Top 12 BEST PvP Weapons RANKED! (Destiny 2) 

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“I know many of you think this weapon should be ranked higher” He…. he beat me to it.

12) Darkest Before 13) 11) Igneous Hammer 14) 10) Vex Mythoclast 15) 9). Linear Fusion Rifles (Heavy and Special) 16) 8). Fatebringer (Explosive rounds) and Judgement 17) 7). Messenger (the best pvp pulse) 18) 6). Palindrome (rangefinder, killing wind) 19) 5). Sudden Death (threat detector, elemental capacitor) 20) 4). Multimach + Shayura's Wrath (Kill clip, Model A red scope, Tap the trigger) 21) 3). Eye of Sol (moving target, opening shot) 22) 2). Ace of Spades 23) 1). Chaperone HMs: Last Word, Crimson (esp for controller), Duality

Glad someone else appreciates heavy linear fusions in pvp! A moving target or firmly planted LFR is nutty

You forgot about the all powerful DMT! the infinite range hand cannon’s big brother with a last word built in

i would love to see an updated sniper tier list based on the flinch received on them, aim assist, zoom etc.

I’ve been watching vids like this for about a season trying to improve my 0.8… I now have a 1.6 with 140+ matches this season and have 2 flawless compared to 0 prior I just wanna thank you for these tips

I love eye of sol, but I have an Occluded Finality with opening shot/snapshot and that feels like it has much aim assist as a chappy

Okay. I have a build that I’ve been LOVING recently. It’s more for 6v6 game modes, but it’s still viable in less competitive 3v3: Tarrabah Path of the Burning Steps Sunspots Trust me, the time to kill you can get on this is crazy. I think you can hit upwards of high 90s to low 100s for damage on crits if you set it up perfectly.

Great list! You covered pretty much all my favorites. Depending on the map, I run Messenger/Duality, Eye of Sol/Shayura's, Uzume/Multimach, or Heritage/Darkest Before.

Interesting thoughts, I have darkest before basically destroys any other weapon in a 1v1 between 15-40 meters, but I do think surplus is required for the consistency boost it gives

Main Ingredient probably needs a mention. Range is insane and the roll Xur had a few weeks ago is crazy.

Darkest before, high caliber rounds, stability masterwork, slideshot, elemental capacitor, and void subclass. Amazing stability and great range when you’re sliding and amazing consistency

This is one of the best PvP weapon rankings I've seen recently. I think you are pretty spot on with everything!

I appreciate you putting judgement & fatebringer on a semi-even playing field in the same spot. I love fatebringer & have a good roll on it. but judgement is just aesthetically more pleasing to me and feels way crispier to use imo

Really good video Shadow! I’d say you should have included the thorn tho

Another shotgun that I feel is hugely overlooked is Lord of Wolves. It’s easier to use than slug shotguns but it can BODY people and even supers. It’s biggest flaw is that it isn’t a one shot, so you have to play around that. But it still does a one burst body shot kill, and does so good now with the pellet shotgun nerfs

I feel like hawkmoon is commonly overlooked. It feels a lot easier to 3-tap with on controller than Ace without mori, and I feel like the one-shot, or even two-shot, is easier to get in trials since people tend to dodge away after you hit them twice. I'll usually use it with a sniper since the range isn't as good as Ace, and if I really want to counter shotguns i'll use handheld on novawarp. I'd say hawkmoon with a good random perk like rangefinder or moving target is comparable to palindrome but with the bonus of having a really strong exotic perk.

I definitely think fractethyst and DMT belong on the list over things like darkest before.

I absolutely love the long walk and have been using it all weekend in trials very successfully.

All I've been using for the past couple weeks is the Cartesian coordinate fusion rifle. It's a BEAST with under pressure and high impact rounds combo.

Dire Promise with Rangefinder feels really good. I find myself using it more & more over my God rolled Fatebringer (non timelost). As annoying as they can be, Fusions are also super powerful right now.

