Destiny Rising Best Weapons

Best Weapons

If you want to dominate in Destiny Rising, these are the guns you need in your arsenal. Each weapon offers high DPS, powerful perks, and perfect synergy with specific Lightbearers. Many of these fan-favorite exotics return from Destiny 2, now enhanced with Rising’s rarity system and Catalyst upgrades. Here's a quick list, find the full page of Best Weapons for PVP and PVE. 

Graviton Lance

• Who Can Use: Kabr (Pulse Rifle + Machine Gun), Estela (Pulse Rifle + Machine Gun)
• Rarity: Exotic (Yellow)
• Type: Pulse Rifle (Rapid-Fire)
• Element: Void
• Stats: DPS 199 | Precision Bonus ×1.6 | Mag 34 | Damage 42 | Stability 50 | Range 55 | Reload 71 | Handling 64 | RoF 300

Why It’s Great:
Graviton Lance excels at both add clear and boss damage. Its Cosmology perk causes kills to detonate enemies, spawning tracking Void projectiles. With its Catalyst, you get +45% damage vs bosses, vehicles, and Lightbearers in Super, making it a PvE and PvP powerhouse.

Bad Juju

• Who Can Use: Kabr, Estela
• Rarity: Exotic
• Type: Pulse Rifle (Rapid-Fire)
• Element: Kinetic
• Stats: DPS 211 | Precision Bonus ×1.6 | Mag 27 | Damage 40 | Stability 94 | Range 36 | Reload 52 | Handling 90 | RoF 450

Why It’s Great:
Bad Juju is the ultimate snowball weapon. Each kill refills the magazine and spawns explosive Void projectiles, letting you chain kills endlessly. With insane stability and fast handling, it’s one of the most consistent primaries in the game.

Polaris Lance

• Who Can Use: Tan-2, Umeko
• Rarity: Exotic
• Type: Scout Rifle (Piercing)
• Element: Solar
• Stats: DPS 200 | Precision Bonus ×2.0 | Mag 16 | Damage 102 | Stability 70 | Range 80 | Reload 43 | Handling 24 | RoF 150

Why It’s Great:
Perfect for precision-focused players, Polaris Lance’s Perfect Fifth perk loads explosive rounds after precision hits, chaining crits into Solar bursts. Ideal for shield breaking and long-range boss damage.

Jade Rabbit

• Who Can Use: Tan-2, Umeko
• Rarity: Exotic
• Type: Scout Rifle (Piercing)
• Element: Kinetic
• Stats: DPS 210 | Precision Bonus ×2.4 | Mag 15 | Damage 102 | Stability 77 | Range 90 | Reload 69 | Handling 21 | RoF 150

Why It’s Great:
The Jade Rabbit dominates long-range duels. Its perk stacks precision damage bonuses, rewarding accuracy with devastating headshots. With the highest precision multiplier in the game, it’s a PvP lane king and a PvE sniper’s dream.

Crimson

• Who Can Use: Attal
• Rarity: Exotic
• Type: Hand Cannon (Piercing)
• Element: Kinetic
• Stats: DPS 344 | Precision Bonus ×1.5 | Mag 24 | Damage 82 | Stability 100 | Range 60 | Reload 80 | Handling 32 | RoF 415

Why It’s Great:
Crimson is a burst-fire hand cannon that plays like a pulse rifle. Its perk grants healing on precision kills, making it a PvP sustain monster. With max stability and fast TTK, it’s perfect for aggressive players.

The Old Prefect

• Who Can Use: Attal, Finnala
• Rarity: Exotic
• Type: Hand Cannon (Piercing)
• Element: Solar
• Stats: DPS 353 | Precision Bonus ×1.2 | Mag 8 | Damage 225 | Stability 68 | Range 24 | Reload 80 | Handling 35 | RoF 150

Why It’s Great:
This new exotic applies Scorch stacks that trigger Ignition explosions via its Catalyst. Perfect for close-range PvP and crowd control in PvE.

Riskrunner

• Who Can Use: Ning Fei, Jolder
• Rarity: Exotic
• Type: SMG (Rapid-Fire)
• Element: Arc
• Stats: DPS 211 | Precision Bonus ×1.4 | Mag 39 | Damage 22 | Stability 57 | Range 90 | Reload 42 | Handling 85 | RoF 900

Why It’s Great:
Riskrunner chains Arc lightning between enemies and reduces incoming Arc damage. Perfect for Arc-heavy encounters and close-range PvP.

