Destiny 2: The 30 Best PVE Weapons of 2023.. (Loot Guide)

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0:00 INTRO
0:56 CONDITIONAL FINALITY
1:52 COLD COMFORT
2:36 CRUX TERMINATION
4:29 SUPERCLUSTER
4:59 NESSA'S OBLATION
5:25 NO SURVIVORS
6:21 SCATTER SIGNAL
6:50 NOX PERENNIAL V
7:12 SONG OF IR YUT
7:56 UNWAVERING DUTY
8:23 SWORDBREAKER
8:49 APPETENCE
9:32 DRAGON'S BREATH
10:12 ROS ARGO IV
10:59 RUFUS'S FURY
11:39 NEW PACIFIC EPITAPH
12:34 HARSH LANGUAGE
12:52 UNDERCURRENT
13:20 SUBJUNCTIVE
14:03 WISH-KEEPER
14:33 THE EREMITE
14:59 LOADED QUESTION
15:14 GLACIOCLASM
15:23 DOOMED PETITIONER
15:53 BRIAR'S CONTEMPT
16:16 EPOCHAL INTEGRATION
16:57 VERGLAS CURVE
17:38 CATAPHRACT GL3
18:05 THE NAVIGATOR
18:32 BURIED BLOODLINE
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[@demonjoe]

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[@HighFiveGhostenjoyer428]

U forgot to mention surrounded on crux!!!! Slideshot and surrounded is the only roll that really makes it worth using over apex is some scenarios.

[@johnthomson3827]

i hope things go well for you and your channel. its sucks to see that after the big content change, your efforts as a youtuber is yet again be threatened by greed... i pray for you my friend.

[@PopularNobody]

The online fanbase constantly whines (see below) but honestly you're lying to yourself if you think we weren't given great weapons the past year.

[@garywray7998]

Idk a lot of the seasonal weapons were pretty shit

[@12345apes]

You can't expect Bungie to keep making weapons season after season that consistently make it into endgame player kits. that's just setting the bar too high for them and for self, some weapons are meant to be stepping stones or funny guns

[@db1872]

Other than the indebted kindness the warlord dungeon weapons were shite. But that sidearm kinda makes it not matter

[@mlugo9]

Seasonal weapons were shit. Dungeon weapons (besides warlords) have been good though.

[@alter6243]

@@mlugo9Cap, every single weapon for the Deep Dungeon has a comparable seasonal or raid weapon that is craftable and better. As good as Cold Comfort is, Apex Predator has a better damage type.

[@XxHUNT3RN4T0RxX]

Bro really snuck in that text at 0:18 and thought I wouldn’t notice.

[@epicboy6257]

Real good job at paying attention to the video in the first 20 seconds champ

[@demonhanzohattori]

Regarding Ros Arago IV, I think you can farm it in one of the Defiant Battlegrounds missions. Don’t remember exactly which one, but it’s one of the missions you start outside on cliffs and have to throw arc charges at the big taken blights to close them up. Every time I’ve run it I’ve gotten the RA4. Maybe someone else knows which mission?

[@Forcer69]

I’m really hoping we get more double barrels in the future. Conditional Finality made RON… well I still hate that raid, but I had motivation to play it.

[@Thatguy-rc2ei]

I remember when we first saw Conditional Finality, a redditor pointed out how Chaperone was the first slug shotgun, and Bungie made legendary versions. I think same with black talon (I could be wrong). So there is a chance that we’ll see more double barreled shotguns in the future, at least hopefully

[@trypticon8619]

Eh, caster frame swords take more inspiration from bolt caster than black talon, but I see what you mean

[@PopularNobody]

You only hate RON because you were told to.

[@xxinevitablexx5914]

I’m ngl… the KZbin community from D2, ruined the positives about RON. IMO, it’s a pretty fun raid

[@trypticon8619]

@@xxinevitablexx5914 agreed, it’s a top 5 raids ever in my book

[@thegrimm2239]

I feel a weapon that is slept on quite a bit is the strand shotgun Until Its Return. It can really do some damage in a short time

[@marceletta]

alternative to sword breaker for strand titan would be wastelander as it is craftable and can roll with lead from gold which (in my opinion) is going to be better than threat detectors/slideshot

[@rickblackburn5233]

Also gets pugilist one two punch which is best combo imo for both sword and waste

[@marceletta]

@@rickblackburn5233 I cannot understand how valuable lead from gold is though, pug requires you to get shotgun kills which you shouldn't be getting

[@panasonicbluray7426]

Lack of indebted kindness is wild, hits incredibly hard with adagio

[@sethgolden2941]

Appreciate the list man! Definitely grinding for a couple of them before FS

[@demonjoe]

Much love homie, good luck on the grind 👌

[@realcountry98gaming]

I am loving the auto rifle from the iron banner so much

[@Game_SlayersJB]

Another amazing lmg is commemoration from the Deep Stone Crypt raid

[@Bobizard]

Excellent video.