You always do such a great job on all your videos shadow! Very concise, while also packed with super valuable info 🖤🎮

I have a multimach with iron reach, model 8 red, accurised rounds and a range masterwork and it SHREDS from so far away

I just got back into destiny 2 when the expansion came out, thank you for catching me up on the new Metas❤️

I really enjoy using Cartesian Coordinate this season, it feels very consistant in middle-close range ❤️

The new stasis shotgun, riiswalker, sojourner’s tale, and found verdict are all also great shotguns. Nothing compares to chaperone though

I'm more of a Long Walk fan for my sniper pick. It sounds good, looks amazing, high impact, very solid perk pool and its in the energy slot so i can pair it with dire, thorn, ace or mulitmach.

I got a multimach with model 6, steady rounds, dynamic sway, and iron reach. It may lack the damage rolls, but it absolutely glues to the head and has 0 recoil. Its one of my favorite dueling weapons because it just doesn't miss.

What about DMT? I know it's a scout rifle but with the catalyst hip-firing is insane. Anway, great vid!

Love my, True Prophecy with opening/explosive. Great for team shooting and peaking. Probably only ranks an honorable mention in this list though.

100% great list! Nailed another one

I have an adept Messenger with Outlaw and Desperado, and I use Adept Range. Love it in PvP and PvE

Chroma rush is probably my favourite weapon in the game, you can get an auto rifle with a 70 round mag, subsistence and rampage or for pvp you can get rampage heating up with acurized rounds.

hey shadow, what program do you use to preview the stats of weapons by selecting from the perk pool, like at 12:15. This would help a bunch as a newer player trying to plan builds for the first time. thanks so much for the tips btw, love your work

DMT felt really good the last two Trials weekends on Cauldron and Bannerfall

Your transition editing is pretty great

The reason why the Ace of Spades has so many amazing traits on it is because it’s a “loaded” or “stacked” hand. Gotta love how Cade-6 liked to “gamble.” Seems like he didn’t leave everything to chance after all 😉

There’s only 1 type of person who scares me in pvp Spectral blades main with a slug shotty

Amazing work! Thank you so much for your effort and simply great videos

Dakest before with Surplus + Full auto is a great pve and pvp gun been loving it.

Peacebond is such good weapon on controller. The gun is an amazing sniper or Lorentz pairing especially when using the harmony perk. With rangefinder and harmony you can do some crazy stuff

Chaperone igneous hammer has been my go to combo for the past.....2-7 hours (lol) and I've been loving it so far

Some honourable mentions imo would be the snipers from the Raids Last Wish, Garden, DSC and VoG, all of them are super good with the right rolls, and I've been blessed with one from each

I LOVE CHAPERONE!!! I have gotten so many elimination team wipes with it!

Personally? I think that the DMT, even after the nerfs is probably tied with the Igneous Hammer. It out-ranges 140s and Pulse Rifles by a mile and still has the hip fire for closer ranges. The only real downside to the weapon is that there aren't too many maps where you can bring that range advantage to bear.

As amazing as Desperado is, my favorite perk on high impact pulses is Headseeker. I usually tend to gravitate towards consistency perks instead of kill activation perks and HS just makes 2 bursting easy and reliable. Anyway, great video as always.

I don't even play D2 anymore but I sat through this whole video just fine bc that's how well-edited the vid is and how calm your voice is. Quality content!

The weapon I haven't seen is traveler's chosen its very underrated and catalyst literally helps alot especially on console. I used it alot this season because it's very close (baroque) drang but better stats.

Not even an honorable mention for DMT? That gun is still #1 on MnK.

