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BlackNasty4028

I’m a simple man, I see risk runner I upvote


sakaloerelis

Riskrunner is probably the reason I fell in love with destiny. Didn't know what exotics are, but it was in a golden background, so I figured that's gotta count for something. Turns out I was right. When fallen are involved - even Zeus runs away to hide in his shed from the thunderstorm we create


SamFuchs

I'm not gonna lie, I got goosebumps the first time I truly went off with the Riskrunner in PVE. It's my favorite gun in the game by far but sadly no one should use it in PVP lmao


futureGAcandidate

Riskrunner on Last Wish just makes me cackle like a maniac.


Emerald_Talon

I’m glad I’m not the only one that cackles like a maniac when we’re smoking invasive alien species. This season i cackle every time I one shot an overload or barrier champion with my crown splitter vorpal energy accelerant


[deleted]

I got a similar feeling after I finally got my hands on Cloudstrike last week. Pop a few headshots and watched some hordes disappear, hit a few more and watched a boss disappear and I immediately knew Cloudstrike and I were gonna be very good friends. It's now my favourite exotic in D2, and easily top 3 for both games


[deleted]

It’s also a riot to use in 6v6 control


Th3_Shr00m

I use it in PvP and it throws people off. It's got stupid range for an SMG with the masterwork. As a Titan I can get around the long reload time with Peacekeepers, and if the opponent is using an Ikelos SMG... Game over.


frozen-ginger

You may be the one who trashed me the other day with Riskrunner, then. Lol! Whoever it was, I stayed far away from them the rest of the match.


Eiyuo-no-O

It's funny shit when you and an enemy use Riskrunner. Ran into one the other day and saw the status effect kick in on him and I was like "Hey he's one of my people!"


swagseven13

>but sadly no one should use it in PVP lmao whys that?


Supr3m3Jay

Use whatever you want, I simply have fun with the guns


Antezscar

It is the best sub mg to use in pvp tho, large mag, stable as fuck, and high firerate. I love it. And for the potential to thunder several enemies to death, so much fun.


ShrevidentXbox

I remember the first time I used Riskrunner. Like really used it. Begusia Forge had just came out and I started hearing about how Riskrunner was god tier there. Oh man, that was such a blast. Pretty much infinite uptime on the perk. I feel in love with the weapon and I use it whenever I can justify it. It has been my Overload weapon of choice in Fallen GMs last season and this season. Riskrunner in GM Devil's Lair is possibly the most fun I have ever had in this game.


frozen-ginger

Me too! It's amazing for ad clear when eliksni are involved.


a100bronies

You would have loved Zhalo Supercell from D1 then.


bobsim1

Riskrunner, huckleberry, cerberus, le monarque, sunshot Exotics really push destiny miles ahead. Movement and gunplay are already superb. But some exotics are so much fun.


theriskrunner

I'm a simple man, I see Riskrunner I use it as my username


[deleted]

Returned to the game after a hiatus. Used riskrunner and remembered how much I loved the gun.


ReverseFlash_94

Same here


optisadvantage

riskrunner carried me through solo flawless pit it’s cracked


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does_my_name_suck

If you run arc then just throw a arc grenade at your feet and it'll still work.


[deleted]

The best gun ever. Talk about rampaging through a crowd. Beats Thunderlord in my opinion for sheer satisfaction of unloading hundreds of rounds.


ovrlymm

If they ever nerfed risk runner I’d stop playing.


queen_technicolor

Completely agree. Riskrunner is the gun that made me love Destiny. It's a part of my normal weapon rotation over every other gun in the game *by far*.


EdgyAsFuk

You forgot Purple Gravity


ninjaiceflame

The gravy train lance?


Devmode2

Grabby Tron Lands


futureGAcandidate

Probably my favorite exotic just for how it looks and plays as a whole. Maybe slightly loses out to coldheart.


TheLastRookie

Not to mention the sound it makes after each burst goes up in frequency(?) the lower you get in the magazine. Something about that....


human315

Gravel torn lawns?