The Huckleberry

• Who Can Use: Ning Fei, Jolder
• Rarity: Exotic
• Type: SMG (Rapid-Fire)
• Element: Kinetic
• Stats: DPS 231 | Precision Bonus ×1.4 | Mag 37 | Damage 29 | Stability 71 | Range 48 | Reload 10 | Handling 100 | RoF 750

Why It’s Great:
Kills reload the magazine, letting you chain engagements endlessly. With perfect handling and fast TTK, it’s a PvP favorite.

Partridge Sky

• Who Can Use: Finnala, Jolder
• Rarity: Exotic
• Type: Sword (Impact)
• Element: Solar
• Stats: DPS 749 | Damage 377 | Swing Speed 45 | Charge Rate 40 | Guard Resistance 40 | Max Ammo 62

Why It’s Great:
Its Catalyst boosts charged heavy attacks, making it a boss DPS monster. Great for melee-focused builds.

Octant Riot Disperser

• Who Can Use: Xuan Wei, Gwynn
• Rarity: Exotic
• Type: Shotgun (Impact)
• Element: Kinetic
• Stats: DPS 569 | Mag 8 | Damage 577 | RoF 140

Why It’s Great:
Hold reload to fire all shells at once. Catalyst adds stun effect, making it a crowd control beast.

Lord of Wolves

• Who Can Use: Xuan Wei, Gwynn
• Rarity: Exotic
• Type: Shotgun (Impact)
• Element: Solar
• Stats: DPS 1131 | Mag 30 | Damage 154 | RoF 640

Why It’s Great:
Unleash burst-fire Solar damage for insane DPS. Perfect for PvP duels and PvE bosses.

The Chaperone

• Who Can Use: Xuan Wei, Gwynn
• Rarity: Exotic
• Type: Shotgun (Impact)
• Element: Kinetic
• Stats: DPS 591 | Mag 6 | Damage 893 | Range 100

Why It’s Great:
The ultimate precision shotgun. One-shot potential in PvP with perfect accuracy.

Jötunn

• Who Can Use: Xuan Wei (Fusion Rifle + Shotgun), Attal (Hand Cannon + Linear Fusion Rifle)
• Rarity: Exotic (Yellow)
• Type: Fusion Rifle (Impact)
• Element: Solar
• Stats: DPS 1137 | Charge Time 750 | Mag 6 | Damage 2023 | Stability 41 | Range 52 | Reload 31 | Handling 37 | Max Ammo 26

Why It’s Great:
Jötunn is infamous in PvP for its tracking Solar blasts that delete enemies with massive splash damage. In PvE, it’s an easy-mode add-clear tool. Its raw damage and explosive radius keep it firmly in S-Tier for both modes.

Merciless

• Who Can Use: Xuan Wei (Fusion Rifle + Shotgun), Attal (Hand Cannon + Linear Fusion Rifle)
• Rarity: Exotic (Yellow)
• Type: Fusion Rifle (Impact)
• Element: Solar
• Stats: DPS 698 | Charge Time 1000 | Mag 8 | Damage 1178 | Stability 97 | Range 79 | Reload 41 | Handling 36 | Max Ammo 34

Why It’s Great:
Merciless thrives during boss DPS phases. Each non-lethal shot reduces charge time, ramping its fire rate to insane levels. In PvE, it’s one of the best sustained DPS exotics, and its high stability makes it easy to control.

Borealis

• Who Can Use: Tan-2 (Scout Rifle + Sniper Rifle), Umeko (Scout Rifle + Sniper Rifle)
• Rarity: Exotic (Yellow)
• Type: Sniper Rifle (Piercing)
• Element: Void (with Arc & Solar swap)
• Stats: DPS 383 | Precision Bonus ×3.1 | Mag 5 | Damage 470 | Stability 58 | Range 64 | Reload 76 | Handling 78 | RoF 72 | Max Ammo 28

Why It’s Great:
Borealis is the most versatile sniper in Destiny Rising. It can swap between Arc, Solar, and Void, making it perfect for breaking any Shinka shield. With a massive precision multiplier (×3.1) and strong base damage, it’s a must-have for long-range specialists.