Hey another question, which mod impact the most in a Adept Sniper rifle (currently Uzume or Eye of Sol) adept range or adept targetting? It's more like which impact the most, range or aim assistant

Nice work. Helpful video. Thank you

I believe one significant weapon missing here is Dead Man's Tale. Though the hip-fire accuracy and hip-fire range at longer engagements were slightly nerfed, NOTHING else was. In ADS the insane power of DMT is incredible, stacking more damage per crit shot up to x5, at which point it can two-tap most mid-resilience Guardians (or, with Charge of Light/Empowering Rifts/Weapons of Light, two-tap all Guardians). It can roll with various perks but the top three for me in PvP are: - Moving Target (faster movement in ADS and extra 10 aim assist) - Killing Wind (multiple buffs per kill, especially range and handling) - Vorpal (15% extra damage against Supers) The latter is the ultimate PvP perk, but I prefer Killing Wind for overall engagement usage. DMT is a monster in PvP and can punish peek shooting Guardians. Snipers and certain slug shotguns are it's main competition (Chaperone and Duality are difficult to challenge), with Vex also being difficult, but against most other types DMT is Insanely good. No special requirements to activate, just crit shoot and enjoy extra damage that increases per crit shot. When getting pushed at close range it's fairly accurate in hip-fire mode and fires faster up to 150 rpm, giving you a chance to win or trade in a duel. Best weapons to pair are extra long range SMG's, 450 rpm or 491 rpm sidearms, and higher high damage pellet shotguns or opening shot slug shotguns.

I think Sunshot is SUPER underrated. A 150rpm handcannon with explosive payload and dragonfly intrinsically, a 12 mag, almost max handling, good range and stability. It does have very bad visual recoil and no Icarus grip but thats a small price to pay

The way I see vex right now is very similar to the auto rifle meta last year. It has a quick TTK that’s very comfortable and can oppress a lobby if it’s in the right hands. It’s VERY strong and will probably receive some kind of nerf but it will still be good.

I know you mentioned it during the vid but tarrabah shreds at distance and has one of the fastest ttks I’ve seen ever. With a perk that turns it into a 900rpm and triple the damage it destroys shayuras and multimach

"Best weapons for pvp" Bruh, I don't wanna sweat. I do not wish to be the best anymore. I just want to have fun.

Great job, man. Thanks.

Good video dude, I agree with most of your picks!🤙

HI shadow i would like to say that the vex mythoclast has a small charge time in default firing more before the weapon shoots a 0.2 second charge before shooting in default mode just letting you know love the video~♡

Been loving my snapshot dragonfly uzume, not even adept but it’s great

Bro you're a beast omg the clips and feeds I trust everything you say because your gameplay backs it up !!!!

My favourite weapon for PVP and PVE is the exotic einous effigy. Especially the transmutation spheres they spawn

you're insane dude! love the vid

I've been an Eye of Sol main for awhile but I got a God roll Adept Uzume this week and decided to give it a go in trials. Fell in love after just a few games. It's significantly snappier than my Eye of Sol, I prefer kinetic primaries, and the rest feels just as good if not better. Definitely give it a shot if you haven't.

@0:43 those damn smoke grenades 🤦‍♂️ 😆 Love your content dude! Keep up the great work 💯

I got a quickdraw celerity igneous hammer and I love it

Would love to hear your opinion on aggressive frame pulses (so really just sacred provenance) I have both an outlaw/KC and RH/Headseeker roll on SP and both of them just absolutely shred

I'm no fan of adaptive frame snipers like Eye of Sol, so I always prefer aggressive frames for high impact, 1 hitting in the body when using high energy fire on someone. I love my Occluded Finality, Frozen Orbit & Succession. I wish Bungie could make another Tatara Gaze like sniper since it was able to roll snapshot & kill clip.

