[Top 5] Destiny 2 Best Hand Cannons for PvP And How To Get Them

Destiny 2 Best Hand Cannons for PvP


A cornucopia of weapons is what Destiny 2 offers a player. The options range from a high rate of fire auto-rifles to power punching hand cannons. The latter are renowned for their ability to one-shot other guardians and the many options you can wield in battle. Many of these weapons also add lore and legend to the game. Players will often see Guardians rushing into war with legendary hand cannons, confident in their death-dealing weapon choice. Here is a list of the top 5 you can charge into battle.

 

5. Midnight Coup

High impact, high rounds per minute, excellent stability, generous magazine size, and impressive aim assistance are all features available. This hand cannon almost has it all; you will be running and gunning this impressive hand cannon as you take down guardian after guardian. An underappreciated feature in PVP combat is the reload speed. This hand cannon is one of the faster fills; it will be hard for your opponents to find you ill-prepared for the encounter.  

Weapon Stats:

  • Impact 80
  • Range 37
  • Stability 46
  • Handling 64
  • Reload Speed 60
  • Rounds Per Minute 150
  • Magazine 12
  • Aim Assistance 90
  • Inventory Size 60
  • Zoom 14
  • Recoil 80
  • Bounce Intensity 20

Weapon Perks

Intrinsic: Lightweight Frame.
Barrel: Smallbore, Corkscrew Rifling, Extended Barrel.
Trait: Rampage, Ambitious Assassin.
Trait: Outlaw.
How to obtain: Leviathan Raid drop.

 

4. Ace of Spades

The renowned Ace of Spades becomes available of a tragic loss; after going through the steps to obtain it are done, you now have in your hands one of the most potent hitting guns, not only that; it can become deadlier. Once you land a kill, you can reload, and the next set of bullets cause even more damage. Firefly trait makes your reload speed faster after a precision kill. Take this Guardian killer to the field and start dominating.

Weapon Stats:

  • Impact 84
  • Range 78
  • Stability 46
  • Handling 46
  • Reload Speed 48
  • Rounds Per Minute 140
  • Magazine 13
  • Aim Assistance 70
  • Inventory Size 56
  • Zoom14
  • Recoil 100
  • Bounce Intensity 0

Perks

Exotic: Memento Mori
Barrel: Corkscrew Rifling
Magazine: High-Caliber Rounds
Grip: Smooth Grip
Trait: Firefly

How to obtain: Exotic quest challenge.

1. Cayde’s Will Finish off the campaign to obtain the mission from Banshee-44

2. Invader Kills Go to the gambit and use a hand cannon to kill invaders.

3. 250 Strike kills with Hand Cannons Banshee-44 will now ask you to do strikes and kill enemies with hand cannons. This is more time consuming than it is difficult.

4. 25 Precision Hand Cannon Kills in Crucible Now banshee wishes you to go to the PVP arenas and obtain headshots 25 to be exact.

5. Cayde’s Caches Now you have to travel around to find Cayde’s caches EDZ, IO, Nessus Cache, Tangled Shore.

6. The Mission Finally, to finish up you need to go to Titan and start a mission and keep an eye out for messages that say a chest is nearby. 

3. Not Forgotten

This reliable work of art is notorious for its accuracy, excellent handling, and range. Sporting a precision frame, extended barrel, and accurized rounds, you will be taking guardians out from a distance with ease. The Magnificent Howl trait makes this a three-shot killer if you are accurate enough. Go ahead and make someone's day with this hand cannon.

Weapon Stats:

  • Impact 80
  • Range 47
  • Stability 61
  • Handling 42
  • Reload Speed 59
  • Rounds Per Minute 150
  • Magazine 10
  • Aim Assistance 79
  • Inventory Size 60
  • Zoom 14
  • Recoil 95
  • Bounce Intensity 5

Perks

Exotic: Precision Frame.
Barrel: Extended Barrel.
Magazine: Accurized Rounds
Trait: Zen Moment
Trait: Magnificent Howl

How to obtain:  Obtain Legend rank in the Crucible

2. Luna's Howl

 A fabled rank hand cannon is well worth the work.  Not Forgotten,  sports many traits that make it a three-shot killer. It excels with its drop mag feature that allows for speed reloads to get up and running as fast as possible. The increased stability allowed by the polygonal rifling helps to keep steady, and landing hit after hit.  

Weapon Stats:

  • Impact 80
  • Range 47
  • Stability 61
  • Handling 42
  • Reload Speed 59
  • Rounds Per Minute 150
  • Magazine 10
  • Aim Assistance 79
  • Inventory Size 60
  • Zoom 14
  • Recoil 95
  • Bounce Intensity 5

Perks

Exotic: Precision Frame.
Barrel: Polygonal Rifling.
Magazine: Drop Mag
Trait: Zen Moment
Trait: Magnificent Howl

How to obtain:  Obtain Fabled rank in the Crucible
 

1.Thorn

 

Then there's Thorn. King up to this point of the PVP. Present since the original Destiny, this hand cannon takes life and revels in the souls it devourers. High impact, excellent handling, exotic traits like Mark of the Devourer, Soul Devourer that drain the energy from your enemy make it quite formidable. The Accurized rounds will help the player to hit targets from afar. . This weapon is an exotic that is worth questing over.

Weapon Stats:

  • Impact 80
  • Range 41
  • Stability 60
  • Handling 68
  • Reload Speed 46
  • Rounds Per Minute 150
  • Magazine 11
  • Aim Assistance 85
  • Inventory Size 60
  • Zoom14
  • Recoil 100
  • Bounce Intensity 0

Perks

Exotic: Mark of the Devourer
Barrel: Corkscrew Rifling
Magazine: Accurized Rounds
Grip: Textured Grip
Trait: Soul Devourer

How to obtain: Multi-step Exotic Quest

1. A Hunk of Metal Load into the EDZ at the Trostland and make your way to the Salt mines, follow the cave until you find the broken elevator, use the transmat beacon there you will be sent to the higher section of the mine. Follow the path until you find the blue shield covering the elevator, follow the road opposite side of the rock, and jump through the cave. Find the pile of bodies in the black crater, interact, and find HUNK OF METAL.

2. The Essence Use Hadronic Essence to restore Thornes power; killing warlocks in the Crucible, finishing Nightfall's, or complete bounties for Asher if you need to find Hadronic Essence.

3. The Steel Use Plasteel Plating; if you need to find some kill Titans in the Crucible, bounties for Sloan, or complete waves of Blind Well.

 

4. The Binding Sapphire Wire to bind the elements together.  Bounties for Ana Bray, Complete escalation Protocol on mars or kill Hunters in Crucible.

 

5. Weaponizing Kill guardians in the Crucible this takes a while, so load up with void weapons and patients.

 

6. Something Yet Remains Thorn has been recreated; head to the Farm talk to Tyra Karn.

 

7.The Chasm of Screams To finish up finish the new version of Savathun’s Song Strike on Titan. Take a fire team to make things easier.

Good Luck.

 

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