[@themortreport]

Indebted Kindness is with impulse/volt is a frigin beast. I'd put it in top 3. Also Crux Termination is a damage beast. I actually just got one while watching, slideshot/explosive!!!.....and no impact 😭

[@austinrader8135]

I use Reservoir Burst on Eremite because it 1 shots the oversoul and has a surge synergy with Lament

[@Cybernihlis]

i expect ot have many qustions about your picks throughout this video so i will list them here: why no survivors over calus minitool? nvm i only had this one question

[@CharlesSpadina3030]

Two void related comments: First, I’ve gotten a disproportionate amount of new world loot drops through the new dungeon relative to everywhere else (maybe it’s a coincidence but my RR/OS Ros IV, my CB Nox and CC/Bipod Crux from there amongst lots of rolls of those same weapons). So that could potentially be a spot worth farming. Second, just got Buried Bloodline on my 26th dungeon clear, I don’t know how I’ll ever take it off any character. It makes Void subclasses even stronger and it adds both Devour and Weaken (with the catalyst) to every kit and all you have to do is kill things to proc them Edit: bonus Arc comment… Indebted Kindness is a glaring omission from this list imo, it hits like a truck and, while limited in its perk pool, Voltshot on it makes a joke out of ads in any content

[@rickblackburn5233]

Bloodline so good for stasis imo bc it gives healing which is what stasis lacks

[@casualdc6673]

It’s actually pretty easy to farm Ros Arago… Terminal Overload on Neptune is easily the best method. I got 3 in a half an hour and probably 10-15 total. Got my roll of Rewind and Tricorn that way

[@b3_op103]

After watching this video i logged on and saw a flash in my heavy slot, checked it to delete whatevver it was and i shit you not its a crux termination with, impact casing/black powder(second slot), slideshot, explosive light..... this is literally my godroll and pairs with my build perfectly, plus the two barrels it has one is blast radius the other is velocity, so if i need it for ad clear i can switch to black powder plus BR barrel, and for dps velocity barrel plus impact casing. im actually beyond shocked rn cause i dont even remember getting it since i got off abruptly last night.

[@ihadlunch8575]

I want Crux with slide shot explosive light. For the lols. But they gave me every other god roll perk combo.

[@voxling]

You my man not locking in that surrounded as a recommended perk on the crux is WILD

[@thapotatonater827]

Crux you should really go for slideshot surrounded, given the right scenario it’s the highest dps out of the rest.

[@MonsterRen]

I finally done parting the veil and i love the epochal integration that quest was very annoying like this 1 time the game spawn me Infront of the tormentor after the arena shrink and got grabbed and crushed very very relieved that i finally don't that garbage

[@wakkwakagaming5181]

I just got a ros aragos with onslaught and repulser brace and another one with onslaught and subsistence lol

[@Dripsss]

Demon during the cold comfort gameplay what shader do you have on the no survivors 😂❤

[@grimkxdo]

The intro of the vid is literally me took a break for almost a year . Went into a dungeon and was like damn I’m outdated aren’t I 😂

[@alex62965]

For one two punch builds i usually fo for ragnhild with enhnaced autoloading and enhamced onetwo punch. Maunly because of the emhanced autoloading as i hate reloading shotguns

[@itscloud9]

I'm praying for that reconstruction bipod roll on crux🥺

[@Taxis_]

We have been awaiting this arrival

[@reigaon3406]

I felt really bad when I got Buried Bloodline. I played it with my little brother, who really wants it. And it dropped for me on our first ever completion... 😵‍💫

[@cocoapebbles4972]

I don’t catch the streams anymore, but bet yo ass I’m here every video. Love you Joey! (Btw it’s been a year since our last raid run)

[@demonjoe]

Ayeee nice seeing ya homie!

[@AusfDLX]

hope we can target those world drops soon

[@Bubba1025]

Shoutout to my Old Sterling with rewind rounds and frenzy. It’s really good.

[@redbear623]

13:29 lol not from shadowkeep thats curse of Osiris if we really want to get into it

[@jaymewillett1675]

Just an fyi you can get gnawing hunger from the legacy gambit section. So uh. Maybe try doing that.