Shadow, I got a multimach with model 6 loop, steady rounds, threat detector and iron gaze with a stability mw. The one I've been using is the exact same roll except it has quick draw. Which do you think is better? I play on console if that sways your judgment at all

Sacred Provenance with rapid hit and either snapshot or kill clip, depending on what you value more in a gun. Quickly became one of my most-used primaries in the game

Also love your vids you help me improve my pvp skills

Just a question as I do not know the answer but the masterwork for vex grants bonus damage and stability and one other thing whenever a stack is gained for a period of time. Not really sure if that changes it’s ranking or not but I feel it’s worth mentioning

just checked my recent multimach, oh damn I have Killing wind and Kill Clip on it haha never really noticed because i dont use the smgs too often, time to change up my play style lol

Thank you, I’m loving the content and taking notes lol. Can you talk about Arctic Haze? I feel like it’s melting people insanely fast.

shadow please tell me how to get better at aiming and hitting headshots. is there a certain way i should go about aiming? do i need to break the ruler out and measure how tall the player models are so i can position my aim at the head level? any mods i should equip? i use handcannons alot and always fail to get consistent headshots resulting in almost always getting outgunned in a 1v1 even when im slicing the pie because since i fail to get consistant headshots the other teammates of the person im trying to kill rush to their guy's aid and focus fire me before i can retreat to cover. please help i really want to enjoy pvp but dying left and right isnt the way to do it.

Ace is definitely my favorite hc ( only thing it's lacking is icarus ) It can even 2 tap with memento + a charge of light with high energy fire hitting somewhere around 108 dmg per head shot !! What makes it insane is the infinite duration of the memento ( which is essentially a better kill clip imo ) So if you have memento and a charge of light, you could wait the whole game before going for the 2 tap unlike 120s with kill clip ( and even better, ace is a 140 !! )

Couldn’t agree more on the Vex. It’s good. I don’t think it’s as strong as everyone makes it seem though.

What was the website or app that you were using to check roles and stuff, it was shown in the video but I don't know what it is?

I got polygonal rifling, light magazine, moving target and desperado on my messenger and it’s just a work of art

Bite of the fox with snapshot and opening shot. Kills supers, bodies some people with charged with light/high energy fire, has a unique 43 zoom, and I like the scope.

In the current meta, always keep a risk runner on you. I ended up using it non stop in freelance trials this weekend.

great work

Survivors epitaph is a good substitute hc and stars in shadow is the best energy legendary pulse

Glad LFR for pvp getting love. I felt like I was the only one using then since forsaken.

loving the vids, keep up the good work!!

What about the rapid fire frame scouts: (Contingency plan, Servant Leader) both come with kill clip, tunnel vision, no distractions etc. Have great range and handling, the ttk with kill clip active is absolutely daft, and most importantly they are super forgiving/beginner friendly and compliment a variety of other weapons (shottys, my choice of pairing it with a 180 hand cannon for close/mid range) fusions etc… just my thoughts anyhow 🤙

Loved the vid bro. Btw do you play on kbm or controller

Great vid Shadow! As a Chappy main, I agree.

Great video keep up the great content!

Is a Multimach with Kill Clip, Killing Wind, Tactical Mag, and IS2 Classic/ IS5 Circle any good? Seems like good perks but the sight I'm not sure of :/

I like eye of sole but my frozen orbit with opening shot and moving target and it feels so good

Where would you put NTTE? And what about the god roll fusion xur sold a couple weeks ago?

Main ingredient or any good rolled precision fusion rifle as well as dead man's tale

Hey shadow just wanted to tell you that the tranquility moon sniper got snapshot added to it this season. It feels amazing.

Thanks for this vid. As a player just getting into Destiny 2, it's been difficult figuring out the meta, let alone how to get any of the meta weapons. Sounds like I can't get most meta weapons unless I'm max light level in order to get those better drops from raids. One note that would make this video even better would be if you included the name of the gun on the screen when you mention it. Half the time I had no idea what gun you were talking about. But overall, very helpful video. Thank you!

Yep took me 30 runs to get vex...the crazy thing is, that's actually good for me. It's usually 50 lol

My adept messenger is outlaw desperado, but idn haven't used it since the nerf to desperado

pretty spot on would say crimson as a controller player at least is insanely good but you made a good point about your ranking through pc

I was lucky enough to get a REALLY good multimach roll with range t and killclip. It absolutely melts