Arcane Embrace

Rounds Per Minute

62

Impact

70

Range

72

Stability

39

Handling

73

Reload Speed

69

Magazine

12

Aim Assistance

40

Zoom

12

Recoil Direction

85

+30

Airborne Effectiveness

4

Ammo Generation

42

• First choicePvELoad roll

  Burst damage against Banes, Elites, Champions and Minibosses in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content.

  Bosses · Majors · Endgame
  Trait 1

  Any of

  Fourth Time's the CharmReconstructionRapid HitEnvious AssassinDual LoaderGrave Robber

  Trait 2

  Surrounded

  Barrel

  Any of

  Arrowhead BrakeCorkscrew RiflingFluted Barrel

  Magazine

  Any of

  Tactical MagAlloy MagazineFlared Magwell

  Arcane Embrace was the first heavy burst frame shotgun and are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic. While they struggle to find a defined role in the current sandbox, the subfamily does offer good single mag damage. The stats are decent by comparison with its peers, and are helped further at Tier 4/5 when barrel and magazine perks are enhanced - see https://d2foundry.gg/w/1813474267 for how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. From the @Mossy-Max spreadsheet at https://www.destiny2.science/ base Magazine Size is 12 (max 16) - each trigger pull fires two shots - and total ammo is 36. The usual play for shotguns of boosting Handling with the barrel perk still applies and, as there's no Assault Mag, look to a magazine perk that helps with Reload Speed. For burst damage, you have a wide range of decent first column trait perks to bypass manual reloads, boost Reload Speed, or overflow the magazine to choose from. You'll likely be in CQC ranges, so Surrounded procs to boost damage by up to ×1.4 (×1.47 when enhanced) while within 15m of 3+ enemies. For the Origin Trait, there's only Search Party which applies a ×0.85 ADS animation scalar and ×1.1 ADS movement speed when there are no allies within 15m. Recommended MW: Handling or Stability, with your preferred choice of mod/enhanced mod to boost mag size, weapon stats, ammo regeneration, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.

  Why this roll
  By CourtProjects and ImpetusAlways · Festival of the Lost 2025 weapons
• First choicePvELoad roll

  First-choice PvE roll backup sustained Boss damage in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content.

  Bosses · Endgame
  Trait 1

  Fourth Time's the Charm

  Trait 2

  Any of

  Precision InstrumentAggregate Charge

  Barrel

  Any of

  Arrowhead BrakeCorkscrew RiflingFluted Barrel

  Magazine

  Any of

  Tactical MagAlloy MagazineFlared Magwell

  Arcane Embrace was the first heavy burst frame shotgun and are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic. While they struggle to find a defined role in the current sandbox, the subfamily does offer good single mag damage. The stats are decent by comparison with its peers, and are helped further at Tier 4/5 when barrel and magazine perks are enhanced - see https://d2foundry.gg/w/1813474267 for how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. From the @Mossy-Max spreadsheet at https://www.destiny2.science/ base Magazine Size is 12 (max 16) - each trigger pull fires two shots - and total ammo is 36. The usual play for shotguns of boosting Handling with the barrel perk still applies and, as there's no Assault Mag, look to a magazine perk that helps with Reload Speed. For sustained boss damage, once you're out of heavy ammo, there's the perk trait combination of Fourth Time's the Charm to refill 2 shots from reserves after 4 crits within 2s (3s when enhanced) of each other and Precision Instrument which also procs on crit hits granting up to 6 stacks of escalating damage for ×1.25 (×1.3 when enhanced) for 1.25s or until you miss a crit. Alternatively, if you're in a fireteam or a Transcendent subclass, Aggregate Charge provides a stack for each different elemental debuff up to ×3 stacks to boost damage by ×1.3 (×1.33 when enhanced), with each stack lasting as long as the debuff is active. For the Origin Trait, there's only Search Party which applies a ×0.85 ADS animation scalar and ×1.1 ADS movement speed when there are no allies within 15m. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod/enhanced mod to boost mag size, weapon stats, ammo regeneration, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.

  Why this roll
  By CourtProjects and ImpetusAlways · PvE Podcast 158 Festival of the Lost 2025 weapons

From the DIM community wish lists (voltron), picks made since Edge of Fate.

• Arcane Embrace
• Arcane Embrace