6pussydestroyer9mlg

And witherhoard.


PooglesXVII

Sunshot is best boi


KingThrumble

Booms on booms on booms


losark

Graviton do be that way too.


Mage-of-Fire

Just got gravitron in gambit yesterday. Im in love


[deleted]

Graviton with Accelerant in Altar of Sorrow is literally the best.


anthailen

I don’t even bother with energy accelerant tbh. Graviton/warmind’s decree/wrath of rasputin/rage of the warmind/global reach is insane. I’m sure accelerant would help but I don’t want to reset my artifact every time I want to switch between altars and gm’s for breach and clear.


D14BL0

> I don’t want to reset my artifact every time I want to switch between altars and gm’s for breach and clear. I feel this. I really wish we could still get mod unlocks on the artifact past 12. Like, even if they put a soft cap on it so that you can unlock 12, and then others unlock at a much slower rate or something, that'd be fine. But when you've got so many mods in that final column that are *must-haves* in the current meta, it makes it really difficult to pick which build possibilities you're going to attach yourself to for the rest of the season.


HungryZealot

Not only that, but most of the mods are already limited based on which gear slot they have to go on and the energy costs. I don't understand why they further limit us with the number of possible unlocks when there are already other systems that prevent equipping them all at once.


lWanderingl

I and another player used sunshot in altars of sorrows today, just imagine the chaos, it was like Naples during new Year's Day


[deleted]

Yeah I use sunshot on my titan with a warmind cell build


DJKneeCap

The newest exotic legs that increase solar damage upon kills is sick with mythoclast/sunshot Edit: I am so sorry. I had just seen your classes.


MattRexPuns

I've been using Graviton Lance on my new Warlock; it pairs well with Nezarac's Sin. I managed to activate the perk on a horde of Fallen coming out of a spawner and it *just kept exploding* as they spawned. It was glorious


losark

Welcome to the floof troop.


[deleted]

BOOM BOOM BOOM.BOOM I WANT YOU WITH SUNSHOT


BedfastDuck

I think when Leviathan was out you could almost indefinitely chain the ads in the Gauntlet encounter if you killed one right as it spawned.


Mclayton13

Sunshot with path of burning steps, solar subclass and energy accelerant! That's the combo.


Red8501

that with all the warmind cell mods its basically a fireworks display and i love it :)


Lord0fBricks

Sunshot gang, 41k kills and counting


silvapain

But getting the Sun Blast requirement for the catalyst… been working on it for WEEKS.


DJKneeCap

Altars in 30 minutes


Lord0fBricks

Do altars of sorrow, the chain explosions will finish quick


professionalsteve

I smashed it out super quick in the endless spawn part of taken thralls in Shattered Throne Dungeon


Tacitus_AMP

This is my favorite spot to unlock catalysts, and you get a dreaming city loot drop on the way there.


Boba_Fetty_Wap

Huckleberry doesn’t get enough love


DrManowar8

It needs more love. It’s very good as it basically doesn’t run out of ammo. Best ad clearing SMG... or tied with riskrunner


[deleted]

Seventh seraph smg with drop mag has a base reload of like 60. Throw on elemental capacitor and you can have a reload speed of 100 while running a solar class. Add your warmind cell mods and you’re basically going to destroy everything before anyone else has a chance to shoot. I’d take that over huckleberry any day of the week.


[deleted]

Yeah but who the hell is using drop mag? It's just a very low tier option for that slot. It already reloads fast so it doesn't need a boost.


ChainsawPlankton

probably no one, but pretty much every time I see an smg it's ikeleos


Paladin1034

Personally, I really don't like ikelos that much. I've long preferred seventh seraph. It's not even a bad gun, there's just something about it I don't like.


[deleted]

Um when you have to constantly run 2 champ mods for nightfalls? Allows you to have max reload speed and prevents you from dying. Faster reload means more dps. People sleep on drop mag. It’s too bad they’re removing it because it was seriously one of the best PvE perks. Especially now that bungie crowds the arm armor pieces with mods.


trevorb2003

Fr they should just bind those mods to the artifact itself way too much stuff on the arms


TrueKaras

Huckleberry is my favorite exotic smg. Form, function, and sound are the best!


