Abyss Defiant

Lightly vented barrel. • Greatly controls recoil • Increases handling speed

Stable barrel attachment. • Increases stability • Moderately controls recoil • Slightly decreases handling speed

Balanced barrel. • Slightly increases range and stability • Slightly increases handling speed

Weighty barrel extension. • Increases range • Decreases handling speed • Moderately controls recoil

Ultra-light barrel. • Greatly increases handling speed • Slightly increases stability

Barrel optimized for distance. • Greatly increases range • Decreases stability • Slightly decreases handling speed

Durable ranged barrel. • Increases range

Barrel optimized for recoil reduction. • Increases stability

Dual strength barrel. • Increases range • Increases stability

This weapon has a greatly increased magazine size, but reloads much slower. • Greatly increases magazine size • Greatly decreases reload speed • Increases airborne effectiveness

Faster reloads when the magazine is empty.

0.85x Reload Duration Scale

This weapon's magazine is built for higher capacity. • Increases magazine size

Rounds cause extra damage to combatants' shields and overpenetrate targets. • Slightly increases range

5% damage increase against Combatant Shields. Bullets are able to overpenetrate enemies once.

Shots from this weapon knock the target back farther. • Slightly increases range

Varies between archetypes, between 6% to 11%. Allows Primary Weapons to affect higher ranked enemies and consistently stunlocks Minors.

Rounds ricochet off hard surfaces. • Increases stability • Slightly increases range

Optimized for fast reloading. • Slightly increases stability • Greatly increases reload speed

Improved reload and range. • Increases reload speed • Slightly increases range

Final blows with this weapon generate melee energy. Dealing melee damage briefly improves this weapon's handling.

Primary and Power weapon kills grant 10% of your Melee energy. Specials grant 20%. Dealing Melee damage grants 35 Handling for 3s.

Final blows with this weapon generate improved melee energy. Dealing melee damage briefly improves this weapon's handling.

Dealing damage improves reload speed and handling.

Dealing damage significantly improves reload speed and handling.

Reloading shortly after dealing a final blow grants Cure to you and your nearby allies.

Reloading after dealing a final blow grants Cure to you and your nearby allies. You have additional time to perform the reload.

Causing damage with this weapon reduces recoil and flinch over time.

Reduces the Maximum Recoil Angle, removes Reticle Bounce, reduces Weapon Shake. Much more noticeable on controller.

Causing damage with this weapon reduces recoil and flinch over time. Improves base stability.

Defeating targets partially reloads the magazine from reserves.

Reloads 10-17% of the magazine per kill. Varies per weapon archetype.

Defeating targets partially reloads the magazine from reserves with an increased amount of ammo.

Increases refresh from 10-17% to ~25%. Varies per weapon archetype.

Precision kills greatly decrease reload time.

Adds 70 Reload with a 0.9x multiplier for 6s.

Precision final blows greatly decrease reload time for an improved duration.

This weapon slowly reloads itself over time, up to double capacity.

After not shooting for 4s, reloads 10% of the magazine. Maxes out double magazine size.

This weapon reloads itself at an improved rate over time, up to double capacity.

This weapon becomes more accurate and boosts handling as your health gets lower.

Effect increases linearly as Health decreases, max benfits at Critical Health. Grants 30 Handling, -40% Accuracy Cone Size, -17% Accuracy Cone Growth.

This weapon becomes more accurate and boosts handling as your health gets lower. Increases stability.

Collecting elemental pickups or throwing a Strand Tangle grants a stacking period of increased damage. Elemental pickups include Firesprites, Void Breaches, Stasis Shards, Ionic Traces, and Strand Tangles.

Collecting elemental pickups or throwing a Strand Tangle grants a longer initial period of increased damage, and an improved stacking period of increased damage. Elemental pickups include Firesprites, Void Breaches, Stasis Shards, Ionic Traces, and Strand Tangles.

This weapon gains increased damage from melee kills and kills with this weapon.

Has a duration of 4.5 seconds. • 1x: 6.6% • 2x: 13.2% • 3x: 20% • 4x: 26.4% • 5x: 33.3%

This weapon gains increased damage for an improved duration from melee final blows and defeating targets with this weapon.

Duration increased to 5s.

Defeating a target spreads scorch to those nearby. More powerful combatants and opposing Guardians cause scorch in a larger radius.

Applies 30 Scorch. Powerful Combatants and Guardians increase the effect range to 8m.

Defeating a target spreads a longer lasting scorch to those nearby. More powerful combatants and opposing Guardians cause scorch in a larger radius.

Reloading after a kill grants increased damage.

Must reload within 3.8s of a Weapon Kill. 33% Damage Increase for 5s, cannot be refreshed. Hunter Marksman's Dodge and Dragon's Shadow (Wraithmetal Mail) can activate this perk.

Reloading after defeating a target grants increased damage for an improved duration.

Duration increased to 5.5s.

Final blows with this weapon grant bonus damage. The strength and duration of the bonus increases when more powerful targets are defeated.

Final blows with this weapon grant bonus damage for an improved duration. The strength and duration of the bonus increases when more powerful targets are defeated.

Damage increases the longer this weapon remains on a target.

Damage increases by an improved amount the longer this weapon remains on a target.

After defeating a target with a melee attack, final blows with this weapon cause targets to explode for a short duration.

Stable barrel attachment. • Increases stability • Moderately controls recoil • Slightly decreases handling speed

Faster reloads when the magazine is empty.

0.85x Reload Duration Scale

Reloading shortly after dealing a final blow grants Cure to you and your nearby allies.

Final blows with this weapon grant stacks of bonus damage. Attacking targets from higher ground immediately grants the maximum number of stacks.