandescent perk, which causes enemies to explode when defeated, igniting them and nearby targets. The PvP god roll features Moving Target and Tap the Trigger perks, enhancing target acquisition and stability while firing from the hip. |
| How to Get it? | To get the CALUS Mini-Tool, you can farm the Presage Exotic mission on any difficulty setting, which is part of the Exotic Mission Rotator. It is craftable after finding 5 red border versions. Farming this weapon requires ownership of either the Beyond Light DLC or Season of the Chosen. |
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Perfect Paradox (Shotgun)
| Weapon Name: | Perfect Paradox |
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| What Makes it a Meta Weapon? | Perfect Paradox is a Rapid-Fire Kinetic shotgun originally from Season of Dawn, reprised in Episode Echoes with a refreshed perk pool and the origin trait Cast No Shadows. In PvE, it is a top-tier choice for close-range melee builds. The combination of Pugilist (melee energy on final blows) with One-Two Punch (massive melee damage after landing all pellets) or Trench Barrel (shotgun damage boost after a melee hit) creates a perfect loop: punch, shoot, get melee energy back, repeat. Its Rapid-Fire Frame gives it high uptime and deep reserves, and Cast No Shadows refills the magazine when you deal melee damage, so you almost never need to reload. This makes it excellent for Titans with Wormgod Caress or Synthoceps, or any class running a melee-focused build in dungeons, raids, and Grandmaster Nightfalls.
In PvP, Perfect Paradox is less dominant than slugs or aggressive frames, but it can still shine with the right roll. Slideshot and Opening Shot push out its one-hit kill range, and its high handling makes it snappy. It’s a solid choice for aggressive players who prefer a fast-firing cleanup shotgun in Crucible or Trials of Osiris. While not the absolute meta, it’s a consistent and fun option. |
| How to Get it? | To get your first Perfect Paradox, you need to complete the Episode: Echoes Act 2 story quest. After finishing the story, the weapon is added to the general loot pool. From there, you can get it as a random drop from any Echoes activity, including Breach Executable, Enigma Protocol, and the Nessus Battlegrounds playlist. Once you‘ve unlocked it, you can visit Failsafe in the H.E.L.M. to focus Echo Engrams into specific Perfect Paradox rolls for 4 Engrams and 3,000 Glimmer. |
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Nessa’s Oblation (Shotgun)
| Weapon Name: | Nessa’s Oblation |
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| Archetype: | Pinpoint Slug |
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| What Makes it a Meta Weapon? | Nessa’s Oblation is a new Void Slug Shotgun from the Root of Nightmares raid. It appears to be a good replacement for the popular First In, Last Out (which is difficult to farm) and is potent for both DPS and its versatility in Slug shotguns.
This weapon is known to be quite effective in PvE but not really in PvP. The best rolls for PvE are Fourth Time’s the Charm in the perk slot and Focused Fury due to its auto-loading features. For PvP, you can go with Opening Shot and Demolitionist perks, along with Smallbore barrels and Assault Mag for your magazine. The Fluted Barrel barrel and Accurised Rounds or Assault Mag magazine are suggested for better accuracy and higher damage per minute. |
| How to Get it? | To get Nessa’s Oblation, players need to farm the Root of Nightmares raid and complete the weekly Deepsighted chest puzzle for a higher chance of obtaining the weapon. |
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Best PvE Weapons for Hunters (Top-3)
Whisper of the Worm (Sniper Rifle)
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| What Makes it a Meta Weapon? | Whisper of the Worm has high total damage and competitive numbers across the board, making it an easy-to-use DPS weapon that does not require any rotations or strategies to succeed. Its Exotic perk, White Nail, allows for higher base precision damage and the ability to refill the magazine by rapidly landing three precision hits. |
| How to Get it? | You can acquire Whisper of the Worm by completing The Whisper Exotic Mission on any difficulty setting. The Whisper will become part of the Exotic Mission Rotator, free to all players. |
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Deathbringer (Rocket Launcher)
| Weapon Name: | Deathbringer |
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| What Makes it a Meta Weapon? | The Deathbringer is favored for its damage in both PvE and PvP due to its unique ability to shoot a Void orb that can destroy enemies or objects.
The Deathbringer is useful for invading or invaders in Gambit as you can fire it in safety and still cause damage. In PvP, its effectiveness in hard angles is notable, allowing for more efficient shooting compared to guns. However, the Deathbringer’s DPS potential may not be fully realized without the appropriate catalyst. The catalyst for its additional stats and perks can be obtained through defeating targets with it. |
| How to Get it? | This weapon is acquired by completing the Shadowkeep campaign, speaking with Eris Morn, and finishing the Memory of Sai Mota quest. |
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Leviathan’s Breath (Bow)
| Weapon Name: | Leviathan’s Breath |
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| What Makes it a Meta Weapon? | Leviathan’s Breath is a powerful exotic bow that offers unique advantages. It is a heavy weapon that consumes heavy ammo, capable of dealing massive damage to boss enemies and often being fatal to lesser enemies and PvP opponents. The Leviathan’s Sigh perk provides splash knockback and damage, making it more forgiving.
This weapon is particularly effective in Gambit due to the abundance of heavy ammo, allowing for more tactical and evasive play during invasions. It is useful against unstoppable champions and can stagger them. Although it has limited ammo (only 10 shots) and a slower firing rate compared to other bows, its explosive damage and staggering capabilities make it a valuable tool in various activities. |
| How to Get it? | It can be obtained by following these steps:
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