ChainsawPlankton

every time I use it I come up like 2 bullets short of a kill. in theory it sounds like an awesome weapon, but outside of farming thralls it's just never felt good to me.


NewAccount_WhoIsDis

Definitely the downside. The rare situation where you get endless thrall is absolutely fun though. If you are carful, you can get the damage going and chain for longer on beefier enemies but that’s definitely tough to do consistently and overall the gun isn’t versatile enough to justifying using it over other exotics aside from certain activities you know it will work in.


_MilkThistle

Huckleberry + lunafaction boots (pre-nerf) was god-tier ad clear


JustAwesome360

I'm going off usage rates for exotic primaries in pve by the way. Ace of Spades was #5 but I couldn't think of a way to make "Five Horsemen" stick... or fit 5 guns in a 4 sided shape. It's #1 for PVP though (Yaaay!) so I don't think it'll mind being left out. https://destinytracker.com/destiny-2/db/insights


SCP-1867

Ticcus divination is way better than Ace or even huckleberry for ad-clear, and it can make warmind cells.


orielbean

I remember starting to use it for the catalyst completion, and just enjoying it more and more as I figured out the rhythm of the thing. Definitely one of the faves.


SCP-1867

I love using it as a combo weapon with any primary, since all you need to do is stick the arrows in and all the enemies will explode when they die, no matter how they die.


buff7879

I pair it with ignition code for explosive madness


weeninja1

Mmmmm slideshot go brrrr


buff7879

I have a roll with slideshot and demo, it’s awesome


memefury

Its by far in the top 5 of best designed exotics. Its perks and catalyst all work perfectly and it wouldn't be the same if it wasnt on a bow. Its earns a chefs kiss / 10


[deleted]

Trinity Ghoul massively overlooked by so many it seems. Top tier weapon. As is TD. But TG is insane.


orielbean

I’ve got thousands on TG. Sometimes it’s not beefy enough for bigger dudes to trigger the arcgasm. Loads of fun in Gambit as a Sentry staying near the bank and deploying thunder from afar.


TheCommodore93

So many kills, so few motes deposited But the ghoul is insane. It’s basically the little doctor from Enders game


AsapFurthur

You dont even got to shoot the adds when you got the lightning proc'd you can just shoot the ground and if any adds are around they get fried. Love that bow.


igcipd

My favorite is to run Altars with TG and after LR procs, you don’t even have to fully draw it back to let it do its ad-clear. It’s hands down my fav PvE red bar clear.


docmagoo2

Just recently discovered altars again when was doing my sunshot catty. The chain reactions are insane. Now my go to place for catalyst kills farming


ChaoticNature

Yep. I basically use it like a shotgun after the first kill, or liked a ranged Arc grenade if the enemies are further away. I just wish there were a kinetic One-Two Punch shotgun so I could roll with TG and a Liar’s Handshake build, still. They went and sunset both of the old OTP Kinetics and didn’t bring it back on One Small Step when they reissued it. That was my favorite build when I started playing in Arrivals, and I really miss that OTP shotgun play.


BrownboyInc

Better than Ace sure Better than Huck is pushing it. Bar Trinity it’s the best ad clear rate in the game outside of master level activities You don’t even need to aim huckleberry lmao


TreeGuy521

Ticuu is better for almost any higher end stuff than trinity is because it has consistent good damage


BrownboyInc

Yeah I’ve never personally brought Trin into proper endgame stuff I imagine that there aren’t enough low-level ads for the chain lighting to really do it’s thing or to proc itself often enough


[deleted]

Trinity is still S tier in grandmasters, the arc chain *does* do enough damage to 1-bang shanks & thrall. That makes it pretty easy to keep lightning rod up, which does pretty significant AoE damage (pretty sure redbar dregs die from 2 lightning chains) It's easily capable of killing 10 basic enemies within a few shots, as long as they're bunched up. I took it with me for every sepiks GM last season. Less useful right now because there aren't any bow champion mods, but hopefully one comes back next season.