[@jaymewillett1675]

It’s like a shittier ros arago

[@samvimes9510]

I got super lucky with Crux Termination, I've got a roll with clown cartridge and bipod. Ros Arago, on the other hand... I've gotten two so far, and both have SLICKDRAW and onslaught. I guess I used up all my luck on that Crux Termination.

[@Godlage]

Bipod looks like it drops the dmg per shot by about 20k. I'd probably go with clown cartridge and explosive light with reloader mods.

[@samvimes9510]

@@Godlage unfortunately it's a world drop, so I kinda just have to hope I get lucky. The one with clown cartridge and bipod is the best I've gotten so far.

[@alex62965]

One tip for dragons breath, dont reload it manually. If you go to shoot it and it hasnt reloaded on its own that means it hasnt got max stacks and thefore doesn't have max damage.

[@Godlage]

True, unless u have fired all the shots then pick up ammo after, it wont reload itself

[@alex62965]

@@Godlage yeah I noticed that too, a bit annoying

[@narcvanquisher]

I used this list to clean my fault. I was crying while dismantling junk I thought was good. Question. I got a Crux Term 4 with Apex god rolls on it. Can I use it instead of farming and crafting Apex? Asking cuz Im lazy and season almost done

[@PaladinsHelpers]

I would to mention another very desirable roll on Ros Argo IV: Rewind Rounds + Deconstruct. You can basically shoot for ever with that perk combo (provided you hit your target)

[@rampage0092]

Personally have Parabellum over No Survivors, but I’m not big on Incandescent, and the way Enlightened Action and Feenzy just provide nothing but buffs, that bad boy performs.

[@radtacular2218]

How do you have so little kick on your Doomed Petitioner? Is that the perk roll you put on it (in which case, what'd you go with), or is that just an MnK thing?

[@andrewcoffield5835]

This is a good point. I have one and it kicks like a mule.

[@Welverin]

Ros Arago: rewind rounds + deconstruct

[@Welverin]

p.s. Where’s our stasis controlled burst fusion, Bungie!?

[@natcoo8153]

Why I don't see ticuu divination. Slacker. It matches wish ender but targets a group

[@damionh7218]

Ros Argo and 2-3 other weapons I can never get good rolls on

[@federal5842]

Haha, totally did not grind 8 hours to try get Cold Comfort... did about 60 runs, got 6 rockets...

[@Djoricverse]

2 years destiny free, I’ve officially opened my 3rd eye

[@Ink2057]

So I just started playing destiny again and tbh I’m a little overwhelmed😂 I got the ros arago IV w onslaught, permeability and I almost scrapped it. But I was watching some KZbin to figure wth to do and a ton of people are saying it’s incredibly rare and can’t be farmed. Anyone wanna help me figure out how to best grind this game again hmu🙏

[@Hdhdbdbd95847]

“So incredibly impossible” 10:25 Me who gets the weapon almost every time💀

[@brunoutechkaheeros1182]

😂😂😂😂 already dismantled 10 this month

[@FnafWasHere]

10:22 what is this gnawing hunger build

[@TheFawse]

I honestly find Epochal better than Zaouli’s, I’d rather take the ~15% damage decrease for the much better model and reload. Not to mention that the rockets essentially make up the difference anyway

[@EightballHimself]

And you can pair it with other weapons that have the “Harmonic Resonance” origin trait (RoN weapons) for some faster handling and reload.

[@TheFawse]

@@EightballHimselfyou can indeed, which I like to do with a little-known piece of kit called “Conditional Finality”

[@HighFiveGhostenjoyer428]

This is some hard cope buddy. Not that ephocals a bad weapon, but the rockets won't make up for the extra explosive payload damage and enhanced incandescent is one of the only enhanced perks that actually makes a difference.

[@TheFawse]

@@HighFiveGhostenjoyer428 enhanced Incan used to make a difference, but since the nerf now it doesn’t. A little bit of extra scorch damage, as in 5 extra scorch stacks, but the exact same number of kills for an ignition. And that’s only if you’re using Ashes, without that fragment enhanced does literally nothing

[@HighFiveGhostenjoyer428]

@@TheFawse Was it nerfed or bugged? Even then tho I still find the extra damage from explosive to make zaoulis better, plus the kingsfall origin trait is goated.

[@ciudecca]

No Survivors or Mini Calus Tool?