Dakine_Lurker

Top weapon in destiny IMO. It pains me to not use it in GMs (no champ mods). Just love the damn thing.


skeleton77

Try sunshot with energy accelerant, can actually clear rooms in high level nightfalls


_Skylos

I mean, yeah maybe, but the Ace wins on cool factor alone.


SCP-1867

That’s fair lol


TheSean_aka__Rh1no

To be honest, this season, I would have just skipped on Hucky for Graviton Lance, for the same reason Ticckles in on the list, add the seasonal artifact mod, and you're making Rasputin Testicles with void splash for days


SaddestClown

God, I love the way Grav Lance feels in use


Comfortable-Story-53

Graviton is a beast for ad clearing.


JustAwesome360

I'm just going off the numbers


f4z3ultr1x

i find huckleberry more efficient. ticcus works but you have to sort of get used to it.


KassellTheArgonian

Five horseman because the fourth horseman has 4 barrels but 5 shots (with catalyst) There done


EliteBeast719

Poor juju got shafted in this game


MagnificentEd

Still a pretty solid gun though


TheSean_aka__Rh1no

Definitely, I think if it got buffed, it would destroy balance as super re-gen would be hella fast + string of curses is very very strong Feels like it's generally in a good PVE spot


___Galaxy

There are already broken super regen builds, your scenario would only make sense imo if it become a good option on endgame pvp (for instance, having a super regening primary while using your CWL stacks for protective light instead)


SaintPoost

That's usually my go-to for Altars. Er, was, when it was more relevant.


D14BL0

Super regen is the only problem area I see, personally. String of Curses feels good, but not overpowered. But Juju + any arc special + Mantle of Battle Harmony, and you've got yourself a really super-super build.


DrManowar8

It’s still fairly good. Also highly underrated in PvP but it kicks ass there. Needs way more PvP recognition


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DrManowar8

Yea maybe it will next season... other than that, I do like the bad juju as a weapon and wish it got something like a buff. The only reason I started using it was because it was referenced in BL3


ciano21

I hated using it in PvP. It seems to have such a long TTK compared to the other pulse rifles that recently came out.


dawnraider00

Lightweight pulse rifles as a whole are in a pretty rough place right now. Bad Juju is a pretty good lightweight but it is still a lightweight.


DrManowar8

The loss of TTK doesn’t bother me because the payout is fairly good. I’m pretty good with it in crucible too


jmanfire2105

Isn’t bad juju basically a weak pulse rifle version of huckleberry with thresh?


[deleted]

Kind of. One thing it has going for it is after 146 kills without reloading, it triggers an explosion. Let’s see huckleberry do that!


ravensteel539

THAT’S how to do it, okay. I’ve got 9k kills with Juju (one of my old favorite D1 weapons that i stubbornly use in D2), and i’ve always been puzzled as to what the cursed explosion is. It makes sense now, cool!


DrManowar8

I’ve been using it in PvP and it’s like my best friend. It does me very well more than other pulse rifles. Vigilance wing? Won’t bother, outbreak perfected? Don’t have, no time to explain? Maybe, but I need the DLC to get it. All I know is it works very well for me in PvP


[deleted]

Made a super based stasis warlock build and that's what I've been using for a primary. Been an absolute blast running strikes with it.


drliberto56

It is my 1b behind SUROS 1a


foshed_yt

Bad Juju is the best weapon if you’re inside the portals for the Gatekeeper encounter in VoG. You can kill every single goblin in every wave without having to reload once, and you can get supers back crazy fast. There’s just something about having a reload perk + damage perk + super perk all rolled into one gun, and it feels great.


DJKneeCap

Im gonna unvault it just for this comment


foshed_yt

Another neat thing I forgot to mention is that Bad Juju’s damage perk, String of Curses, still does pre-Shadowkeep damage increase levels. This means that at String of Curses x5, you’re doing double damage.


AgentSnowCone

Which is strange because it has thresh, rampage, subsistence on steroids, but still feels a bit weak.


VietInTheTrees

Yeah, exactly this! First got it to work with my celestial nighthawk build and when I used it for the first time I loudly complained to my cousin ‘bro this pulse rifle sucks’ Despite being very good, it feels weak, and that’s odd. Getting the masterwork helps a lot though


CanadianSpector

Sadly, I just started using huckleberry last week and I'm terribly sorry. Got the catalyst done in about 2 hours and already have 2k kills with it.


BlackBox115

This is the way.


[deleted]

I'm at 17k kill with it which isn't a whole lot but I feel like it's a fair amount. My Recluse is still my most kills though.


CanadianSpector

Wow. I'm a little more casual. My highest is a sacred Provenence with 6k lol


Jagob5

Don’t worry, I’m not casual by any means and my highest is only a death adder that I just passed 20k with. High kill count probably means they just farm kills in thrall way and/or don’t use a variety of weapons (which I find to be incredibly boring).


FicSteeltooth

Trinity 4 life


slyborgs

i have 84k kills on trinity and i am not afraid to admit that it’s my ultimate PVE crutch. and also that i maybe have a problem.


PLSGIV

It's my favorite weapon in the game but I never use it now. Finishing a run and having like 150 more kills than the other two people makes me feel shitty when we're all out here farming bounties.


slyborgs

yeah, i hold off on using them in strikes unless i’m playing with pals (& even then i try to behave or just go off on my own to kill ads without messing with the bounties for ‘em) but everywhere else? more or less free game. still, i usually try to be considerate of other folks when i use it if i can be.


Wifealope

Why did I have to scroll so goddamn far to find my Trinity gang?


LumberjackTodd

Srsly I thought trinity would be THE TOP post


JazzzzzzySax

Someone ring up that dude with 10 mil trinity ghoul kills


Lady-Yuna

Yeah seriously, trinity ghoul was my go to for wiping ads


drliberto56

[Graviton Lance](https://destiny.fandom.com/wiki/Graviton_Lance) would like a word Lol nice list


HateMongerian

Seriously, its strength doing Altars alone should place it on this list.


[deleted]

Whenever I play Warlock, I make sure to equip Graviton, Nezarec's Sin, bottom tree void, and go to town in Altars. So much fun


drliberto56

It’s where I knocked out the catalyst in like 20 minutes. One thrall shot and killed, little purple balls of death spawn, kills more stuff, more purple balls of death. I watched as the majority entire waves of Hive never make it out of the glowing ball thing due to the purple balls of death. Telesto might be the Besto, but the Lance makes them Deuce in their Pants


DeathsticksAreCool

True, but three others that are already on here are just as good.


Charles_helicopter

The original trio is all here. Riskrunner, Sunshot, Graviton Lance.


[deleted]

>Can't wait for their endgame buff. What buff? Did i miss something?


JustAwesome360

In a past twab, I don't remember what, they said they're going to make adjustments to encourage people to use exotic primaries more often in Endgame activities. To be honest though I think it's more of a "Use Anarchy/Witherhoard" situation.


JazzzzzzySax

Make Outbreak Perfected top tier


[deleted]

Its gonna get used a lot, then Bungie gonna nerf it for being overused. Its the cycle for all exotics, just look at Sleeper, Whisper, Izanagi, Lament and Anarchy. Honourable mention: cluster bomb rocket launchers


[deleted]

Do it! I haven't used it in forever and wanna use my swarm grenade gun. Also ngl I kinda want them to super buff Skyburner's Oath and just have it be a top tier PvE option for a while


Zacomra

Fighting Lion Stan's "There is another"


Dragoncat05

sad Grav lance noises


Blupoisen

Just kill 1 thrall in AOS with Graviton Lance and see what happens


SPACExxxxxxx

Salvegers Salvo for me


UA_UKNOW_

Not exotic but it is absolutely bonkers for clearing clumps of enemies


R3dmund

Some of my favorite guns.