[@kevincaldwell7011]

I’ve got so many crux that I deleted. I seen the blast radius and didn’t think it was good. I probably had a god roll. Cuz I def deleted like 20 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@goldengod31]

My boy wilderflight getting totes ignored one again.

[@demonjoe]

Considering it came out in 2022 and not 2023, it didn’t make the list

[@rickblackburn5233]

Is wilderflight doing more dps or is the dmg split between shots

[@HighFiveGhostenjoyer428]

@@rickblackburn5233 Wilderflight hits for I believe around 30% to 33% higher damage than a normal breech gl, making it by far the best breech gl for blinding and dps rotations with spikes.

[@joshknighttt]

Scatter Signal is not 1/2 Kinetic Fusions lmao. Deliverance and Riptide? LOL

[@SoshiSSx]

When you realize that you got a lot of these weapons when i came back to destiny and didn't realize they were good and dismantled them 😢

[@ruebengaming3060]

Peapol who just got gjallarhorn and got all of wilhelm 7 and got 1,125 kills and just got it yesturday😅 and got the secret ornemt😅😅😅😅😅

[@nocturne4051]

I just did my first full run of Ron and it was fairly simple besides the poop wall part for me personally I'm really only comfortable with ad clear and the final encounter rn

[@Ltbooce07]

Damn I didn't see one wepon I used to use here And what the hell is sunset😂😂

[@ziro.gaming]

Me only now realizing that I had 5 god roll in my inventory and I have less than 200 hours

[@stranger120gb2]

I would rename the shotgun to Conditional FATALITY

[@EnderSh4dow]

bro casually skimmed over the fact it took him like 80 runs it took him to get conditional smh my head.

[@demonjoe]

Shhh nobody needs to know (it was still so worth it)

[@JonathanBell-genuine]

good one, what about next video title, top craftable legendary weapons of Lightfall

[@rhettrubacher8571]

Bro I’ve got atleast 50 Ross Autos

[@iastraeus__6474]

damnu really dont mention the slideshot and surrounded crux? Its the highest dps u can get with a rocket. We dmg tested and for the warlords ruin final boss i was able to get 3.3 mil dmg within the first platform (10 rockets + supremecy and 4 totems activated on a warlock so no golden gun) If u manage to get a roll like that especially with impact casing i would highly recommend u give it a try in a scenario where u are able to utulize on surrounded.

[@brunobabic1076]

Supercluster shader?

[@zag2104]

Which is better for boss dps, scatter signal or Eremite?

[@StevenFireWalker]

scatter

[@firestrike5478]

Scatter signal does better DPS (as it's a rapid fire frame), but Eremite has higher total damage. It depends on how long the boss DPS phase is.

[@StevenFireWalker]

@@firestrike5478 they are also two different slots

[@Nick_Hutcherson]

polaris lance

[@Bunjee98]

Yeah the only reason we’re all using dragons breath is for the old flame quest 😅

[@FatherDragonKal]

DemonJoe video = instant Like 👍

[@demonjoe]

Love ya dude, hope you've been well

[@liamkane5453]

bloodline goes stupid in GMs

[@joshuagrubb5080]

True

[@coreypark3244]

bug out bag over no survivors every day - bug out bag can roll subsistence incandescent which i find much better than demo since reloading sucks

[@w4rl0ck]

The best weapon I’ve got this year was the laetum

[@Godlage]

A warframe weapon.....?

[@nightfuryzero6625]

Missing last weapon

[@flynnryder6113]

Wicked Inplement has also been pretty nice this season, even in GM’s

[@user-om5le2vv2h]

Verglas Curve is pronounced "ver-glaw"

[@sunlitstream2647]

Forebearance didn’t get on the list but undercurrent did? Wow

[@demonjoe]

Do you know when Forbearance came out

[@xxsniperx]

It's funny that he keeps saying lightfall which is the you're the one that's coming out is called

[@xxsniperx]

It final shape

[@1BlueSteel]

Dragonfly with destabilizing rounds on nessa's oblation sounds fun 😁

[@Flecco]

For a primary version, word of crota. Seriously, is cracked.