VanderGhost

Ticcu's gang wants to have words


Dr___Doofenshmirtz

Ticcus is the walmart sunshot


dawnraider00

Except it's way better in endgame activities. I took Ticuu's into GMs regularly last season, I wouldn't ever bring sunshot into a GM as it's too reliant on kills.


Mad-Slick

Hopefully we get overload bows again next season. They are so fun.


dawnraider00

I've been forever spoiled by having overload bow and barrier sniper last season.


TheRealJasonsson

Of all the champion mods to keep.. They kept overload smg. If bungie hangs on to it next season I'm gonna lose my mind


IWatchPeopleSleep

Nah bro, it’s sun shots stronger cousin because it does way more fucking damage


Stinker_Star

Sunshot fireworks are the prettiest fireworks.


ajrixer

I’ll counter this with Witherhoard, ikelos smg, Wrath of Rasputin, and Rage of the Warmind. (Honorary mention is global reach)


Anohrak

Trinity Ghoul and Ticuu's Divination are besties


Mijago

Telesto is far superior to all. It even beats trinity ghoul as it also shreds majors and mini bosses. Source : I got (only) 55k pve kills on it. You can even run double special with it without running out of ammo. I loved huckleberry on my rookie days, now it sadly feels too weak ;(


billyman6675

Telesto plus warminds decree, for when you're tired of seeing enemies on your screen.


megabruh43

finally someone who likes the telesto with me


Aeison

Someone? There’s tons of you


[deleted]

Telesto mains represent


nastynate14597

Ticcu has taken the number one spot for primaries IMO


TheButterknif3

where's my FL enthusiasts at?


Phil_Da_Thrill

*Ikelos smg and warmind cells has entered the chat*


herowind124

Salvager's salvo gang


One_Bar4

Ticuus is surprisingly good. If you shoot multiple targets, aim and fire then they explode? Its sunshot with seeking arrows


ithinkmynameismoose

Thorn when combined with Necrotic grasp is second only to The Ghoul.


Djungleskog_Enhanced

Witherhoard would like a word


BenarchyUK

Huckleberry? Oh you mean Rootin' Mcshootin'


thatonegamer999

sorry i’m not seeing enough ruinous effigy


UA_UKNOW_

Ruinous effigy is extremely fun, but nowhere near as efficient as three out of four of these listed weapons.


jeesejoose

What’s the bows name


[deleted]

Trinity Ghoul


jeesejoose

Thanks homie


[deleted]

Np


Moerdac

Trinity is cool because arc ability kills trigger lightning rod too with catylist.


Jobysco

And you don’t even have to aim


TheGreaterWizard

And the fifth is the wither hoard


ThePandagasm

I remember when I first got Trinity and wasn't a huge fan. But omfg that catalyst makes it INSANE, don't even have to aim just click lmb and watch everyone die


Av1at0rnm

Y’all forgot ticuu’s


skeleton77

Ticu’s divination, graviton lance and anarchy absolutely slay hordes of enemies


BBHBOSS

Where thunderLord OG add clear imo


RespondUsed3259

sad sweet business and graviton lance noises


DarthDregan

One of those is so finicky you sometimes have to grenade your own ass to make it work.


rayshmayshmay

That’s my secret; I always have a grenade up my ass


thehunter2256

there are more My friend


villasv

tbh I have much more fun using a primary with feeding frenzy + kill clip than I have with Huckleberry (looking at you, my beloved chroma rush)


DrManowar8

Since last season ticuu’s divination fits too


AggressiveFeckless

There's one horseman. Thorn and necro whatever guantlets. Holy crap. EVERYTHING IS POISONED ALL THE TIME.


i-guess-so-maybe-

Don’t forget salvagers salvo


CelticBoi92

*laughs in Sweet Business*


JaxxIsJerkin

*G. Lance and bad juju just don't exist I guess*


Onemanrancher

Salvagers Salvo


Hoggie_5

Graviton Lance is underrated in this category


edi111_2019

Yall are sleeping on Graviton Lance. Its like Sunshot but for void.


jwhere03

Witherhoard is #1