[@dayzreloadedpve]

didnt say how to get no survivors

[@KalanosYT]

Where Indebted Kindness

[@augistineaquinas3325]

bro using regnant for cataphract footage ? lol

[@demonjoe]

I don't have Cataphract so Regnant was about as close as I could get LOL

[@dtps_champion6016]

Reditection is bis on epitaph. Its a 100 percent damage buff after one or two shots. Song of ir yut is one of the few lmgs that can continue shooting past 100 percent of the mag which is when target lock caps out

[@housesg5981]

Why the long break in uploading

[@demonjoe]

Destiny has no content right now so there’s not much to upload about atm

[@housesg5981]

@@demonjoe yeaaah… its already three weeks i logged into orbit then alt f4 after being alt tab for hours watching youtube instead. The weekly story is done, theres nothing left to do :/

[@bartoszjaworski3647]

Also dont have Buried and to be frankly this week discouraged me to play. I decided to leave this game for a while :)

[@dtps_champion6016]

Epochal is better than zaolis for nighthawk bc explosive payload steals precision kills which you dont want since nh offers reduced cd on precision kills

[@ickybobclay26]

Man I don’t have like half of these. RNG is a bitch

[@pjusttheletterpreally.noth2995]

No Apex Predator?

[@demonjoe]

I figured I'd refrain from covering the Last Wish weapons given I have an entire video dedicated to them. It would be weird to fill so much of the list with weapons from that Raid given how old they are despite the new perks.

[@pjusttheletterpreally.noth2995]

@demonjoe Fair point. Plus, the Last Wish weapons are so easy to get now with the Kalli cheese, almost everyone should have Apex anyway, so they all likely know about it regardless.

[@BurGboy304]

You forgot the best wave frame Forbarance !! 👌🏻

[@7218007]

vid is about 2023 loot

[@tylersaveland2011]

Apex Predator, Sunshot, but your list was good too

[@coreypark3244]

video is about 2023's loot - apex i can kinda see since it got refreshed

[@chrisb.2028]

9:45 so are we gonna pretend anarchy doesn't exist then? I know it's not as good as it used to be but c'mon man, at least don't treat it like it doesn't exists.

[@SIGMA-52]

I deleted both god roles of the ros iv because I lost a bet with my friend deconstruct and rewind rounds and onslaught subsistence also heavily recommend picking up a Zaouli's bane with incandescent explosive payload a riptide with chill clip and a Cartesian co-ordinate with either vocal weapon or incandescent

[@Rotary650]

your fault for taking the bet.

[@SIGMA-52]

@@Rotary650 you really have nothing better to do then sit on KZbin and critique people about taking a bet of chance with their mate and then having to delete two virtual reality firearms in a video game that are upper mid-tier at best that's kind of sad man if you find what you're looking for in life it seems you need it

[@CharlesSpadina3030]

Will likely take an incredibly long time to find a Cartesian with Incandescent… might be easier to find one with Voltshot or Repulsor Brace

[@SIGMA-52]

@@CharlesSpadina3030 if the perks are in the same slot you have an equal chance of finding one with incandescent as you would with finding one with vault shot or repulsor brace and then if so just craft it get five red borders and it makes life very simple getting the five red borders though is a lot easier said than done

[@StevenFireWalker]

it doesnt even have incan smh@@CharlesSpadina3030

[@thomasferguson1619]

Hey man, you know it’s 2024 right?

[@demonjoe]

No way

[@Skyrem25]

I've been off for 3 years..this is too much

[@KronicDaydreamZ]

I'm new. How do you think I feel

[@elifarrow1781]

I just came back after 3-4 years. It's a lot to get used to but loving it so far.

[@mmend3526]

You forgot D.A.R.C.I. and jotun for all the no skill PVP players.

[@knight_x_slayer]

Apex Predator is better than the two legendary rockets mentioned in this video. The only purpose for these rockets is to dump your entire magazine. Compared to Apex Predator, it has a perk that reloads it over time which allows you to use other weapons such as Izinagi, Merciless, or Witherhoard for more optimal dps. It is also craftable and not super difficult to get red border from, and free players can also get their hands on it with the upcoming wish quests.

[@Godlage]

Crux is capable of much higher dps than apex. It's been tested and proven. Apex may be craftable but crux is still the better rocket. U can use a mod to get crux to auto reload itself btw.

[@KinesisOnXbox]

I'm playing mw3 and that is a surprise even for me bc I regularly shit on cod the past like 3 years. Ranked is filling that void that pvp has in it for me currently.

[@angel33baybeee70]

🖤❤️🖤❤️🖤❤️🖤❤️

[@DaisyBallz]

aw hell nah

[@DavidM-qr5tv]

Finally a game that can make pokemon be better cause all the gases look horrible i played those but they just are poor looking, stop defending pokemon cause we just keep getting poor quality pokemon games every time, with way less money and people palworld its a 1000 times better looking and works so much better

[@firerowlet945]

This is a Destiny 2 video

[@boxcar9407]

Apetance kinda doo doo